(historical, footwear) A type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries.
A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.
chopped
chopped
adj
(automotive, slang) Having a vehicle's height reduced by horizontal trimming of the roofline.
(chiefly of meat) Ground, having been processed by grinding.
(slang) Fired from a job or cut from a team or training program; having got the chop.
(slang) High on drugs.
Cut or diced into small pieces.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chop
chopper
chopper
noun
(Canada, US) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
(archaeology) A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone.
(baseball) A high-bouncing batted ball.
(electronics) Any of various electronic switches used to interrupt one signal under the control of another.
(informal) A helicopter.
(informal) A type of road motorcycle, especially as used by biker/bikie gangs.
(slang) An assault rifle, especially a fully-automatic one (e.g. an AK-47).
A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large oblong blade.
A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside.
A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
verb
(informal) To travel or transport by helicopter.
chorale
chorale
noun
(Christianity) A form of Lutheran or Protestant hymn tune.
(music, religion) A chorus or choir.
chorded
chorded
adj
(computing, of a computer keyboard) Through which input is supplied by pressing a relatively small number of keys in combinations, as though playing chords.
(graph theory) Containing a chord.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chord
chordee
chordee
noun
(medicine) An abnormal downward curve to the erect penis.
choreal
choreal
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting chorea
choreas
choregi
choregi
noun
plural of choregus
choregy
choreic
choreic
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting chorea
noun
One who has chorea.
choreus
choreus
noun
(prosody) A tribrach.
(prosody) A trochee.
chorine
chorine
noun
A female chorus line dancer; a chorus girl.
chorley
chorley
Proper noun
a market town and borough in Lancashire, England.
chorten
chorten
noun
(Buddhism) A Tibetan stupa.
chortle
chortle
noun
A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.
verb
(intransitive) To laugh with a chortle or chortles.
choteau
chouest
chounce
chounce
verb
Alternative form of chounse
choused
choused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chouse
chouser
chouser
noun
Agent noun of chouse: one who chouses.
chouses
chouses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chouse
chowder
chowder
noun
A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.
A thick, creamy soup or stew.
Alternative spelling of jowter
verb
(transitive) To make (seafood, etc.) into chowder.
chowsed
chowsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chowse
chowses
chowses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chowse
chromed
chromed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chrome
chromel
chromes
chromes
noun
plural of chrome
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chrome
clocher
cloches
cloches
noun
plural of cloche
clothed
clothed
adj
Covered with a cloth.
Wearing clothes or clothing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clothe
clothes
clothes
noun
(obsolete) plural of cloth.
(plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
Laundry (hung on a clothesline).
The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clothe
coached
coached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coach
coachee
coachee
noun
(historical) An American style of carriage shaped like a coach but longer and open in front.
(slang, dated) A coachman.
One who is coached (receives training).
coacher
coacher
noun
(Australia) A tame animal used as a lure to attract wild beasts, especially cattle.
(obsolete) A coachman.
A coach horse.
A person who coaches or gives instruction; a coach.
coaches
coaches
noun
plural of coach
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coach
cobhead
cochero
cochief
cochief
noun
A joint chief.
cochise
cochlea
cochlea
noun
(anatomy) The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates, which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail.
codhead
codhead
noun
(Britain) A person from Fleetwood, a town in the northwest of Lancashire.
(Britain) A person from Grimsby, a fishing town in Lincolnshire, in the north of England.
(Britain) A person from Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, in the northeast of England.
(Tyneside, humorous) A person from North Shields, a town in Tyne and Wear, in the northeast of England.
coehorn
coehorn
noun
(military, historical) A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two people.
cohagen
cohberg
cohbert
coheads
coheads
noun
plural of cohead
coheirs
coheirs
noun
plural of coheir
coheman
cohered
cohered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohere
coherer
coherer
noun
(physics) A detector of radio waves used in very early radio receivers.
coheres
coheres
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohere
cohette
cohitre
cohleen
cohlier
cohunes
cohunes
noun
plural of cohune
colpheg
conchae
conched
conched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conch
concher
concher
noun
A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding.
A person who operates such a machine.
conches
conches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conch
conchie
conchie
noun
Alternative spelling of conchy
conveth
cooches
cooches
noun
plural of cooch
copehan
copihue
copihue
noun
An evergreen climbing plant, Lapageria rosea.
coshers
coshers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cosher
coshery
coshery
noun
(historical) The ancient right of an Irish chief to quarter himself and his retainers on his tenantry.
cosshen
couched
couched
adj
(heraldry) Couché.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of couch
couchee
couchee
noun
(obsolete) A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince.
coucher
coucher
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic.
(papermaking) One who couches paper.
One who couches.
