An Egyptian singer or dancing-girl employed for entertainment or as a professional mourner.
alme
alme
noun
Alternative form of almah
almo
alms
alms
noun
Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.
alum
alum
noun
(chemistry) Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.
(shortening, Canada, US) A past attendee or graduate (of either gender) of a college, university or other educational institution.
An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K₂SO₄·Al₂(SO₄)₃·24H₂O).
verb
(transitive) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
amal
amel
amel
noun
(obsolete) enamel
verb
(obsolete) To enamel
amil
amil
noun
Alternative form of aumil
amla
amla
noun
Phyllanthus emblica, a deciduous tree.
the bitter yellow-green fruit of this tree.
amli
amls
amyl
amyl
adj
Of or pertaining to starch
noun
(dated, organic chemistry) Synonym of pentyl
(informal) amyl nitrite
balm
balm
noun
(figuratively) Something soothing.
A plant or tree yielding such substance.
Any of a number of other aromatic herbs with a similar citrus-like scent, such as bee balm and horse balm.
Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
The lemon balm, Melissa officinalis
verb
(transitive, archaic) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.
(transitive, figurative) To soothe; to mitigate.
blam
blam
noun
(Internet, informal) spam posted to a blog
A sudden, explosive sound, such as is made by a gunshot
verb
(intransitive) To fire a gun.
(transitive) To shoot; to kill by gunshot.
blim
blim
noun
(slang, UK) A chunk of cannabis resin.
blum
blum
Proper noun
A town in Texas.
bslm
calm
calm
adj
(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
(of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
Without wind or storm.
noun
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
A period of time without wind.
verb
(intransitive) To become calm.
(transitive) To make calm.
clam
clam
adj
(obsolete) clammy.
noun
(US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A dollar.
(dated, US, slang) mouth (Now found mostly in the expression shut one's clam)
(informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
(rowing) Alternative form of CLAM
(slang) In musicians' parlance, a wrong or misplaced note.
(slang, derogatory) A Scientologist.
(slang, vulgar) A vagina.
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
A kind of vise, usually of wood.
Alternative form of clem (“to starve”)
Strong pincers or forceps.
clamminess; moisture
verb
To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
To dig for clams.
To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
clem
clem
noun
(Tyneside, vulgar, slang) A testicle.
verb
(UK, dialect, transitive or intransitive) To be hungry; starve.
Alternative form of clam (“to adhere”)
clim
clum
clum
adj
(obsolete) Silent; glum.
intj
(obsolete) Silence; hush
noun
(obsolete) Silence.
coml
culm
culm
noun
(botany) the stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge
anthracite, especially when found in small masses
waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel; slack.
elam
elem
elma
elmo
elmo
phrase
(Corporate slang) Initialism of enough, let's move on.
elms
elms
noun
plural of elm
elmy
elmy
adj
(rare, poetic) Pertaining to elm trees; in which elms grow.
elum
emil
film
film
noun
(photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
(uncountable) A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.
A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
verb
(transitive) To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.
(transitive, intransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.
flam
flam
noun
(archaic) A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext
(drumming) Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note.
A freak or whim; an idle fancy.
verb
(drumming, transitive, intransitive) To play (notes as) a flam.
(obsolete) To deceive with a falsehood.
flem
flom
glam
glam
adj
Glamorous.
noun
(music, fashion) Ellipsis of glam rock.; the fashion and culture associated with this genre.
Glamour.
verb
To make glamorous or more glamorous.
glim
glim
noun
(archaic, slang) A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire.
(archaic, slang) A look; a glimpse.
(archaic, slang) A pair of glasses or spectacles.
(archaic, slang) An eye.
(archaic, slang) Fake documents claiming the loss of property by fire (for use in begging).
(archaic, slang) Gonorrhea
(obsolete) brightness; splendour
verb
(dated, slang) To illuminate.
(dated, slang) To see; to observe.
