Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid.
Any compound that easily donates protons to a base; a Brønsted acid.
Any compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water; an Arrhenius acid.
Any corrosive substance.
adai
adci
addi
adib
adie
adim
adin
adis
adit
adit
noun
A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.
adiz
admi
aida
aide
aide
noun
(military) An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.
aids
aids
noun
plural of aid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aid
aind
aiod
amid
amid
noun
Archaic form of amide.
prep
In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.
andi
arid
arid
adj
(figurative) Devoid of value.
Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
Very dry.
audi
avid
avid
adj
enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something
beid
bida
bide
bide
verb
(intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
(intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
(transitive, archaic) To face with resistance; to encounter; to withstand.
(transitive, archaic) To wait for; to await.
(transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
bidi
bidi
adj
Clipping of bidirectional.
noun
Alternative form of beedi.
bids
bids
noun
plural of bid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bid
bind
bind
noun
(chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.
(music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
That which binds or ties.
The indurated clay of coal mines.
verb
(UK, dialect) To complain; to whine about something.
(figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
(intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
(intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
(intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
(intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
(intransitive, LGBT) To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.
(law) To place under legal obligation to serve.
(law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
(transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
(transitive) To couple.
(transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.
(transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
(transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.
(transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
(transitive, archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
(transitive, archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action, as by producing constipation.
(transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
(transitive, programming) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
(transitive, programming) To process one or more object modules into an executable program.
biod
bird
bird
adj
(Canada, colloquial, of a school or university course) Able to be passed with very little work; having the nature of a bird course.
noun
(UK, Ireland, slang) A girlfriend.
(UK, US, Australia, Ireland, slang) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
(UK, with definite article, especially in expressions such as 'give someone the bird') Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
(cooking, slang) A chicken or turkey used as food.
(obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
(slang) A man, fellow.
(slang) A prison sentence.
(slang) A satellite.
(slang) An airplane.
(slang, Canada, Philippines) A penis.
(slang, US) A kilogram of cocaine.
(with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
A yardbird.
verb
(intransitive) To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.
(intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
(intransitive, figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
(transitive, slang) To bring into prison, to roof.
(transitive, television) To transmit via satellite.
bodi
bodi
noun
(Trinidad and Tobago) Asparagus beans.
boid
boid
noun
A computer simulation of an animal that flies in flocks or swarms.
Any member of the family Boidae of non-venomous snakes.
Nonstandard spelling of bird representing the old-fashioned New York City pronunciation
brid
cadi
cadi
noun
Alternative form of qadi
caid
caid
noun
(Ireland) Modern Gaelic football.
(historical) A local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish Spain; an alcaide.
Any of various ancient and traditional Irish football games.
ccid
cdiz
cedi
cedi
noun
The currency of Ghana, divided into 100 pesewas and represented by ₵.
chid
chid
verb
simple past tense of chide
cida
clid
codi
dail
dain
dais
dais
noun
(historical, northern Britain) A bench, a settle, a pew.
(obsolete) An elevated table in a hall at which important people were seated; a high table.
A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from.
The canopy over an altar, etc.
dali
dali
noun
A timber tree (genus Myristica) of Guiana, whose wood is used for staves etc.
dani
dari
dari
noun
(archaic) Synonym of sorghum
dasi
debi
defi
deia
deil
deis
deli
deli
noun
(informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.
(informal) Food sold at a delicatessen.
demi
demi
adj
(informal) Demisexual.
noun
(slang) A fifty pence piece.
A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters of fluid, 1/2 the volume of a standard bottle; a split.
Alternative spelling of demy.
deni
deni
noun
A subdivision of currency, equal to 0.01 Macedonian denar.
desi
desi
adj
Alternative form of Desi
noun
A particular variety of cultivated chickpea.
deti
devi
dewi
dhai
diad
diad
noun
(anatomy) A structure in the cardiac myocyte
(chemistry) A sequence of two (different) monomers in a polymer
diag
diag
adj
Abbreviation of diagnostic.
noun
Abbreviation of diagnosis.
Abbreviation of diagram.
dial
dial
noun
(UK, Australia, slang) A person's face.
A clock face.
A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
A miner's compass.
A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
A sundial.
verb
(intransitive) To use a dial or a telephone.
(transitive) To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
(transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.
diam
diam
intj
(informal, Singapore, chiefly Malaysia) Be quiet.
noun
Clipping of diameter.
Clipping of diamond.
dian
diao
dias
diau
diaz
diba
dibb
dibs
dibs
intj
(informal) Used to claim this right
noun
(dated) A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.
(informal) The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.
(obsolete) A child's game, played with dib bones or stones, throwing them up from one's palm and catching them on the back of the hand.
plural of dib
verb
(informal) To claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve.
dice
dice
noun
(countable, proscribed by some; standard in British English) A die.
(uncountable) Gaming with one or more dice.
