(informal, sometimes proscribed) A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.
(linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
(mathematics) A prime symbol.
(music) A mark used to represent this special emphasis.
(music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
(music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
(music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
(prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
(sign languages) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
(usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech.
A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
A word; a significant tone or sound.
Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
verb
(transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
(transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
(transitive) To mark with written accents.
acetin
acetin
noun
(organic chemistry) the triglyceride of acetic acid
ackton
acsnet
actian
actine
acting
acting
adj
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
noun
(countable, obsolete) An action or deed.
(drama) The occupation of an actor.
(law) Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
Pretending.
verb
present participle of act
actins
actins
noun
plural of actin
action
action
adj
(Manglish) arrogant
intj
Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
noun
(art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
(bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
(firearms) The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
(law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
(mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that is not part of the output is said to act on the other object. In any given context, action is used as an abbreviation for a more fully named notion, like group action or left group action.
(military) Combat.
(music) The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
(music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on a guitar or other string instrument.
(obsolete) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
(physics) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
(religion) A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
(sciences) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
(slang, typically with a quantifier) Sexual intercourse.
A way of motion or functioning.
Fast-paced activity.
Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
The effort of performing or doing something.
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
verb
(transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.
(transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
anchat
anetic
anetic
adj
(medicine, obsolete, rare) Soothing; helping to relieve a malady.
anicut
anicut
noun
(India) A dam built in a stream for maintaining and regulating irrigation.
annect
antica
antick
antick
noun
Obsolete form of antic.
antics
antics
noun
plural of antic
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antic
arcnet
arctan
arctan
noun
Abbreviation of arctangent.
ascent
ascent
noun
(typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
An eminence, hill, or high place.
An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepness
The way or means by which one ascends.
atonic
atonic
adj
(linguistics) not having tone (pitch)
(medicine) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy.
(of a sound or syllable) unstressed
(pathology) Lacking muscle tone.
noun
(phonetics, dated) A sound with lack of tone or vocality.
cadent
cadent
adj
Falling.
caftan
caftan
noun
Alternative spelling of kaftan
canaut
cannat
cannet
cannet
abbrev
(Tyneside) cannot, can't
cannot
cannot
noun
A person who cannot do (something).
Something that cannot be done.
verb
Be forbidden or not permitted to
Can not (be unable to).
cantab
cantab
Noun
A graduate of Cambridge University.
cantal
cantal
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Cantal
cantar
cantar
noun
Alternative spelling of kantar
canted
canted
adj
Having angles.
Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cant
cantel
cantel
noun
Alternative form of cantle
canter
canter
noun
A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.
A ride on a horse at such speed.
One who cants or whines; a beggar.
One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
verb
(intransitive) To move at such pace.
(transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
canthi
canthi
noun
plural of canthus
cantic
cantic
adj
angled
canting
oblique, slanting
cantil
cantil
noun
Any of various snakes of the species Agkistrodon bilineatus.
cantle
cantle
noun
(Scotland) On many styles of sporran, a metal arc along the top of the pouch, usually fronting the clasp.
(Scotland) The top of the head.
(obsolete) A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.
The raised back of a saddle.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cut into pieces.
(obsolete, transitive) To cut out from.
canton
canton
noun
(heraldry) A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
(obsolete) A song or canto.
(obsolete) A subdivision of a county, of Quebec, Canada; equivalent to a township.
A division of Luxembourg, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.
A division of a political unit.
A small community or clan.
A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side (e.g., the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).
A subdivision of an arrondissement of France.
One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.
verb
(transitive) To allot quarters to troops.
(transitive) To delineate as a separate district.
(transitive) To divide into cantons.
cantor
cantor
noun
A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan
singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony
cantos
cantos
noun
plural of canto
cantus
cantus
Noun
A melody or song, particularly ecclesiastical.
The principal voice.
cantut
canute
captan
captan
noun
(chemistry) Ethyl mercaptan.
