(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
(transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
acetum
acetum
noun
(obsolete) Vinegar, sometimes medicated.
acquit
acquit
verb
(reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.
(reflexive) To clear oneself.
(transitive) Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.
(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
(transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
(transitive, archaic) past participle of acquit.
(transitive, obsolete) To release, to rescue, to set free.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for.
actium
actium
Proper noun
a promontory of Acarnania in Ancient Greece where and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian in a naval battle in 31 BC
actual
actual
adj
(chiefly theology) relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical
(now rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current.
Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very.
noun
(finance) something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
(military) a radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee.
(uncountable) Reality, usually with the definite article.
acture
acture
noun
(obsolete) Action.
acuate
acuate
adj
Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.
acuity
acuity
noun
Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
The ability to think, see, or hear clearly.
acuter
acuter
adj
comparative form of acute: more acute
acutes
acutes
noun
plural of acute
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acute
adduct
adduct
noun
(chemistry) The product of an addition reaction.
verb
(transitive, physiology) To draw towards a center or a middle line.
anicut
anicut
noun
(India) A dam built in a stream for maintaining and regulating irrigation.
auctor
autecy
bucket
bucket
noun
(MTE, slang) an insult term used in Toronto to refer to someone who habitually uses crack cocaine.
(UK, archaic) A unit of measure equal to four gallons.
(aviation, mechanical engineering, uncommon) A turbine blade driven by hot gas or steam.
(basketball, informal) A field goal.
(basketball, informal) The basket.
(computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A great deal of anything.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
(slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
(slang, humorous) A helmet.
(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
A bucket bag.
A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
The amount held in this container.
The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
The pitcher in certain orchids.
verb
(computing, transitive) To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
(intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.
(intransitive, informal) To travel very quickly.
(transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
(transitive) To place inside a bucket.
(transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
(transitive, Australia, slang) To criticize vehemently; to denigrate.
(transitive, UK, US, rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
bustic
bustic
noun
A tree native to Florida and the Caribbean, Sideroxylon salicifolium
butcha
butcha
noun
(India, historical) The young of any animal.
(India, historical, slang, by extension) A child.
cactus
cactus
adj
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Non-functional, broken, exhausted, dead.
noun
(botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.
canaut
cantus
cantus
Noun
A melody or song, particularly ecclesiastical.
The principal voice.
cantut
canute
caputa
caputo
caquet
catgut
catgut
noun
(countable) A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, especially of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, racquets, sutures etc.
(uncountable) A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices.
(uncountable) The material from which such cords are made.
cathud
catsup
catsup
noun
Alternative form of ketchup
caught
caught
adj
(cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catch
cautel
cautel
noun
(Christianity) A traditional caution or written direction about the proper manner of administering the sacraments.
(obsolete) caution; prudence; wariness
(obsolete) deceit
cauter
cauter
noun
A hot iron for searing or cauterizing.
cautio
cayuta
centum
centum
adj
(Indo-European studies) Referring to an Indo-European language that did not produce sibilants from a series of Proto-Indo-European palatovelar stops.
noun
(India) Perfect score on a board exam.
(Sanskrit and other Indian philology) Satakam, set of one hundred verses connected by the same metre or topic.
cestui
cestui
noun
Alternative form of cestuy
cestus
cestus
noun
(obsolete) A girdle, especially that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power to excite love.
A leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal.
cestuy
cestuy
noun
(law) he; the one; the person in question
cetura
chaunt
chaunt
noun
Obsolete spelling of chant
chaute
chauth
chteau
chueta
chuted
chuted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chute
chuter
chutes
chutes
noun
plural of chute
cicuta
cicuta
noun
(archaic) Hemlock.
circut
cistus
cistus
noun
A rockrose; a plant of the genus Cistus.
citrul
citrus
citrus
adj
Of, relating to, or similar to citrus plants or fruit.
noun
Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.
The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin (called zest), an inner white skin (called pith or albedo), and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin. Citrus fruits include orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and citron.
cletus
clitus
clouet
clouts
clouts
noun
plural of clout
clouty
clouty
noun
(obsolete) cotton
clutch
clutch
adj
(US, Canada) Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
noun
(US) An important or critical situation.
(by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
A difficult maneuver
A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
A group or bunch (of people or things).
A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
verb
(transitive) To hatch.
(video games) To win in a 1vX (one versus X) situation.
(video games, by extension) To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
To grip or grasp tightly.
To seize, as though with claws.
cobnut
cobnut
noun
A game played by children with nuts.
A specific cultivated variety of hazelnut, also known as the Kentish cobnut.
