(anatomy) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.
(botany) A grape-stone.
(botany) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
acumen
acumen
noun
(anatomy) A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium.
(botany) A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant.
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
alcuin
ancius
aneuch
anicut
anicut
noun
(India) A dam built in a stream for maintaining and regulating irrigation.
anuric
anuric
adj
(urology) Of, pertaining to, causing or afflicted with anuria.
asunci
auncel
auncel
noun
A crude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England.
bancus
becuna
becuna
noun
Sphyraena sphyraena, a Mediterranean fish.
bonduc
bonduc
noun
nicker tree
boucan
boucan
noun
A wooden grill or structure for cooking meat and fish on, of a style used by the Tupi or others in the Caribbean.
bounce
bounce
noun
(Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
(archaic) A drink based on brandyᵂ.
(archaic) A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
(archaic) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A good beat in music.
(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A talent for leaping.
(uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
A bang, boom.
A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
The sack, dismissal.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
(archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.
(intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
(intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
(intransitive) To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
(intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
(intransitive, electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset.
(intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
(intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
(intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
(slang, archaic) To boast; to bluster.
(slang, archaic) To bully; to scold.
(transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
(transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
(transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
(transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
(transitive, intransitive, Internet, of an e-mail message) To return undelivered.
(transitive, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
To move rapidly (between).
bouncy
bouncy
adj
Easily bounced.
Lively, exuberant, energetic.
brucin
brucin
noun
Archaic form of brucine.
brunch
brunch
noun
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
verb
To eat brunch.
buccan
buccan
noun
(uncountable) Meat prepared in this way.
A framework or grill upon which meat is laid to dry, or to be roasted.
verb
To dry meat on such a frame.
buccin
buchan
buchan
Proper noun
an administrative district in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
and (Clan Buchan). Of note is John Buchan, the author.
buncal
bunche
bunchy
bunchy
adj
Having, or growing in bunches.
buncos
buncos
noun
plural of bunco
bundoc
caburn
caburn
noun
(nautical) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.
cajuns
canaut
cancun
canduc
canful
canful
noun
As much as a can will hold.
cangue
cangue
noun
A heavy wooden collar or yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in China to punish petty criminals.
cantus
cantus
Noun
A melody or song, particularly ecclesiastical.
The principal voice.
cantut
canuck
canuck
Noun
A Canadian.
A Canadian, especially a French Canadian.
The French-Canadian dialect.
A thing from Canada.
A Canadian pony or horse.
A member of the professional NHL ice hockey team.
The fighter-interceptor.
Adjective
Canadian.
canula
canula
noun
Alternative form of cannula
canute
capuan
capuan
Adjective
Relating to, or characteristic of Capua.
carnus
casaun
caucon
caunch
caunos
caunus
causon
census
census
noun
An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.
Count, tally.
verb
(intransitive) To collect a census.
(transitive) To conduct a census on.
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.
chacun
chandu
charnu
chauna
chaunt
chaunt
noun
Obsolete spelling of chant
cheung
chinua
chonju
chouan
chuana
chulan
chulan
noun
The fragrant flowers of Chloranthus spicatus (formerly Chloranthus inconspicuus), used in China for perfuming tea.
chunam
chunam
noun
A type of plaster used in India, made from shell-lime and sand.
verb
(transitive) To plaster or waterproof with chunam.
chunga
chunks
chunks
noun
plural of chunk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunk
chunky
chunky
adj
(euphemistic, of a person) Fat.
Having chunks.
Of a cat: having a large, solid bodyline.
noun
Alternative form of chunkey (Native American game).
chupon
chupon
noun
Any of several South American trees (Bumelia obtusifolia or Gustavia yaracuyensis)
churns
churns
noun
plural of churn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of churn
cinque
cinque
noun
(dice games, card games, dominoes) A card, die, or domino with five spots or pips.
cinura
clonus
clonus
noun
(medicine) A muscular spasm with regular contractions.
cluing
cluing
verb
present participle of clue
clunch
clunch
noun
(UK) A traditional building material mostly made of chalk or clay.
verb
(transitive) To grasp firmly; clench.
clunks
clunks
noun
plural of clunk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clunk
A specific cultivated variety of hazelnut, also known as the Kentish cobnut.
