(botany) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup.
aching
aching
adj
That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.
noun
The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.
verb
present participle of ache
achkan
achkan
noun
A man's knee-length jacket worn in parts of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
achorn
achorn
noun
(Chester) An acorn.
adhern
aenach
aenach
noun
(historical) A fair or fair-like assembly in ancient Ireland.
(historical) The green on which such fairs were held.
aeniah
aethon
afghan
afghan
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut.
A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted.
agunah
agunah
noun
A Jewish woman who is trapped in a marriage from which she cannot escape, either because her husband has disappeared or because he will not grant her a gett.
aharon
ahearn
ahrens
ahtena
ainhum
ainhum
noun
(medicine) A painful constriction of the base of the fifth toe, frequently followed by autoamputation, occurring predominantly in black Africans and their descendants.
akhund
akhund
noun
(chiefly historical) A spiritual leader in Persia, parts of Central Asia and Xinjiang, China.
(colloquial, Central Asia or Xinjiang) Uyghur; Dungan; Hui Muslim
alanah
alhena
alhena
Proper noun
The third brightest star in the constellation of Gemini
alnath
alphin
alphin
noun
Alternative form of alfin
alphyn
amhran
anahao
anahau
anaphe
anarch
anarch
noun
The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.
anchat
anchie
anchor
anchor
noun
(Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
(US) A screw anchor.
(archery) A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
(architecture) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
(architecture) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
(athletics) The final runner in a relay race.
(cartomancy) The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
(climbing) A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
(economics) A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
(figurative) That which gives stability or security.
(heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
(nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
(nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).
(nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
(obsolete) An anchorite or anchoress.
(slang) The brake of a vehicle.
(soccer) A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
(television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.
Alternative form of anker
Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
verb
To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
To stop; to fix or rest.
andhra
andhra
Proper noun
A state in India between 1953 and 1956, formed from Madras Presidency. It was later merged with Telangana and formed Andhra Pradesh.
aneath
aneuch
anezeh
anhalt
anhang
anhele
anhele
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To pant; to be breathlessly anxious or eager (for).
anhima
anhima
noun
A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Anhima cornuta).
anhwei
anight
anight
adv
(obsolete) In the night-time, at night.
ankush
anorth
anshan
anshan
Proper noun
A prefecture-level city in northeastern China.
Proper noun
An ancient Elamite and later Achaemenid Persian city in modern-day Iran.
anshar
anshar
Proper noun
A sky god
anthas
anthea
anthea
Proper noun
The epithet of the Greek goddess Hera
anthem
anthem
noun
(archaic) Antiphon.
(informal) A very popular song or track.
A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.
A hymn of praise or loyalty.
verb
(transitive, poetic) To celebrate with anthems.
anther
anther
noun
(botany) The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower.
anthia
anthia
noun
Any fish of the subfamily Anthiinae in the family Serranidae of basses, basslets, and groupers.
anthol
anthon
anthos
anthus
anyhow
anyhow
adv
(conjunctive) In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
(manner) In any way or manner whatever.
anywhy
anywhy
adv
(colloquial, nonstandard) For any reason.
aonach
aonach
noun
(historical) An ancient Irish public national assembly called upon the death of a king, queen, notable sage or warrior as part of ancestor-worship practices.
aphony
aphony
noun
Dated form of aphonia.
apinch
apinch
adv
Pinching; so as to pinch.
aranha
archin
archon
archon
noun
(Gnosticism) A supernatural being subordinate to the Demiurge.
A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.
A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings.
A ruler, head of state or other leader.
arghan
arghan
noun
Alternative form of argan
arnhem
arshin
arshin
noun
An obsolete Russian length unit, equal to 71.12 centimeters, or 28 inches.
ashcan
ashcan
adj
Describing a comic book originally published solely to retain ownership of a trademark, not intended for general release; later used for promotional comic books intended for limited release to the public.
Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art.
noun
(US, slang) A kind of large firecracker.
A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.
A dustbin.
ashien
ashine
ashine
adj
Shining; radiant; bright
ashing
ashing
noun
(analytical chemistry) An analytic procedure in which a sample is heated in a furnace to leave a residue of ash, either to determine the gross mineral content, or as a preparation for further analysis
verb
present participle of ash
ashlan
ashlen
ashlin
ashman
ashman
noun
(obsolete) One employed to collect ash.
ashmen
ashmen
noun
plural of ashman
ashpan
ashpan
noun
(rail transport) A large pan below the grate and firebox of a steam locomotive.
