An ornate capital letter used in calligraphy, consisting of interlaced pen strokes. See Commons:Cadel letters.
cader
cader
noun
Alternative form of cadre
cades
cades
noun
plural of cade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cade
cadet
cadet
noun
(Australia) A participant in a cadetship.
(New Zealand, historical) A young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.
(archaic, US, slang) A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.
(in compounds, chiefly in genealogy) Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.)
(largely historical) A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.
A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
cadew
cadew
noun
(obsolete) A caddice.
cadge
cadge
noun
(falconry) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
verb
(Tyneside) To beg.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To carry, as a burden.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.
(US, Britain, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
cadie
cadie
noun
(dated) A Scottish errand boy, porter, or messenger.
cadre
cadre
noun
(chiefly in communism) The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group.
(military) The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
A frame or framework.
A small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession.
caged
caged
adj
(of eggs) Produced by birds confined in cages; not free-range.
Confined in a cage.
Resembling a cage.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cage
caked
caked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cake
caned
caned
adj
(UK, slang) intoxicated by alcohol or drugs
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cane
caped
caped
adj
(in compounds) Wearing a cape of a specified kind.
(rail transport, slang) cancelled
Wearing a cape or capes.
cared
cared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of care
cased
cased
adj
Having a case or covering; encased or clad.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of case
caved
caved
verb
past participle of cave
cawed
cawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caw
cebid
cebid
noun
Any monkey in the family Cebidae.
cedar
cedar
noun
(countable) A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.
(countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
(countable) A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona.
(uncountable) The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several unrelated trees.
ceded
ceded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cede
ceder
ceder
noun
Obsolete form of cedar.
One who cedes something.
cedes
cedes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cede
cedis
cedis
noun
plural of cedi
cedre
cedry
cedry
adj
Obsolete form of cedary.
cered
cered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cere
cetid
chide
chide
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
(transitive) To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
chude
cider
cider
noun
(Australia) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples or pears.
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples; hard cider; apple cider
(Japan, South Korea) A non-alcoholic, lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage.
(US, Canada) A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice).
(countable) A cup, glass, or serving of any of these beverages.
cited
cited
adj
That has a citation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cite
clade
clade
noun
(genetics) A higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup.
(systematics) A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.
verb
To be part of a clade; to form a clade.
clead
clide
clued
clued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clue
clyde
clyde
Proper noun
name, named after the in
A major river in Scotland, serving the city of Glasgow.
A of the city of
A suburb of
A in
A in northern
A in
A in
An in
A in
An in the
A and in
A in
A in
A in
An in
A in
A in
A within the town of
A within the town of
codec
codec
noun
(computing) A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.
coded
coded
adj
Encoded; written in code or cipher.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of code
codee
codel
codel
noun
Abbreviation of congressional delegation. Government-paid trips abroad, designed to give lawmakers first-hand knowledge of matters relevant to their legislation.
coden
coder
coder
noun
(computing) A programmer.
A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses.
A person who assigns codes or classifications.
codes
codes
noun
plural of code
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of code
codex
codex
noun
A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
An early manuscript book.
An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.
codie
coeds
coeds
noun
plural of coed
coked
coked
adj
Intoxicated with cocaine.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coke
coled
coled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of colead
conde
conde
noun
Alternative spelling of conn
verb
(transitive, rare) To direct a ship.
coned
coned
adj
(conical) Shaped like a cone.
(of an area) segregated or delineated by traffic cones
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cone
cooed
cooed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coo
coped
coped
adj
Clad in a cope.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cope
cored
cored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of core
cosed
cosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cose
coted
coted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cote
coude
coved
coved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cove
cowed
cowed
adj
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cowed.
Frightened into submission.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cow
coxed
coxed
adj
Having a cox
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cox
coyed
coyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coy
cozed
cozed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coze
cread
creda
credo
credo
noun
(Christianity) The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services.
A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.
creed
creed
noun
(rare) The fact of believing; belief, faith.
(specifically, religion) A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is brief and comprehensive.
That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.
verb
(intransitive) To provide with a creed.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete, only survives in "creeded") To believe; to credit.
cried
cried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cry
crude
crude
adj
(archaic) Immature or unripe.
(grammar) Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.
(obsolete) Uncooked, raw.
Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
In a natural, untreated state.
Lacking concealing elements.
Lacking tact or taste.
noun
Any substance in its natural state.
Crude oil.
cubed
cubed
adj
(mathematics) Raised to the third power.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cube
cured
cured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cure
cyder
cyder
noun
Archaic spelling of cider.
cynde
daces
daces
noun
plural of dace
dacey
dache
dacie
dance
dance
noun
(apiology) A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees.
(figurative) A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.
(figurative, dated) Any strenuous or difficult movement, action, or task.
(heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
(uncountable) A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
(uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
The death throes of a hanged person.
verb
(apiology, of a worker honey bee) To make a repetitive movement in order to communicate to other worker honey bees.
(figurative, euphemistic) To kick and convulse from the effects of being hanged.
