(organic chemistry) Any diether of a geminal diol, R₂C(OR')₂ (where R' is not H).
acetla
acetol
acetol
noun
(organic chemistry) hydroxyacetone
acetyl
acetyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid.
achtel
achtel
noun
(historical) An old German measure of capacity.
ackler
ackley
acoela
aculea
aculei
aculei
noun
plural of aculeus
adulce
aecial
aecial
adj
(mycology) Of, pertaining to, or resembling an aecium.
aeolic
aeolic
adj
Alternative spelling of eolic
alcade
alcedo
alchem
alcide
alcine
alcine
adj
Of or pertaining to elk.
alcove
alcove
noun
(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
A shady retreat.
alecia
alecia
Proper noun
name, one of the modern variants of Alicia.
alecto
alecto
Proper noun
One of the Furies
alecup
aleece
alerce
alerce
noun
The Chilean arbor vitae (Austrocedrus chilensis).
The wood of the sandarac tree (Tetraclinis).
alexic
alexic
adj
Related to, or afflicted with alexia
alicea
allect
allect
verb
(obsolete) To allure; to entice.
allice
allice
noun
A fish, the allis shad (Alosa alosa).
allyce
almice
almuce
almuce
noun
A hood or cape.
alsace
ancell
ancile
ancile
noun
(historical, Roman antiquity) The sacred shield of the Ancient Romans, said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.
anlace
anlace
noun
Alternative spelling of anelace
aplace
archle
atelic
atelic
adj
(linguistics) Presenting an action or event as being incomplete.
auncel
auncel
noun
A crude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England.
bachel
bacile
bacule
bacule
noun
(palynology) A rod-like element on the surface of some pollen.
(rare, dated) Alternative form of bascule
balcer
balche
balche
noun
Alternative form of balché
balcke
becall
becall
verb
(transitive) To call names; insult.
(transitive, obsolete) To call upon; call forth; challenge.
(transitive, obsolete) To call; summon.
becalm
becalm
verb
(transitive, nautical) To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).
(transitive, obsolete) To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.
beclad
beclad
adj
Clothed about; clad.
beclap
beclap
verb
To clap for; to applaud.
To grasp, insnare, ensnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly.
beclaw
beclaw
verb
(transitive) To scratch or tear all over with claws or nails.
beclip
beclip
verb
(transitive) To clip around or about (the edges of); crop.
(transitive) To wrap around; enclose; encircle; surround.
(transitive, obsolete) To curdle (milk).
(transitive, obsolete) To fold in the arms; embrace; clasp.
(transitive, obsolete) To include; comprise; comprehend; contain.
(transitive, obsolete) To lay hold of; seize upon; grip; catch; overtake.
beclog
beclog
verb
(transitive) To encumber with a sticky substance; clog.
becurl
becurl
verb
(transitive) To cover or deck out with curls.
(transitive, archaic) To curl; make curly.
beglic
begluc
belace
belace
verb
(transitive) To cover or adorn with lace.
(transitive) To fasten, as with a lace or cord.
(transitive, obsolete) To beat with a strap.
belgic
belgic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean.
Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.
belick
belick
verb
(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To lick or lick about.
bellic
bellic
adj
(obsolete) warlike; martial
belloc
belock
belock
verb
(archaic, transitive) To lock up or lock in place; hold tight; fasten.
beylic
beylic
noun
The territory under the jurisdiction of a bey.
blcher
bleach
bleach
adj
(archaic) Pale; bleak.
noun
(countable) A variety of bleach.
(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
A disease of the skin.
An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
verb
(intransitive) To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
(intransitive, biology, of corals) To lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
(transitive, figurative) To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
blench
blench
noun
A deceit; a trick.
A sidelong glance.
verb
(intransitive) To fly off; to turn aside.
(intransitive) To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
(intransitive, of the eye) To quail.
(obsolete) To blanch.
(transitive) To deceive; cheat.
(transitive) To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.
(transitive) To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.
boucle
boucle
noun
Alternative spelling of bouclé
buckle
buckle
noun
(Canada, heraldry) The brisure of an eighth daughter.
(US, baking) A cake baked with fresh fruit and a streusel topping.
(countable) A clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a strap.
(roofing) An upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane frequently occurring over insulation or deck joints. A buckle may be an indication of movement with the roof assembly.
A contorted expression, as of the face.
A curl of hair, especially a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
A distortion, bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
verb
(Scotland) To unite in marriage.
(intransitive) To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.
(intransitive) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
(intransitive, figuratively) To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).
(obsolete, intransitive) To enter upon some labour or contest; to join in close fight; to contend.
(transitive) To fasten using a buckle.
(transitive) To make bend; to cause to become distorted.
To buckle down; to apply oneself.
cabble
cabell
cabled
cabled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cable
cabler
cabler
noun
(entertainment) A cable television network or system operator.
