Of an electrical light source: switched on and emitting light.
Often followed by with: shining with light; luminous, radiant; also, brightly coloured; vivid.
adv
(also figuratively) Chiefly in set alight: in flames, on fire; aflame.
verb
(also figuratively) Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest.
(figuratively) Often followed by on or upon: to find by accident; to chance upon, to come upon.
(obsolete) To arrive.
(transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve.
Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.
Often followed by on or upon: of a blow, something thrown, etc.: to land heavily.
To cast light on (something); to illuminate, to light up.
To come down or go down; to descend.
To set light to (something); to set (something) on fire; to ignite, to light.
alioth
alioth
Proper noun
the brightest star in Ursa Major.
alitha
alnath
althea
althea
noun
Any of several plants of the genus Althaea; the hollyhocks and mallows, native to Eurasia.
althee
anhalt
anthol
arthel
athold
bathyl
bethel
bethel
noun
A chapel, especially one for sailors, converted from an old ship.
A holy place.
bilith
blatch
blatch
noun
(obsolete) Blacking, blackening.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.
blethe
blight
blight
noun
(by extension) Anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life.
(phytopathology) A rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs.
The bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition.
verb
(intransitive) To suffer blight.
(transitive) To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
(transitive) To spoil, ruin, or destroy (something).
blithe
blithe
adj
(chiefly Scotland, elsewhere dated or literary) Cheerful, happy.
Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern.
blooth
blooth
noun
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of blowth (“blossom; bloom”)
blotch
blotch
noun
(figuratively) Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain.
(slang) Blotting paper.
A bright or dark spot on old film caused by dirt and loss of the gelatin covering the film, due to age and poor film quality.
A dark spot on the skin; a pustule.
An irregularly shaped area.
An uneven patch of color or discoloration.
Any of various crop diseases that cause the plant to form spots.
verb
(intransitive) To develop blotches, to become blotchy.
(transitive) To mark with blotches.
blowth
blowth
noun
(archaic) Bloom or blossom; blossoms collectively; the state of blossoming.
blueth
blueth
noun
(rare) The state of being blue; blueness.
blusht
blusht
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of blush
blythe
blythe
adj
Obsolete spelling of blithe
caltha
caltha
noun
(botany) A plant of the genus Caltha; a marsh marigold.
chalet
chalet
noun
An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.
chalot
chalta
chalta
noun
(India) The elephant apple (Dillenia indica) (tree or fruit).
chilte
chilte
noun
A Mexican spurge (Jatropha tepiquensis)
A latex / chicle obtained from this plant
chital
chital
noun
a large spotted deer, of genus Axis, native to India and Sri Lanka
claith
clatch
clatch
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A soft or sloppy lump or mass.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Anything put together or made in a careless or slipshod way.
(UK, Scotland, dialect, by extension) A sluttish or slipshod woman.
(UK, Scotland, dialect, historical) A kind of gig.
verb
(UK, Scotland, dialect, transitive, intransitive) To daub or smear, as with lime; to make or finish in a slipshod way.
cletch
clitch
clitch
verb
Alternative form of clutch
clithe
clothe
clothe
verb
(figurative) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
(transitive) To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
clotho
cloths
cloths
noun
plural of cloth
clothy
clothy
Adjective
Resembling cloth.
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.
coolth
coolth
noun
The state of being cool, temperature-wise; coolness.
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.
daleth
daleth
noun
Alternative form of dalet
duluth
duluth
Proper noun
A city in Minnesota, USA
A suburb of Georgia, United States.
eathly
eathly
adv
(UK dialectal) In an eath or easy manner; easily; readily.
ehlite
ehlite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of pseudomalachite; a green pearly mineral, hydrous phosphate of copper.
elatha
eliath
eolith
eolith
noun
(petrology) Crudely chopped flints, believed to be naturally produced by geological processes such as glaciation.
erthly
erthly
adj
Obsolete form of earthly.
ethlyn
ethnal
ethnol
ethyle
ethyls
ethyls
noun
plural of ethyl
filths
filths
noun
plural of filth
filthy
filthy
adj
Covered with filth; very dirty.
