(Eastern Orthodoxy) The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after the Communion.
(Western Christianity) The rinsing of the priest's hand and the sacred vessel following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and wine, which may then be drunk by the priest.
(chemistry) Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non-dissolved substance.
(literary or humorous, usually in the plural) Washing oneself; bathing, cleaning oneself up.
(plural only, UK, military) The location or building where the showers and basins are located.
The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
The liquid used in the cleansing or ablution.
abluvion
abluvion
noun
(obsolete, rare) That which is washed off.
abutilon
abutilon
noun
Any of the various tropical flowering plants of the genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, Indian mallow, or Chinese lantern.
acolhuan
aglucone
aglucone
noun
The aglycone of a glucoside
alcinous
aleurone
aleurone
noun
(biochemistry) The protein content of the embryo, endosperm, or perisperm of cereals, in the form of minute particles.
The outer layer (and its major cell type and its specialized protein) of the endosperm.
aleurons
aleurons
noun
plural of aleuron
alinotum
allround
allusion
allusion
noun
An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned
alluvion
alluvion
noun
(law) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.
alunogen
alunogen
noun
(mineralogy) An aluminium sulfate mineral often found on the walls of mines and quarries.
analogue
analogue
adj
(mostly Commonwealth) Alternative form of analog
angulose
angulose
adj
Alternative form of angulous
angulous
angulous
adj
(archaic) angular; having corners
anhelous
anhelous
adj
Short of breath; panting.
annoyful
annoyful
adj
(obsolete) annoying
annuloid
annuloid
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Annuloida.
annulosa
annulose
annulose
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Annulosa.
Furnished with, or composed of, rings or ring-like segments; ringed.
anomural
anoplura
anovular
anovular
adj
Synonym of anovulatory
apolunes
apolunes
noun
plural of apolune
apronful
apronful
noun
as much as an apron will hold
aquilino
aureolin
aureolin
noun
A yellow pigment used in painting, composed of potassium cobaltinitrite.
aureolin:
avulsion
avulsion
noun
(hydrology) Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved
An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another
The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma
blousing
blousing
verb
present participle of blouse
blousons
blousons
noun
plural of blouson
blowguns
blowguns
noun
plural of blowgun
bludgeon
bludgeon
noun
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
verb
(transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
(transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
bluegown
bluegown
Noun
One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, who received certain alms every year on the king's birthday, including a blue gown.
(US, Australia) A trout cod (Maccullochella macquariensis)
(US, UK, Australia, New Zealand) Antarctic butterfish (Hyperoglyphe antarctica)
(US, naval slang) A person who has crossed the Arctic Circle.
(informal) A prude.
(slang) A follower of Birmingham City Football Club.
(slang) A follower of Everton Football Club.
(slang) A person from Nova Scotia, Canada.
(slang) A variety of potato from Nova Scotia, Canada.
bluffton
botulins
botulins
noun
plural of botulin
bouillon
bouillon
noun
A clear seasoned broth made by simmering usually light meat, such as beef or chicken.
An excrescence on a horse's frush or frog.
boulogne
boulogne
Proper noun
A commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-Billancourt
bouncily
bouncily
adv
In a bouncy manner.
bucolion
buellton
bullhorn
bullhorn
noun
(chiefly US) A megaphone which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice.
bullions
bullions
noun
plural of bullion
bullnose
bullnose
noun
(construction) rounded ceramic trim, especially in masonry and ceramic tile
(uncountable) A bacterial disease of suckling or weanling pigs, characterized by sores in the mouth or upon the lips.
bungalow
bungalow
noun
A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.
bunghole
bunghole
noun
Alternative spelling of bung-hole
bunkload
burleson
burleson
Proper noun
a city in and Texas, USA, named after
burlison
butanols
butanols
noun
plural of butanol
calsouns
calutron
calutron
noun
(physics) A form of mass spectrometer used to separate the isotopes of uranium.
cauldron
cauldron
noun
(military) A strategic encirclement.
A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.
caulonia
cindylou
clangour
clangour
noun
(Britain, Canada) A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din.
verb
(Britain, Canada) To make a clanging sound.
cleanout
cleanout
noun
A medical course that serves to clear the bowels completely of feces.
An opening or drain leading into a plumbing system to provide a location to insert a snake or other implement for cleaning.
cloghaun
clonuses
clonuses
noun
plural of clonus
clouding
clouding
noun
A cloudy appearance.
A diversity of colours in yarn, recurring at regular intervals.
A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.
verb
present participle of cloud
clouring
clouring
verb
present participle of clour
clouting
clouting
noun
A light plain cloth used for covering butter and farmer's baskets, and for dish and pudding cloths. The same term is often given to light cloths of the nursery diaper pattern.
The act of giving a clout, or striking somebody.
verb
present participle of clout
cloutman
coagulin
coagulin
noun
(biochemistry) Any substance having the ability to coagulate foreign proteins
columban
columbin
columbin
noun
(organic chemistry) A white, crystalline, bitter substance.
columnal
columnal
adj
columnar
noun
A disklike part of the stem of a crinoid
columnar
columnar
adj
Constructed with columns.
Having the shape of a column.
columnea
columned
columned
adj
Having columns.
columner
communal
communal
adj
(India) defined by religious ideas; based on religion
pertaining to a community
shared by a community; public
conclude
conclude
verb
(intransitive) To end; to come to an end.
