A tree from the West Indies that was valued for its wood and was one of two species, Manilkara valenzuelana or Manilkara bidentata, both from the Sapotaceae family.
achan
achen
acing
acing
verb
present participle of ace
acini
acini
noun
plural of acinus
acmon
acned
acned
adj
Marked by acne; suffering from acne.
acnes
acnes
noun
plural of acne
acoin
acone
acone
adj
(biology, of the eyes of an insect) That lack cones
acorn
acorn
noun
(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
(zoology) See acorn-shell.
The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
acron
acron
noun
Synonym of prostomium
actin
actin
noun
(biochemistry, countable) One of the six isoforms of actin.
(biochemistry, uncountable) A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).
acton
acton
noun
Alternative form of aketon
Obsolete form of actinon.
acuan
adcon
adunc
adunc
adj
(usually of a nose) Curved inward, hooked.
alcon
amnic
anack
ancel
ancha
ancle
ancle
noun
Obsolete spelling of ankle
ancon
ancon
noun
(anatomy) The elbow.
(anatomy) The olecranon.
(architecture) A console that appears to support a cornice.
(obsolete) The corner of a wall or rafter.
ancor
ancre
anica
anice
antic
antic
adj
(archaic) Grotesque, bizarre
(architecture, art) Grotesque, incongruous.
Obsolete form of antique.
Playful, funny, absurd.
noun
(animation) A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping
(architecture, art, obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
(often in the plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.
A caricature.
A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.
verb
(intransitive) To perform antics, to caper.
(obsolete) To make a fool of, to cause to look ridiculous.
(transitive, rare) To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously.
anzac
ascan
ascon
ascon
noun
(biology) A cavity, in the form of a bag or tube, lined with choanocytes, that forms the structure of sponges
async
async
adj
(computing) Abbreviation of asynchronous.
aucan
bacin
bacon
bacon
noun
(cycling, slang, uncountable) Road rash.
(slang, derogatory) The police or spies.
Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
Thin slices of the above in long strips.
banca
banca
noun
(Philippines) a canoe; an outrigger canoe or dugout
banco
banco
adj
Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often an appeals court.
noun
(attributive) A bank, especially that of Venice; formerly used to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money when it has become depreciated.
(gambling) In baccarat or chemin de fer, a bet on the banker hand.
bancs
bancs
noun
plural of banc
bench
bench
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.
(Australia, New Zealand) A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
(geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
(government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
(law) The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary.
(law, figuratively) The place where the judges sit.
(sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
(sports, figuratively) The number of players on a team able to participate, expressed in terms of length.
(surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
(weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.
A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
The dignity of holding an official seat.
verb
(slang) To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
(transitive and intransitive, colloquial) To lift by bench pressing
(transitive) To furnish with benches.
(transitive) To place on a bench or seat of honour.
(transitive, figuratively) To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
(transitive, sports) To remove a player from play.
Alternative spelling of bentsh
benco
benic
blanc
blanc
noun
A white cosmetic.
A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables, used especially for braised meat.
bonce
bonce
noun
(British, Ireland, slang) the human head
(dated) The kind of marble used in the game of bonce about.
bronc
bronc
noun
A bronco.
bunce
bunce
noun
(UK, Ireland, regional) A bonus; additional pay; money.
verb
(transitive, slang, archaic) To obtain money from, by trickery.
bunch
bunch
noun
(US, informal) A considerable amount.
(cycling) The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.
(forestry) A group of logs tied together for skidding.
(geology, mining) An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.
(informal) An unmentioned amount; a number.
(smoking) An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.
(textiles) The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle.
A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
An informal body of friends.
verb
(intransitive) To be gathered together in folds
(intransitive) To form a bunch.
(intransitive) To protrude or swell
(transitive) To gather fabric into folds.
(transitive) To gather into a bunch.
bunco
bunco
noun
(US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.
(uncountable) A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.
A brigand.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, US, slang) To swindle (someone).
caban
caban
noun
(Philippines) A grain measure equal to 3.47 cubic feet, used in the Philippine Islands.
cabin
cabin
noun
(India) A private office; particularly of a doctor, businessman, lawyer, or other professional.
