HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (colloquial, music) An alto saxophone
2. A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.
3. A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.

noun

1. (physics, dated) The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements and calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0° Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris.

noun

1. (Canada, usually attributive) An age group division in hockey for nine- to eleven-year-olds.
2. (chemistry, physics) The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
3. (computing, programming, Lisp) An individual number or symbol, as opposed to a list; a scalar value.
4. (historical) The smallest medieval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second.
5. (history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter.
6. (mathematics) A non-zero member of a partially ordered set that has only zero below it (assuming that the poset has a least element, its "zero").
7. (mathematics, set theory) An element of a set that is not itself a set; an urelement.
8. (now generally regarded figuratively) The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something.
9. (philosophy) In logical atomism, a fundamental fact that cannot be further broken down.
10. A mote of dust in a sunbeam.
11. A very small amount; a whit.

adv

1. (literary or archaic) On, to, or at the top.

prep

1. On the top of.
2. On the top, with "of".

adv

1. (obsolete) In two; in twain; asunder.

adj

1. Clipping of automatic. (of a gearbox / transmission)

noun

1. (India) An autorickshaw.
2. (chiefly attributively) An automobile.
3. A car with an automatic gearbox / transmission.
4. A setting for automatic operation.
5. An automatic gearbox / transmission.

verb

1. (intransitive, dated) To travel by automobile.

noun

1. (physics, dated) Synonym of abampere
2. (science fiction) A robot composed of living components

noun

1. (backgammon) An exposed piece in backgammon.
2. (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
3. (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
4. A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.

verb

1. (intransitive) to soak up or absorb liquid.
2. (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
3. (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
4. (transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
5. (transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
6. (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
7. (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
8. (transitive) to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.

noun

1. (Australian politics, informal) The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
2. (chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
3. (poker slang) A full house.
4. A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
5. A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.

verb

1. (intransitive) To travel by boat.
2. (transitive) To place in a boat.
3. (transitive) To transport in a boat.

adv

1. Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

noun

1. (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
2. (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
3. (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
4. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
5. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
6. A burst of speed or efficiency.
7. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
8. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
9. A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
10. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
11. A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
12. A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
13. A sudden event, action or emotion.
14. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
15. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
16. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

verb

1. (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
2. (intransitive) To escape.
3. (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
4. (intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
5. (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
6. (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
7. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
8. To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
9. To secure a door by locking or barring it.
10. To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
11. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
12. To sift, especially through a cloth.
13. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
14. To swallow food without chewing it.
15. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.

noun

1. (Australia, Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
2. (Britain, slang) An unattractive person, ugly woman.
3. (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
4. (US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
5. (US, military, law enforcement, slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
6. (archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
7. (archaic, dialectal) Remedy, amends.
8. (aviation) A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot.
9. (baseball) A bobbled ball.
10. (botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
11. (computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
12. (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
13. (countable, uncountable) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
14. (firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
15. (informal) A bootleg recording.
16. (informal, with definite article) The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
17. (obsolete) A medicinal cure or remedy.
18. (obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
19. (obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
20. (obsolete) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.
21. (slang) A linear amplifier used with CB radio.
22. (slang, ethnic slur) A black person.
23. (slang, motorsports) A tyre.
24. (sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
25. (uncountable) Profit, plunder.
26. (usually preceded by definite article) A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
27. A blow with the foot; a kick.
28. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.

verb

1. (MLE, criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
2. (colloquial, Canada, US, usually with it) To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
3. (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
4. (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
5. (informal) To eject; kick out.
6. (often with up) To start or restart a computer or other electronic system; to bootstrap.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To avail, benefit, profit.
8. (transitive, obsolete) To benefit, to enrich; to give in addition.
9. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
10. To kick.
11. To put boots on, especially for riding.

noun

1. Poor-quality diamond, used for industrial cutting or abrasion; a poorly crystallized diamond.

noun

1. A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
2. A right to take wood from property not one's own.
3. Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.

conj

1. (obsolete) Including all of (used with and).
2. Including both of (used with and).

det

1. Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.

