A man's knee-length jacket worn in parts of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
achoke
ackees
ackees
noun
plural of ackee
ackeys
ackeys
noun
plural of ackey
ackler
ackley
ackman
ackmen
acknew
acknew
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acknow
acknow
acknow
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To acknowledge; confess (often with "of" or "on"), reveal, disclose, realize
(transitive, obsolete) To recognize.
ackton
acreak
acreak
adj
(rare) creaking
acrock
acrook
acrook
adj
(regional) Not in its proper place or properly oriented.
(regional, of a body part) Bent or formed into a hook.
adv
(archaic) In an oblique or crooked direction.
akcheh
akcheh
noun
Archaic form of akçe (“Ottoman coin”).
alcock
allock
alrick
amucks
amucks
noun
plural of amuck
antick
antick
noun
Obsolete form of antic.
arcked
arrack
arrack
noun
Alternative spelling of arak (aniseed-flavored alcoholic drink consumed primarily in the Middle East).
An alcoholic drink distilled from coconut palm flowers in South Asia.
An alcoholic drink made from sugar cane and fermented red rice in Indonesia.
asmack
attack
attack
noun
(audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
(computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
(cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
(informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
(lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
(medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
(music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
(volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
verb
(chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
(cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
(intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
(intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
(soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
(transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
(transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
(transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
(transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
(transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
awreck
awreck
adv
in or into a state of being wrecked
backed
backed
adj
(in combination) Having specified type of back.
(in combination) Having specified type of backing.
(obsolete, slang) Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of back
backen
backer
backer
adj
(phonetics) comparative form of back: more back
noun
One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.
backet
backet
noun
(Scotland) A shallow wooden trough for carrying ashes, coals, etc.
backie
backie
noun
(colloquial) A ride on the back of a bicycle or motorbike.
backup
backup
adj
(computing) That is intended as a backup.
Standby, reserve or extra.
Supporting, reinforcing; (music) of or related to accompaniment
noun
(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is destroyed or damaged.
(law enforcement) reinforcements
A reserve or substitute.
An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.
verb
Misspelling of back up.
backus
balcke
barack
barack
noun
Hungarian apricot brandy
beback
becked
becked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beck
becker
becker
noun
(archaic) A European fish, Pagrus pagrus
becket
becket
noun
(England, dialect, historical) A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
(nautical) A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
(nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
(nautical) The clevis of a pulley block.
(nautical, slang) A pocket in clothing.
(obsolete) chough (the bird)
(sewing) A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
An eye in the end of a rope.
beckie
beckon
beckon
noun
A children's game similar to hide and seek in which children who have been "caught" may escape if they see another hider beckon to them.
A sign made without words; a beck.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To seem attractive and inviting
(transitive, intransitive) To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
bedeck
bedeck
verb
(transitive) To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.
beduck
beduck
verb
(transitive) To duck or immerse thoroughly; submerge.
begeck
begeck
noun
(transitive, UK dialectal) A disappointment; trick.
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal) To deceive; disappoint; jilt.
bekick
belick
belick
verb
(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To lick or lick about.
belock
belock
verb
(archaic, transitive) To lock up or lock in place; hold tight; fasten.
bemock
bemock
verb
(archaic) To ridicule or mock.
(transitive) To cause to appear as if mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as the genuine surpasses the counterfeit.
(transitive) To mock repeatedly; flout.
(transitive, archaic) To make up as something else, to make into an imitation or semblance
bemuck
bewick
bicker
bicker
noun
(Scotland) A wooden drinking-cup or other dish.
(Scotland, obsolete) A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
A skirmish; an encounter.
A wrangle; also, a noise, as in angry contention.
The process by which selective eating clubs at Princeton University choose new members.
verb
(of rain) To patter.
To brawl or move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, light, flame, etc.)
To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.
bipack
bipack
noun
(cinematography) The process of loading two reels of film into a camera, so that they both pass through the camera gate together, formerly used for visual effects and as a subtractive colour process.
verb
(cinematography) To load two reels of film in this manner.
blacks
blacks
noun
(UK) Soot flying in the air.
