Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.
noun
(Philippines) A graduating class; school class.
(UK, dialect, Midlands) A bread roll.
(by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
(computing) A set of data to be processed at one time.
(obsolete) The process of baking.
A bank; a sandbank.
A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.
A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
verb
(informal) To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married.
(transitive) To aggregate things together into a batch.
(transitive, computing) To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process.
cahot
catch
catch
noun
(countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
(countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
(countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
(countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
(countable) Something which is captured or caught.
(countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
(countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
(countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
(countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
(countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
(countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
(countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
(countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
(countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
(countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
(countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
(obsolete) A state of readiness to capture or seize; an ambush.
(obsolete) A type of strong boat, usually having two masts; a ketch.
(uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
A slight remembrance; a trace.
Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
verb
(intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
(intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
(intransitive) To get pregnant.
(intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
(intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
(intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
(intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
(transitive) Of fire, to spread or be conveyed to.
(transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or infection.
(transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
(transitive) To be hit by something.
(transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
(transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
(transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
(transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
(transitive) To charm or entrance.
(transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
(transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
(transitive) To grip or entangle.
(transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
(transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
(transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
(transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
(transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
(transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
(transitive) To travel by means of.
(transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
(transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
(transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
(transitive, dated) To grab, seize, take hold of.
(transitive, figuratively, dated) To marry or enter into a similar relationship with.
(transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
(transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
(transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
(transitive, now rare) To seize (an opportunity) when it occurs.
(transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
(transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
(transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
catha
cathe
cathi
cathi
Proper noun
A 20th century spelling variant of Cathy, diminutive of the female given name Catherine.
cathy
cathy
Proper noun
name and of its variant forms, also used as a formal given name in the 20th century.
chaft
chaft
noun
(dialect, Scotland, Northern England) The jaw.
chait
chant
chant
noun
(music) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.
Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
To sing or intone sacred text.
To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
chapt
chapt
adj
Obsolete form of chapped.
chart
chart
noun
(differential geometry, topology) Synonym of coordinate chart.
A diagram.
A graph.
A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
A navigator's map.
A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.
A record of a patient's diagnosis, care instructions, and recent history.
A tabular presentation of data; a table.
A written deed; a charter.
verb
(intransitive, of a record or artist) To appear on a hit-recording chart.
(transitive) To draw a chart or map of.
(transitive) To draw or figure out (a route or plan).
(transitive) To record systematically.
chati
chati
noun
A small South American subspecies of tiger cat (Leopardus pardalis mitis), native to Argentina and Paraguay.
chats
chats
noun
plural of chat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chat
cheat
cheat
noun
(card games) A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
(obsolete) A sort of low-quality bread.
(video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
Someone who cheats.
The weed cheatgrass.
verb
(intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.
(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
(transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
(transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it seemed inevitable.
chita
cyath
datch
gatch
gatch
noun
A form of plaster of Paris formerly used in Persia.
hacht
hatch
hatch
noun
(Scotland) A bedstead.
(figurative) Development; disclosure; discovery.
(informal) A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper).
(mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
(nautical) An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
(often as mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.
(poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
(slang) A gullet.
A floodgate; a sluice gate.
A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
A trapdoor.
An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
The act of hatching.
verb
(intransitive, of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
(intransitive, of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
(transitive) To close with a hatch or hatches.
(transitive) To devise.
(transitive) To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
(transitive) To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).
(transitive, obsolete) To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
jacht
latch
latch
noun
(databases) A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.
(electronics) An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.
(obsolete) A crossbow.
(obsolete) A latching.
(obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.
A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
verb
(obsolete) To smear; to anoint.
(transitive) To catch; lay hold of.
To close or lock as if with a latch.
match
match
noun
(metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.
(sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.
A marriage.
A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
An agreement or compact.
Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
Suitability.
verb
(intransitive) To agree; to be equal; to correspond.
(obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.
(programming) To be an example of a rule or regex.
(transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.
(transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
(transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.
natch
natch
adv
(colloquial) Naturally; of course.
noun
(dialect) A notch.
The rump of beef, especially the lower and back part of the rump.
pacht
pacht
noun
(historical) A system of tax farming in the Dutch Republic, where tax was not collected by the government, but by a private individual who had leased the right to collect the tax.
patch
patch
noun
(archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
(computing) A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
(firearms) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
(firearms) A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
(historical) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
(medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
(medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
(medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
(music) A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
(often patch cable, patch cord, etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
(printing, historical) An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
(specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
A local region of professional responsibility.
A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.
A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
verb
(generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like
To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
ratch
ratch
noun
A ratchet wheel.
A white mark on a horse's face.
Alternative form of rach
Alternative form of rotche
verb
(intransitive) To sail by tacks.
(transitive) To streak.
(transitive) To stretch.
tache
tache
noun
(informal) Moustache, mustache.
(now rare) A spot, stain, or blemish.
Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button.
tachi
tachi
noun
A pre-katana style Japanese sword.
tachs
tachs
noun
plural of tach
taich
tchad
tchai
tchao
teach
teach
noun
(informal, usually as a term of address) teacher
verb
(ditransitive) To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something).
(ditransitive) To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.
(ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.
(intransitive, stative) To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
(obsolete, transitive) To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.
thach
thack
thack
noun
A stroke; a thwack.
the weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often thatch specifically
verb
(transitive) To strike; thump; thwack.
To cover a roof with thack.
theca
theca
noun
(Christianity) A case for the corporal cloth used in the Eucharist.
(biology) Any external case or sheath.
(botany) The pollen-producing organ usually found in pairs and forming an anther.
(marine biology) The calcareous wall of a corallite, the exoskeleton of a coral polyp.
(medicine) The twin layers of cells surrounding the basal lamina of an ovarian follicle.
(microbiology, planktology) The membrane complex enveloping the cells of certain plankton including diatoms and dinoflagellates.
watch
watch
noun
(nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
(nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
A particular time period when guarding is kept.
A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of a biphasic sleep pattern (the dead sleep or first sleep and morning sleep or second sleep): the first waking.
A person or group of people who guard.
A portable or wearable timepiece.
The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a lookout.
(intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
(intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
(nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.
(transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
(transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
(transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
(transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
(transitive, intransitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
(transitive, obsolete) To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.
yacht
yacht
noun
A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.
Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes.
verb
(intransitive) To sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.