pron

1. Each of the two, or of the two kinds.

noun

1. plural of bot

noun

1. Alternative spelling of bot (the larva of the botfly)

noun

1. (boxing) A boxing match.
2. (dated) The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.
3. (fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
4. (music) A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.
5. (roller derby) A roller derby match.
6. A fighting competition.
7. A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant.

prep

1. (colloquial) Aphetic form of about

verb

1. To contest a bout.

noun

1. A silly person.
2. A solidified mass of any liquid.
3. A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.

verb

1. (intransitive) To form a clot or mass.
2. (transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass.

noun

1. (countable) A covering of material, such as paint.ᵂᵖ
2. (countable) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.ᵂᵖ
3. (countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.ᵂᵖ
4. (obsolete) A petticoat.
5. (uncountable, nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
6. A coat card.
7. A coat of arms.ᵂᵖ
8. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.

verb

1. (transitive) To cover like a coat.
2. (transitive) To cover with a coating of some material.
3. (transitive, archaic) To clothe.

noun

1. Obsolete form of quoit.
2. Synonym of coition

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To throw.
2. (rare) to copulate; to mate

noun

1. (biblical) A young camel or donkey.
2. (cricket, slang) A professional cricketer during his first season.
3. (figuratively) A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
4. (nautical) A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.
5. A young crane (bird).
6. A young male horse.

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To befool.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To horse; to get with young.
3. To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.

adj

1. Abbreviation of continuous.

verb

1. Abbreviation of continue
2. Abbreviation of continued

noun

1. (colloquial) A foolish or eccentric fellow
2. (slang) Body louse (Pediculus humanus).
3. (slang, with the) A success; something excellent.
4. Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.

verb

1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of cop

noun

1. (heraldry) A cottise.
2. (obsolete) A rib; a side.
3. (obsolete) Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.
4. A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
5. Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
6. Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.

verb

1. (transitive, ditransitive) To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
2. (transitive, ditransitive) To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
3. To calculate or estimate a price.
4. To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.

noun

1. A cottage or hut.
2. A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.

verb

1. Obsolete form of quote.
2. To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.

noun

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 10.4 cm.

noun

1. plural of cot

noun

1. Obsolete spelling of cot (“simple bed”)

noun

1. Alternative form of datto

verb

1. Obsolete spelling of dote

noun

1. (archaic) A small amount; a bit, a jot.
2. (historical) A small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver.
3. (music) In jazz music, a note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards.

verb

1. (Scotland, rare) To stumble; to blunder.

noun

1. (derogatory) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

verb

1. (obsolete) To behave foolishly.

abbrev

1. Misspelling of don't.
2. Obsolete spelling of don't

noun

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A sulky or sullen mood; the sulks.

verb

1. (intransitive) To become pettish; sulk.

verb

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of do

noun

1. (Ireland) A darling, a cutie.
2. (obsolete) An imbecile; a dotard.

verb

1. (intransitive, archaic) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
2. (intransitive, usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.

verb

1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present form of do

noun

1. Alternative form of dhoti

noun

1. A punctuation mark consisting of three dots, indicating an omission of some text or a sentence which wasn't fully finished, an ellipsis.
2. Alternative form of dotty (“shotgun”)
3. plural of dot

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dot

adj

1. (US, dialectal, of a person) Senile; in one's dotage
2. (carpentry, of wood) Suffering from rot, or waterlogged

noun

1. Obsolete spelling of doubt

verb

1. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.

noun

1. (chiefly Britain) A little island, especially in a river or lake.

noun

1. (Christianity) A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
2. (computing, typography) A computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs of one or more typographic fonts on a computer display or printer.
3. (computing, typography, informal) A typeface.
4. (figuratively) A source, wellspring, fount.
5. (figuratively) Spring, source, fountain.
6. A receptacle for oil in a lamp.
7. In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.
8. In metal typesetting, a set of type sorts in one size.
9. In phototypesetting, a set of patterns forming glyphs of any size, or the film they are stored on.

verb

1. (television, colloquial, transitive) To overlay (text) on the picture.

