A Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Burma, China, and neighboring countries.
akia
akim
akin
akin
adj
(of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
(often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
akka
akov
akra
akra
noun
Alternative spelling of accra
akre
alek
alky
alky
noun
Alternative spelling of alkie
amok
amok
adv
In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.
Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.
noun
One who runs amok; in Malay and Moro/Philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves.
The act of running amok.
verb
Synonym of run amok
ankh
ankh
noun
A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the Egyptian triliteral ꜥnḫ (“life”) and often used as an amulet or charm for this concept.
A tau cross.
aoki
arak
arak
noun
A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Middle East.
A toothbrush tree (Salvadora persica).
Alternative spelling of arrack (an alcoholic drink distilled from coconut palm flowers in South Asia)
arks
arks
noun
plural of ark
asak
askr
asks
asks
noun
plural of ask
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ask
asok
atik
atka
auks
auks
noun
plural of auk
back
back
adj
(comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
(predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
At or near the rear.
In arrears; overdue.
Moving or operating backward.
Not current.
Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
adv
(not comparable) In a reciprocal manner; in return.
(not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
(postpositive) Earlier, ago.
Away from someone or something; at a distance.
Away from the front or from an edge.
In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
In a manner that impedes.
So as shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
So as to reverse direction and return.
To a later point in time. See also put back.
Towards, into or in the past.
noun
(figurative) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
(figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
(mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
(nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
(obsolete) That part of the body that bears clothing. (Now used only in the phrase clothes on one's back.)
(printing) The inside margin of a page.
(slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
(slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
(sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
(swimming) Clipping of backstroke.
A ferryboat.
A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
A support or resource in reserve.
Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
That which is farthest away from the front.
The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
The edge of a book which is bound.
The part of something that goes last.
The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
The spine and associated tissues.
postp
Before now; ago.
verb
(MLE, transitive) To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also back out).
(Nigeria, transitive) To carry an infant on one's back.
(UK, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
(intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
(law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
(nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
(nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
(nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
(transitive) To push or force backwards.
(transitive) To support.
(transitive, obsolete) To get upon the back of; to mount.
(transitive, obsolete) To place or seat upon the back.
To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
To row backward with (oars).
To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
baka
baka
adj
(anime and manga, fandom slang) Stupid; silly.
noun
(voodoo) An evil spirit in Haitian belief, often in the form of an animal.
bake
bake
noun
(Barbados, sometimes US and UK) A small, flat (or ball-shaped) cake of dough eaten in Barbados and sometimes elsewhere, similar in appearance and ingredients to a pancake but fried (or in some places sometimes roasted).
(US) A social event at which food (such as seafood) is baked, or at which baked food is served.
(especially UK, Australia, New Zealand) Any of various baked dishes resembling casserole.
Any food item that is baked.
The act of cooking food by baking.
verb
(computer graphics, transitive) To fix (lighting, reflections, etc.) as part of the texture of an object to improve rendering performance.
(figurative, with "in" or "into") To incorporate into something greater.
(intransitive) To be warmed to drying and hardening.
(intransitive, figuratively) To be hot.
(intransitive, slang) To smoke marijuana.
(intransitive, with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.
(transitive or intransitive or ditransitive, with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
(transitive) To dry by heat.
(transitive, figuratively) To cause to be hot.
(transitive, obsolete) To harden by cold.
baku
balk
balk
noun
(agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
(archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
(badminton) A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
(baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
(billiards) The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.
(fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
(obsolete) An omission.
(snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
A sudden and obstinate stop.
Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
verb
(archaic) To pass over or by.
(obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid.
(sports, intransitive) To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
To disappoint; to frustrate.
To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
To leave or make balks in.
To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
To refuse suddenly.
To stop short and refuse to go on.
To stop, check, block.
bank
bank
noun
(archaic, printing) A kind of table used by printers.
(aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
(computing) A contiguous block of memory that is of fixed, hardware-dependent size, but often larger than a page and partitioning the memory such that two distinct banks do not overlap.
(countable) A branch office of such an institution.
(countable) A device used to store coins or currency.
(countable) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
(countable) An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
(countable) An underwriter or controller of a card game.
(countable) In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
(countable, chiefly in combination) A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
(gambling, countable) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.
(geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
(hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
(mining) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
(mining) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
(mining) The ground at the top of a shaft.
(music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
(nautical, hydrology) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).
(pinball) A set of multiple adjacent drop targets.
(rail transport) An incline, a hill.
(slang, uncountable) Money; profit.
A bench or seat for judges in court.
A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
A mass noun for a quantity of clouds.
A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.
The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc
verb
(intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
(intransitive, aviation) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
(rail transport, UK) To provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive.
(transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
(transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
(transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
(transitive) To put into a bank.
(transitive) To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
(transitive, obsolete) To pass by the banks of.
(transitive, order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row.
(transitive, slang) To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.
bark
bark
noun
(countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
(figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
(medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
(nautical) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
(obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
(poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
The envelopment or outer covering of anything.
The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
verb
(intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
(intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
(transitive) To speak sharply.
To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
To girdle.
To strip the bark from; to peel.
bask
bask
verb
(figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (This verb is usually followed by "in").
To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
bauk
beak
beak
noun
(architecture) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
(botany) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads.
(farriery) A toe clip.
(nautical) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
(nautical) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
(slang) The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed.
(slang, Britain) A justice of the peace; a magistrate.
(slang, British public schools) A schoolmaster (originally, at Eton).
(slang, Southern England) cocaine.
A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.
A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc.
Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land.
The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
verb
(intransitive, Northern Ireland) To play truant.
(transitive) Seize with the beak.
(transitive) Strike with the beak.
beka
beka
noun
an ancient Biblical unit of weight, half a shekel
biak
biak
Proper noun
A small island north of New Guinea.
A language spoken on this island and others near it.
boak
boak
verb
(Scotland) To retch or vomit.
(obsolete) To burp.
buka
buka
noun
(music) The short introduction to a gamelan piece, generally played by a single instrument in a free rhythm, with the kendhang coming in on the last few notes to set the tempo.
A kangaroo-skin cloak traditionally worn by the Noongar people of southwestern Australia.
cack
cack
noun
A discordant note.
A squawk.
An act of defecation.
Excrement.
Rubbish.
verb
(Australian slang) To laugh.
(US, slang) To kill.
(brass instrument technique) To incorrectly play a note by hitting a partial other than the one intended.
(intransitive) To defecate.
(of a bird) To squawk.
(transitive) To defecate (on); to shit.
cake
cake
noun
(pyrotechnics) A multi-shot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.
(slang) A buttock, especially one that is exceptionally plump.
(slang) A trivially easy task or responsibility; from a piece of cake.
(slang) Money.
A block of any of various dense materials.
A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too.
verb
(UK, dialect, obsolete, intransitive) To cackle like a goose.
(intransitive) Of blood or other liquid, to dry out and become hard.
(transitive) Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.
(transitive) To form into a cake, or mass.
caky
caky
adj
Resembling cake in texture.
calk
calk
noun
A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent its slipping.
A spike on the sole of a boot to prevent slipping, particularly used in logging
verb
(possibly dated) Alternative spelling of caulk
To copy (a drawing) by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt stylus or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.
To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.
cank
cark
cark
noun
(obsolete) A noxious or corroding worry.
(obsolete) The state of being filled with worry.
verb
(intransitive) To labor anxiously.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety.
Pronunciation spelling of caulk.
See cark it.
cask
cask
noun
(obsolete) A casket; a small box for jewels.
A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks.
Obsolete form of casque (“visorless helmet”).
verb
To put into a cask.
cauk
cauk
noun
(mineralogy) An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar.
cawk
cawk
noun
(slang) Pronunciation spelling of cock (in the sense of penis).
Alternative form of cauk
chak
coak
coak
noun
(nautical) the brass bearing in the sheave of a block
A wooden dowel.
Obsolete spelling of coke (coal fuel)
verb
To unite (timbers etc.) by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face.
daks
daks
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) Trousers or underwear.
plural of dak
dalk
dalk
noun
(now rare) A hollow or depression.
A pin; brooch; clasp.
dank
dank
adj
(figuratively, of marijuana) Moist and sticky, (by extension) highly potent.
(slang, often ironic) Great, awesome.
Dark, damp and humid.
noun
(historical) A small silver coin formerly used in Persia.
