(intransitive, obsolete) To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from.
(transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
(transitive) To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
(transitive, canon law, obsolete) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
(transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To fill with horror or disgust.
abmho
abmho
noun
(electricity) A unit of measurement (10⁹ mhos) in the centimeter-gram-second scale used to measure conductance
abohm
abohm
noun
(dated) A unit of electrical resistance equal to one billionth of an ohm (10⁻⁹ ohms), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
achoo
achoo
intj
(onomatopoeia) The sound of a sneeze.
noun
The sound of a sneeze.
verb
(colloquial) To sneeze loudly; to make an "achoo" sound.
achor
achor
noun
(obsolete, pathology) dandruff (or similar condition)
agoho
agoho
noun
(Philippines) The tree Casuarina equisetifolia.
ahola
ahold
ahold
adv
(nautical, obsolete) (of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.
noun
(informal) A hold, grip, grasp.
aholt
ahong
ahouh
ahoys
ahoys
noun
plural of ahoy
ahron
aloha
aloha
intj
(chiefly Hawaii) Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye.
noun
(Hawaii) An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).
(Hawaii) Good wishes, love.
altho
altho
conj
(informal, chiefly US) Alternative spelling of although
aroph
aroph
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) Any of various medical remedies.
ashok
ashot
athol
athos
athos
Proper noun
one of the Gigantes
A peninsula in Greece containing Mount Athos
azoch
azoth
azoth
noun
(alchemy) The first principle of metals, that is, mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them.
The universal remedy of Paracelsus.
bahoe
bahoo
bahoo
noun
Alternative form of bahu
basho
basho
noun
(sumo) a sumo tournament of any kind
bhola
bhoot
bhoot
noun
(India) A supernatural creature, usually the ghost of a deceased person.
bloch
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.
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.
cahot
cahow
cahow
noun
An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird, Pterodroma cahow, from Bermuda; the Bermuda petrel.
chaco
chaco
noun
Alternative form of shako
chaon
chaos
chaos
noun
(fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law.
(mathematics) A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.
(obsolete) A vast chasm or abyss.
(obsolete, rare) A given medium; a space in which something exists or lives; an environment.
Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.
The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
charo
chego
chiao
chico
chico
noun
(American Southwest, chiefly in the plural) Sweet corn that has been cooked and dried on the cob.
(Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American boy; a Latino.
The fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.
chilo
chino
chino
noun
A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.
chios
chiot
chiou
chiro
chiro
noun
(informal, countable) A chiropractor.
(informal, uncountable) Chiropractic.
chloe
chlor
choak
choak
verb
Obsolete form of choke.
choca
chock
chock
adv
(nautical) Entirely; quite.
noun
(nautical) Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.
(obsolete) An encounter.
Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To fill up, as a cavity.
(nautical) To insert a line in a chock.
(obsolete) To encounter.
(transitive) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
To make a dull sound.
choco
choco
noun
(Australia, obsolete) A militiaman or conscript; chocolate soldier.
(Australia, slang) A person with dark skin tone.
(Australia, slang) An army reservist.
Clipping of chocolate.
choel
choes
choes
noun
plural of chous
choga
choga
noun
A long-sleeved Afghan garment generally made of soft woollen material and embroidered on the sleeves and shoulders.
choil
choil
noun
(on fixed-blade knives) The portion where the heel meets the bolster.
(on folding knives) The indentation of a pocket-knife blade where it joins the tang.
An unsharpened portion of a knife blade at the base of the blade, near the handle of the knife.
The region of a knife where such a portion is, or would be if it existed; the region may be arranged as a grip, guard, or combination thereof (a finger choil), or it may be a notch demarking the end of the sharpened edge (a sharpening choil).
choir
choir
noun
(Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
(architecture) The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.
A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.
verb
(intransitive) To sing in concert.
choke
choke
noun
(electronics) A choking coil.
(sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
verb
(golf, baseball, transitive) To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
(intransitive) To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
(intransitive) To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
(intransitive, colloquial) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
(intransitive, fluid mechanics, of a duct) To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
(transitive) To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
(transitive) To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
(transitive) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
(transitive) To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
(transitive) To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
(transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
(transitive) To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
(transitive) To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
choko
choko
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A chayote.
A small handleless cup in which saké is served.
choky
choky
adj
Alternative form of chokey
chola
chola
noun
A female cholo (Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody with similar characteristics).
chold
choli
choli
noun
(fashion) A short-sleeved blouse worn under a sari; an Indian underbodice.
cholo
cholo
noun
(derogatory) A Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody perceived to embody similar characteristics.
chomp
chomp
noun
(computing, rare) A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits, which can represent any of 65536 distinct values.
The act of chomping (see below)
verb
(computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).
(intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
chong
chonk
chonk
adj
(slang, of an animal) Adorably fat or large.
noun
(slang) An adorably fat or large creature, particularly a cat.
Alternative form of chank (“type of shell”)
chook
chook
intj
(Australia) A call made to chickens.
An imitation of the call of a chicken.
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) A chicken, especially a hen.
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking.
(Australia, dated) A fool.
choom
choom
noun
(New Zealand, Australia, dated, informal) An Englishman.
choop
chopa
chops
chops
noun
(Nigeria, slang) Food.
