(obsolete) One's authority for something: an informant.
(obsolete, criminal law) Principal.
Someone who writes books for a living.
The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
verb
(chiefly US, sometimes proscribed) To create a work as its author.
avruch
baruch
benhur
bochur
brahui
brahui
Proper noun
a pastoral people of Eastern Baluchistan
the Dravidian language of this people
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.
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
charnu
charuk
chauri
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.
chirau
chiurm
chorus
chorus
noun
(Christianity) A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.
(by extension) A group of people in a performance who recite together.
(by extension, chiefly Britain, theater, historical) An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.
(jazz) The improvised solo section in a small group performance.
(often attributively) A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.
A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.
A group of people who express a unanimous opinion.
A group of people, animals, or inanimate objects who make sounds together.
A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.
A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.
A part of a song which is repeated between verses; a refrain.
A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
A song performed by the singers of such a group.
An instance of singing by a group of people.
The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.
The noise or sound made by such a group.
The opinion expressed by such a group.
verb
(rare) To provide (a song) with a chorus or refrain.
Of animals: to make cries or sounds together.
To echo in unison another person's words.
To express concurrence with (something said by another person); to echo.
To sing (a song), express (a sentiment), or recite or say (words) in chorus.
To sing the chorus or refrain of a song.
To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison.
chuhra
chuhra
noun
(India, Pakistan, offensive) Any lower-caste person.
(Pakistan, Christianity, ethnic slur, religious slur, offensive) A Hindu or (especially) a Christian convert from a lower caste.
A member of the Chuhra caste in India
chukar
chukar
noun
A species of partridge native to central Asia (Alectoris chukar).
chukor
chukor
noun
Alternative form of chukar
chumar
chumar
noun
Alternative spelling of chamar
church
church
intj
(slang) Expressing strong agreement.
noun
(countable) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
(countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.
(countable) A particular denomination of Christianity.
(informal) Any religious group.
(obsolete) Assembly.
(uncountable) Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.
(uncountable, countable, as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service.
Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity; Christendom.
verb
(transitive) To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.
(transitive, Christianity, now historical) To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple).
churel
churel
noun
In Hindu folklore, the ghost of a low-caste woman who died during childbirth or menstruation.
churls
churls
noun
plural of churl
churly
churly
adj
(archaic) rude; churlish; violent
churns
churns
noun
plural of churn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of churn
churro
churro
noun
A fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage.
churrs
churrs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of churr
chuser
chuser
noun
Obsolete spelling of chooser.
chuter
crouch
crouch
noun
(obsolete) A cross.
A bent or stooped position.
verb
(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
(intransitive) To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility.
(obsolete) To sign with the cross; bless.
crouth
cruche
crunch
crunch
noun
(chiefly US) The symbol #.
(cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
(exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
(slang) A shortage.
(software engineering, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
A critical moment or event.
A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
A problem that leads to a crisis.
verb
(automotive, transitive) To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
(computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
(slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
(software engineering, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
To grind or press with violence and noise.
crutch
crutch
noun
(heraldry) A type of cross formed from two C-shapes joined back to back.
(nautical) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch.
(nautical) A knee, or piece of knee timber.
A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.
A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop
verb
(intransitive) To move on crutches.
(transitive) To shear the hindquarters of a sheep; to dag.
(transitive) To support on crutches; to prop up.
(transitive, in soap-making) to stir with a crutch.
curagh
curchy
curchy
noun
(later dialectal) Obsolete form of curtsey.
curhan
dhaura
dhauri
dhurna
dhurna
noun
(India) Alternative form of dharna
dhurra
dhurry
dourah
dourah
noun
Alternative form of durra
drouth
drouth
noun
Alternative form of drought
druith
duarch
durgah
durgah
noun
Alternative form of dargah
durham
durham
Proper noun
County Durham, a county in the Northeast of England.
A city in this county in the Northeast of England.
A in California.
A town in Connecticut.
A city in Kansas.
A town in Maine.
A town in New Hampshire.
A town in New York.
A city in North Carolina.
A community in Nova Scotia.
A community in Ontario.
A city in Oregon.
Noun
One of a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England, and noted for their beef-producing quality.
euchre
euchre
noun
(card games) A trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards.
verb
To deceive or outwit.
fourth
fourth
adj
The ordinal form of the number four.
noun
(chiefly US) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
(in the singular) The fourth gear of an engine.
(in the singular) The person or thing in the fourth position.
(music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).
verb
(informal) To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been thirded.
frough
fuhrer
furphy
furphy
noun
(Australia, slang) A rumour, or an erroneous or improbable story.
furthy
ghrush
ghurry
ghurry
noun
(Anglo-Indian) An hour, or some indefinite period of time.
(by extension) A clock or watch.
(historical, India) Alternative form of gurry (“a small fort”)
A clepsydra or water clock, consisting of a floating cup with a small hole in it, adjusted so that it fills and sinks in a fixed time.
The gong by which the time so indicated is struck.
grouch
grouch
noun
A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.
One who is grumpy or irritable.
verb
(intransitive) To be grumpy or irritable; to complain.
grough
grumph
grumph
noun
(Scotland) A grunting sound.
verb
(Scotland, intransitive) To make a grunting sound.
grunch
grunth
grutch
grutch
verb
(intransitive) To murmur, complain.
(obsolete) To grudge.
gumhar
gurish
gurkha
gurrah
gurrah
noun
(obsolete) A coarse Indian muslin.
gusher
gusher
noun
An oil well that has a natural flow and so requires no pumping.
One who gushes (makes an excessive display of enthusiasm, praise, or sentiment).
guthry
habiru
hairup
halbur
haleru
haroun
haroun
noun
(by extension) The leading figures of the Daraawiish (i.e. commanders, governors, representatives, judges etc.) considered collectively.