Someone who cables, who puts together or fixes cables.
cables
cables
noun
plural of cable
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cable
cablet
cablet
noun
A slender cable.
cackle
cackle
noun
A group of hyenas.
A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.
Futile or excessively noisy talk.
The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
verb
(intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.
(intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
(intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
(transitive, gambling, slang) To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.
caddle
cadell
caecal
caecal
adj
Of or pertaining to the caecum.
caelum
caelus
caffle
caille
cajole
cajole
noun
The act of cajoling
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
cakile
calade
calade
noun
A slope or declivity in a manège ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to its haunches.
calced
calced
adj
(rare) Wearing shoes; used especially of religious orders.
calces
calche
calden
calder
calean
calefy
calefy
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become warm or hot
(transitive, obsolete) To make warm or hot
calera
calesa
calesa
noun
Alternative spelling of kalesa
caline
calise
calite
calked
calked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calk
calker
calker
noun
A calk on a shoe.
One who calks.
called
called
adj
Having the name of.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of call
caller
caller
noun
(bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.
(dance) The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances.
(programming) A function that calls another (the callee).
(telephony) The person who makes a telephone call.
A visitor.
A whistle or similar item used to call foxes.
calles
callet
callet
noun
(obsolete) A scold or gossip.
(obsolete) A trull or prostitute.
A disc-shaped piece of chocolate, the size of a chocolate chip, designed for melting when cooking.
verb
(obsolete) To rail or scold.
calley
callie
calmed
calmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calm
calmer
calmer
adj
comparative form of calm: more calm
noun
A person or thing that calms.
calore
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.
calved
calved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calve
calver
calver
adj
Of salmon: freshly caught.
noun
A cow that produces young.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.
(obsolete, transitive) To cut into slices and pickle.
calves
calves
noun
plural of calf
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calve
calxes
calxes
noun
plural of calx
calyce
camels
camels
noun
plural of camel
camile
camlet
camlet
adj
Made of camlet.
noun
A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
cample
cample
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To contend; argue; talk noisily.
canale
cancel
cancel
noun
(obsolete) An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
(printing) The page that replaces it.
(printing) The page thus suppressed.
(printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.
verb
(obsolete) To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
(printing, dated) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
(transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
(transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
(transitive) To offset or equalize something.
(transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
(transitive, media) To stop production of a programme.
(transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture.
candle
candle
noun
(forestry) A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.
(obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
verb
(embryology, transitive) To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
(pottery, transitive) To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
(transitive) To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.
canela
canell
canelo
cangle
cannel
cannel
noun
A bituminous coal that burns brightly with much smoke.
cantel
cantel
noun
Alternative form of cantle
cantle
cantle
noun
(Scotland) On many styles of sporran, a metal arc along the top of the pouch, usually fronting the clasp.
(Scotland) The top of the head.
(obsolete) A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.
The raised back of a saddle.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cut into pieces.
(obsolete, transitive) To cut out from.
capels
capels
noun
plural of capel
caplet
caplet
noun
(finance) A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.
A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.
capple
carcel
carcel
noun
(historical) A former unit to measure the intensity of light, approximately 9.74 candelas.
cardel
cardel
noun
A hogshead (large barrel) once used by whalers
carlee
carlen
carles
carles
noun
plural of carle
carlet
carley
carley
Proper noun
name, a less common spelling of Carly.
carlie
carlie
Proper noun
name, a less common spelling of Carly.
carlye
carmel
carmel
noun
(US, uncommon, nonstandard) Alternative form of caramel
carnel
carole
carpel
carpel
noun
(botany) A constituent part of a flower pistil - the individual female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together.
carrel
carrel
noun
(architecture) A small closet or enclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study.
A square-headed arrow; a quarrel.
Hence, a partially partitioned space for studying or reading, often in a library.
cartel
cartel
noun
(economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
(historical) A written letter of defiance or challenge.
(historical, law) An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.
(historical, nautical) A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.
(historical, politics) A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
carvel
carvel
noun
(nautical, historical) Synonym of caravel (“a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship”)
The sea blubber (Cyanea capillata); (obsolete) A jellyfish (Medusozoa).
cashel
cashel
noun
(historical) In early Ireland, a ringfort or a circular stone structure used for defense.
cassel
castle
castle
noun
(chess) An instance of castling.
(chess, informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
(cricket, colloquial) The wicket.
(dated) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
(dated) Any strong, imposing, and stately palace or mansion.
(obsolete) A close helmet.
(shogi) A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.
A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.
verb
(cricket) To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.
(obsolete) To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or add (real or imitation) battlements to an existing building.
(transitive) To house or keep in a castle.
(transitive, figurative) To protect or separate in a similar way.
(usually intransitive, chess) To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling.
(usually intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.
casule
catlee
cattle
cattle
noun
(derogatory, figuratively) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.
(obsolete, English law, sometimes countable) chattel
(uncountable, rare) Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle.
Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.