(historical units of measure) A former Roman unit of area, equivalent to a square with sides of 1 actus (about 0.125 ha)
(historical units of measure) A former Roman unit of length, equal to 120 Roman feet (about 35.5 m)
alcus
arcus
arcus
noun
(entomology) An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects
(medicine) A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea
(meteorology) A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow
(palynology) An arc-shaped band of thickened sexine extending between two apertures on a pollen grain or spore
ascus
ascus
noun
(mycology) A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores.
bucks
bucks
noun
Casual oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral colour.
plural of buck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buck
busch
cacus
cadus
caius
camus
camus
noun
Obsolete form of camis.
carus
carus
noun
(medicine) coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy
casus
casus
noun
(logic, philosophy, obsolete) A possible world, as a starting point for reasoning.
cauls
cauls
noun
plural of caul
causa
cause
cause
conj
Alternative form of 'cause; because
noun
(countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
(countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
(countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
(obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
(uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
verb
(ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
(obsolete) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
(transitive) To set off an event or action.
cavus
cavus
noun
(geology) In planetary geology, it is used to refer to irregular steep-sided depressions that do not seem to be impact craters.
cebus
cetus
chaus
chaus
noun
(dated) Synonym of jungle cat (Felis chaus)
Obsolete spelling of chiaus
chous
chous
noun
A squat, rounded form of oenochoe with a trefoil mouth.
chubs
chubs
noun
(slang, derogatory) Term of address for a fat person.
plural of chub
chugs
chugs
noun
plural of chug
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chug
chums
chums
noun
plural of chum
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chum
chuse
chuse
verb
Obsolete spelling of choose
cipus
claus
clubs
clubs
noun
Alternative form of clumps (“game of asking questions”)
One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.
plural of club
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of club
clues
clues
noun
plural of clue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clue
cobus
cocus
cocus
noun
Brya ebenus, a Caribbean flowering tree.
coeus
coeus
Proper noun
The Titan of intelligence; the father of Leto and Asteria.
comus
conus
conus
noun
(obsolete, geometry) A cone.
copus
copus
noun
A drink of ale mixed with spices, and varied by spirits, wines, etc.
coups
coups
noun
plural of coup
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coup
cours
cours
noun
Obsolete form of course.
cousy
crius
crius
Proper noun
A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia.
cruds
cruds
noun
plural of crud
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crud
cruse
cruse
noun
(heraldry) An oil lamp or similar emblem.
(religion or obsolete) A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water.
crush
crush
noun
(Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
(dated) A party or festive function.
(informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
(informal, by extension) The human object of such infatuation or affection.
(slang) A group or gang.
(television, uncountable) The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
(uncountable, sexuality) A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.
A crowd control barrier.
A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
A violent crowding.
Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
verb
(figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
(figurative, colloquial) To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
(film, television) To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
(intransitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
(transitive, television) To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
To oppress or grievously burden.
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
crust
crust
noun
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada) The top or bottom slice of a loaf of bread; The end piece of a loaf; The heel.
(Britain, informal) A living.
(astronomy, by extension) The outermost layer of any terrestrial planet.
(geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
(music) Ellipsis of crust punk (a subgenre of punk music)
(uncountable, informal) Nerve, gall.
A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
An outer layer composed of pastry
The bread-like base of a pizza.
The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
verb
(intransitive) To form a crust.
(transitive) To cover with a crust.
cubas
cubes
cubes
noun
(euphemistic) testicles.
plural of cube
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cube
cuffs
cuffs
noun
plural of cuff
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cuff
cuifs
cuish
cuish
noun
Alternative form of cuisse (“thigh armour”)
cukes
cukes
noun
plural of cuke
culls
culls
noun
Any refuse material.
plural of cull
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cull
culms
culms
noun
plural of culm
cults
cults
noun
plural of cult
cunas
cunts
cunts
noun
plural of cunt
curbs
curbs
noun
plural of curb
curds
curds
noun
plural of curd
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curd
cures
cures
noun
plural of cure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cure
curfs
curfs
noun
plural of curf
curls
curls
noun
Specifically, a body of curly hair on someone's head.
plural of curl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curl
curns
currs
currs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curr
cursa
curse
curse
noun
(slang, dated, derogatory, usually with "the") A woman's menses.
A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
A vulgar epithet.
