(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.
alur
aoul
apul
atul
aula
aula
noun
(anatomy, obsolete) The anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain leading to the lateral ventricles.
(rare) A court or hall.
auld
auld
adj
(archaic, Northern England, Liverpudlian, Scotland, Ireland) old
ault
aulu
balu
baul
blau
bleu
blub
blub
adj
(attributively) Swollen, puffed, protruding.
noun
The act of blubbing.
verb
(obsolete) To swell; to puff out, as with weeping.
To cry, whine or blubber (usually carries a connotation of disapproval).
blue
blue
adj
(Australian politics) Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
(UK politics) Supportive of or related to the Conservative Party.
(US politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party.
(archaic) Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
(archaic, of women) literary; bluestockinged.
(astronomy) Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
(health care) Having a bluish or purplish shade of the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep red blood cells.
(of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
(of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
(particle physics) Having a color charge of blue.
(slang, dated) Drunk.
Having blue as its color.
Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
noun
(Australia, colloquial) An argument or brawl.
(Britain) A type of firecracker.
(UK) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
(baseball, slang) An umpire, in reference to the typical dark blue color of the umpire's uniform. Sometimes perceived by umpires as derogatory when used by players or coaches while disputing a call.
(countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and purple in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.
(entomology) Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
(in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
(now historical) A bluestocking.
(slang) A member of law enforcement.
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
(uncountable) Blue clothing.
A blue dye or pigment.
A bluefish.
A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
A member of a sports team that wears blue colours; (in the plural) a nickname for the team as a whole. See also blues.
A person who has received such sporting colours.
Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
Sporting colours awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement, such as representing one's university, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. See also full blue, half blue.
The far distance; a remote or distant place.
The ocean; deep waters.
The sky, literally or figuratively.
verb
(ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.
(intransitive, Australia, slang) To fight, brawl, or argue.
(transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
(transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
(transitive, slang, dated) To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
bluh
bluh
intj
(colloquial, rare) Expressing disgust or discontent; blah.
When repeated or combined with blah, used to denote tedious talking; blah.
blum
blum
Proper noun
A town in Texas.
blup
blur
blur
adj
(Malaysia, Singapore, informal) In a state of doubt or confusion.
noun
(obsolete) A moral stain or blot.
A smear, smudge or blot
Something that appears hazy or indistinct
verb
(graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from.
(intransitive) To become indistinct.
(obsolete, transitive) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
To smear, stain or smudge.
blus
boul
boul
noun
A curved handle.
bual
bual
noun
A variety of madeira (wine) that is less sweet than malmsey
buhl
buhl
noun
(woodworking) A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works.
Furniture having ornamentation of this kind.
bula
bulb
bulb
noun
(dated, neuroanatomy) The medulla oblongata.
(nautical) A bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.
(obsolete) An onion.
A light bulb (not necessarily bulbous in shape).
Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
verb
(intransitive) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
bulg
bulk
bulk
adj
being large in size, mass or volume (of goods, etc.)
total
noun
(bodybuilding) A period where one tries to gain muscle.
(bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle.
(brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.
(countable) a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.
(obsolete) The body.
(uncountable, transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain.
Any huge body or structure.
Dietary fibre.
Size, specifically, volume.
The major part of something.
verb
(intransitive) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent.
(intransitive) To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc.
(intransitive) To grow in size; to swell or expand.
(transitive) To put or hold in bulk.
(transitive, obsolete) To add bulk to, to bulk out.
bull
bull
adj
(finance) Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear).
(of large mammals) Adult male.
Large and strong, like a bull.
Stupid.
noun
(LGBT, slang) An elderly lesbian.
(Philadelphia, slang) A man or boy (derived from the Philadelphia English pronunciation of “boy”, which is practically a homophone of “bull”)
(UK) Clipping of bullseye.
(UK, historical, obsolete slang) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
(US) Specifically, a policeman employed in a railroad yard.
(euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
(finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
(military, firearms) The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
(obsolete) A bubble.
(obsolete) A drink made by pouring water into a cask that previously held liquor.
(slang) A policeman.
(slang, uncountable) Beef.
(uncountable, informal, euphemistic, slang) Clipping of bullshit.
A large, strong man.
A lie.
A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
A man who has sex with another man's wife or girlfriend with the consent of both.
A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
Any adult male bovine.
Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
verb
(UK, military) To polish boots to a high shine.
(agriculture, intransitive, of a cow or heifer) To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
(agriculture, transitive, of a bull) To mate with (a cow or heifer).
(dated, 17th century) to publish in a Papal bull
(finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise prices in.
(finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
(intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
(intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction).
