(obsolete) The European wild, whistling, or common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus).
Obsolete form of elk.
elko
elko
Proper noun
A city in Nevada, USA
elks
elks
noun
plural of elk
ilke
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.
keel
keel
noun
(Scotland) Red chalk; ruddle.
(aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
(botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
(brewing) A broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids; a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
(by extension) The rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg.
(nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
(nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
(nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
(zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
verb
(Scotland, transitive) To mark with ruddle.
(intransitive, followed by "over") to collapse, to fall
(intransitive, obsolete) To become cool; cool down.
(transitive, obsolete) To cool; make cool; to cool by stirring or skimming in order to keep from boiling over.
(transitive, obsolete) To moderate the ardour or intensity of; assuage; to appease, pacify, or lessen.
Pronunciation spelling of kill.
To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
keil
kela
keld
keld
adj
(obsolete) Having a kell or covering; webbed.
kele
keli
kelk
kelk
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A stroke; a blow.
verb
(UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To beat.
kell
kell
noun
(obsolete) The caul.
(obsolete) The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.
(obsolete, figurative) That which covers or envelops, like a caul; a net; a fold; a film.
A kiln.
Alternative spelling of kale (broth)
kelp
kelp
noun
Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (order Laminariales).
The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture.
verb
(intransitive) To gather kelp.
kelt
kelt
noun
(Scotland) Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool.
A thin, recently spawned iteroparous salmon.
Pronunciation spelling of kilt.
kerl
kerl
noun
Alternative form of carl
kiel
kile
kile
noun
An ulcer; sore.
klee
kler
kmel
koel
koel
noun
A cuckoo of the genus Eudynamys, native to Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
kyle
kyle
noun
(Scotland) A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.
lake
lake
noun
(dialectal) Play; sport; game; fun; glee.
(now chiefly dialectal) A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
(obsolete) A kind of fine, white linen.
(obsolete) A pit, or ditch.
(obsolete) An offering, sacrifice, gift.
A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake.
A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant.
In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.
verb
(chiefly dialectal) To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.
(obsolete) To present an offering.
To make lake-red.
leak
leak
adj
(obsolete) Leaky.
noun
(computing) The gradual loss of a system resource caused by failure to deallocate previously reserved portions.
(mildly vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
A loss of electricity through imperfect insulation, or the point where it occurs.
The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture.
The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurs.
verb
(intransitive) (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.
(intransitive, figurative, by extension) To pass through when it would normally or preferably be blocked.
(slang, US) To bleed.
(slang, sometimes euphemistic) To urinate.
(transitive, figurative, by extension) To allow anything through that would normally or preferably be blocked.
(transitive, intransitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
(transitive, intransitive) To disclose secret information surreptitiously or anonymously.
leck
leek
leek
noun
Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.
The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
leke
leks
leks
noun
plural of lek
leku
leuk
like
like
adj
(Scotland, Southern US) Likely; probable.
(Scotland, Southern US, usually with to) inclined (to), prone (to).
Similar.
adv
(archaic or rare) In a like or similar manner.
(obsolete, colloquial) Likely.
conj
(colloquial) As, the way.
As if; as though.
noun
(Internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
(chiefly in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
(golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
(sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
particle
(colloquial) Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
(colloquial, Scotland, Ireland, Tyneside, Teesside, Liverpudlian) A delayed filler.
(colloquial, slang) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
Likely.
prep
Approximating
As if there would be
In the manner of, similarly to
Similar to, reminiscent of
Such as
Typical of
Used to ask for a description or opinion of someone or something
verb
(Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
(archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
(chiefly dialectal, intransitive) To be likely.
(computing, chiefly in the negative) To accept as an input.
(obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
(obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
(obsolete) To liken; to compare.
(transitive, archaic) To please.
(with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.
To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
loke
loke
noun
(UK dialectal) A close narrow lane; a cul-de-sac.
(UK dialectal) A private path or road.
(UK dialectal) A small field or meadow.
(UK dialectal) The wicket or hatch of a door.
luke
luke
adj
(rare) lukewarm
skel
welk
welk
noun
Alternative form of whelk
verb
(dialectal) to soak, steep.
(dialectal) to thrash, beat severely.
(obsolete) Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
(obsolete) To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane.