(obsolete) Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance.
A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.
Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic.
verb
(transitive, ditransitive) To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.
(transitive, ditransitive) To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
To calculate or estimate a price.
To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
cots
cots
noun
plural of cot
dost
dost
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of do
dots
dots
noun
A punctuation mark consisting of three dots, indicating an omission of some text or a sentence which wasn't fully finished, an ellipsis.
Alternative form of dotty (“shotgun”)
plural of dot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dot
host
host
noun
(Christianity) The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.
(computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
(ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
(evolution, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
A large number of items; a large inventory.
A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
A person or organization responsible for running an event.
One that provides a facility for an event.
One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
verb
(computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
(obsolete, intransitive) To lodge at an inn.
To perform the role of a host.
hots
hots
noun
(slang) A condition of physical attraction toward (for) someone.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hot
itso
itso
Proper noun
The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
The Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation
jots
jots
noun
plural of jot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jot
lost
lost
adj
Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.
Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
In an unknown location; unable to be found.
Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.
Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.
Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.
Parted with; no longer held or possessed.
Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lose
lots
lots
adv
(colloquial) A great deal; very much.
noun
(colloquial) A lot; a great deal; tons; loads.
plural of lot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lot
most
most
adv
(informal, chiefly US) Almost.
Forms the superlative of many adjectives.
To a great extent or degree; highly; very.
superlative degree of many
superlative degree of much
det
superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article)
superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (construed without the definite article)
superlative degree of much.
noun
(countable) A record-setting amount.
(countable, uncountable) The greater part.
(uncountable) The greatest amount.
pron
The greater part of a group, especially a group of people.
mots
mots
noun
plural of mot
mtso
nots
nots
noun
plural of not
oast
oast
noun
(Britain) A kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops.
oats
oats
noun
A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).
Seeds of an oat plant, especially prepared as food.
plural of oat
ocst
oost
oots
opts
opts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opt
orts
orts
noun
plural of ort
ostp
otbs
otes
otis
otus
oust
oust
verb
(transitive) To expel; to remove.
outs
outs
noun
plural of out
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of out
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.
pots
pots
noun
(informal) A large quantity.
plural of pot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pot
rost
rost
noun
(Scotland) Alternative form of roust (a strong tide or current)
rots
rots
noun
plural of rot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rot
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").
taos
taos
noun
plural of tao
thos
tods
tods
noun
plural of tod
toes
toes
noun
plural of toe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of toe
togs
togs
noun
(Ireland, Australia (Queensland), New Zealand) Swimsuits, of either the women's or men's tight-fitting type (in some regions referred to as "speedos").
(UK, slang) Clothes.
(with noun qualifier) Clothes for a specific occasion or use.
plural of tog
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tog
toms
toms
noun
plural of tom
tons
tons
noun
(colloquial) Lots; large quantities or numbers (of people or things).
plural of ton
tops
tops
adj
(slang, dated) Great; excellent.
adv
(informal) At the very most; as a maximum.
noun
(darts) The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field
plural of top
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of top
(uncountable, Britain, slang, obsolete) Copper; items made of copper.
(uncountable, chiefly Britain, slang, rare) Valuables retrieved from drains and sewers.
verb
(Britain, obsolete slang) To steal copper, particularly from ship hulls
(Scotland) To make ‘tosh’: to tidy, to trim.
(UK, archaic school slang) To use a tosh-pan, either to wash, to splash, or to "bath"
(chiefly Britain, uncommon slang) To search for valuables in sewers
tosk
toss
toss
noun
(Billingsgate Fish Market slang) A measure of sprats.
(British slang) A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.
(British slang) A state of agitation; commotion.
(British slang, chiefly in the negative) concern or consideration.
(cricket, soccer) The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
A haughty throwing up of the head.
A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
verb
(British slang) To drink in large draughts; to gulp.
(British slang) To masturbate
(informal, transitive) To discard; to throw away.
(intransitive) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.
(intransitive) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.
(obsolete) To keep in play; to tumble over.
(rowing) To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
(slang, usually as "toss one's cookies") To vomit.
(transitive, informal) To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.
To agitate; to make restless.
To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
To stir or mix (a salad).
To subject to trials; to harass.
To throw with an initial upward direction.
tost
tost
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of toss
tosy
tosy
adj
Alternative form of tozy
tots
tots
noun
plural of tot
tows
tows
noun
plural of tow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tow
toys
toys
noun
plural of toy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of toy
tros
tsto
twos
twos
noun
(UK, prison slang) The cells located on the first floor.
(sports) A reserves team.
The age of two; two years old.
plural of two.
verb
(transitive, MLE) To share a cigarette with someone after smoking half of it.
wost
wots
wots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wot