(fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law.
(mathematics) A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.
(obsolete) A vast chasm or abyss.
(obsolete, rare) A given medium; a space in which something exists or lives; an environment.
Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.
The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
chios
choes
choes
noun
plural of chous
chops
chops
noun
(Nigeria, slang) Food.
(plural only, informal) One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency.
(plural only, juggling) A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.
(plural only, nautical) The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.
(plural only, slang) One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery (originally of jazz); musical performance ability.
(slang) Jaws, mouth.
plural of chop
verb
Alternative form of chopse
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chop
chose
chose
noun
(law) A thing; personal property.
verb
(colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of choose
simple past tense of choose
simple past tense of chuse
chosn
chots
chous
chous
noun
A squat, rounded form of oenochoe with a trefoil mouth.
chows
chows
noun
plural of chow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chow
closh
closh
noun
(obsolete) The game of ninepins.
A disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis; founder.
cohos
cohos
noun
plural of coho
dhlos
dhows
dhows
noun
plural of dhow
echos
ethos
ethos
noun
(aesthetics) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos.
(rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or expertise in an attempt to persuade others that their view is correct.
The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.
flosh
flosh
noun
(obsolete) A hopper-shaped box in which ore is placed to be stamped.
Alternative form of floss (“fibres of corncob, bean plants, etc.”)
fohns
fohns
noun
plural of fohn
frosh
frosh
noun
(colloquial) A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.
(colloquial) Short for frosh week.
(now dialectal) A frog.
verb
(transitive, slang) To damage through incompetence.
(transitive, slang) To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.
ghost
ghost
noun
(Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
(attributive) Abandoned.
(attributive) Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
(attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
(attributive) Remnant; the remains of a(n).
(attributive) Substitute.
(attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
(attributive, linguistics, computing) A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
(computing) An image of a file or hard disk.
(countable) Clipping of ghost pepper.
(espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
(quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
(theater) An understudy.
(uncommon or dated) The spirit; the human soul.
(uncountable) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
(video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See ghosting.
A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
A ghostwriter.
A nonexistent person invented to obtain some fraudulent benefit.
An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of him/her.
The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
verb
(Internet, transitive) To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.
(computing) To copy a file or hard drive image.
(film) To provide the speaking or singing voice for another actor, who is lip-syncing.
(graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.
(intransitive) To appear or move without warning, quickly and quietly; to slip.
(literary) To imbue with a ghost-like hue or effect.
(nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.
(obsolete) To die; to expire.
(obsolete, transitive) To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.
(slang, social media) To perform an act of ghosting: to break up with someone without warning or explanation; to ignore someone, especially on social media.
(transitive) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison without the prior knowledge of other inmates.
(transitive, intransitive) To ghostwrite.
goths
goths
noun
plural of goth
halos
halos
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of halo
heros
heros
noun
plural of hero (in the sense of a type of sandwich)
hoars
hoars
noun
plural of hoar
hoast
hoast
noun
(dialectal) A cough.
Obsolete form of host.
verb
(intransitive, dialect) To cough.
hobbs
hobbs
Proper noun
A city in New Mexico
hobis
hobos
hocks
hocks
noun
plural of hock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hock
hocus
hocus
noun
(obsolete) A magician, illusionist, one who practises sleight of hand.
(obsolete) Drugged liquor.
(obsolete) One who cheats or deceives.
Trick; trickery.
verb
(obsolete) To adulterate (food).
(obsolete) To drug (liquor).
(obsolete) To stupefy (someone) with drugged liquor (especially in order to steal from them).
To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.
hoers
hoers
noun
plural of hoer
hoggs
hoggs
noun
plural of hogg
hoise
hoise
verb
(intransitive, obsolete): to hoist, be raised.
(transitive, obsolete except in dialects or after Shakespeare) to hoist.
hoist
hoist
noun
A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
The act of hoisting; a lift.
The position of a flag (on a mast) or of a sail on a ship when lifted up to its highest level.
The position of a main fore-and-aft topsail on a ship and fore fore-and-aft topsail on a ship.
The triangular vertical position of a flag, as opposed to the flying state, or triangular vertical position of a sail, when flying from a mast.
verb
(intransitive) To be lifted up.
(transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
(transitive, computing theory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
(transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.
(transitive, slang) To steal.