noun

1. (anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
2. (billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
3. (botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
4. (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
5. (collective, military) Foot soldiers; infantry.
6. (geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
7. (malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
8. (molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein.
9. (music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
10. (nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
11. (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
12. (phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
13. (printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
14. (printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
15. (prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
16. (sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
17. A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
18. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
19. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
20. Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
21. Recognized condition; rank; footing.
22. The base or bottom of anything.
23. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
24. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.

verb

1. (now rare) To set foot on; to walk on.
2. (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
3. (transitive) To pay (a bill).
4. (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
5. To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
6. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
7. To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
8. To walk.

noun

1. (historical) An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.
2. A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
3. A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.
4. Any permanent army post.

verb

1. To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.

noun

1. A sexual act in which two males rub each other's penises with their penis.

verb

1. (archaic) To rub, chafe.
2. (slang) To rub one's genitals – usually the penis – against another person for sexual gratification.
3. (tanning) To work leather by rubbing.

noun

1. (acronym) Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“Greatest of All Time”)
2. (informal) A scapegoat.
3. (roller derby) A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack.
4. (slang) A Pontiac GTO car.
5. (slang) A lecherous man.
6. (speech recognition) A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
7. (uncountable) The meat of the aforementioned animal.
8. A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.
9. A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra.

verb

1. (transitive) To allow goats to feed on.
2. (transitive) To scapegoat.
3. (transitive, roller derby) To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack.

noun

1. (UK dialectal) A drainage pipe.
2. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A deep miry place.
3. A drain; sluice; ditch or gutter.

adj

1. Relating to goth music or people.

noun

1. (countable) A person who is part of the goth subculture.
2. (uncountable) A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes.
3. (uncountable, music) A style of punk rock influenced by glam rock; gothic rock.

noun

1. (computing) Alternative letter-case form of GOTO

noun

1. (obsolete) taste; relish
2. (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.
3. (uncountable, pathology) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
4. (usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch.

verb

1. (intransitive) To spurt.

noun

1. Abbreviation of government.

noun

1. (poetic) A grotto.
2. (slang, countable) A miserable person.
3. (slang, uncountable) Any unpleasant substance or material.

verb

1. (archaic) To play the fool; to behave thoughtlessly and frivolously.
2. (obsolete) To leap; to caper; to romp noisily.
3. Pronunciation spelling of hurt.

noun

1. A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse.
2. The lair of an animal, especially of an otter.

noun

1. (slang) A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)
2. A derisive cry or shout.
3. A small particle; a whit or jot.
4. The cry of an owl.

verb

1. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
2. To cry out or shout in contempt.
3. To make the cry of an owl, a hoo.
4. To sound the horn of a vehicle

noun

1. (Christianity) The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.
2. (computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
3. (ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
4. (evolution, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
5. A large number of items; a large inventory.
6. A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
7. A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
8. A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
9. A person or organization responsible for running an event.
10. One that provides a facility for an event.
11. One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.

verb

1. (computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To lodge at an inn.
3. To perform the role of a host.

verb

1. (obsolete) To promise.
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be called, be named.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To call, name.
4. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To command; to enjoin.

noun

1. (slang) A condition of physical attraction toward (for) someone.

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hot

noun

1. (Rhodesia, slang, ethnic slur) A black African.

Proper noun

1. for someone who lived high, or on a hill.
2. A city in Kansas.
3. A community in New Brunswick, Canada.

noun

1. islet: Alternative form of islot

prep

1. (Britain, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.
2. (colloquial) Interested in or attracted to.
3. (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".
4. After the start of.
5. Against, especially with force or violence.
6. Indicates division or the creation of subgroups or sections.
7. Indicates transition into another form or substance.
8. Investigating the subject (of).
9. To or towards the inside of.
10. To or towards the region of.

noun

1. A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity.
2. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.

Proper noun

1. The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
2. The Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation

noun

1. A RATO unit or RATO takeoff - a rocket assisted take-off
2. A takeoff assisted by such a unit
3. An auxiliary jet engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an aircraft

noun

1. (slang) A long prison sentence.
2. (slang) A narcotic injection.
3. A surprise or shock.
4. An act of jolting.

verb

1. (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
2. (transitive) To knock sharply
3. (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
4. (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
5. (transitive) To shock emotionally.