To mock; to cheat.
bult
bult
noun
(South Africa) A ridge or small hill.
burl
burl
noun
A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.
Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
verb
To remove the knots in cloth.
caul
caul
noun
(Britain, historical, often capitalized, used on maps) An entry to a mill lead taken from a burn or stream (a mill lead (or mill waterway) is generally smaller than a canal but moves a large volume of water).
(anatomy, obsolete except in specific senses) A membrane.
(cooking) Caul fat.
(historical) A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen.
(woodworking) A strip or block of wood used to distribute or direct clamping force.
The amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth (traditionally considered to be good luck).
The surface of a press that makes contact with panel product, especially a removable plate or sheet.
The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum.
clou
clou
noun
Something which holds the greatest attention; the chief point of interest.
club
club
noun
(archaic) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.
(humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
A club sandwich.
A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
A playing card marked with such a symbol.
An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
verb
(intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
(intransitive) To join together to form a group.
(intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
(intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
(military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
(nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
(transitive) To hit with a club.
(transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
(transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
(transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
We went clubbing in Ibiza.
clue
clue
noun
(now rare) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
verb
To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
To provide with a clue.
cluj
cluj
Proper noun
Cluj-Napoca
clum
clum
adj
(obsolete) Silent; glum.
intj
(obsolete) Silence; hush
noun
(obsolete) Silence.
clut
coul
cull
cull
noun
(farming, agriculture) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
(seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
(slang, dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
A selection.
An organised killing of selected animals.
verb
(nonstandard, euphemistic) To kill (animals etc).
To gather, collect.
To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
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.
culp
cult
cult
adj
(neologism, music) Alternative form of kvlt.
Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
Of or relating to a cult.
noun
(chiefly derogatory) A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.
(informal) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.
The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint.
curl
curl
noun
(American football) A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
(agriculture) Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
(calculus) The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
(calculus, proper noun) The vector operator, denoted rm curl; or ⃑∇⨯⃑(·), that generates this field.
(curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
(music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
(weightlifting) Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
A curved stroke or shape.
A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
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verb
(hat-making) To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
(intransitive) To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
(intransitive) To move in curves.
(intransitive, curling) To take part in the sport of curling.
(transitive) To cause to move in a curve.
(transitive) To make into a curl or spiral.
(transitive, weightlifting) To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
cyul
dclu
deul
dlcu
dltu
dual
dual
adj
(category theory) Being the dual of some other category; containing the same objects but with source and target reversed for all morphisms.
(grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.
(linear algebra) Being the space of all linear functionals of (some other space).
(mathematics, physics) Exhibiting duality.
Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
Pertaining to two, pertaining to a pair of.
noun
(geometry) Of a regular polyhedron with V vertices and F faces, the regular polyhedron having F vertices and V faces.
(grammar) The dual number.
(mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.
Of an item that is one of a pair, the other item in the pair.
verb
(transitive) To convert from single to dual; specifically, to convert a single-carriageway road to a dual carriageway.
duel
duel
noun
(by extension) Any battle or struggle between two contending persons, forces, groups, or ideas.
Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat).
verb
To engage in a battle.
duhl
dulc
dull
dull
adj
(of a noise or sound) Not clear, muffled.
(of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
Boring; not exciting or interesting.
Cloudy, overcast.
Heavy; lifeless; inert.
Insensible; unfeeling.
Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
Sluggish, listless.
verb
(intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
(transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
(transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
dult
duly
duly
adv
In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; properly.
Regularly; at the proper time.
elul
elum
eula
exul
exul
noun
(obsolete) An exile; a person who is exiled.
flub
flub
noun
(informal) An error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
verb
(transitive) To goof, fumble, or err in the performance of an action.
flue
flue
adj
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of flew (“shallow, flat”)
noun
(obsolete, countable and uncountable) A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.
In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.
(archaic) A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
(archaic) Diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body.
(physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.
A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
A state of ongoing change.
The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
verb
(intransitive) To flow as a liquid.
(transitive) To melt.
(transitive) To use flux on.
foul
foul
adj
(baseball) Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
(nautical) Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.
(obsolete) Ugly; homely; poor.
(of the weather) Unpleasant, stormy or rainy.
(of words or a way of speaking) Obscene, vulgar or abusive.
(technical) (with "of") Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it.
Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.
Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.
Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
noun
(baseball) A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
(bowling) A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
(sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
verb
(intransitive) To become clogged.
(intransitive, baseball) To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
(intransitive, basketball) To commit a foul.
(transitive) To clog or obstruct.
(transitive, baseball) To hit outside of the baselines.
(transitive, basketball) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
(transitive, nautical) To entangle.
