A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.
A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.
brei
brie
brie
noun
An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
cire
cire
noun
A fabric with a glazed finish.
dier
dier
noun
One who dies.
dire
dire
adj
(informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.
Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
drie
drie
adj
Archaic spelling of dry.
eire
eiry
emir
emir
noun
A descendant of the prophet Muhammad.
A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.
epri
eria
eric
eric
noun
(historical) A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
erie
erik
erin
eris
ezri
fire
fire
adj
(slang) Amazing; excellent.
noun
(astronautics) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
(countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
(countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
(countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
(countable, Britain) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
(uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
(uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
(uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
Red coloration in a piece of opal.
Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
verb
(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
(transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
(transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.
(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
(transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
(transitive, farriery) To cauterize.
(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine.
(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
To animate; to give life or spirit to.
To feed or serve the fire of.
frei
geir
geri
gire
gire
noun
Obsolete form of gyre.
heir
heir
noun
A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.
One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.
Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To inherit.
hire
hire
noun
(obsolete) Reward, payment.
A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
Payment for the temporary use of something.
The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
verb
(intransitive) To accept employment.
(transitive) (neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job
(transitive) To accomplish by paying for services.
(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
(transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration.
(transitive) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
iare
ider
imer
imer
Noun
Someone who uses instant messaging.
imre
ired
ired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ire
ires
ires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ire
irme
irpe
iter
iter
noun
(anatomy) A passage, especially the passage between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the cerebral aqueduct.
iver
iver
adv
(dialectal) Alternative spelling of ever
iyre
jeri
keir
keir
noun
Alternative form of kier
keri
keri
noun
(Judaism) Alternative form of kere
kier
kier
noun
A bleaching vat.
lier
lier
noun
A lie-abed; one who stays in bed late.
A person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
Misspelling of liar.
Obsolete spelling of liar.
lire
lire
noun
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) The cheek.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.
(UK dialectal, Scotland, Orkney, Shetland, ornithology) The Manx shearwater (bird).
plural of lira
meir
meri
meri
noun
plural of merus
mire
mire
noun
(rare or obsolete) An ant.
An undesirable situation, a predicament.
Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
verb
(intransitive) To sink into mud.
(intransitive) To soil with mud or foul matter.
(transitive) To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
(transitive, figurative) To weigh down.
neri
nier
peri
peri
noun
(Persian mythology) A sprite or supernatural being.
pier
pier
noun
(architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof, or the hinges of a gate.
A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
pire
prie
prie
noun
The plant privet.
qeri
reid
reif
reif
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) Robbery.
reik
reim
reim
noun
(South Africa) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair and made pliable, used for twisting into ropes, etc..
rein
rein
noun
(figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
(now rare, archaic, chiefly in plural) A kidney.
A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
verb
(intransitive) To obey directions given with the reins.
(transitive) To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
(transitive) To restrain; to control; to check.
reis
reis
noun
(historical) The holder of a Turkish military rank akin to that of naval captain.
plural of real
reit
reit
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) sedge; seaweed
reki
remi
reni
ribe
rice
rice
noun
(countable) A specific variety of this plant.
(now chiefly, dialectal, Scotland, Ireland) A twig or stick.
(uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
(uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
(uncountable, slang, ethnic slur, humorous) The types of automobile modifications characteristic of a rice burner.
(weaving, obsolete) A bobbin or spool.
verb
(computing, transitive) To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment.
(intransitive) To harvest wild rice (Zizania sp.)
(rare) To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
(transitive) To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
ride
ride
noun
(Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
(UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
(UK, dialect, archaic) A saddle horse.
(informal) A vehicle.
(music) In jazz, a steady rhythmical style.
(slang) An act of sexual intercourse
A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.
An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
An instance of riding.
verb
(intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
(intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
(intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
(intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
(intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
(intransitive, transitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
(intransitive, transitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
(intransitive, transitive, slang) To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
(lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
(music) In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
(radio, television, transitive) To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
(surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
(transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
(transitive) To traverse by riding.
(transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
(transitive, informal, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
(transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
riel
riel
noun
The monetary unit of Cambodia, equivalent to 100 sen or 10 kak. Symbol: ៛
riem
riem
noun
Alternative form of reim
rier
ries
rife
rife
adj
(obsolete) Having power; active; nimble.
Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.
Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things).
Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
adv
Plentifully, abundantly.
rile
rile
verb
(in particular) To make angry.
To stir or move from a state of calm or order.
rime
rime
noun
(archaic except in direct borrowings from French) Rhyme.
(linguistics) The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.
(meteorology) A coating or sheet of ice so formed.
(meteorology) Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.
(obsolete or dialectal) Number.
A film or slimy coating.
A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.
A step of a ladder; a rung.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in the 18th century.
verb
Obsolete form of rhyme.
To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.
rine
rine
noun
(UK dialectal) A watercourse or ditch.
Alternative form of rind
verb
(transitive) To touch.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To concern; affect.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To pertain to; fall to.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To tend to a certain effect or outcome.
ripe
ripe
adj
(archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge (said of sores, tumors, etc.)
(figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected
(law) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
(obsolete) Intoxicated.
(of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow
(of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature
(proscribed, used with with) Rife
Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
Ready for action or effect; prepared.
Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
noun
(agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
The bank of a river.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To search; to rummage.
To ripen or mature
rise
rise
noun
(Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
(UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes Canada) Ellipsis of pay rise: an increase in wage or salary.
(architecture) The height of an arch or a step.
(chiefly UK, also Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa) An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
(informal) A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
Alternative form of rice (“twig”)
An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
verb
(figurative) To be resurrected.
(figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
(obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
(of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
(of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
(printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
(transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
(transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
To attain a higher status.
To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
To become erect; to assume an upright position.
To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
To come; to offer itself.
To develop.
To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
To leave one's bed; to get up.
To move upwards.
To slope upward.
To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
rite
rite
adj
Informal spelling of right.
noun
(by extension) A prescribed behavior.
A religious custom.
part of the contraction and interjection amirite
used in unique spellings of company brand names
rive
rive
noun
A bank or shore.
A place torn; a rent; a rift.
verb
(intransitive) To break apart; to split.
(transitive, archaic except in past participle) To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.
(transitive, archaic) To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
(transitive, rare) To burst open; explode; discharge.
(woodworking) To use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).
To land.
seri
sier
sire
sire
noun
(obsolete) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
(obsolete) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).
verb
(transitive, of a male) to father; to beget.
teri
tier
tier
noun
(archaic) A child's apron.
A layer or rank, especially of seats or a wedding cake.
One who ties (knots, etc).
Something that ties.
verb
(transitive) To arrange in layers.
(transitive) To cascade in an overlapping sequence.
(transitive, computing) To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed.
tire
tire
noun
(American spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
(American spelling, Canadian spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
(obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.
(obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.
A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
A covering for the head; a headdress.
A tier, row, or rank.
verb
(intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).
(intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.
(obsolete) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
(obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
(transitive) To bore.
(transitive) To make sleepy or weary.
(transitive, obsolete) To dress or adorn.
veri
vier
vier
noun
One who vies for something.
vire
vire
verb
to transfer a surplus from one account to cover a deficit in another, to make a virement.
weir
weir
noun
(obsolete) Seaweed.
A fence placed across a river to catch fish.
An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
weri
wier
wier
noun
Archaic form of weir.
wire
wire
noun
(Scotland) A knitting needle.
(archaic, thieves' slang) A pickpocket, especially one who targets women.
(billiards) A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
(by extension) An electric telegraph; a telegram.
(informal) A deadline or critical endpoint.
(informal) A telecommunication wire or cable.
(slang) A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
(slang) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
(sports) A finish line of a racetrack.
(uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
(usually in the plural) Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.
A fence made of usually barbed wire.
A metal conductor that carries electricity.
A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.
verb
(figuratively, usually passive) To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way.
(slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.
(slang) To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
(transitive, croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
To add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring.
To add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves).
To connect, involve or embed (something) deeply or intimately into (something else, such as an organization or political scene), so that it is plugged in (to that thing) (“keeping up with current information about (the thing)”) or has insinuated itself into (the thing).
To equip with wires for use with electricity.
To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.