(Britain) A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
(chemistry) A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
(mathematics, set theory, order theory) A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
(nautical, in the plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
(surveying) A long measuring tape.
(surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
(weaving) The warp threads of a web.
A livery collar, a chain of office.
A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
A series of interconnected things.
A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links.
That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
verb
(computing) To be chained to another data item.
(computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
(figurative) To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings
(figurative) To obligate.
(intransitive) To link multiple items together.
(transitive) To fasten something with a chain.
(transitive) To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
(transitive) To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
(transitive) To secure someone with fetters.
(transitive, computing, rare, associated with Acorn Computers) To load and automatically run (a program).
chian
chien
china
china
noun
(countable) Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
(countable, Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa) Synonym of friend.
(countable, games, chiefly US, obsolete) A glazed china marble.
(countable, music) A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
(uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
(uncountable) Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
(uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
(uncountable, chiefly US, dated) Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
(uncountable, dated) Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
(uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
chine
chine
noun
(Southern England, Vancouver) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
(aeronautics) A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.
(nautical) A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
(nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
The back of the blade on a scythe.
The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
The spine of an animal.
The top of a ridge.
verb
(obsolete) To crack, split, fissure, break.
(transitive) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.
ching
ching
intj
The sound of metal or glass clinking.
noun
(Scotland, slang) Cocaine.
(countable) A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
(uncountable, slang) Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).
(zoology) A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
verb
(MLE, slang) To stab.
(zoology, intransitive) Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.
To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
chink
chink
noun
(countable) A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
(figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
(uncountable, colloquial, now rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
A chip or dent in something metallic.
A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”)
Alternative letter-case form of Chink
verb
(intransitive) To crack; to open.
(intransitive) To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
(transitive) To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
(transitive) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
(transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
chino
chino
noun
A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.
chins
chins
noun
plural of chin
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chin
chint
chint
noun
Obsolete form of chintz.
cinch
cinch
noun
(card games) A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game.
(informal) A firm hold.
(informal) Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.
(informal) Something that is very easy to do.
A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
verb
(card games) In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.
To bring to certain conclusion.
To tighten down.
cohin
dhoni
dhoni
noun
A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives.
dinah
dinah
Proper noun
A daughter of Jacob and Leah.
name of biblical origin. Alternative form of Dina.
eshin
finch
finch
noun
Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis. syn. Fringilla carduelis).
Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae.
Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
verb
To hunt for finches, to go finching.
ghain
haine
hanif
hanif
noun
(Islam) Any person, from before the time of Muhammad, who followed a non-pagan monotheistic religion.
hanni
hanoi
hasin
hedin
heian
heine
heine
Proper noun
of English-speakers.
A surname of German-speakers, notably of Heinrich Heine, a German poet
heins
heinz
heinz
Noun
A five and a seven as starting cards in Texas hold 'em
hemin
hemin
noun
a reddish brown substance produced in a laboratory test for the presence of blood by reaction with glacial acetic acid and sodium chloride
henie
henig
henni
henri
hiant
himne
hinau
hinch
hinda
hindi
hinds
hinds
noun
plural of hind
hindu
hines
hiney
hiney
noun
Alternative spelling of heinie
hinge
hinge
noun
(statistics) The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution.
A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
A movement that presents itself as rotation when an off-centre fixed point is taken into account.
A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve.
A principle, or a point in time, on which subsequent reasonings or events depend.
A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album.
One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
verb
(intransitive, with on or upon) To depend on something.
(obsolete) To bend.
(transitive) To attach by, or equip with a hinge.
(transitive, archaeology) The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break.
To move or already be positioned in such a fashion that it presents itself as rotation when an off-centre fixed point is taken into account.
hinny
hinny
noun
(Tyneside) A term of endearment usually for women.
The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).
verb
To whinny
hints
hints
noun
plural of hint
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hint
hinze
hiren
hiren
Noun
A seductive woman; a courtesan.
hogni
honig
hopin
hsian
hsien
hsien
noun
(archaic) Alternative form of xian, an administrative subdivision of China.
hugin
humin
humin
noun
The part of the organic matter in soil that does not dissolve in dilute alkali
hundi
hundi
noun
a collection box used in Indian temples to collect cash offerings from devotees
hawala (informal system of money transfer from India and the Middle East)
hying
hying
noun
haste
verb
present participle of hie
ihlen
ishan
ishan
noun
Title of Sufi leaders in Central Asia.
ithun
khoin
kiehn
kinah
kinch
knish
knish
noun
An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough
linch
linch
noun
(rare, regional or obsolete) An acclivity; a small hill or hillock.
A ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet.
linha
linha
noun
(historical, measure) A traditional short Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 2.3 mm.
minah
minah
noun
(Singapore, colloquial, derogatory) A Malay girl.
minch
minch
verb
(dialectal) Alternative form of mince
minho
naish
neigh
neigh
noun
The cry of a horse.
verb
(obsolete) To scoff or sneer.