(US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.
(informal) A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.
(rail transport, informal) A signal box.
(travel, aviation) The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.
A private room on a ship.
A small room; an enclosed place.
The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.
The passenger area of an airplane.
verb
(by extension) To limit the scope of.
(intransitive, obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge.
(transitive) To place in a cabin or other small space.
cacan
cahan
caine
cains
cains
noun
plural of cain
cairn
cairn
noun
A cairn terrier.
A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
cajan
cajan
noun
Alternative form of cadjan
cajon
cajun
cajun
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Cajun
calan
calen
calin
calin
noun
An alloy of lead and tin.
caman
caman
noun
Archaic form of caiman.
Synonym of shinty (“stick used to hit the ball in the game of shinty”)
canad
canal
canal
noun
(anatomy) A tubular channel within the body.
(astronomy) One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars.
An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
verb
To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
To travel along a canal by boat
canap
canby
canch
candi
cando
candy
candy
noun
(countable, chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
(obsolete) A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
(slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine.
(uncountable) An accessory (bracelet, etc.) made from pony beads, associated with the rave scene.
(uncountable, chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
verb
(cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
(intransitive) To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
(intransitive) To have sugar crystals form in or on.
canea
caned
caned
adj
(UK, slang) intoxicated by alcohol or drugs
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cane
canel
caner
caner
noun
(slang) A recreational drug user.
One who canes.
canes
canes
noun
The genus Arundinaria, the sole temperate genus of bamboo native to the New World.
plural of cane
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cane
caney
cangy
canid
canid
noun
Any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).
canis
canli
canna
canna
abbrev
(Scotland, Cumbria, Jamaica) Contraction of can not; cannot.
noun
(historical) A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet.
Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
(gambling) Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.
(slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
verb
To ride or paddle a canoe.
canon
canon
adj
(fandom slang) Clipping of canonical.
noun
(Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
(cooking) A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called a cannon.
(fandom slang, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
(obsolete, now a misspelling) Alternative spelling of cannon (“weapon”)
(printing, dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
A generally accepted principle; a rule.
A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
Alternative spelling of cannon (“a carom in billiards”)
Alternative spelling of qanun
In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.
canos
canso
canso
noun
A love song sung by a troubadour
canst
canst
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of can
canto
canto
noun
(music) The designated division of a song.
(music) The treble or leading melody.
One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
cants
cants
noun
plural of cant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cant
cantu
canty
canty
adj
lively; cheerful; merry; brisk
canun
canun
noun
Alternative form of qanun
canzo
capon
capon
noun
A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
verb
(transitive) To castrate; to make a capon of.
caren
caren
verb
(obsolete) plural simple present of care
carin
carne
carns
carns
noun
plural of carn
carny
carny
noun
(Australia)
(dialectal) Flattery.
(informal, countable) A carnival.
(informal, countable) A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).
(uncountable) The jargon used by carnival workers.
verb
(dialectal) To cajole, wheedle, or coax.
caron
caron
noun
háček
caryn
cason
catan
caton
cavan
cavan
noun
(Philippines, dated) A sackful equivalent to 50 kilograms.
(Philippines, historical, chiefly Manila) A unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels.
A unit of dry capacity equivalent to one and a half times or twice the Manila cavan.
cavin
cavin
noun
(biochemistry) A type of protein that is involved in forming the caveola of many vertebrate cells.
(military) A hollow route, adapted to cover troops and facilitate their approach to a place.
cawny
cawny
noun
Alternative form of cawnie
caxon
caxon
noun
(obsolete) A kind of wig.
ceint
ceint
Noun
A girdle.
celin
cenac
cence
cenci
cenis
cense
cense
noun
(obsolete) A census.
(obsolete) A public rate or tax.
(obsolete) condition; rank
verb
To perfume with incense.
centi
cento
cento
noun
A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.
cents
cents
noun
plural of cent
cerin
cerin
noun
(obsolete) Beeswax.
