(obsolete) Abbreviation of obedient, at one time used in correspondence.
obit
obit
noun
(Christianity, historical) A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person.
(archaic) Death of a person.
(colloquial) An obituary.
A record of a person's death.
ocht
ocst
octu
oint
oint
verb
(now rare, poetic) To anoint.
oita
oket
okta
okta
noun
(meteorology) One eighth of the total area of the celestial dome; used as a measure of cloudiness (one okta means that one eighth of the sky is obscured, two oktas that one quarter is obscured, and so on).
olit
oltm
oltp
omit
omit
verb
(intransitive) To fail to perform.
(transitive) To leave out or exclude.
(transitive, law, of text) To delete or remove; to strike.
(transitive, rare) To neglect or take no notice of.
onto
onto
adj
(mathematics, of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain.
prep
(informal) Aware of.
(mathematics) Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).
Arriving upon or on top of (speaking of a physical or metaphorical movement).
oont
oont
noun
(British India (Anglo-Indian), Australia, colloquial) A camel.
oost
oots
opts
opts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opt
orit
orth
orts
orts
noun
plural of ort
ostp
otbs
otdr
otec
otes
otha
othb
othe
otho
otic
otic
adj
(anatomy) Of, relating/pertaining to, or located near the ear.
otis
otlf
otoe
otoh
otoh
prep_phrase
Alternative letter-case form of OTOH
otte
otti
otto
otto
noun
Alternative form of attar
otus
otxi
oust
oust
verb
(transitive) To expel; to remove.
outr
outs
outs
noun
plural of out
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of out
pato
pato
noun
The national sport of Argentina, a game played on horseback that combines elements of polo and basketball.
peto
phot
phot
noun
A photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area (symbol ph).
verb
(informal) to photograph
plot
plot
noun
(Various fandom slang, euphemistic) Attractive physical attributes of characters involved in a story, originating from ironic juxtaposition with the original meaning (course of the story).
(narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
A plan; a purpose.
A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
An area or land used for building on or planting on.
Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
verb
(transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
(transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
(transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
poet
poet
noun
A person who writes poems.
A person with a creative or romantic imagination.
polt
polt
noun
(now dialectal) A hard knock.
(obsolete, rare) A pestle.
pont
poot
poot
noun
(childish, slang) A fart, perhaps a relatively quiet one.
verb
(childish, slang) To fart.
port
port
adj
(nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.
noun
(Australia) A suitcase or schoolbag.
(archaic) The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
(computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
(computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port (hardware) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
(computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.
(computing, BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
(curling, bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
(informal) The portfolio of a model or artist.
(medicine) A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin, connected to a vein by a catheter, and used to inject drugs or to draw blood samples.
(military) The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
(nautical, aviation, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
(now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
(rowing) A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
verb
(US, government and law) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
(computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform. Porting (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
(military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
(nautical, transitive, chiefly imperative) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
(telephony, transitive) To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one telephone service provider to another.
To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.
post
post
adv
Sent via the postal service.
With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
noun
(American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
(construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
(dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
(dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
(film, informal) Post-production.
(medicine, informal) A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death).
(now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
(obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route.
(obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
(obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
(obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
(paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
(sports) A goalpost.
(vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
A location on a basketball court near the basket.
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
A pole in a battery.
An appointed position in an organization, job.
An assigned station; a guard post.
The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
prep
After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
verb
(Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
(accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
(horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
(transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
(transitive, gambling) To pay down (the stake).
(transitive, poker) To pay (a blind).
To assign to a station; to set; to place.
To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
To travel quickly; to hurry.
To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
pote
pote
verb
(obsolete) To push, thrust.
To poke (with a stick etc.).
poth
poti
pots
pots
noun
(informal) A large quantity.
plural of pot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pot
pott
pott
noun
An old size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
Obsolete form of pot.
potv
pout
pout
noun
(rare) Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
A fit of sulking or sullenness.
Alternative form of poult
One's facial expression when pouting.
verb
(Scotland) To shoot poults.
(intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
(intransitive) To push out one's lips.