A particular phthalimide fungicide.
carnet
carnet
noun
(law) A customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article
A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.
An admission pass.
carnot
cartan
carton
carton
noun
(Australia) A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
(archaic) A kind of thin pasteboard.
(archaic) A shot that strikes this disc.
(archaic) A small disc within the bullseye of a target.
A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.
An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.
verb
To put in a carton.
casten
casten
verb
(archaic, poetic) past participle of cast
catano
catena
catena
noun
(soil science) A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope.
A series of related items.
cathin
catina
cating
cation
cation
noun
(physical chemistry) a positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis
catkin
catkin
noun
(botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.
catlin
catlin
noun
Alternative form of catling (surgical knife)
catnap
catnap
noun
A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.
verb
(intransitive) To take a catnap (short sleep or nap).
(transitive) To kidnap a cat.
catnep
catnip
catnip
noun
(figurative) Something that causes excitement or interest.
Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.
catron
cattan
catton
caxton
caxton
Noun
Any book printed by the first English printer.
centai
cental
cental
adj
Relating to a hundred.
noun
(historical) A weight of one hundred avoirdupois pounds.
centas
centra
centra
noun
plural of centrum
cetane
cetane
noun
The aliphatic hydrocarbon C₁₆H₃₄ (hexadecane) used as a standard for diesel fuel.
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”)
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).
chaunt
chaunt
noun
Obsolete spelling of chant
chonta
chonta
noun
Any of various palm trees, such as Juania australis and Astrocaryum species.
conant
contac
contam
contra
contra
adv
contrary to something
noun
(accounting, often attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
(business) A deal to swap goods or services.
(dance) A contra dance.
(music, informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
(obsolete, US, New England, dance) A country dance.
(politics, derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
prep
against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to
verb
(accounting) To undo; to reverse.
cotans
cotman
cranet
cranet
noun
Obsolete form of crinet.
crants
crants
noun
(obsolete) A garland carried before the bier of a maiden and subsequently hung over the grave.
craton
craton
noun
A part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents.
creant
creant
adj
creative; formative
cretan
cretan
Adjective
Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.
Noun
An inhabitant or a resident of Crete.
Proper noun
The dialect of Greek spoken in Crete.
criant
decant
decant
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To flow.
(science fiction) To remove (a clone or other artificially-gestated baby) from its chamber, vat, or artificial womb.
(transitive) To pour from one vessel into another.
(transitive) To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment.
To rehouse people while their buildings are being refurbished or rebuilt.
enacts
enacts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enact
enatic
enatic
adj
enate (related through female bloodline)
entach
incant
incant
verb
(rare) To state solemnly, to chant.
To recite an incantation.
incast
intact
intact
adj
(of female persons) virgin, having an intact hymen
(usually of animals) not castrated
(usually of male persons, especially used by intactivists) uncircumcised, having an intact foreskin
Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied or otherwise damaged.
jacent
jacent
adj
Lying at length.
jocant
juncat
knatch
lancet
lancet
noun
(architecture) A high narrow window, terminating in an arch acutely pointed, often double or triple, common in the first half of the 13th century.
(metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
verb
To pierce with a lancet.
mantic
mantic
adj
Relating to divination; prophetic.
noun
A soothsayer, a seer.
monact
monact
adj
Synonym of monactine (“having a single ray”)
nacket
nastic
nastic
adj
Relating to the response of a plant to a stimulus that does not depend on the location of the stimulus.
natica
natick
natick
noun
An intersection of two obscure crossword puzzle clues.
nautch
nautch
noun
A dance in South Asia, performed by professional dancing girls.
nautic
nautic
adj
Alternative form of nautical
nectar
nectar
noun
(botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.
(by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.
