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ably

ably

adv

  1. In an able manner; with great ability.

acyl

acyl

noun

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid.

agly

alay

alay

verb

  1. Obsolete spelling of allay

alby

alby

Proper noun

  1. from place names in England. Variant spelling: Albee.
  2. name, anglicization of Irish Ailbhe, name of an Irish saint also anglicized as Albert.
  3. name used in Ireland, derived from Ailbhe, name of heroines in Irish legend.

aley

aley

adj

  1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of ale.

alfy

alfy

Proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Alfred and Alfonso.

algy

alky

alky

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of alkie

ally

ally

noun

  1. (figuratively) A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.
  2. (historical or obsolete) A kinsman or kinswoman; a relative.
  3. (taxonomy) An organism which is related to another organism through common evolutionary origin; specifically, a species which is closely related to another species, usually within the same family.
  4. A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend.
  5. A person who, or organization which, supports a demographic group subject to discrimination and/or misrepresentation but is not a member of the group; specifically (LGBT), a person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.
  6. A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.
  7. Alternative spelling of alley (“a glass marble or taw”)
  8. One's relatives; kin, kindred, relations; also, relationship through descent or marriage; kinship.
  9. People, groups, states, etc., which are associated or united with each other for a common purpose; confederates; also, the state of being allied; alliance, confederation.
  10. Something regarded as connected with or related to another thing by similarity in features or nature.

verb

  1. (intransitive) Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
  2. (reflexive) To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
  3. Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
  4. To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.

alvy

alya

alys

amyl

amyl

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to starch

noun

  1. (dated, organic chemistry) Synonym of pentyl
  2. (informal) amyl nitrite

arly

aryl

aryl

noun

  1. (organic chemistry) Any univalent organic radical derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon by removing a hydrogen atom.

bely

bely

noun

  1. Obsolete spelling of belly

verb

  1. Obsolete spelling of belie

blay

blay

noun

  1. The bleak (fish).

byrl

byrl

verb

  1. Alternative form of birle

clay

clay

noun

  1. (biblical) The material of the human body.
  2. (firearms, informal) A clay pigeon.
  3. (geology) A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
  4. (informal) Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims
  5. (tennis) A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
  6. A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
  7. A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
  8. An earth material with ductile qualities.

verb

  1. (transitive) To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
  2. (transitive, of sugar) To purify using clay.

cloy

cloy

verb

  1. (transitive) To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.
  2. (transitive) To fill to loathing; to surfeit.
  3. (transitive) To fill up or choke up; to stop up.

clyo

coly

coly

noun

  1. Any bird of either of the genera Colius or Urocolius, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.

cycl

cyul

daly

dely

dlvy

duly

duly

adv

  1. In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; properly.
  2. Regularly; at the proper time.

dyal

eely

eely

adj

  1. Resembling an eel: long, thin and slippery.

elly

elmy

elmy

adj

  1. (rare, poetic) Pertaining to elm trees; in which elms grow.

eloy

eloy

Proper noun

  1. A city in Arizona

elsy

elyn

elys

eyla

flay

flay

noun

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A fright; a scare.
  2. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.

verb

  1. (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be fear-stricken.
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
  3. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To frighten; scare; terrify.
  4. To lash or whip.
  5. To strip the skin off; to skin.

fley

fley

verb

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To be frightened.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To frighten.

floy

flyn

gayl

gley

gley

noun

  1. (soil science) A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.

verb

  1. (Scotland) To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.
  2. (soil science) To be converted into this kind of soil.

gloy

glyc

glyn

glyn

noun

  1. A valley in a mountain area, especially one with a stream in the bottom

guly

guly

adj

  1. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to gules; red.

gyal

gyal

noun

  1. (British slang) Pronunciation spelling of girl.
  2. Alternative form of gayal (“Indian cattle”)

gyle

gyle

noun

  1. Fermented wort used for making vinegar.
  2. The amount of beer brewed at a time.

holy

holy

adj

  1. (slang) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
  2. Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
  3. Morally perfect or flawless, or nearly so.
  4. Revered in a religion.
  5. Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else).
  6. Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person.

intj

  1. (slang) An expression of astonishment and awe.

noun

  1. (archaic) A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies.

huly

hwyl

hwyl

noun

  1. A melodic chanting style of Welsh preaching.

hyla

hyla

noun

  1. A tree frog of the genus Hyla.
  2. Obsolete spelling of hyle

hyle

hyle

noun

  1. (obsolete, philosophy) matter
  2. The first matter of the cosmos, from which the four elements arose, according to the doctrines of Empedocles and Aristotle.

hyli

idly

idly

adv

  1. In an idle manner. [from 14th c.]
  2. Without specific purpose, intent or effort. [from 9th c.]

idyl

idyl

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of idyll

illy

illy

adv

  1. Badly; poorly.

ilya

inly

inly

adj

  1. (obsolete) Inward; interior; secret.

adv

  1. (now rare) Inwardly, within; internally; secretly.
  2. (obsolete) Heartily, completely, fully, thoroughly; extremely.

