(decorative arts) Lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abate
abdest
abdest
noun
(Islam) The Islamic act of washing parts of the body using water for ritual prayers and for handling and reading the Qur'an.
adempt
adempt
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To take away.
adepts
adepts
noun
plural of adept
adeste
adiate
adiate
verb
(South Africa, law) To receive an inheritance.
adient
adject
adject
verb
(obsolete) To annex
adjute
adjute
verb
(obsolete) To add.
admete
adnate
adnate
adj
(botany, mycology) Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate.
(zoology) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals. in fish, having the eyes fused and unable to rotate independently
adrent
advect
advect
verb
(transitive) To transport (something) by advection.
advent
advent
noun
arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears
advert
advert
noun
(Britain, informal) An advertisement, an ad.
verb
(intransitive) To call attention, refer (to).
(intransitive) To take notice, to pay attention (to).
(obsolete, transitive) To turn attention to, to take notice of (something).
airted
airted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airt
alated
alated
adj
Alate.
amated
amated
adj
(obsolete) Overwhelmed, confused.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of amate
andert
ansted
anteed
anteed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ante
ardent
ardent
adj
(literary) Providing light or heat.
Full of ardor; expressing passion, spirit, or enthusiasm.
ardeth
arendt
astred
atoned
atoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atone
atrede
atrede
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To surpass or outdo in counsel.
attend
attend
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To listen (to, unto).
(archaic, transitive) To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.
(intransitive) To turn one's consideration (to); to deal with (a task, problem, concern etc.), to look after.
(intransitive, law) To go to (a place) for some purpose (with at).
(transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; to regularly go to (an event or place).
(transitive, intransitive) To wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone).
Alternative form of atend ("to kindle").
To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to.
To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
autoed
autoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of auto
azoted
azoted
adj
(obsolete) nitrogenized
baited
baited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bait
basted
basted
adj
Having been cooked by basting.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baste
bathed
bathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bath
simple past tense and past participle of bathe
batted
batted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bat
bedebt
bedirt
bedirt
verb
(transitive) To cover or defile with dirt.
bedolt
bedote
bedsit
bedsit
noun
(Britain, Ireland) A form of rented accommodation consisting of a single room for use as both sitting room and bedroom; there may also be a small kitchen area and washing and toilet facilities, but these amenities are more commonly outside the room and shared by several tenants.
bedust
bedust
verb
(archaic) To cover with dust.
belted
belted
adj
(of a garment) Fitted with a belt.
(of animals etc.) Characterized by a white band around the body.
Wearing a belt.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of belt
bestad
bested
bested
verb
Alternative form of bestead
simple past tense and past participle of best
bestud
bestud
verb
(transitive) To set with or as with studs; adorn with bosses.
betide
betide
verb
(intransitive) Chiefly in the third person: to happen; to take place; to bechance, to befall.
(transitive) Often used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall.
betted
betted
verb
(archaic) past participle of bet
(archaic) simple past tense of bet
bident
bident
noun
A form of spear having two prongs.
bidets
bidets
noun
plural of bidet
bidget
bitted
bitted
adj
Having a bit in ones mouth, as a horse.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bit
simple past tense and past participle of bitt
boated
boated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boat
bolted
bolted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bolt
booted
booted
adj
Wearing a boot or boots.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boot
bordet
bruted
bruted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brute
budget
budget
adj
Appropriate to a restricted budget.
noun
(by implication) A relatively small amount of available money.
(obsolete) A compact collection of things.
(obsolete) A wallet, purse or bag.
(obsolete, military) A socket in which the end of a cavalry carbine rests.
An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
verb
(intransitive) To construct or draw up a budget.
(transitive) To plan for the use of in a budget.
(transitive) To provide funds, allow for in a budget.
budlet
budlet
noun
A little bud springing from a parent bud.
bunted
bunted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunt
busted
busted
adj
(often used in combination with an adjective) Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).
(slang) Broke; having no money.
(slang) Broken.
(slang) Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.
(slang) Extremely ugly.
(slang) Tired.
(video games, slang) Extremely overpowered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bust
butled
butled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butle
butted
butted
adj
(US, slang) Having a butt or backside (of a specified kind).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of but
simple past tense and past participle of butt
cadent
cadent
adj
Falling.
cadets
cadets
noun
plural of cadet
canted
canted
adj
Having angles.
Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cant
carted
carted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cart
casted
casted
adj
(medicine) Set in a cast.
Having membership in a caste.
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of cast
catted
catted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cat
cedent
cedent
noun
The person who cedes a personal obligation to another.
cedrat
cedrat
noun
(archaic) The citron fruit.
(archaic) The citron tree.
cevdet
chuted
chuted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chute
cisted
citied
citied
adj
Containing, or covered with, cities.
coated
coated
adj
Covered with a thin layer.
Wearing a coat.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coat
coedit
coedit
verb
(transitive) To edit together.
costed
costed
adj
Having a specified (type of) cost
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cost
cotted
cotted
adj
(figurative) difficult to please
matted; tangled
crated
crated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crate
credit
credit
noun
(accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.
(countable) A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.
(countable) Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.
(science fiction) A unit of currency used in a fictional universe or timeframe.
(tax accounting) A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.
(television/film, usually in the plural) Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.
(uncountable) Recognition for having taken a course (class).
(uncountable) Recognition, respect and admiration.
(uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).
(uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.
A nominal unit of value assigned outside of a currency system.
A source of value, distinction or honour.
Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
The time given for payment for something sold on trust.
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge the contribution of.
(transitive) To believe; to put credence in.
