Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
noun
(art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
(bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
(firearms) The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
(law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
(mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that is not part of the output is said to act on the other object. In any given context, action is used as an abbreviation for a more fully named notion, like group action or left group action.
(military) Combat.
(music) The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
(music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on a guitar or other string instrument.
(obsolete) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
(physics) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
(religion) A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
(sciences) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
(slang, typically with a quantifier) Sexual intercourse.
A way of motion or functioning.
Fast-paced activity.
Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
The effort of performing or doing something.
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
verb
(transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.
(transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
atonic
atonic
adj
(linguistics) not having tone (pitch)
(medicine) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy.
(of a sound or syllable) unstressed
(pathology) Lacking muscle tone.
noun
(phonetics, dated) A sound with lack of tone or vocality.
bontoc
cannot
cannot
noun
A person who cannot do (something).
Something that cannot be done.
verb
Be forbidden or not permitted to
Can not (be unable to).
canton
canton
noun
(heraldry) A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
(obsolete) A song or canto.
(obsolete) A subdivision of a county, of Quebec, Canada; equivalent to a township.
A division of Luxembourg, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.
A division of a political unit.
A small community or clan.
A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side (e.g., the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).
A subdivision of an arrondissement of France.
One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.
verb
(transitive) To allot quarters to troops.
(transitive) To delineate as a separate district.
(transitive) To divide into cantons.
cantor
cantor
noun
A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan
singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony
cantos
cantos
noun
plural of canto
carnot
carton
carton
noun
(Australia) A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
(archaic) A kind of thin pasteboard.
(archaic) A shot that strikes this disc.
(archaic) A small disc within the bullseye of a target.
A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.
An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.
verb
To put in a carton.
catano
cation
cation
noun
(physical chemistry) a positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis
catron
catton
caxton
caxton
Noun
Any book printed by the first English printer.
cenote
cenote
noun
A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
centon
centos
centro
ceston
chaton
chaton
noun
(watches) chaton (movement component: a circular piece of metal inserted in a round hole, in which a ruby is inserted. The ruby is used as bearing for the pin (or pivot) of a shaft of a wheel)
Collet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring).
chiton
chiton
noun
(historical) A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.
Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.
chonta
chonta
noun
Any of various palm trees, such as Juania australis and Astrocaryum species.
citron
citron
adj
Of a greenish yellow colour.
noun
A greenish yellow colour.
A small citrus tree, Citrus medica.
The candied rind of the citron fruit.
The fruit of a citron tree.
cobnut
cobnut
noun
A game played by children with nuts.
A specific cultivated variety of hazelnut, also known as the Kentish cobnut.
The nut of the common hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut.
cogent
cogent
adj
Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent.
Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
colent
coltin
colton
colton
Proper noun
Any of several placenames in England derived from and
derived from any of these places.
name transferred from the surname.
coltun
conant
condit
confit
confit
noun
Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.
verb
(transitive) To prepare (food) in this manner.
conite
conite
noun
(mineralogy) A magnesian variety of dolomite.
constr
contac
contam
contek
conter
contes
contex
contex
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To weave together; to form by interweaving.
contin
contos
contos
noun
plural of conto
contra
contra
adv
contrary to something
noun
(accounting, often attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
(business) A deal to swap goods or services.
(dance) A contra dance.
(music, informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
(obsolete, US, New England, dance) A country dance.
(politics, derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
prep
against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to
verb
(accounting) To undo; to reverse.
cornet
cornet
noun
(historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).
(obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
(obsolete) The standard flown by a cavalry troop.
A kind of organ stop.
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK, dated) an ice cream cone.
A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
cortin
cortin
noun
corticosteroid
corton
costen
costen
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To try; tempt.
costin
cotans
coteen
cothon
cothon
noun
An artificial, protected harbor in a Phoenician city, especially and originally the one in Carthage.
coting
coting
verb
present participle of cote
cotman
cotoin
cotsen
cotton
cotton
adj
Made of cotton.
noun
(countable) An item of clothing made from cotton.
(textiles) The textile made from the fiber harvested from a cotton plant, especially Gossypium.
Any fiber similar in appearance and use to Gossypium fiber.
Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
verb
(horticulture) To wrap with a protective layer of cotton fabric.
(tar and cotton) To cover with cotton bolls over a layer of tar (analogous to tar and feather )
(transitive) To provide with cotton.
To cover walls with fabric.