(uncountable, formerly countable, cooking) That which has been diced.
plural of die
verb
(intransitive) To play dice.
(transitive) To cut into small cubes.
(transitive) To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
dich
dich
noun
Obsolete form of ditch (“a trench”).
verb
Obsolete form of ditch (“to dig a trench”).
dick
dick
noun
(countable and uncountable, vulgar, slang) The penis.
(countable, Britain, US, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang, derogatory) A highly contemptible person; a jerk.
(countable, obsolete) A male person.
(countable, slang) A detective, esp. the one who works in police, a police officer.
(uncountable, vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse with a man.
num
(Cumbria) Ten, in Cumbrian sheep counting.
verb
(transitive, slang, vulgar) To mistreat or take advantage of somebody (often with around or up).
(transitive, slang, vulgar, of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.
dict
didi
didi
noun
(India) A respectful term of address to any familiar older woman.
didn
dido
dido
adv
(US) Misspelling of ditto.
noun
(slang, regional) A fuss, a row.
A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.
didy
didy
noun
(Canada, US, childish) Alternative form of didie (“diaper”)
dieb
dieb
noun
A canine of northern Africa, the African golden wolf (Canis lupaster, formerly considered an African variant of the golden jackal, Canis aureus).
died
died
verb
simple past tense and past participle of die
diel
diel
adj
(biology) Having a 24-hour period regardless of day or night.
diem
dier
dier
noun
One who dies.
dies
dies
noun
plural of die (when used in the sense of a pattern / of obsolete spelling of dye)
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of die
diet
diet
adj
(informal, figurative) Having certain traits subtracted.
(of a food or beverage) Containing less fat, salt, sugar, or calories than normal, or claimed to have such.
noun
(Scotland) A clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland.
(Scotland) A session of exams
(Scotland, law) The proceedings under a criminal libel.
(by extension) Any habitual intake or consumption.
(countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
(usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.
The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
verb
(intransitive) To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.
(obsolete) To eat; to take one's meals.
(obsolete, transitive) To cause to take food; to feed.
(transitive) To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet.
dieu
diff
diff
name
(computing) A program, historically part of the Unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
noun
(automotive) Abbreviation of differential: the differential gear in an automobile.
(computing) Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
(computing) The output of a diff program, a diff file.
(medicine) Abbreviation of differential: differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count.
(rock climbing) A difficult route.
(slang) Clipping of difference.
verb
(transitive, computing) To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise.
(transitive, computing) To run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.
digs
digs
noun
(colloquial) Clothes.
(colloquial) Lodgings; place of accommodation.
plural of dig
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dig
dika
dika
noun
(countable) A tree of species Irvingia gabonensis.
(uncountable) A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis.
dike
dike
noun
(US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
(US dialect slang, obsolete) Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
(chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc.
Alternative form of dyke: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian.
verb
(US dialect slang, obsolete) To be well dressed.
(chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc.
dili
dill
dill
noun
(Australia, informal) A fool.
A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring.
Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
verb
To cook or flavor with dill
To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
dilo
dime
dime
noun
(American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
(Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
(Canada, US) A small amount of money.
(US) A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.
(US, basketball) An assist.
(US, slang) A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).
(slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
(slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.
(slang) A ten year prison sentence.
(slang) A thousand dollars.
(slang) Payment responsibility.
(slang) Ten dollars.
verb
(US, slang) To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).
(US, slang, with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
dims
dims
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dim
dina
dine
dine
noun
(obsolete) dinnertime
verb
(intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
(transitive, obsolete) To dine upon; to have to eat.
(transitive, obsolete) To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
ding
ding
noun
(Hong Kong) An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories entitled to the building a village house under the Small House Policy.
(colloquial) A rejection.
(colloquial, role-playing games, especially video games) The act of levelling up.
(informal) Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.
An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
verb
(intransitive) To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
(intransitive, colloquial, role-playing games, especially video games) To level up.
(transitive) To hit or strike.
(transitive) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
(transitive) To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
(transitive, colloquial) To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
(transitive, colloquial) To fire or reject.
(transitive, golf) To mishit (a golf ball).
To dash; to throw violently.
dink
dink
adj
(Australia, New Zealand) Genuine, proper, fair dinkum.
(Australia, New Zealand) Honest, fair, true.
(US, military) Alternative spelling of dinq
(archaic or dialectal) Finely dressed, elegant; neat.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand) Honestly, truly.
noun
(Australia, Northern England) Hard work, especially one's share of a task.
(Australia, colloquial) A ride on the crossbar or handlebars of a bicycle.
(Canada, US, colloquial, slang) A foolish person, a despised person.
(Canada, US, colloquial, slang) A penis.
(US) Initialism of double income no kids..
(US, military slang, derogatory, dated) A North Vietnamese soldier.
(historical, dated) A soldier from Australia or New Zealand, a member of the ANZAC forces during the First World War.
