(intransitive, infinitive, Britain, uncommon) To be.
ace
ace
adj
(UK, slang) Excellent.
(slang) Asexual, not experiencing sexual attraction.
noun
(US) A perfect score on a school exam.
(US, baseball) The best pitcher on the team.
(US, baseball, dated, 19th century) A run.
(US, golf, disc golf) A hole in one.
(US, slang) A dollar bill.
(card games, dice games) A card or die face so marked.
(card games, dice games) A single point or spot on a playing card or die normally indicating it as the prime, i.e. first and forefront. (in playing cards, of that series)
(physics, obsolete) A quark.
(slang) A person who is asexual.
(sometimes attributive) An expert at something; a maverick, genius; a person owning a "first rank" talent.
(sports) A point won by a single stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
(tennis, volleyball) A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.
A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
verb
(US) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
(golf) To make an ace (hole in one).
(tennis) To win a point by an ace.
ade
ade
noun
A drink made from a fruit, especially a fizzy one.
aea
aec
aef
aeq
aer
aes
aes
noun
(rare) plural of a, the name of the letter A.
aet
aet
prep_phrase
(soccer) Alternative form of a.e.t.
aeu
age
age
noun
(astrology) One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year, equal to roughly 2000 years and goverened by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month.
(countable) A generation.
(countable) A great period in the history of the Earth.
(countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
(countable) A period of one hundred years; a century.
(countable) One of the stages of life.
(countable) The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.
(countable) The people who live during a particular period.
(countable) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
(countable) The whole duration of a being, whether human, animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.
(countable, geology) The shortest geochronologic unit, being a period of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of an epoch (or sometimes a subepoch).
(countable, hyperbolic) A long time.
(countable, poker) The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
(uncountable) An advanced period of life; the latter part of life; the state of being old, old age, senility; seniority.
(uncountable) Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
(uncountable) That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; specifically the size of that part.
verb
(intransitive) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
(intransitive, informal, of a statement, prediction) To be viewed or turn out in some way after a certain time has passed.
(transitive) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
(transitive) To indicate that a person has been alive for a certain period of time, especially a long one.
(transitive, accounting) To categorize by age.
(transitive, figuratively) To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
ahe
ake
ake
adv
(New Zealand) forever
verb
Archaic spelling of ache.
ale
ale
noun
(dated) A beer made without hops.
A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.
A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
ame
ane
ape
ape
adj
(slang) Wild; crazy.
noun
(derogatory) An uncivilized person.
A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
Any such primate other than a human.
One who apes; a foolish imitator.
verb
(intransitive) To behave like an ape.
(transitive) To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.
are
are
det
(UK, US) Misspelling of our.
noun
(rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.
verb
(East Yorkshire, Midlands) present of be
first-person plural simple present of be
second-person plural simple present of be
second-person singular simple present of be
third-person plural simple present of be
ase
ase
noun
(religion) an essential energy in West African religions
ate
ate
noun
(Philippines) A respectful title or form of address for an older woman.
(Philippines) An elder sister
verb
(colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of eat
simple past tense of eat
ave
ave
noun
A reverential salutation.
An Ave Maria.
awe
awe
noun
(archaic) Power to inspire awe.
A feeling of amazement.
A feeling of fear and reverence.
verb
(transitive) To control by inspiring dread.
(transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.
axe
axe
noun
(archaic) The axle of a wheel.
(figurative) A drastic reduction or cutback.
(finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
(informal) A dismissal or rejection.
(slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
verb
(now obsolete outside dialects, especially African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of ask
(transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.
(transitive, figurative) To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
To furnish with an axle.
aye
aye
adv
(archaic) ever, always
intj
(MLE, MTE, regional African-American Vernacular) an attention grabber
(New Zealand) Alternative spelling of ay (question tag)
(nautical) a word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim repeat-back.
yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
noun
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
bae
bae
noun
(slang) Darling (term of endearment).
