of A star in the constellation Crux the Southern Cross
acryl
acryl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from acrylic acid :- CH₂=CH-CO-
actor
actor
noun
(grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb.
(obsolete) Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian.
(obsolete, Ancient Rome) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
(obsolete, law) Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.
(software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
aeric
afric
afric
Adjective
African
Proper noun
Africa
agric
alcor
alric
alrzc
amarc
amorc
amroc
ancor
ancre
apocr
araca
araca
noun
Any of a number of Brazilian trees or the pear-like, apple-shaped guava fruits they bear: Psidium cattleyanum or Mosiera guineensis (syn. Psidium araca) or another Psidium, or Eugenia stipitata. (Sometimes species are distinguished by compound names like araca-boi.)
arace
arace
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To tear up by the roots; to draw away.
arach
arcae
arcas
arced
arced
adj
Having the form of an arc; arched.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arc
arces
archd
arche
arche
noun
(philosophy, often italicized) The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.
archt
archy
archy
adj
Resembling an arch; having arches; arched; arching
noun
(anarchism, usually derogatory) A political theory or practice that supports hierarchy and authority; the opposite of anarchy.
arcos
arcus
arcus
noun
(entomology) An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects
(medicine) A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea
(meteorology) A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow
(palynology) An arc-shaped band of thickened sexine extending between two apertures on a pollen grain or spore
areca
areca
noun
Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.
areic
areic
adj
Of or pertaining to area; especially used to describe a measurement per unit area.
arica
arick
armco
arock
artcc
artic
artic
noun
(informal) Abbreviation of articulated bus
(informal) Abbreviation of articulated lorry; A semi-trailer truck.
aruac
ascry
asroc
auric
auric
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to trivalent gold.
(obsolete) Of, or pertaining to the ear; aural
Pertaining to an aura.
barac
barca
barce
barch
barco
baric
baric
adj
Of or pertaining to barium.
Of or pertaining to weight, especially to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by a barometer.
bcere
bchar
becry
becry
verb
(transitive) To cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.
berck
bercy
birch
birch
noun
A birch-bark canoe.
A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
verb
To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
birck
boric
boric
adj
(chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or containing the element boron.
braca
brace
brace
noun
(UK, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
(UK, chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
(nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
(obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
(obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
(plural in North America, singular or plural in the UK) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
(soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
(typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (The plural in this sense is unchanged.) In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.
A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
Harness; warlike preparation.
That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
The state of being braced or tight; tension.
verb
(nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
(transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
To confront with questions, demands or requests.
To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
brach
brach
noun
(archaic) A hound; especially a female hound used for hunting, a bitch hound.
(archaic, derogatory) A despicable or disagreeable woman.
(paleontology, informal) brachiopod
brack
brack
noun
(obsolete) Salty or brackish water.
A flaw in cloth.
An opening caused by the parting of a solid body; a crack or breach.
Barmbrack.
bract
bract
noun
(botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.
breck
brice
brick
brick
adj
(colloquial, African-American Vernacular, New England, of weather) Extremely cold.
noun
(UK, naval, slang) A projectile.
(basketball, slang) A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.
(computing slang, figurative) An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
(countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
(countable) Something shaped like a brick.
(firearms) A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
(informal) A power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male power plug and an attached electric cord terminating in another power plug.
(poker slang) A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.
(slang) A kilogram of cocaine.
(slang, dated) A helpful and reliable person.
(uncountable) Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.
The colour brick red.
verb
(intransitive, slang) To blunder; to screw up.
(transitive) To build, line, or form with bricks.
(transitive) To make into bricks.
(transitive, computing slang) To make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually beyond repair, essentially making it no more useful than a brick.
(transitive, slang) To hit someone or something with a brick.
broca
broch
broch
noun
(archaeology) A type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-layered walls found on Orkney, Shetland, in the Hebrides and parts of the Scottish mainland.
brock
brock
noun
(UK) a male badger.
(archaic, possibly obsolete) A brocket, a stag between two and three years old.
