(archaic) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.
(archaic, figurative) Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.
acers
acers
noun
plural of acer
aceta
aceta
noun
plural of acetum
ached
ached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ache
achen
acher
acher
noun
(obsolete) usher
aches
aches
noun
plural of ache
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ache
acier
acies
acies
noun
(obsolete) The full attention of one's sight, hearing or other senses, as directed towards a particular object.
ackee
ackee
noun
A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan.
The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous.
acker
acker
noun
(regional, now rare) A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water.
Obsolete form of acre.
ackey
ackey
noun
A silver coin once used in the Gold Coast (in Africa)
acmes
acmes
noun
plural of acme
acned
acned
adj
Marked by acne; suffering from acne.
acnes
acnes
noun
plural of acne
acone
acone
adj
(biology, of the eyes of an insect) That lack cones
acred
acred
adj
Owning or possessing many acres of land.
acres
acres
noun
plural of acre
acted
acted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of act
acute
acute
adj
(botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
(geometry) Of a triangle: having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
(geometry) Of an angle: less than 90 degrees.
(linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
(medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
(medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
(orthography) After a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent.
(phonology, dated, of a sound) Sharp, produced in the front of the mouth. (See Grave and acute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
Brief, quick, short.
High or shrill.
Intense, sensitive, sharp.
Urgent.
noun
(linguistics, chiefly historical) An accent or tone higher than others.
(medicine) A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.
(orthography) An acute accent (´).
verb
(transitive, archaic) To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.
(transitive, phonetics) To give an acute sound to.
aecia
aeric
aface
aface
adv
(rare) In face; in front.
agace
alcae
alces
aleck
aleck
Proper noun
A diminutive of the male given name Alexander.
alecs
alecs
noun
plural of alec
alice
alyce
amice
amice
noun
A hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy.
ancel
ancle
ancle
noun
Obsolete spelling of ankle
ancre
anice
apace
apace
adv
Quickly, rapidly, with speed.
arace
arace
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To tear up by the roots; to draw away.
arcae
arced
arced
adj
Having the form of an arc; arched.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arc
arces
arche
arche
noun
(philosophy, often italicized) The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.
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.
avice
aztec
aztec
Noun
A Mexica.
A Nahua.
Proper noun
The Nahuatl language.
A city in New Mexico, USA
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.
Of or pertaining to the Nahuas.
Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.
bache
bache
noun
(obsolete) The dale of a stream or rivulet.
barce
bcere
beach
beach
noun
(UK dialectal, Sussex, Kent) The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
(motorsports, euphemistic) Synonym of gravel trap
(sports) A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand.
A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
verb
(intransitive) To run aground on a beach.
(of a vehicle) To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction.
(transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach.
becap
becca
becco
beche
becht
becka
becki
becks
becks
noun
plural of beck
becky
becky
Noun
A placeholder name used to refer to a (usually white) woman held in contempt by the speaker.
becry
becry
verb
(transitive) To cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.
A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
The wood of the beech tree.
beeck
beica
beice
belch
belch
noun
(obsolete) Malt liquor.
The sound one makes when belching.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise.
(transitive, intransitive) To expel (gas) loudly from the stomach through the mouth.
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
berck
bercy
bicep
bicep
noun
(sometimes proscribed) A biceps.
bices
bices
noun
plural of bice
bleck
bleck
intj
(rare) Alternative form of blech
noun
(dialectal) Coalfish (Pollachius virens).
(obsolete) A black man.
Any black fluid substance, as in blacking for leather, or black grease.
Soot, smut.
verb
(obsolete, dialect) To blacken.
(obsolete, dialect) To defile.
bocce
bocce
noun
(sports, countable) One of the eight balls that the player throws in a game of bocce.
(sports, uncountable) A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court
boche
boche
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Boche.
boece
boice
bonce
bonce
noun
(British, Ireland, slang) the human head
(dated) The kind of marble used in the game of bonce about.
boyce
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.
breck
brice
bruce
bruce
noun
(Australian slang) A man.
bryce
bsche
bshec
bsrec
bunce
bunce
noun
(UK, Ireland, regional) A bonus; additional pay; money.
verb
(transitive, slang, archaic) To obtain money from, by trickery.
caber
caber
noun
A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games.
cabet
cable
cable
noun
(architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
(communication) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
(finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
(knitting) A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
(nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
(nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
(television) Ellipsis of cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
(unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
verb
(architecture, transitive) To ornament with cabling.
(intransitive) To communicate by cable
(knitting) To create cable stitches.
(transitive) To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
(transitive) To provide with cable(s)
(transitive) To send a telegram, news, etc., by cable
(transitive) To wrap wires to form a cable
cabre
cabre
adj
Alternative spelling of cabré
noun
(obsolete or historical and generally offensive) A person of mixed black and mulatto descent.
cacei
cache
cache
noun
(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
(geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
Misspelling of cachet.
verb
(transitive) To place in a cache.
(transitive, computing) To store data in a cache.
cacie
cadee
cadel
cadel
noun
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.
caeca
caeca
noun
plural of caecum
caeli
cafes
cafes
noun
plural of cafe
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
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.
cages
cages
noun
plural of cage
cagey
cagey
adj
Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.
Wary, careful, shrewd.
cagle
caine
caite
caked
caked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cake
caker
caker
noun
One who forms something into a cake.
cakes
cakes
noun
plural of cake
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cake
cakey
cakey
adj
Alternative spelling of caky
caleb
caleb
Proper noun
An Israelite who entered Canaan with Joshua.
name first used by Puritans.
calef
calen
calie
calle
calpe
calve
calve
verb
(intransitive) to assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
(intransitive) to give birth to a calf
(intransitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg)
(intransitive, figuratively, especially of an iceberg) to break off
(transitive) to give birth to (a calf)
(transitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg)
camel
camel
adj
Of a light brown color like that of a camel.
noun
(South Africa, obsolete) Synonym of giraffe
A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.
A light brownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown).
Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle.
cameo
cameo
noun
A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief.
A single very brief appearance, especially by a prominent celebrity in a movie or song.
verb
To appear in a cameo role.
cames
cames
noun
plural of came
camey
campe
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
canoe
canoe
noun
(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.
caped
caped
adj
(in compounds) Wearing a cape of a specified kind.
(rail transport, slang) cancelled
Wearing a cape or capes.
capek
capel
capel
noun
(mining) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of caple (horse)
Alternative form of kappal (“ship”)
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.
capes
capes
noun
plural of cape
capet
caque
carce
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.