Asian pear.
verb
(intransitive) To make the sound of a wild animal, to bay.
bce
bde
bea
bec
bed
bed
noun
(computing) The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.
(darts) Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.
(figurative) Marriage.
(figurative, uncountable) Sexual activity.
(geology) The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.
(masonry) A course of stone or brick in a wall.
(masonry) The horizontal surface of a building stone.
(masonry) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
(printing, dated) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.
(trampoline) The taut surface of a trampoline.
(uncountable) Time spent in a bed.
(uncountable, usually after a preposition) Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
(uncountable, usually after a preposition) The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.
(usually after a preposition) One's place of sleep or rest.
A deposit of ore, coal, etc.
A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
A garden plot.
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.
A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
A prepared spot in which to spend the night.
A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.
Abbreviation of bedroom.
An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river.
The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
verb
(intransitive) To go to bed.
(transitive) To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.
(transitive) To furnish with a bed or bedding.
(transitive) To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
(transitive) To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.
(transitive) To place in a bed.
(transitive) To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
(transitive) To set out (plants) in a garden bed.
(transitive, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
To put oneself to sleep.
To settle, as machinery.
bee
bee
noun
(nautical, usually in the plural) Any of the pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through.
(obsolete) A ring or torque; a bracelet.
A community gathering to share labour, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.
A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee.
A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.
The name of the Latin-script letter B.
verb
(obsolete) past participle of be; been
Obsolete spelling of be
bef
beg
beg
noun
(knitting) Abbreviation of beginning.
A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire; a bey.
The act of begging; an imploring request.
verb
(intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
(transitive) In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
(transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
(transitive, law, obsolete) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
(transitive, proscribed) In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
bel
bel
noun
A measure of relative power, defined as log₁₀(P ₁/P ₂), where P₁ and P₂ are the measured and reference power respectively.
Alternative form of bael (“Indian tree”)
bem
ben
ben
adj
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Alternative spelling of bene; good.
Inner, interior.
adv
(Scotland, Northern England) Inside.
noun
(Scotland, Northern England) Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).
(UK, theater, slang, obsolete) A benefit (performance to raise funds).
(obsolete) A prayer; a petition.
(usually capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
The oil of the ben seed.
The winged seed of the ben tree.
prep
(Scotland, Northern England) In, into.
bep
ber
ber
noun
A fruit-bearing tree (Ziziphus mauritiana); the jujube.
bes
bes
noun
(historical, numismatics) A bronze coin of the Roman Republic, worth two thirds of an as.
plural of be (Cyrillic letter)
verb
(dialectal, nonstandard) Present tense inflected form of be: am or are.
(now chiefly dialectal) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of be
bet
bet
intj
Exclamation indicating acceptance of a challenge or an absurd proposal.
Exclamation of joy at good fortune.
Expression of general agreement or acceptance.
noun
(Philippines, figuratively, informal, by extension) A candidate (for elections and pageants).
A degree of certainty.
A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).
Alternative form of beth
prep
(knitting) between
verb
(poker) To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.
To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
bev
bev
noun
(abbreviation or slang) Clipping of beverage.
bew
bey
bey
noun
(historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions
in various other places, a prince or nobleman
bge
bge
noun
Abbreviation of beige.
bie
ble
bme
boe
bpe
bre
bse
bte
bve
bye
bye
adj
Out of the way; remote.
Secondary; supplementary.
intj
(colloquial) Goodbye.
noun
(Scotland) An unspecified way or place.
(card games) A pass.
(cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.
(obsolete) A thing not directly aimed at; a secondary or subsidiary object, course, path, undertaking, issue, etc.
A male person.
Craig's Crew plays the bye next week.
Obsolete spelling of bee
The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.
prep
Obsolete spelling of by
cae
cbe
cbe
Adjective
can't be everywhere
Proper noun
Commander of the
Noun
Component Boolean Expression
Calculated Best Estimate
Command Budget Estimate
Common Base Event
cea
ceb
cec
ced
cee
cee
noun
Something shaped like the letter C, such as a cee spring.