(slang) Strong, high-quality cannabis.
Moisture; humidity; water.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To moisten, dampen; used of mist, dew etc.
dark
dark
adj
(broadcasting, of a television station) Off the air; not transmitting.
(gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
(of a source of light) Extinguished.
(of a time period) Lacking progress in science or the arts.
(of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
Ambiguously or unclearly expressed: enigmatic, esoteric, mysterious, obscure, undefined.
Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
Deprived of sight; blind.
Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
Marked by or conducted with secrecy: hidden, secret; clandestine, surreptitious.
Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension: caliginous, darkling, dim, gloomy, lightless, sombre.
With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
noun
(uncountable) Ignorance.
A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
verb
(intransitive) To grow or become dark, darken.
(intransitive) To remain in the dark, lurk, lie hidden or concealed.
(transitive) To make dark, darken; to obscure.
dauk
dawk
dawk
noun
A hollow or crack in timber.
Alternative form of dak (“Indian post system”)
Archaic form of dhak (“the tree Butea monosperma”).
verb
(transitive) To cut or mark with an incision; gash.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To dig up weeds.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To drive a sharp instrument into; incise with a jerk; puncture.
dhak
dhak
noun
An Indian percussion instrument, a large membranophone.
Butea monosperma, a tree of southern Asia.
dika
dika
noun
(countable) A tree of species Irvingia gabonensis.
(uncountable) A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis.
doak
duka
duka
noun
(Kenya) A shop, store.
dyak
ekka
ekka
noun
(India) A small vehicle used in India, pulled by a single horse.
elka
enka
enka
noun
(music) A genre of Japanese music that originated in the 1960s and often features melodramatic themes.
(music) A genre of political songs spread by members of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement of Japan during the Meiji period (1868–1912).
etka
fack
fack
noun
(UK dialectal) One of the four stomachs of a ruminating animal; rumen; paunch.
verb
(UK, Cockney, vulgar) Pronunciation spelling of fuck.
fake
fake
adj
(of people) Insincere
Not real; false, fraudulent
noun
(archaic) A trick; a swindle
(nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
(sports) A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
verb
(archaic) To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
(archaic) To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
(music, transitive, intransitive) To improvise, in jazz.
(nautical) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.
(transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
(transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
faki
faky
faky
adj
Alternative form of fakey
falk
falk
noun
(UK, dialect) The razorbill.
feak
feak
verb
(of birds) To wipe the bill on material in order to clean or hone it.
(UK, student politics, derogatory) A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
(baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
(colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
(computing, slang) A computer programmer who makes quick but inelegant changes to computer code to solve problems or add features.
(computing, slang) A computer programmer, particularly a veteran or someone not immediately expected to be capable of programming.
(computing, slang) A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
(computing, slang) An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
(computing, slang) An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
(computing, slang) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
(curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
(derogatory) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
(derogatory) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
(derogatory) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
(derogatory, authorship) An untalented writer.
(falconry) A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
(figuratively) A try, an attempt.
(ice hockey) The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
(informal) An improvised device or solution to a problem.
(military, slang) An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
(now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.
(obsolete) A mattock or a miner's pickaxe.
(obsolete) A procuress.
(obsolete) A writer who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
(politics, slightly derogatory) A political agitator.
(slang) A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
(slang, military) Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
(uncountable, slang, naval) Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
A dry cough.
A food-rack for cattle.
A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
A grating in a mill race.
A hacking blow.
A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
A hearse.
A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
A kick on the shins in football of any type.
A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
A tool for chopping.
verb
(baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.
(computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.
(computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
(computing, slang, transitive) To work with something on an intimately technical level.
(dated) To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
(equestrianism) To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
(falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
(ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
(ice hockey) To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
(intransitive) To cough noisily.
(intransitive, video games) To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
(obsolete) To live the life of a drudge or hack.
(soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
(transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
(transitive) To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
(transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
(transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
(transitive, slang, computing, by extension) To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
To drive a hackney cab.
To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
To play hackeysack.
To strike in a frantic movement.
To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
haik
haik
noun
A covering for the head and body worn by Arabs.
hake
hake
noun
(Now chiefly dialectal) (in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.
(Now chiefly dialectal) A hook; a pot-hook.