(obsolete, transitive) To brand on the hand.
glom
glom
noun
(medicine, colloquial) Short for glomerulus.
verb
(intransitive) Alternative form of glaum.
(intransitive, informal) To grab hold of, seize; catch, grab or latch onto.
(transitive, informal) To take, steal.
glum
glum
adj
despondent; moody; sullen
noun
(obsolete) sullenness
verb
(obsolete) To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
halm
halm
noun
(botany) Alternative spelling of haulm
helm
helm
noun
(Northern England (Cumberland, Westmorland)) A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.
(Northern England) A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
(alchemy, chemistry) The upper part or cap of an alembic or retort.
(archaic or poetic) A helmet.
(countable) A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.
(except Britain, dialectal) The crown or top of something.
(heraldry) Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”)
(nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
(nautical) The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
(uncountable) Alternative form of haulm (“the stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching”)
(uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of bentgrass (“any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis”)
A position of control or leadership.
One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
verb
(figuratively) To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization).
(nautical) To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel).
(transitive) To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.
(transitive, archaic or poetic) To cover (a head) with a helmet; to provide (someone) with a helmet; to helmet.
heml
holm
holm
noun
(dialect, chiefly West Yorkshire(?), Scotland, Orkney) Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet. Often the word is used in Norse-influenced place-names. See also holme.
(obsolete outside dialects) The holly.
A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak.
An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.
Rich flat land near a river, prone to being completely flooded; a river-meadow; bottomland.
Small island, islet.
ilam
imsl
islm
jelm
klam
klom
klom
noun
A kilometre.
kmel
kulm
lama
lama
noun
A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
Alternative form of llama
lamb
lamb
noun
(figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
(finance, slang) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
(slang) A fan of American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Mariah Carey (born 1969).
A simple, unsophisticated person.
A young sheep.
The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.
verb
(intransitive) Of a sheep, to give birth.
(transitive or intransitive) To assist (sheep) to give birth.
(slang) Failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant.
(slang) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function.
Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
noun
(in the plural) A set of joined overlapping metal plates.
(prison slang) A stupid or undesirable person.
A lamina; a thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor.
Kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking.
verb
(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
lamm
lamp
lamp
noun
A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
verb
(Britain, Ireland) To hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping.
(slang, Britain) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
(slang, US) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
To make into a table lamp, said of a vase or urn, etc.
lams
lams
noun
plural of lam
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lam
lapm
leam
leam
noun
(UK, dialectal) A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.
A cord or strap for leading a dog.
verb
(intransitive, UK, dialectal) To gleam; shine; glow.
lema
lema
noun
(physiology, rare) The secretion of the tarsal glands of the eye.
leme
leme
noun
(obsolete) A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To shine.
liam
lima
lima
noun
(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Lima from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
lima bean
limb
limb
noun
(archery) The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
(astronomy) The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.
(astronomy) The edge of a star or planet.
(botany) The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.
(botany) The part of a corolla beyond the throat.
(on a measuring instrument) The graduated edge of a circle or arc.
A branch of a tree.
A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
Short for limb of Satan (“a wicked or mischievous child”).
verb
(transitive) To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
(transitive) To supply with limbs.
lime
lime
adj
Containing lime or lime juice.
Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
Lime-green.
noun
(chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
(fandom slang) A fan fiction story which contains sexual references, but stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy with lemon).
(poetic) Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
(theater) A spotlight.
(uncountable) A brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree.
Alternative form of lyam (a leash)
Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.
verb
(Caribbean, Trinidad & Tobago) To hang out/socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.
(rare) To ensnare, catch, entrap.
(transitive) To apply limewash.
(transitive) To smear with birdlime.
(transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
limm
limn
limn
verb
(transitive, also figuratively) To draw or paint; to delineate.
(transitive, obsolete) To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour.
limo
limo
noun
(slang) Clipping of limousine.
limp
limp
adj
(of a man) not having an erect penis
(of a penis) not erect
flaccid; flabby, like flesh.
lacking stiffness; flimsy
physically weak
noun
A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.
