(organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from acrylic acid :- CH₂=CH-CO-
acyls
acyls
noun
plural of acyl
adlay
adley
adley
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
afley
agley
agley
adj
(Scotland) Wrong; askew.
adv
(chiefly Scotland) Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.
ailey
ailyn
alary
alary
adj
Pertaining to wings.
albay
albyn
albyn
Proper noun
Scotland, especially the Highlands.
alday
ality
aliya
aliya
noun
Alternative spelling of aliyah
alkyd
alkyd
noun
A synthetic resin derived from a reaction between alcohol and certain acids, used as a base for many laminates, paints and coatings.
alkyl
alkyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a series of univalent radicals of the general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁ derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons.
allay
allay
noun
(obsolete) An alloy.
Alleviation; abatement; check.
verb
(archaic) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
(archaic, by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.
(intransitive, obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.
(transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
(transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
alley
alley
noun
(baseball) The area between the outfielders.
(bowling) An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
(bowling) An establishment where bowling is played.
(perspective drawing) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
(tennis) The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
A glass marble or taw.
A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
alloy
alloy
noun
(archaic) A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.
(figurative) Fusion, marriage, combination.
A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
verb
(figurative) To impair or debase by mixture.
To mix or combine; often used of metals.
To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.
allyl
allyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical, CH₂=CH-CH₂-, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.
allyn
allys
alody
alogy
alogy
noun
(obsolete) unreasonableness; absurdity
aloys
alroy
alsey
altay
altay
Proper noun
The mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together.
Altay, Xinjiang, China.
Altay Prefecture.
alway
alway
adv
(archaic) Alternative form of always
alwyn
alwyn
Proper noun
name, a rare variant of Alwin.
alyce
alyda
alysa
alyse
alyss
amply
amply
adv
In an ample manner; extensively; thoroughly.
amylo
amyls
amyls
noun
plural of amyl
apply
apply
adj
Alternative spelling of appley
verb
(intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
(intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
(obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
(obsolete) To visit.
(transitive) To address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
(transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
(transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative
(transitive) To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention
(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
aptly
aptly
adv
In an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably
arley
arlyn
arsyl
artly
artly
adv
(obsolete) With art or skill.
aryls
aryls
noun
plural of aryl
ashly
asyla
asyle
ately
audly
auryl
awkly
awkly
adv
(obsolete) Awkwardly.
(obsolete) In an unlucky or perverse manner.
ayala
ayelp
ayelp
adv
yelping.
aylet
aylet
noun
(heraldry) A black bird with red feet and beak.
ayllu
ayllu
noun
A traditional family-based community in the Andes, especially among Quechua and Aymara peoples.
badly
badly
adj
(Northern England) Ill, unwell.
adv
In a bad manner.
Very much; to a great degree.
baily
baldy
baldy
noun
(informal, derogatory) Someone who is bald.
balky
balky
adj
Refusing to proceed or cooperate.
bally
bally
adj
(Britain, dated, euphemistic) Bloody (used as a mild intensifier).
adv
(UK, dated, euphemistic) Very.
noun
(MLE) A balaclava.
balmy
balmy
adj
(informal, US) Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric.
Of weather, mild and pleasant.
Producing balm.
Soothing or fragrant.
barly
basyl
bawly
bawly
noun
Alternative form of bawley
bayal
bayle
bayly
belay
belay
noun
(climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.
(climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
(climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
verb
(intransitive, nautical) The general command to stop or cease.
(transitive) To lay aside; stop; cancel.
(transitive, climbing) To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.
(transitive, intransitive, nautical) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
(transitive, obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
(transitive, obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
(transitive, obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
(transitive, obsolete) To surround; environ; enclose.
simple past tense of belie (“encompass”)
belly
belly
noun
(architecture) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.
The abdomen, especially a fat one.
The lower fuselage of an airplane.
The main curved portion of a knife blade.
The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part).
