(pathology) A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.
A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.
aden
adne
aeon
aeon
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain) Alternative spelling of eon
(Cosmology) Each universe in a series of universes, according to conformal cyclic cosmology.
(Gnosticism, preferred spelling, with æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
agen
agen
adv
Obsolete spelling of again
aine
alen
amen
amen
adv
At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
In many Abrahamic religious texts and creeds: truly, verily.
intj
An expression of strong agreement. Often, though dated, in the phrase "Amen to that".
noun
A title of Christ; the Faithful One (especially with reference to Revelation 3:14)
An instance of saying ‘amen’.
verb
(intransitive) To say amen.
(transitive) To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.
ande
ande
noun
Alternative form of onde
anes
anet
anet
noun
The herb dill, or dillseed.
anew
anew
adv
(literary, poetic or formal) Again, once more; afresh, in a new way, newly.
aney
ange
anne
anre
anse
ante
ante
noun
(poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.
A price or cost, as in up the ante.
verb
To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.
To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.
aren
arne
aten
aune
aune
noun
An old French cloth measure, varying around the country, but at Paris equivalent to 0.95 of an English ell.
ayen
ayen
adv
Back against.
ayne
bane
bane
noun
(chiefly Scotland) Bone.
(dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants.
(obsolete) A killer, murderer, slayer.
(obsolete) Destruction; death.
A cause of misery or death.
A disease of sheep.
verb
(transitive) To be the bane of.
(transitive) To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
bean
bean
noun
(Britain, slang, archaic) A guinea coin.
(Britain, slang, chiefly in the negative) Money.
(by extension) An object resembling a pea or bean in shape, often made from plastic or styrofoam and used in large numbers as packing material or as stuffing for beanbags and similar items.
(by extension) The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such a a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.
(slang) The head or brain.
(slang, often endearing) A person.
(software) Clipping of JavaBean.
Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
The edible seedpod of such a plant.
The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo bean).
verb
(chiefly baseball) To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head.
been
been
noun
(UK dialectal) plural of bee
verb
(Southern US or African-American Vernacular) remote past form of be.
(Southern US or African-American Vernacular, rare) Synonym of be (infinitival sense).
(obsolete) plural simple present of be.
past participle of be.
behn
bein
bein
adj
(Now chiefly dialectal) Wealthy; well-to-do.
(Now chiefly dialectal) Well provided; comfortable; cosy.
adv
(Now chiefly dialectal) Comfortably.
verb
(transitive, Scotland) To dry.
(transitive, Scotland) To render or make comfortable.
bena
bend
bend
noun
(heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
(in the plural, medicine, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
(mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
(music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.
(nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
(nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
(obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
A curve.
Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
verb
(intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
(intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
(intransitive) To become curved.
(intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
(intransitive) To change direction.
(intransitive) To submit.
(intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
(intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
(transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
(transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
(transitive) To cause to change direction.
(transitive) To force to submit.
(transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
(transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
bene
bene
adj
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Good.
noun
(now chiefly dialectal) A prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Tongue.
Alternative form of benne (“sesame”)
beng
beni
benj
benj
noun
Obsolete form of bhang (“cannabis”).
benn
beno
beno
noun
An alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented sap of palm trees, originating from the Philippines.
bens
bens
noun
(job advertisements) benefits
plural of ben
bent
bent
adj
(Of a person) leading a life of crime.
(Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented.
(colloquial, chiefly UK) Corrupt, dishonest.
(colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering from the bends.
(derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK) Homosexual.
(slang) High from both marijuana and alcohol.
(slang, soccer) Inaccurately aimed.
Determined or insistent.
noun
A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
A grassy area, grassland.
A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
An inclination or talent.
Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams.
Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing.
Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
The old dried stalks of grasses.
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bend
benu
benz
bern
bien
bine
bine
noun
(UK, slang) cigarette
(botany) A climbing plant which climbs by its shoots growing in a helix around a support (distinct from a vine, which climbs using tendrils or suckers).
blen
bnet
bone
bone
adj
Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
noun
(American football, informal) The wishbone formation.
(US, informal) A dollar.
(countable) Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.
(figurative) A reward.
(figurative) The framework of anything.
(slang) A cannabis cigarette; a joint.
(slang) An erect penis; a boner.
(slang) Clipping of trombone.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A domino or dice.
(uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
A bonefish
An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.
One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
verb
(Australia, dated, in Aboriginal culture) To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.
(carpentry, masonry, surveying) To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.
(civil engineering) To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
(transitive, slang) To apprehend, steal.
(usually with "up") To study.
(vulgar, slang, usually of a man, transitive, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with).
To fertilize with bone.
To nag, especially for an unpaid debt.
To polish boots to a shiny finish.
To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
To put whalebone into.
bren
bren
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To burn (to set ablaze).
caen
cane
cane
noun
(US, Southern) Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar
(countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path
(countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
(countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
(countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking
(uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like
(uncountable) Sugar cane
(uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed
(uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
(with "the") Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
A lance or dart made of cane
A local European measure of length; the canna.
verb
(Britain, New Zealand, slang) to destroy; to comprehensively defeat
(Britain, New Zealand, slang) to do something well, in a competent fashion
(UK, slang, intransitive) to produce extreme pain
(transitive) To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
to strike or beat with a cane or similar implement
cene
cene
noun
(genetics) A control gene.
cens
cent
cent
noun
(informal) A small sum of money.