The nut of the common hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut.
coburn
cohune
cohune
noun
A species of palm, Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts.
collun
coltun
column
column
noun
(architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
(botany) The gynostemium
(by extension) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
(chemistry) An object used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.
A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
concur
concur
verb
(obsolete) To run together; to meet.
(rare) To converge.
To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.
condue
congou
congou
noun
(dated) A kind of Chinese black tea.
conium
conium
noun
Any of the species in the genus Conium of poisonous perennial herbaceous flowering plants.
consul
consul
noun
(by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.
(historical) A member of early modern city councils in southern France and Catalonia.
(historical) An officer of the trading and merchant companies of early modern England.
(historical) An official in various early modern port and trading towns, elected by resident foreign merchants to settle disputes among themselves and to represent them to the local authorities.
(historical) Any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804.
(historical) Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
(obsolete) A count or earl.
(obsolete) A high government official, generally either a coruler himself or a counsellor directly under the ruler.
consus
conule
conule
noun
(dentistry) A small cusp
A conical elevation of the surface of some sponges
conure
conure
noun
Any of many cute New World parakeets of the former genus Conurus, now reassigned to other genera in subfamily Arinae, principally Psittacara and Eupsittula.
coquin
cornua
cornua
noun
plural of cornu
cornus
cornus
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Cornus of dogwoods.
coroun
coruna
corwun
couldn
counce
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).
coupon
coupon
noun
(Scotland) A person's face.
(UK politics, historical) The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
(finance) Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
(finance, obsolete) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.
(manufacturing) A small sample of a bulk material, prepared so that test failure will be representative.
A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.
A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.
verb
To use coupons to a such extent that makes the user actively looking for coupons in magazines, online and whatever they can be found.
cousin
cousin
noun
(archaic) A kinsman.
(espionage, slang, chiefly in the plural) A member of the British intelligence services (from an American perspective) or of the American intelligence services (from a British perspective).
(figurative) Something kindred or related to something else.
(obsolete) A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl.
Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of one's extended family; one more distantly related than an uncle, aunt, granduncle, grandaunt, nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, etc.
The child of a person's uncle or aunt; a first cousin.
crinum
crinum
noun
Any of the genus Crinum of perennial plants with large showy flowers on leafless stems, which develop from bulbs.
cronus
cronus
Proper noun
The youngest of the twelve Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia; father to the first generation of Olympian gods and goddesses
cruent
crumen
crunch
crunch
noun
(chiefly US) The symbol #.
(cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
(exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
(slang) A shortage.
(software engineering, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
A critical moment or event.
A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
A problem that leads to a crisis.
verb
(automotive, transitive) To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
(computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
(slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
(software engineering, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
To grind or press with violence and noise.
cubane
cubane
noun
(organic chemistry) One of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C₈H₈, having the carbon atoms placed at the vertices of a cube.
cubans
cubing
cubing
noun
The activity of solving the Rubik's cube.
verb
present participle of cube
cubrun
cuchan
cudden
cudden
noun
(obsolete) A clown; a low rustic; a dolt.
The coalfish.
cueing
cueing
verb
present participle of cue
cueman
cueman
noun
One who plays a cue sport.
cuemen
cuemen
noun
plural of cueman
cuenca
cuffin
cuffin
noun
(obsolete, thieves' cant) A Justice of the Peace.
(obsolete, thieves' cant) A man.
cuinfo
culion
cullan
cullen
cullin
cullin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that have a role in protein degradation and ubiquitinylation
culmen
culmen
noun
(zoology) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.
Top; summit.
culpon
cumana
cumene
cumene
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic hydrocarbon isopropyl benzene present in petroleum.
cumine
cumins
cumins
noun
plural of cumin
cummin
cummin
noun
Alternative spelling of cumin
cunard
cunaxa
cundum
cundum
noun
Alternative spelling of condom
cuneal
cuneal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cuneus.
shaped like a wedge; cuneiform
cuneus
cuneus
noun
(architecture) One of a set of wedge-shaped divisions separated by stairways, found in the Ancient Roman theatre and in mediaeval architecture.
(entomology) A wedge-shaped section of the forewing of certain heteropteran bugs.
(neuroanatomy) A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
cunila
cunili
cunina
cunjah
cunjer
cunner
cunner
noun
A marine European fish (Symphodus melops).
The related American conner (Tautogolabrus adspersus).