A Jewish woman who is trapped in a marriage from which she cannot escape, either because her husband has disappeared or because he will not grant her a gett.
ahoufe
ahuaca
ahuula
ainhum
ainhum
noun
(medicine) A painful constriction of the base of the fifth toe, frequently followed by autoamputation, occurring predominantly in black Africans and their descendants.
akhund
akhund
noun
(chiefly historical) A spiritual leader in Persia, parts of Central Asia and Xinjiang, China.
(colloquial, Central Asia or Xinjiang) Uyghur; Dungan; Hui Muslim
ambush
ambush
noun
An attack launched from a concealed position.
The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.
The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
verb
(transitive) To attack by ambush; to waylay.
(transitive) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
anahau
aneuch
ankush
anthus
arthur
arthur
Proper noun
A village in Illinois
A city in Iowa
A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada
A village in Nebraska
A ghost town in Nevada
A city in North Dakota
A town and a community in Wisconsin
Noun
Guinness stout.
arusha
arusha
Proper noun
A city in northeastern Tanzania.
ashkum
asouth
asshur
aughts
aughts
adj
From or evoking the first through tenth years of a century (chiefly the 2000s).
noun
The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero; the noughties.
auhuhu
auhuhu
noun
(Hawaii) The flowering plant Tephrosia purpurea.
auroch
auroch
noun
Alternative spelling of aurochs
aushar
authon
author
author
noun
(obsolete) One's authority for something: an informant.
(obsolete, criminal law) Principal.
Someone who writes books for a living.
The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
verb
(chiefly US, sometimes proscribed) To create a work as its author.
avouch
avouch
noun
(obsolete) evidence; declaration
verb
To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.
To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of.
To declare freely and openly; to assert.
avruch
bahuma
bahuts
bahuts
noun
plural of bahut
bahutu
baluch
bandhu
baruch
bashuk
bauchi
bausch
behlau
behung
behung
adj
Draped; ornamented with something hanging.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behang
benhur
beulah
bhikku
bhudan
bhumij
bhungi
bhutan
bhutia
bhutto
blueth
blueth
noun
(rare) The state of being blue; blueness.
bluish
bluish
adj
(figuratively) Somewhat depressed; sad.
Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.
blusht
blusht
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of blush
blushy
blushy
adj
(of a person) Embarrassed, blushing; feeling as though one might blush.
Suffused with blushes or blushlike hues.
bochum
bochum
Proper noun
a city in western Germany
bochur
bohunk
bohunk
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A brawny or coarse person.
(Canada, US, ethnic slur) An immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated.
bouche
bouche
noun
(obsolete) An allowance of food and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman's palace or at court.
Alternative form of bush (a lining)
verb
Alternative form of bush (to line)
boughs
boughs
noun
plural of bough
bought
bought
noun
(obsolete) A bend or hollow in a human or animal body.
(obsolete) A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle.
(obsolete) A curve or bend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature.
(obsolete) A fold, bend, or coil in a tail, snake's body etc.
(obsolete) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buy.
boughy
boughy
adj
Full of boughs.
brahui
brahui
Proper noun
a pastoral people of Eastern Baluchistan
the Dravidian language of this people
brough
brughs
brunch
brunch
noun
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
verb
To eat brunch.
brushy
brushy
adj
Having a similar texture to a fox’s tail; brushlike, bushy.
Of the countryside: having thick vegetation, taller than grass but shorter than trees; having abundant brush; shrubby.
buchan
buchan
Proper noun
an administrative district in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
and (Clan Buchan). Of note is John Buchan, the author.
bucher
buddah
buddha
buddha
noun
(informal, uncountable) marijuana
A human being who has become enlightened. (in Buddhism)
A statue or image of the Buddha.
buddhi
buddhi
noun
(Hinduism) A transpersonal faculty of mind higher than the rational mind that might be translated as ‘intuitive intelligence’ or simply ‘higher mind’. It is ‘that which knows’, ie. able to discern truth from falsehood.
bueche
bugsha
bugsha
noun
Alternative form of buqsha
buhler
bukshi
bukshi
noun
(historical) The paymaster in native Indian states.
bumphs
bunche
bunchy
bunchy
adj
Having, or growing in bunches.
bunyah
bunyah
noun
Alternative form of bunya (“banyan; Hindu caste member”)
buqsha
buqsha
noun
(historical) A former currency unit of Yemen.
burghs
burghs
noun
plural of burgh
burhel
burhel
noun
Archaic spelling of bharal.
burkha
burrah
bursch
bursch
noun
(archaic) A German university student.
buschi
bushed
bushed
adj
(Australia) Lost in the bush.
(Canada) Mentally unwell due to isolation, especially due to working in a remote mine or camp; experiencing cabin fever.
(informal) Very tired; exhausted.
Incorporating a bush, a mechanical part.
bushel
bushel
noun
(UK) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.
(colloquial) A large indefinite quantity.
(historical) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
A quantity that fills a bushel measure.