The stomach.
The womb.
verb
(intransitive) To swell and become protuberant; to bulge or billow.
(transitive) To cause to swell out; to fill.
To position one’s belly; to move on one’s belly.
beryl
beryl
adj
Of a dull bluish green colour.
noun
(countable) An example (a stone) of the mineral beryl.
(uncountable) A dull blueish green colour.
(uncountable, mineralogy) A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone.
beyle
bialy
bialy
noun
A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle.
bigly
bigly
adj
(Scotland, now obsolete elsewhere) Habitable, liveable; hence delightful, pleasant, pleasing.
adv
(now rare) In a big way, greatly; to a great extent, on a large scale.
(now rare) In a blustering or boastful manner; haughtily, pompously.
(now rare) Strongly, with great force.
bilby
bilby
noun
An Australian desert marsupial (Macrotis lagotis), with distinctive large ears and approximately the size of a rabbit.
bilgy
bilgy
adj
Containing, or resembling, bilge.
billy
billy
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A tin with a swing handle used to boil tea over an open fire; a billycan; a billypot.
(Australia, slang) A bong for smoking marijuana.
(Tyneside) A good friend.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A silk handkerchief.
A billy club.
A billy goat.
A male goat; a ram.
A slubbing or roving machine.
blady
blady
adj
Consisting of blades.
blayk
blazy
blimy
blimy
intj
Alternative spelling of blimey
bliny
bliny
noun
Alternative form of blini
blowy
blowy
adj
(of fabric, hair, etc.) Billowy, blowing or waving in the wind.
(of soil) Susceptible to drifting.
Windy or breezy.
noun
Alternative spelling of blowie
bluey
bluey
adj
Having a colour similar to blue.
noun
(Australia) A bluebottle.
(Australia, medicine) A disposable underpad.
(Australian slang) A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.
(Australian slang) A blue singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label.
(Australian slang) A bushman's blanket.
(Australian slang) A collection of clothes and other belongings rolled up into a bundle for carrying; a swag.
(Australian slang) A person with red hair.
(informal) A blue film.
(slang) The metal lead.
blynn
blype
blype
noun
(Scotland) A thin membrane or small piece of skin.
blyth
blyth
Proper noun
a town and river in Northumberland, England,
a village in Nottinghamshire, England.
a river in Suffolk, England.
boily
boley
bolly
bolly
Proper noun
Bollinger champagne
bolty
bolty
noun
An edible fish of the Nile, the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, formerly Chromis nilotica).
booly
booly
noun
(obsolete) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars.
(obsolete) A place in the mountain pastures enclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.
boryl
boryl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any organic boron radical of the form R₂B- especially when linked to a metal atom
bowly
boyla
boyla
noun
An Aboriginal witch doctor or sorcerer.
boyle
boyle
verb
Obsolete spelling of boil
bulby
bulgy
bulgy
adj
Having one or more bulges; bulging
bulky
bulky
adj
(bodybuilding) Having excess body mass, especially muscle.
Being large in size, mass, or volume.
Unwieldy.
bully
bully
adj
(US, slang) Very good.
(slang, obsolete) Jovial and blustering.
intj
(often followed by for) Well done!
noun
(dialectal) A companion; mate (male or female).
(field hockey) A standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other's hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances. Also called bully-off.
(mining) A miner's hammer.
(obsolete or dialectal, Ireland and Northern England) An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade
(obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.
(obsolete) A darling, sweetheart (male or female).
(uncountable) Bully beef.
A hired thug.
A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.
A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.
A sex worker’s minder.
The small scrum in the Eton College field game.
Various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper goby. , Gobiomorphus cotidianus]]
verb
(transitive) To act aggressively towards.
(transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully.
burly
burly
adj
(Britain, East End of London, slang) Great, amazing, unbelievable.
(US, slang, surf culture and/or Southern California) Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
(usually of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.