A kind of ink in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape and the residue of the wine press.
Black garments, etc.
plural of black
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of black
blacky
blacky
noun
(informal, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
blicky
blicky
noun
(slang, New York, Maryland, MLE) A pistol.
Alternative spelling of blickey (“A small tin canister or cylindrical pail.”)
blocks
blocks
noun
plural of block
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of block
blocky
blocky
adj
Resembling a block in shape.
bockey
bockey
noun
(US, dialect, archaic, New York) A large basket woven from oak splints.
bocock
bodock
bodock
noun
(US, Southwestern US) The Osage orange.
bracky
bracky
adj
(archaic) brackish
bricks
bricks
noun
plural of brick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brick
bricky
bricky
adj
Covered with brick.
Similar to brick in texture, colour, shape, etc.
noun
(slang) A bricklayer.
brocks
brocks
noun
plural of brock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brock
brocky
bucked
bucked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buck
bucker
bucker
noun
(mining) A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
(mining) One who bucks ore.
A horse or other animal that bucks.
bucket
bucket
noun
(MTE, slang) an insult term used in Toronto to refer to someone who habitually uses crack cocaine.
(UK, archaic) A unit of measure equal to four gallons.
(aviation, mechanical engineering, uncommon) A turbine blade driven by hot gas or steam.
(basketball, informal) A field goal.
(basketball, informal) The basket.
(computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A great deal of anything.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
(slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
(slang, humorous) A helmet.
(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
A bucket bag.
A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
The amount held in this container.
The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
The pitcher in certain orchids.
verb
(computing, transitive) To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
(intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.
(intransitive, informal) To travel very quickly.
(transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
(transitive) To place inside a bucket.
(transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
(transitive, Australia, slang) To criticize vehemently; to denigrate.
(transitive, UK, US, rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
buckie
buckle
buckle
noun
(Canada, heraldry) The brisure of an eighth daughter.
(US, baking) A cake baked with fresh fruit and a streusel topping.
(countable) A clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a strap.
(roofing) An upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane frequently occurring over insulation or deck joints. A buckle may be an indication of movement with the roof assembly.
A contorted expression, as of the face.
A curl of hair, especially a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
A distortion, bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
verb
(Scotland) To unite in marriage.
(intransitive) To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.
(intransitive) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
(intransitive, figuratively) To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).
(obsolete, intransitive) To enter upon some labour or contest; to join in close fight; to contend.
(transitive) To fasten using a buckle.
(transitive) To make bend; to cause to become distorted.
To buckle down; to apply oneself.
buckra
buckra
adj
(African-American Vernacular, archaic) White.
noun
(Caribbean) A white person.
(dated, now rare, African-American Vernacular, derogatory) A poor white person.
buicks
burack
buseck
caback
cabook
cabook
noun
(obsolete) Laterite.
cacked
cacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cack
cackle
cackle
noun
A group of hyenas.
A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.
Futile or excessively noisy talk.
The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
verb
(intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.
(intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
(intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
(transitive, gambling, slang) To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.
cadouk
caduke
caduke
adj
(obsolete) perishable; frail; transitory
cakier
cakier
adj
comparative form of caky: more caky
cakile
caking
caking
noun
A layer or deposit of caked material.
verb
present participle of cake
calked
calked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calk
calker
calker
noun
A calk on a shoe.
One who calks.
calkin
calkin
noun
A calk (on a horseshoe).
camaka
canker
canker
noun
(phytopathology) A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.
A kind of wild rose; the dog rose.
A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease.
A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.
An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.
An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush.
Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
verb
(intransitive) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
(intransitive) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
(transitive) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
(transitive) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
canuck
canuck
Noun
A Canadian.
A Canadian, especially a French Canadian.
The French-Canadian dialect.
A thing from Canada.
A Canadian pony or horse.
A member of the professional NHL ice hockey team.
The fighter-interceptor.