(of a horse) To make its cry.
To make a sound similar to a horse's cry.
neith
nephi
nephi
Proper noun
A son of Lehi.
A city in Utah, USA
nhlbi
niche
niche
adj
Pertaining to or intended for a market niche; having specific appeal.
noun
(Islam) An arrow woven into a prayer rug pointing in the direction of qibla.
(architecture) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.
(by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.
(ecology) A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited.
Any similar position, literal or figurative.
Specifically, a cremation niche; a columbarium.
verb
(transitive) To place in a niche.
(transitive, marketing) To specialize in a niche, or particular narrow section of the market.
nicht
nichy
nighs
nighs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nigh
night
night
intj
Ellipsis of good night.
noun
(astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
(countable) A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a place away from home, e.g. a hotel.
(countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
(countable) The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.
(law, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
(sports, colloquial) A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.
(uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
(uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
(music) The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).
One of nine equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the ninth position.
verb
To divide by nine.
To lose a ninth.
nipha
nishi
nishi
noun
(sumo) a rikishi (力士, “sumo wrestler”) listed on the left side of the banzuke
(sumo) the left-hand (less prestigious) side of the banzuke (番付, “ranking list”)
(sumo) the western side of the ring
nitch
nitch
noun
(dialectal) A notch or small incision.
Alternative form of knitch (“a small bundle”)
Misspelling of niche.
ohing
ohing
verb
present participle of oh
othin
pheni
phina
pinch
pinch
noun
(physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
A close compression of anything with the fingers.
A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
An organic herbal smoke additive.
The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
verb
(figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
(horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
(hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
(intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
(nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
(obsolete) To complain or find fault.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
(of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
(slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
(slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
To squeeze between two objects.
rhein
rhein
noun
(organic chemistry) An anthraquinone found in rhubarb.
rhina
rhine
rhine
noun
(UK, dialect) A watercourse; a ditch for water.
rhino
rhino
noun
(colloquial) A rhinoceros.
(slang, now rare) Money.
rinch
rinch
verb
(Southern US, Northern Ireland) Alternative form of rinse
shani
shien
shina
shine
shine
noun
(archaic, slang) A caper; an antic; a row.
(cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
(intransitive, copulative) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
(intransitive, copulative) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
(intransitive, copulative) To be immediately apparent.
(intransitive, copulative) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
(intransitive, copulative) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
(intransitive, copulative) To reflect light.
(transitive) To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
(transitive) To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.
(transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
(transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
shing
shins
shins
noun
plural of shin
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shin
shiny
shiny
adj
(colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
(obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
Emitting light.
Reflecting light.
noun
(informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.
(slang) Contraction of disparaging term "shiny arses", originating during World War Two, to describe a desk worker.https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1717
shisn
sihon
sihun
singh
singh
Proper noun
A Gujarati surname that was later adopted by Sikhs
name used by Sikhs, often but not necessarily a middle name.
A surname common among the Rajput clan from Rajasthan, India
A surname common among the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in India
sinhs
sinhs
noun
plural of sinh
tahin
thain
thein
thein
noun
Alternative spelling of theine
Obsolete form of thane.
thine
thine
det
(archaic) Singular second person prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
pron
(archaic) Singular second person possessive pronoun; yours
thing
thing
noun
(chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
(in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.
(informal) A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).
(informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
(informal) A romantic couple.
(informal) A romantic relationship.
(informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
(informal) That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)
(informal, with do) One's typical routine, habits, or manner. (Used in possessive constructions.)
(somewhat dated, with the) The latest fad or fashion.
A living being or creature.
A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
An individual object or distinct entity.
Corporeal object.
That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
That which matters; the crux.
Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
Whatever can be owned.
verb
(rare) To express as a thing; to reify.
think
think
noun
(chiefly UK) An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
verb
(intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
(intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
(obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.
(transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
(transitive) To guess; to reckon.
(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's head.
To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
To presume; to venture.
thins
thins
noun
plural of thin
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thin
thisn
unhid
unhid
adj
(archaic) Not hidden; unconcealed.
unhip
unhip
adj
Not hip; uncool, unfashionable.
unhit
unhit
adj
Not having been hit.
whein
whine
whine
noun
A complaint or criticism.
A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
verb
(intransitive) To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine.
(intransitive) To make a sound resembling such a cry.
(intransitive) To move with a whining sound.
(intransitive) To utter a high-pitched cry.
(transitive) To utter with the sound of a whine.
whing
whing
noun
A high-pitched ringing sound.
Obsolete spelling of wing
verb
To move with great force or speed.
whins
whins
noun
plural of whin
whiny
whiny
adj
whining; tending to whine or complain.
winch
winch
noun
(Nigeria, slang) Witch.
(nautical) A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501).
A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.
A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope or cable.
A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).