(chiefly with a negative connotation) Complete; downright; utter.
(rare) Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
noun
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.
verb
(mycology) Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).
To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.
To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.
acater
acater
noun
(obsolete) caterer
acates
acates
noun
(obsolete) Cates: provisions; food.
accent
accent
noun
(archaic) Utterance.
(figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.
(informal, sometimes proscribed) A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.
(linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
(mathematics) A prime symbol.
(music) A mark used to represent this special emphasis.
(music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
(music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
(music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
(prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
(sign languages) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
(usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech.
A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
A word; a significant tone or sound.
Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
verb
(transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
(transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
(transitive) To mark with written accents.
accept
accept
adj
(obsolete) Accepted.
verb
(intransitive) To receive something willingly.
(transitive) To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
(transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
(transitive) To endure patiently.
(transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
(transitive) To receive officially.
(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
(transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
(transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
accite
accite
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To excite.
(transitive, obsolete) To induce.
(transitive, obsolete) To quote.
(transitive, obsolete) To summon.
aceite
acetal
acetal
noun
(organic chemistry) Any diether of a geminal diol, R₂C(OR')₂ (where R' is not H).
acetes
acetic
acetic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetic acid or its derivatives
(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar
acetin
acetin
noun
(organic chemistry) the triglyceride of acetic acid
acetla
acetol
acetol
noun
(organic chemistry) hydroxyacetone
acetum
acetum
noun
(obsolete) Vinegar, sometimes medicated.
acetyl
acetyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid.
achate
achate
noun
(obsolete) An agate.
acheat
acheft
achete
achtel
achtel
noun
(historical) An old German measure of capacity.
achter
acmite
acmite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of aegirine
acrite
acrite
adj
(obsolete) Relating to, or characteristic of the Acrita
acsnet
actaea
actine
active
active
adj
(computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
(electronics) Not passive.
(gay sexual slang) (of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
(specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
Brisk; lively.
Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
Implying or producing rapid action.
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
Requiring or implying action or exertion
noun
(electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
acture
acture
noun
(obsolete) Action.
acuate
acuate
adj
Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.
acuter
acuter
adj
comparative form of acute: more acute
acutes
acutes
noun
plural of acute
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acute
adject
adject
verb
(obsolete) To annex
advect
advect
verb
(transitive) To transport (something) by advection.
affect
affect
noun
(obsolete) A desire, an appetite.
(obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
(psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
(transitive) To influence or alter.
(transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
(transitive) To move to emotion.
(transitive, Scotland, law) To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
(transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.
(transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
(transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
(transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
(transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
(transitive, rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
alecto
alecto
Proper noun
One of the Furies
allect
allect
verb
(obsolete) To allure; to entice.
anetic
anetic
adj
(medicine, obsolete, rare) Soothing; helping to relieve a malady.
annect
arcate
arcite
arcnet
arrect
arrect
adj
(obsolete) Attentive, like a person listening.
(obsolete) Lifted up; raised; erect.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To direct.
(transitive, obsolete) To impute.
ascent
ascent
noun
(typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
An eminence, hill, or high place.
An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepness
The way or means by which one ascends.
ascite
aspect
aspect
noun
(astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.
(obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
(obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.
(programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
(rail transport) The visual indication of a colour light (or mechanical) signal as displayed to the driver. With colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green.
(religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
One's appearance or expression.
Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.
Prospect; outlook.
The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
verb
(Wicca) To channel a divine being.
(astrology, of a planet) To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.
(obsolete) To look at.
atelic
atelic
adj
(linguistics) Presenting an action or event as being incomplete.
atrice
atroce
attice
autecy
avocet
avocet
noun
Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.
azteca
aztecs
backet
backet
noun
(Scotland) A shallow wooden trough for carrying ashes, coals, etc.
bechet
becket
becket
noun
(England, dialect, historical) A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
(nautical) A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
(nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
(nautical) The clevis of a pulley block.
(nautical, slang) A pocket in clothing.
(obsolete) chough (the bird)
(sewing) A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
An eye in the end of a rope.
becost
beitch
bisect
bisect
noun
(geometry) A bisector, which divides into two equal parts.
(philately) An envelope, card, or fragment thereof showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied. Typically used in wartime when normal lower rate stamps may not be available.
verb
(computing) To perform a binary search on files in source control in order to identify the specific change that introduced a bug etc.
(transitive, geometry) To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts.
brecht
bucket
bucket
noun
(MTE, slang) an insult term used in Toronto to refer to someone who habitually uses crack cocaine.
(UK, archaic) A unit of measure equal to four gallons.
(aviation, mechanical engineering, uncommon) A turbine blade driven by hot gas or steam.
(basketball, informal) A field goal.
(basketball, informal) The basket.
(computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A great deal of anything.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
(slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
(slang, humorous) A helmet.
(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
A bucket bag.
A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
The amount held in this container.
The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
The pitcher in certain orchids.
verb
(computing, transitive) To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
(intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.
(intransitive, informal) To travel very quickly.
(transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
(transitive) To place inside a bucket.
(transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
(transitive, Australia, slang) To criticize vehemently; to denigrate.
(transitive, UK, US, rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
cablet
cablet
noun
A slender cable.
cabret
cachet
cachet
noun
(archaic) A seal, as of a letter.
(figurative) A special characteristic or quality; prestige, especially via association.
(medicine) A capsule containing a pharmaceutical preparation.
(philately) A commemorative stamped design or inscription on an envelope, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage.
A hidden location from which one can observe birds while remaining unseen.
