(onomatopoeia) the sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat
an exclamation of disapproval or annoyance
an exclamation or cough to get attention
an exclamation to indicate sarcasm
verb
To cough or clear one's throat so as to draw attention.
ahom
ahum
ahum
adj
humming
intj
Alternative form of ahem (“coughing sound”)
amah
amah
noun
(India) a woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse.
(Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia) a female domestic helper.
behm
bohm
cham
cham
abbrev
(West Country, obsolete) I am
noun
An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.
Archaic spelling of khan.
verb
(obsolete) To chew.
chem
chem
adj
(informal) Clipping of chemical.
noun
(countable, informal, often in the plural) Clipping of chemical.
(uncountable, university slang, often capitalized) Clipping of chemistry (“branch of natural science”); usually referring to the subject or the department.
A chemical weapon.
A recreational drug.
chmn
chum
chum
noun
(dated) A friend; a pal.
(dated) A roommate, especially in a college or university.
(fishing, chiefly Canada, US) A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water as groundbait to attract predator fish, such as sharks
(pottery) A coarse mould for holding the clay while being worked on a whirler, lathe or manually.
The chum salmon
verb
(fishing, transitive, intransitive) To cast chum into the water to attract fish.
(intransitive) To make friends; to socialize.
(intransitive) To share rooms with someone; to live together.
(transitive) To lodge (somebody) with another person or people.
(transitive, Scotland, informal) To accompany.
fhma
fthm
fwhm
gmbh
haem
haem
noun
Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of heme.
haim
halm
halm
noun
(botany) Alternative spelling of haulm
hama
hame
hame
noun
(obsolete) A covering, skin, membrane.
Alternative form of haulm
Part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that the reins pass through.
Scottish form of home
hami
hamm
hamo
hams
hams
noun
(exercise, slang) The hamstring muscles; the biceps femoris
plural of ham
harm
harm
noun
That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
detriment; misfortune.
emotional or figurative hurt
physical injury; hurt; damage
verb
To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.
haum
haum
noun
Alternative form of haulm (a stalk)
hawm
hawm
noun
Alternative form of haulm (straw)
verb
(UK, dialect) To lounge; to loiter.
haym
hedm
heim
helm
helm
noun
(Northern England (Cumberland, Westmorland)) A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.
(Northern England) A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
(alchemy, chemistry) The upper part or cap of an alembic or retort.
(archaic or poetic) A helmet.
(countable) A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.
(except Britain, dialectal) The crown or top of something.
(heraldry) Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”)
(nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
(nautical) The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
(uncountable) Alternative form of haulm (“the stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching”)
(uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of bentgrass (“any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis”)
A position of control or leadership.
One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
verb
(figuratively) To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization).
(nautical) To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel).
(transitive) To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.
(transitive, archaic or poetic) To cover (a head) with a helmet; to provide (someone) with a helmet; to helmet.
heme
heme
noun
(biochemistry) The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
heml
hemp
hemp
noun
(slang, historical) The gallows.
A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.
hems
hems
noun
plural of hem
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hem
hemt
herm
herm
adj
Abbreviation of hermaphrodite.
noun
(sometimes derogatory) A hermaphrodite.
A rectangular pillar bearing a bust of Hermes, once used as a boundary marker and later as decoration.
hima
hime
himp
hims
hims
noun
plural of him
hmas
hmos
hmso
hoem
holm
holm
noun
(dialect, chiefly West Yorkshire(?), Scotland, Orkney) Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet. Often the word is used in Norse-influenced place-names. See also holme.
(obsolete outside dialects) The holly.
A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak.
An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.
Rich flat land near a river, prone to being completely flooded; a river-meadow; bottomland.
Small island, islet.
home
home
adj
(now rare, except in phrases) That strikes home; direct, pointed.
(obsolete) Personal, intimate.
(sports) Relating to the home team (the team at whose venue a game is played).
Of, from, or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign
adv
(Internet) To the home page
(UK, soccer) into the goal
(nautical) into the right, proper or stowed position
At or in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home
To a full and intimate degree; to the heart of the matter; fully, directly.
To one's place of birth
To one's place of residence or one's customary or official location
To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length
noun
(Internet) The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.
(board games) The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
(by extension) The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
(computing) Clipping of home directory.
(lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.
(music, informal) The chord at which a melody starts and to which it can resolve.
A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there.
A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.
One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.
The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.
The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born and/or raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.
verb
(always with "in on", transitive) To seek or aim for something.
(of animals, transitive) To return to its owner.
homo
homo
adj
(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Of or pertaining to homosexuality.
(not comparable, Canada, US) Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content.
noun
(colloquial, often derogatory) Clipping of homosexual.
(nonstandard) A human.
(uncountable, dated, US, Canada) Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
I heard that he's a homo, but he hasn't come out of the closet yet.
homs
homs
Proper noun
a city in Syria
homy
homy
adj
(archaic) homely
hoom
huma
hume
humo
hump
hump
noun
(Britain, slang, with definite article) A bad mood.
(animals) A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
(slang) A painfully boorish person.
(slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
A mound of earth.
A speed bump or speed hump.
A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To prepare for a great exertion; to put forth effort.
(rail transport) To shunt wagons / freight cars over the hump in a hump yard.
(slang, dated) To vex or annoy.
(transitive) To bend something into a hump.
(transitive, intransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
(transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump.
(transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with).
hums
hums
noun
plural of hum
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hum
hymn
hymn
noun
A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.
verb
(transitive) To praise or extol in hymns.