(obsolete) A dirty, stinking fellow.
bronc
bronc
noun
A bronco.
bruce
bruce
noun
(Australian slang) A man.
bruch
bryce
bsrec
burch
burck
caber
caber
noun
A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games.
cabre
cabre
adj
Alternative spelling of cabré
noun
(obsolete or historical and generally offensive) A person of mixed black and mulatto descent.
cacur
cader
cader
noun
Alternative form of cadre
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.
cager
cager
noun
(cycling, derogatory) A person who drives an automobile, particularly for commuting.
(dated) A basketball player.
(mining) A person or machine responsible for managing a mineshaft cage.
cahra
caird
caird
noun
(UK, dialect) A travelling tinker; a tramp, or sturdy beggar.
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.
cairo
caker
caker
noun
One who forms something into a cake.
cakra
cakra
noun
Alternative form of chakra
calor
calrs
camra
caner
caner
noun
(slang) A recreational drug user.
One who canes.
caper
caper
noun
(Scotland) The capercaillie.
(figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
(usually in the plural) Playful behaviour.
A jump while dancing.
A plant of the genus Capparis.
A playful leap or jump.
A prank or practical joke.
A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
verb
To engage in playful behaviour.
To jump as part of a dance.
To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
capra
capri
capri
noun
(colour) A deep shade of sky blue between cyan and azure.
carap
carap
noun
Any tree of the genus Carapa.
caras
carat
carat
noun
(historical) Any of several small units of weight used for measuring precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 189–212 mg.
A 24-point scale used to measure the purity of gold.
A metric unit of weight equal to exactly 200 mg, chiefly used for measuring precious stones and pearls .
caraz
carbo
carbo
noun
(informal) carbohydrate
carbs
carbs
noun
plural of carb
carby
carby
adj
(informal) Rich in carbohydrates.
noun
(informal) carburetor/carburettor
carce
cardo
cardo
noun
(History) A street that ran north-south, in an Ancient Roman town or city
(zoology) The basal joint of the maxilla in insects
(zoology) The hinge of a bivalve shell.
cards
cards
noun
card games
plural of card
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of card
cared
cared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of care
carel
caren
caren
verb
(obsolete) plural simple present of care
carer
carer
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.
cares
cares
noun
plural of care
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of care
caret
caret
noun
(archaic) A kind of turtle, the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata).
(graphical user interface) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place. Also called a cursor.
(nonstandard) A circumflex, ⟨ ^ ⟩.
(nonstandard) A háček, ⟨ ˇ ⟩.
A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.
carew
carex
carex
noun
Any member of the genus Carex of sedges.
carey
carga
carga
noun
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 222 L.
cargo
cargo
noun
(Papua New Guinea) Western material goods.
Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
caria
carib
carid
carid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Caridae of weevils.
carie
caril
carin
carks
carks
noun
plural of cark
carla
carla
Proper noun
name borrowed from Italian or German.
carle
carle
noun
(chiefly Scotland) peasant; fellow
carli
carlo
carlo
Proper noun
name of Italian origin. English equivalents: Charles, Carl
carls
carls
noun
plural of carl
carly
carma
carme
carmi
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.
caroa
caroa
noun
A Brazilian plant (Neoglaziovia variegata)
The fibre of this plant, used to make paper &c
carob
carob
noun
A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.
An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
The fruit of that tree.
carol
carol
noun
(architecture) Alternative form of carrel (“small closet or enclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study”).
(historical) A round dance accompanied by singing.
(specifically) A (usually traditional) religious or secular song sung at Christmastime.
A ballad or song of joy.
verb
(intransitive) To sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group.
(intransitive) To sing in a joyful manner.
(intransitive, historical) To participate in a carol (a round dance accompanied by singing).
(transitive) To praise or celebrate in song.
(transitive) To sing (a song) cheerfully.
carom
carom
noun
(countable, cue sports, especially billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.
(spices) ajwain
(uncountable) A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a board measuring one meter by one meter.
verb
(intransitive) To make a carom (shot in billiards).
To strike and bounce back; to strike (something) and rebound.