The nut of the common hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut.
coetus
coetus
noun
Rare spelling of coitus.
coitus
coitus
noun
(formal or humorous) Sexual intercourse, especially involving penile-vaginal penetration.
collut
coltun
copout
copout
noun
Alternative spelling of cop-out
coquet
coquet
noun
(obsolete) A flirtatious male.
A flirtatious female; a coquette.
verb
To act as a flirt or coquet.
To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint; to lead on.
To waste time; to dally.
coteau
coteau
noun
(US, Canada) A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys.
(US, Canada) The side of a valley.
cottus
cotuit
cotula
counts
counts
noun
(statistics, of a statistic) To be enumerated rather than represented as a proportion or percentage.
plural of count
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of count
county
county
adj
Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.
noun
(US, slang, uncountable) A jail operated by a county government.
(historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.
A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 48 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska and Louisiana).
courts
courts
noun
plural of court
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of court
courty
coutel
couter
couter
noun
(historical) A piece of armor which covers the elbow.
(slang, obsolete) A sovereign (the coin).
coutet
couthe
couths
couths
noun
plural of couth
couthy
couthy
adj
Alternative form of couthie
coutil
coutil
noun
A woven cloth created specifically for making corsets.
crabut
cratus
crotus
croute
crouth
cruent
cruets
cruets
noun
plural of cruet
cruety
cruset
cruset
noun
A goldsmith's crucible.
crusta
crusta
noun
A cocktail (typically of brandy, orange liqueur, bitters, and lemon juice and peel) distinguished by a sugared crust on the rim of the glass.
A crust or shell.
A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object.
crusts
crusts
noun
plural of crust
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crust
crusty
crusty
adj
(informal) Of very low quality.
(informal, figuratively, of a person or behavior) Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature.
Having a crust, especially a thick one.
noun
(chiefly Britain, informal) A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness.
(chiefly UK and Ireland, informal) A member of an urban subculture with roots in punk and grebo, characterized by antiestablishment attitudes and an unkempt appearance.
(slang) Dried eye mucus.
crutch
crutch
noun
(heraldry) A type of cross formed from two C-shapes joined back to back.
(nautical) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch.
(nautical) A knee, or piece of knee timber.
A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.
A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop
verb
(intransitive) To move on crutches.
(transitive) To shear the hindquarters of a sheep; to dag.
(transitive) To support on crutches; to prop up.
(transitive, in soap-making) to stir with a crutch.
cuarta
cuarta
noun
(historical) A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, a quarter-ferrado equivalent to about 3–4.5 L depending on the substance measured.
(historical) Synonym of palmo, quarter-vara, a traditional Spanish unit of length
cuarto
cuarto
noun
(historical) A former Spanish coin (until 1866), worth one eighth of a real.
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 27.8 L.
cubist
cubist
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Cubist.
noun
A player of Rubik's cube; a cuber.
cubiti
cubiti
noun
plural of cubitus
cubito
cubits
cubits
noun
plural of cubit, an ancient unit of measurement
cucrit
cucuta
cueist
cueist
noun
A person skilled in using a cue.
cuesta
cuesta
noun
(geomorphology) A hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.
cuitle
culbut
culets
culets
noun
plural of culet
culett
cullet
cullet
noun
A small central plane in the back of a cut gem.
Scrap glass which is melted down for reuse.
cultch
cultch
noun
Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.
Rubbish; debris; refuse.
Young or seed oysters together with the shells and other objects to which they are usually attached.
culter
culter
noun
Obsolete form of colter.
cultic
cultic
adj
cultish, cultlike, relating to (the methods of) cults (type of sect)
ritual, relating to cult (religious ritual)
cultus
cultus
noun
Established or accepted religious rites or customs of worship; state of religious development.
curate
curate
noun
(Ireland) An assistant barman.
(inorganic chemistry) An oxyanion of curium; any salt containing such an anion.
A parish priest.
An assistant rector or vicar.
verb
(by extension, transitive) To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages.
(intransitive) To work or act as a curator.
(transitive) To act as a curator for.
curets
curets
noun
plural of curet
curiet
curiet
noun
Obsolete form of cuirass.
curite
curite
Noun
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium.
curtal
curtal
adj
(now rare) Physically shortened; short.
(obsolete) Abridged, curtailed.
(obsolete) Of horses, having a docked tail.
noun
(historical) A variety of short-barrelled cannon.
(music) An early type of bassoon.
(obsolete) A horse or other animal having a docked tail.