A sealed envelope containing an item whose price is being negotiated.
verb
(transitive, philately) To mark (an envelope) with a commemorative stamped design or inscription.
cadent
cadent
adj
Falling.
cadets
cadets
noun
plural of cadet
cageot
cajeta
calite
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.
camlet
camlet
adj
Made of camlet.
noun
A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
camote
camote
noun
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
cannet
cannet
abbrev
(Tyneside) cannot, can't
canted
canted
adj
Having angles.
Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cant
cantel
cantel
noun
Alternative form of cantle
canter
canter
noun
A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.
A ride on a horse at such speed.
One who cants or whines; a beggar.
One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
verb
(intransitive) To move at such pace.
(transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
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.
canute
capite
capite
noun
(historical) An ancient English tenure, abolished in 1660, by which either person or land was held immediately of the king, or of his crown, by either knight service or socage.
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.
capote
capote
noun
(historical) A close-fitting woman's bonnet.
(historical) A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th-century Canadian woodsmen.
A long coat or cloak with a hood.
caquet
carate
carate
noun
The skin disease pinta.
carest
carest
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of care
carets
carets
noun
plural of caret
carlet
carnet
carnet
noun
(law) A customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article
A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.
An admission pass.
carpet
carpet
noun
(figuratively) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
(obsolete) A wrought cover for tables.
(slang, vulgar) A woman's pubic hair.
A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
verb
(UK) To reprimand.
(transitive) To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
carted
carted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cart
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.
carter
carter
noun
A fish, the whiff or Marysole.
A person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden.
cartes
cartes
noun
(Polari) A penis.
(Polari) Male genitalia.
plural of carte
cartie
casate
casket
casket
noun
(Britain) An urn.
(Canada, US) A coffin.
(nautical) A gasket.
A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
verb
(poetic, transitive) To put into, or preserve in, a casket.
casted
casted
adj
(medicine) Set in a cast.
Having membership in a caste.
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of cast
casten
casten
verb
(archaic, poetic) past participle of cast
caster
caster
noun
(automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.
A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering).
Someone or something that casts.
verb
To act as a caster
castes
castes
noun
plural of caste
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.
catena
catena
noun
(soil science) A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope.
A series of related items.
caters
caters
noun
(campanology) bell changes rung on nine bells
plural of cater
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cater
catery
catery
noun
(obsolete) The place where provisions are deposited.
cateye
cathee
cather
cathey
cathie
cathie
Proper noun
A spelling variant of Cathy, diminutive of the female given name Catherine.
catlee
catnep
catted
catted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cat
catter
cattie
cattie
noun
Archaic form of catty (“Chinese unit of weight”).
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.
(Christianity) A traditional caution or written direction about the proper manner of administering the sacraments.
(obsolete) caution; prudence; wariness
(obsolete) deceit
cauter
cauter
noun
A hot iron for searing or cauterizing.
cavate
cavate
noun
(archaeology) Cliff-side dwelling made in the living rock by humans.
caveat
caveat
noun
(law) A formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
(law) A formal objection.
(law) A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.
A qualification or exemption.
A warning.
verb
(transitive, law) To formally object to something.
(transitive, law, dated) To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.
(transitive, law, specifically) To lodge a formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
(transitive, obsolete) To warn or caution against some event.
(transitive, regarded by some as nonstandard) To qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso.
cavite
cecity
cecity
noun
(uncommon, literary) blindness
cedent
cedent
noun
The person who cedes a personal obligation to another.
cedrat
cedrat
noun
(archaic) The citron fruit.
(archaic) The citron tree.
ceinte
celite
celtic
celtic
Proper noun
A branch of the Indo-European languages that was spread widely over western and central Europe in the pre-Christian era.
Any of several sports teams. See Wikipedia for a list.
Adjective
Of the Celts; Of the style of the Celts
celtis
cement
cement
noun
(anatomy) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
(countable, uncountable) A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
(figurative) A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
(uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
verb
(figuratively) To make permanent.
(transitive) To affix with cement.
(transitive) To overlay or coat with cement.
(transitive, figurative) To unite firmly or closely.
cenote
cenote
noun
A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
centai
cental
cental
adj
Relating to a hundred.
noun
(historical) A weight of one hundred avoirdupois pounds.
centas
center
center
adj
Of, at, or related to a center.
noun
(American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
(Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
(Taixuanjing tetragram) 𝌆
(architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
(basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
(engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
(engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
(geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
(group theory, ring theory) The subgroup (respectively, subring), denoted Z(G), of those elements of a given group (respectively, ring) G that commute with every element of G.
(ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
(netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
(obsolete) The innermost point of the Earth, or the Earth itself, as the center or foundation of the Universe; the center or foundation of the Universe abstractly.
(rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
(soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
A place where the greater part of some function or activity occurs.
A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive.
The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated.
verb
(engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
(intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
(transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
(transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
(transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
centon
centos
centra
centra
noun
plural of centrum
centre
centre
noun
(British spelling, Canadian spelling, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center.
verb
(British spelling, Canadian spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center
centro
centry
centry
noun
Alternative form of century
centum
centum
adj
(Indo-European studies) Referring to an Indo-European language that did not produce sibilants from a series of Proto-Indo-European palatovelar stops.
noun
(India) Perfect score on a board exam.
(Sanskrit and other Indian philology) Satakam, set of one hundred verses connected by the same metre or topic.
cepter
ceptor
ceptor
noun
A receptor.
cerata
cerata
noun
plural of ceras
cerate
cerate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion CeO₃²⁻ of cerium.
(medicine, archaic or historical) An unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.
cerite
cerite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous silicate of cerium (and other metals).
(zoology) A horn-shaped cerithiid shell.
cermet
cermet
noun
A composite material composed of ceramic and metal materials, used in such applications as industrial saws and turbine blades.