(intransitive) To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
(transitive) To say while pouting.
prot
puto
puto
noun
(Philippines) A rice cake made of boiled or steamed rice.
quot
rato
rato
noun
Alternative form of RATO
riot
riot
noun
(colloquial, uncountable) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
(figurative) A wide and unconstrained variety.
(obsolete) Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
Wanton or unrestrained behavior or emotion.
verb
(intransitive) To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
(intransitive, obsolete) To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of feasting, luxury, etc.
(transitive) To annoy.
(transitive) To cause to riot; to throw into a tumult.
roit
root
root
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.
(Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
(arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often abbreviated to "root").
(arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
(aviation) The section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
(computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
(computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
(engineering) The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
(figurative) The primary source; origin.
(graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
(linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
(linguistics) A word from which another word or words are derived.
(mathematical analysis) A zero (of an equation).
(music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
(slang) A penis, especially the base of a penis.
A root vegetable.
The lowest place, position, or part.
The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate.
(by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
(computing slang, transitive) To get root or privileged access on a computer system or mobile phone, often through bypassing some security mechanism.
(intransitive) Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
(intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
(intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
(transitive) To root out; to abolish.
(transitive, intransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
To be firmly fixed; to be established.
To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
rort
rort
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A scam or fraud, especially involving the misappropriation of public money or resources.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand, transitive) To cheat or defraud.
rost
rost
noun
(Scotland) Alternative form of roust (a strong tide or current)
rota
rota
noun
(Britain) A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
(music) A kind of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music.
rotc
rote
rote
adj
By repetition or practice.
noun
(music) A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
(rare) The roar of the surf; the sound of waves breaking on the shore.
Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.
Synonym of crowd.
verb
(obsolete) To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.
(transitive) To learn or repeat by rote.
roth
roti
roti
noun
A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.
Nepalis eat sweet fried rice-flour doughnuts called sel roti.
rotl
rotl
noun
(historical units of measure) Alternative form of rottol: a former Middle Eastern and North African unit of weight, usually 1–5 pounds (0.5–2.5 kg).
roto
roto
noun
(US, sports, informal, uncountable) Clipping of rotisserie baseball.
(US, sports, informal, uncountable) Clipping of rotisserie sports.
(countable) A Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.
(countable, uncountable) Clipping of rotogravure.
verb
(informal) Clipping of rotoscope.
rots
rots
noun
plural of rot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rot
rout
rout
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) The brant or brent goose (Branta bernicla).
(chiefly Scotland) A loud, resounding noise, especially one made by the sea, thunder, wind, etc.; a roar.
(chiefly Scotland, archaic) A violent movement; a heavy or stunning blow or stroke.
(countable) A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the), the common people as a group, the rabble.
(countable) A group of disorganized things.
(countable, archaic) A group of animals, especially one which is lively or unruly, or made up of wild animals such as wolves; a flock, a herd, a pack.
(countable, archaic) A noisy disturbance; also, a disorderly argument or fight, a brawl; (uncountable) disturbance of the peace, commotion, tumult.
(countable, dated) A fashionable assembly; a large evening party, a soirée.
(countable, law, historical) An illegal assembly of people; specifically, three or more people who have come together intending to do something illegal, and who have taken steps towards this, regarded as more serious than an unlawful assembly but not as serious as a riot; the act of assembling in this manner.
(countable, obsolete) A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular (archaic), a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
(military, also figurative) The retreat of an enemy force, etc., in this manner; also (archaic, rare), the army, enemy force, etc., so retreating.
(originally military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.
A loud shout; a bellow, a roar; also, an instance of loud and continued exclamation or shouting; a clamour, an outcry.
A lowing or mooing sound by an animal, especially cattle; a bellow, a moo.
verb
(intransitive) Of a person: to search through belongings, a place, etc.; to rummage.
(intransitive) Of a person: to speak loudly; to bellow, roar, to shout.
(intransitive) Of an animal, especially cattle: to low or moo loudly; to bellow.
(intransitive, Scotland, archaic) Especially of the sea, thunder, wind, etc.: to make a loud roaring noise; to howl, to roar, to rumble.
