(UK, obsolete, dialect) A place of shelter for cattle.
basho
basho
noun
(sumo) a sumo tournament of any kind
batch
batch
adj
Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.
noun
(Philippines) A graduating class; school class.
(UK, dialect, Midlands) A bread roll.
(by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
(computing) A set of data to be processed at one time.
(obsolete) The process of baking.
A bank; a sandbank.
A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.
A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
verb
(informal) To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married.
(transitive) To aggregate things together into a batch.
(transitive, computing) To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process.
batha
bathe
bathe
noun
(Britain, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.
verb
(figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.
(intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
(intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
(intransitive) To sunbathe.
(transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
(transitive) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.
She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.
baths
baths
noun
(UK) A building containing a public swimming pool or shower facilities; originally a place having individual cubicles where people without bathrooms could have a bath.
plural of bath
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bath
bauch
baugh
baugh
intj
Archaic form of bah.
bchar
beach
beach
noun
(UK dialectal, Sussex, Kent) The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
(motorsports, euphemistic) Synonym of gravel trap
(sports) A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand.
A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
verb
(intransitive) To run aground on a beach.
(of a vehicle) To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction.
(transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach.
beath
beath
verb
(transitive) To dry or heat (unseasoned) wood for the purpose of straightening it.
(transitive, dialectal) To bathe (with warm liquid); foment.
beche
becht
beech
beech
noun
A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
The wood of the beech tree.
beeth
beeth
verb
(obsolete) third-person singular simple present indicative of be.
behah
behan
behap
behap
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To happen.
behar
behav
behen
behen
noun
Behen album or white behen: a thistle native to western and central Asia, Centaurea behen
Behen officinarum: Cucubalis behen or Oberna behen, synonyms for Silene vulgaris
Behen rubrum or red behen: said in some sources to be Salvia haematodes (now Salvia pratensis subsp. haematodes), but in other sources to be Statice limonium, which is a synonym for Limonium vulgare.
behew
behew
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To carve; adorn; embellish.
behka
behre
bekah
bekah
noun
Alternative form of beka
bekha
belah
belah
noun
beefwood
belch
belch
noun
(obsolete) Malt liquor.
The sound one makes when belching.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise.
(transitive, intransitive) To expel (gas) loudly from the stomach through the mouth.
bench
bench
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.
(Australia, New Zealand) A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
(geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
(government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
(law) The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary.
(law, figuratively) The place where the judges sit.
(sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
(sports, figuratively) The number of players on a team able to participate, expressed in terms of length.
(surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
(weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.
A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
The dignity of holding an official seat.
verb
(slang) To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
(transitive and intransitive, colloquial) To lift by bench pressing
(transitive) To furnish with benches.
(transitive) To place on a bench or seat of honour.
(transitive, figuratively) To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
(transitive, sports) To remove a player from play.
Alternative spelling of bentsh
bensh
bergh
bergh
noun
(UK dialectal) A hill.
berth
berth
noun
(nautical) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
(sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
(sports) position on the field of play
A fixed bunk for sleeping (in caravans, trains, etc).
A job or position, especially on a ship.
A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.)
verb
(astronautics) To use a device to bring a spaceship into its berth/dock
(transitive) to assign a berth (bunk or position) to
(transitive) to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth/berthing
besht
bethe
bethe
noun
A unit of energy equivalent to 10⁵¹ ergs, or 10⁴⁴ joules.
beths
beths
noun
plural of beth
bhaga
bhalu
bhang
bhang
noun
(India, Kenya, Uganda, else slang) Cannabis and preparations thereof.
bhara
bhatt
bhatt
Proper noun
that is common in many ethnicities in India.
Traditionally among Brahmins, a Brahmin who has learned all the four Vedas.
bhava
bhava
noun
(Buddhism) A feeling or mood, especially one of maturation that arises from understanding of the continuity of life and death (reincarnation).
bhave
bhili
bhili
Proper noun
A Central Indo-Aryan language spoken in west-central India.
bhima
bhola
bhoot
bhoot
noun
(India) A supernatural creature, usually the ghost of a deceased person.
bhuts
bhuts
noun
plural of bhut
bichy
bigha
bigha
noun
(India) A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.
bight
bight
noun
(geography) A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.
A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
A curve in a rope
An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf
verb
(transitive) To arrange or fasten (a rope) in bights.
bihai
biham
bihar
bilch
bilsh
bimah
bimah
noun
Alternative spelling of bima
binah
birch
birch
noun
A birch-bark canoe.
A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
verb
To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
birth
birth
adj
A familial relationship established by childbirth.
noun
(countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
(countable) An instance of childbirth.
(uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life.
Misspelling of berth.
That which is born.
verb
(figuratively) To produce, give rise to.
To bear or give birth to (a child).
bitch
bitch
noun
(LGBT, slang, derogatory) An obviously gay man.
