(obsolete) Something that accrues; advantage accruing
verb
(intransitive) To increase, to rise
(intransitive) To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
(intransitive, accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
(intransitive, law) To become an enforceable and permanent right.
(transitive) To accumulate.
acerae
aceric
aceric
adj
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple.
acerin
acerli
acerra
acerra
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a small box for holding incense.
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a small sacrificial altar.
acheer
achier
achier
adj
comparative form of achy: more achy
achree
achter
acider
acider
adj
comparative form of acid: more acid
ackler
acorea
acorea
noun
(pathology) the congenital absence of the pupil in an eye
acraea
acraze
acraze
verb
(transitive) To weaken, impair, or enfeeble in mind, body, or estate; craze.
acreak
acreak
adj
(rare) creaking
acream
acrite
acrite
adj
(obsolete) Relating to, or characteristic of the Acrita
acrose
acrose
noun
(biochemistry) A racemic form of fructose
acture
acture
noun
(obsolete) Action.
acuter
acuter
adj
comparative form of acute: more acute
agrace
agrace
verb
Alternative form of aggrace
alerce
alerce
noun
The Chilean arbor vitae (Austrocedrus chilensis).
The wood of the sandarac tree (Tetraclinis).
amerce
amerce
verb
(transitive) To impose a fine on; to fine.
(transitive) To punish; to make an exaction.
ancier
aperch
aperch
adv
Upon a perch.
apercu
apercu
noun
Alternative spelling of aperçu
arache
arcade
arcade
noun
(architecture) A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides.
(architecture) A row of arches.
An establishment that runs coin-operated games.
verb
(transitive) To cover (something) as with a series of arches.
arcane
arcane
adj
(by extension) Obscure, mysterious.
Extremely old (e.g. interpretation or knowledge), and possibly irrelevant.
Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand.
Understood by only a few.
arcate
archae
arched
arched
adj
Curved.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arch
archer
archer
adj
comparative form of arch: more arch
noun
(historical, obsolete) The bishop in chess.
One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.
arches
arches
noun
plural of arch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arch
archie
archie
noun
Alternative form of Archie (“anti-aircraft artillery”)
archle
arcite
arcked
arcnet
arcose
ardyce
areach
areach
verb
(obsolete) To reach for, get at, obtain, get hold of.
arecas
arecas
noun
plural of areca
areche
arrace
arrect
arrect
adj
(obsolete) Attentive, like a person listening.
(obsolete) Lifted up; raised; erect.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To direct.
(transitive, obsolete) To impute.
ascare
ascher
atrice
atroce
awreck
awreck
adv
in or into a state of being wrecked
backer
backer
adj
(phonetics) comparative form of back: more back
noun
One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.
balcer
barche
bareca
bearce
becard
becard
noun
A South American flycatcher of the genus Pachyramphus
becher
becker
becker
noun
(archaic) A European fish, Pagrus pagrus
becram
becurl
becurl
verb
(transitive) To cover or deck out with curls.
(transitive, archaic) To curl; make curly.
bicker
bicker
noun
(Scotland) A wooden drinking-cup or other dish.
(Scotland, obsolete) A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
A skirmish; an encounter.
A wrangle; also, a noise, as in angry contention.
The process by which selective eating clubs at Princeton University choose new members.
verb
(of rain) To patter.
To brawl or move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, light, flame, etc.)
To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.
bierce
blcher
bocher
bracae
braced
braced
adj
(heraldry, of multiple figures of the same form) Interlaced.
Having braces or similar supports.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brace
bracer
bracer
noun
(archery) A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string.
A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body.
Armor for the forearm; a brassard.
Something bracing; a stimulant.
That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.
braces
braces
noun
(Britain) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.
(dated) Handcuffs.
(orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.
plural of brace
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brace
bracey
brache
breach
breach
noun
(archaic) A bruise; a wound.
(archaic) A hernia; a rupture.
(figurative) A difference in opinions, social class etc.
(law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment
A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves
A breaking out upon; an assault.
A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
verb
(intransitive, of a whale) To leap out of the water.
(law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge or convict (someone) of breaching the terms of a bail, probation, recognizance, etc.
(transitive) To make a breach in.
(transitive) To violate or break.
(transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
brecht
brecia
brecon
brecon
Proper noun
A town in Powys, Wales.
breech
breech
adj
(obstetrics) Born, or having been born, breech.
adv
(obstetrics, of birth) With the hips coming out before the head.
noun
(firearms) The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber.
(historical, now only in the plural) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks.
(nautical) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
(now rare) The buttocks or backside.
(obstetrics) A breech birth.
verb
(dated, transitive) To beat or spank on the buttocks.
(dated, transitive) To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time (the breeching ceremony).
(poetic, transitive, obsolete) To cover as if with breeches.
(transitive) To fasten with breeching.
(transitive) To fit or furnish with a breech.
brince
broche
broche
noun
Obsolete form of brooch.
verb
Obsolete form of broach.
brucie
bucare
bucher
bucker
bucker
noun
(mining) A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
(mining) One who bucks ore.
A horse or other animal that bucks.
bucure
cabber
cabber
noun
A horse that draws a cab.
cabers
cabers
noun
plural of caber
cabery
cabler
cabler
noun
(entertainment) A cable television network or system operator.
