(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments for holding bottles, cups, or the like; a kind of buffet, cupboard, or sideboard.
(architecture) The uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave, in some cases a flat oblong or square slab, in others more decorated.
(historical, obsolete) A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing.
A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc.
abduce
abduce
verb
(transitive) To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis; to deduce.
(transitive, obsolete) To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a limb out away from the center of the body; abduct.
abduct
abduct
verb
(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
(transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
abucay
abucco
abucco
noun
(historical) A unit of mass used for gold and silver, used in Burma, approximately 196.44 grams or 6.316 troy ounces.
abulic
abulic
adj
(psychiatry) Relating to, characterized by, or affected with abulia.
noun
Person afflicted with abulia.
acajou
acajou
noun
A cashew nut.
A moderate reddish brown that is slightly yellower and stronger than mahogany
The cashew tree.
The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae.
acajou:
acarus
acarus
noun
(zoology, acarology) Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus.
accius
accrue
accrue
noun
(obsolete) Something that accrues; advantage accruing
verb
(intransitive) To increase, to rise
(intransitive) To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
(intransitive, accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
(intransitive, law) To become an enforceable and permanent right.
(transitive) To accumulate.
accumb
accumb
verb
(obsolete) To recline, as at table.
accupy
accuse
accuse
noun
(obsolete) Accusation.
verb
(intransitive) to make an accusation against someone
(transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure
(transitive, law, followed by "of") to charge with having committed a crime or offence
acetum
acetum
noun
(obsolete) Vinegar, sometimes medicated.
achuas
acinus
acinus
noun
(anatomy) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.
(botany) A grape-stone.
(botany) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
acloud
acloud
adj
(poetic) Made cloudy; clouded.
acorus
acoupa
acoupe
acquah
acquit
acquit
verb
(reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.
(reflexive) To clear oneself.
(transitive) Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.
(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
(transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
(transitive, archaic) past participle of acquit.
(transitive, obsolete) To release, to rescue, to set free.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for.
actium
actium
Proper noun
a promontory of Acarnania in Ancient Greece where and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian in a naval battle in 31 BC
actual
actual
adj
(chiefly theology) relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical
(now rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current.
Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very.
noun
(finance) something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
(military) a radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee.
(uncountable) Reality, usually with the definite article.
acture
acture
noun
(obsolete) Action.
acuate
acuate
adj
Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.
acuchi
acuity
acuity
noun
Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
The ability to think, see, or hear clearly.
aculea
aculei
aculei
noun
plural of aculeus
acumen
acumen
noun
(anatomy) A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium.
(botany) A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant.
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
acuter
acuter
adj
comparative form of acute: more acute
acutes
acutes
noun
plural of acute
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acute
adduce
adduce
verb
(transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.
adduct
adduct
noun
(chemistry) The product of an addition reaction.
verb
(transitive, physiology) To draw towards a center or a middle line.
adulce
aeacus
aecium
aecium
noun
(mycology) A cuplike fruiting structure of some parasitic rust fungi that contains chains of aeciospores.
ahuaca
albuca
alcolu
alcuin
alcumy
alecup
almuce
almuce
noun
A hood or cape.
alumic
alumic
adj
(rare, inorganic chemistry) aluminic
amicus
amicus
noun
(law, informal) Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case.
amucks
amucks
noun
plural of amuck
amurca
amurca
noun
The sediment in olive oil.
amycus
ancius
aneuch
anicut
anicut
noun
(India) A dam built in a stream for maintaining and regulating irrigation.
anuric
anuric
adj
(urology) Of, pertaining to, causing or afflicted with anuria.
apercu
apercu
noun
Alternative spelling of aperçu
arcual
arcual
adj
Of or pertaining to an arc.
arcula
ascula
assacu
assacu
noun
The tree Hura crepitans.
asunci
auctor
aucuba
aucuba
noun
Any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba.
audace
auncel
auncel
noun
A crude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England.
auroch
auroch
noun
Alternative spelling of aurochs
autecy
avouch
avouch
noun
(obsolete) evidence; declaration
verb
To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.
To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of.
To declare freely and openly; to assert.
avruch
backup
backup
adj
(computing) That is intended as a backup.
Standby, reserve or extra.
Supporting, reinforcing; (music) of or related to accompaniment
noun
(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is destroyed or damaged.
(law enforcement) reinforcements
A reserve or substitute.