Full of burls or knots; knotty.
butyl
butyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₄H₉, formally derived from butane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
A synthetic rubber made by the polymerization of isobutylene.
bylas
bylaw
bylaw
noun
A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).
A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
byler
byrle
byrls
cally
calmy
calmy
adj
(poetic) tranquil; calm
calyx
calyx
noun
(botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.
A flattened cap of neuropil in the brain of insects.
A funnel-shaped expansion of the vas deferens or oviduct of insects.
The crown containing the viscera of crinoids and similar echinoderms, entoprocts, and the polyps of some cnidarians.
carly
caryl
cayla
ceryl
ceryl
noun
(chemistry) A radical, C₂₇H₅₅, supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from waxes.
cetyl
cetyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent hexadecyl radical C₁₆H₃₃- present in many waxes.
chyle
chyle
noun
A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.
clary
clary
noun
clary sage (Salvia sclarea)
clavy
clavy
noun
(architecture) A mantelpiece.
claye
claye
noun
Obsolete spelling of clay
clays
clays
noun
plural of clay
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clay
cloky
cloys
cloys
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cloy
cluny
clwyd
clyde
clyde
Proper noun
name, named after the in
A major river in Scotland, serving the city of Glasgow.
A of the city of
A suburb of
A in
A in northern
A in
A in
An in
A in
An in the
A and in
A in
A in
A in
An in
A in
A in
A within the town of
A within the town of
clyer
clyer
noun
(medicine) A swelling of the lymph node of cattle
clype
clyte
clyte
verb
Synonym of cloit
clyve
clywd
coaly
coaly
adj
Covered in, or containing, coal.
Resembling coal.
colby
colby
Proper noun
name, transferred from the surname.
One of two villages in England.
A village in the Isle of Man.
A city in Kansas, USA, and the county seat of Thomas County.
A city and town in Wisconsin.
Noun
A soft, moist, mild cheese made with a washed-curd process.
coley
coley
noun
coalfish, Pollachius virens
colly
colly
adj
(Britain, dialect) black as coal
noun
(Britain, dialect) A blackbird
(Britain, dialect) Soot.
(dated) Alternative spelling of collie
verb
(transitive, archaic) to make black, as with coal
cooly
cooly
adj
Misspelling of coolly.
noun
Alternative spelling of coolie
corly
coryl
coyle
coyle
Proper noun
A town in Oklahoma, US.
coyly
coyly
adv
In a coy manner.
coyol
croyl
cryal
cully
cully
noun
(archaic) A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person.
(historical, archaic) A male client of a prostitute; a john, a gonk.
(slang) A companion.
verb
To trick, to impose on, to dupe.
culmy
cumly
cumyl
cumyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several univalent radicals derived from cumene
curly
curly
adj
(typography) Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
Complicated and difficult; knotty.
Having curls.
noun
a person or animal with curly hair.
cybil
cybil
Proper noun
name. A 20th century spelling variant of Sybil.
cycle
cycle
noun
(aviation) One take-off and landing of an aircraft, referring to a pressurisation cycle which places stresses on the fuselage.
(baseball) A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
(botany) One entire round in a circle or a spire.
(graph theory) A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.
(music) In musical set theory, an interval cycle is the set of pitch classes resulting from repeatedly applying the same interval class to the starting pitch class.
(sports) A scheduled period of time of weeks or months wherein a performance-enhancing substance or, by extension, supplement is applied, to be followed by another one where it is not or the dosage is lower.
(topology, algebraic topology) A chain whose boundary is zero.
(weaponry) A discharge of a taser.
A complete rotation of anything.
A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy.
An age; a long period of time.
An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
verb
(electronics) To turn power off and back on
(ice hockey) To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal
To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
cyclo
cyclo
noun
A cycle rickshaw
A tuk-tuk.
cyler
cylix
cylix
noun
Alternative form of kylix
cymol
cymol
noun
(organic chemistry) cymene
cyril
cyril
Proper noun
name; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.