(now rare, historical) A canopy, especially one over a bed or altar.
cerule
cerule
adj
(poetic) Cerulean.
chaule
chiule
chleuh
choule
churel
churel
noun
In Hindu folklore, the ghost of a low-caste woman who died during childbirth or menstruation.
claque
claque
noun
(collective) A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo.
A group of fawning admirers.
A group of people who pre-arrange among themselves to express strong support for an idea, so as to give the false impression of a wider consensus.
claude
clause
clause
noun
(grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is (subordinate) dependent.
(grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.
(law) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.
verb
(transitive, shipping) To amend (a bill of lading or similar document).
clerum
clerus
cletus
cleuch
cleuch
noun
(Scotland) Alternative form of clough (“a ravine or gorge”)
cleuks
clique
clique
noun
(Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
(graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
verb
(intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.
cloque
cloque
noun
A fabric with an embossed design
clouee
clouet
clumse
clumse
adj
benumbed, as with cold
idle; lazy; loutish
noun
A stupid fellow; numbskull
verb
(dialectal, Scotland) To die of thirst
(intransitive) To be numb or benumbed; be stiffened or paralysed with cold or fear
(transitive) To numb; benumb; stiffen or paralyse with cold or fear
clupea
cluppe
coleur
coleus
coleus
noun
Any of certain plants in the mint family, many used as ornamentals for their colorful, variegated leaves, sometime included in genus Plectranthus (spurflowers), sometimes in their own genus Coleus,
especially, Plectranthus scutellarioides, also known as Coleus scutellarioides and Coleus blumei.
colure
colure
noun
(astronomy) Either of two great circles (meridians) that intersect at the poles and either the equinoxes or solstices.
conule
conule
noun
(dentistry) A small cusp
A conical elevation of the surface of some sponges
coulee
coulee
noun
(Mississippi Delta region) A reach of water in a bayou that is like a slough but deeper.
(US) A deep gulch or ravine, frequently dry in summer.
(geology) A lava flow.
A stream.
coulie
couple
couple
adj
(informal, US) Two or (a) small number of.
det
(colloquial, US) Two or a few, a small number of.
noun
(architecture) A couple-close.
(informal) A small number.
(physics) A turning effect created by forces that sum to zero in magnitude but produce a non-zero external torque.
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
verb
(intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
(transitive) To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.
(transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
(transitive, dated) To join in wedlock; to marry.
coutel
crudle
crudle
verb
Obsolete form of cruddle.
cruels
cruels
noun
Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.
cucule
cuddle
cuddle
noun
A snuggle; an affectionate embrace, often given to family members and close friends.
verb
(intransitive) To embrace affectionately; to lie together snugly.
(transitive) To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.
To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
cudgel
cudgel
noun
(figurative) Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another.
A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
verb
To exercise (one's wits or brains).
To strike with a cudgel.
cuffle
cuitle
culdee
culdee
Noun
One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
culets
culets
noun
plural of culet
culett
culeus
culeus
noun
(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1600 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 520 L although differing slightly over time.
(historical, law) A Roman punishment—chiefly for parricide—involving blindfolding, beating, confinement to a leather sack, and drowning in a river or sea.
culgee
culled
culled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cull
cullen
culler
culler
noun
An inspector who selects wares suitable for market.
One who kills animals to keep their numbers down.
cullet
cullet
noun
A small central plane in the back of a cut gem.
Scrap glass which is melted down for reuse.
culley
cullie
culmed
culmen
culmen
noun
(zoology) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.
Top; summit.
culpae
culpae
noun
plural of culpa
culpeo
culpeo
noun
Lycalopex culpaeus, a canid native to the Andes region of South America.
culter
culter
noun
Obsolete form of colter.
culver
culver
noun
(now UK, south and east dialect or poetic) A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
A culverin, a kind of handgun or cannon.
cumble
cuneal
cuneal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cuneus.
shaped like a wedge; cuneiform
cupels
cupels
noun
plural of cupel
cupule
cupule
noun
Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies.
curdle
curdle
verb
(transitive) To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly
(transitive, intransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
(transitive, intransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
curled
curled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curl
curler
curler
noun
(soccer) A pass or a shot of the ball which swerves.
A sportsman who plays curling.
curlew
curlew
noun
(Australia) A stone curlew.
Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.
curley
curpel
curple
curple
noun
(transferred) The buttocks, the posterior.
The hindquarters or the rump of a horse, a strap under the girth of a horse's saddle to stop the saddle from kicking forward
curule
curule
adj
Designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome.
curvle
cutely
cutely
adv
In a cute manner
cutler
cutler
noun
One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery.
cutlet
cutlet
noun
A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken, or beef) cut from the side of an animal.
A piece of fish that has been cut perpendicular to the spine, rather than parallel (as with a fillet); often synonymous with steak.
A prawn or shrimp with its head and outer shell removed, leaving only the flesh and tail.
A thin slice of meat, usually fried.
cuttle
cuttle
noun
(obsolete) A foul-mouthed fellow.
(obsolete) A knife.