(Now chiefly dialectal) A kind of weapon; a pike.
A drying shed, as for unburned tile.
One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies.
verb
(UK, dialect) To loiter; to sneak.
hako
hako
noun
A Pawnee Indian ceremony celebrating the union of Earth and Heaven and the genesis of life.
haku
hank
hank
noun
(Ulster) Doubt, difficulty.
(Ulster) Mess, tangle.
(nautical) A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
(obsolete) Hold; influence.
(wrestling) A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.
A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
verb
(transitive) To form into hanks.
(transitive, UK, dialect) To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
hark
hark
noun
(Scots) A whisper
verb
(archaic, often imperative) To listen attentively.
hask
hask
noun
(obsolete) A basket made of flags or rushes, as for carrying fish.
hawk
hawk
noun
(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
(game theory) An uncooperative or purely-selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the Prisoner's Dilemma, alias the Hawk-Dove game.
(politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
verb
(intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
(transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
(transitive, intransitive) To expectorate, to cough up something from one's throat.
(transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly.
ikan
ikat
ikat
noun
(as modifier) ikat weaving; ikat fabric.
A work woven in this style.
Traditional Indonesian decorative technique in which warp or weft threads, or both, are tie-dyed before weaving.
ikra
ikra
noun
roe of the salmon, red caviar
ilka
ilka
adj
(Scotland or archaic) Each or every
irak
isak
iuka
izak
jack
jack
adj
(Australia) Tired, disillusioned; fed up (with).
noun
(Canada, US, colloquial) A lumberjack.
(India, historical, slang) A sepoy.
(UK, regional, now rare, historical) A measure of liquid corresponding to a quarter of a pint.
(US) A jackrabbit.
(US) A torch or other light used in hunting to attract or dazzle game at night.
(apparently does not occur standalone for the genus per se) Plant of the genus Emex, also considered synonymous to Rumex, if not then containing two species lesser jack and little jack for Emex spinosa syn. Rumex spinosus, Australian English three-corner jack and prickly jack for Emex australis syn. Rumex hypogaeus.
(bowls) A small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls; a jack-ball.
(card games, originally colloquial) The lowest court card in a deck of standard playing cards, ranking between the 10 and queen, with an image of a knave or pageboy on it.
(chiefly US) A male ass, especially when kept for breeding.
(chiefly capitalized) A name applied to a hypothetical or typical man.
(colloquial) A sailor.
(colloquial) Plant in the genus Arisaema, also known as Jack-in-the-pulpit, and capitalized Jack.
(colloquial) Spadix of a plant (also capitalized Jack).
(colloquial, euphemistic) Nothing, jack shit.
(countable, now chiefly US) A man, a fellow; a typical man; men in general.
(cricket, slang) The eleventh batsman to come to the crease in an innings.
(electronics) A switch for a jack plug, a jackknife switch; (more generally) a socket used to connect a device to a circuit, network etc.
(games) A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks.
(mining, now rare) A wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
(nautical) A small ship's flag used as a signal or identifying device; a small flag flown at the bow of the vessel.
(nautical, now rare, historical) A jack crosstree.
(now historical, regional) A pitcher or other vessel for holding liquid, especially alcoholic drink; a black-jack.
(now rare) A manual laborer.
(obsolete) A grating device used to separate and guide the threads in a warping machine; a heck box.
(obsolete) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves a carding machine, in the preparation of yarn.
(obsolete) A support for wood being sawn; a sawhorse or sawbuck.
(obsolete, slang) A fake coin designed to look like a sovereign.
(slang) A policeman or detective; (Australia) a military policeman.
(slang, Appalachians) A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course.
(slang, baseball) A home run.
(slang, chiefly US) Money.
A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
A device for turning a spit; a smokejack or roasting jack.
A device used to hold a boot by the heel, to assist in removing the boot.
A large California rockfish, the bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis.
A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre.
A pike, especially when young.
Any of the marine fish in the family Carangidae.
Any of various levers for raising or lowering the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles in a knitting machine or stocking frame.
Each of a series of blocks in a harpsichord or the earlier virginal, communicating the action of the key to the quill; sometime also, a hopper in a modern piano.
Mangifera caesia, related to the mango tree.
The edible fruit of the Asian tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus); also the tree itself.
