(chiefly Britain) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera
(obsolete) Any snake.
A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia).
Acanthophis spp. (death adders), elapid snakes found in Southeast Asia and Australia
Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead, a venomous viper found in the eastern United States
An electronic device that adds voltages, currents or frequencies.
Heterodon spp. (hog-nosed snakes), a genus of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America
Lampropeltis triangulum (milk snake).
Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.
Something which adds or increases.
The common European adder (Vipera berus).
The puff adders, of Africa (genus Bitis).
adger
adler
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.
adrea
adret
adret
noun
(geography) The sun-facing side of a mountain.
adrue
adure
adure
verb
(obsolete) To burn up.
adzer
adzer
noun
A worker who uses an adze.
aider
aider
noun
(climbing) A mountaineer's stirrup or étrier.
A person who aids or assists.
aired
aired
adj
(of a complaint or problem) Having been uttered or spoken of, such that certain persons are aware.
(of a show) Having been broadcast, such as on television or radio.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of air
alder
alder
noun
An alderman or alderwoman.
Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.
ander
andre
arced
arced
adj
Having the form of an arc; arched.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arc
ardea
ardeb
ardeb
noun
A Middle Eastern unit of volume used for agricultural crops.
ardel
arden
arder
arder
noun
(obsolete) fallow land
(obsolete) plowing or fallowing
ardie
ardme
aread
aread
verb
(obsolete) To advise, counsel.
(obsolete) To interpret; to explain.
(obsolete) To soothsay, prophesy.
arend
armed
armed
adj
(botany) Having prickles or thorns.
(chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
(heraldry, of animals) Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.
(obsolete) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
(of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
(of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
(sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arm
audre
barde
bared
bared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bare
beard
beard
noun
(LGBT, slang) A fake customer or companion, especially a woman who accompanies a gay man, or a man who accompanies a lesbian, in order to give the impression that the person being accompanied is heterosexual.
(botany) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.
(printing, dated) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
The byssus of certain shellfish.
The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
The curved underside of an axehead, extending from the lower end of the cutting edge to the axehandle.
The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.
verb
(LGBT, slang, transitive, intransitive) Of a gay man or woman: to accompany a gay person of the opposite sex in order to give the impression that they are heterosexual.
(intransitive, beekeeping) Of bees, to accumulate together in a beard-like shape.
(intransitive, obsolete) To grow hair on the chin and jaw.
(transitive) To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.
(transitive) To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.
(transitive) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
bedur
bider
bider
noun
One who bides.
birde
birde
noun
Obsolete spelling of bird
boder
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
brade
bread
bread
noun
(countable) Any variety of bread.
(obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) Breadth.
(slang, US) Money.
A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
A piece of embroidery; a braid.
Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
verb
(transitive) To coat with breadcrumbs.
(transitive) To form in meshes; net.
(transitive, dialectal) To make broad; spread.
breda
brede
brede
noun
(obsolete) A braid.
(obsolete) Ornamental embroidery
bredi
breed
breed
noun
(derogatory) Ellipsis of half-breed.
(informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.
A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
verb
(intransitive) To have birth; to be produced, developed or multiplied.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.
(sometimes as breed up) To educate; to instruct; to bring up
(transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.
(transitive) to ejaculate inside someone's anus
Of animals, to mate.
To arrange the mating of specific animals.
To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation’s qualities.
To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
To produce or obtain by any natural process.
To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities.
To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
To yield or result in.
brerd
bride
bride
noun
(obsolete, figurative) An object ardently loved.
A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
Coordinate terms: bridegroom, groom
an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework
verb
(obsolete) to make a bride of
cader
cader
noun
Alternative form of cadre
cadre
cadre
noun
(chiefly in communism) The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group.
(military) The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
A frame or framework.
A small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession.
cared
cared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of care
cedar
cedar
noun
(countable) A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.
(countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
(countable) A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona.
(uncountable) The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several unrelated trees.
ceder
ceder
noun
Obsolete form of cedar.
One who cedes something.
cedre
cedry
cedry
adj
Obsolete form of cedary.
cered
cered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cere
cider
cider
noun
(Australia) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples or pears.
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples; hard cider; apple cider
(Japan, South Korea) A non-alcoholic, lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage.
(US, Canada) A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice).
(countable) A cup, glass, or serving of any of these beverages.
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.
cored
cored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of core
cread
creda
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.
creed
creed
noun
(rare) The fact of believing; belief, faith.
(specifically, religion) A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is brief and comprehensive.
That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.
verb
(intransitive) To provide with a creed.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete, only survives in "creeded") To believe; to credit.
cried
cried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cry
crude
crude
adj
(archaic) Immature or unripe.
(grammar) Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.
(obsolete) Uncooked, raw.
Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
In a natural, untreated state.
Lacking concealing elements.
Lacking tact or taste.
noun
Any substance in its natural state.
Crude oil.
cured
cured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cure
cyder
cyder
noun
Archaic spelling of cider.
daker
daker
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of dicker, 10 items of some commodity taken as a unit.
daler
darce
dared
dared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dare
daren
darer
darer
noun
One who dares.
dares
dares
noun
plural of dare
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dare
dater
dater
noun
A date-stamping device.