(pickleball) A soft drop shot played at or near the non-volley zone.
(soccer) A light chip; a chipped pass or shot
(tennis) A soft drop shot.
verb
(Australia, colloquial) To carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar.
(pickleball) To play a soft drop shot at or near the non-volley zone.
(soccer) To chip lightly, to play a light chip shot.
(tennis) To play a soft drop shot.
dino
dino
noun
(informal) dinosaur.
dins
dins
noun
(colloquial) Dinner.
plural of din
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of din
dint
dint
abbrev
Pronunciation spelling of didn’t.
noun
(obsolete) A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
Force, power; especially in by dint of.
The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
verb
To dent.
dioc
diol
diol
noun
(organic chemistry) any organic compound having two hydroxy functional groups
dion
dior
dipl
dips
dips
noun
plural of dip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dip
dipt
dipt
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of dip
dira
dira
noun
The Arabian cubit, whose value varied by place, time, and item from about 25–75 cm (10 in–2 ft 5½ in).
dird
dire
dire
adj
(informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.
Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
dirk
dirk
noun
(Midwestern US, dated, slang) A penis; dork.
(Midwestern US, dated, slang) A socially unacceptable person; an oddball.
A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
verb
(obsolete) To darken.
To stab with a dirk.
dirl
dirt
dirt
noun
(chiefly US) Soil or earth.
(figurative) Meanness; sordidness.
(mining) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance.
Previously unknown facts, or the invented "facts", about a person.
freckles
verb
(transitive, rare) To make foul or filthy; soil; befoul; dirty
disa
disc
disc
noun
(anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
(botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
(disc sports) Ellipsis of flying disc.; Synonym of frisbee; generic name for the trademark Frisbee;
A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.
Something resembling a disc.
Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.
verb
(agriculture) To harrow with a disc harrow.
(aviation, of a propeller) To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airflow and maximising the drag generated by the propeller.
dish
dish
noun
(baseball, slang) The home plate.
(in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
(metonymically) A specific type of prepared food.
(mining) A trough in which ore is measured.
(mining) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
(slang) A sexually attractive person.
(slang) Gossip.
(telecommunications) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
A hollow place, as in a field.
A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
The contents of such a vessel.
The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.
verb
(informal, slang) To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
(slang, archaic, transitive) To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat.
(transitive) To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
(transitive) To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
disk
disk
noun
(agriculture) A type of harrow.
(anatomy) An intervertebral disc
(botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.
(computer hardware) Ellipsis of floppy disk - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.
(computer hardware, nonstandard) A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.
(dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.
(figuratively) Something resembling a disk.
A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
verb
(agriculture) To harrow.
(aviation, of an aircraft's propeller) To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airstream and maximising the drag generated by the propeller.
disp
diss
diss
noun
(slang) An insult or put-down; an expression of disrespect.
(slang) Dissertation.
Ampelodesmos mauritanicus syn. Ampelodesmos tenax, a reedy grass used for cordage.
verb
(Canada, US, Britain, slang) To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.
dist
dist
noun
(Internet slang) Abbreviation of distribution.
dita
dite
dite
noun
(US, New England) A trifling quantity or amount.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To prepare for use or action; to make ready.
dits
dits
noun
plural of dit
ditt
diva
diva
noun
A person who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.
Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
dive
dive
noun
(aviation) Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
(slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
(sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.
A decline.
A downward swooping motion.
A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.
A jump or plunge into water.
A swim under water.
Obsolete form of daeva.
plural of diva
verb
(especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
(figuratively) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
(sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
(transitive) To explore by diving; to plunge into.
To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
To descend sharply or steeply.
To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
To jump into water head-first.
To swim under water.
divi
divi
noun
(Britain, informal, dated) The dividend paid out by the Co-op
dixy
dizz
dizz
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make dizzy; to astonish; to puzzle.
djin
dnic
dodi
doig
doit
doit
noun
(archaic) A small amount; a bit, a jot.
(historical) A small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver.
(music) In jazz music, a note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards.
verb
(Scotland, rare) To stumble; to blunder.
doli
doli
noun
plural of dolus
doni
dori
dosi
doti
doti
noun
Alternative form of dhoti
dpmi
drib
drib
noun
(obsolete) A drop.
verb
(intransitive, archery) To shoot at a mark at short range.
(transitive) To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.
(transitive) To cut off; chop off.
(transitive) To entice step by step.
(transitive, archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
(transitive, archery) To shoot directly at short range.
(transitive, now chiefly Britain, dialectal) To beat; thrash; drub.
(transitive, now chiefly Britain, dialectal) To scold.
(transitive, now chiefly Britain, dialectal, marbles) To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.
To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
dric
drie
drie
adj
Archaic spelling of dry.
drin
drip
drip
noun
(architecture) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.
(colloquial) A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
(finance) A dividend reinvestment program; a type of financial investing.
(medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.