(transitive, intransitive) To sing a hymn.
imho
johm
khem
mach
magh
maha
maha
noun
(archaic) A kind of monkey; the wanderoo.
mahi
mahi
noun
(New Zealand) the work required to complete a task
mahu
mahu
noun
(Hawaii) A person of the third gender, having traditional spiritual and social roles in the cultures of Hawaii and Tahiti.
(Hawaii, slang, derogatory) A gay person; homosexual.
mash
mash
noun
(brewing) Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.
(countable, MLE, slang) A gun.
(mostly UK) Mashed potatoes.
(obsolete) A dandy, a masher.
(obsolete) A mesh.
(obsolete) A mess; trouble.
(obsolete) An infatuation, a crush, a fancy.
(obsolete) The object of one’s affections (regardless of sex).
(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
Alternative form of maash (“mung bean”)
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To act violently.
(transitive) In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort.
(transitive) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
(transitive, Southern US, informal) To press.
(transitive, UK, chiefly Northern England) To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea).
(transitive, informal, gaming) To press (a button) rapidly and repeatedly.
(transitive, intransitive) To press down hard (on).
To flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances.
math
math
noun
(Hinduism, Jainism) Clipping of matha.
(countable, Canada, US, Philippines) A math course / class
(uncountable, Canada, US, Philippines) Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).
(uncountable, Canada, US, Philippines) Clipping of mathematics.
A mowing; what is gathered from mowing.
verb
(colloquial, informal) to perform mathematical calculations or mathematical analysis; to do math
mchb
mech
mech
noun
(science fiction) A large piloted combat robot.
(science fiction) A robot.
mesh
mesh
noun
(computer graphics) A polygon mesh.
(electronics) In mesh analysis: a loop in a electric circuit (to which Kirchhoff's voltage law can be applied).
A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.
A structure made of connected strands of metal, fibre, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.
The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space.
verb
(intransitive, figurative, by extension) To fit in; to come together harmoniously.
(transitive) To catch in a mesh.
(transitive, intransitive) To connect together by interlocking, as gears do.
meth
meth
noun
(derogatory, Liverpudlian, Manchester) A tramp.
(informal) Methadone.
(informal) Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride.
A spiced mead, originally from Wales.
mhos
mhos
noun
plural of mho
mich
mich
verb
Alternative form of mitch
mihe
mmhg
moha
moha
noun
A kind of millet, Setaria italica; German millet.
mohl
mohn
moho
moho
noun
Synonym of oo.
The North Island takahē, an extinct rail of New Zealand.
mohr
mohr
noun
Alternative form of mhorr
moph
moth
moth
noun
(dated) A liver spot, especially an irregular or feathery one.
(figurative) Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
Obsolete form of mote.
The plant Vigna aconitifolia, moth bean.
verb
(intransitive) To hunt for moths.
mpch
msha
mshe
msph
much
much
adj
(obsolete) Large, great.
(obsolete) Long in duration.
adv
(in combinations such as 'as much', 'this much') Used to indicate or compare extent.
(obsolete) Almost.
Often; frequently.
To a great extent.
det
(in combinations such as 'as much', 'this much') Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something.
(now Caribbean, African-American English) Many ( + plural countable noun).
(now archaic or nonstandard) A great number of; many (people).
A large amount of.
pron
A large amount or great extent.
mush
mush
intj
A directive given (usually to dogs or a horse) to start moving, or to move faster.
noun
(Britain, slang, chiefly Northern England, Australia) The face.
(Britain, slang, chiefly Southern England) (US, slang, chiefly Nonantum) A form of address, normally to a man.
(Quebec, slang) A magic mushroom.
(geology) A magmatic body containing a significant proportion of crystals suspended in the liquid phase or melt.
(radio) A mixture of noise produced by the harmonics of continuous-wave stations.
(rural US) Cornmeal cooked in water and served as a porridge or as a thick sidedish like grits or mashed potatoes.
(surfing) The foam of a breaker.
A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge.
A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
A walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
verb
(intransitive) To walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
(transitive) To drive dogs, usually pulling a sled, across the snow.
(transitive) To notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp.
To squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.
muth
myth
myth
noun
(uncountable) Such stories as a genre.
A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.
A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.
A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend
A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.
An invented story, theory, or concept.
Scientists debunk the myth that gum stays in the human stomach for seven years.
nimh
ohms
ohms
noun
plural of ohm
rahm
rehm
samh
sham
sham
adj
Intended to deceive; false.
See also Thesaurus:fake
counterfeit; unreal
mock
noun
A decorative cover for a pillow.
A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
Trickery, hoaxing.
verb
To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
To deceive, cheat, lie.
To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
shem
shim
shim
noun
(computing) A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
(informal, often derogatory) A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite.
(informal, often derogatory) A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.
A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
A wedge.
verb
(computing, transitive) To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.
To adjust something by using shims.
To adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field, after the mechanical devices once used for the purpose.
To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.
shmo
shum
smoh
tham
them
them
det
(dialectal) Those.
pron
Used as the direct object of a verb.
Used as the indirect object of a verb.
Used as the object of a preposition.
thom
udmh
umeh
umph
umph
intj
Alternative form of humph (“sound of doubt or disapproval”)
Alternative form of oof (“sound of loss of air from the body, as when struck”)
wham
wham
intj
The sound of a forceful blow.
noun
a forceful blow
the sound of such a blow; a thud
verb
to strike or smash (into) something with great force or impact
whim
whim
noun
(mining) A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes
A bird, the Eurasian wigeon.
A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.
verb
(rare, intransitive) To be seized with a whim; to be capricious.
whom
whom
pron
(fused relative, archaic outside set patterns) The person(s) whom; whomever.
(relative) Used to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.