(archaic, British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
(archaic, British slang) A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.
A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
abort
abort
noun
(computing) An event in which a process is aborted.
(computing) The function used to abort a process.
(military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
(now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
(obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
verb
(intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
(intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
(intransitive, military) To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
(intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
(transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
(transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
(transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
(transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
(transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
abote
abott
about
about
adj
In existence; being in evidence; apparent.
Moving around; astir.
Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood.
adv
(archaic) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
(nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about.
(obsolete or rare) In succession; one after another; in the course of events.
From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
Near; in the vicinity.
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
On all sides; around.
To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
prep
(Chester) Have you much hay about? = Have you much in the process of making?
(figurative) In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
(with 'to' and verb infinitive) See about to.
(with present participle, obsolete or dialect) On the point or verge of.
Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
On one's person; nearby the person.
Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
acost
acton
acton
noun
Alternative form of aketon
Obsolete form of actinon.
actor
actor
noun
(grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb.
(obsolete) Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian.
(obsolete, Ancient Rome) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
(obsolete, law) Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.
(software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
actos
adopt
adopt
verb
(chess, slang) To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
To select and take or approve.
To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
afoot
afoot
adj
(predicative) That is on foot, in motion, in action, in progress.
adv
(figurative) In motion; in action; astir; stirring; in progress.
On foot. (means of locomotion, walking)
On foot. (support of the body, standing)
afton
aholt
alcot
allot
allot
adv
Misspelling of a lot.
verb
(transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.
(transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
aloft
aloft
adv
(nautical) In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.
Above, overhead, in a high place; up.
At, to, or in the air or sky.
alost
alout
altho
altho
conj
(informal, chiefly US) Alternative spelling of although
alton
altos
altro
amato
amort
amort
adj
(archaic, literary) As if dead; depressed
amowt
aneto
annot
anton
aorta
aorta
noun
(anatomy) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
(figuratively) The liveliest part of something.
aosta
aotea
aotes
aotus
aport
aport
adv
(nautical) on the left side of the boat
apout
apout
adj
(especially of the lips or mouth) Protruding to form a pout.
aptos
argot
argot
noun
A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.
ariot
ariot
adj
(postpositive) Filled in an unrestrained manner.
(postpositive) Filled with or involving rioting or riotous behaviour.
arnot
artou
ascot
ascot
noun
ascot tie
ashot
assot
assot
adj
(obsolete) dazed; foolish; infatuated
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To besot; to befool; to infatuate.
aston
astor
astto
atelo
athol
athos
athos
Proper noun
one of the Gigantes
A peninsula in Greece containing Mount Athos
atmos
atmos
noun
(sound production) Clipping of atmosphere.
plural of atmo
atoka
atoke
atole
atole
noun
A sweetened thick drink or thin gruel made from cornmeal, served hot
atoll
atoll
noun
a type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls
atoms
atoms
noun
plural of atom
atomy
atomy
adj
Resembling a tiny particle; made up of tiny particles.
noun
(archaic) A floating mote or speck of dust.
(archaic) A skeleton.
(archaic) A tiny being; a very small person.
(archaic) An indivisible particle.
atone
atone
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
(obsolete, transitive) To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
(obsolete, transitive) To unite in making.
(proscribed) To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
(transitive, intransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
atony
atony
noun
Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia
atopy
atopy
noun
(medicine) A hereditary disorder marked by the tendency to develop localized immediate hypersensitivity reactions to allergens such as pollen, food etc and is manifested by hay fever, asthma, or similar allergic conditions; generally considered to be caused by the interaction of environmental and genetic factors.
A person suffering from atopic syndrome; a case of atopy.
atour
atpco
aueto
autor
autos
autos
noun
plural of auto
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of auto
aweto
aweto
noun
(New Zealand) A parasitic fungus of the genus Ophiocordyceps.
axton
axton
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
ayont
ayont
adv
(Scotland, Northern England) Beyond.
azote
azote
noun
(chemistry, now historical) nitrogen.
azoth
azoth
noun
(alchemy) The first principle of metals, that is, mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them.
The universal remedy of Paracelsus.
barto
basto
basto
noun
The ace of clubs in quadrille and omber.
baton
baton
noun
(US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon (UK).
(heraldry) A riband with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, as shown on a coat of arms.
(heraldry) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).
(music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
(sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
verb
To strike with a baton.
bator
bedot
begot
begot
verb
(now rare) past participle of beget
besot
besot
verb
(transitive) To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.
beton
betso
bhoot
bhoot
noun
(India) A supernatural creature, usually the ghost of a deceased person.
bigot
bigot
noun
(obsolete) One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.
One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.
biont
biont
noun
A living organism
biota
biota
noun
(ecology) The living organisms of a region.