The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
verb
(intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
(transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
(transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
curst
curst
adj
Archaic spelling of cursed.
verb
Archaic spelling of cursed: simple past tense and past participle of curse
cusco
cusec
cusec
noun
A measure of the rate of flow of fluid, especially through a pipeline, equal to one cubic foot per second.
cushy
cushy
adj
(chiefly US) Comfortable, often in a way that will suit a person's body; ergonomic.
(informal) Making few demands; comfortable, easy.
cusie
cusks
cusks
noun
plural of cusk
cusps
cusps
noun
plural of cusp
cusso
cusso
noun
Alternative form of kousso
cutes
cutes
noun
(informal) cuteness
plural of cutis
cutis
cutis
noun
(anatomy) The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis.
cuyas
cyrus
cyrus
Proper noun
An ancient king of Persia.
dacus
decus
duces
duces
noun
plural of dux
ducks
ducks
noun
(Britain, chiefly Northern England, used vocatively) Dear (used as a pet name).
(nautical) The light trousers worn by sailors in hot climates.
(poker slang) A pair of twos.
plural of duck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of duck
ducts
ducts
noun
plural of duct
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of duct
ecrus
ecrus
noun
plural of ecru
ficus
ficus
noun
(botany) Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant.
focus
focus
noun
(countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
(countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
(countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre).
(graphical user interface) The status of being the currently active element in a user interface, often indicated by a visual highlight.
(linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
(uncountable) Concentration of attention.
(uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
(uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
An object used in casting a magic spell.
verb
(accounting, formerly) To aggregate figures of accounts.
(computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input.
(intransitive) To concentrate one’s attention.
(intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate during a task.
(transitive) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.
(transitive) To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
(transitive) To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task.
fuchs
fucks
fucks
noun
plural of fuck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fuck
fucus
fucus
noun
Any alga of the genus Fucus.
fusco
gschu
gucks
gucks
noun
plural of guck
hocus
hocus
noun
(obsolete) A magician, illusionist, one who practises sleight of hand.
(obsolete) Drugged liquor.
(obsolete) One who cheats or deceives.
Trick; trickery.
verb
(obsolete) To adulterate (food).
(obsolete) To drug (liquor).
(obsolete) To stupefy (someone) with drugged liquor (especially in order to steal from them).
To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.
hucks
hucks
noun
plural of huck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of huck
husch
ictus
ictus
noun
(medicine) A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.
(music) In conducting, the indication of a musical event, most often the beat of the tempo or the entry of a section of the orchestra.
(prosody) The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare arsis.
The pulse.
incus
incus
noun
(anatomy) A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.
(meteorology) an accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.
kusch
locus
locus
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A passage in writing, especially in a collection of ancient sacred writings arranged according to a theme.
(genetics) A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes.
(mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.
A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
lucas
luces
luces
noun
plural of luce
lucks
lucks
noun
plural of luck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luck
lycus
mucks
mucks
noun
plural of muck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muck
mucus
mucus
noun
(physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.
musca
musca
noun
Short for musca volitans.
musci
music
music
noun
(US, slang, dated) Fun; amusement.
(US, slang, dated) Heated argument.
(figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
(military, slang) Electronic signal jamming.
A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of melody, harmony, tempo, rhythm etc. usually to convey a mood.
An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and sometimes singing.
verb
(transitive) To seduce or entice with music.
ocnus
oecus
oecus
noun
(history) An apartment, room, or hall in an ancient Roman dwelling house.
orcus
picus
pocus
puces
puces
noun
plural of puce
pucks
pucks
noun
(Ireland, informal) Plenty; an abundance (of something).
plural of puck
rucks
rucks
noun
plural of ruck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ruck
sacul
sauce
sauce
noun
(Internet slang) Alternative form of source, often used when requesting the source of an image or other posted material.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, India) Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in:
(US, obsolete slang, 1800s) Vegetables.
(art) A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
(bodybuilding) Anabolic steroids.
(dated) Cheek; impertinence; backtalk; sass.
(obsolete, UK, US, dialect) Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.
(slang, usually “the”) Alcohol, booze.
A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.
apple sauce; mint sauce
verb
(colloquial) To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.
(slang) To send or hand over.
To add sauce to; to season.
To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate.
To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.
sauch
saucy
saucy
adj
Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a manner that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.
Impudently bold; pert.
Mildly erotic.
Sharp; pungent; piquant.
Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.
scaul
scaum
scaup
scaup
noun
(Scotland) Alternative form of scalp (“a bed or stratum of shellfish”)
Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
scaur
scaur
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A steep cliff or bank.
scaut
schou
schug
schuh
schul
scouk
scoup
scour
scour
noun
A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall.
A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing.
The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water.
verb
(transitive) To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.
(transitive) To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water.
(transitive) To search an area thoroughly.
(transitive, intransitive) To move swiftly over; to brush along.
(transitive, intransitive) To run with speed; to scurry.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To cleanse (something) without rubbing.
(transitive, intransitive, veterinary medicine) To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery.
(transitive, veterinary medicine) To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge.
scout
scout
noun
(Oxford University, Harvard University, Yale University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
(Oxford University, modern) A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.
(UK, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
(dated) A swift sailing boat.
(historical, UK, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.
(informal) Term of address for a man or boy.
(radiography) A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.
A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.
A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
The guillemot.
verb
(Scotland) To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement.
(intransitive) To scoff.
(transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
(transitive) To reject with contempt.
(transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
scrub
scrub
adj
Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
noun
(US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding.
(by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
(medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
(obsolete, slang) Informal attire or dress code; morning dress
A cancellation.
A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant
A worn-out brush.
An exfoliant for the body.
An instance of scrubbing.
One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
One who scrubs.
Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
verb
(audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
(audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
(databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
(intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
(intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious
(transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
(transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
scruf
scrum
scrum
name
(software engineering) Alternative letter-case form of Scrum
noun
(Canada) A tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way.
(rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.
(software engineering) In Agile software development (specifically Scrum or related methodologies), a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.
A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.
Hostile shoving between two groups.
verb
(rugby, intransitive) To form a scrum.
scuba
scuba
noun
(underwater diving) An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.
verb
(rare) To perform scuba diving.
scudi
scudi
noun
plural of scudo
scudo
scudo
noun
(historical) A silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
(historical) A unit of currency in 19th-century Bolivia, equal to 16 soles.
A former unit of currency in Malta, now the official currency of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
scuds
scuds
noun
plural of scud
scuff
scuff
noun
(sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
A scurf; a scale.
The back part of the neck; the scruff.
verb
To hit lightly, to brush against.
To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)
To scrape the feet while walking.
scuft
scuft
noun
(UK, dialect) scruff; nape of the neck
sculk
sculk
verb
Alternative spelling of skulk
scull
scull
noun
(obsolete) A shoal of fish.
A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.
A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever.
A small rowing boat, for one person.
Obsolete form of skull.
One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
The skua gull.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To drink the entire contents of (a drinking vessel) without pausing.
To row a boat using a scull or sculls.
To skate while keeping both feet in contact with the ground or ice.
sculp
sculp
verb
(obsolete, sometimes humorous) To sculpture; to carve or engrave.
(transitive) To flay.
scult
scums
scums
noun
plural of scum
scups
scups
noun
plural of scup
scurf
scurf
noun
(botany) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
(figurative) The foul remains of anything adherent.
(obsolete, slang) A low, mean person.
A grey bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus).
A skin disease.
Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general.
The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.
scuse
scuta
scuta
noun
A scutum.
plural of scutum
scute
scute
noun
(genetics) A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs
(historical) An old French gold coin.
(obsolete) A small shield.
(zoology) A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles.
scuti
scuts
scuts
noun
plural of scut
scutt
secus
secus
adv
(law) otherwise, to the contrary.
shuck
shuck
noun
(slang) A phony.
(slang, African-American Vernacular) A fraud; a scam.
The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
verb
(dialectal) To avoid; baffle, outwit, shirk.
(dialectal) To do hurriedly or in a restless way.
(dialectal) To shake; shiver.
(dialectal) To slither or slip, move about, wriggle.
(dialectal, of a horse) To walk at a slow trot.
(transitive) To remove (any outer covering).
(transitive) To remove the shuck from (walnuts, oysters, etc.).
(transitive, intransitive, slang) To fool; to hoax.
snuck
snuck
verb
(chiefly Canada, US) simple past tense and past participle of sneak
stuck
stuck
adj
(slang, archaic) In the situation of having no money.
No longer functioning, frozen up, frozen.
Unable to move.
Unable to progress with a task.
noun
(obsolete) A thrust.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stick (archaic sticked)