An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.
verb
Misspelling of back up.
backus
bacula
bacula
noun
plural of baculum
bacule
bacule
noun
(palynology) A rod-like element on the surface of some pollen.
(rare, dated) Alternative form of bascule
baculi
bacury
baluch
bancus
barcus
baruch
bauchi
baucis
bausch
becuna
becuna
noun
Sphyraena sphyraena, a Mediterranean fish.
boruca
boucan
boucan
noun
A wooden grill or structure for cooking meat and fish on, of a style used by the Tupi or others in the Caribbean.
brucia
bucare
bucayo
bucayo
noun
Candied coconut meat.
buccal
buccal
adj
(anatomy, dentistry, relational) Of, relating to, near, involving, or supplying the cheek.
(pharmacology) Administered in the mouth, not by swallowing but by absorption through the skin of the cheek; often by placing between the top gum and the inside of the lip.
Of, relating to, or lying in the mouth.
buccan
buccan
noun
(uncountable) Meat prepared in this way.
A framework or grill upon which meat is laid to dry, or to be roasted.
verb
To dry meat on such a frame.
buchan
buchan
Proper noun
an administrative district in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
and (Clan Buchan). Of note is John Buchan, the author.
buckra
buckra
adj
(African-American Vernacular, archaic) White.
noun
(Caribbean) A white person.
(dated, now rare, African-American Vernacular, derogatory) A poor white person.
bucoda
buncal
burack
butcha
butcha
noun
(India, historical) The young of any animal.
(India, historical, slang, by extension) A child.
cabful
cabuja
caburn
caburn
noun
(nautical) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.
cabuya
cachou
cachou
noun
A small metallic ball used as edible decoration on cakes etc.
A sweet eaten to sweeten the breath.
cachua
cactus
cactus
adj
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Non-functional, broken, exhausted, dead.
noun
(botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.
cadeau
cadmus
cadmus
Proper noun
A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.
cadouk
caduac
caduca
caduke
caduke
adj
(obsolete) perishable; frail; transitory
caecum
caecum
noun
(anatomy) A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.
caelum
caelus
cafuso
caguas
caique
caique
noun
(nautical) A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
Any of four (previously two) species of parrot in the genus Pionites.
cajuns
calalu
callum
callus
callus
noun
(botany) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
(entomology) A shining area on the frons of many species of Tabanomorpha (horse flies and relatives).
A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
verb
(intransitive) To form such hardened tissue.
calpul
calque
calque
noun
(linguistics, translation studies) A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
verb
(linguistics, translation studies) To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.
calusa
calusa
Noun
A Native American people who lived on Florida's southwest coast and along its inner waterways.
calvus
campus
campus
noun
An institution of higher education and its ambiance.
The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
verb
To confine to campus as a punishment.
To use a campus board, or to climb without feet as one would on a campus board.
camuse
canaut
cancun
canduc
canful
canful
noun
As much as a can will hold.
cangue
cangue
noun
A heavy wooden collar or yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in China to punish petty criminals.
cantus
cantus
Noun
A melody or song, particularly ecclesiastical.
The principal voice.
cantut
canuck
canuck
Noun
A Canadian.
A Canadian, especially a French Canadian.
The French-Canadian dialect.
A thing from Canada.
A Canadian pony or horse.
A member of the professional NHL ice hockey team.
The fighter-interceptor.
Adjective
Canadian.
canula
canula
noun
Alternative form of cannula
canute
capful
capful
noun
(nautical) A light puff of wind.
The amount that will fit into a cap.
capuan
capuan
Adjective
Relating to, or characteristic of Capua.
capuli
caputa
caputo
caquet
carful
carful
noun
As much as a car will hold.
carius
carnus
carpus
carpus
noun
(anatomy) The group of bones that make up the wrist.
carrus
carrus
noun
(uncommon, historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
caruso
casaun
caseum
caseum
noun
(archaic) Casein.
cashou
casque
casque
noun
A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as the hornbill or cassowary.
A helmet.
casual
casual
adj
(of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed.
(of clothing or utensils) Designed for informal or everyday use.
Careless.
Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
Employed irregularly.
Happening by chance.
Happening or coming to pass without design.
noun
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
(Britain, dated) A tramp.
(UK, historical) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).
(fandom slang) A person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.
(video games, informal, derogatory) A player of casual games.
A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
Shoes suitable for everyday use, as opposed to more formal footwear.
casula
casula
noun
A chasuble.
casule
catgut
catgut
noun
(countable) A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, especially of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, racquets, sutures etc.
(uncountable) A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices.