(Scotland, Northern England, derogatory) A troublesome woman.
A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.
Any cleansing or purifying agent.
verb
(archaic, poetic) To sweep.
comes
comes
noun
(music) The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of come
cosme
demos
demos
noun
(originally Ancient Greece) An ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together.
(political science, singular or plural) The ordinary citizens of an ancient Greek city-state; hence, the common populace of a state or district (especially a democratic one); the people.
plural of demo
domes
domes
noun
plural of dome
epsom
epsom
Proper noun
A town in Surrey, England.
fomes
fomes
noun
(archaic, figurative) Anything which similarly facilitates the spread of something similarly deleterious.
(archaic, medicine) Synonym of fomite: a substance able to communicate infection between people.
(obsolete, medicine) The morbid matter created by a disease.
homes
homes
noun
(slang) Alternative spelling of holmes
plural of home
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of home
mebos
mebos
noun
(South Africa) A type of sweet snack food consisting of dried apricot made into a pulp and flavoured with salt and sugar.
melos
melos
noun
(music) The melody in Ancient Greek music.
plural of melo
memos
memos
noun
plural of memo
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of memo
meous
meous
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of meou
meows
meows
noun
plural of meow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of meow
meros
meros
noun
(anatomy) the proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh
(architecture) the plain surface between the channels of a triglyph
meson
meson
noun
(now specifically, physics) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)
(obsolete) A member of a group of subatomic particles having a mass intermediate between electrons and protons. (The most easily detected mesons fit this definition.)
(rare outside entomology) The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.
modes
modes
noun
plural of mode
moise
mokes
mokes
noun
plural of moke
moles
moles
noun
plural of mole
momes
momes
noun
plural of mome
moose
moose
noun
(US, Canada) The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
(US, military, slang) An Asian girl taken as a lover.
(figuratively, derogatory, colloquial) An ugly person.
mopes
mopes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mope
mores
mores
noun
A set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices rather than written laws.
plural of more
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of more
morse
morse
noun
(now rare) A walrus.
A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative.
mosel
moser
moser
noun
(in Jewish culture) An informer or grass; one who tells on another.
moses
mosey
mosey
verb
(chiefly US, dialectal) To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.
(chiefly US, dialectal) To go off quickly: to hurry up.
(chiefly US, dialectal) To set off, get going; to start a journey.
moshe
moste
moste
adv
Obsolete spelling of most
motes
motes
noun
plural of mote
moues
moues
noun
plural of moue
mouse
mouse
noun
(boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
(computing) (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
(computing) The cursor.
(historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
(informal) A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.
(nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
(obsolete) A familiar term of endearment.
(set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
A match used in firing guns or blasting.
A quiet or shy person.
Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
verb
(intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
(intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
(intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
(obsolete, nonce word, transitive) To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.
(transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
moves
moves
noun
A good ability to dance.
plural of move
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of move
mowse
mozes
nemos
nomes
nomes
noun
plural of nome
omens
omens
noun
plural of omen
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of omen
omers
omers
noun
plural of omer
omnes
osmen
poems
poems
noun
plural of poem
pomes
pomes
noun
plural of pome
sermo
smoke
smoke
noun
(baseball, slang) A fastball.
(colloquial, countable) A cigarette.
(colloquial, countable, never plural) An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.
(colloquial, uncountable) Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)
(countable) A distinct column of smoke, such as indicating a burning area or fire.
(military, uncountable) A particulate of solid or liquid particles dispersed into the air on the battlefield to degrade enemy ground or for aerial observation. Smoke has many uses--screening smoke, signaling smoke, smoke curtain, smoke haze, and smoke deception. Thus it is an artificial aerosol.
(uncountable) A light grey colour/color tinted with blue.
(uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
(uncountable, figuratively) A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.
(uncountable, figuratively) Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.
(uncountable, slang) Bother; problems; hassle.
verb
(US, Canada, New Zealand, slang) To beat someone at something.
(intransitive) Of a fire in a fireplace: to emit smoke outward instead of up the chimney, owing to imperfect draught.
(intransitive) To give off smoke.
(intransitive) To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke.
(intransitive, slang, chiefly as present participle) To perform (e.g. music) energetically or skillfully.
(obsolete, transitive) To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.
(slang, obsolete, transitive) To ridicule to the face; to mock.
(transitive) To cover (a key blank) with soot or carbon to aid in seeing the marks made by impressioning.
(transitive) To dry or medicate by smoke.
(transitive) To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.
(transitive) To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.
(transitive, US military slang) To punish (a person) for a minor offense by excessive physical exercise.
(transitive, US, slang) To kill, especially with a gun.
(transitive, obsolete) To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume.
(transitive, obsolete) To make unclear or blurry.
(transitive, slang, obsolete) To thrash; to beat.
To burn; to be kindled; to rage.
To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
To suffer severely; to be punished.
smore
smore
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative spelling of s'more
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To smother.
smote
smote
verb
(now colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of smite