(obsolete except Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) Of all or every kind; all kinds or sorts of; intermingled and various.
ankle
ankle
noun
The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.
verb
(US, slang) To walk.
(cycling) To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.
blank
blank
adj
(archaic) White or pale; without colour.
(figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
(military) Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
Absolute; downright; sheer.
Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
Empty; void; without result; fruitless.
Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
Utterly confounded or discomfited.
Without expression, usually due to incomprehension.
noun
(archaic, historical, obsolete) A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence .
(chemistry) A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in order to deliberately produce a non-detection to verify that a detection is distinguishable from it.
(dominoes) A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
(electric recording) The shaved wax ready for placing on a recording machine for making wax records with a stylus [20th century].
(figurative) A vacant space, place, or period; a void [since the 17th century].
(firearms) Short for blank cartridge. [since the 19th century].
(literature) Blank verse .
(now chiefly US) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .
(obsolete) A nonplus [16th century].
(slang) Infertile semen.
A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word [since the 18th century]
A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated [since the 16th century].
A space to be filled in on a form or template.
An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all .
An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory [since the 18th century].
An unprinted leaf of a book [20th century].
Any article of glass on which subsequent processing is required [since the 19th century].
Provisional words printed in italics (instead of blank spaces) in a bill before Parliament, being matters of practical detail, of which the final form will be settled in Committee .
The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.
The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .
The ¹ / ₂₃₀₄₀₀ of a grain [17th century].
verb
(intransitive) To be temporarily unable to remember.
(intransitive) To become blank.
(transitive) To make void; to erase.
(transitive) To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.
(transitive, aviation, of a control surface) To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.
(transitive, slang) To ignore (a person) deliberately.
blenk
blenk
verb
(obsolete) To blink.
(obsolete) To look.
blink
blink
noun
(UK, dialect) gleam; glimmer; sparkle
(computing) A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis.
(figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.
(nautical) The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink
(sports, in the plural) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them.
(video games) An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances
A glimpse or glance.
The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
verb
(Tyneside, obsolete) To glance.
(hyperbolic) To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response.
(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
(science fiction, video games) To teleport, mostly for short distances.
(transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.
(transitive) To shut out of sight; to evade; to shirk.
To flash headlights on a car at.
To flash on and off at regular intervals.
To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes.
To send a signal with a lighting device.
To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.
To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc.
To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
blunk
blunk
verb
(dialect, colloquial, informal) simple past tense of blink
(intransitive) To blench, blink; turn aside.
(transitive, Scotland) To spoil, mismanage.
clank
clank
noun
A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
verb
(intransitive) To make a clanking sound
(transitive) To cause to sound with a clank.
clink
clink
noun
(onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
(slang) A prison.
Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
verb
(humorous, dated) To rhyme.
(transitive, Scotland) To clinch; to rivet.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
clonk
clonk
noun
(fishing) A stick-like tool used to strike the surface of the water and produce a sound that causes nearby fish to attack the bait.
The abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact.
clunk
clunk
noun
(dated) The sound of liquid coming out of a bottle, etc.; a glucking sound.
A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact.
verb
to make such a sound
elkin
flank
flank
adj
(US, nautical, of speed) Maximum. Historically faster than full speed (the most a vessel can sustain without excessive engine wear or risk of damage), now frequently used interchangeably. Typically used in an emergency or during an attack.
noun
(anatomy) The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side.
(cooking) A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.
(military) The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc.
(military) The sides of a bastion perpendicular to the wall from which the bastion projects.
(soccer) The wing, one side of the pitch.
That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.
The outermost strip of a road.
The side of something, in general senses.
verb
(intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).
(transitive) To attack the flank(s) of.
(transitive) To defend the flank(s) of.
(transitive) To place to the side(s) of.
flunk
flunk
verb
(US, dated, informal) To shirk (a task or duty).
(US, transitive) Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.
(US, transitive, intransitive) Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
To back out through fear. (Commonly in the phrase 'flunk it', the 'it' referring to a specific task avoided; sometimes without specific reference, describing a person's attitude to life in general.)
glink
inkle
inkle
noun
Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces
verb
(transitive, rare) To have a hint or inkling of; divine.