(chiefly mythology) The drink of the gods.
verb
(intransitive) To feed on nectar.
netcha
noctua
nonact
nonact
noun
That which is not an act or deed.
nyctea
octane
octane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of the eighteen isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons (C₈H₁₈) found in petroleum, especially an iso-octane 2,2,4 trimethyl-pentane; they are used as fuels and solvents.
octane number
octans
octans
noun
plural of octan
octant
octant
noun
(astrology) The aspect of two planets that are 45°, or one-eighth of a circle, apart.
(geometry) The eighth part of a disc; a sector of 45 degrees; half a quadrant.
(nautical) An instrument for measuring angles, particularly of elevation.
The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.
pontac
recant
recant
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
To give a new cant (slant, angle) to something, in particular railway track on a curve.
sancta
scants
scants
noun
A type of underwear worn by men.
plural of scant
scanty
scanty
adj
Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious; stingy.
secant
secant
adj
That cuts or divides.
noun
(geometry) A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points.
(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec
snatch
snatch
noun
(aviation) Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
(dated) A brief period of exertion.
(dated) A catching of the voice.
(dated) A hasty snack; a bite to eat.
(dated) A quibble.
(vulgar slang) The vulva.
(weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
A quick grab or catch.
A short period.
verb
(intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.
(transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
(transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
(transitive, informal) To do something quickly in the limited time available.
(transitive, informal) To steal.
(transitive, informal, figurative, by extension) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
snocat
stance
stance
noun
(Scotland) A place for buses or taxis to await passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank.
(Scotland) A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business.
(obsolete, rare) A stanza.
(specifically, climbing) A foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay.
A place to stand; a position, a site, a station.
One's opinion or point of view.
The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands.
verb
(transitive, Scotland) To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale.
stanch
stanch
adj
Archaic spelling of staunch.
adv
(obsolete) Possibly strictly.
noun
A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river.
Alternative spelling of staunch (“that which stanches; act of stanching”)
verb
(intransitive, also reflexive) Of bleeding: to stop.
(intransitive, also reflexive, obsolete) Of an occurrence or other thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting violently.
(transitive) To check or stop, or deter, (an action).
(transitive, archaic except poetic) To stop the flow of (water or some other liquid).
(transitive, obsolete) To extinguish or put out (a fire, anger, etc.); also, to quench or satisfy (desire, hunger, thirst, etc.).
To make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof.
To stop the flow of (blood); to stop (a wound) from bleeding.
To stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain); often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain.
tacana
tanach
tancel
tanica
tannic
tannic
adj
Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.
tanrec
tecuna
tenace
tenace
noun
(bridge) An interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen.
tenach
tenacy
tenacy
noun
(obsolete) Tenaciousness; obstinacy.
ticuna
tincal
tincal
noun
(chemistry, dated) crude native borax, formerly imported from Tibet, and once the chief source of boric compounds
tonica
toucan
toucan
noun
Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.
trance
trance
noun
(countable) A dazed or unconscious condition.
(countable) A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).
(countable, psychology) A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.
(obsolete outside Britain, dialectal) A tedious journey.
(uncountable, music) Short for trance music (“genre of electronic dance music”).
verb
(obsolete outside Britain, dialectal, intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
(obsolete outside Britain, dialectal, intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
(obsolete outside Britain, dialectal, intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance.
(transitive, rare) To create in or via a trance.
tucana
tucano
tucuna
tulcan
tunica
tunica
noun
Synonym of tunic (“covering”)
Synonym of tunic (“garment”)
tuscan
uncart
uncart
verb
(transitive) To remove or unload from a cart.
uncast
uncast
adj
Not having been cast (in various senses).
verb
(nautical) To detach (a rope, line, etc.).
To bring back to a standing position (a horse or other large animal that is lying down with its legs under it).
To remove (an actor) from a role that was previously assigned to them.
To reverse the effects of (a magical spell).
uncate
uncate
adj
uncinate
uncoat
uncoat
verb
(virology, intransitive) (of the capsid shell) to dissociate from the viral core in the host cell cytoplasm
(virology, transitive) To remove the viral capsid of a virus, leading to the release of the viral genomic nucleic acid.