(figurative, euphemistic) To make love or have sex.
(intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
(intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
(transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
(transitive) To perform the steps to.
darce
deach
decad
decad
noun
(music) A group of ten notes from which the consonant triads may be constructed
Archaic form of decade (“group of ten”).
Archaic form of decade (“period of ten years”).
decaf
decaf
noun
(informal) A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink.
decal
decal
noun
(US) A decorative sticker.
A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
verb
(transitive) To apply decals to.
decan
decan
noun
(Egyptology, astrology) One of a collection of 36 small constellations or zodiacal subdivisions that appear heliacally at intervals of 10 days or are separated by approximately 10 degrees.
verb
To remove (something, especially nuclear reactor fuel) from a can or similar protective enclosure, cladding, etc.
decap
decap
verb
(biology) To enzymatically remove a cap from mRNA.
(hardware) To remove the epoxy from an integrated circuit.
(military, chiefly nautical) To cause an armor-piercing shell to lose its hardened cap, degrading its ability to penetrate armor.
decay
decay
noun
(obsolete) Overthrow, downfall, ruin.
(programming) The situation, in programming languages such as C, where an array loses its type and dimensions and is reduced to a pointer, for example by passing it to a function.
A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune.
The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
verb
(intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
(intransitive, aviation) Loss of airspeed due to drag.
(intransitive, computing, of software) To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete.
(intransitive, electronics, of storage media or the data on them) To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.
(intransitive, of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
(intransitive, physics, of a satellite's orbit) To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).
(intransitive, transitive, physics, chemistry, of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.
(intransitive, transitive, physics, of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
(programming, intransitive) Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function.
(transitive) To cause to rot or deteriorate.
decca
decem
decil
decke
decks
decks
noun
plural of deck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deck
declo
decor
decor
noun
A stage setting; scenery; set; backdrop.
The style of decoration of a room or building.
decos
decos
noun
plural of deco
decoy
decoy
noun
A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
verb
(intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy.
(transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
decry
decry
verb
(transitive) To blame for ills.
(transitive) To denounce as harmful.
decus
decyl
decyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₀H₂₁, formally derived from decane by the loss of a hydrogen atom
deice
deice
verb
(intransitive) To lose its ice; to thaw.
(transitive) To remove the ice from something.
delco
deluc
depca
dercy
deric
deric
adj
(medicine, archaic) Relating to the ectoderm, as distinguished from enteric.
deuce
deuce
noun
(Canada, US, slang) A piece of excrement.
(Canada, slang) A two-year prison sentence.
(baseball) A curveball.
(card games) A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
(dice games) A cast of dice totalling two.
(dice games) A side of a die with two spots.
(epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.
(in the plural) 2-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase 3 deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
(restaurants, slang) A table seating two diners.
(tennis) A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
A '32 Ford.
A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle fingers, a peace sign.
dexec
diced
diced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dice
dicer
dicer
noun
A gambler who plays dice.
One who, or that which, dices (cuts into cubes); a tool for this purpose.
dices
dices
noun
(proscribed by some, rare) plural of dice, when "dice" is used as a singular.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dice
dicey
dicey
adj
(slang) Nauseating, rank.
Fraught with danger.
Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy.
Of uncertain, risky outcome.
dolce
dolce
noun
(music) A soft-toned organ stop.
donec
douce
douce
adj
(dialect) Serious and quiet; steady, not flighty or casual; sober.
(obsolete) Sweet; nice; pleasant.
dreck
dreck
noun
(informal) Trash; worthless merchandise.
drice
druce
dsect
duces
duces
noun
plural of dux
dulce
dulce
adj
(obsolete) sweet
noun
(obsolete) sweetness
Alternative form of dulse
seaweed; kelp
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make sweet; to soothe.
dunce
dunce
noun
An unintelligent person.
dweck
dyche
eched
ecoid
ectad
ectad
adv
(anatomy, obsolete) outward
eddic
eddic
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Eddic
edict
edict
noun
A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
edric
edtcc
educe
educe
noun
An inference.
verb
(transitive) To cause or generate; to bring about.
(transitive) To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
(transitive) To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
(transitive, chemistry) To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
(transitive, now rare) To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
educt
educt
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) A reactant.
That which is educed.
verb
(engineering) To educe, to extract.
excud
faced
faced
adj
(in combination) Having a specified type or number of faces.
Having the outer surface dressed, with the front, as of a dress, covered ornamentally with another material.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of face
idcue
laced
laced
adj
Fastened or adorned with lace.
Tainted with something, especially a drug.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lace
maced
maced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mace
medic
medic
adj
Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.
noun
A medical student.
A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military.
A physician.
Alternative spelling of medick (“herb of the genus Medicago”)
medoc
paced
paced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pace
raced
raced
adj
(social studies) Belonging to a certain race of people.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of race
riced
riced
adj
Made into or consisting of finely minced pieces resembling rice
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rice
scend
scend
noun
The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement.
verb
(intransitive) To heave upward.
vedic
vedic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Vedas
Of or relating to the Sanskrit language of the Vedas