(architecture) A kind of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.
ante
ante
noun
(poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.
A price or cost, as in up the ante.
verb
To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.
To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.
anti
anti
adj
(chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°
Opposed to something.
noun
(fandom slang, often derogatory) A fan who objects to a particular creator, franchise, fandom, character, ship, etc., especially on moral or sociopolitical grounds.
A person opposed to a concept or principle.
prep
(rare) Alternative form of anti-
ants
ants
noun
plural of ant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ant
antu
aten
aton
attn
attn
noun
Abbreviation of attention, used as a heading in letters to indicate for whom the letter is intended.
aunt
aunt
noun
(endearing) A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
(obsolete) A procuress or bawd.
(obsolete) Any elderly woman.
The female cousin or cousin-in-law of one’s parent.
The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
bant
bant
noun
(slang) Clipping of banter.
cant
cant
adj
(Britain, dialect) Lively, lusty.
noun
(coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
(countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
(countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
(countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
(lumbering) An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.
(nautical) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
(obsolete) A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
(obsolete) Side, edge, corner, niche.
(regional, forestry) A parcel, a division.
(uncountable) Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
A movement or throw that overturns something.
A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
An outer or external angle.
Slope, the angle at which something is set.
verb
(intransitive) To speak in set phrases.
(intransitive) To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
(intransitive) To talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
(intransitive, heraldry) Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
(obsolete) To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
(transitive) To bevel an edge or corner.
(transitive) To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
(transitive) To overturn so that the contents are emptied.
(transitive) To set (something) at an angle.
(transitive, obsolete) To divide or parcel out.
etan
etna
etna
noun
A kind of small, portable cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
fant
gant
gnat
gnat
noun
(informal) An annoying person.
Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.
hant
hant
abbrev
Pronunciation spelling of hadn’t.
noun
(Scotland, US, colloquial, chiefly African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of haunt, haint (“ghost”)
inta
jant
jant
verb
Obsolete form of jaunt.
kant
lant
lant
noun
(UK, dialect, Northern England) Obsolete form of lanterloo. (the card game)
Aged urine.
Any of several species of slender marine fishes of the genus Ammodytes, including the common European species (Ammodytes tobianus) and the American species (Ammodytes americanus).
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To flavor (ale) with aged urine.
(archaic) With all deductions or allowances made; net.
(chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.
Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
Obsolete form of net (“remaining after expenses or deductions”).
Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
noun
(archaic) A bull or cow.
(archaic) Cattle collectively.
(informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
nita
nota
nota
noun
plural of notum
ntia
pant
pant
noun
(Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.
(fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
(figurative) Eager longing.
(obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.
(used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
verb
(intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
(intransitive) To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.
(intransitive) To heave, as the breast.
(intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
(intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
(transitive, intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
(transitive, obsolete) To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
rant
rant
noun
A criticism done by ranting.
A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.
A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
verb
(dated) To speak extravagantly, as in merriment.
To criticize by ranting.
To dance rant steps.
To disseminate one's own opinions in a - typically - one-sided, strong manner.
To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger.
sant
stan
stan
noun
(Internet slang, sometimes derogatory) An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive.
One of the stans; any of the ex-Soviet countries and their neighbours whose name ends with "-stan" such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.
verb
(slang, transitive, intransitive) To act as a stan (for); to be an obsessive fan (of).
taen
tain
tain
noun
(obsolete) Thin tin plate
(obsolete) Tin foil for mirrors.
tana
tana
noun
The banxring or tree shrew.
tane
tane
verb
(archaic or Scotland) Alternative form of taken
tang
tang
noun
(by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.
(countable, vulgar slang) The vagina.
(figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
(firearms) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
(uncountable, vulgar slang) sexual intercourse with a woman
(zoology) Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.
A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
verb
(dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.
To make a ringing sound; to ring.
tanh
tani
tank
tank
noun
(Australia, India) A reservoir or dam.
(Southwestern US, chiefly Texas) A large metal container for holding drinking water for animals, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.
(Southwestern US, chiefly Texas) By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
(US, slang) A prison cell, or prison generally.
(poker, slang) A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.
(rail transport) Short for tank engine and tank locomotive.
(role-playing games, board games, video games) a unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).
(slang) A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
A closed container for liquids or gases.
A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.
A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
The amount held by a container; a tankful.
The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
verb
(Singapore, informal) To stand; to tolerate.
(fandom slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
(poker, slang) To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.
(transitive) To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
(video games) To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.
To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
tann
tano
tans
tans
noun
plural of tan
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tan
tarn
tarn
noun
(Northern England) A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England.
(US, chiefly Montana) One of many small mountain lakes or ponds.
taun
tawn
tawn
name
(Bermuda, colloquial, uncountable) Hamilton (the capital city of Bermuda).
noun
(Bermuda, countable) Pronunciation spelling of town.
(rare) A tan.
verb
(transitive) To tan, make tawny.
tean
tena
than
than
adv
(now chiefly dialectal or a misspelling) At that time; then.
conj
(obsolete outside dialects, usually used with for) Because; for.
Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
prep
introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.
tina
tina
noun
(slang) The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride (crystal meth)
tran
trna
trna
noun
Alternative form of tRNA
tsan
tuan
tuan
noun
The brush-tailed phascogale, Phascogale tapoatafa, endemic to Australia.
tuna
tuna
noun
Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
The edible flesh of the tuna.
The fruit of the cactus.
The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.
unta
want
want
noun
(UK, mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
(countable) A desire, wish, longing.
(countable, often followed by of) Lack, absence, deficiency.
(dialectal) A mole (Talpa europea).
(uncountable) Poverty.
Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
verb
(by extension) To make it easy or tempting to do something undesirable, or to make it hard or challenging to refrain from doing it.
(colloquial, usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
(intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
(intransitive, dated) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
(intransitive, dated) To be lacking or deficient or absent.
(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
(transitive, archaic) To lack and be without, to not have (something).
(transitive, in particular) To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
(transitive, now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
(transitive, now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
(transitive, obsolete, by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.