To develop a porous, cottony texture.
To enshroud with a layer of whiteness.
To fill with a wad of cotton.
To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.
To give the appearance of being dotted with cotton balls.
To protect from harsh stimuli, coddle, or muffle.
To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture.
To rub or burnish with cotton.
To supply with a cotton wick.
cotwin
cotwin
noun
A twin's twin.
counts
counts
noun
(statistics, of a statistic) To be enumerated rather than represented as a proportion or percentage.
plural of count
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of count
county
county
adj
Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.
noun
(US, slang, uncountable) A jail operated by a county government.
(historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.
A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 48 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska and Louisiana).
covent
covent
noun
(obsolete) Convent.
craton
craton
noun
A part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents.
cronet
cronet
noun
The coronet of a horse.
crotin
croton
croton
noun
A tropical evergreen shrub, Codiaeum variegatum, having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.
Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.
cutuno
cytone
cytons
cytons
noun
plural of cyton
docent
docent
adj
Instructive; that teaches.
noun
(chiefly US) A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.
A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)
eciton
jocant
monact
monact
adj
Synonym of monactine (“having a single ray”)
necton
nocent
nocent
adj
(obsolete) guilty; not innocent
(rare) Causing injury; harmful.
noun
(obsolete) Guilty person.
nocket
nocten
noctis
noctor
noctua
noetic
noetic
adj
Of or pertaining to the mind or intellect.
Originating in or apprehended by reason.
noun
A purely intellectual entity.
The science of the intellect.
nonact
nonact
noun
That which is not an act or deed.
nostic
nostoc
nostoc
noun
Any member of the genus Nostoc of cyanobacteria, found in a variety of environmental niches, that form colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath.
notchy
notchy
adj
(of the steering of a vehicle) Appearing to move in discrete notches; not smooth; jerky.
Characterized by having notches.
notice
notice
noun
(chiefly uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.
(chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
(countable) A formal notification or warning.
(countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
(obsolete, transitive) To lavish attention upon; to treat (someone) favourably.
(transitive) To become aware of; to observe.
(transitive, now rare) To remark upon; to mention.
oconto
oconto
Proper noun
a village in Nebraska, USA.
a city and a town in Wisconsin, USA, the city is the county seat of It was named after the Oconto River.
the in Wisconsin, which flows into
octane
octane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of the eighteen isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons (C₈H₁₈) found in petroleum, especially an iso-octane 2,2,4 trimethyl-pentane; they are used as fuels and solvents.
octane number
octans
octans
noun
plural of octan
octant
octant
noun
(astrology) The aspect of two planets that are 45°, or one-eighth of a circle, apart.
(geometry) The eighth part of a disc; a sector of 45 degrees; half a quadrant.
(nautical) An instrument for measuring angles, particularly of elevation.
The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.
octene
octene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of many isomeric alkenes having eight carbon atoms and one double bond; some of them are used in the manufacture of polymers
octine
octoon
octyne
octyne
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of many isomeric alkynes having eight carbon atoms and one triple bond
oncost
oncost
noun
(UK dialectal, Scotland) The indirect expenditure incurred for the purpose of increasing the productive power of organised labour.
(coal-mining) The cost of upkeep, making and maintaining shafts, roads, pumping, etc.
(finance) Overhead (expense)
Additional costs; extra expenses.
pontac
pontic
pontic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pons.
noun
A false tooth that forms part of a dental bridge.
roncet
sintoc
sintoc
noun
A spice used in the East Indies, consisting of the bark of a species of Cinnamomum sintok.
snocat
tecton
tichon
ticino
ticino
Proper noun
An Italian-speaking canton of Switzerland.
tocsin
tocsin
noun
A bell used to sound an alarm.
An alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, originally especially with reference to France.
tonica
tonics
tonics
noun
plural of tonic
toucan
toucan
noun
Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.
tricon
tucano
tucson
tychon
tycoon
tycoon
noun
A type of Roblox game in which players earn money which is then used to purchase upgrades.
A wealthy and powerful business person.
unclot
uncoat
uncoat
verb
(virology, intransitive) (of the capsid shell) to dissociate from the viral core in the host cell cytoplasm
(virology, transitive) To remove the viral capsid of a virus, leading to the release of the viral genomic nucleic acid.
uncoft
uncolt
uncolt
verb
(obsolete) To unhorse; to deprive of a colt or horse.