An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
phrase
(historical) Acronym of Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales. (a code-word among Jacobites)
verb
(intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
(intransitive, figurative) To move or proceed irregularly.
(intransitive, figurative, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
(intransitive, stative) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
(obsolete, intransitive) To happen; befall; chance.
(obsolete, transitive) To come upon; meet.
(poker slang, intransitive) To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
limping verses
limu
limu
noun
(Hawaii) Any of various kinds of edible algae, which form an important part of the traditional Hawaiian diet.
limy
limy
adj
containing or resembling lime
lman
lmms
lmos
loam
loam
adj
Made of loam; consisting of loam.
noun
(geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
(metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.
verb
To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
loma
loma
noun
(zoology) A lobe, flap or fringe bordering the toe of a bird.
singular of lomas
lomb
lome
loom
loom
noun
(dated) loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)
A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar.
A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.
A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade; the shaft.
verb
(figurative) To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; (of a person or thing) to tower; (of an idea) to impressively or intimidatingly occupy the mind; (of an event) to be imminent.
(figurative) To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
To appear indistinctly, e.g. when seen on the horizon or through the murk.
lrbm
lump
lump
noun
(informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
(obsolete, slang) Food given to a tramp to be eaten on the road.
A dull or lazy person.
A group, set, or unit.
A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
verb
(intransitive) To form a lump or lumps.
(transitive) To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
(transitive) To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
(transitive) To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
(transitive, slang) To hit or strike (a person).
lums
lums
noun
plural of lum
lyam
lyam
noun
(obsolete) A leash.
lyme
lyme
verb
(Jamaica, slang) to hang out (to spend time doing nothing in particular)
lymn
mael
mail
mail
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A monetary payment or tribute.
(chiefly Scotland) Rent.
(chiefly Scotland) Tax.
(chiefly US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person.
(dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
(historical) An old French coin worth half a denier.
(nautical) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
(now regional) A bag or wallet.
(obsolete, rare) A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.
(uncountable) Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.
(uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
The material conveyed by the postal service.
The postal service or system in general.
verb
(ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
(ditransitive) To send by electronic mail.
(transitive) To arm with mail.
(transitive) To contact (a person) by electronic mail.
(transitive) To pinion.
mala
mala
noun
(Hinduism, Sikhism) A bead or a set of beads commonly used by Hindus and Buddhists for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity.
A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.
The grinding surface of an insect's mandible.
The third segment of a mandible of some myriapods.
plural of malum
mald
mald
adj
(slang, video games, uncommon, neologism) Extremely angry, especially as a result of losing a video game.
verb
(slang, video games) To become extremely angry, especially as a result of losing a video game.
male
male
adj
(figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
(grammar, less common than 'masculine') Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
(of bacteria) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).
Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)
noun
A bacterium which has the F factor.
A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.
A plant of the masculine sex.
An animal of the sex that has testes.
mali
mali
noun
(India, South Asia) A member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is gardening; hence, any South Asian gardener.
(South Africa) Money, cash.
plural of malus
mall
mall
noun
(chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
(obsolete) An alley where the game of pall mall was played.
(obsolete) An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall.
(obsolete) The game of polo.
A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
An enclosed shopping centre.
verb
(informal) to shop at the mall
to beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise
to build up with the development of shopping malls
malm
malm
noun
A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.
An artificial mixture of chalk, clay, and sand, from which light-brown or yellowish bricks are made.
malo
malo
noun
(informal) malolactic fermentation
A Hawaiian loincloth.
mals
mals
noun
plural of mal
malt
malt
noun
(US, informal) A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.
Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.
verb
(intransitive) To become malt.
(intransitive, dated, humorous) To drink malt liquor.
(transitive) To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.
marl
marl
noun
A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.
verb
(nautical) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.
(transitive) To cover with the earthy substance called marl.
maul
maul
noun
(rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
verb
(figuratively) To criticise harshly.
