(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.
breath
breath
adj
(phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) voiceless, surd; contrasting with voice (breath sounds, voice sounds)
noun
(countable) A rest or pause.
(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.
(obsolete) Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume.
(obsolete) Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.
(uncountable) Air expelled from the lungs.
(uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
verb
Misspelling of breathe.
brecht
breech
breech
adj
(obstetrics) Born, or having been born, breech.
adv
(obstetrics, of birth) With the hips coming out before the head.
noun
(firearms) The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber.
(historical, now only in the plural) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks.
(nautical) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
(now rare) The buttocks or backside.
(obstetrics) A breech birth.
verb
(dated, transitive) To beat or spank on the buttocks.
(dated, transitive) To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time (the breeching ceremony).
(poetic, transitive, obsolete) To cover as if with breeches.
(transitive) To fasten with breeching.
(transitive) To fit or furnish with a breech.
brehon
brehon
noun
(Ireland, historical) A judge or lawgiver in ancient Celtic Ireland.
bright
bright
adj
(metallurgy) Of a metal object or surface: lacking any protective coating or surface treatment for the prevention of corrosion.
(music) Of a rhythm or tempo: lively, upbeat.
Clearly apparent; conspicuous.
Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
Glorious; illustrious.
Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
In good spirits; happy, optimistic.
Manifest to the mind as light is to the eyes; clear, evident, plain.
Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.
Of a musical instrument, sound, or a voice: clearly audible; clear, resounding, and often high-pitched.
Of a period of history or time: happy, prosperous, successful.
Of a person: lively, vivacious.
Of a place: not dark; well-lit.
Of a room or other place: having acoustic qualities that tend to cause much echoing or reverberation of sound, particularly at high frequencies.
Of a scent or taste: not bland or mild; bold, sharp, strong.
Of a substance: clear, transparent; also, pure, unadulterated; (specifically) of wine: free of suspended particles; not cloudy; fine.
Of an object, surface, etc.: having vivid colour(s); colourful.
Of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre; gleaming, shiny.
Of an opportunity or outlook: having a reasonable chance of success; favourable, good.
Of climate or weather: not cloudy or gloomy; fair; also, of a period of time, the sky, etc.: characterized by much sunshine and good weather.
Of conversation, writing, etc.: imaginative or sparkling with wit; clever, witty.
Of light: brilliant, intense.
Of the eyes: able to see clearly; of eyesight: keen, sharp.
Of the face or eyes, or a smile: showing happiness or hopefulness; cheerful, lively.
adv
(archaic) Referring to sight, sound, understanding, etc.: clearly, distinctly; brightly.
(often literary) In a bright manner; brightly, glowingly, luminously, lustrously.
Referring to colour: with bold or vivid colours; brightly, boldly, vividly.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Something (especially a product intended for sale) that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearance.
(figuratively) Glory, splendour.
(painting) An artist's brush used in acrylic and oil painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
A person with a naturalistic worldview with no mystical or supernatural elements.
Brightness, glow.
verb
(intransitive, also figuratively) Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.
(transitive) Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
(transitive, figuratively) Often followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to make (someone or something) energetic, or happy and optimistic.
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).
broche
broche
noun
Obsolete form of brooch.
verb
Obsolete form of broach.
brocho
brocht
brooch
brooch
noun
A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.
A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
verb
(transitive) To adorn as with a brooch.
brothe
broths
broths
noun
plural of broth
brothy
brothy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of broth.
brough
brughs
brunch
brunch
noun
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
verb
To eat brunch.
brushy
brushy
adj
Having a similar texture to a fox’s tail; brushlike, bushy.
