(Chester, historical) An area of 10,240 square yards or 4 quarters.
(informal, usually in the plural) A large quantity.
(informal, usually in the plural) A wide expanse.
(obsolete) A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.
(obsolete) A field.
(obsolete) The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yds (≈20 m) by 220 yds (≈200 m).
An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
ader
aero
aero
adj
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to aviation.
Aerodynamic; having an aerodynamic appearance.
noun
(informal, countable, dated) An airplane or airship.
(euphemistic) One who is aging; an elderly person.
One who or that which ages something.
agre
aire
aire
noun
Obsolete spelling of air
aker
akre
amer
anre
aper
aper
noun
Someone who apes something
arae
arbe
arce
arde
area
area
noun
(Britain) An open space, below ground level, giving access to the basement of a house, and typically separated from the pavement by railings.
(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
(slang) Genitals.
(soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
A particular geographic region.
Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
ared
ared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aread
areg
areg
noun
plural of erg
arel
aren
ares
ares
noun
plural of are
aret
aret
verb
(obsolete) To impute (something) as a fault to or upon someone.
arew
arew
adv
(obsolete) In a row.
arie
arie
noun
plural of aria
arle
arne
arse
arse
noun
(chiefly UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory, slang) A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person.
(current in South Africa, UK, Ireland, Canada (regional), Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand, dated in New England, now vulgar) The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.
verb
(slang, intransitive) To be silly, act stupid or mess around.
arte
aser
auer
aver
aver
noun
(Britain, dialectal, archaic) A beast of burden; chiefly a workhorse, but also a working ox or other animal.
(Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, archaic) An old, useless horse; a nag.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.
(transitive, intransitive, law) To justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made).
(transitive, obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify the existence or happening of (something), or to offer to do so.
axer
ayer
ayre
ayre
noun
A narrow bar of sand or gravel formed by the sea; a sandbank.
Archaic spelling of air.
baer
bare
bare
adj
(MLE, MTE, Yorkshire, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
(figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
Having no decoration.
Having no supplies.
Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
Naked, uncovered.
Not insured.
Threadbare, very worn.
With head uncovered; bareheaded.
Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
adv
(MLE, slang) Very; significantly.
(dialect) Barely.
noun
(architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
(‘the bare’) The surface, the (bare) skin.
Surface; body; substance.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense of bear
(transitive) To uncover; to reveal.
bear
bear
adj
(finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.
noun
(CB radio, slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
(cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.
(colloquial, US) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
(cooking, uncountable) The meat of this animal.
(engineering) A portable punching machine.
(figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
(finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
(gay slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
(nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
(obsolete) A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow.
A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).
verb
(chiefly transitive) To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
(finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
(intransitive, figuratively) To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
(intransitive, military, usually with on or upon) Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
(intransitive, obsolete) To carry a burden or burdens.
(intransitive, originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
(intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To push, thrust, press.
(now transitive outside certain set patterns such as 'bear with'; formerly also intransitive) To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).
(reflexive, transitive) To behave or conduct (oneself).
(transitive) To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
(transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.
(transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
(transitive) To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion).
(transitive) To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms.
(transitive) To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.
(transitive) To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect).
(transitive) To have (a name, title, or designation).
(transitive) To have or display (a mark or other feature).
(transitive) To possess inherently (a quality, attribute, power, or capacity); to have and display as an essential characteristic.
(transitive) To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth).
(transitive) To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look).
(transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
(transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
(transitive) To warrant, justify the need for.
(transitive, ditransitive) To give birth to (someone or something) (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
(transitive, less commonly intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
(transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To take or bring (a person) with oneself; to conduct.
(transitive, of a person or animal) To have (an appendage, organ, etc.) as part of the body; (of a part of the body) to have (an appendage).
(transitive, of a thing) To have (a relation, correspondence, etc.) to something else.
(transitive, of an investment, loan, etc.) To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms.
(transitive, of garments, pieces of jewellery, etc.) To wear.
(transitive, of weapons, flags or symbols of rank, office, etc.) To carry upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with.
(transitive, rare) To feel and show (respect, reverence, loyalty, etc.) to, towards, or unto a person or thing.
(transitive, rare) To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).
(transitive, rarely intransitive, of a woman or female animal) To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).
beer
beer
noun
(countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.
(countable) A variety of the above beverages.
(nonstandard) One who is or exists.
(uncountable) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
(uncountable) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
(uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt, often with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.
verb
(informal, transitive) To give beer to (someone)
bere
bere
noun
(chiefly Scotland) Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.
berg
berg
noun
(chiefly South Africa) mountain
An iceberg.
beri
berk
berk
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory, vulgar) Synonym of cunt in its various senses, (now especially somewhat endearing) a fool, a prat, a twit, etc.
berl
berm
berm
noun
(Indiana, Ohio) A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
(Western Pennsylvania) Edge of a road.
A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.
A mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.
A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.
A terrace formed by wave action along a beach.
verb
To provide something with a berm
bern
bert
bier
bier
noun
A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.
A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.
bler
boer
bore
bore
noun
A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
Calibre; importance.