(transitive) To beat with a maul.
To handle someone or something in a rough way.
To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal).
meal
meal
noun
(UK dialectal) A speck or spot.
(countable) Food served or eaten as a repast.
(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).
(obsolete) A time or an occasion.
(uncountable, informal) A break taken by a police officer in order to eat.
A part; a fragment; a portion.
The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour or a coarser blend than flour.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To yield or be plentiful in meal.
(transitive) To defile or taint.
mela
mela
noun
A Hindu religious festival.
A South Asian fair.
meld
meld
noun
A combination of cards which is melded.
verb
(US) to combine multiple similar objects into one.
In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.
mele
mele
noun
A chant in Polynesia, especially Hawaii, typically in praise of a leader or to commemorate some significant event.
Alternative form of mell
meli
mell
mell
noun
(UK dialectal) Discourse; conversation.
(obsolete) Honey.
verb
(Britain, dialectal, transitive) To say (something); to speak, to tell.
(intransitive, archaic) To deal, concern oneself; to interfere or meddle.
mels
mels
noun
(psychoacoustics) plural of mel
melt
melt
noun
(UK, slang, derogatory) An idiot.
(geology) Rock showing evidence of having been remelted after it originally solidified.
A melt sandwich.
A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
Molten material, the product of melting.
The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
verb
(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
(intransitive) To be discouraged.
(intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.
(intransitive, figurative) To be emotionally softened or touched.
(intransitive, figuratively) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
(transitive, figurative) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
merl
merl
noun
Alternative form of merle (blackbird)
mewl
mewl
noun
A soft cry or whimper; an act of mewling.
verb
To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine.
mgal
mial
mijl
mijl
noun
(historical) A former Dutch unit of distance, usually equivalent to about 3 miles or 5–6 km.
mila
mild
mild
adj
(of a medicine or cosmetic) Acting gently and without causing harm.
(of a rule or punishment) Of only moderate severity; not strict.
(of an illness or pain) Not serious or dangerous.
(of food, drink, or a drug) Not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor.
(of weather) Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected.
Gentle and not easily angered.
Not overly felt or seriously intended.
noun
(Britain) A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale
mile
mile
noun
(informal) Any similarly large distance.
(slang) A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)
(slang) One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.
(travel) An airline mile in a frequent flyer program.
Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.
Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl).
Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.
The Scandinavian mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 10 kilometers defined in 1889.
The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
milk
milk
noun
(countable or invariant) An individual portion of milk, such as found in a creamer, for tea and coffee.
(countable, informal) An individual serving of milk.
(uncountable) A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.
(uncountable, by extension) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans.
(uncountable, slang) Semen.
The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
verb
(intransitive, transitive, rare) To secrete (milk) from the breasts or udder.
(of an electrical storage battery) To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation.
(transitive) To express a liquid from a creature.
(transitive) To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
(transitive, figurative) To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).
(transitive, intransitive) To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.
(transitive, intransitive, sex slang) To single-mindedly masturbate a male to ejaculation, especially for the amusement or satisfaction of the masturbator rather than the person masturbated.
mill
mill
noun
(CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
(collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
(collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.
(die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
(figurative) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality, such as a divorce mill, a puppy mill, etc.
(figurative, derogatory) An institution awarding educational certificates not officially recognised
(historical) A prison treadmill.
(informal) A boxing match, fistfight.
(informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”)
(informal) An engine.
(mining) A passage underground through which ore is shot.
(mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
A building housing such a plant.
A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
A machine for grinding and polishing.
A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process.
A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.
A milling cutter.
A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
An obsolete coin worth one thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
One thousandth part, particularly in millage rates of property tax.
The building housing such a grinding apparatus.
The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo hulling.
(intransitive, followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
(intransitive, slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box.
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To commit burglary.
(transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around.
(transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
(transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
(transitive) To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
(transitive) To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
(transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
(transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
(transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
(transitive, mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
(transitive, slang) To beat; to pound.