Of the countryside: having thick vegetation, taller than grass but shorter than trees; having abundant brush; shrubby.
bsarch
bsphar
bucher
buhler
burghs
burghs
noun
plural of burgh
burhel
burhel
noun
Archaic spelling of bharal.
burkha
burrah
bursch
bursch
noun
(archaic) A German university student.
busher
busher
noun
(US, baseball, slang) A major league baseball player who has recently come from a small league.
busrah
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.
cahors
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
casher
casher
noun
One who cashes (a cheque, etc.).
cathar
cathar
Noun
A member of certain so self-styled Novatian and other Christian sects embracing a form of dualism and extraordinary practices adhering to Mary Magdalene's teachings, persecuted by Roman Catholics as heretics.
cather
cathro
ceriph
chaber
chacra
chadar
chadar
noun
Alternative spelling of chador
chader
chador
chador
noun
A loose robe, made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by Muslim women, especially in Iran.
chadri
chadri
noun
A burka.
chafer
chafer
noun
A vessel for heating water; hence, a dish or pan.
A vessel for holding burning coals or hot water used as a warmer.
Any of several scarab beetles, including the cockchafer, leaf chafer, and rose chafer.
One who chafes.
chahar
chairs
chairs
noun
plural of chair
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chair
chakar
chaker
chakra
chakra
noun
(Hinduism, Ayurveda) Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy.
chamar
chamar
noun
A member of a Tribe who works in leather and Agriculture; a tanner or leather-worker.
chaori
charac
charas
charas
noun
Cannabis resin, used as an intoxicant in India.
charca
charco
chards
chards
noun
plural of chard
chared
chared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chare
charer
chares
chares
noun
plural of chare
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chare
charet
charge
charge
noun
(basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
(by extension) A measured amount of explosive.
(ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
(electromagnetism, chemistry) An electric charge.
(farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
(firearms) A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a cartridge.
(heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
(historical or obsolete) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre.
(military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
(obsolete) Weight; import; value.
(weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
A forceful forward movement.
A load or burden; cargo.
An accusation by a person or organization.
An instruction.
An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.
Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
The amount of money levied for a service.
The scope of someone's responsibility.
verb
(basketball) To commit a charging foul.
(cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
(dated) To sell at a given price.
(heraldry) To add to or represent on.
(heraldry) To assume as a bearing.
(intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
(intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery) To replenish energy.
(law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
(military, transitive and intransitive) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
(transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
(transitive) To cause to take on an electric charge.
(transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.
(transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
(transitive) To place a burden, load or responsibility on or in.
(transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.
(transitive, intransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
(transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
To assign a duty or responsibility to.
To call to account; to challenge.
To impute or ascribe.
To ornament with or cause to bear.
charie
charil
charin
charis
charka
charka
noun
Alternative form of charkha (Indian spinning-wheel)
charks
charks
noun
plural of chark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chark
charla
charlo
charms
charms
noun
plural of charm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of charm
charnu
charon
charre
charre
noun
Alternative form of charge (measure of 36 pigs of lead)
charro
charro
noun
(usually in the plural) Short for charro bean.
A type of Mexican horseman.
charrs
charrs
noun
plural of charr
charry
charry
adj
(wine) Having a flavour of charred wood.
Relating to charcoal, or partaking of its qualities.
charta
charts
charts
noun
plural of chart
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chart
charuk
charyl
chaser
chaser
noun
(archaic) A hunter.
(logging) One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.
(logging, obsolete) Someone who follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled (also called a frogger).
(nautical) A chase gun.
(slang) A chubby chaser.
(slang) A person who seeks partners with HIV in order to become infected.
(slang) A tranny chaser.
(slang, historical) A piece of music, etc. played after a performance while the audience leaves.
A drink drunk after another of a different kind.
A horse: (originally) a horse used for hunting; (now) a horse trained for steeplechasing, a steeplechaser.
A long piece of flexible wire used to draw an electrical cable through a wall cavity.
A person or thing (ship, plane, car, etc.) that chases.
A tool used for cleaning out screw threads, either as an integral part of a tap or die to remove waste material produced by the cutting tool, or as a separate tool to repair damaged threads.
