(transitive, archaic) To blacken; to smear with blacking; to stain or mark with soot or coal.
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.
caltha
caltha
noun
(botany) A plant of the genus Caltha; a marsh marigold.
chalet
chalet
noun
An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.
chalot
chalta
chalta
noun
(India) The elephant apple (Dillenia indica) (tree or fruit).
chilte
chilte
noun
A Mexican spurge (Jatropha tepiquensis)
A latex / chicle obtained from this plant
chital
chital
noun
a large spotted deer, of genus Axis, native to India and Sri Lanka
claith
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.
cletch
clitch
clitch
verb
Alternative form of clutch
clithe
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
glitch
glitch
noun
(astronomy, countable) A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.
(countable) A problem affecting function.
(countable, informal, engineering) An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.
(uncountable, music) A genre of experimental electronic music since the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise.
(video games) A bug or an exploit.
verb
(intransitive, especially of machines) To experience an unexpected, typically intermittent malfunction.
(intransitive, video games) To perform an exploit or recreate a bug while playing a video game.
glutch
glutch
noun
(Britain, dialect) A mouthful.
verb
(Britain, dialect) To swallow.
klatch
klatch
noun
An informal social gathering, especially one held over coffee for the purpose of conversation.
lecthi
lecyth
letchy
letchy
adj
Alternative form of lechy
lichts
litchi
litchi
noun
Synonym of lychee
lithic
lithic
adj
(archaeology, often capitalised) pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE
(geology) Relating to rock
(inorganic chemistry) Relating to lithium
(medicine) Relating to the formation of uric acid concretions (stones) in the bladder and other parts of the body
Relating to stone
noun
(anthropology) A stone tool or projectile
(geology) A lithic fragment: a piece of another rock eroded down to sand size.
A medicine that prevents stone in the bladder.
platch
plitch
plotch
schilt
slatch
slatch
noun
(nautical) The loose part of a rope; slack.
An interval of good weather.
The period of a transitory breeze.
slicht
slicht
adj
(regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality (as, goods).
slitch
slitch
noun
(now chiefly dialectal, rare) Fine mud; silt; slake.
(slang, nonce word) A slutty bitch.
slutch
slutch
noun
(UK, dialect) Slush.
talich
taulch
tchula
thecal
thecal
adj
Of or pertaining to a theca.
Possessing a theca.
thecla
tichel
tichel
noun
A headscarf worn by married orthodox Jewish women in compliance with the code of modesty known as tzeniut.