A fruit curd made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and sugar, popular in Southeast Asia.
Torreya grandis, the Chinese nutmeg yew.
Torreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree.
kaye
kayo
kayo
noun
(boxing) A knockout.
verb
To knock someone out, or render them unconscious or senseless.
kays
kays
noun
plural of kay
kyah
kyak
kyar
kyat
kyat
noun
The official currency of Myanmar.
kyla
kyra
kyra
Proper noun
name of modern usage.
lacy
lacy
adj
Looking like lace.
Made of lace or decorated with it.
lady
lady
noun
(UK, slang) A five-pound note. (Rhyming slang, Lady Godiva for fiver.)
(Wicca) Alternative form of Lady.
(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.
(attributive, with a professional title) Who is a woman.
(chess, slang, rare) A queen.
(historical) The mistress of a household.
(in the plural) A polite reference or form of address to women.
(informal) A wife or girlfriend; a sweetheart.
(ladies' or ladies) Toilets intended for use by women.
(polite or used by children) A woman: an adult female human.
(slang) A queen (the playing card).
(slang) Used to address a female.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman’s breast.
A title for someone married to a lord or gentleman.
A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness.
A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.
The feminine of lord.
verb
To address as “lady”.
laky
laky
adj
Of the color of a lake pigment; murky.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake.
Transparent; said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lay
lazy
lazy
adj
(UK, obsolete or dialect) Wicked; vicious.
(computing theory) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
(of a cattle brand) Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
(optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
Droopy.
Showing a lack of effort or care.
Sluggish; slow-moving.
Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
noun
(obsolete) Sloth (animal).
A lazy person.
verb
(informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner.
lyam
lyam
noun
(obsolete) A leash.
lyas
lyda
lyra
lyra
noun
(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.
A bowed instrument used in folk music in Crete, Greece.
A bowed string musical instrument used in the Byzantine Empire.
A vertically suspended hoop used in acrobatic performances.
macy
macy
Proper noun
name, transferred from the surname, also associated with a New York department store.
mady
many
many
adj
Existing in large number; numerous.
det
(in combinations such as 'as many', 'so many', 'this many') Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the number of people or things.
An indefinite large number of.
noun
A considerable number.
A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.
pron
An indefinite large number of people or things.
mary
mary
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Mary (“male homosexual”)
maty
maty
noun
(archaic) A native house servant in India.
maxy
maxy
Proper noun
A diminutive of the male name Max.
A diminutive of the female name Maxine.
maya
maya
noun
(Hindu mythology) Magic; supernatural power as held by the gods.
(Hinduism, Buddhism) The power by which the universe is made to appear; the illusion of the phenomenal world, as opposed to its true or spiritual reality.
maye
maye
verb
Obsolete spelling of may
mayo
mayo
noun
(countable, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur, Internet slang) A white person.
Clipping of mayonnaise.
mays
mays
noun
plural of may
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of may
mazy
mazy
adj
Confused.
Mazelike; like a maze.
Not straight; zigzagging.
moya
moya
noun
(obsolete, geology) Flowing mud associated with a volcanic eruption (especially in South America), formed when snow or a lake near a volcano is disrupted, or when rain or steam mixes with soil or ash during an eruption.
myal
myal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to muscle.
noun
(Jamaica, historical) A practitioner of myalism.
myca
myna
myna
noun
One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
myra
myxa
myxa
noun
(zoology) The distal end of the mandibles of a bird.
nady
nagy
nary
nary
adj
Not any.
adv
Not, never.
navy
navy
adj
(color) Having the dark blue colour of navy blue.
(military) Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy.
noun
(color, countable and uncountable) A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.
(countable) A country's entire sea force, including ships and personnel.
(countable) A governmental department in charge of a country's sea force.
nays
nays
noun
plural of nay
nyac
nyas
nyas
noun
(obsolete) an eyas (a fledgling falcon)
nysa
nysa
Proper noun
definition
definition
A mythical land in Greek Mythology.
a main belt asteroid.
oaky
oaky
adj
Describing the taste of wine that has been aged in oak and acquired tannins from the wood.
Resembling or characteristic of the oak tree or its wood.
oary
oary
adj
Like an oar
oaty
oaty
adj
Containing oats.
Resembling oats.
ofay
ofay
adj
(US, ethnic slur, slang) White; white-skinned.
noun
(US, ethnic slur, slang) A white person.
okay
okay
noun
Alternative spelling of OK
paly
paly
adj
(heraldry) vertically striped
(obsolete) pale; lacking colour
paty
pavy
paya
paya
noun
A dish from the Indian subcontinent, made from an animal's trotters cooked with herbs and spices.
paye
pays
pays
noun
plural of pay
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pay
payt
play
play
noun
(archaic, now usually in compounds) Activity relating to martial combat or fighting.
(countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
(countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
(countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
(countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
(countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
(countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
(countable) An instance of watching or listening to digital media.