(transitive, sports, often figurative) To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
hokes
hokes
noun
plural of hoke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoke
holds
holds
noun
plural of hold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hold
holes
holes
noun
plural of hole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hole
holks
holks
noun
plural of holk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of holk
holms
holms
noun
plural of holm
holst
holts
holts
noun
plural of holt
homes
homes
noun
(slang) Alternative spelling of holmes
plural of home
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of home
homos
homos
noun
plural of homo
hones
hones
noun
plural of hone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hone
hongs
hongs
noun
plural of hong
honks
honks
noun
plural of honk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of honk
honus
honus
noun
plural of honu
hoods
hoods
noun
plural of hood
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hood
hoofs
hoofs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoof
hooks
hooks
noun
plural of hook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hook
hoops
hoops
noun
(US) basketball
plural of hoop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoop
hoose
hoose
noun
(Northumbria and Scotland) house
hoosh
hoosh
noun
(Antarctica, chiefly historical) A stew made from pemmican or other meat, thickened with biscuit.
A whooshing sound.
verb
(intransitive) To move with a rushing sound; to whoosh.
hoots
hoots
noun
plural of hoot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoot
hopes
hopes
noun
plural of hope
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hope
hopis
horas
horas
noun
plural of hora
horns
horns
noun
plural of horn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horn
horsa
horse
horse
noun
(US) An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see H-O-R-S-E on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).
(chess, informal) The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse.
(dated, slang, among students) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
(dated, slang, among students) Horseplay; tomfoolery.
(historical) A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
(military, sometimes uncountable) Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).
(mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
(prison slang) A prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners.
(slang) A large and sturdy person.
(slang) The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
(uncountable) The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine.
(uncountable, slang) Heroin (drug).
(xiangqi) A xiangqi piece, that moves and captures one point orthogonally and then one point diagonally.
(zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including zebras and asses.
A breastband for a leadsman.
A frame with legs, used to support something.
A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
A jackstay.
A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.
An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.
Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.
In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high, sometimes (pommel horse) with two handles on top.
verb
(by extension) To flog.
(informal) To cram (food) quickly, indiscriminately or in great volume.
(intransitive) To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)
(intransitive, dated) To charge for work before it is finished.
(obsolete) To get on horseback.
(of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).
(transitive) To play mischievous pranks on.
(transitive) To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
(transitive) To pull, haul, or move (something) with great effort, like a horse would.
(transitive, dated) To urge at work tyrannically.
To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.
To sit astride of; to bestride.
To take or carry on the back.
horst
horst
noun
(geology) An area of the earth's surface which is raised relative to surrounding land.
horsy
horsy
adj
Of a graphic design or typographical treatment which is clumsy, clunky, or unrefined.
Of a person or people, involved in breeding or riding horses.
Of or relating to horses.
noun
(childish or endearing) A child's term or name for a horse.
A game where a child rides on the back of another, who is on all fours.
horus
hosea
hosea
Proper noun
A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
A Biblical prophet.
hosed
hosed
adj
Ruined, messed up.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hose
hosel
hosel
noun
(slang) A semester, in the context of a course of study which should be enjoyable as opposed to required work.
The portion of the head of a golf club to which the shaft of the club attaches.
hosen
hosen
noun
(poetic, historical, archaic) plural of hose (the old-fashioned garment; stockings)
Coverings for the legs; trousers; pants.
hoses
hoses
noun
plural of hose
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hose
hoshi
hosta
hosta
noun
Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.
hosts
hosts
noun
plural of host
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of host
hours
hours
noun
plural of hour
house
house
noun
(Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building within a public housing estate.
(US, dialect) A small stand of trees in a swamp.
(astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
(cartomancy) The fourth Lenormand card.
(chess, now rare) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
(curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
(figurative) A place of rest or repose.
(historical) A workhouse.
(music) House music.
(politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.
(sudoku) A set of cells in a Sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box in classic Sudoku.
(uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
(uncountable) Size and quality of residential accommodations.
A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier.
A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof.
A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
A theatre.
An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
Lotto; bingo.
The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
The people who live in a house; a household.
verb
(Canada, US, slang, transitive) To eat.
(nautical) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
(obsolete) To deposit and cover, as in the grave.
(obsolete) To drive to a shelter.
(transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor.
(transitive) To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole.
(transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.
(transitive) To keep within a structure or container.
(transitive, astrology) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
houss
houss
noun
(obsolete) A covering, usually of textile (or mail) and attached to a saddle; a saddlecloth.
Obsolete spelling of house (“abode”)
housy
housy
adj
Alternative form of housey
howes
howes
noun
plural of howe
howfs
howfs
noun
plural of howf
howks
howls
howls
noun
plural of howl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of howl
howso
howso
adv
However, in whatever manner.