noun

1. A traditional popular dance of the Iberian peninsula with regional variations.
2. The music to which this dance is set, normally of 3/4 or 6/8 time.

noun

1. plural of jot

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jot

adj

1. (informal) Clipping of ketogenic; ketonic.

noun

1. (organic chemistry) The carbonyl group of a ketone.

noun

1. (India, historical) A form of land tenure usually based around hereditary zamindars with proprietary rights.

noun

1. (aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
2. (aviation, nautical) A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour. (From the practice of counting the number of knots in the log-line (as it is paid out) in a standard time. Traditionally spaced at one every ¹⁄₁₂₀ of a mile.)
3. (engineering) A node.
4. (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a bulbus glandis-like structure on the penis of a male alpha, which ties him to an omega during intercourse.
5. (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
6. (nautical) A nautical mile.
7. (of hair, etc) A tangled clump.
8. (slang) The bulbus glandis.
9. A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
10. A group of people or things.
11. A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
12. A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
13. A maze-like pattern.
14. A protuberant joint in a plant.
15. A tightened and contracted part of a muscle that feels like a hard lump under the skin.
16. Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
17. Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
18. One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
19. The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
20. The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae.
21. The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.

verb

1. (intransitive) To form knots.
2. (intransitive) To knit knots for a fringe.
3. (transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
4. (transitive) To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
5. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
6. To unite closely; to knit together.

noun

1. Alternative form of kuft

noun

1. (music) A Japanese stringed instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand.

adj

1. (obsolete, rare) lofty; proud; haughty

noun

1. (golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).
2. (obsolete) A floor or room placed above another.
3. (obsolete, except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
4. (textiles) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
5. A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
6. An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.

verb

1. (bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
2. (intransitive) To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled
3. (transitive) To furnish with a loft space.
4. (transitive) To propel high into the air.
5. (transitive) To raise (a bed) on tall supports so that the space beneath can be used for something else.

noun

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
2. (US military slang, dated) Clipping of lieutenant.
3. (colloquial, US) Any valuable thing received for free, especially Christmas presents.
4. (slang) Synonym of money.
5. Synonym of booty, goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly (historical) during the sacking of a town in war or (video games) after successful combat.
6. Synonym of sack, the plundering of a city, particularly during war.

verb

1. (transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.
2. (transitive, chiefly South Asian) Synonym of rob, to steal something from someone by violence or threat of violence.

adj

1. Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.
2. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
3. In an unknown location; unable to be found.
4. Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.
5. Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.
6. Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.
7. Parted with; no longer held or possessed.
8. Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of lose

noun

1. (Pakistani politics) A person who switches loyalties, especially from one political party to another.
2. (South Asia) A spherical pot, specifically a water pot used for washing and ablution, typically made of brass.

noun

1. A large tree (Celtis australis), the European nettle tree, found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherry-like fruit.

verb

1. (intransitive, archaic) To lurk; lie hidden

adj

1. (Britain) Alternative form of loath

noun

1. (now historical) A measure of weight formerly used in Germany, the Netherlands and some other parts of Europe, equivalent to half of the local ounce.

noun

1. A coin or banknote betokening a value in (ma)loti.
2. The basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho, introduced in 1980 to replace the South African rand as legal tender.
3. plural of lotus

noun

1. Archaic form of lotto.

adv

1. (colloquial) A great deal; very much.

noun

1. (colloquial) A lot; a great deal; tons; loads.
2. plural of lot

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lot

noun

1. A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
2. A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.

verb

1. (intransitive, archaic) To bend, bow, stoop.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.

noun

1. (business, figurative) An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, because of the nature of its products, services or franchise or for some other reason.
2. (meteorology) A clear ring outside the eyewall of a tropical cyclone.
3. (obsolete) A hill or mound.
4. A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.
5. A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.

verb

1. (transitive) To surround with a moat.

verb

1. (rare) simple past tense of melt
2. US standard spelling of moult.

noun

1. mount; mountain.

adj

1. (Canada, US) Having no practical consequence or relevance.
2. (Canada, US, chiefly law) Being an exercise of thought; academic.
3. (current in UK, rare in the US) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.