(countable, turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
(uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
(uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
(uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
(uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
(uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
(uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
verb
(African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; say something for amusement.
(copulative) Contrary to fact, to give an appearance of being.
(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
(intransitive) To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
(intransitive) To act; to behave; to practice deception.
(intransitive) To move to and fro.
(intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love.
(intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
(intransitive, of a music) To produce music.
(intransitive, of a theatrical performance) To be performed; (or of a film) to be shown.
(transitive) (in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
(transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
(transitive) To act or perform (a play).
(transitive) To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute.
(transitive) To compete against, in a game.
(transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
(transitive) To put in action or motion.
(transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle someone.
(transitive, ergative) To use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording.
(transitive, especially of a person) To produce music (or a specified song or musical style) using (a specified musical instrument).
(transitive, intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate.
(transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
(transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform in or at; to give performances in or at.
To gamble.
pray
pray
adv
(archaic or formal) Please; used to make a polite request
Alternative form of pray tell (“I ask you (insincerely)”)
verb
(obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
(obsolete) To implore, to entreat, to request.
(religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to God or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
puya
puya
noun
(botany) A member of the genus Puya of bromeliad plants.
A Meetei scripture
pyal
pyal
noun
Alternative form of pial (“raised platform”)
pyas
pyas
noun
plural of pya
pyla
pyla
noun
(anatomy) The passage between the iter and optocoele in the brain.
quay
quay
adj
(MLE) Alternative spelling of qway (“far”)
noun
(nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
verb
To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".
racy
racy
adj
(figurative, by extension) Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
(programming) Involving a data race or a race condition.
Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil.
Mildly risqué.
raya
raya
noun
Alternative form of rayah
raye
rays
rays
noun
plural of ray
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ray
ryal
ryal
noun
Alternative form of rial
ryan
ryas
ryas
noun
plural of rya
sagy
sagy
adj
Alternative spelling of sagey
samy
saya
saya
noun
(Philippines) A skirt.
saye
saye
verb
Obsolete spelling of say
says
says
noun
plural of say
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of say
shay
shay
noun
(archaic) A chaise.
slay
slay
noun
Alternative form of sley
verb
(by extension, hyperbolic, colloquial) To defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest).
(literary) To eradicate or stamp out.
(now literary) To kill; to murder.
(slang) To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
(slang) To have sex with.
(slang, transitive, intransitive) To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something.
soya
soya
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of soy
spay
spay
noun
Rare spelling of spayard.
The act of spaying an animal.
verb
(transitive) To remove or destroy the ovaries and/or uterus (of an animal) so that it cannot become pregnant.
Alternative form of spae (to foretell or divine)
stay
stay
adj
(UK dialectal) (of a roof) Steeply pitched.
(UK dialectal) Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
(archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
(archaic) A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
(in the plural) A corset.
(law) A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
(nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
(nautical) A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
(obsolete) Hindrance; let; check.
A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
A prop; a support.
Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
verb
(intransitive) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
(intransitive, Scotland, South Africa, India, Southern US, African-American Vernacular, colloquial) To live; reside
(intransitive, archaic) To come to an end; cease.
(intransitive, archaic) To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
(intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.
(intransitive, dated) To make a stand; to stand firm.
(intransitive, nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
(intransitive, obsolete) To rest; depend; rely.
(intransitive, obsolete) To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
(intransitive, obsolete) To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
(intransitive, obsolete, used with on or upon) To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
(transitive) To cause to cease; to put an end to.
(transitive) To hold the attention of.
(transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
(transitive) To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
(transitive) To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
(transitive) To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
(transitive) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
(transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
(transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.
(transitive, obsolete) To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
(transitive, obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).
(transitive, obsolete) To wait for; await.
To brace or support with a stay or stays
sway
sway
noun
A rocking or swinging motion.
A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
Rule; dominion; control; power.
The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
verb
(nautical) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
To have weight or influence.
To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
tacy
taky
tavy
tavy
noun
A slash and burn agricultural technique used in Madagascar.
taxy
thay
thay
pron
Obsolete spelling of they
verb
Pronunciation spelling of say, to indicate a speaker with a speech impediment such as a lisp.
tray
tray
noun
(Australia) The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled.
(LGBT slang) A gay trans person, particularly a man (a man who is both transgender and gay)
(by extension) The items on a full tray.
(computing, business) A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging.
(computing, graphical user interface, informal) A notification area used for icons and alerts.
(obsolete) trouble; annoyance; anger
A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
Alternative form of trey (“third branch of deer's antler”)
verb
(intransitive) to slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.
(transitive) to place (items) on a tray
(transitive, obsolete) to betray
(transitive, obsolete) to grieve; to annoy
tway
tway
num
(dialectal, obsolete in virtually all other forms) Two.
tyra
vady
vary
vary
noun
(obsolete) alteration; change.
verb
(intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
(intransitive) To be or act different from the usual.