One who dates.
daver
deair
deair
verb
(transitive) To remove the air from.
deare
deare
adj
Obsolete spelling of dear
dearn
dearn
noun
Alternative form of dern
dearr
dears
dears
noun
plural of dear
deary
deary
noun
(informal) A dear; a darling.
(informal) A term of address for a female.
debar
debar
verb
(US, law, transitive) To prohibit (a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with a government program) from future participation in that program.
(transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.
(transitive) To hinder or prevent.
debir
debor
debra
debra
Proper noun
name popular in the 1950s and the 1960s.
decor
decor
noun
A stage setting; scenery; set; backdrop.
The style of decoration of a room or building.
decry
decry
verb
(transitive) To blame for ills.
(transitive) To denounce as harmful.
dedra
deere
deere
adj
Archaic spelling of dear.
noun
Archaic spelling of deer.
deers
deers
noun
(dated or nonstandard) plural of deer
deery
defer
defer
verb
(American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
(especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.
(intransitive) To delay, to wait.
(transitive) To delay or postpone
(transitive, intransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.
To render, to offer.
dempr
demur
demur
noun
An act of hesitation as to proceeding; a scruple; also, a suspension of action or decision; a pause, a stop.
verb
(intransitive) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
(intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk
(intransitive, law) To interpose a demurrer.
(intransitive, obsolete) To linger; to stay; to tarry
(transitive, obsolete) To cause delay to; to put off
(transitive, obsolete) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about
denar
denar
noun
The currency of North Macedonia, divided into 100 deni.
derah
derat
derat
verb
(transitive) To rid of rats.
deray
deray
noun
(archaic) Disarray, confusion.
(obsolete) Disorder, disturbance.
(obsolete) Disorderly merriment; partying.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To become deranged; to go wild.
(archaic, transitive) To derange.
derby
derby
noun
(US) A bowler hat.
(by extension) Any organized race.
(sports) A local derby.
(sports) A sports match between rival teams.
Any of several annual horse races.
dercy
derek
derep
deric
deric
adj
(medicine, archaic) Relating to the ectoderm, as distinguished from enteric.
deriv
derma
derma
noun
A Jewish dish of roast or boiled seasoned meat and flour etc. in a casing, especially kishke.
The inner layer of the skin.
derms
derms
noun
plural of derm
derna
derog
deron
deroo
derri
derry
derry
noun
(New Zealand, Australia) dislike
derte
derth
derth
noun
Obsolete spelling of dearth
derve
deryl
despr
detar
deter
deter
verb
(transitive) To distract someone from something.
(transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
(transitive) To prevent something from happening.
detur
detur
noun
(US, Harvard University) A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize.
dever
dewar
dewar
noun
A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide thermal insulation between the contents and the environment.
dewer
dheri
dicer
dicer
noun
A gambler who plays dice.
One who, or that which, dices (cuts into cubes); a tool for this purpose.
dieri
dieri
Noun
An indigenous people of the South Australian desert.
Proper noun
The language of the Dieri people.
diker
diker
noun
(Scotland) One who builds stone walls, usually without lime.
A ditcher.
dimer
dimer
noun
(chemistry) A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge.
diner
diner
noun
A dining car in a railroad train.
A typically small restaurant, usually modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other, and often decorated in 50s and 60s pop culture themes and playing popular music from those decades.
One who dines.
dirae
direr
direr
adj
comparative form of dire: more dire
direx
dirge
dirge
noun
(informal) A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.
A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
verb
To sing dirges
diter
diver
diver
noun
(UK, Ireland) loon (bird)
(UK, London, dated) A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952).
(slang, obsolete) pickpocket
(sports) A competitor in certain sports who is known to regularly imitate being fouled, with the purpose of getting his/her opponent penalised.
Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
Someone who works underwater; a frogman.
The New Zealand sand diver.
The long-finned sand diver.
dnepr
doers
doers
noun
plural of doer
domer
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
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.
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).
doser
doser
noun
One who administers a dose.
doter
doter
noun
Synonym of dotard (“old person with impaired intellect”)
Synonym of dotard (“one who dotes on another, showing excessive fondness”)
dover
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.
dozer
dozer
noun
(informal) A bulldozer.
One who dozes.
drake
drake
noun
(historical) A small piece of artillery.
(poetic) A dragon.
A beaked galley, or Viking warship.
A fiery meteor.
A male duck.
A mayfly used as fishing bait.
drame
drape
drape
noun
(US) A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square.
(textiles) The way in which fabric falls or hangs.
A curtain; a drapery.
A dress made from an entire piece of cloth, without having pieces cut away as in a fitted garment.
verb
(transitive) To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.
(transitive) To spread over, cover.
To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
To hang or rest limply.
To make cloth.
To rail at; to banter.
drate
drate
verb
simple past tense of drite
drave
drave
verb
(archaic) simple past tense of drive
dread
dread
adj
(archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.
Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.
noun
(military, nautical, historical, slang) Clipping of dreadnought.
(obsolete) A person highly revered.
(obsolete) Fury; dreadfulness.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of dreadlock.
A Rastafarian.
Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
Somebody or something dreaded.
verb
(intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear.
(transitive) To fear greatly.
(transitive) To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
To anticipate with fear.
dream
dream
adj
Ideal; perfect.
noun
(figurative) A hope or wish.
A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
verb
(intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).
(intransitive) To daydream.
(intransitive) To hope, to wish.
(intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
(transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).