The name of the Latin-script letter C.
cef
cei
cen
ceo
ceo
noun
(aviation) Alternative letter-case form of CEO
cep
cep
noun
An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis).
ceq
cet
cev
cfe
cge
che
che
noun
The letter Ч, ч.
cie
coe
cpe
cre
cse
cte
cue
cue
noun
(electronics, computing) A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.
(obsolete) Humour; temper of mind.
(obsolete) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
(obsolete, UK, universities) A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for Latin quadrāns (“farthing”)) in the buttery books.
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
A hint or intimation.
An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.
The name of the Latin-script letter Q.
verb
(by extension) To spark or provoke.
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
To give someone a cue signal.
dae
dbe
dbe
Proper noun
Dame Commander of the
Noun
disadvantaged business enterprise
dce
dce
Noun
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
dde
dea
deb
deb
noun
(informal) Clipping of debutante.
(informal) Debutante ball or debut.
dec
dec
adj
(cricket) declared
noun
(programming) Abbreviation of decrement.
Abbreviation of declaration.
verb
(knitting) Abbreviation of decrease.
ded
ded
adj
(nonstandard, long obsolete outside eye-dialect, now colloquial, especially humorous) Alternative form of dead.
dee
dee
noun
(colloquial) Police detective.
Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.
The name of the Latin-script letter D.
def
def
adj
(African-American Vernacular, slang) excellent; very good
adv
Abbreviation of definitely.
noun
Abbreviation of deficit.
Abbreviation of definition.
deg
deg
noun
(mathematics, countable) Abbreviation of degree.
(motorsports, uncountable) Clipping of degradation.
verb
(Northern England, dialectal) To sprinkle, moisten.
dei
del
del
noun
(mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.
(mathematics) the symbol ∂, in the context of a partial differential
(obsolete) a part, portion
Abbreviation of delegate.
Abbreviation of delegation.
verb
Abbreviation of delete.
abbreviation of delineavit as seen on published artwork, identifying the original artist. Commonly seen in books and articles on topics in natural history
dem
dem
det
(Caribbean, Jamaica, MLE, slang) (clitic, suffix) A group of.
Nonstandard form of them. (in the sense of "those")
pron
Nonstandard form of them.
den
den
adv
Pronunciation spelling of then, representing AAVE, Bermuda English.
noun
(Northumbria, chiefly in place names) Alternative form of dene.
(UK, Scotland, obsolete) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.
A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
Abbreviation of denier (a unit of weight)
Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”)
verb
(reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.
dep
dep
noun
(Canada, Quebec, informal) A dépanneur.
(computing, informal) A dependency.
(informal) A deputy.
(law, informal) A deposition.
Short for department.
Short for departure.
Short for deposit.
verb
(informal) To deputize.
depart or departs
deposed
der
der
adv
Nonstandard spelling of there.
intj
(Australia) Disdainful indication that something is obvious.
(Australia) Indication of stupidity.
des
des
noun
(medicine, colloquial) Desflurane.
plural of de
det
dev
dev
noun
(Armenian mythology) A monster, dragon, serpent, or giant.
(Armenian mythology) An immortal spirit who inhabits old ruins.
(computing, UNIX) Clipping of device.
Clipping of developer.
Clipping of development.
dew
dew
noun
(countable, but see usage notes) An instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.
(figurative) An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.
(figurative) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
(uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
(uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.
verb
To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten.
dex
dex
noun
(colloquial) Dextroamphetamine/dexedrine.
(colloquial) Dextromethorphan.
(medicine, colloquial) Dexamethasone.
(physics and astrophysics) An order or factor of ten.
(role-playing games) Dexterity.
dey
dey
noun
(UK dialectal, Scotland) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
(historical) The ruler of the Regency of Algiers (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire.
pron
Pronunciation spelling of there, representing African American Vernacular English or Caribbean English.