noun

1. (Australia) Vagina.
2. (Internet slang, endearing) A mutual follower on a social media platform.
3. (Scotland, Northern England) A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
4. (Scotland, Northern England, rural) Talk.
5. (Scouting) A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
6. (West Country) The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
7. (historical) An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).
8. (paganism) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
9. (shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
10. A moot court.
11. A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.

verb

1. (Scotland, Northern England) To say, utter, also insinuate.
2. (US) To make or declare irrelevant.
3. (West Country) To take root and begin to grow.
4. (West Country) To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with a snout.
5. (regional, obsolete) To talk or speak.
6. To argue or plead in a supposed case.
7. To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
8. To discuss or debate.

noun

1. (Internet, informal) A player in a multi-user dungeon who does not have special administrator privileges and whose character can be killed.
2. (UK, Scotland, dialect) The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.
3. (card games) A variety of dummy whist for three players.
4. (card games) The exposed or dummy hand of cards in the game of mort.
5. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A woman; a female.
6. A great quantity or number.
7. A note sounded on a horn at the death of a deer.
8. A three-year-old salmon.
9. Death; especially, the death of game in hunting.

adv

1. (informal, chiefly US) Almost.
2. Forms the superlative of many adjectives.
3. To a great extent or degree; highly; very.
4. superlative degree of many
5. superlative degree of much

det

1. superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article)
2. superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (construed without the definite article)
3. superlative degree of much.

noun

1. (countable) A record-setting amount.
2. (countable, uncountable) The greater part.
3. (uncountable) The greatest amount.

pron

1. The greater part of a group, especially a group of people.

noun

1. (obsolete) A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.
2. (obsolete) A meeting for discussion.
3. (obsolete) A place of meeting for discussion.
4. A small particle; a speck.
5. A tiny computer for remote sensing; a component element of smartdust.

verb

1. (archaic) Forming subjunctive expressions of wish: may.
2. (archaic) May or might.
3. (obsolete) Must.

noun

1. (dated) A liver spot, especially an irregular or feathery one.
2. (figurative) Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
3. A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
4. Obsolete form of mote.
5. The plant Vigna aconitifolia, moth bean.

verb

1. (intransitive) To hunt for moths.

noun

1. plural of mot

noun

1. (US, chiefly Texas) A copse or small grove of trees, especially live oak or elm.
2. Alternative spelling of mot (“woman”)

noun

1. A reef islet formed by broken coral and sand, surrounding an atoll.

verb

1. Pronunciation spelling of might corresponding to US regional dialect.

noun

1. (countable) A tree of the genus Mora
2. (uncountable) The wood of such trees

noun

1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Neat, cattle

noun

1. plural of notum

noun

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.
2. (academic) An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse.
3. (by extension) A call or song of a bird.
4. (by extension) A key of the piano or organ.
5. (extension) A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
6. (finance) A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment
7. (obsolete) A list of items or of charges; an account.
8. (obsolete) Mark of disgrace.
9. (obsolete) Notification; information; intelligence.
10. (uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.
11. (uncountable) Reputation; distinction.
12. (uncountable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
13. A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
14. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
15. A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
16. A critical comment.
17. A diplomatic missive or written communication.
18. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
19. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
20. A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
21. A piece of paper money; a banknote.
22. A short informal letter; a billet.

verb

1. (transitive) To annotate.
2. (transitive) To denote; to designate.
3. (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
4. (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
5. (transitive) To set down in musical characters.
6. (transitive, law) To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.

noun

1. plural of not

noun

1. (Northern England, Sussex, Berkshire) Naught, nothing.
2. (Scotland and Northern England) A herd of cattle.
3. (Scotland and Northern England) An ox.
4. (figurative, Scotland and Northern England) A dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn.

pron

1. (Northern England) Naught, nothing.

noun

1. (Britain) A kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops.

noun

1. A curse, a curse word.
2. A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity.
3. A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
4. A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge.

verb

1. (archaic) To pledge.

noun

1. A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).
2. Seeds of an oat plant, especially prepared as food.
3. plural of oat