One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
Something dull or uninteresting.
The place where such a well exists.
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
verb
(colloquial) past participle of bear
(intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
(intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
(intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
(obsolete) To fool; to trick.
(proscribed) simple past tense of bare
(transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
(transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
(transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
(transitive) To make a hole through something.
(transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
simple past tense of bear
brae
brae
noun
(Northern England, Scotland) Any hillside or slope.
(Northern England, Scotland) The sloping bank of a river valley.
brea
bred
bred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breed
bree
bree
noun
(Scotland) The brow; forehead.
(obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) The eyebrow.
(obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) The eyelid.
(obsolete outside Scotland) Broth.
brei
bren
bren
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To burn (to set ablaze).
bres
bret
brev
brev
noun
Alternative form of bruv
brew
brew
noun
(Britain, dialect) An overhanging hill or cliff.
(Britain, slang) A cup of tea.
(slang) A single serving (can, bottle, etc.) of beer.
The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed; a brewage, such as tea or beer.
verb
(intransitive) To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
(intransitive, of an unwelcome event) To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering.
(transitive) To foment or prepare, as by brewing
(transitive) To heat wine, infusing it with spices; to mull.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a hot soup by combining ingredients and boiling them in water.
(transitive, intransitive) To make beer by steeping a starch source in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.
(transitive, intransitive) To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
(transitive, obsolete) To boil or seethe; to cook.
brey
brie
brie
noun
An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
bure
bure
noun
A traditional Fijian cottage with a steep thatched roof and wide windows.
byre
byre
noun
(chiefly Britain) A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in.
care
care
noun
(obsolete) Grief, sorrow. [13th–19th c.]
Close attention; concern; responsibility.
Maintenance, upkeep.
The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
The state of being cared for by others.
The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
Worry.
verb
(intransitive) (with for) To look after or look out for.
(intransitive, Appalachia) To mind; to object.
(intransitive, informal, by extension) For it to matter to, or make any difference to.
(intransitive, polite, formal) To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards.
(transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).
cdre
cdre
Noun
commodore
cear
cera
cere
cere
noun
(ornithology) A fleshy, waxy area at the base of the upper beak in certain birds.
verb
(transitive) To wax; to cover or close with wax.
cerf
cern
cero
cero
noun
A large scombroid food fish (Scomberomorus regalis) found chiefly in the West Indies.
cert
cert
adj
Alternative form of cert.
noun
(informal) A certainty; something guaranteed to happen.
(informal) Certificate.
cery
cher
cher
noun
Alternative spelling of 'cher
cire
cire
noun
A fabric with a glazed finish.
coer
core
core
adj
Forming the most important or essential part.
noun
(automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself.
(biochemistry) The central part of a protein's structure, consisting mostly of hydrophobic amino acids.
(botany) Used to designate the main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic group.
(computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor).
(computing, informal, historical) Ellipsis of core memory.; magnetic data storage.
(engineering) The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
(engineering) The portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole in or through a casting.
(engineering, nuclear physics) The inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
(game theory) The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents.
(historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
(medicine) A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
(military) The central fissile portion of a fission weapon.
(obsolete) A body of individuals; an assemblage.
(physics) An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons).
(printing) A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is wound.
A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
A miner's underground working time or shift.
A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax.
The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
The center or inner part of a space or area.
The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.
verb
To cut or drill through the core of (something).
To extract a sample with a drill.
To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
crea
cree
creg
cren
cres
crew
crew
noun
(Britain, dialectal) A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs
(Scouting) A group of Rovers.
(art) The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast.
(art, plural: crew) A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast.
(informal, often derogatory) A close group of friends.
(nautical, plural: crew) A member of a ship's company who is not an officer.
(obsolete) Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng.
(often derogatory) A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker.
(plural: crew) A member of the crew of a vessel or plant.
(rowing) A rowing team manning a single shell.
(slang, hip-hop) A hip-hop or b-boying group.
(sports, rowing, US, uncountable) The sport of competitive rowing.
A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.
A group of people working together on a task.
The Manx shearwater.
verb
(Britain, archaic) simple past tense of crow (“make the characteristic sound of a rooster”).
(nautical) To do the proper work of a sailor
(nautical) To take on, recruit (new) crew
(transitive and intransitive) To be a member of a vessel's crew
To be a member of a work or production crew
To supply workers or sailors for a crew
crex
crpe
cure
cure
noun
(engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering.
(figurative) A solution to a problem.
(obsolete) Care, heed, or attention.
A method, device or medication that restores good health.
A process of preservation, as by smoking.
A process of solidification or gelling.
Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
verb
(intransitive) To be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
(intransitive) To bring about a cure of any kind.
(intransitive) To solidify or gel.
(obsolete) To pay heed; to care; to give attention.
(obsolete, intransitive) To become healed.
(transitive) To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
(transitive) To cause to be rid of (a defect).
(transitive) To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
(transitive) To restore to health.
To preserve (food), typically by salting.
daer
dare
dare
noun
(games) In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players.