(organic chemistry) A triterpene found in cork.
cetin
cetin
noun
The white, waxy constituent of spermaceti.
chain
chain
noun
(Britain) A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
(chemistry) A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
(mathematics, set theory, order theory) A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
(nautical, in the plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
(surveying) A long measuring tape.
(surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
(weaving) The warp threads of a web.
A livery collar, a chain of office.
A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
A series of interconnected things.
A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links.
That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
verb
(computing) To be chained to another data item.
(computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
(figurative) To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings
(figurative) To obligate.
(intransitive) To link multiple items together.
(transitive) To fasten something with a chain.
(transitive) To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
(transitive) To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
(transitive) To secure someone with fetters.
(transitive, computing, rare, associated with Acorn Computers) To load and automatically run (a program).
chana
chana
noun
(India) Chickpeas.
(India, cooking) A dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste.
chanc
chane
chang
chang
noun
(often italicized) A traditional harp of central and southwest Asia
chank
chank
noun
(India) The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in making bangles, especially Turbinella pyrum.
verb
(US) To eat noisily; to champ or chomp.
chant
chant
noun
(music) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.
Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
To sing or intone sacred text.
To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
chany
chaon
chawn
chena
cheng
cheng
noun
Alternative form of sheng (Chinese wind instrument)
chian
chien
china
china
noun
(countable) Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
(countable, Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa) Synonym of friend.
(countable, games, chiefly US, obsolete) A glazed china marble.
(countable, music) A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
(uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
(uncountable) Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
(uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
(uncountable, chiefly US, dated) Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
(uncountable, dated) Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
(uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
chine
chine
noun
(Southern England, Vancouver) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
(aeronautics) A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.
(nautical) A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
(nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
The back of the blade on a scythe.
The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
The spine of an animal.
The top of a ridge.
verb
(obsolete) To crack, split, fissure, break.
(transitive) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.
ching
ching
intj
The sound of metal or glass clinking.
noun
(Scotland, slang) Cocaine.
(countable) A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
(uncountable, slang) Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).
(zoology) A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
verb
(MLE, slang) To stab.
(zoology, intransitive) Of the male kakapo: to make its high-pitched mating call.
To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
chink
chink
noun
(countable) A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
(figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
(uncountable, colloquial, now rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
A chip or dent in something metallic.
A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”)
Alternative letter-case form of Chink
verb
(intransitive) To crack; to open.
(intransitive) To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
(transitive) To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
(transitive) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
(transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
chino
chino
noun
A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.
chins
chins
noun
plural of chin
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chin
chint
chint
noun
Obsolete form of chintz.
chong
chonk
chonk
adj
(slang, of an animal) Adorably fat or large.
noun
(slang) An adorably fat or large creature, particularly a cat.
Alternative form of chank (“type of shell”)
chosn
chron
chron
noun
(geology) A period of time between two geomagnetic reversals.
chung
chunk
chunk
noun
(comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance.
(computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
(linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster.
A part of something that has been separated.
A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular.
verb
(transitive) To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
(transitive) To break into large pieces or chunks.
(transitive, slang, chiefly Southern US) To throw.
(transitive, video games) Deal a substantial amount of damage to an opponent.
churn
churn
noun
(telecommunications) The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers.
(telecommunications) The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider.
A milk churn.
A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.
Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.
Cyclic activity that achieves nothing.
verb
(US, informal, finance, travel) To continually sign up for new credit cards in order to earn signup bonuses, airline miles, and other benefits.
(finance) To carry out wash sales in order to make the market appear more active than it really is.
(informal, travel, aviation) To repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions.
(intransitive) To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
(of a customer) To stop using a company's product or service.
(transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
(transitive, figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
ciano
cidin
cimon
cinch
cinch
noun
(card games) A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game.
(informal) A firm hold.
(informal) Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.
(informal) Something that is very easy to do.
A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
verb
(card games) In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.
To bring to certain conclusion.
To tighten down.
cinct
cinct
adj
(obsolete) surrounded
cinda
cindi
cindy
cindy
Proper noun
name and Lucinda; also used as a formal female given name.