(transitive) To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
(transitive, accounting) To add to an account.
curted
curted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curt
cutted
cutted
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of cut
cysted
cysted
adj
Enclosed in a cyst.
cytode
cytode
noun
(biology) A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life, differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present
dablet
dacite
dacite
noun
(geology) An igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content.
dafter
dafter
adj
comparative form of daft: more daft
noun
Alternative form of daftar
Obsolete spelling of daughter
daleth
daleth
noun
Alternative form of dalet
danete
danite
danite
Noun
A member of the Biblical tribe of Dan.
A member of a fraternal vigilante group founded by members of the Latter Day Saints in the
darted
darted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dart
darter
darter
noun
(UK) Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum
(US)
Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.
Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae
Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.
One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
dartle
dartle
verb
To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly.
dartre
dartre
noun
(archaic) Any herpetic or other chronic skin disease.
daters
daters
noun
plural of dater
dative
dative
adj
(grammar) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
(mathematics, obsolete) Given in advance; not needed to be calculated.
(obsolete, law) Given by a judge, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law itself.
(obsolete, law) In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.
(obsolete, law) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
(sciences) Formed by two electrons contributed by one atom; see dative bond.
noun
(grammar) A word inflected in the dative case.
(grammar) The dative case.
daudet
dauted
dautie
daveta
dawted
dawted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dawt
dawtet
dawtie
daynet
dearth
dearth
noun
(by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
(obsolete) Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.
A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
deaths
deaths
noun
plural of death
deathy
deathy
adj
(obsolete) Relating to death.
Misspelling of deathly.
debate
debate
noun
(frequently in the French form débat) A type of literary composition, taking the form of a discussion or disputation, commonly found in the vernacular medieval poetry of many European countries, as well as in medieval Latin.
(obsolete) Strife, discord.
(uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To fight.
(obsolete, transitive) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
(transitive) To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide
(transitive, intransitive) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
debite
debite
noun
(obsolete) A deputy; an official.
debits
debits
noun
plural of debit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debit
debolt
debout
debted
debted
adj
indebted; under obligation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of debt
debtee
debtee
noun
(law) One who is owed a debt; a creditor.
debtor
debtor
noun
(economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.
(law) One who owes another anything, or is under obligation, arising from express agreement, implication of law, or principles of natural justice, to pay money or to fulfill some other obligation; in bankruptcy or similar proceedings, the person who is the subject of the proceeding.
debuts
debuts
noun
plural of debut
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debut
decant
decant
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To flow.
(science fiction) To remove (a clone or other artificially-gestated baby) from its chamber, vat, or artificial womb.
(transitive) To pour from one vessel into another.
(transitive) To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment.
To rehouse people while their buildings are being refurbished or rebuilt.
decart
decast
decate
decate
verb
To decatize (“steam fabric”).
decato
deceit
deceit
noun
(law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.
(uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
An act of deceiving someone.
An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
decent
decent
adj
(informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
(obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
(obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.
(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
Conforming to perceived standards of good taste.
Fair; good enough; okay.
Significant; substantial.
decnet
decoat
decoat
verb
To remove a coating from
decoct
decoct
verb
(cooking) To make an infusion.
(cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
(figurative) To heat as if by boiling.
(figurative) To reduce or diminish.
To digest in the stomach.
decurt
decurt
verb
(obsolete) To cut short; to curtail.
deduct
deduct
verb
To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
deduit
defant
defats
defats
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defat
defeat
defeat
noun
(obsolete) Destruction, ruin.
Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
verb
(transitive) To nullify
(transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
(transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
To prevent (something) from being achieved.
defect
defect
noun
(mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
A fault or malfunction.
The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
verb
(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
(law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
(military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
(military) To join the enemy army.
defeit
defter
defter
adj
comparative form of deft: more deft
noun
(historical) A type of tax register that was used in the Ottoman Empire.
deftly
deftly
adv
In a deft manner; quickly and neatly in action.
deglut
deglut
verb
(medicine) To be swallowed
degust
degust
verb
To taste carefully to fully appreciate something; to savour
dehort
dehort
verb
(transitive, rare or obsolete) To dissuade.
deists
deists
noun
plural of deist
deject
deject
noun
(usually in the plural) A waste product.
One who is lowly or abject.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cast downward.
(transitive) Make sad or dispirited.
To debase or humble.
delate
delate
verb
Obsolete form of dilate.
To carry abroad; to spread; to make public.
To carry on; to conduct.
To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against.
To carry; to convey.
delete
delete
noun
(computing) A deletion.
(computing) The delete character (U+007F or %7F).
(recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.
(uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Delete
verb
(online gaming, slang) To defeat or dominate.
(transitive, slang) To kill or murder.
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
delfts
delfts
noun
plural of delft
delict
delict
noun
(civil law, Scots law) A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.
(law) The branch of law dealing in delicts.
delint
delint
verb
To remove lint from.
delist
delist
verb
To remove from an official register or list.
deloit
deltal
deltal
adj
Pertaining to or deposited by a (river) delta.
deltas
deltas
noun
plural of delta
deltic
deltic
adj
Synonym of deltaic
delton
demast
demast
verb
(transitive) To break the mast of (a sailing ship) in an accident.
(transitive) To remove the mast from (a sailing ship) for storage.
dement
dement
adj
(obsolete) insane, demented
noun
An insane person, or one afflicted with dementia
verb
(transitive) To drive mad; to craze
demist
demist
verb
(transitive) To remove the layer of fine liquid particles from the surface of (a window or mirror).
demits
demits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demit