A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree.
An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.
The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.
achuete
acolyth
acolyth
noun
Obsolete form of acolyte.
acutish
acutish
adj
Somewhat acute.
acworth
aitches
aitches
noun
plural of aitch
alethic
alethic
adj
(logic) Of or pertaining to the various modalities of truth, such as the possibility or impossibility of something being true.
ambatch
ambatch
noun
(countable) A raft made from bundles of the stems of this plant.
A large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.
antioch
antioch
Proper noun
the name of a number of cities founded by kings of the Seleucid dynasty, the most famous being "Antioch on the Orontes" in ancient Syria (modern-day Antakya in south-eastern Turkey).
A city in California.
A village in Illinois.
An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Clinton County, Indiana, USA
An unincorporated community in Wright Township, Greene County, Indiana, USA
An unincorporated community in Pike Township, Jay County, Indiana, USA
An unincorporated community in Posey Township, Switzerland County, Indiana, USA
A ghost town in Nebraska.
A village in Ohio.
apathic
aphetic
aphetic
adj
(astrology) Of or relating to the apheta; life-giving.
(phonology) Of, relating to, or formed by aphesis.
aphotic
aphotic
adj
Having no light, especially no sunlight; specifically (biology, oceanography) describing that part of deep lakes and oceans where less than one per cent of sunlight penetrates and where photosynthesis is not possible.
aphthic
aphthic
adj
Of or relating to aphtha.
apothec
archest
archest
adj
superlative form of arch: most arch
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of arch
archlet
archlet
noun
A small arch.
archont
atechny
ateuchi
athecae
athymic
athymic
adj
That lacks a thymus gland
atrocha
atrocha
noun
(zoology) A kind of chaetopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.
attache
attache
noun
Alternative form of attaché
atwitch
atwitch
adj
twitching
auchlet
autarch
autarch
noun
A despotic ruler
axfetch
batched
batched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of batch
batcher
batcher
noun
A machine for preparing batches, especially of concrete, of a fixed size or volume.
batches
batches
noun
plural of batch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of batch
bathmic
bathmic
adj
Relating to bathmism.
bebotch
bechtel
benthic
benthic
adj
Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
noun
Any organism that lives on the seafloor
berchta
beteach
beteach
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To allot; assign.
(transitive, obsolete) To commit or commend (one), by the expression of a wish, to (God, the devil, etc.).
(transitive, obsolete) To give; hand over; deliver up; yield.
(transitive, obsolete) To hand over as a trust; intrust; commend, commit (someone), usually as a wish expressed on departing; recommend to the care of; give charge to.
(transitive, obsolete) To show; point out.
(transitive, obsolete) To teach; instruct.
bewitch
bewitch
verb
(transitive) To astonish, amaze.
(transitive) To cast a spell upon.
(transitive) To fascinate or charm.
biotech
biotech
noun
(countable) A company specializing in biotechnology, or stock in such a company.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bitch
biteche
blotchy
blotchy
adj
Covered in blotches.
borscht
borscht
noun
A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream.
Any similar sour soup made of other ingredients such as sorrel, cabbage, hogweed
bortsch
botched
botched
adj
Made or repaired in a clumsy or incompetent manner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of botch
botcher
botcher
noun
(obsolete) A person who mends things, especially such a cobbler or tailor.
A clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler.
A young salmon; a grilse.
botches
botches
noun
plural of botch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of botch
botchka
bothnic
bothnic
Adjective
Bothnian
brachet
brachet
noun
(obsolete) A female hunting hound that hunts by scent; a brach.
buchite
buchtel
butcher
butcher
adj
comparative form of butch: more butch
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.
(colloquial, archaic, card games) A king playing card.
(figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
(informal, obsolete) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
verb
(transitive) To kill brutally.
(transitive) To mess up hopelessly; to botch.
(transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
(transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
(transitive) To work as a butcher.
butches
butches
noun
plural of butch
cachets
cachets
noun
plural of cachet
cahnite
cahnite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-disphenoidal mineral containing arsenic, boron, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.
cahoots
cahoots
noun
(uncommon) plural of cahoot.
Collusion or collaboration to nefarious ends.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cahoot
cahuita
calathi
calathi
noun
plural of calathus
caltech
canthal
canthal
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to a canthus (meeting point of upper and lower eyelid)
noun
(zoology) Any of the scales along the upper surface of the canthus rostralis in snakes, located behind the level of the prenasal/postnasal suture and before the supraocular.
canthus
canthus
noun
(anatomy) Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet.
cantish
cantish
adj
canting; preaching falsely
caphite
caphtor
caratch
carhart
carthal
cashton
casteth
casteth
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of cast
catarrh
catarrh
noun
(pathology) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.
A discharge of fluid associated with this condition.
catched
catched
verb
(obsolete or nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of catch
catcher
catcher
noun
(baseball) The player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher
(chiefly US, colloquial) The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.
Someone or something that catches.
catches
catches
noun
plural of catch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catch
catchie
catchup
catchup
noun
ketchup: Alternative form of catsup
catechu
catechu
noun
A gummy extract of any of several species of Acacieae, produced by boiling the wood of the tree in water and evaporating the resulting liquid.
catfish
catfish
noun
(Internet) Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
(Internet) Such a fake profile.
Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.
verb
(Internet, slang, transitive) To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).
To fish for catfish.
cathari
cathars
cathead
cathead
noun
(nautical) A heavy piece of timber projecting from each side of the bow of a ship for holding anchors which were fitted with a stock in position for letting go or for securing after weighing.
