(Northern England, Scotland) Alternative form of aboon
abuse
abuse
noun
(now rare) Catachresis.
(obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
Misuse; improper use; perversion.
Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
verb
(transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
(transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
(transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
(transitive, archaic) To violate; defile; to rape; (reflexive) to masturbate.
(transitive, obsolete) Misrepresent; adulterate.
(transitive, obsolete) To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
(transitive, obsolete, Scotland) Disuse.
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.
adieu
adieu
intj
Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
noun
A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.
adrue
adure
adure
verb
(obsolete) To burn up.
aequi
aevum
aevum
noun
(Scholastic philosophy) The temporal mode of existence between time and eternity, said to be experienced by angels, saints, and celestial bodies (which medieval astronomy believed to be unchanging.
agues
agues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ague
aguey
aguey
adj
Conditions associated with catching ague.
In the state of having a high fever accompanied by shaking or shivering.
aguie
akule
akule
noun
(Hawaii) The bigeye scad, Selar crumenophthalmus.
akure
alenu
aleus
aleut
aleut
Adjective
Of the Aleutian Islands, their inhabitants or their language.
Noun
A member of the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska in the United States and of Kamchatka Krai in the Russia.
A native or inhabitant of the Aleutian Islands.
Proper noun
The language of the Aleutian Islands, related to Eskimo (Inupiaq and Yupik).
alure
alure
noun
(obsolete) A walk or passage.
amelu
amuse
amuse
verb
(transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (an individual) with pleasing emotions.
(transitive, archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
(transitive, archaic) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.
amuze
amuze
verb
Obsolete form of amuse.
aperu
apure
aquae
aquae
noun
plural of aqua
areus
argue
argue
verb
(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.
(intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
(obsolete, transitive) To accuse.
(obsolete, transitive) To prove.
(transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
aruke
atule
atune
auber
auden
audie
audre
aueto
augen
auger
auger
noun
A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
verb
To proceed in the manner of an auger.
To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
auget
auget
noun
(mining) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied.
augie
aulae
aulae
noun
plural of aula
aulea
aurae
aurea
aurei
aurei
noun
plural of aureus
aurel
aures
aurie
autem
autem
adj
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Married.
noun
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A church.
autre
avoue
azure
azure
adj
(heraldry) In blazon, of the colour blue.
cloudless
sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky
noun
(countable and uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
(heraldry) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
(poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Ogyris.
Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus Celastrina.
Lapis lazuli.
azure (heraldry):
azure:
verb
(transitive) To colour blue.
bauer
bauge
baume
baure
beaus
beaut
beaut
adj
(dialectal, especially Australia) Beautiful, splendid.
noun
(informal) Something or someone that is physically attractive.
(informal) Something that is a remarkable example of its type.
a high-ranking Muslim woman, especially in South Asia
the form of address for such a woman
verb
(transitive) To daub or cover with gum.
begun
begun
verb
(obsolete or nonstandard) simple past tense of begin
past participle of begin
begut
bejou
beltu
belue
belus
bemud
bemud
verb
(transitive) To cover, bespatter, or befoul with mud.
(transitive, figuratively) To confuse; muddle.
bennu
benue
benue
Proper noun
A river in Cameroon and Nigeria, the major tributary of the Niger River.
bepun
berun
bevue
bevus
biune
biune
adj
Both two and one at the same time.
blaeu
blued
blued
adj
Having the property of having been chemically passivated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blue
bluer
bluer
adj
comparative form of blue: more blue
noun
(UK, school slang) A blue blazer, part of the school uniform at Harrow School.
(rare) Synonym of blue (“blue liquid added to laundry to prevent yellowing”)
blues
blues
noun
(Australian rules football) Carlton Football Club.
(drug slang) Any of various blue pills sold on the street, mimicking the appearance of prescription pain killer tablets but often laced with fentanyl that leads to overdose deaths (see opioid epidemic).
(music) A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.
(music, always singular) A musical composition following blues forms.
(rugby league) New South Wales.
(singular or plural, informal) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
(singular or plural, informal) The negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience or idea.
(soccer, Birmingham) Birmingham City FC.
(soccer, Liverpudlian) Everton FC.
(soccer, London) Chelsea FC.
(soccer, Manchester) Manchester City FC.
(usually in the plural, informal) A feeling of sadness or depression.
A uniform made principally of a blue fabric, and especially a full dress uniform thus colored.
plural of blue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blue
bluet
bluet
noun
Any of several different plants, from several genera, having bluish flowers.
Any of several small damselfly species, including the genera Coenagrion and Enallagma.
Centaurea, a plant genus in the family Asteraceae
Several plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, notably Houstonia and Oldenlandiopsis.
bluey
bluey
adj
Having a colour similar to blue.
noun
(Australia) A bluebottle.
(Australia, medicine) A disposable underpad.
(Australian slang) A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.
(Australian slang) A blue singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label.
(Australian slang) A bushman's blanket.
(Australian slang) A collection of clothes and other belongings rolled up into a bundle for carrying; a swag.
(Australian slang) A person with red hair.
(informal) A blue film.
(slang) The metal lead.
blume
bogue
bogue
noun
A bayou or waterway.
A species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic, Boops boops.
verb
(nautical) To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.
bouet
bouge
bouge
noun
(now historical) The right to rations at court, granted to the king's household, attendants etc.
verb
To bilge.
To swell out.
boule
boule
noun
(historical) A council of citizens in Ancient Greece
(woodworking) A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges.
(woodworking) Alternative form of buhl
A round loaf of bread.
A round piece of dough.
A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.
One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
verb
(transitive, cooking, rare, nonstandard) To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball.
bouse
bouse
noun
(obsolete) a carouse; a booze
(obsolete) drink, especially alcoholic drink
verb
(obsolete) To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze.
Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
Crude, unpolished.
Strong, blunt, and spontaneous.
Unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.
Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
noun
(archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.
(archaic, UK, Cambridge University slang) One who has not yet matriculated.
(film, television) A kind of powerful spotlight.
A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person.
verb
(transitive) To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
Obsolete spelling of bruit
buaer
buaze
buaze
noun
A strong fiber produced from Securidaca longipedunculata, a small tree of Africa.
buber
budde
budge
budge
adj
(obsolete) austere or stiff, like scholastics
noun
A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on, formerly used as an edging and ornament, especially on scholastic habits.
verb
(Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, western Canada) To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.
(intransitive) To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
(transitive) To move; to shift from a fixed position.
To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.
To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
buell
buena
bueno
buffe
buffe
noun
(historical) A piece of armor covering either the entire face, or the lower face together with a visor that covered the upper face, typically made of multiple lames that could be opened by being lowered (a falling buffe) or raised.
bugle
bugle
adj
(obsolete) jet-black
noun
A horn used by hunters.
A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.
A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series
A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes as a decorative trim
Anything shaped like a bugle, round or conical and having a bell on one end.
The sound of something that bugles.
verb
To announce, sing, or cry in the manner of a musical bugle.
bugre
buine
bulge
bulge
noun
(colloquial) The outline of male genitals visible through clothing.
(figurative) A sudden rise in value or quantity.
(nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
verb
(intransitive) To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
(intransitive) To stick out from (a surface).
bulse
bulse
noun
(now rare) A bag or package of diamonds, gold dust or other precious materials.
bunce
bunce
noun
(UK, Ireland, regional) A bonus; additional pay; money.
verb
(transitive, slang, archaic) To obtain money from, by trickery.
bunde
buote
burel
burel
noun
A coarse woolen cloth.
buren
buret
buret
noun
Alternative spelling of burette
burez
burge
burke
burke
noun
(Britain, slang) Alternative form of berk
verb
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To murder by suffocation.
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, historical) To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill in order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc.
burne
burne
verb
Obsolete spelling of burn
burse
burse
noun
(ecclesiastical) An ornamental case to hold the corporal when not in use.
(now chiefly historical) A purse.
(obsolete) A kind of bazaar.
(obsolete) A stock exchange; a bourse.
A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies.
bused
buses
buses
noun
plural of bus
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bus
busey
butea
buteo
buteo
noun
Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.
butes
butle
butle
verb
(rare) Alternative form of buttle.
butte
butte
noun
(US) An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
buyer
buyer
noun
(manufacturing) A person who purchases items consumed or used as components in the manufacture of products.
(retailing) A person who purchases items for resale in a retail establishment.
A person who makes one or more purchases.
buyse
caque
cause
cause
conj
Alternative form of 'cause; because
noun
(countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
(countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
(countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
(obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
(uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
verb
(ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
(obsolete) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
(transitive) To set off an event or action.
cebur
cebus
cecum
cecum
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of caecum
cequi
cetus
ceuta
ceuta
Proper noun
A Spanish enclave at the edge of Morocco.
cheju
cheux
chude
chuet
chuet
noun
(obsolete) minced meat
chuje
chuse
chuse
verb
Obsolete spelling of choose
chute
chute
noun
(informal) A parachute.
(nautical, slang, by extension) A spinnaker.
A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
A waterfall or rapid.
The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
verb
(informal, intransitive) To parachute.
cleuk
clued
clued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clue
clues
clues
noun
plural of clue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clue
clune
clute
clute
Proper noun
A city in Texas.
coeus
coeus
Proper noun
The Titan of intelligence; the father of Leto and Asteria.
cogue
cogue
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A small round wooden vessel for holding milk.
cohue
coque
coque
noun
A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.
coude
coupe
coupe
noun
(US, Canada, automotive) A car with two doors (variant of coupé).
A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling wine or desserts are served.
A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupé)
An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place.
An ice cream dessert served in a coupe glass; the glass it is served in.