The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts.
couches
couches
noun
plural of couch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of couch
coughed
coughed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cough
cougher
cougher
noun
A person who coughs.
couhage
couhage
noun
Obsolete form of cowage.
courche
courche
noun
Obsolete spelling of curch
couther
couthie
couthie
adj
(Scotland) Friendly, agreeable, pleasant.
cowhage
cowheel
cowheel
noun
The foot or trotter of a cow, used as food (typically stewed to form a jelly).
cowherb
cowherb
noun
Vaccaria hispanica, an annual herb with blue-grey waxy herbage and pale pink flowers, native to Eurasia.
cowherd
cowherd
noun
A person who herds cattle; a cowboy.
cowhide
cowhide
noun
(countable) A hide of a cow.
(uncountable) Any quantity of hides of cows.
(uncountable) Leather made from the hide of cows.
A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
verb
(transitive) To flog with a cowhide.
cowiche
cowshed
cowshed
noun
A shed or barn for keeping cows.
crochet
crochet
noun
A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses.
Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.
crouche
dahomey
dahomey
Proper noun
A former country in Africa, located in present-day Benin.
deborah
debouch
debouch
noun
(geography) A narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.
(military) A fortress at the end of a defile.
verb
(intransitive) To pour forth from a narrow opening; to emerge from a narrow place like a defile into open country or a wider space.
dechlog
decorah
dehorns
dehorns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehorn
dehorts
dehorts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehort
delphos
delphos
Proper noun
A city/village in Iowa.
A city/town in Kansas.
A city in Ohio.
demchok
demchok
Proper noun
A small village and military encampment in the Indian-administered part of the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir, near Aksai Chin and the
denhoff
derecho
derecho
noun
(meteorology, US) A windstorm characterized by strong, straight-line winds.
dhobies
dhobies
noun
plural of dhobie
plural of dhoby
dhooley
dhootie
dibhole
dibhole
noun
(UK, mining) The lowest part of a mine, into which the water drains.
dishome
dishome
verb
(transitive) To deprive of a home; to make homeless.
dochter
doghead
doghead
noun
(firearms) That part of a matchlock or flintlock gun or rifle that holds the burning fuse or flint and applies it to the gunpowder.
(mythology) A mythical creature with a human body and a dog's head.
doghole
doghole
noun
A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation or apartment.
doherty
donahoe
donahue
donohue
dorthea
doscher
douched
douched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of douche
douches
douches
noun
plural of douche
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of douche
dozenth
dozenth
adj
Twelfth.
noun
A twelfth.
drogher
drogher
noun
A West Indian coasting vessel, with long masts and lateen sails.
Any small, slow craft, especially for transporting goods to or from shore.
dushore
dyphone
earhole
earhole
noun
A puncture in the ear, usually in the earlobe, such as for earrings.
An opening in a head-covering, such as a hat or helmet, for the ears.
The outer aperture of the ear; the entrance to the ear canal.
earshot
earshot
noun
A distance from which sound is still audible.
echelon
echelon
adj
(linear algebra) Of a matrix: having undergone Gaussian elimination with the result that the leading coefficient or pivot (that is, the first nonzero number from the left) of a nonzero row is to the right of the pivot of the row above it, giving rise to a stepped appearance in the matrix.
noun
(cycling) A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.
(military) A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.
A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
verb
(transitive, military) To form troops into an echelon.
echoers
echoers
noun
plural of echoer
echoing
echoing
noun
The act of something that echoes.
verb
present participle of echo
echoism
echoism
noun
The practice of creating words or language by imitating sounds from the environment.
echoist
echoist
noun
One who repeats like an echo; a mindless imitator.
echoize
echoize
verb
(rare) To create onomatopoeic words or vocalizations (i.e. words which are imitative of the sounds of they represent).
ecorche
ecphore
ecphore
verb
To activate a latent engram as part of memory retrieval.
ecphory
ecphory
noun
An automatic memory retrieval process engaged when a specific, proximal cue interacts with information stored in memory. The recovered product of that interaction can be the result of a strategic memory search, or it could act as fuel for subsequent strategic retrieval processes.
ecphova
edaphon
edaphon
noun
(biology) Any animal or plant found in soil.
edcouch
eelshop
egohood
egohood
noun
The state of possessing an ego; the recognition of one's ego; personality.
eightvo
eightvo
noun
(printing) octavo
einhorn
ekphore
ekphore
verb
Alternative form of ecphore
ekphory
ekphory
noun
Alternative form of ecphoria
elfhood
elfhood
noun
The state of being an elf.
elkhorn
elkhorn
noun
A highly-branched coral (Acropora palmata) supposed to resemble the horns of an elk
The horn of an elk
elohism
elohist
elohist
Proper noun
One of four sources of the Torah described by the characterized by an abstract view of God.
Noun
The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; distinguished from Jehovist.
elsehow
elsehow
adv
(archaic) Somehow else; in some other way.
emforth
emforth
Preposition
according to; in a way that is conformable to
encoach
encoach
verb
(transitive, archaic) To place or carry in a coach.
enforth
enhalos
enhalos
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enhalo
enochic
enoughs
enoughs
noun
plural of enough
enrough
entheos
eoliths
eoliths
noun
plural of eolith
eophyte
eophyte
noun
(botany, paleontology) A fossil plant from the Silurian age