Adjective
Canadian.
capkin
carack
carack
noun
Alternative form of carrack
carked
carked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cark
casked
casked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cask
casket
casket
noun
(Britain) An urn.
(Canada, US) A coffin.
(nautical) A gasket.
A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
verb
(poetic, transitive) To put into, or preserve in, a casket.
catkin
catkin
noun
(botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.
cauked
caulks
caulks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caulk
cawker
cawker
noun
Alternative form of calker
chabuk
chabuk
noun
(now historical) A long whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in India and parts of the Middle East.
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.
chaksi
chalks
chalks
noun
plural of chalk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chalk
chalky
chalky
adj
(US, sports, chiefly basketball) Of a tournament: in which the favorites win, or expected to win, most of the games.
Consisting of or containing chalk.
Resembling chalk in some way.
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
charuk
chaska
chaska
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA, and the county seat of Carver County.
checke
checks
checks
noun
plural of check
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of check
checky
checky
adj
Alternative form of chequy
cheeks
cheeks
noun
plural of cheek
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheek
cheeky
cheeky
adj
(Australian Aboriginal) Poisonous (of animals such as snakes), dangerous, cunning, violent, potent.
(informal) (of swimwear, underwear, etc.) tending to reveal the cheeks of the buttocks.
(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
(informal, UK, Ireland, Australia) Indulged in.
chekan
cheken
chetek
chevak
chiack
chiack
noun
The act of chiacking.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, transitive) To taunt or tease.
chiaki
chicks
chicks
noun
plural of chick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chick
chicky
chicky
noun
(childish) Chick (young bird).
(childish) Chicken.
chikee
chinik
chinks
chinks
noun
A type of chaps.
plural of chink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chink
chinky
chinky
adj
(derogatory, offensive) Possessing attributes of, or similar to, a Chinese person or Chinese style or culture.
Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings.
noun
(Britain, slang, possibly offensive) A Chinese takeaway restaurant.
(Britain, slang, possibly offensive) A meal of Chinese food.
(India, slang, offensive) A person from Northeast India.
(slang, offensive) A Chinese person.
chirks
chirks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chirk
chitak
chkfil
chocks
chocks
noun
plural of chock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chock
chogak
choiak
choiak
Proper noun
The fourth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the fourth and last month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Choiak has been in roughly December.
choked
choked
adj
(figurative) Blocked or obstructed by thick material, often plant growth.
Having been unable to breathe due to airway obstruction (choking) or strangulation, but usually to the point of pain and discomfort without death.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of choke
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.
chokes
chokes
noun
plural of choke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of choke
chokey
chokey
adj
Reminiscent of choking.
noun
(India, historical) A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin bearers, police, etc.
(dated, Britain) prison
chokio
chokra
chokra
noun
(India) Boy; young male servant.
chooky
chouka
chucks
chucks
intj
(UK, slang, obsolete) A warning cry used by schoolboys when a teacher is approaching.
noun
(Scotland) The game of jacks or jackstones.
plural of chuck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chuck
chucky
chucky
noun
(Northern Ireland, derogatory, slang) An Irish Republican, especially one who has supported the armed struggle.
(Scotland) A pebble or piece of gravel.
(dated or dialectal) chicken
chukar
chukar
noun
A species of partridge native to central Asia (Alectoris chukar).
chukka
chukka
noun
Alternative form of chukker
chukka boot
chukor
chukor
noun
Alternative form of chukar
chunks
chunks
noun
plural of chunk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunk
chunky
chunky
adj
(euphemistic, of a person) Fat.
Having chunks.
Of a cat: having a large, solid bodyline.
noun
Alternative form of chunkey (Native American game).
chupak
chyack
chyack
verb
Alternative form of chiack
ciskei
ciskei
Proper noun
A former bantustan in the southeast of South Africa, formed in 1961, declared independent in 1981, and reintegrated in 1993.
ciszek
clacks
clacks
noun
plural of clack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clack
clanks
clanks
noun
plural of clank
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clank