Short for cathead biscuit.
Similar rigging on the outside of a building.
cathect
cathect
verb
(transitive, psychology) To focus one's emotional energies on someone or something.
cathern
catheti
catheti
noun
plural of cathetus
cathine
cathine
noun
A psychoactive drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine classes which acts as a stimulant.
cathion
cathode
cathode
noun
(chemistry, by extension) The electrode at which chemical reduction of cations takes place, usually resulting in the deposition of metal onto the electrode.
(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It usually, but not always, has a positive voltage.
(electronics) That electrode of a semiconductor device which is connected to the n-type material of a p-n junction.
(electronics) The electrode from which electrons are emitted into a vacuum tube or gas-filled tube.
cathole
cathole
noun
(nautical) Either of two circular holes cut in the stern of a sailing man of war on the level of the capstan, used for the passage of stern hawsers.
A small pit, dug in the earth by hikers etc in order to bury faeces.
cathood
cathood
noun
The state or time of being a cat.
cathrin
cathryn
cathryn
Proper noun
name, a rare spelling variant of Catherine.
cattish
cattish
adj
catlike; in the manner of a cat
sly and spiteful; marked by malice
stealthy
cebatha
celtish
certhia
chacate
chaetae
chaetae
noun
plural of chaeta
chaetal
chaetal
adj
Relating to the chaetae
chafted
chaitra
chaitra
Proper noun
The first month of the Hindu lunar calendar.
chaitya
chaitya
noun
A Buddhist or Jain shrine including a stupa.
chalets
chalets
noun
plural of chalet
challot
chaloth
chalutz
chalutz
noun
(historical) A member of a group of Jewish immigrants to Palestine who worked in agriculture or forestry.
chametz
chametz
noun
(Judaism) Food products made from leavened grain flour, which may not be consumed on Passover in Judaism.
chamite
chamlet
chamlet
noun
Obsolete form of camlet.
chantal
chanted
chanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chant
chanter
chanter
noun
(archaic) One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
A priest who sings in a chantry.
One who chants or sings.
The hedge sparrow.
The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.
chantey
chantey
noun
Alternative form of shanty (sailor's song).
chantor
chantor
noun
Alternative form of chanter
chantry
chantry
noun
A chapel set up for this purpose
An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people
chanute
chaotic
chaotic
adj
(mathematics) Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a small change to them may yield a very different outcome.
(role-playing games) Aligned against following or upholding laws and principles.
Extremely disorganized or in disarray.
filled with chaos.
noun
(role-playing games) A character having a chaotic alignment.
chapati
chapati
noun
A flat, unleavened bread from northern India and Pakistan.
chaplet
chaplet
noun
(Catholicism) A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
(archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
(specifically) The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.
A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
A garland or circlet for the head.
A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
A small chapel or shrine.
Alternative form of chapelet
chapote
chapter
chapter
noun
(authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
(obsolete) A location or compartment.
A bishop's council.
A chapter house
A community of canons or canonesses.
A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.
A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.
An assembly of monks, prebendaries and/or other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
An organized branch of some society or fraternity, such as the Freemasons.
verb
(military, with "out") To use administrative procedure to remove someone.
(transitive) To take to task.
To divide into chapters.
To put into a chapter.
charact
charact
noun
(archaic) A magical symbol.
(obsolete) A character or personality.
(obsolete) A letter or character.
charcot
chariot
chariot
noun
(xiangqi) rook
A (two-wheeled) horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
verb
(intransitive) To ride in a chariot.
(transitive, rare, poetic) To convey by, or as if by, chariot.
charita
charity
charity
noun
(archaic, Christianity) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
(countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
(countable) The goods or money given to those in need.
(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.
charlet
charlot
charpit
chartae
charted
charted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chart
charter
charter
adj
Leased or hired.
noun
(UK, derogatory, in a noun phrase with another noun which is either an agent or action) a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity
A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
A deed (legal contract).
A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
verb
(transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
(transitive) To lease or hire something by charter.
(transitive, Canada, law) (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.
charvet
chasten
chasten
verb
(archaic) To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement.
To make chaste.
To render humble or restrained.
chaster
chaster
adj
comparative form of chaste: more chaste
chataka
chataka
noun
A bird in Indian mythology, represented as having a beak on its head that waits for rains to quench its thirst, and associated with the Jacobin cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus).
chatawa
chateau
chateau
noun
Alternative spelling of château
chateus
chatham
chatham
Proper noun
A port and town on the Medway river in Kent, England; the home of the Royal dockyard.
Any of several other places of the same name:
a town in Virginia, USA
An English habitational surname from the place name.
chatino
chatino
Noun
A member of an indigenous people of southern central Mexico.
Proper noun
Their indigenous Mesoamerican language.
chatons
chatons
noun
plural of chaton
chattah
chatted
chatted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chat
chattel
chattel
noun
A slave.
Tangible, movable property.
chatter
chatter
noun
(Internet) A user of chat rooms.
(uncountable) In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
(uncountable) The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.
An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
One who chats.
Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
The sound of talking.
The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.
The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.
verb
(intransitive, of teeth, machinery, etc.) To make a noise by rapid collisions.
To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
chatwin
chaunts
chaunts
noun
plural of chaunt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaunt
chayota
chayote
chayote
noun
Sechium edule, a tropical American perennial herbaceous vine having tendrils, tuberous roots, and a green, pear-shaped fruit cooked as a vegetable.