(money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
(music) A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
(nuclear physics) A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
(obsolete, except in per cent) Abbreviation of centum. One hundred.
Abbreviation of center.
Abbreviation of centigrade.
Abbreviation of century.
cern
chen
cine
cine
noun
(chiefly attributive) cinefilm
(medicine) Images of the heart taken by fluoroscopy.
cnes
cone
cone
noun
(anatomy) Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina.
(category theory) An object V together with an arrow going from V to each object of a diagram such that for any arrow A in the diagram, the pair of arrows from V which subtend A also commute with it. (Then V can be said to be the cone’s vertex and the diagram which the cone subtends can be said to be its base.)
(geometry) A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
(geometry) A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
(slang) A cone-shaped cannabis joint.
(slang) A passenger on a cruise ship (so-called by employees after traffic cones, from the need to navigate around them)
(slang) The bowl piece on a bong.
(slang) The process of smoking cannabis in a bong.
(topology) A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.
A cone-shaped flower head of various plants, such as banksias and proteas.
A set of formal languages with certain desirable closure properties, in particular those of the regular languages, the context-free languages and the recursively enumerable languages.
A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form.
A traffic cone
A unit of volume, applied solely to marijuana and only while it is in a smokable state; roughly 1.5 cubic centimetres, depending on use.
An ice cream cone.
Anything shaped like a cone.
The fruit of a conifer.
verb
(frequently followed by "off") To segregate or delineate an area using traffic cones.
(intransitive) To form a cone shape.
(transitive) To fashion into the shape of a cone.
cren
ctne
dane
dean
dean
noun
(Sussex, chiefly in place names) A hill.
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.
A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
The senior member of some group of people.
verb
(intransitive, rare) To serve as a dean.
(transitive, Oxbridge, otherwise rare, informal) To send (a student) to see the dean of a college or university.
dena
dene
dene
noun
(Northumbria) a valley, especially the deep valley of a stream or rivulet
a sand dune by the seashore
deng
deni
deni
noun
A subdivision of currency, equal to 0.01 Macedonian denar.
denn
dens
dens
noun
(anatomy) A toothlike process projecting from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis vertebra on which the atlas vertebra rotates.
plural of den
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of den.
dent
dent
noun
(by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
(engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
(figurative) A minor impact or effect made upon something.
(weaving) A slot or a wire in a reed
A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
verb
(intransitive) To develop a dent or dents.
(transitive) To impact something, producing a dent.
deny
deny
verb
(ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
(obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).
(sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring.
(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
(transitive) To disallow or reject.
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
dern
dern
adj
(obsolete, dialectal) Hidden; secret; private.
noun
(UK) A gatepost or doorpost.
(obsolete) A secret place; hiding.
(obsolete) A secret; secrecy.
(obsolete) An obscure language.
(obsolete) Darkness; obscurity.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To hide oneself; skulk.
(transitive, obsolete) To hide; secrete, as in a hole.
detn
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.
done
done
adj
(of an activity or task) Completed or finished.
(of food) Ready, fully cooked.
Being exhausted or fully spent.
Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
Having completed or finished an activity.
Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
intj
Expresses agreement to and conclusion of a proposal, a set of terms, a sale, a request, etc.
Expresses that a task has been completed.
noun
(slang) Clipping of methadone.
Alternative form of dhoni
verb
(African-American Vernacular, Southern US, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.
(nonstandard, dialectal) simple past tense of do; did.
(obsolete) plural simple present of do
past participle of do
dren
dune
dune
noun
(geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind.
dyne
dyne
noun
A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.
earn
earn
noun
Alternative form of erne
verb
(intransitive) To receive payment for work.
(intransitive, obsolete) Of milk: to curdle, espcially in the cheesemaking process.
(intransitive, obsolete) To grieve.
(transitive) To achieve by being worthy of.
(transitive) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
(transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
(transitive) To receive payment for work.
(transitive, archaic) To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
(transitive, obsolete) To strongly long or yearn (for something or to do something).
eben
eben
adj
Pronunciation spelling of even, representing African-American English English.
ebon
ebon
adj
(poetic) Black in colour.
(poetic) Made of ebony.
noun
(now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree.
econ
econ
adj
Abbreviation of economic.
noun
Abbreviation of economics.
Abbreviation of economy.
edan
eden
eden
noun
(rare) Alternative letter-case form of Eden (“a paradise”)
edin
edna
edna
Proper noun
a city in Texas, USA
edny
edon
egan
egin
egon
eine
elan
elan
noun
Uncommon spelling of élan.
elna
elne
elne
noun
Alternative form of ellen
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strengthen; hearten; comfort; encourage.
elon
elon
noun
(photography) Synonym of metol (“p-methylaminophenol sulfate”)
elyn
enam
encl
ency
ende
ende
noun
Obsolete spelling of end
endo
endo
noun
(Philippines, countable) A person employed under this system.