(idiomatic, by extension) The Daraawiish government.
harrus
hauger
hauler
hauler
noun
(Internet) Someone who makes a haul video.
A miner who hauls coal from the coalface to the bottom of the shaft.
A person or thing that hauls another person or thing.
A truck, lorry (vehicle used to transport heavy goods)
hauser
heraud
heraus
heruli
heuser
hircus
hirudo
hiruko
hodure
holour
holour
Noun
A whoremonger.
honour
honour
noun
(countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen.
(countable, card games) In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.
(feudal law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
(golf) The right to play one's ball before one's opponent.
(heraldry, countable) The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point).
(in the plural) (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank.
(in the plural) The privilege of going first.
(uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).
(uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.
A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
A privilege.
verb
British spelling, Canadian spelling, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
horcus
hormuz
houris
houris
noun
plural of houri
hourly
hourly
adj
Occurring every hour.
Unsalaried, paid by the hour; (by extension) blue-collar.
adv
At intervals of an hour.
noun
Something produced each hour.
houser
houser
noun
(informal) A house music track.
One who, or that which, houses.
hrault
hruska
huaras
hubber
hubert
hubris
hubris
noun
Excessive pride, presumption or arrogance (originally toward the gods).
huerta
huerta
noun
The area of Murcia and Valencia with fertile ground.
huffer
huffer
noun
A bully; a blusterer.
A drug addict who gets a high by inhaling or sniffing intoxicating fumes, as in glue or aerosols.
hugger
hugger
noun
One who hugs or embraces.
verb
(obsolete) To conceal; to lurk in ambush.
huitre
huller
huller
noun
One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine.
hulver
hulver
noun
(obsolete) holly (plant)
humber
humber
Proper noun
A large tidal estuary forming part of the boundary between northern and southern England.
A river in Newfoundland and Labrador.
humeri
humeri
noun
plural of humerus
hummer
hummer
noun
(informal) A Humvee.
(informal) A humdinger; something or someone exceptional or outstanding of their type.
(informal) A hummingbird.
(slang) A very energetic or lively person; a powerful lively thing.
(slang) An arrest on false pretexts.
(slang) Fellatio, especially when the person performing the act vibrates their mouth by humming.
(slang, dated) A place, event etc. that is bustling or full of activity.
(slang, obsolete) A liar.
(slang, obsolete) A lie or tall tale.
(slang, obsolete) An admirer.
(slang, obsolete, usually as "on the hummer") The condition of having no money.
A machine that runs particularly well and smoothly.
A tantrum or fuss.
A type of vehicle resembling a jeep but bulkier.
One who hums.
Someone who upsets or irritates others; a trouble-maker or controversial figure.
Something that generates a lot of attention, talk, and excitement.
The newlyweds took a hummer limo back to their casino resort.
humors
humors
noun
plural of humor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humor
humour
humour
noun
(archaic or historical) Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body.
(medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.
(obsolete) Moist vapour, moisture.
(uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim.
(uncountable) The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
verb
(transitive) To pacify by indulging.
hunder
hungar
hunger
hunger
noun
(by extension) Any strong desire.
A need or compelling desire for food.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To make hungry; to famish.
(figuratively, intransitive, usually with 'for' or 'after') To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
(intransitive) To be in need of food.
hungry
hungry
adj
(figuratively) Eager, having an avid desire (‘appetite’) for something.
Affected by hunger; having an uncomfortable feeling in your stomach because you need food.
Causing hunger.
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
hunker
hunker
noun
(dated) A political conservative.
verb
(intransitive) To apply oneself to a task
(intransitive) To crouch or squat close to the ground or lie down
hunner
hunter
hunter
noun
(psychology) A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.
A dog used in hunting.
A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.
One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
One who hunts or seeks after anything.
hurden
hurden
noun
(UK, dialect) A coarse kind of linen made from hurds.
hurdis
hurdle
hurdle
noun
(T-flapping) Misspelling of hurtle.
(UK, obsolete) A sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
A perceived obstacle.
An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
verb
To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
To jump over something while running.
To overcome an obstacle.
hureek
hurkle
hurkle
verb
(intransitive) to draw in the parts of the body, especially with pain or cold
(of the limbs) to contract, to pull in
to cower
hurled
hurled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hurl
hurlee
hurler
hurler
noun
(hurling) Someone who participates in the sport of hurling.
Agent noun of hurl; someone who hurls or throws.
hurley
hurley
noun
(countable) A stick used in the game of hurling.
(proscribed, uncountable) The game of hurling.
hurlow
hurrah
hurrah
intj
Expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.
noun
A cheer; a cry of hurrah!.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To give a hurrah (to somebody).
hurray
hurray
intj
Alternative form of hooray.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To cheer with a "hurray".
hurrer
hurris
hurroo
hursts
hursts
noun
plural of hurst
hurted
hurted
verb
(archaic or nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of hurt
hurter
hurter
noun
A beam on a gun-platform that prevents damage from the wheels of a gun-carriage.
One who hurts or does harm.
hurtle
hurtle
noun
A clattering sound.
A fast movement in literal or figurative sense.
verb
(intransitive) To move rapidly, violently, or without control.
(intransitive, archaic) To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
(intransitive, archaic) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
(intransitive, archaic) To push; to jostle; to hurl.
(transitive) To hurl or fling; to throw hard or violently.
hurwit
husher
husher
noun
Obsolete form of usher.
Someone who hushes, insisting on silence.
husker
husker
noun
(US, slang) A fan or supporter of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the sports teams of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
One who husks (as one who removes the husks, leaves, from ears of corn).
hussar
hussar
noun
(historical) A member of the national cavalry of Hungary, Croatia and Poland.
A member of the light cavalry of any of several European armies.