(logic) to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)
(obsolete) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace; to confine.
(obsolete) To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
(obsolete) To shut up; to enclose.
(transitive) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.
(transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
(transitive) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; generally in the passive.
conjugal
conjugal
adj
Of or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.
consuela
consuelo
consular
consular
adj
Of or pertaining to a consul, or the office thereof.
noun
A Roman consul.
consulta
consulta
noun
An official meeting or consultation.
The meeting of a government council, especially of an Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese government or agency.
The minutes or report of such a government council.
consulto
consults
consults
noun
plural of consult
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consult
convulse
convulse
verb
(intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contraction of the muscles, producing contortions of the body or limbs.
(transitive) To create great laughter.
(transitive) To violently shake or agitate.
coquelin
corneule
corneule
noun
(zoology) One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates.
coronule
coronule
noun
(botany) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds.
coughlin
couldron
coumalin
councils
councils
noun
plural of council
counsels
counsels
noun
plural of counsel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counsel
coupland
coupling
coupling
noun
(electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
(physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
(sexuality) Sexual intercourse.
(software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
A device that couples two things together.
Act of joining together to form a couple.
verb
present participle of couple
courland
courland
Proper noun
A region in western Latvia.
A duchy in that region.
courlans
courlans
noun
plural of courlan
cousinly
cousinly
adj
Characteristic of, or suitable to, a cousin
crunodal
crunodal
adj
(geometry) Possessing, or characterized by, a crunode.
cucoline
culation
cullions
cullions
noun
plural of cullion
culliton
culloden
cuminole
danuloff
delusion
delusion
noun
A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
A fixed, false belief, that will not change, despite evidence to the contrary.
That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
diluendo
dilution
dilution
noun
(finance) Short for share dilution.
A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated.
The process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones, for example during wartime.
The process of making something dilute.
diluvion
diluvion
noun
Synonym of diluvium
dominule
doubling
doubling
noun
(archaic) A trick; double-dealing.
A pleat or fold. [from 17th c.]
The act of turning around, or doubling back. [from 16th c.]
The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two. [from 14th c.]
verb
present participle of double
doubloon
doubloon
noun
(Canada, slang, numismatics) Clipping of doubloonie.
(historical, numismatics) A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies. [from early 17th c.]
downhaul
downhaul
noun
(nautical) Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.
duodenal
duodenal
adj
Of or pertaining to the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine.
elkhound
elkhound
noun
Any Scandinavian breed of dog bred to hunt elk (US: moose).
Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).
elkmound
eloquent
eloquent
adj
Effective in expressing meaning by speech.
Fluently persuasive and articulate.
elusions
elusions
noun
plural of elusion
elutions
elutions
noun
plural of elution
emulsion
emulsion
noun
(chemistry) A colloid in which both phases are liquid.
(photography) The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.
A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
verb
(transitive) To paint with emulsion paint.
enaluron
enaluron
adj
(heraldry) charged with birds
encolour
encolour
verb
(transitive, poetic) To colour.
encolumn
encolure
encolure
noun
The neck of a horse.
engouled
engouled
adj
(heraldry) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything.
ensouled
ensouled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ensoul
envolume
envolume
verb
(transitive) To form into, or incorporate with, a volume.
epulones
eugenols
eugenols
noun
plural of eugenol
eulachon
eulachon
noun
Synonym of candlefish
evulsion
evulsion
noun
(now rare) The action of forcibly pulling something out.
faulkton
faulkton
Proper noun
a small city in South Dakota, USA
felonous
felonous
adj
(obsolete) Evil, wicked.
fionnula
flautino
flautino
noun
(music) Any of several high-pitched woodwind instruments, including the zufolo, sopranino recorder, and piccolo.
flounced
flounced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flounce
flounces
flounces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounce
flouncey
flouncey
adj
Dated form of flouncy.
flounder
flounder
noun
(Canada, US) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, Platichthys flesus.
A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
verb
(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
(intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water.
(intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.
He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.
To be in serious difficulty.
flouring
flouring
verb
present participle of flour
flouting
flouting
noun
The act by which something is flouted.
verb
present participle of flout
fluorane
fluorane
noun
(chemistry) Fluorine hydride or hydrogen fluoride, HF.
fluorene
fluorene
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of two benzene rings joined together directly, and also via a methylene bridge; it is used in light-emitting diodes.
fluorine
fluorine
noun
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
fluorins
fluxions
fluxions
noun
(obsolete, mathematics) differential calculus
plural of fluxion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluxion
fortunel
foulings
foulings
noun
plural of fouling
foulness
foulness
noun
The state of being foul.
fountful
fountful
adj
(poetic, archaic) Full of fountains or springs.
Gushing.
fourling
fourling
noun
(crystallography) A compound or twin crystal consisting of four individuals.
(obsolete, rare) One of four children born at the same birth; a quadruplet.
frownful
frownful
adj
Frowning; scowling
furlongs
furlongs
noun
plural of furlong
fusional
fusional
adj
(linguistics, of a language) Tending to overlay many morphemes in a manner that can be difficult to segment.
giuliano
glazunov
globulin
globulin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of simple proteins, soluble in water only in the presence of salts, that are coagulated by heat