Obscene or offensive.
Very unpleasant or disagreeable.
verb
(transitive) To cover in filth.
(transitive) To make very dirty; to saturate something with dirt.
flaith
flathe
flathe
noun
(dialectal) A ray or skate (fish).
A flan.
fletch
fletch
noun
(archery) The vane toward the back of an arrow, used to stabilise the arrow during flight.
(fisheries) A large boneless fillet of halibut, swordfish or tuna.
verb
(transitive) To feather, as an arrow.
flight
flight
adj
(obsolete) Fast, swift, fleet.
noun
(collective) A collective term for doves or swallows.
(cricket) The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
(engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
A paper airplane.
A series of stairs between landings.
A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
An air force unit.
An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
An instance of flying.
Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
The act of fleeing.
The act of flying.
The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
verb
(cricket, of a spin bowler) To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
(sports, by extension, transitive) To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.
flitch
flitch
noun
A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber).
The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
verb
(transitive) To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.
galuth
glitch
glitch
noun
(astronomy, countable) A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.
(countable) A problem affecting function.
(countable, informal, engineering) An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.
(uncountable, music) A genre of experimental electronic music since the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise.
(video games) A bug or an exploit.
verb
(intransitive, especially of machines) To experience an unexpected, typically intermittent malfunction.
(intransitive, video games) To perform an exploit or recreate a bug while playing a video game.
glutch
glutch
noun
(Britain, dialect) A mouthful.
verb
(Britain, dialect) To swallow.
haglet
haglet
noun
A shearwater.
halest
halest
adj
superlative form of hale: most hale
halite
halite
noun
(chemistry) An oxyanion containing a halogen in the +3 oxidation state.
(mineralogy) Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.
hallot
halted
halted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of halt
halter
halter
noun
A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
A halter top.
A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
Alternative form of haltere
One who halts or limps; a cripple.
verb
(transitive) To place a halter on.
halutz
halutz
noun
(Judaism) A pioneer, especially one of the early Jewish immigrants to Palestine.
hamelt
hamilt
hamlet
hamlet
noun
(Britain) A village that does not have its own church.
A small village or a group of houses.
Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.
hantle
hantle
noun
(Scotland, northern UK) A considerable number or quantity; a great many; a great deal.
harlot
harlot
adj
(now uncommon) Wanton; lewd; low; base.
noun
(derogatory, offensive) A female who is considered promiscuous.
(derogatory, offensive, dated) A female prostitute.
(obsolete) A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth, especially one given to low conduct.
verb
To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.
hartal
hartal
noun
(South Asia, Malaysia) the closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike.
hartly
haslet
haslet
noun
A meatloaf made of these organs.
The internal organs of an animal, especially the heart and liver of a pig.
hatful
hatful
noun
(soccer, UK) A large number (usually talking about goal-scoring chances)
The amount that will fit into a hat
hatley
hazlet
health
health
noun
(countable) A toast to prosperity.
(obsolete) A warrior; hero; man.
(obsolete) Cure, remedy.
(video games) The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.
A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
Physical condition.
The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
in shape, in forme.
helmet
helmet
noun
(by extension, derogatory) A contemptible or stupid person.
(heraldry) The feature above a shield on a coat of arms.
A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
The glans penis.
The hood-shaped upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.
The upper part of a chemist's retort.
verb
(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a helmet.
helmut
helots
helots
noun
plural of helot
heptal
heptyl
heptyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₇H₁₅, formally derived from heptane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
hertel
hiatal
hiatal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a hiatus.
hillet
hiltan
hilted
hilted
adj
(in compounds) Having a hilt of a specified type.
Having a hilt.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hilt
hilten
hilton
hitler
hitler
Proper noun
A surname of Austrian origin.
Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany between 1933 and 1945.
Noun
An unnecessarily dictatorial person.
hittel
holist
holist
adj
(education, of a learning strategy) That concentrates on forming an overview of the topic.
noun
(education) One who prefers to learn by forming an overview of the topic.