The related tree Mangifera caesia.
verb
(colloquial, vulgar) To jack off, to masturbate.
(intransitive) To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.
(transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
(transitive) To raise or increase.
(transitive, colloquial) To steal something, typically an automobile.
(transitive, slang, baseball) To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to distillation by chilling it to below the freezing point of water, removing the water ice crystals that form, and leaving the still-liquid alcoholic portion.
jake
jake
adj
(slang) Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.
noun
(New York, MTE, MLE, slang) police, a federal government officer.
(US) A juvenile male turkey.
(US, slang, uncountable) Jamaica ginger.
(slang) A police officer, a cop (on foot, rather than in a patrol car).
A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.
verb
(transitive) To play a Discordian prank on (somebody), involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to that person.
jako
jako
noun
An African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus, commonly kept as a cage bird.
jank
jank
adj
(computing, slang, rare) Janky.
noun
(computing, slang, rare) Perceptible pause in the smooth rendering of a software application's user interface due to slow operations or poor interface design.
jark
jark
noun
A seal (stamp or impression of a stamp).
verb
(slang, military, Britain) To modify (weaponry) to disadvantage; especially, to attach a tracking device to and covertly monitor the location of (a weapon).
Pronunciation spelling of jerk.
jauk
kaas
kabs
kabs
noun
plural of kab
kacy
kadi
kado
kadu
kaes
kafa
kafs
kafs
noun
plural of kaf
kagi
kago
kago
noun
A Japanese basket with palanquin slung from a pole and carried by bearers.
kagu
kagu
noun
A New Caledonian endemic bird species, Rhynochetos jubatus, the only surviving member of the family Rhynochetidae.
kaha
kahl
kahn
kahu
kahu
noun
(New Zealand) swamp harrier (Circus approximans)
kaia
kaid
kaid
noun
A local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish Spain; an alcaide.
kaif
kaik
kail
kail
noun
(Scotland, archaic) Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables.
A broth made with kale or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner.
Alternative form of kale.
kain
kain
noun
(Scotland, law) poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to the landlord.
kaja
kaka
kaka
noun
Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.
kaki
kaki
adj
Misspelling of khaki.
noun
a persimmon, more specifically the Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki).
kala
kalb
kale
kale
noun
(cooking) Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient.
(dated, slang) Money.
An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea.
kali
kali
noun
A type of British crystalline sweet or candy, similar in appearance to sherbet but made with larger sugar crystals.
Alkali, particularly soda ash or potash.
The prickly glasswort (Kali turgidum, syn. of Salsola kali).
Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.
kalk
kall
kalo
kalo
noun
taro (Colocasia esculenta)
kama
kama
noun
(India) The act or process of wishing; longing, desire (with or without sexual connotations); one of the goals of life in Hindu tradition.
A sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.
kame
kame
noun
(geology) A round hill or short ridge of sand or gravel deposited by a melting glacier.
kami
kami
noun
(papercraft) A basic origami paper, usually printed with a colour or pattern on one side.
(philosophy) The metaphysical causal generator of motion, life, or divinish aura.
(religion, Shinto) An animistic God or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.
kamp
kamp
adj
(Australia, of males) homosexual
(New Zealand, historical) lesbian (in Maori communities)
kana
kana
noun
A hiragana or katakana character.
The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.
kand
kand
noun
(mining, UK, dialect, Cornwall) fluorspar
kane
kang
kang
noun
(humorous) Pronunciation spelling of king.
(informal) Clipping of kangaroo.
A large Chinese water jar.
A traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night.
verb
(Android programming, slang) To appropriate someone else's work.
kano
kano
noun
(Philippines, slang) A male American.
kans
kans
noun
plural of kan
kant
kanu
kaon
kaon
noun
(physics) any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark
kaos
kapa
kapa
noun
Alternative form of tapa (“Polynesian cloth”)
kape
kape
verb
(obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of keep.
kaph
kaph
noun
The eleventh letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
kapp
kapp
noun
A headcovering worn by many women of certain Anabaptist Christian traditions (especially Mennonites and Amish) for religious reasons. (Also spelled cap.)
kara
kara
noun
(Sikhism) A bangle worn by Sikhs, one of the five Ks, to remind them to do God's work.