Someone who cables, who puts together or fixes cables.
cabree
cabree
noun
Archaic form of cabri (“pronghorn”).
cabret
cabrie
cabrie
noun
Obsolete form of cabri (“pronghorn”).
cadere
cadger
cadger
noun
(archaic) A hawker or peddler.
(sometimes Tyneside) A beggar.
cadres
cadres
noun
plural of cadre
caesar
caesar
noun
Alternative form of Caesar
Any agaric mushroom of the genus Amanita, section Amanita sect. Caesareae.
emperor, ruler, dictator
caffre
caffre
noun
Obsolete form of kaffir.
cagers
cagers
noun
plural of cager
cagier
cagier
adj
comparative form of cagey: more cagey
cahier
cahier
noun
A memorial of a body; a report of legislative proceedings, etc.
A number of sheets of paper put loosely together; especially one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.
cakier
cakier
adj
comparative form of caky: more caky
calder
calera
calker
calker
noun
A calk on a shoe.
One who calks.
caller
caller
noun
(bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.
(dance) The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances.
(programming) A function that calls another (the callee).
(telephony) The person who makes a telephone call.
A visitor.
A whistle or similar item used to call foxes.
calmer
calmer
adj
comparative form of calm: more calm
noun
A person or thing that calms.
calore
calver
calver
adj
Of salmon: freshly caught.
noun
A cow that produces young.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.
(obsolete, transitive) To cut into slices and pickle.
camber
camber
noun
(architecture) An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.
(automotive) The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.
(aviation) The curvature of an airfoil.
(nautical) A small enclosed dock in which timber for masts (etc.) is kept to weather.
A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.
verb
To adjust the camber of the wheels of a vehicle.
To curve upwards in the middle.
camera
camera
noun
(computer graphics, video games) The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation.
A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
A vaulted room.
The judge's private chamber, where cases may be heard in camera.
camery
camper
camper
adj
comparative form of camp: more camp
noun
(video games) A person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.
A motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in.
A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.
cancer
cancer
adj
(slang) Extremely unpleasant and annoying.
noun
(figuratively) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
(medicine, oncology, pathology) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
caners
caners
noun
plural of caner
canker
canker
noun
(phytopathology) A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.
A kind of wild rose; the dog rose.
A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease.
A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.
An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.
An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush.
Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
verb
(intransitive) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
(intransitive) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
(transitive) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
(transitive) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
canmer
canner
canner
noun
(US, slang) Someone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling.
A large pot used for processing jars when preserving food, either in a boiling water bath or by capturing steam to elevate the pressure and temperature.
An animal yielding inferior meat best suited to canning.
Someone or something which cans.
canter
canter
noun
A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.
A ride on a horse at such speed.
One who cants or whines; a beggar.
One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
verb
(intransitive) To move at such pace.
(transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
capers
capers
noun
plural of caper
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caper
capper
capper
noun
(Internet slang) A person who records a television broadcast to their computer.
(US, slang, dated) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.
A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles.
A finale; something that is conclusively better, or "caps it all off".
A person that makes or sells caps.
carafe
carafe
noun
A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used for both serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process.
carane
carane
noun
(organic chemistry) The bicyclic hydrocarbon 3,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[4.1.0]heptane
carate
carate
noun
The skin disease pinta.
carcel
carcel
noun
(historical) A former unit to measure the intensity of light, approximately 9.74 candelas.
carcer
cardea
carded
carded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of card
cardel
cardel
noun
A hogshead (large barrel) once used by whalers
carder
carder
noun
(slang) A person who distributes tart cards.
A carding machine.
A criminal who steals information from credit cards.
A person employed to card wool.
cardew
cardie
cardie
noun
(informal) A cardigan.
careen
careen
noun
(nautical) The position of a ship laid on one side.
verb
(chiefly US) To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly.
(chiefly US) To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.
(nautical, intransitive) To tilt on one side.
(nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
To tilt or lean while in motion.
career
career
adj
Synonym of serial (“doing something repeatedly or regularly as part of one's lifestyle or career”)
noun
(archaic) Speed.
(falconry) The flight of a hawk.
(obsolete) A racecourse; the ground run over.
(obsolete) A short gallop of a horse.
A jouster's path during a joust.
General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it.
One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession.
verb
To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.
careme
carena
carene
carene
noun
(Catholicism, historical, rare) A 40-day fast or period of similar abstinence.
(Catholicism, historical, rare) An indulgence from 40 days of fasting or similar abstinence, especially during Lent; (later) various equivalent indulgences against punishment in Purgatory.
(historical cooking, rare, obsolete) Synonym of carenum: a reduction of must or sweet wine in ancient European cuisine.
(zoology, obsolete) The lower portion of a marine animal's shell, covering its mantle.
carers
carers
noun
plural of carer
caresa
caress
caress
noun
A gentle stroking or rubbing.
An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.
verb
(transitive) To affect as if with a caress.
(transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.
carest
carest
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of care
carets
carets
noun
plural of caret
careys
caribe
caribe
noun
piranha fish
caried
caried
adj
(dentistry) Affected by caries; decayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cary
carien
caries
caries
noun
The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay
carine
carine
noun
(obsolete) A keel.
carked
carked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cark
carlee
carlen
carles
carles
noun
plural of carle
carlet
carley
carley
Proper noun
name, a less common spelling of Carly.
carlie
carlie
Proper noun
name, a less common spelling of Carly.
carlye
carmel
carmel
noun
(US, uncommon, nonstandard) Alternative form of caramel