(sociology) One who advocates studying society as a whole, and who consistently interprets the actions of individuals in that context.
A believer in, or practitioner of, holism; one who believes that a topic of study cannot be fully understood by studying the parts, or who studies by considering the whole.
holton
holton
Proper noun
Any of a number of places in the UK and the US:
a city in Kansas, USA
hostal
hostel
hostel
noun
(not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food.
(obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.
verb
(intransitive) To stay in a hostel during one's travels.
(transitive) To lodge (a person) in a hostel.
hostle
hostly
hotels
hotels
noun
plural of hotel
hottle
houlet
houlet
noun
(Tyneside) An owl.
An owlet.
howlet
howlet
noun
An owl; an owlet.
hpital
hrault
hulett
hultin
hulton
huntly
hurtle
hurtle
noun
A clattering sound.
A fast movement in literal or figurative sense.
verb
(intransitive) To move rapidly, violently, or without control.
(intransitive, archaic) To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound.
(intransitive, archaic) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
(intransitive, archaic) To push; to jostle; to hurl.
(transitive) To hurl or fling; to throw hard or violently.
hustle
hustle
noun
(preceded by definite article) A type of disco dance, commonly danced to the Van McCoy song The Hustle.
(prison slang) An activity, such as prostitution or reselling stolen items, that a prisoner uses to earn money in prison.
(slang) An act of prostitution.
A propensity to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle.
A state of busy activity.
verb
(informal) To be a prostitute; to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money.
(informal) To obtain by illicit or forceful action.
(informal) To put a lot of effort into one's work.
(informal) To sell sex; to work as a pimp.
(informal) To work.
(intransitive) To rush or hurry.
(transitive) To bundle; to stow something quickly.
(transitive) To con, swindle, or deceive; especially financially.
To dance the hustle, a disco dance.
To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge.
To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
hutlet
hutlet
noun
A little hut.
hyalts
hyetal
hyetal
adj
(rare) Pertaining to rain.
hylist
hylist
noun
A proponent of the philosophy of hylism.
hylton
ithiel
kathal
khalat
khalat
noun
(historical, Judaism) A long, close-fitting coat with shawl collars and pockets, worn by Ashkenazi Jewish men in Eastern Europe until the early 20th century
A type of native gown worn in parts of Central Asia, historically awarded as a robe of honor.
khelat
khilat
khilat
noun
Alternative form of khalat
khlyst
klatch
klatch
noun
An informal social gathering, especially one held over coffee for the purpose of conversation.
klepht
klepht
noun
(historical) An anti-Ottoman insurgent living in the mountains when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
laithe
laithe
noun
Alternative form of lathe (“A granary; a barn”)
lantha
lapith
lapith
Noun
one of a semi-legendary, semi-historical race of Thessaly
latham
lathan
lathed
lathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lathe
lathee
lathee
noun
Alternative form of lathi
lathen
lathen
adj
Made from a lath or laths.
lather
lather
noun
(countable) A state of agitation.
(countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
(countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
verb
(intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.
(transitive) To beat or whip.
(transitive) To cover with lather.
lathes
lathes
noun
plural of lathe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lathe
lathie
lathis
lathis
noun
plural of lathi
latish
latish
adj
(informal) Somewhat late
lecthi
lecyth
lelith
length
length
noun
(bridge) The number of cards held in a particular suit.
(cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
(figuratively) Total extent.
(horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
(mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
(theater) A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.
Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
duration.
verb
(obsolete) To lengthen.
lentha
lesath
lesath
Proper noun
a star in the constellation Scorpius.
letchy
letchy
adj
Alternative form of lechy
lethal
lethal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.
noun
(chemistry) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.
(genetics) An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it.
Any weapon that causes death.
lethes
lethes
noun
plural of lethe
lethia
lichts
lights
lights
noun
The lungs, now chiefly of an animal (being lighter than adjacent parts).
plural of light
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of light
lighty
lighty
adv
(obsolete) Alternative form of lightly; however, more often a misspelling of lightly.