To come into contact or collide with.
fuel
fuel
noun
(figuratively) Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
verb
To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.
To provide with fuel.
fula
fuld
fulk
full
full
adj
(chiefly Australia) Drunk, intoxicated.
(informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
(informal, with of) Replete, abounding with.
(obsolete) Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
(obsolete) Impregnated; made pregnant.
(of garments) Of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
(of physical features) Plump, round.
(of the moon) Having its entire face illuminated.
(poker, postnominal) Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
Complete; with nothing omitted.
Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.
Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
Filled with emotions.
Having depth and body; rich.
Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it.
(freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.
(of the moon) The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.
Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
verb
(of the moon) To become full or wholly illuminated.
(transitive) To baptise.
To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.
fuls
furl
furl
verb
(transitive) To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
gaul
gaul
Proper noun
A Roman-era region roughly corresponding to modern France and Belgium
Noun
A person from Gaul.
glub
glub
noun
(informal) The sound of underwater bubbles, or of water bubbling (often used repetitively).
verb
(informal) To make a sound like underwater bubbling; to glug.
glue
glue
noun
(figurative) Anything that binds two things or people together.
A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
verb
(transitive) To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.
(transitive) To join or attach something using glue.
glug
glug
intj
The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured out of a jug, bottle, etc., or when such an amount is swallowed by a person.
noun
(informal) The amount of liquid issued when the "glug" sound is heard.
The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured suddenly out of something, such as a jug or bottle.
verb
(informal, transitive) To quickly swallow liquid.
(intransitive) To flow in noisy bursts.
glum
glum
adj
despondent; moody; sullen
noun
(obsolete) sullenness
verb
(obsolete) To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
glut
glut
noun
(Britain, soccer) Five goals scored by one player in a game.
(architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
(bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
(mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
A block used for a fulcrum.
A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
An excess, too much.
Something that fills up an opening.
That which is swallowed.
The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
verb
(intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
(transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
glux
gula
gula
noun
(architecture) A capping moulding; a cymatium.
(zoology) A plate which in most insects supports the submentum.
The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.
guld
gule
gule
noun
(obsolete) The throat; the gullet.
gulf
gulf
noun
(Oxbridge slang) The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed.
(figurative) A wide interval or gap; a separating space.
(geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea
(mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
(obsolete) That which swallows; the gullet.
A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
verb
(Oxbridge slang, transitive) To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.
gull
gull
noun
(obsolete, Oxford University slang) A swindler or trickster.
(slang) A cheating trick; a fraud.
A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.
Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.
One easily cheated; a dupe.
verb
(US, slang) To mislead.
(US, slang) To trick and defraud.
To deceive or cheat.
gulo
gulp
gulp
intj
An indication of (the sound of) an involuntary fear reaction in the form of a swallowing motion.
noun
(rare, computing) An unspecified small number of bytes, often two.
The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear.
The usual amount swallowed.
verb
To react nervously by swallowing.
To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.
guls
guls
noun
plural of gul
gult
guly
guly
adj
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to gules; red.
gunl
gurl
gurl
noun
(LGBT slang) Term of address between gay men or transgender women.
(LGBT) A trans girl or woman.
(informal, nonstandard or eye dialect) Alternative form of girl.
verb
(Scotland, Ireland) To growl or snarl.
haul
haul
noun
(Britain, soccer) Four goals scored by one player in a game.
(Internet) Short for haul video (“video posted on the Internet consisting of someone showing and talking about recently purchased items”).
(ropemaking) A bundle of many threads to be tarred.
An act of hauling or pulling, particularly with force; a (violent) pull or tug.
An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish, illegal loot, or items purchased on a shopping trip.
The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long.
verb
(intransitive) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
(intransitive, US, colloquial) To haul ass (“go fast”).
(intransitive, nautical) Of the wind: to shift fore (more towards the bow).
(transitive) To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.
(transitive) To draw or pull something heavy.
(transitive) To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
(transitive, figuratively) Followed by up: to summon to be disciplined or held answerable for something.
(transitive, figuratively) To drag, to pull, to tug.
(transitive, intransitive, nautical) To steer (a vessel) closer to the wind.
hula
hula
noun
A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there.
verb
(intransitive) To dance the hula.
hulk
hulk
noun
(archaic) A large ship used for transportation; (more generally) a large ship that is difficult to manoeuvre.
(bodybuilding) An excessively muscled person.
(by extension) A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and rigging, and often put to other uses such as accommodation or storage.
(figuratively) A big (and possibly clumsy) person.
(figuratively) A large structure with a dominating presence.
verb
(intransitive) Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily.
(intransitive) To be a hulk, that is, a large, hulking, and often imposing presence.