(intransitive, archaic) To retreat from a confrontation in disorder.
(intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To make a noise; to bellow, to roar, to snort.
(intransitive, chiefly England, regional) To snore, especially loudly.
(intransitive, obsolete) To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.
(transitive) Of a person: to say or shout (something) loudly.
(transitive) To completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat (an enemy force, opponent in sport, etc.).
(transitive) To dig or plough (earth or the ground); to till.
(transitive) Usually followed by out or up: of a person: to search for and find (something); also (transitive) to completely empty or clear out (something).
(transitive) Usually followed by out or up: to dig or pull up (a plant) by the roots; to extirpate, to uproot.
(transitive, chiefly US) Usually followed by from: to compel (someone) to leave a place; specifically (usually followed by out or up), to cause (someone) to get out of bed.
(transitive, figurative) Usually followed by out: to find and eradicate (something harmful or undesirable); to root out.
(transitive, intransitive) Of an animal, especially a pig: to search (for something) in the ground with the snout; to root.
(transitive, intransitive) To use a gouge, router, or other tool to scoop out material (from a metallic, wooden, etc., surface), forming a groove or recess.
(transitive, intransitive, chiefly Scotland, archaic) To beat or strike (someone or something); to assail (someone or something) with blows.
rowt
rowt
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of rout A loud noise.
verb
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of rout To make a loud noise.
royt
ryot
ryot
noun
(India) A farmer or tiller of the soil.
sato
scot
scot
noun
(UK, historical) A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.
seto
shot
shot
adj
(colloquial) Worn out or broken.
(of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.
Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
Scarred silly or crazy of something or someone usually due to a traumatic experience with said fear.
Tired, weary.
intj
(colloquial, New Zealand) An expression of gratitude, similar to thank you.
noun
(US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
(US, Canada, baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).
(archaic) A reckoning, a share of a tavern bill, etc.
(athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
(fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
(fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
(fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.
(medicine) A vaccination or injection.
(photography, film) A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.
(slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
(sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
(uncountable) Small metal balls used as ammunition.
(uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters; 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)
A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
A single serving of espresso.
An opportunity or attempt.
Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim.
The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
verb
(transitive) To load (a gun) with shot.
simple past tense and past participle of shoot
slot
slot
noun
(American football) The area between the last offensive lineman on either side of the center and the wide receiver on that side.
(Antarctica) A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm; a crevasse.
(Scotland, Northern England) An implement for barring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.
(aviation) In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.
(aviation) The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.
(computing) A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.
(electrical) A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.
(field hockey or ice hockey) A rectangular area directly in front of the net and extending toward the blue line.
(informal) A slot machine designed for gambling.
(journalism) The inside of the "rim" or semicircular copy desk, occupied by the supervisor of the copy editors.
(slang, surfing) The barrel or tube of a wave.
A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.
A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.
A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
A period of time within a schedule or sequence.
The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.
verb
(Antarctica) To fall, or cause to fall, into a crevasse.
(Australian rules football, rugby, informal) To kick the ball between the posts for a goal; to score a goal by doing this.
(obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To bar, bolt or lock a door or window.
(obsolete, transitive, UK, dialectal) To shut with violence; to slam.
(slang, Rhodesia, in the context of the Rhodesian Bush War) To kill.
To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence)
To create a slot (narrow aperture or groove), as for example by cutting or machining.
To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture)
To put something where it belongs.
snot
snot
noun
(Northern England, dialectal) The flamed out wick of a candle.
(US ?, figurative, informal) A blemish or encumbrance that one exercises out of something.
(informal, uncountable) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
(slang, countable) A contemptible child.
(slang, obsolete) A mean fellow.
verb
(intransitive) To sniff or snivel; to produce snot, to have a runny nose.
(transitive, intransitive) To blow, wipe, or clear (the nose).
soft
soft
adj
(Slavic phonology) Palatalized.
(UK, colloquial) Foolish.
(UK, of a man) Effeminate.
(computing) Emulated with software; not physically real.
(finance) Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.
(of a drink) Not containing alcohol.
(of a drug) Not likely to cause addiction.