(plural only, informal) One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency.
(plural only, juggling) A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.
(plural only, nautical) The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.
(plural only, slang) One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery (originally of jazz); musical performance ability.
(slang) Jaws, mouth.
plural of chop
verb
Alternative form of chopse
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chop
chora
chord
chord
noun
(aeronautics) The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.
(anatomy) A cord.
(computing) A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.
(engineering) A horizontal member of a truss.
(geometry) A straight line between two points of a curve.
(graph theory) An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle.
(music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
(nautical) An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech.
(rail transport) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.
The string of a musical instrument.
verb
(music) To accord; to harmonize together.
(transitive) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
(transitive) To write chords for.
chore
chore
noun
(obsolete) A choir or chorus.
A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.
verb
(Scotland, dialect) To steal.
(US, dated) To do chores.
chort
chorz
chose
chose
noun
(law) A thing; personal property.
verb
(colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of choose
simple past tense of choose
simple past tense of chuse
chosn
chots
chott
chott
noun
(geology) A dry salt lake, in the Saharan area of Africa, that stays dry in the summer but receives some water in the winter.
choup
chous
chous
noun
A squat, rounded form of oenochoe with a trefoil mouth.
chout
chout
noun
(British India, history) An assessment equal to a quarter of the revenue, levied by the Marathas from other Indian kingdoms as compensation for being exempted from plunder.
choux
choux
noun
plural of chou
chowk
chowk
noun
(India, Pakistan) A courtyard.
(India, Pakistan) A marketplace or open area in a city or village.
(India, Pakistan) An intersection or roundabout, where tracks or roads cross (often used in place names).
chows
chows
noun
plural of chow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chow
choya
chron
chron
noun
(geology) A period of time between two geomagnetic reversals.
chyou
closh
closh
noun
(obsolete) The game of ninepins.
A disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis; founder.
cloth
cloth
noun
(countable) A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
(countable, uncountable) A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
(in idioms) Priesthood, clergy.
(metaphoric) Appearance; seeming.
(metaphoric) Substance or essence; the whole of something complex.
A form of attire that represents a particular profession or status.
Specifically, a tablecloth, especially as spread before a meal or removed afterwards.
coach
coach
adv
(chiefly US) Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section.
noun
(Britain, Australia) A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
(chiefly US) The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.
(chiefly US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.
(nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
(originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor.
(rail transport, UK, Australia) A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
verb
(intransitive) To study under a tutor.
(intransitive) To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
(intransitive, sports) To train.
(transitive) To convey in a coach.
(transitive) To instruct; to train.
cohan
cohby
cohen
cohen
noun
A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest Aaron, brother of Moses.
cohin
cohla
cohob
cohog
cohog
noun
(US, Dartmouth College, 1970s, slang, derogatory) A co-ed.
cohol
cohos
cohos
noun
plural of coho
cohow
cohue
conah
conch
conch
noun
(architecture) The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”)
The shell of this sea animal.
verb
To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.
To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
cooch
cooch
noun
(US, obsolete) The hootchy-kootchy, a type of erotic dance.
(chiefly US, slang) The vagina or vulva.
cooth
copht
corah
corah
adj
(of Indian silk) plain, undyed
noun
A plain, undyed Indian silk.
cotch
cotch
verb
(Jamaica, intransitive) To prop, lean, rest.
(Jamaica, slang, intransitive) To hang out or chill out.
Pronunciation spelling of caught / (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of catch
cothe
cothe
noun
Alternative form of coath
cothy
couch
couch
noun
(art, painting and gilding) A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
(brewing) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
(metonymically, usually as "the couch") Psychotherapy.
A bed, a resting-place.
An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
The den of an otter.
verb
(archaic) To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.
(ophthalmology, transitive) In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with a sharp object such as a needle. The technique is regarded as largely obsolete.
(paper-making, transitive) To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
(sewing, transitive) To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
(transitive) To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
(transitive) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
(transitive) To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
(transitive) To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
cough
cough
noun
A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.
A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame.
verb
(intransitive) To make a noise like a cough.
(intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
(transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.
couth
couth
adj
(obsolete) Familiar, known; well-known, renowned.
Agreeable, friendly, pleasant.
Comfortable; cosy, snug.
Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.
noun
(rare) A person with social graces; a refined or sophisticated person.
Social grace, refinement, sophistication; etiquette, manners.
depoh
dhlos
dhobi
dhobi
noun
A laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman, in India and Pakistan.
dhoby
dhoby
noun
Alternative form of dhobi
dhole
dhole
noun
An Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus.
dhoni
dhoni
noun
A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives.
dhoon
dhoon
noun
(India, chiefly in the plural) Any of the flat valleys lying parallel to the base of the Himalayas, and between the rise of that mountain mass and the low tertiary ranges known as the sub-Himalayan or Sivalik Hills, or rather between the interior and exterior of these ranges.
dhoti
dhoti
noun
(countable) A long loincloth worn by men in India.
(countable, uncountable) The cotton fabric used for such loincloths.
dhoty
dhoul
dhows
dhows
noun
plural of dhow
doeth
dolph
domph
dough
dough
noun
A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.