A challenge to prove courage.
A small fish, the dace
Defiance; challenge.
The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
verb
(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
(obsolete) To lie or crouch down in fear.
(obsolete) To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified.
(transitive) To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.
(transitive) To defy or challenge (someone to do something)
(transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
(transitive) To terrify; to daunt.
dear
dear
adj
(UK) High in price; expensive.
(obsolete) Noble.
A formal way to start (often after my) addressing somebody one likes or regards kindly.
A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.
An ironic way to start (often after my) addressing an inferior.
Loved; lovable.
Lovely; kind.
Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
Severe, or severely affected; sore.
adv
Dearly; at a high price.
intj
(dated) Indicating surprise, pity, or disapproval.
noun
A beloved person.
A very kind, loving person.
An affectionate, familiar term of address, such as used between husband and wife.
An elderly person, especially a woman.
verb
(obsolete) To endear.
deer
deer
noun
(in particular) One of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk
(obsolete, except in the phrase "small deer") Any animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.
A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla.
The meat of such an animal; venison.
depr
dere
dere
adv
Pronunciation spelling of there.
noun
(UK dialectal) Hurt; harm; injury.
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal) To annoy, trouble, grieve.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To hurt; harm; injure; wound.
derf
derf
adj
(obsolete) Strong; powerful; fierce.
derk
derm
derm
noun
(South Africa, slang, usually in the plural) Guts, entrails.
(anatomy) The integument of animal; the skin.
(slang) Clipping of dermatologist.
Synonym of dermis.
dern
dern
adj
(obsolete, dialectal) Hidden; secret; private.
noun
(UK) A gatepost or doorpost.
(obsolete) A secret place; hiding.
(obsolete) A secret; secrecy.
(obsolete) An obscure language.
(obsolete) Darkness; obscurity.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To hide oneself; skulk.
(transitive, obsolete) To hide; secrete, as in a hole.
dero
dero
noun
(Australia) A homeless person, a tramp; a social derelict, especially an alcoholic.
derp
derp
intj
(slang) A placeholder for unimportant details, blah blah blah.
(slang) Draws attention to an act of foolishness or stupidity.
noun
(slang) A person who acts stupidly or foolishly; a person who derps.
(slang) A stupid mistake, stupidity.
(uncountable) The constant repeating of an opinion after facts have proved it incorrect, especially as a rhetorical tactic.
verb
(slang) To act stupidly or foolishly
(slang) To make a stupid mistake
(slang, of eyes) To point in different directions; (of a person) To have a facial expression with one's eyes pointing in different directions.
derr
derv
derv
noun
(UK) Diesel fuel for motor vehicles.
dier
dier
noun
One who dies.
dire
dire
adj
(informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.
Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
doer
doer
noun
Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
(now chiefly dialectal) Length; extension; the longest part.
verb
(intransitive, chiefly dialectal, North England and Scotland) To endure; brook; be able to do or continue.
(transitive, chiefly dialectal, North England and Scotland) To suffer; bear; endure; put up with; undergo.
dreg
dreg
noun
(by extension) The lowest and most worthless part of something; scum.
Sediment in a liquid.
drek
drek
noun
Alternative spelling of dreck
dren
drer
drew
drew
verb
(colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of draw
simple past tense of draw
drey
drey
noun
(Australia) A possum’s nest, built of twigs and leaves in a tree.
(Britain) A squirrel’s nest, built of twigs in a tree.
drie
drie
adj
Archaic spelling of dry.
drue
drye
duer
dure
dure
adj
(archaic) hard; harsh; severe; rough
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To last, continue, endure.
dyer
dyer
noun
One who dyes, especially one who dyes cloth etc. as an occupation.
earl
earl
noun
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.
(nobility) A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.
earn
earn
noun
Alternative form of erne
verb
(intransitive) To receive payment for work.
(intransitive, obsolete) Of milk: to curdle, espcially in the cheesemaking process.
(intransitive, obsolete) To grieve.
(transitive) To achieve by being worthy of.
(transitive) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
(transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
(transitive) To receive payment for work.
(transitive, archaic) To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
(transitive, obsolete) To strongly long or yearn (for something or to do something).
earp
ears
ears
noun
plural of ear
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ear
ebro
ebro
Proper noun
a river in Spain that flows into the Mediterranean
ecru
ecru
adj
Of a beige colour.
noun
A beige colour.
edra
eery
eery
adj
Alternative spelling of eerie
eger
egor
egre
eire
eiry
eker
eker
noun
One who ekes.
emer
emir
emir
noun
A descendant of the prophet Muhammad.
A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.
engr
entr
epri
eral
eran
erar
eras
eras
noun
plural of era
erat
erbe
erce
erda
erde
erek
erep
erer
erer
adj
(obsolete) Former; previous.
adv
(obsolete) Before; formerly; at a former time.
(obsolete) Sooner; rather; liever; in preference.
ergo
ergo
adv
Consequently, therefore, or thus.
conj
therefore (especially in syllogisms)
noun
(informal) An ergonomic factor or characteristic.
(rowing, slang) Clipping of ergometer (rowing machine).