(Philippines, uncountable) A labor contracting system where workers are hired by employment agencies to work for a specific period of time until being replaced and prohibited from being re-hired.
(countable, dentistry, informal) Clipping of endodontic treatment.
(countable, dentistry, informal) Clipping of endodontics.
(countable, medicine, informal) Clipping of endocrinologist.
(cycling) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the bike is ridden on the front wheel.
(cycling) A crash in which the back wheel of the bicycle lifts off the ground and the cyclist is hurtled over the handlebars.
(uncountable, medicine, informal) Clipping of endocrinology.
(uncountable, medicine, informal) Clipping of endometriosis.
verb
(cycling) To perform an endo (trick).
(cycling) To suffer an endo (crash).
ends
ends
noun
(MLE, MTE) The area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood.
plural of end
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of end
enea
ened
enet
enew
enew
verb
(falconry, transitive) To drive back to the water; to pursue.
engl
engr
engs
engs
noun
plural of eng
enid
enid
noun
(zoology) Any snail in the family Enidae.
enif
enif
Proper noun
Epsilon Pegasi, an orange supergiant star in the constellation of Pegasus.
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).
enki
enki
Proper noun
A god in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea in Akkadian and Babylonian mythology.
enol
enol
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
enon
enos
enos
Proper noun
A grandson of Adam.
name of biblical origin.
of uncertain origin.
enow
enow
adv
(archaic) Just now.
(archaic, Scotland) Soon.
det
Archaic form of enough.
ense
entr
envy
envy
noun
(obsolete) Emulation; rivalry.
(obsolete) Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling.
(obsolete) Public odium; ill repute.
An object of envious notice or feeling.
Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).
verb
(obsolete) To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
(obsolete) To emulate.
(obsolete) To hate.
(obsolete) To show malice or ill will; to rail.
(obsolete, intransitive) To have envious feelings (at).
(obsolete, transitive) To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge.
(transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions.
(transitive) To resentfully or discontentedly desire (something someone else has that one lacks).
enyo
eoan
eoan
adj
(poetic) Relating to the East.
(poetic) Relating to the dawn.
eoin
eons
eons
noun
plural of eon
epns
eran
erin
erna
erna
noun
(biochemistry) Alternative form of eRNA
erne
erne
noun
(chiefly poetic, dialectal, sciences) An eagle.
A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
verb
(obsolete) To long; to yearn.
erns
erns
noun
plural of ern
erny
eryn
esne
esne
noun
(Anglo-Saxon, historical) A hireling of servile status; slave.
etan
eten
etna
etna
noun
A kind of small, portable cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
eton
evan
even
even
adj
(colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
(not comparable, of an integer) Divisible by two.
(obsolete) Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
(obsolete) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
Flat and level.
On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
Without great variation.
parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
adv
(archaic) Exactly, just, fully.
Emphasizing a comparative.
In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.
Signalling a correction of one's previous utterance; rather, that is.
noun
(archaic or poetic) Evening.
(mathematics, diminutive) An even number.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To be equal.
(transitive) To make flat and level.
(transitive, obsolete) To act up to; to keep pace with.
(transitive, obsolete) To equal or equate; to make the same.
(transitive, obsolete) To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.
(transitive, obsolete) To set right; to complete.
evin
evyn
ewan
ewen
exon
exon
noun
(genetics) A region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule.
An officer of the Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
eyen
eyen
noun
(dialectal or obsolete) plural of eye
eyne
eyne
noun
(obsolete) plural of eye
ezan
fane
fane
noun
(obsolete) A banner, especially a military banner.
(obsolete) A weathercock, a weather vane.
A temple or sacred place.
fedn
fein
fend
fend
noun
(UK dialectal) An enemy; fiend; the Devil.
(obsolete) Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being.
verb
(intransitive) To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
(rare, except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).
fenn
fens
fens
noun
plural of fen
fent
fent
noun
(UK, dialect) A remnant; an odd piece left over.
(UK, dialect) A slit or crack.
(slang) The drug fentanyl.
fern
fern
noun
Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.
fine
fine
adj
(cricket) Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
(informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.
(informal) Good-looking, attractive.
(ironic) Impressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory.
(obsolete) Showy; overdecorated.
(obsolete) Subtle; thin; tenuous.
(of weather) Sunny and not raining.
An answer often used to cover an unnecessary explanation, rather to avoid conflict or an argument. Saying "I'm fine" can be used to avoid inquiry when the speaker is not really okay.
Consisting of especially minute particulates; made up of particularly small pieces.
Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
Having a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition.
Made of slender or thin filaments.
Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.
Of superior quality.
Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.
(pool, billiards) In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.
Expression of (typically) reluctant or agreement.
Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way.
noun
(Cambridge University slang) A drink that must be taken during a meal or as part of a drinking game, following an announcement that anyone who has done some (usually outrageous) deed is to be fined; similar to I have never; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to a sconce at Oxford University, though a fine is the penalty itself rather than the act of issuing it.
(UK, law) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
(feudal law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
(music) The end of a musical composition.
(music) The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.