(of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
(of a sound) Quiet.
(of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
(of pornography) softcore.
(of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
(phonetics) Voiced; sonant; lenis.
(phonetics, rare) Voiceless.
(photography, of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
(physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)
(slang) Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
Agreeable to the senses.
Easily giving way under pressure.
Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
Gentle in action or motion; easy.
Gentle.
Having a slight angle from straight.
Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
Not bright or intense.
Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
Requiring little or no effort; easy.
Weak in character; impressible.
adv
(obsolete) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
intj
(archaic) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
noun
(colloquial) A soft sound or part of a sound.
(gaming, dated) Video game
(motorsports) Ellipsis of soft tyre. (A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.)
A soft or foolish person; an idiot.
soot
soot
noun
Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.
verb
(transitive) To cover or dress with soot.
sort
sort
noun
(Britain, informal) A good-looking woman.
(computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
(dated) Group, company.
(informal) A person evaluated in a certain way (bad, good, strange, etc.).
(mathematics) A type.
(obsolete) A full set of anything, such as a pair of shoes, or a suit of clothes.
(obsolete) Chance; lot; destiny.
(obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.
(typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
A general type.
An act of sorting.
Manner; form of being or acting.
verb
(Britain, colloquial, transitive) To attack physically.
(Britain, colloquial, transitive) To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).
(intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
(intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
(transitive) To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
(transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
(transitive) To geld.
(transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
(transitive, obsolete) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
(transitive, obsolete) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
soth
sots
sots
noun
plural of sot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sot
sowt
spot
spot
adj
(commerce, finance) Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.
noun
(US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
(finance) A decimal point; point.
(gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
(in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
(slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
(soccer) Penalty spot.
(sports) An official determination of placement.
A bright lamp; a spotlight.
A difficult situation.
A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
A location or area.
A parking space.
A pimple, papule or pustule.
A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
A stain or disfiguring mark.
A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
An autosoliton.
Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.
Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
The act of spotting or noticing something.
The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
verb
(US, slang) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
(aviation, military, transitive) To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
(dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
(gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
(rail transport, transitive) To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.
(transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
(transitive, chiefly snooker and billiards) To place an object at a location indicated by a spot.
(transitive, intransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
ssto
stoa
stoa
noun
In Ancient Greece, a walkway with a roof supported by colonnades, often with a wall on one side; specifically, the Great Hall in Athens.
stob
stob
noun
(dialectal, Appalachia, Northern England, Scotland) A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.
A small post for supporting paling.
A wedge in coal-mining.
verb
(dialect, Appalachia, Northern England, Scotland) To stab.
(dialect, Northern England, Scotland) To make mats with a stob tool.
(dialect, Northern England, Scotland) To roof with stob-thatch.
stod
stod
noun
Alternative form of stød
stof
stog
stog
verb
(UK, dialect) To probe a pool with a pole.
(dated, used in passive) To bog down; to cause to be stuck in mud.
(dialect, California) To smoke a cigarette.
(dialect, Scotland) To stab; to probe; to thrust
(intransitive, obsolete) To walk with a heavy or clumsy gait; to plod.
stoh
stol
stop
stop
noun
(UK dialectal) A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
(architecture) A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
(engineering) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
(fencing) A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
(linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
(music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
(music) One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
(photography) A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
(photography) A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
(photography) An f-stop.
(physics) The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
(soccer) A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal
(tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
(zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
A device intended to block the path of a moving object
A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
punct
Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram.
verb
(causative, transitive, chiefly UK) To end someone else's activity.
(finance, transitive) To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later.
(intransitive) Not to continue.
(intransitive) To cease moving.
(intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
(music) To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
(nautical) To make fast; to stopper.
(obsolete) To punctuate.
(phonetics, transitive) To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop.
(transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
(transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.
(transitive) To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
(transitive) To close or block an opening.
(transitive, intransitive, photography, often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
stor
stot
stot
noun
(Scotland, Northern England) A bounce or rebound
(obsolete) An inferior horse.
(regional) A heifer.
(zoology, of quadrupeds) A leap using all four legs at once.