The coniferous tree Platycladus orientalis (syn. Biota orientalis, Oriental arborvitae).
biton
bitto
bitto
noun
a cheese produced in the Valtelline valley in Lombardy
bloat
bloat
adj
(obsolete) bloated.
noun
(derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.
(figurative) Wasteful use of space or other resources.
(veterinary medicine) Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.
Distention of the abdomen from death.
verb
(intransitive) To become distended; to swell up.
(intransitive, veterinary medicine) To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
To cause to become distended.
To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
To fill with vanity or conceit.
To increase to an excessive amount.
To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.
blote
blote
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cure (herrings, etc.) by salting and smoking them; to bloat.
blots
blots
noun
plural of blot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blot
blout
boart
boart
noun
Alternative spelling of bort
boast
boast
noun
(squash) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.
A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
Something that one brags about.
verb
(ergative) To possess something special (e.g. as a feature).
(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
(masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
(obsolete) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
(sculpting) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
(squash) To play a boast shot.
(transitive) To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
boats
boats
noun
plural of boat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boat
bobet
bobet
noun
A flag which monitors which way the wind is blowing
boget
bogot
boist
boist
noun
(obsolete) A box.
boite
boito
bolte
bolti
bolti
noun
Alternative form of bolty
bolts
bolts
noun
plural of bolt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bolt
bolty
bolty
noun
An edible fish of the Nile, the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, formerly Chromis nilotica).
boort
boort
noun
Alternative form of bort
boost
boost
noun
(automotive engineering) A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.
(physics) A coordinate transformation that changes velocity.
A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.
verb
(Canada, transitive) To jump-start a vehicle by using cables to connect the battery in a running vehicle to the battery in a vehicle that won't start.
(slang, transitive) To steal.
(transitive) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
(transitive, by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.
(transitive, engineering) To amplify; to signal boost.
(transitive, medicine) To give a booster shot to.
boote
booth
booth
noun
A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
An enclosed table with seats, as in a diner or café.
An enclosure for keeping animals.
An enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person.
boots
boots
noun
(Jamaica, slang, plural only) A condom.
(UK, naval, slang) The ship in a fleet having the most junior captain.
(dated) A servant at a hotel etc. who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.
plural of boot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boot
booty
booty
noun
(figuratively) Something that has been stolen or illegally obtained from elsewhere.
(nautical) A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
(slang) The buttocks.
(vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse.
(vulgar, slang) The vulva and vagina.
(vulgar, slang, not countable) A person considered as a sexual partner or sex object.
Alternative spelling of bootee
Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy.
borts
borts
noun
plural of bort
borty
bortz
bortz
noun
Diamond of inferior quality, commonly used for drill tips; abrasive diamond powder; bort.
botan
botas
botch
botch
noun
(archaic) One who makes a mess of something.
(obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling.
A case or outbreak of boils or sores.
A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge.
A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
verb
(transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something
To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
To repair or mend clumsily.
botel
botel
noun
a floating hotel; a boat that acts as a hotel
botes
botes
noun
plural of bote
botha
bothe
bothe
det
Obsolete spelling of both
bothy
bothy
noun
(Scotland, Ireland, Northumbria) A small cottage, especially one for communal use in remote areas by labourers or farmhands.
botry
botte
botti
botts
botts
noun
(by extension) Infection by maggots under the skin of cows, or by sheep maggots in the frontal sinus of sheep.
The disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect the stomach of a horse.
bottu
bouet
boult
boult
noun
Obsolete form of bolt.
verb
Alternative form of bolt (“to sift”)
bouto
bouts
bouts
noun
plural of bout
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bout
bovet
bowet
boxty
boxty
noun
A traditional Irish potato pancake.
bront
brost
brote
broth
broth
noun
(countable) A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.
(uncountable) Water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled.
brott
brout
buote
busto
busto
noun
(art, now rare) A bust.
buteo
buteo
noun
Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.
bytom
cabot
cagot
cagot
noun
Alternative form of Cagot
cahot
canto
canto
noun
(music) The designated division of a song.
(music) The treble or leading melody.
One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
capot
capot
noun
(card games) A winning of all the tricks in the game of piquet, counting for forty points.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To win all the tricks (from), when playing at piquet.
carot
caton
catso
catso
noun
(archaic) A dishonest person; a rogue; a cheat.
catto
catto
noun
(DoggoLingo) A cat.
cento
cento
noun
A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.
chiot
chort
chots
chott
chott
noun
(geology) A dry salt lake, in the Saharan area of Africa, that stays dry in the summer but receives some water in the winter.
chout
chout
noun
(British India, history) An assessment equal to a quarter of the revenue, levied by the Marathas from other Indian kingdoms as compensation for being exempted from plunder.