A container beneath a boiler's furnace, catching ash and clinker that falls through the firebars
A container that fits below the grate of a domestic fireplace.
ashton
ashton
Proper noun
A common place name in England.
derived from the place names.
name transferred from the surname.
A town in South Australia, Australia.
A ghost town in California, US.
A city in Idaho, US.
A village in Illinois, US.
A city/town in Iowa, US.
A village in Nebraska, US.
A city/town in South Dakota, US.
ashwin
athena
athene
athens
athens
Proper noun
The capital city of Greece.
A city in Alabama, USA
A city in Georgia, USA, consolidated with as Athens-Clarke County.
A city in Illinois.
An unincorporated community hamlet in Henry Township, Indiana, USA.
A village in Louisiana.
A town in Maine.
A village in Michigan.
A town and village in New York.
A city in Ohio.
A township in Ontario, Canada.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
A city in Tennessee
A city in Texas
A town in Vermont.
A town in West Virginia.
A village in Wisconsin.
athing
athink
authon
babhan
badhan
bahner
banach
bancha
bancha
noun
A type of low-grade Japanese green tea.
banchi
bandhu
banghy
banish
banish
verb
(heading) To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
To expel, especially from the mind.
bashan
behang
behang
verb
(transitive) To hang round or about, as ornament or embellishment; suspend; drape.
benham
bhadon
bhajan
bhajan
noun
(music) A type of Indian devotional song.
bhangi
bhangi
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bhangi
bhangs
bhavan
bhudan
bhutan
blanch
blanch
verb
(intransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
(intransitive) To grow or become white.
(transitive) To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together
(transitive) To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
(transitive) To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding
(transitive) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
(transitive) To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices
(transitive, cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
(transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
To cause to turn aside or back.
To use evasion.
bohawn
bohman
bonagh
bonham
bonham
noun
(Ireland, rural) A piglet.
branch
branch
noun
(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
(chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
(computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
(computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
(nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
(rail transport) A branch line.
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
A location of an organization with several locations.
An area in business or of knowledge, research.
Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
verb
(intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
(intransitive) To produce branches.
(intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
(transitive) To strip of branches.
(transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
buchan
buchan
Proper noun
an administrative district in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
and (Clan Buchan). Of note is John Buchan, the author.
bunyah
bunyah
noun
Alternative form of bunya (“banyan; Hindu caste member”)
byhand
cahone
calhan
cancha
cancha
noun
A toasted grain or grains of corn, a traditional snack in Peru.
canchi
candyh
canham
canthi
canthi
noun
plural of canthus
cathin
caunch
chacon
chacun
chagan
chaine
chaine
noun
Obsolete spelling of chain
chaing
chains
chains
noun
plural of chain
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chain
chalon
chalon
noun
(obsolete) A bed blanket.
chanca
chance
chance
adj
Happening by chance, casual.
adv
(obsolete) Perchance; perhaps.
noun
(countable) An opportunity or possibility.
(countable) The probability of something happening.
(countable, archaic) What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
(in plural as chances) probability; possibility.
(uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.
verb
(Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
(archaic, intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur.
(archaic, transitive) To befall; to happen to.
To discover something by chance.
To try or risk.
chanco
chancy
chancy
adj
(dated, colloquial) Lucky; bringing good luck.
Subject to chance; random.
Uncertain; risky; hazardous.
chanda
chandi
chandu
chanel
chaney
chaney
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
changa
change
change
noun
(Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.
(baseball) A change-up pitch.
(campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
(countable) A replacement.
(countable) A transfer between vehicles.
(countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
(uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
(uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
(uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
verb
(archaic) To exchange.
(intransitive) To become something different.
(intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
(intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
(transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
(transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
(transitive) To replace.
(transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
changs
changs
noun
plural of chang
channa
channa
noun
Alternative form of chana
chanst
chants
chants
noun
plural of chant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chant
chanty
chanty
noun
Alternative spelling of shanty (“song”)
chaoan
chapen
chapin
chapon
charin
charnu
charon
chaton
chaton
noun
(watches) chaton (movement component: a circular piece of metal inserted in a round hole, in which a ruby is inserted. The ruby is used as bearing for the pin (or pivot) of a shaft of a wheel)
Collet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring).
chauna
chaunt
chaunt
noun
Obsolete spelling of chant
chavin
chawan
chawan
noun
An East Asian tea bowl, in which tea may be prepared and then consumed.