joly

july

kyla

kyle

kyle

noun

  1. (Scotland) A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.

lacy

lacy

adj

  1. Looking like lace.
  2. Made of lace or decorated with it.

lady

lady

noun

  1. (UK, slang) A five-pound note. (Rhyming slang, Lady Godiva for fiver.)
  2. (Wicca) Alternative form of Lady.
  3. (archaic) gastric mill, the triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster, consisting of calcareous plates; so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure.
  4. (attributive, with a professional title) Who is a woman.
  5. (chess, slang, rare) A queen.
  6. (historical) The mistress of a household.
  7. (in the plural) A polite reference or form of address to women.
  8. (informal) A wife or girlfriend; a sweetheart.
  9. (ladies' or ladies) Toilets intended for use by women.
  10. (polite or used by children) A woman: an adult female human.
  11. (slang) A queen (the playing card).
  12. (slang) Used to address a female.
  13. (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman’s breast.
  14. A title for someone married to a lord or gentleman.
  15. A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness.
  16. A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
  17. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.
  18. The feminine of lord.

verb

  1. To address as “lady”.

laky

laky

adj

  1. Of the color of a lake pigment; murky.
  2. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake.
  3. Transparent; said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.

lavy

lavy

adj

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Lavish; liberal.

noun

  1. A guillemot.

lays

lays

noun

  1. plural of lay

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lay

lazy

lazy

adj

  1. (UK, obsolete or dialect) Wicked; vicious.
  2. (computing theory) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
  3. (of a cattle brand) Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
  4. (optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
  5. Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
  6. Droopy.
  7. Showing a lack of effort or care.
  8. Sluggish; slow-moving.
  9. Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.

noun

  1. (obsolete) Sloth (animal).
  2. A lazy person.

verb

  1. (informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner.

lely

levy

levy

noun

  1. (US, obsolete, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia) The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.
  2. The act of levying.
  3. The tax, property or people so levied.

verb

  1. (law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
  2. To draft someone into military service.
  3. To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
  4. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
  5. To raise, as a siege.
  6. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
  7. To wage war.

lexy

leys

leys

noun

  1. plural of ley

lily

lily

adj

  1. (slang, derogatory) White (as a racial epithet).

noun

  1. (card games, usually in the plural) A royal spade in auction bridge.
  2. (cartomancy) The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.
  3. (heraldry) The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.
  4. Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
  5. Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.
  6. The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.

limy

limy

adj

  1. containing or resembling lime

liny

livy

livy

Proper noun

  1. Titus Livius, a Roman historian

llyn

llyn

noun

  1. An upland lake in Wales.

llyr

lody

logy

logy

adj

  1. Slow to respond or react; lethargic.

noun

  1. A term formed with the -logy suffix.

lory

lowy

loyn

luby

lucy

lucy

noun

  1. (archaic) The pike (a kind of fish).

luny

luny

adj

  1. Archaic form of loony.

lyam

lyam

noun

  1. (obsolete) A leash.

lyas

lych

lych

noun

  1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of lich

lyda

lyes

lyes

noun

  1. plural of lye

verb

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lye

lyle

lyly

lyme

lyme

verb

  1. (Jamaica, slang) to hang out (to spend time doing nothing in particular)

lymn

lynd

lynn

lynn

Proper noun

  1. Any of several place names (outside Britain named for persons with the surname).
    1. A town in Alabama.
    2. A town in Arkansas.
    3. A town in Indiana.
    4. A city in Massachusetts.
    5. A town in Norfolk, England, officially King's Lynn.
    6. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
    7. A town in Wisconsin.
    8. A community in Nova Scotia.
  2. name usually appearing as a middle name.
  3. name, popular as a middle name.

lyns

lyns

noun

  1. plural of lyn

lynx

lynx

noun

  1. Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx.

lyon

lyon

noun

  1. Obsolete spelling of lion

lyra

lyra

noun

  1. (anatomy, dated) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
  2. A bowed instrument used in folk music in Crete, Greece.
  3. A bowed string musical instrument used in the Byzantine Empire.
  4. A vertically suspended hoop used in acrobatic performances.

lyre

lyre

noun

  1. (obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.
  2. A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
  3. An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
  4. Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.

verb

  1. (rare) to play the lyre

lyse

lyse

verb

  1. (biochemistry) To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.
  2. (biology) To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.

moly

moly

noun

  1. (informal) molybdenum
  2. (slang) molybdenum grease
  3. A magic herb or plant used by Odysseus to overcome Circe.
  4. Any plant associated with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, Allium moly.

moyl

myal

myal

adj

  1. (anatomy) Relating to muscle.

noun

  1. (Jamaica, historical) A practitioner of myalism.

myel

mylo

odyl

odyl

noun

  1. (archaic) od (hypothetical force)

oily

oily

adj

  1. (figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite but insincere.
  2. Covered with or containing oil.
  3. Relating to or resembling oil.

noun

  1. (in the plural, informal) Oilskins. (waterproof garment)
  2. A marble with an oily lustre.

