(obsolete) Orchil, a violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, etc.
(obsolete) The lichen from which the dye is obtained.
archle
archly
archly
adv
In an arch manner; slyly.
bachel
balche
balche
noun
Alternative form of balché
baloch
baloch
Noun
A member of an Iranian people who primarily speak the Balochi language and inhabit Balochistan and other nearby areas.
baluch
blanch
blanch
verb
(intransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
(intransitive) To grow or become white.
(transitive) To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together
(transitive) To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
(transitive) To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding
(transitive) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
(transitive) To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices
(transitive, cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
(transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
To cause to turn aside or back.
To use evasion.
blatch
blatch
noun
(obsolete) Blacking, blackening.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.
blcher
bleach
bleach
adj
(archaic) Pale; bleak.
noun
(countable) A variety of bleach.
(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
A disease of the skin.
An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
verb
(intransitive) To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
(intransitive, biology, of corals) To lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
(transitive, figurative) To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.
blench
blench
noun
A deceit; a trick.
A sidelong glance.
verb
(intransitive) To fly off; to turn aside.
(intransitive) To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
(intransitive, of the eye) To quail.
(obsolete) To blanch.
(transitive) To deceive; cheat.
(transitive) To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.
(transitive) To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.
blotch
blotch
noun
(figuratively) Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain.
(slang) Blotting paper.
A bright or dark spot on old film caused by dirt and loss of the gelatin covering the film, due to age and poor film quality.
A dark spot on the skin; a pustule.
An irregularly shaped area.
An uneven patch of color or discoloration.
Any of various crop diseases that cause the plant to form spots.
verb
(intransitive) To develop blotches, to become blotchy.
(transitive) To mark with blotches.
cahill
calash
calash
noun
(historical) Alternative form of calèche (“type of carriage with low wheels”)
(now historical) A silk and whalebone hood worn by ladies to shade the face.
calche
calhan
caliph
caliph
noun
The political leader of the Muslim world; the successor of the prophet Muhammad's political authority.
caltha
caltha
noun
(botany) A plant of the genus Caltha; a marsh marigold.
cashel
cashel
noun
(historical) In early Ireland, a ringfort or a circular stone structure used for defense.
chagal
chagul
chalah
chalah
noun
Alternative spelling of challah
chaleh
chalet
chalet
noun
An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.
chalks
chalks
noun
plural of chalk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chalk
chalky
chalky
adj
(US, sports, chiefly basketball) Of a tournament: in which the favorites win, or expected to win, most of the games.
Consisting of or containing chalk.
Resembling chalk in some way.
challa
challa
noun
Alternative form of challah
chally
chalon
chalon
noun
(obsolete) A bed blanket.
chalot
chalta
chalta
noun
(India) The elephant apple (Dillenia indica) (tree or fruit).
chamal
chamal
noun
The Angora goat.
chanel
chapel
chapel
adj
(Wales) Describing a person who attends a nonconformist chapel.
noun
(UK) A trade union branch in printing or journalism.
(especially Christianity) A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.
A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services.
A place of worship in another building or within a civil institution such as a larger church, airport, prison, monastery, school, etc.; often primarily for private prayer.
A printing office.
verb
(nautical, transitive) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) to turn or make a circuit so as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.
(obsolete, transitive) To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine.
charil
charla
charlo
charyl
chaule
chavel
chavel
noun
(obsolete) The jaw, especially of an animal.
verb
(transitive, UK, dialectal) To chew.
chawle
chebel
chelae
chelae
noun
plural of chela
chelan
chelan
Proper noun
a city in Washington, USA.
chelas
chelem
chelem
noun
(card games) The act or contract for winning all, or almost all, of the possible tricks.
(sports) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
chello
chelsy
chelys
cheryl
chesil
chesil
noun
Alternative form of chessil
cheval
cheval
noun
(obsolete) Only in compounds : a horse; hence, a support or frame.
chibol
chibol
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of cibol (“spring onion; Welsh onion”)
chicle
chicle
noun
The milky latex of the sapodilla tree, used after coagulation as the principal ingredient of chewing gum
chicly
chicly
adv
In a chic or fashionable way
chield
chield
noun
(Scotland) A man; a fellow, chap.
chiels
chiels
noun
plural of chiel
chihli
childe
childe
noun
A child of noble birth.
The cognomen given to the oldest son prior to his taking his father's title.
childs
childs
noun
(nonstandard, rare) plural of child
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of child
chiles
chiles
noun
plural of chile
chilla
chilla
noun
The South American gray fox.
chilli
chilli
noun
Alternative spelling of chili
chillo
chills
chills
noun
(biology) A biological response to being tickled; being cold; or experiencing fear, euphoria or sexual arousal in which the person forms goose bumps.
(medicine) A feeling of being cold, a symptom of many conditions.
plural of chill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chill
chilly
chilly
adj
(figuratively) Distant and cool; unfriendly.
Cold enough to cause discomfort.
Feeling uncomfortably cold.
noun
Alternative spelling of chili.
chilon
chilte
chilte
noun
A Mexican spurge (Jatropha tepiquensis)
A latex / chicle obtained from this plant
chimla
chimla
noun
(Scotland, possibly obsolete) Chimney.
chinle
chinol
chiral
chiral
adj
that exhibits chirality (as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix)
chisel
chisel
noun
(usually in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.