(UK, obsolete, university slang) Tea (the drink).
(archaic, offensive) A promiscuous woman, slut, whore.
(chess, slang, vulgar, offensive) A queen.
(colloquial, vulgar) A difficult or confounding problem.
(colloquial, vulgar, card games) A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.
(dated or specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.
(humorous, vulgar, colloquial, used with a possessive pronoun) Friend.
(obsolete, informal, of a man) A playful variation on dog (sense "man").
(vulgar, colloquial) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.
(vulgar, figurative) Something unforgiving and unpleasant.
(vulgar, informal, slang) Place; situation
(vulgar, offensive) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.
(vulgar, offensive) A man considered weak, effeminate, timid or pathetic in some way
(vulgar, offensive) A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship.
(vulgar, offensive) A woman.
verb
(vulgar, intransitive) To behave or act as a bitch.
(vulgar, intransitive) To criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected.
(vulgar, transitive) To spoil, to ruin.
blahs
blahs
noun
(with the) A feeling of boredom and no motivation; depression.
plural of blah
blash
bligh
bloch
bluhm
blush
blush
noun
(chiefly US) A pale pink wine made by removing the dark grape skins at the required point during fermentation.
(figuratively) Feeling or appearance of optimism.
(uncountable, countable) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.
A color between pink and cream.
A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.
An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame, modesty, etc.
The collective noun for a group of boys.
verb
(aviation, intransitive) Of dope or varnish: to develop an undesirable white precipitate on the surface, due to being applied in humid conditions.
(copulative) To change skin color in the face (to a particular shade).
(intransitive) To become red in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.
(intransitive) To become red.
(intransitive) To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers.
(intransitive, figuratively) To be ashamed or embarrassed (to do something).
(intransitive, obsolete) To glance with the eye, cast a glance.
(transitive) To express or make known by blushing.
(transitive) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make rosy.
blyth
blyth
Proper noun
a town and river in Northumberland, England,
a village in Nottinghamshire, England.
a river in Suffolk, England.
boche
boche
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Boche.
bodhi
bodhi
noun
(Buddhism) The state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and rebirth and leads to nirvana.
bohea
bohea
noun
A black tea from China.
bohme
bohol
bohol
Proper noun
The province of Bohol.
The island of Bohol.
bohon
bohor
bohun
boodh
booth
booth
noun
A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
An enclosed table with seats, as in a diner or café.
An enclosure for keeping animals.
An enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person.
borah
borgh
bosch
botch
botch
noun
(archaic) One who makes a mess of something.
(obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling.
A case or outbreak of boils or sores.
A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge.
A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
verb
(transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something
To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
To repair or mend clumsily.
botha
bothe
bothe
det
Obsolete spelling of both
bothy
bothy
noun
(Scotland, Ireland, Northumbria) A small cottage, especially one for communal use in remote areas by labourers or farmhands.
bouch
bough
bough
noun
(obsolete, figuratively, poetic) A gallows.
A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
bphil
brach
brach
noun
(archaic) A hound; especially a female hound used for hunting, a bitch hound.
(archaic, derogatory) A despicable or disagreeable woman.
(paleontology, informal) brachiopod
brahe
brahm
brash
brash
adj
(US, colloquial, dated) Brittle (said e.g. of wood or vegetables).
(of actions) Overly bold, impetuous or rash.
(of people or behaviour) Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.
(of things) Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way.
noun
(geology) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
(obsolete) An attack or assault.
A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
A sudden burst of rain.
Broken fragments of ice.
Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To disturb.
breth
brith
broch
broch
noun
(archaeology) A type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-layered walls found on Orkney, Shetland, in the Hebrides and parts of the Scottish mainland.
brogh
broth
broth
noun
(countable) A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.
(uncountable) Water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled.
bruch
brugh
bruhn
brush
brush
noun
(North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in making wreaths.
(archaic) A short contest, or trial, of speed.
(computer graphics) A set of defined design and parameters that produce drawn strokes of a certain texture and quality.
(computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
(music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
(poker, slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
(uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.
(video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
(zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
The act of brushing something.
The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
verb
(intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.
(transitive) To apply with a brush.
(transitive) To clean with a brush.
(transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
(transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
(transitive, intransitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
bsche
bsgph
bshec
bshed
bshyg
bsphn
buchu
buchu
noun
(South Africa) Medicinal leaves from the shrub that are often used in brandy; this is an old Dutch medicine.
A South African shrub in the genus Agathosma.
buddh
bught
buhls
buhls
noun
plural of buhl
buhrs
bumph
bumph
noun
Alternative form of bumf
bunch
bunch
noun
(US, informal) A considerable amount.
(cycling) The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.
(forestry) A group of logs tied together for skidding.
(geology, mining) An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.
(informal) An unmentioned amount; a number.
(smoking) An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.
(textiles) The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle.
