(botany) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup.
achete
achier
achier
adj
comparative form of achy: more achy
achill
achill
adj
chilled; chilly
achime
achime
adj
chiming
aching
aching
adj
That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.
noun
The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.
verb
present participle of ache
achira
achira
noun
Canna indica (syn. Canna edulis), similar to arrowroot: the canna lily, the seeds of which yield a purple dye.
The edible rhizome of this plant.
achish
achkan
achkan
noun
A man's knee-length jacket worn in parts of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
achmed
achoke
achorn
achorn
noun
(Chester) An acorn.
achras
achree
achsah
achtel
achtel
noun
(historical) An old German measure of capacity.
achter
achuas
acquah
acuchi
adachi
adachi
Proper noun
A special ward in Tokyo that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Saitama Prefecture, Katsushika, Sumida, Arakawa, and Kita special wards
aenach
aenach
noun
(historical) A fair or fair-like assembly in ancient Ireland.
(historical) The green on which such fairs were held.
affich
ahchoo
ahuaca
akcheh
akcheh
noun
Archaic form of akçe (“Ottoman coin”).
alacha
alchem
almach
alrich
ambach
anarch
anarch
noun
The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.
anchat
anchie
anchor
anchor
noun
(Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
(US) A screw anchor.
(archery) A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
(architecture) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
(architecture) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
(athletics) The final runner in a relay race.
(cartomancy) The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
(climbing) A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
(economics) A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
(figurative) That which gives stability or security.
(heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
(nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
(nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).
(nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
(obsolete) An anchorite or anchoress.
(slang) The brake of a vehicle.
(soccer) A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
(television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.
Alternative form of anker
Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
verb
To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
To stop; to fix or rest.
aneuch
aonach
aonach
noun
(historical) An ancient Irish public national assembly called upon the death of a king, queen, notable sage or warrior as part of ancestor-worship practices.
apache
apache
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Apache, a Parisian gangster.
aperch
aperch
adv
Upon a perch.
apinch
apinch
adv
Pinching; so as to pinch.
apocha
arache
archae
archai
archbp
arched
arched
adj
Curved.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arch
archer
archer
adj
comparative form of arch: more arch
noun
(historical, obsolete) The bishop in chess.
One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.
arches
arches
noun
plural of arch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arch
archie
archie
noun
Alternative form of Archie (“anti-aircraft artillery”)
archil
archil
noun
(obsolete) Orchil, a violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, etc.
(obsolete) The lichen from which the dye is obtained.
archin
archit
archle
archly
archly
adv
In an arch manner; slyly.
archon
archon
noun
(Gnosticism) A supernatural being subordinate to the Demiurge.
A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.
A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings.
A ruler, head of state or other leader.
ardoch
areach
areach
verb
(obsolete) To reach for, get at, obtain, get hold of.
areche
arrach
ascham
ascham
noun
A cupboard or case for holding bows and other archery equipment.
ascher
aschim
ashcan
ashcan
adj
Describing a comic book originally published solely to retain ownership of a trademark, not intended for general release; later used for promotional comic books intended for limited release to the public.
Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art.
noun
(US, slang) A kind of large firecracker.
A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.
A dustbin.
atocha
attach
attach
verb
(intransitive) To adhere; to be attached.
(obsolete) To take, seize, or lay hold of.
(obsolete, law) To arrest, seize.
(transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.
auroch
auroch
noun
Alternative spelling of aurochs
avichi
avouch
avouch
noun
(obsolete) evidence; declaration
verb
To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.
To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of.
To declare freely and openly; to assert.
avruch
awatch
awatch
adj
Watching; in a state of vigilance.
bacach
bached
bached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bach
bachel
baches
baches
noun
plural of bach
balche
balche
noun
Alternative form of balché
baloch
baloch
Noun
A member of an Iranian people who primarily speak the Balochi language and inhabit Balochistan and other nearby areas.
baluch
banach
bancha
bancha
noun
A type of low-grade Japanese green tea.
banchi
barche
baruch
bathic
bauchi
bausch
beachy
beachy
adj
Pertaining to a beach or something beach-like.
Pertaining to the material making up the edge of a seashore, as with pebbles, gravel, and sand.
bichat
blanch
blanch
verb
(intransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
(intransitive) To grow or become white.
(transitive) To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together
(transitive) To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
(transitive) To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding
(transitive) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
(transitive) To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices
(transitive, cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
(transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
To cause to turn aside or back.
To use evasion.
blatch
blatch
noun
(obsolete) Blacking, blackening.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.
bleach
bleach
adj
(archaic) Pale; bleak.
noun
(countable) A variety of bleach.