(intransitive, obsolete) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.
(of the members of a group, intransitive) To display differences.
(transitive) To change with time or a similar parameter.
(transitive) To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
(transitive) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
(transitive, music) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See variation.
vayu
wady
wady
noun
Archaic spelling of wadi.
waky
waly
waly
intj
(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) An exclamation of grief.
wany
wany
adj
Spoiled by wet; said of timber.
Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; said especially of sawed boards or timber cut too near the outside of the log.
wary
wary
adj
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent
Characterized by caution; guarded; careful; on one's guard
thrifty, provident
wavy
wavy
adj
(botany, of a margin) Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.
(heraldry) Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines.
(slang) drunk
Full of waves.
Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.
Moving to and fro; undulating.
rising or swelling in waves.
noun
(possibly dated) Alternative form of wavey (goose).
waxy
waxy
adj
(regional, colloquial) Angry.
Resembling wax in texture or appearance.
noun
(UK, obsolete, slang) A cobbler (shoe repairer).
ways
ways
noun
(informal, US, sometimes figurative, usually preceded by a) A distance.
plural of way
wray
wray
verb
(obsolete) To betray.
(obsolete) To denounce (a person).
(obsolete) To reveal (a secret).
wyat
xray
xyla
xyla
noun
plural of xylon
yaba
yabu
yabu
noun
Alternative form of yaboo (“Afghan pony”)
yacc
yack
yack
noun
(England, dialectal, possibly obsolete) An oak.
(UK, thieves slang, obsolete) A watch (timepiece).
Alternative form of yak (“chatter; talk”)
verb
Alternative form of yak (“talk; vomit”)
yade
yael
yafa
yaff
yaff
verb
(England, regional) To scold; to nag.
(UK, dialectal) To bark, yelp.
yafo
yagi
yagi
noun
Yagi-Uda antenna
yair
yair
noun
(Northern England, Scotland) An enclosure for catching salmon as the tide ebbs.
yaje
yaje
noun
ayahuasca
yaka
yaks
yaks
noun
plural of yak
yalb
yald
yald
adj
Alternative form of yauld
yale
yale
noun
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.
yali
yali
noun
A type of house, particularly found on the Bosporus.
yalu
yama
yami
yamp
yamp
noun
An umbelliferous plant, Perideridia gairdneri, native to California, whose tubers were used as food by Native Americans.
yams
yams
noun
plural of yam
yana
yana
noun
(Buddhism) Any of the vehicles of Buddhist or Tantric practice.
yand
yang
yang
noun
(philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.
The cry of the wild goose; a honk.
The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided into 100 pun.
verb
(rare) To make the cry of the wild goose.
yank
yank
noun
(often derogatory) A Yankee.
(slang) A masturbation session.
A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
verb
(transitive) To pull (something) with a quick, strong action.
(transitive, informal) To remove from distribution.
yann
yapa
yapp
yapp
noun
In bookbinding, the edge of the binding that extends beyond the edges of the pages, and may protect the gilding.
yaps
yaps
noun
plural of yap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yap
yarb
yarb
noun
(UK, dialect, archaic) herb
yard
yard
noun
(Jamaica, MLE) One’s house or home.
(US, Canada, Australia) The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.
(US, slang, uncommon) 100 dollars.
(finance) 10⁹, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.
(nautical) A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely.
(nautical) Any spar carried aloft.
(obsolete) A branch, twig, or shoot.
(obsolete) A staff, rod, or stick.
(obsolete) The rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16+¹⁄₂ feet.
(obsolete) The rood, area bound by a square rod, ¹⁄₄ acre.
(obsolete) The yardland, an obsolete English unit of land roughly understood as 30 acres.
(obsolete, medicine) A penis.
A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely 0.9144 m since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK).
An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
Units of similar composition or length in other systems.
verb
(intransitive, humorous) To move a yard at a time, as opposed to inching along.
(transitive) To confine to a yard.
yare
yare
adj
(UK dialectal) Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
(archaic) Ready; prepared.
(nautical, of a ship) Easily manageable and responsive to the helm; yar.
Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
adv
(archaic) Yarely.
noun
Alternative form of yair
yark
yark
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal) To make ready; prepare.
(transitive, obsolete) To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.
(transitive, obsolete) To set open; open.
To crack (a whip).
To draw (stitches etc.) tight.
To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.
yarl
yarl
noun
A deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the 1990s and early 2000s.
verb
To sing in this manner.
yarm
yarm
noun
(UK dialectal) An outcry; noise.
verb
(UK dialectal) To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell.
(UK dialectal) To scold; grumble.
yarn
yarn
noun
(countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
(nautical) Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
(uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
verb
To tell a story or stories.
yarr
yarr
intj
Alternative form of arr (“used stereotypically in imitation of pirates”)
noun
(UK, dialect) The plant Spergula arvensis, corn spurry.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To growl or snarl like a dog.