A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
An informal body of friends.
verb
(intransitive) To be gathered together in folds
(intransitive) To form a bunch.
(intransitive) To protrude or swell
(transitive) To gather fabric into folds.
(transitive) To gather into a bunch.
bundh
bundh
noun
(India) Alternative form of bund (pond)
burch
burgh
burgh
noun
(Sussex) a small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names).
(UK) a borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland).
busch
bushi
bushy
bushy
adj
(ethnic slur, offensive) Derogatory word used to refer to Afro-textured Hair.
Growing thickly.
Like a bush in having many widely spread branches.
butch
butch
adj
(slang, originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
noun
(slang, LGBT, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.
byrrh
cache
cache
noun
(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
(geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
Misspelling of cachet.
verb
(transitive) To place in a cache.
(transitive, computing) To store data in a cache.
cahan
cahiz
cahiz
noun
(historical) A traditional measure of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a cahiz of seed.
(historical) A traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 665.8 L.
cahot
cahow
cahow
noun
An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird, Pterodroma cahow, from Bermuda; the Bermuda petrel.
cahra
cahuy
calah
canch
caphs
caphs
noun
plural of caph
casha
catch
catch
noun
(countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
(countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
(countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
(countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
(countable) Something which is captured or caught.
(countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
(countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
(countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
(countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
(countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
(countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
(countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
(countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
(countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
(countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
(countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
(obsolete) A state of readiness to capture or seize; an ambush.
(obsolete) A type of strong boat, usually having two masts; a ketch.
(uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
A slight remembrance; a trace.
Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
verb
(intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
(intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
(intransitive) To get pregnant.
(intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
(intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
(intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
(intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
(transitive) Of fire, to spread or be conveyed to.
(transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or infection.
(transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
(transitive) To be hit by something.
(transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
(transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
(transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
(transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
(transitive) To charm or entrance.
(transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
(transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
(transitive) To grip or entangle.
(transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
(transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
(transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
(transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
(transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
(transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
(transitive) To travel by means of.
(transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
(transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
(transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
(transitive, dated) To grab, seize, take hold of.
(transitive, figuratively, dated) To marry or enter into a similar relationship with.
(transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
(transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
(transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
(transitive, now rare) To seize (an opportunity) when it occurs.
(transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
(transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
(transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
catha
cathe
cathi
cathi
Proper noun
A 20th century spelling variant of Cathy, diminutive of the female given name Catherine.
cathy
cathy
Proper noun
name and of its variant forms, also used as a formal given name in the 20th century.
cauch
cechy
chace
chace
noun
(obsolete) A chase.
verb
(obsolete) To chase; to pursue.
chack
chack
noun
A snack or light hasty meal.
verb
(ice-skating) To not broadcast a medal-winning or otherwise memorable or crucial figure skating performance. This only occurs in a live broadcast because the network has to decide which programs to show and which to cut in the interest of time. If a skater is low in the rankings and several big names are set to skate later, that performance may be cut.
Of birds: to make a sudden harsh call.
To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.
chaco
chaco
noun
Alternative form of shako
chadd
chads
chads
noun
plural of chad
chafe
chafe
noun
(archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
Heat excited by friction.
Injury or wear caused by friction.
Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
verb
(intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
(intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
(transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
(transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
(transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
chaff
chaff
noun
(figurative) Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
(military) Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.
Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
verb
(intransitive) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
(transitive) To cut up (straw or hay) for use as cattle feed.
(transitive) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
chaft
chaft
noun
(dialect, Scotland, Northern England) The jaw.
chaga
chaga
noun
A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.
The irregular conk of this fungus, used in East European folk medicine to treat a number of conditions.
chaim
chain
chain
noun
(Britain) A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
(chemistry) A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
(mathematics, set theory, order theory) A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
(nautical, in the plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
(surveying) A long measuring tape.
(surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
(weaving) The warp threads of a web.
A livery collar, a chain of office.
A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
A series of interconnected things.
A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links.
That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
verb
(computing) To be chained to another data item.
(computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
(figurative) To connect as if with a chain, due to dependence, addiction, or other feelings
(figurative) To obligate.
(intransitive) To link multiple items together.
(transitive) To fasten something with a chain.
(transitive) To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
(transitive) To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
(transitive) To secure someone with fetters.
(transitive, computing, rare, associated with Acorn Computers) To load and automatically run (a program).
chair
chair
noun
(chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
(education) A distinguished professorship at a university.
(music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
(often with definite article, also written Chair) Clipping of chairperson.
(rail transport) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.
(slang, with the) Ellipsis of electric chair. (the execution device).
A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
verb
(transitive) To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
(transitive) To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
(transitive, Wales, UK) To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
chais
chais
noun
plural of chai
chait
chaja
chaja
noun
A Brazilian bird, the crested screamer, often domesticated and used to guard poultry.