(transitive) To move (a large, hulking body).
(transitive, obsolete except Britain, dialectal) To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.
To reduce (a ship) to a non-functional hulk.
To temporarily house (goods, people, etc.) in such a hulk.
hull
hull
noun
(mathematics, geometry, of a set A) The smallest set that possesses a particular property (such as convexity) and contains every point of A; slightly more formally, the intersection of all sets which possess the specified property and of which A is a subset.
Any covering.
The body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane.
The outer covering of a fruit or seed.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive, nautical) To drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled.
(transitive) To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.
To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
hulu
huly
hurl
hurl
noun
(Ulster, Scotland, slang, countable) A conveyance in a wheeled vehicle; a ride in a car, etc.
(countable) A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.
(hurling, countable) The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.
(obsolete) Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
(obsolete, countable) A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.
(slang) The act of vomiting.
(slang, uncountable) Vomit.
verb
(Scotland, transitive, obsolete) To convey in a wheeled vehicle.
(intransitive) To participate in the sport of hurling.
(intransitive, slang) To vomit.
(obsolete) To move rapidly with a noise; to whirl.
(obsolete, transitive) To twist or turn.
(transitive) To throw (something) with force.
(transitive) To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.
iglu
iglu
noun
Archaic form of igloo.
ilwu
islu
joul
joul
verb
Alternative form of jowl
jule
juli
july
klug
klux
kula
kula
noun
A ceremonial exchange system conducted in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea, involving the exchange of bracelets and necklaces, and linked to political authority.
A tower, turret or steeple on the Balkans erected during the period of Ottoman domination on the area.
kuli
kuli
noun
Archaic spelling of coolie.
kulm
lalu
laud
laud
noun
(in the plural, also Lauds) A prayer service following matins.
Hymn of praise.
Praise or glorification.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To praise; to glorify.
laue
laun
laur
laus
laux
leku
leud
leud
noun
(historical) A vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages.
leuk
lieu
lieu
noun
A place or stead.
limu
limu
noun
(Hawaii) Any of various kinds of edible algae, which form an important part of the traditional Hawaiian diet.
liou
litu
lleu
llud
loud
loud
adj
(of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash.
(of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.
(of a sound) Of great intensity.
(of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
(of marijuana, slang) High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality.
adv
Loudly.
noun
(colloquial) A loud sound or part of a sound.
(slang, uncountable) High-quality marijuana.
louk
louk
noun
(obsolete) An accomplice; partner; comrade.
verb
(transitive) To weed; pull up weeds.
Alternative form of lock
loun
loun
noun
(Ulster) boy, youth
verb
(UK dialectal, chiefly Northern England) To beat; thrash.
loup
loup
noun
A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
lour
lour
noun
(figuratively) Of the sky, the weather, etc.: a dark, gloomy, and threatening appearance.
A frown, a scowl; an angry or sullen look.
verb
(intransitive) To frown; to look sullen.
(intransitive, figuratively) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
lout
lout
noun
A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To bend, bow, stoop.
(obsolete, transitive) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
loux
luau
luau
noun
An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.
luba
lube
lube
adj
(colloquial) Lubricating.
noun
(informal) Lubricant.
verb
(transitive, informal) To lubricate.
luby
luca
luce
luce
noun
The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.
luci
luck
luck
noun
(video games, computing) The results of a random number generator.
A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence, especially a favourable one.
Success.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To find something through good fortune; used with into, on, onto or upon.
lucy
lucy
noun
(archaic) The pike (a kind of fish).
ludd
lude
lude
noun
(slang) A Honda Prelude sports car.
(slang) A pill containing the drug methaqualone.
verb
(slang) To get high on quaalude.
ludo
ludo
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Ludo
lues
lues
noun
(dated, medicine) A plague or disease, especially syphilis.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lue
luff
luff
noun
(nautical) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
(nautical) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
(nautical) The roundest part of a ship's bow.
(nautical) The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
verb
(mechanical) To alter the vertical angle of the jib of a crane so as to bring it level with the load.
(nautical, of a boat, intransitive) To alter course to windward so that the sails luff. (Alternatively luff up)
(nautical, of a sail, intransitive) To shake due to being trimmed improperly.
(nautical, transitive) to let out (a sail) so that it luffs.
luge
luge
noun
(countable) A piece of bone, ice or other material with a channel down which a drink (usually alcoholic) can be poured into someone's mouth.
(countable) A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
(uncountable) The sport of racing on luges.
verb
(figuratively) To slide or slip down a slope.
To ride a luge; also, to participate in the sport of luge.
lugo
lugs
lugs
noun
(Tyneside) plural of lug (“ear lobes”)
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lug