oldy

oldy

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of oldie

oley

oliy

olly

only

only

adj

  1. (obsolete) Mere.
  2. Alone in a category.
  3. Singularly superior; the best.
  4. Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.

adv

  1. (Britain) Used to express surprise or consternation at an action.
  2. (obsolete) Above all others; particularly.
  3. As recently as.
  4. Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned.
  5. No more than; just.
  6. Without others or anything further; exclusively.

conj

  1. (informal) Under the condition that; but.
  2. But; except.

noun

  1. An only child.

orly

owly

owly

adj

  1. In a bad mood; cranky.
  2. Seeing poorly.

oxly

oxyl

oxyl

noun

  1. (chemistry) A compound or radical bound to an oxygen by a single bond
  2. (chemistry, obsolete) An acid anhydride

paly

paly

adj

  1. (heraldry) vertically striped
  2. (obsolete) pale; lacking colour

phyl

pily

pily

adj

  1. (heraldry) Marked by many narrow piles (wedges).
  2. Like pile or wool.

play

play

noun

  1. (archaic, now usually in compounds) Activity relating to martial combat or fighting.
  2. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
  3. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
  4. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
  5. (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
  6. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
  7. (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
  8. (countable) An instance of watching or listening to digital media.
  9. (countable, turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
  10. (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
  11. (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
  12. (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
  13. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
  14. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
  15. (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.

verb

  1. (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; say something for amusement.
  2. (copulative) Contrary to fact, to give an appearance of being.
  3. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
  4. (intransitive) To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
  5. (intransitive) To act; to behave; to practice deception.
  6. (intransitive) To move to and fro.
  7. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love.
  8. (intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
  9. (intransitive, of a music) To produce music.
  10. (intransitive, of a theatrical performance) To be performed; (or of a film) to be shown.
  11. (transitive) (in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
  12. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
  13. (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
  14. (transitive) To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute.
  15. (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
  16. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
  17. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
  18. (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle someone.
  19. (transitive, ergative) To use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording.
  20. (transitive, especially of a person) To produce music (or a specified song or musical style) using (a specified musical instrument).
  21. (transitive, intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate.
  22. (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
  23. (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform in or at; to give performances in or at.
  24. To gamble.

ploy

ploy

noun

  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Sport; frolic.
  2. (obsolete) Employment.
  3. A tactic, strategy, or scheme.

verb

  1. (military) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.

poly

poly

adj

  1. (chiefly informal) Polyamorous.

noun

  1. (chiefly computer graphics) Polygon.
  2. (chiefly informal) A polyamorous person.
  3. (chiefly informal) Polyamory.
  4. (uncountable) Polyester.
  5. A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium polium) of the family Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean.
  6. Polyethylene (polythene).
  7. Polytechnic.
  8. Polyurethane

verb

  1. (transitive, video games, roguelikes) To polymorph; to transform by magic.

puly

pyal

pyal

noun

  1. Alternative form of pial (“raised platform”)

pyla

pyla

noun

  1. (anatomy) The passage between the iter and optocoele in the brain.

pyle

rely

rely

verb

  1. (with on or upon, formerly also with in) to trust; to have confidence in; to depend.

ruly

ruly

adj

  1. (obsolete) Pitiable; miserable.
  2. (rare) Neat and orderly.

adv

  1. (obsolete) Pitiably; miserably.

ryal

ryal

noun

  1. Alternative form of rial

ryle

slay

slay

noun

  1. Alternative form of sley

verb

  1. (by extension, hyperbolic, colloquial) To defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest).
  2. (literary) To eradicate or stamp out.
  3. (now literary) To kill; to murder.
  4. (slang) To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
  5. (slang) To have sex with.
  6. (slang, transitive, intransitive) To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something.

sley

sley

noun

  1. A guideway in a knitting machine.
  2. Reed (of a loom).

verb

  1. (transitive, weaving) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed.

syli

syli

noun

  1. The currency of Guinea between 1971 and 1985, subdivided into 100 cauris.

syll

ubly

ugly

ugly

adj

  1. (Southern US) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
  2. Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
  3. Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
  4. Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
  5. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.

noun

  1. (UK, informal, dated) A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
  2. (logistics, informal) Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.
  3. (slang) An ugly person or thing.
  4. (slang, uncountable) Ugliness.

verb

  1. (transitive, nonstandard) To make ugly (sometimes with up).

uily

waly

waly

intj

  1. (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) An exclamation of grief.

weyl

wily

wily

adj

  1. Sly, cunning, full of tricks.

wkly

wyld

wyld

adj

  1. Obsolete spelling of wild

wyle

wyly

xyla

xyla

noun

  1. plural of xylon

xylo

xylo

noun

  1. (colloquial, rare) xylophone

yael

yalb

yald

yald

adj

  1. Alternative form of yauld

yale

yale

noun

  1. A mythical beast in European mythology and heraldry, usually portrayed as an antelope- or goat-like four-legged creature with large horns that it can swivel in any direction.