Pronunciation spelling of they, representing dialects with th-stopping in English.
dfe
die
die
noun
(obsolete) That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
(semiconductors, plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
A device for cutting into a specified shape.
A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
Any small cubical or square body.
Obsolete spelling of dye
The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
verb
(architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
(intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic) To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
(intransitive, figurative, hyperbolic) To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
(intransitive, figuratively) To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
(intransitive, figuratively) To yearn intensely.
(intransitive, of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
(intransitive, of a legislative bill or resolution) To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
(intransitive, of a machine) To stop working; to break down or otherwise lose "vitality".
(intransitive, uncommon, idiomatic) To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
(now rare) followed by with as an indication of direct cause:
(of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
(often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
(still current) followed by with as an indication of manner:
(transitive) To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
(uncommon, nonstandard outside video games) followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from):
(video games, slang) To lose a game.
To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:
followed by from; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences:
followed by of; general use:
dle
dme
doe
doe
adv
(African-American Vernacular, MLE) though
noun
A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope, (less commonly goat as nanny is also used).
A female hare.
A female kangaroo.
A female rabbit.
A female squirrel.
verb
Obsolete spelling of do
dpe
dre
dse
dte
due
due
adj
Appropriate.
Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass
Owed or owing.
Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
Scheduled; expected.
adv
(used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.
noun
(in plural dues) A membership fee.
Deserved acknowledgment.
Right; just title or claim.
That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
dye
dye
noun
A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
Alternative spelling of die (“singular of dice”)
Any hue, color, or blee.
verb
(transitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
eaa
ead
eak
eal
eam
eam
noun
(dialectal or obsolete) Uncle.
ean
ean
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To bring forth young; to yean.
ear
ear
noun
(architecture) A crossette.
(architecture) An acroterium.
(countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
(countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.
(countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
(countable, slang) A police informant.
(journalism) A space to the left or right of a publication's front-page title, used for advertising, weather, etc.
That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle.
The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.
verb
(archaic) To plough.
(humorous) To take in with the ears; to hear.
(intransitive) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.
To hold by the ears.
eas
eas
noun
plural of ea
eat
eat
noun
(colloquial) Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.
verb
(copulative, intransitive) To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed (typically as "eat healthy" or "eat good").
(intransitive) To consume a meal.
(intransitive, ergative) To be eaten.
(stative, slang) To be very good; to rule; to rock.
(transitive, business) To take the loss in a transaction.
(transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.
(transitive, informal, of a device) To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object.
(transitive, informal, of a vending machine or similar device) To consume money (or other instruments of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service or return the payment.
(transitive, intransitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
(transitive, intransitive) To corrode or erode.
(transitive, often with up) To destroy, consume, or use up.
(transitive, programming, informal) To consume (an exception, an event, etc.) so that other parts of the program do not receive it.
(transitive, slang) To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.
(transitive, slang) To perform oral sex (on a person or body part).
eau
eau
noun
(Lincolnshire) Alternative form of ea
eba
eba
noun
A stiff dough made by soaking garri in hot water and kneading it with a baton.
ebb
ebb
adj
low, shallow
noun
(especially in the phrase 'at a low ebb') A low state; a state of depression.
A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
A gradual decline.
The receding movement of the tide.
verb
(intransitive) to fall away or decline
(intransitive) to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
(intransitive) to flow back or recede
(transitive) To cause to flow back.
ebi
ebn
ebs
eca
ecb
ecc
ecd
ece
ecf
ecg
eck
ecl
ecm
ecn
eco
eco
adj
Clipping of ecological. Environmentally friendly or sensitive.
Clipping of economy. Affording economical use, e.g. of an appliance.
noun
A proposed name for the common currency that the West African Monetary Zone plans to introduce in the framework of the Economic Community of West African States.
ecr
ecs
ect
ecu
ecu
noun
(historical) The European Currency Unit (symbol ₠), a currency used in the European Community before the euro.