A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
verb
(US, tailoring, transitive, intransitive) To mend or repair clothes.
To pack grain, hops, etc. into bushel measures.
busher
busher
noun
(US, baseball, slang) A major league baseball player who has recently come from a small league.
bushes
bushes
noun
plural of bush
bushet
bushet
noun
A small bush.
bushey
bushie
bushie
noun
(Australia, colloquial) Someone who lives in or is familiar with the Australian outback; a bushman or bushwoman.
bushwa
bushwa
noun
Alternative form of bushwah
busrah
butcha
butcha
noun
(India, historical) The young of any animal.
(India, historical, slang, by extension) A child.
cachou
cachou
noun
A small metallic ball used as edible decoration on cakes etc.
A sweet eaten to sweeten the breath.
cachua
cashou
cathud
caucho
caucho
noun
The latex of Castilla species.
cauchy
cauchy
Adjective
Whose terms become progressively closer to one another.
caught
caught
adj
(cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catch
caunch
cephus
chabuk
chabuk
noun
(now historical) A long whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in India and parts of the Middle East.
chacun
chagul
chandu
chaoua
charnu
charuk
chaule
chauna
chaunt
chaunt
noun
Obsolete spelling of chant
chauri
chaute
chauth
chauve
cheque
cheque
noun
(Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
Sometimes abbreviations are used (which would be explained on the statement) and only the last three figures of the cheque number may be given. ‘Sundries’ are cash or cheques paid into the account.
The daily cheque clearings began around 1770 when bank clerks met at the Five Bells (a tavern in Lombard Street in the City of London) to exchange all their cheques in one place and settle the balances in cash.
You can avoid dealing with paper cheques — written or printed — by paying your bills online.
chequy
chequy
adj
(heraldry) Chequered.
cherub
cherub
noun
(biblical) A winged creature attending God, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim; similar to a lamassu in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
(figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.
An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child or a child's head with wings but no body.
cherup
cherup
noun
Archaic form of chirrup.
cheung
chiaus
chiaus
noun
(historical) An Ottoman Empire court official; an attendant, messenger, herald, interpreter.
(historical) An Ottoman Empire çavuş (“sergeant”).
Obsolete spelling of chouse (“a swindler”)
verb
Obsolete spelling of chouse (“cheat, trick, swindle”)
chihfu
chimus
chinua
chirau
chiule
chiurm
chiusi
chleuh
cholum
chonju
chorus
chorus
noun
(Christianity) A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.
(by extension) A group of people in a performance who recite together.
(by extension, chiefly Britain, theater, historical) An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.
(jazz) The improvised solo section in a small group performance.
(often attributively) A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.
A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.
A group of people who express a unanimous opinion.
A group of people, animals, or inanimate objects who make sounds together.
A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.
A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.
A part of a song which is repeated between verses; a refrain.
A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
A song performed by the singers of such a group.
An instance of singing by a group of people.
The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.
The noise or sound made by such a group.
The opinion expressed by such a group.
verb
(rare) To provide (a song) with a chorus or refrain.
Of animals: to make cries or sounds together.
To echo in unison another person's words.
To express concurrence with (something said by another person); to echo.
To sing (a song), express (a sentiment), or recite or say (words) in chorus.
To sing the chorus or refrain of a song.
To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison.
chouan
chough
chough
noun
Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia.
The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.
chouka
choule
chouse
chouse
noun
(obsolete) A swindler.
(obsolete) A trick; a sham.
(obsolete) One who is easily cheated; a gullible person.
verb
(US, of cattle) To handle roughly, as by chasing or scaring.
(US, regional) To handle, to take care of.
(obsolete, transitive) To cheat, to trick.
(transitive, US, regional) To cause undesirable activity in livestock, such as running.
choush
choush
noun
(obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of chiaus.
chteau
chuana
chubby
chubby
adj
Of a body part: containing a moderate amount of fat.
Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft.
noun
(LGBT slang) An overweight or obese gay man.
(slang) A penile erection, especially when short and with a large circumference; a boner.
A chubby, plump person
chucho
chucks
chucks
intj
(UK, slang, obsolete) A warning cry used by schoolboys when a teacher is approaching.
noun
(Scotland) The game of jacks or jackstones.
plural of chuck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chuck
chucky
chucky
noun
(Northern Ireland, derogatory, slang) An Irish Republican, especially one who has supported the armed struggle.
(Scotland) A pebble or piece of gravel.
(dated or dialectal) chicken
chudic
chueta
chufas
chufas
noun
plural of chufa
chuffs
chuffs
noun
plural of chuff
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chuff
chuffy
chuffy
adj
(archaic) Rough; boorish; surly.
Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.
chuhra
chuhra
noun
(India, Pakistan, offensive) Any lower-caste person.
(Pakistan, Christianity, ethnic slur, religious slur, offensive) A Hindu or (especially) a Christian convert from a lower caste.
A member of the Chuhra caste in India
chukar
chukar
noun
A species of partridge native to central Asia (Alectoris chukar).