A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end.
Gravel.
verb
(intransitive) To use a chisel.
(transitive) To work something with a chisel.
(transitive, intransitive, informal) To cheat, to get something from (someone) by cheating.
chital
chital
noun
a large spotted deer, of genus Axis, native to India and Sri Lanka
chiule
chkfil
chleuh
chlore
chlori
chloro
choile
cholam
cholee
choler
choler
noun
Anger or irritability.
One of the four humours of ancient physiology, also known as yellow bile.
cholic
cholic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to cholic acid or its derivatives.
Of or pertaining to bile.
noun
Obsolete spelling of colic (“abdominal distress”).
cholla
cholla
noun
Any of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments.
cholon
cholos
cholos
noun
plural of cholo
cholum
choral
choral
adj
Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus.
noun
Alternative form of chorale
choule
chulan
chulan
noun
The fragrant flowers of Chloranthus spicatus (formerly Chloranthus inconspicuus), used in China for perfuming tea.
chulha
chulha
noun
A traditional Indian earthen stove.
chullo
chullo
noun
A type of hat from Peru or Bolivia, usually made from wool or a similar fabric, and often having ear flaps that tie under the chin for warmth.
chulpa
churel
churel
noun
In Hindu folklore, the ghost of a low-caste woman who died during childbirth or menstruation.
churls
churls
noun
plural of churl
churly
churly
adj
(archaic) rude; churlish; violent
chyles
chyles
noun
plural of chyle
clachs
claith
clarhe
clashy
clashy
adj
(informal) that clash, that do not match or fit stylistically
(obsolete, regional) wet; rainy
noun
(archaic) A khalasi.
clatch
clatch
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A soft or sloppy lump or mass.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Anything put together or made in a careless or slipshod way.
(UK, Scotland, dialect, by extension) A sluttish or slipshod woman.
(UK, Scotland, dialect, historical) A kind of gig.
verb
(UK, Scotland, dialect, transitive, intransitive) To daub or smear, as with lime; to make or finish in a slipshod way.
cleach
cleche
clechy
cleech
clench
clench
noun
(archaic) A pun
(engineering) A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.
A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.
A tight grip.
verb
To close tightly.
To grip or hold fast.
cletch
cleuch
cleuch
noun
(Scotland) Alternative form of clough (“a ravine or gorge”)
cliche
cliche
noun
Alternative form of cliché
clichy
clinah
clinch
clinch
noun
(nautical) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
(obsolete) A pun.
(slang, archaic) A prison sentence.
(wrestling, combat sports) The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
A passionate embrace.
Any of several fastenings.
The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
verb
To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
To clasp; to interlock.
To embrace passionately.
To fasten securely or permanently.
To hold firmly; to clench.
To make certain; to finalize.
To set closely together; to close tightly.
clitch
clitch
verb
Alternative form of clutch
clithe
cloche
cloche
noun
(aviation, historical) An apparatus used in controlling certain aeroplanes, consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bell-shaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, etc.
A bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim.
A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
A tableware cover, often resembling a bell.
clothe
clothe
verb
(figurative) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
(transitive) To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
clotho
cloths
cloths
noun
plural of cloth
clothy
clothy
Adjective
Resembling cloth.
clough
clough
noun
(Northern England, US) A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
(dialectal) A wood; weald.
(dialectal) The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.
(historical) Alternative form of cloff (“allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight”)
A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
clovah
clunch
clunch
noun
(UK) A traditional building material mostly made of chalk or clay.
verb
(transitive) To grasp firmly; clench.
clutch
clutch
adj
(US, Canada) Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
noun
(US) An important or critical situation.
(by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
A difficult maneuver
A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
A group or bunch (of people or things).
A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
verb
(transitive) To hatch.
(video games) To win in a 1vX (one versus X) situation.
(video games, by extension) To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
To grip or grasp tightly.
To seize, as though with claws.
cochal
cochal
noun
The cactus Myrtillocactus cochal
coelho
coghle
coolth
coolth
noun
The state of being cool, temperature-wise; coolness.
cultch
cultch
noun
Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.
Rubbish; debris; refuse.
Young or seed oysters together with the shells and other objects to which they are usually attached.
cumhal
echola
echols
elchee
elchee
noun
Archaic form of elchi.
elechi
elench
elench
noun
(logic) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces or refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
(obsolete) A specious argument; a sophism.
eschel
eschel
noun
(military, rare or obsolete) A troop or company
Synonym of smalt
flanch
flanch
noun
(heraldry) A bearing consisting of a circle segment encroaching on the field from the side, and always occurring in pairs.
A flange.
fleche
fleche
noun
Alternative spelling of flèche
fleech
fleech
verb
(intransitive, Scotland) To use cajoling or flattering words; speak insincerely.
(transitive, Scotland) To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter.
flench
fletch
fletch
noun
(archery) The vane toward the back of an arrow, used to stabilise the arrow during flight.
(fisheries) A large boneless fillet of halibut, swordfish or tuna.
verb
(transitive) To feather, as an arrow.
flinch
flinch
noun
(croquet) The slipping of the foot from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
A reflexive jerking away.
verb
(croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe.
Alternative form of flense
To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
flitch
flitch
noun
A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber).
The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
verb
(transitive) To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.
flysch
flysch
noun
(geology) A series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.