An ox or bull.
verb
(intransitive, Scotland and Northern England) To bounce, rebound or ricochet.
(intransitive, zoology, of quadrupeds) To leap using all four legs at once.
(obsolete) To strike, push, shove.
(transitive, Scotland and Northern England) To make bounce, rebound or ricochet.
(transitive, Scotland and Northern England) To stumble.
stow
stow
intj
(obsolete) A cry used by falconers to call their birds back down to hand.
noun
(rare) A place, stead.
verb
(obsolete, slang, transitive) To cease; to stop doing something.
To arrange, pack, or fill something tightly or closely.
To dispose of, lodge, or hide somebody somewhere.
To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.
To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time.
stoy
suto
swot
swot
noun
(slang, Britain) By extension, analogous to boffin, nerd, smart aleck. Often pejorative.
(slang, Britain) One who swots.
(slang, Britain) Vigorous study at an educational institution.
(slang, Britain) Work.
verb
(intransitive, slang, Britain) To study with effort or determination (object of study indicated by "up on").
taco
taco
noun
(US, slang) A yellow stain on a shirt armpit caused by sweat or deodorant.
(US, slang) The vulva.
(cooking) A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft or hard shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables and salsa.
verb
(slang) To fold or cause to buckle in half, similar to the way a taco is folded.
tajo
tano
taos
taos
noun
plural of tao
taro
taro
noun
Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
Food from a taro plant.
teco
teho
tejo
teno
theo
theo
noun
(informal) The amount of a gambler's theoretical losses based on typical play.
thio
thob
thof
thof
conj
(dialectal) Though.
thok
thom
thon
thon
adj
Yon.
pron
(nonstandard, rare, see usage notes) them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
(nonstandard, rare, see usage notes) they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
thoo
thoo
prep
Pronunciation spelling of through.
pron
(Orkney) Thou; singular informal form of you.
thor
thor
adv
(Tyneside) there
(Tyneside) they're (they are)
pron
(Tyneside) their
thos
thou
thou
adv
Misspelling of though.
noun
(Britain) A unit of length equal to one-thousandth of an inch (25.4 µm).
(slang) A thousand, especially a thousand of some currency (dollars, pounds sterling, etc.).
pron
(archaic, dialectal, literary, religion, or humorous) Nominative singular of ye (“you”).
verb
(intransitive) To use the word thou.
(transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of contempt or familiarity.
thow
thow
pron
Obsolete spelling of thou
thro
thro
adj
(obsolete) Bold.
(obsolete) Eager; earnest; vehement.
prep
(archaic) through
tiao
tino
tiou
tiro
tiro
noun
Alternative spelling of tyro; a newly recruited soldier.
tito
tito
noun
(Philippines) an uncle
(Philippines, slang) an adult man exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipino uncle
tjon
tnop
toad
toad
noun
(derogatory) A contemptible or unpleasant person.
(derogatory) An ugly person.
An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
verb
(Internet, informal, transitive) To expel (a user) permanently from a MUD or similar system, so that their account is deleted.
toag
toat
toat
noun
The handle of a joiner's plane.
verb
Alternative spelling of tote
toba
tobe
tobe
noun
A cotton garment worn in parts of northern Africa.
tobi
toby
toby
noun
(Britain, New Zealand) The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.
(UK, dated, slang) The road or highway.
(US, dated, regional) A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end.
A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.
Any of several species of pufferfish in the genus Canthigaster
The Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus
toch
tock
tock
noun
(used in conjunction with tick) A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.
verb
To produce such a sound.
toco
toco
noun
(obsolete, British slang) Corporal punishment; chastisement; beatings.
Clipping of tocodynamometer.
a toco toucan
toda
todd
todd
noun
(furry jargon) A male fox.
(informal) Clipping of toddle.
tode
tode
noun
(US) A sled used for hauling logs.
(obsolete) Clipping of tode-boat: a small fishing boat used in the Netherlands.
tods
tods
noun
plural of tod
todt
tody
tody
noun
Any of the genus Todus of small insectivorous Caribbean birds.
toea
toea
noun
A unit of currency, equivalent to one hundredth of a Papua New Guinean kina.