(obsolete) Anything docked or cut short.
curted
curted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curt
curter
curter
adj
comparative form of curt: more curt
curtin
curtin
noun
Obsolete spelling of curtain
curtis
curtly
curtly
adv
In a curt manner; tersely, almost rudely.
curtsy
curtsy
noun
Alternative spelling of curtsey
curvet
curvet
noun
A particular leap in which a horse raises both forelegs at once, equally advanced, and, as the forelegs are falling, raises the hind legs, so that all the legs are in the air at once.
A prank; a frolic.
verb
(figuratively) (of a person) To prance; to caper, frolic.
(figuratively) (of an object) To jump, skip, shake.
(intransitive) Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.
(of a bird) To fly or swim with darting movements.
(transitive) To cause to leap about, dart or jump.
cushat
cushat
noun
(Tyneside or literary) A pigeon, wood pigeon or ring dove.
custar
custer
custer
Proper noun
A ghost town in Idaho.
A village in Michigan.
A in Montana.
A city in South Dakota
A in Washington.
custom
custom
adj
(archaic) Accustomed; usual.
Created under particular specifications, specially to fit one's needs: specialized, unique, custom-made.
Own, personal, not standard or premade.
noun
(UK) Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, factory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
(archaic, uncountable) Toll, tax, or tribute.
(law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.
(obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
A custom (made-to-order) piece of art, pornography, etc.
Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
Traditional beliefs or rituals.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To have a custom.
(transitive, obsolete) To make familiar; to accustom.
(transitive, obsolete) To pay the customs of.
(transitive, obsolete) To supply with customers.
custos
custos
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a custody of the order.
(music, historical) In older forms of musical notation, an indication, at the end of a line of music, of the first note of the next line.
(obsolete) A warden.
cutcha
cutely
cutely
adv
In a cute manner
cutest
cutest
adj
superlative form of cute: most cute
cutesy
cutesy
adj
Overly, affectedly or unnecessarily cute; too cute to be taken seriously.
cuteys
cuteys
noun
plural of cutey
cuties
cuties
noun
plural of cutie
cutify
cutify
verb
(informal) To make cute.
To form skin.
cutins
cutins
noun
plural of cutin
cutlas
cutlas
noun
Obsolete form of cutlass.
cutler
cutler
noun
One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery.
cutlet
cutlet
noun
A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken, or beef) cut from the side of an animal.
A piece of fish that has been cut perpendicular to the spine, rather than parallel (as with a fillet); often synonymous with steak.
A prawn or shrimp with its head and outer shell removed, leaving only the flesh and tail.
A thin slice of meat, usually fried.
cutlip
cutlor
cutoff
cutoff
adj
(psychology, medicine) Designating a score or value demarcating the presence (or absence) of a disease, condition, or similar.
Constituting a limit or ending.
noun
(fashion, chiefly in the plural) Shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers.
(journalism) A horizontal line separating sections of the page.
(medicine) A cutoff point (cutoff value, threshold value, cutpoint): the amount set by an operational definition as the transition point between states in a discretization or dichotomization.
(poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the button pre-flop.
A cessation in a flow or activity.
A device for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder (see quotation at cut-off).
A device that stops the flow of a current.
A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
cutose
cutose
noun
(chemistry) A variety of cellulose, occurring as a fine transparent membrane covering the aerial organs of plants, and forming an essential ingredient of cork.
cutout
cutout
noun
Alternative form of cut-out
cutset
cutset
noun
(mathematics) The set of edges (of a cut) whose endpoints are in different subsets of the partition
cutted
cutted
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of cut
cutter
cutter
noun
(MLE) A knife.
(baseball) A cut fastball.
(cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
(informal) A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh.
(medicine, colloquial, slang, humorous or derogatory) A surgeon.
(nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
(nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
(obsolete) A kind of soft yellow brick, easily cut, and used for facework.
(obsolete) A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
(obsolete) An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
(slang) A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
(television) A flag or similar instrument for blocking light.
A foretooth; an incisor.
A heavy-duty motor boat for official use.
A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.
cuttie
cuttie
adj
(Scotland) Short, shortened or small. Alternative spelling of cutty
noun
(Scotland) Alternative spelling of cutty Someone or something common and short or small.
(Scotland, archaic) A hare.
(Scotland, archaic) The Black Guillemot.
(colloquial) A T-shirt that has had the sleeves removed.
(slang, surfing) A cutback.
cuttle
cuttle
noun
(obsolete) A foul-mouthed fellow.
(obsolete) A knife.
Synonym of cuttlefish
cuttoe
cuttoe
noun
(obsolete) A large knife or small sword.
cuttoo
cutuno
cutups
cutups
noun
plural of cutup
cutwal
cutwal
noun
Alternative form of kotwal
cytula
cytula
noun
(biology) The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, whose development produces the child or other organism.