(zoology, of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
(zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
milo
milo
noun
(US) sorghum
milr
mils
mils
noun
plural of mil
milt
milt
noun
(countable) The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
The semen of a male fish.
verb
(transitive) To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.
mlar
mlcd
mlem
mlem
noun
(Internet slang, of an animal) The act or sound of extending the tongue to lick something, especially one's own nose, without opening the mouth fully.
mler
mlle
mlos
mohl
moil
moil
noun
(glassblowing) The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather.
(glassblowing) The metallic oxide from a blowpipe which has adhered to a glass object.
(glassblowing, blow molding) The excess material which adheres to the top, base, or rim of a glass object when it is cut or knocked off from a blowpipe or punty, or from the mold-filling process. Typically removed after annealing as part of the finishing process (e.g. scored and snapped off).
A spot; a defilement.
Confusion, turmoil.
Hard work.
verb
(UK, transitive) To defile or dirty.
(intransitive) To churn continually; to swirl.
To toil, to work hard.
mola
mola
noun
A sunfish, Mola mola.
A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia, consisting of cloth panels to be worn on clothing, featuring complex designs made with multiple layers of cloth in a reverse appliqué technique.
mold
mold
noun
(UK, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.
(anatomy) A fontanelle.
(architecture) A group of moldings.
(dialectal or obsolete) The top or crown of the head.
A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
Distinctive character or type.
General shape or form.
Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
The shape or pattern of a mold.
verb
(intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
(intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
(transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
(transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
(transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
(transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
(transitive) To ornament with moldings.
(transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
To cover with mold or soil.
mole
mole
noun
(chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×10²³ elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. [from 1897]
(espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.
(historical) An Ancient Roman mausoleum.
(nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.
(rare) A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.
(slang, derogatory) A moll, a bitch, a slut.
A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.
A kind of self-propelled excavator used to form underground drains, or to clear underground pipelines
A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
A type of underground drain used in farm fields, in which a mole plow creates an unlined channel through clay subsoil.
Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae; also any of southern African mammals in the family Chrysochloridae (golden moles) and any of several Australian mammals in the family Notoryctidae (marsupial moles), similar to but unrelated to Talpidae moles
Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole-rats.
One of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America, especially a sauce which contains chocolate and which is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts.
moli
moll
moll
adj
(music, obsolete) minor; in the minor mode
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) A girlfriend of a bikie.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) A girlfriend of a surfie; blends with pejorative sense.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) Bitch, slut; an insulting epithet applied to a female.
(slang) A female fan of extreme metal, grunge or hardcore punk, especially the girlfriend of a musician of those aforementioned genres.
A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals.
moln
mols
mols
noun
plural of mol
molt
molt
verb
(rare) simple past tense of melt
US standard spelling of moult.
moly
moly
noun
(informal) molybdenum
(slang) molybdenum grease
A magic herb or plant used by Odysseus to overcome Circe.
Any plant associated with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, Allium moly.
mool
mool
noun
(chiefly plural) Alternative form of mold (“soil, earth”).
moul
moyl
mrfl
mule
mule
noun
(informal) A stubborn person.
(now rare) A hybrid plant.
(numismatics) A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.
(role-playing games) A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character.
(sailing) A kind of triangular sail for a yacht.
(slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.
A kind of cotton-spinning machine.
A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot.
Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.
The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.
The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
verb
(transitive, slang) To smuggle (illegal drugs).
mulk
mull
mull
noun
(Scotland) A promontory.
(slang, archaic) A mess of something; a mistake.
(uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
A thin, soft muslin.
An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
dirt; rubbish
verb
(usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
To dull or stupefy.
To heat and spice something, such as wine.
To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
To powder; to pulverize.
mulm
mulm
noun
The sludge that collects at the bottom (or walls) of an aquarium, consisting of fish excrement, decaying plant matter, and other assorted detritus