(transitive, rare) To hint at; disclose.
kalan
kalan
noun
(archaic) The sea otter.
kalin
kalon
kalon
noun
Ideal perfect beauty in the physical and moral sense, especially as perceived by Greek philosophers.
kalvn
kanal
kanal
noun
A unit of area used in parts of northern India and in Pakistan, equivalent to one eighth of an acre.
kenly
kilan
kilns
kilns
noun
plural of kiln
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kiln
klans
klein
klenk
kleon
klina
kline
kline
noun
Alternative form of k-line
kling
klino
klong
klong
noun
Alternative form of khlong
klunk
knarl
knarl
noun
A knot in wood.
kneel
kneel
verb
(intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
(intransitive, of a bus or other vehicle) To sink down so that the entrance is level with the pavement, making it easier for passengers to enter.
(reflexive, archaic) To rest on (one's) knees
(transitive) To cause to kneel.
knell
knell
noun
(figuratively) A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.
The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).
verb
(intransitive) To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
(transitive) To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.
(transitive) To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.
knelt
knelt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kneel.
knoll
knoll
noun
(oceanography) A rounded, underwater hill with a prominence of less than 1,000 metres, which does not breach the water's surface.
A knell.
A small mound or rounded hill.
verb
(transitive) To call (someone, to church) by sounding or making a knell (as a bell, a trumpet, etc).
(transitive) To ring (a bell) mournfully; to knell.
(transitive, intransitive) To sound (something) like a bell; to knell.
To arrange related objects in parallel or at 90 degree angles.
knurl
knurl
noun
A contorted knot in wood.
A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip.
verb
To roll or press a pattern of ridges or indentations into a part for grip.
kulan
kulan
noun
Alternative form of koulan
kulun
kylen
kylin
lakin
lakin
noun
(rare) A toy.
Obsolete form of ladykin.
lanka
lanky
lanky
adj
(informal) Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.
lenka
liken
liken
verb
(transitive, followed by to or unto) To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).
likin
likin
noun
(obsolete, historical) A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit.
links
links
noun
A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea.
plural of link
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of link
linky
linky
adj
(informal) Of or pertaining to hyperlinks.
linsk
lukan
lukin
lunik
lunka
lunks
lunks
noun
plural of lunk
lyken
olnek
plank
plank
noun
(Britain, slang) A stupid person, idiot.
(figurative) A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
That which supports or upholds.
verb
(intransitive) To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.
(transitive) To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
(transitive) To cover something with planking.
(transitive) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
(transitive, colloquial) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
plink
plink
noun
A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound.
verb
(firearms) To take part in the sport of plinking.
(with "out") (colloquial) To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano.
To make a plink sound.
plonk
plonk
adv
(followed by a location) Precisely and forcefully.
intj
(Internet) The supposed sound of adding a user to one's killfile.
The sound made by something solid landing.
noun
(countable) The sound of something solid landing.
(countable, derogatory, Britain, law enforcement slang) A female police constable.
(military, slang, historical) AC Plonk
(uncountable, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, informal) Cheap or inferior everyday wine.
verb
(reflexive) To sit down heavily and without ceremony.
(transitive) To set or toss (something) down carelessly.
(transitive, Internet slang) To automatically ignore a particular poster.
plunk
plunk
noun
(slang, obsolete) A large sum of money.
(slang, obsolete, US) A dollar.
The dull thud of something landing on a surface.
verb
(intransitive) To land suddenly or heavily; to plump down.
(intransitive, of a raven) To croak.
(transitive) To drop or throw something heavily onto or into something else, so that it makes a dull sound.
(transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit the batter with a pitch.
(transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To be a truant from (school).
(transitive, music) To pluck and quickly release (a musical string).
slank
slank
verb
(rare) simple past tense and past participle of slink
slink
slink
adj
(Scotland) Thin; lean
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A thievish fellow; a sneak.
(countable) A furtive sneaking motion.
(obsolete) A bastard child, one born out of wedlock.
The meat of such a prematurely born animal.
The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf.
verb
(intransitive) To sneak about furtively.
(transitive, intransitive) To give birth to an animal prematurely.
slonk
slunk
slunk
noun
An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely or abortively.