Any dragonfly of family Libellulidae.
In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player responsible for passing the quaffle and scoring goals with it.
One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement.
Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing.
Synonym of prison chaser (“person who guards military prisoners”)
chauri
chaver
chaver
noun
(Jewish) A friend or comrade; a member of a chevra.
chawer
chawer
noun
One who chaws; a chewer.
cheare
chedar
cheder
cheder
noun
An elementary school for Jewish children, teaching basic Judaism and Hebrew.
cheero
cheero
intj
A friendly greeting
Synonym of cheerio
Synonym of cheers
cheers
cheers
intj
(Commonwealth, informal) thank you
(chiefly Commonwealth, informal) goodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment.
A common toast used when drinking in company.
noun
plural of cheer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheer
To say "cheers" as a toast.
cheery
cheery
adj
In a good mood, happy, cheerful.
chegre
chemar
chenar
chenar
noun
Alternative form of chinar
cheraw
cherem
cherem
noun
(Judaism) Alternative form of herem
cherey
cheria
cherie
cherin
cherna
cherri
cherry
cherry
adj
(informal, often of cars) In excellent condition; mint condition.
Containing or having the taste of cherries.
Of a bright red colour; cherry red.
noun
(color) Cherry red.
(cricket, slang) A cricket ball.
(graph theory) A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.
(slang) Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.
A round, red light of the kind that is typically mounted on top of a police car.
A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.
The burning tip of a cigarette.
The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans.
The wood of a cherry tree.
cherte
cherts
cherts
noun
plural of chert
cherty
cherty
adj
(geology, mineralogy) Containing chert.
cherub
cherub
noun
(biblical) A winged creature attending God, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim; similar to a lamassu in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
(figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.
An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child or a child's head with wings but no body.
cherup
cherup
noun
Archaic form of chirrup.
cherye
cheryl
chevre
chevre
noun
Alternative spelling of chèvre
chewer
chewer
noun
One who chews.
chiari
chicer
chicer
adj
comparative form of chic: more chic
chider
chider
noun
One who chides.
chidra
chimar
chimer
chimer
noun
A bell that chimes.
A person who rings chimes on bells.
Alternative form of chimere (“bishop's robe”)
chinar
chinar
noun
The tree Platanus orientalis, the oriental plane.
chirac
chiral
chiral
adj
that exhibits chirality (as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix)
chiran
chirau
chirks
chirks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chirk
chirms
chirms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chirm
chiron
chiros
chiros
noun
plural of chiro
chirps
chirps
noun
plural of chirp
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chirp
chirpy
chirpy
adj
In a good mood; happy and energetic.
Making chirping noises.
noun
An electronic device which uses a piezoelectric transducer to make chirping noise, often designed to be hidden and function as an annoyance
Specifically, a version of the above designed to be thrown for placement. Similar to a throwie.
chirre
chirre
verb
(obsolete) To coo like a pigeon.
chirrs
chirrs
noun
plural of chirr
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chirr
chitra
chiurm
chiver
chlore
chlori
chloro
chnier
choirs
choirs
noun
plural of choir
choker
choker
noun
(slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.
A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.
A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.
One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.
One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.
chokra
chokra
noun
(India) Boy; young male servant.
choler
choler
noun
Anger or irritability.
One of the four humours of ancient physiology, also known as yellow bile.
chomer
chomer
noun
(historical units of measure) Alternative form of homer: a former Hebrew unit of volume.
choora
choora
noun
A set of bangles traditionally worn by a bride on her wedding day and for some time after, especially in Punjab.
chorai
choral
choral
adj
Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus.
noun
Alternative form of chorale
chorda
chords
chords
noun
plural of chord
chorea
chorea
noun
(pathology) Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance.
An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus.
chored
chored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chore
choree
choree
noun
a choreus, trochee (a foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short)
chorei
chores
chores
noun
plural of chore
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chore