However, to whatever extent.
hoyas
hoyas
noun
plural of hoya
husho
hypos
hypos
noun
plural of hypo
hyson
hyson
noun
A Chinese green tea.
joash
johns
johns
noun
plural of john
johst
joshi
khios
khosa
klosh
kohls
kohls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kohl
kophs
kophs
noun
plural of koph
kosha
kosha
noun
(philosophy) Any of five sheaths that are thought to cover the Atman, or True Self, according to Vedantic philosophy.
A particular type of Sanskrit dictionary.
koshu
lochs
lochs
noun
plural of loch
lohse
mohos
mohos
noun
plural of moho
moshe
moshi
moths
moths
noun
plural of moth
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moth
nasho
nasho
noun
(chiefly Australia, informal, countable) A person doing military national service.
(chiefly Australia, informal, uncountable) Military national service, conscription.
nohes
oaths
oaths
noun
plural of oath
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oath
ohaus
ohias
ohias
noun
plural of ohia
okehs
okehs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of okeh
opahs
opahs
noun
plural of opah
ophis
oshac
oshac
noun
The perennial herb Dorema ammoniacum, whose stem yields ammoniacum.
oshea
osher
osyth
ouphs
ouphs
noun
plural of ouph
pahos
pasho
phons
phons
noun
plural of phon
phose
phoss
phots
phots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of phot
poohs
poohs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pooh
posho
posho
adj
(colloquial) Posh.
noun
(East Africa) A food product made of cornmeal.
(UK, slang) A posh person.
qophs
qophs
noun
plural of qoph
rdhos
roshi
roshi
noun
An elderly and revered Buddhist monk.
schmo
schmo
noun
A stupid or obnoxious person.
schou
schow
shado
shako
shako
noun
(Britain) A bearskin or busby.
A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.
The squilla or mantis shrimp.
shamo
sheol
shiko
shiko
noun
(sumo) One of the basic sumo exercises, in which the rikishi raises a leg high in the air to the side, then brings it down with a stamp. It is also performed on the dohyo to drive away bad spirits.
A posture of prostration in Burma.
shiro
shiro
noun
A mass of hyphae constituting the mycelium of certain fungi.
A stew of Ethiopia and Eritrea origin whose primary ingredient is powdered chickpeas or broad-bean meal.
shkod
shoad
shoad
noun
(mining) Loose fragments (often of metal ore) mixed with earth.
verb
(mining) To be distributed as shoads.
(mining) To seek for a vein or mineral deposit by following a shode, or tracing them to whence they derived.
shoal
shoal
adj
(now rare) Shallow.
noun
(collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.
A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
A shallow in a body of water.
Any large number of persons or things.
verb
(transitive) To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.
To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
To become shallow.
To collect in a shoal; to throng.
shoat
shoat
noun
A geep, a sheep-goat hybrid (whether artificially produced or the result of animals from these species naturally intermating).
A young, newly-weaned pig.
shock
shock
adj
Causing intense surprise, horror, etc.; unexpected and shocking.
noun
(automotive, mechanical engineering) A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).
(by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
(commerce, dated) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
(figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.
(mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
(medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
(medicine) Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
(obsolete) A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.
(physics) A shock wave.
(psychology) A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance.
(psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.
A sudden, heavy impact.
An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.
(transitive) To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.
(transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
(transitive) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
(transitive) To give an electric shock to.
(transitive) To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.
shode
shode
noun
Alternative spelling of shoad
shoed
shoer
shoer
noun
One who fits shoes to the feet.
shoes
shoes
noun
plural of shoe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shoe
shogi
shogi
noun
Japanese chess; a board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in Japan.
shogs
shogs
noun
plural of shog
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shog
shoji
shoji
noun
A door or partition consisting of a wooden frame covered in rice paper, used in traditional Japanese architecture.
shojo
shojo
adj
(anime, manga) Being in the style of shōjo manga or anime.
noun
(anime, manga) A style of anime and manga intended for young women.
(folklore) A creature in Japanese folklore, often depicted as a sea spirit with red hair and a fondness for alcohol.
shola
shola
noun
(India, historical) A wooded ravine; a thicket.
A wild plant found in Bengal and Assam, Aeschynomene aspera, having a milky-white, spongy pith used for the manufacture of pith helmets and decorative artefacts.
shole
shole
noun
A plank fixed beneath an object, such as the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from damage.