Synonym of cuttlefish
cuyler
cymule
cymule
noun
(botany) A small cyme, or one with very few flowers.
deflux
deflux
noun
(obsolete) downward flow
defoul
defoul
verb
(obsolete) To defile the chastity of; to debauch, to rape.
(obsolete) To oppress, keep down.
(obsolete) To physically crush or break.
(obsolete) To trample underfoot.
deglut
deglut
verb
(medicine) To be swallowed
dehull
dehull
verb
(transitive) To remove the hull (covering of a seed or fruit) from.
delium
delius
delogu
deloul
deloul
noun
A breed of dromedary used for rapid travel; a swift camel.
deluce
delude
delude
verb
(transitive) To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
(transitive, obsolete) To frustrate or disappoint.
deluge
deluge
noun
(firefighting) A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
A great flood or rain.
An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
verb
(transitive) To flood with water.
(transitive) To overwhelm.
deluxe
deluxe
adj
Very fine in quality or luxurious.
devaul
dezful
dillue
dilute
dilute
adj
Having a low concentration.
Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
noun
An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
verb
(intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
(transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
(transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
dobule
dobule
noun
(archaic) A common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
donelu
double
double
adj
(music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
(music) Of time, twice as fast.
Designed for two users.
False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
Folded in two; composed of two layers.
Having two aspects; ambiguous.
Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
Of twice the quantity.
Stooping; bent over.
adv
Twice over; twofold; doubly.
Two together; two at a time. (especially in see double)
noun
(Christianity) A double feast.
(baseball) A two-base hit.
(billiards) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
(bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
(computing, programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
(darts) A hit on this ring.
(darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
(dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
(historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
(historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
(music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
(rowing) A boat for two scullers.
(soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
(sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
(sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
A drink with two portions of alcohol.
A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”)
Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
verb
(baseball) To get a two-base hit.
(billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
(bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
(card games, intransitive) To double down.
(espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
(intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
(intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
(intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
(military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
(music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
(music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
(nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
(radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
(theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
(transitive with as) To serve a second role or have a second purpose.
(transitive) (often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
(transitive) (sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
(transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
(transitive) To multiply by two.
(transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
(transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
(transitive, intransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
doudle
doulce
drupel
drupel
noun
Synonym of drupelet
duddle
dudler
dudley
dudley
Proper noun
A town and borough in the West Midlands, England.
notably of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I.
name, transferred use of the surname since the nineteenth century.
dueful
dueful
adj
(archaic) Suitable, appropriate.
dueled
dueler
dueler
noun
a person who fights a duel
duelli
duelli
noun
plural of duello
duello
duello
noun
(obsolete) A duel.
duffel
duffel
noun
(US, colloquial) Outfit or supplies, collectively; kit.
A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.
duffle
duffle
noun
Alternative spelling of duffel
dukely
dulcea
dulcet
dulcet
adj
(archaic) Sweet to the taste.
Generally pleasing; agreeable.
Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
dulcie
dulcle
duleba
dulled
dulled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dull
duller
duller
adj
comparative form of dull: more dull
noun
One who, or that which, dulls.
dulles
dulsea
dulses
dulses
noun
plural of dulse
dultie
dumble
dumble
noun
(East Yorkshire) The club rush.
(Nottinghamshire) A dale with a stream.
dummel
dumple
dumple
verb
(transitive) To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another.
dunkle
duntle
duplet
duplet
noun
(beekeeping, archaic) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.
(music) A tuplet of two notes played in the time of three.
A group of two things.
duplex
duplex
adj
(architecture) Having two floors
(architecture) Having two units, divisions, suites, apartments
(soil science) Having horizons with contrasting textures.
(telecommunications) Bidirectional (in two directions).
noun
(US) A dwelling unit with two floors
(US, Canada) A house made up of two dwelling units.
(biochemistry) A double-stranded polynucleotide.
(geology) A system of multiple thrust faults bounded above and below by a roof thrust and floor thrust.
(juggling) A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
(philately) A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.
verb
(juggling) To make a series of duplex throws.
To make duplex.
To make into a duplex.
duscle
earful
earful
noun
(informal) an angry reprimand, castigation or telling off
(informal) intimate gossip
ebulus
ecclus
efflux
efflux
noun
That which has flowed out.
verb
(intransitive) To run out; to flow forth.
(intransitive, obsolete) To pass away.
ekuele
ekuele
noun
Alternative form of ekwele
elanus
elatus
elbrus
elbrus
Proper noun
An inactive volcano located in the western Caucasus mountain range, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, near the border of Georgia. Mt. Elbrus's highest peak is the highest mountain in the Caucasus, in Russia.
elbruz
elbuck
elburn
elburr
elburt
eldwun
eleuin
elkuma
eluant
eluant
noun
Alternative spelling of eluent
the product of elution
eluard
eluate
eluate
noun
A liquid solution that results from elution
verb
To subject or be subjected to elution
elucid
eluded
eluded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of elude
eluder
eluder
noun
Agent noun of elude; one who eludes.
eludes
eludes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elude
eluent
eluent
noun
(analytical chemistry) In chromatography, a solvent used in order to effect separation by elution.
eluted
eluted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of elute
elutes
elutes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elute