(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
A disease of the skin.
An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
verb
(intransitive) To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
(intransitive, biology, of corals) To lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
(transitive, figurative) To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
bodach
bodach
noun
A trickster or bogeyman figure in Gaelic folklore.
bogach
brache
brachs
branch
branch
noun
(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
(chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
(computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
(computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
(nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
(rail transport) A branch line.
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
A location of an organization with several locations.
An area in business or of knowledge, research.
Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
verb
(intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
(intransitive) To produce branches.
(intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
(transitive) To strip of branches.
(transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
breach
breach
noun
(archaic) A bruise; a wound.
(archaic) A hernia; a rupture.
(figurative) A difference in opinions, social class etc.
(law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment
A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves
A breaking out upon; an assault.
A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
verb
(intransitive, of a whale) To leap out of the water.
(law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge or convict (someone) of breaching the terms of a bail, probation, recognizance, etc.
(transitive) To make a breach in.
(transitive) To violate or break.
(transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
broach
broach
noun
(architecture, UK, dialect) A spire rising from a tower.
(masonry) A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
A spit for cooking food.
A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
Alternative spelling of brooch
An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
verb
(intransitive) To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
(nautical, intransitive, of a submerged submarine, torpedo, or similar) To break the surface of the water.
(transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).
(transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
(transitive) To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.
(transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something).
bsarch
buchan
buchan
Proper noun
an administrative district in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
and (Clan Buchan). Of note is John Buchan, the author.
butcha
butcha
noun
(India, historical) The young of any animal.
(India, historical, slang, by extension) A child.
cabaho
cached
cached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cache
caches
caches
noun
Misspelling of cachets.
plural of cache
cachet
cachet
noun
(archaic) A seal, as of a letter.
(figurative) A special characteristic or quality; prestige, especially via association.
(medicine) A capsule containing a pharmaceutical preparation.
(philately) A commemorative stamped design or inscription on an envelope, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage.
A hidden location from which one can observe birds while remaining unseen.
A sealed envelope containing an item whose price is being negotiated.
verb
(transitive, philately) To mark (an envelope) with a commemorative stamped design or inscription.
cachot
cachou
cachou
noun
A small metallic ball used as edible decoration on cakes etc.
A sweet eaten to sweeten the breath.
cachua
cadish
cahier
cahier
noun
A memorial of a body; a report of legislative proceedings, etc.
A number of sheets of paper put loosely together; especially one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.
cahill
cahita
cahita
Noun
A member of an Indian people from central Mexico.
Proper noun
The language of these people.
cahone
cahoot
cahoot
noun
(US, uncommon) A company or partnership.
(uncommon) A group of people working together (usually for an illicit purpose)
(uncommon) An accomplice; a partner.
verb
(intransitive) To act in partnership.
cahors
cahows
cahows
noun
plural of cahow
calash
calash
noun
(historical) Alternative form of calèche (“type of carriage with low wheels”)
(now historical) A silk and whalebone hood worn by ladies to shade the face.
calche
calhan
caliph
caliph
noun
The political leader of the Muslim world; the successor of the prophet Muhammad's political authority.
caltha
caltha
noun
(botany) A plant of the genus Caltha; a marsh marigold.
campho
cancha
cancha
noun
A toasted grain or grains of corn, a traditional snack in Peru.
canchi
candyh
canham
canthi
canthi
noun
plural of canthus
caphar
caphar
noun
(historical) A toll or duty imposed by the Turks on Christian merchants.
caraho
carhop
carhop
noun
(US) A waiter or waitress who serves customers, especially in their vehicles, at a drive-in restaurant, sometimes on rollerskates.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a carhop.
caroch
carthy
casbah
casbah
noun
(by synecdoche) The medina, the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
(slang) A person's house or flat/apartment.
The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
cashaw
cashaw
noun
Alternative form of cushaw
cashed
cashed
adj
(slang) Exhausted or used up; finished, empty.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cash
cashel
cashel
noun
(historical) In early Ireland, a ringfort or a circular stone structure used for defense.
casher
casher
noun
One who cashes (a cheque, etc.).
cashes
cashes
noun
plural of cash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cash
cashew
cashew
noun
A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.
cashoo
cashou
casshe
catchy
catchy
adj
(dated) Consisting of, or occurring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable.
(dated, chiefly figurative) Tending to catch or ensnare; entangling.
Contagious; catching.
Instantly appealing and memorable (of a tune or phrase).