(archaic) To pay the penalty for (something); to atone for, to make amends.
(archaic, figuratively) To pay (something) as a penalty; to suffer (something).
(obsolete except Scotland) To endure or tolerate (something); to experience.
(obsolete) To pay for (something); to buy.
To endure; to remain.
To pay the penalty; to atone.
acy
ady
agy
aly
amy
any
any
adv
To even the slightest extent, at all.
det
(chiefly in the negative) One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.
No matter what kind.
pron
Any thing(s) or person(s).
ary
ary
det
(UK, dialect) any
aye
aye
adv
(archaic) ever, always
intj
(MLE, MTE, regional African-American Vernacular) an attention grabber
(New Zealand) Alternative spelling of ay (question tag)
(nautical) a word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim repeat-back.
yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
noun
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
ayh
aym
ayn
ayn
noun
(linguistics) Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /ʕ/ in Semitic languages.
(linguistics) Synonym of ghayn, the letter Ғ, representing the consonant /ʁ/ or /ɣ/, particularly in Kazakh.
ayo
ayo
intj
(African-American Vernacular, slang) A greeting.
noun
(West African English) A strategy game.
ayr
ayr
noun
(Isle of Man) father
Alternative spelling of air (especially when referring to the form of music).
ays
ays
noun
plural of ay
ayu
ayu
noun
A sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia, the only member of its genus and family, Plecoglossus altivelis, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh. It is a game fish and is also subject to extensive aquaculture.
bay
bay
adj
Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).
noun
(US, dialect) A tract covered with bay trees.
(by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
(figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more-or-less three-quarters surrounded by land.
(in the plural, now rare) The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
(nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
(obsolete) A berry.
(rail transport) A bay platform.
A bank or dam to keep back water.
A bay window.
A brown colour of the coat of some horses.
A horse of this colour.
A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
verb
(intransitive) To howl.
(transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
(transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.
bey
bey
noun
(historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions
(endearing, diminutive) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker.
(historical or offensive) A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.
(historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
(now offensive) Any non-white male, regardless of age.
(now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee
(obsolete) A male camp follower.
(obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.
(particularly) A male child or adolescent, as distinguished from infants or adults.
(somewhat childish) A male (tree, gene, etc).
A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog.
A young male.
A younger such worker.
verb
(transitive) To act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage).
buy
buy
noun
Something which is bought; a purchase.
verb
(intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
(poker slang, transitive) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
(transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
(transitive) To bribe.
(transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).
(transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
(transitive, ditransitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
(transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
bvy
bye
bye
adj
Out of the way; remote.
Secondary; supplementary.
intj
(colloquial) Goodbye.
noun
(Scotland) An unspecified way or place.
(card games) A pass.
(cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.
(obsolete) A thing not directly aimed at; a secondary or subsidiary object, course, path, undertaking, issue, etc.
A male person.
Craig's Crew plays the bye next week.
Obsolete spelling of bee
The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.
prep
Obsolete spelling of by
byo
byo
noun
Obsolete form of bayou.
byp
bys
bys
noun
plural of by
byu
byz
cay
cay
noun
A small, low island largely made of sand or coral.
cly
cly
verb
(slang, obsolete, transitive) To seize; to steal.
coy
coy
adj
(archaic) Quiet, reserved, modest.
(dated) Bashful, shy, retiring.
Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.
Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
Soft, gentle, hesitating.
noun
(military) A company
A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To allure; to decoy.
(transitive, obsolete) To calm or soothe.
(transitive, obsolete) To caress, pet; to coax, entice.
cry
cry
noun
(by extension, obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people.
(collectively) A group of hounds.
(obsolete) Common report; gossip.
(of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
A clamour or outcry.
A desperate or urgent request.
A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
A shout or scream.
Words shouted or screamed.
verb
(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.
(intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
(transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
(transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
(transitive, intransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc.
cyb
cyc
cyc
noun
(informal) Clipping of cyclorama.
cyd
cyl
cym
cyn
cyo
cyp
day
day
noun
(astronomy) Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth).
(informal or meteorology) A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise.
A period from midnight to the following midnight.
A period of contention of a day or less.
A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
Any period of 24 hours.
Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime.
The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
verb
(rare, intransitive) To spend a day (in a place).
dey
dey
noun
(UK dialectal, Scotland) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
(historical) The ruler of the Regency of Algiers (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire.
pron
Pronunciation spelling of there, representing African American Vernacular English or Caribbean English.
Pronunciation spelling of they, representing dialects with th-stopping in English.
diy
diy
Noun
Do it yourself.
Verb
To perform oneself a task usually relegated to an expert.
Adjective
do-it-yourself
doy
doy
intj
Disdainful indication that something is obvious; see duh.
dry
dry
adj
(Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
(aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
(chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
(figurative) Athirst, eager.
(fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
(humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
(law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
(masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
(of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
(sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
(wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness
Free from or lacking moisture.
Lacking interest, boring.
Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (farming) milk.
Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
noun
(Australia) An area of waterless country.
(Britain, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
(US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
(chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
The process by which something is dried.
Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
verb
(intransitive) To lose moisture.
(intransitive, informal) For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing.
(transitive) To remove moisture from.
(transitive, figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.
dye
dye
noun
A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
Alternative spelling of die (“singular of dice”)
Any hue, color, or blee.
verb
(transitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
dyl
dyn
dys
edy
ely
ety
ety
noun
Abbreviation of etymology.
evy
eye
eye
noun
(architecture) The circle in the centre of a volute.
(game of Go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones.
(informal) The dark brown center of a black-eyed Susan flower.
(typography) The enclosed counter (negative space) of the small letter e.
(usually in the plural) View or opinion.
A brood.
A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.
A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; for example, at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss, through a crank, at the end of a rope, or through a millstone.
A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye.
A meaningful stare or look.
A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator.
A reproductive bud in a potato.
An organ through which animals see (perceive surroundings via light).
Attention, notice.
One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.
That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.
The ability to notice what others might miss.
The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.
The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
The name of the Latin-script letter I.
The oval hole of an axehead through which the axehandle is fitted.
The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other cyclonic storm.
The visual sense.
Tinge; shade of colour.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To appear; to look.
(poetic)
(transitive) To allow (fish eggs) to develop so that the black eye spots are visible.
(transitive) To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something).
(transitive) To remove the reproductive buds from (potatoes).
eyl
eyn
eyr
fay
fay
adj
(US slang) White; white-skinned.
Fairy like.
Fitted closely together.
noun
(US slang) A white person.
A fairy.
verb
(dialectal) To cleanse; clean out.
(obsolete) To fadge.
(obsolete) To fit.
(shipbuilding, intransitive) Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
(shipbuilding, transitive) To join (pieces of timber) tightly.
fcy
fey
fey
adj
(chiefly Scotland, Ireland) Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience.
(dialectal, archaic or poetic) About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.
(obsolete) Dying; dead.
Magical or fairylike.
Overrefined, affected.
Spellbound.
Strange or otherworldly.
noun
Fairy folk collectively.
fly
fly
adj
(slang) Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
(slang) Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.
(India, obsolete) The sloping or roof part of the canvas of a tent.
(baseball) A fly ball.
(cotton manufacture) waste cotton
(finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).
(fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
(historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
(nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
(obsolete) A parasite.
(obsolete) A witch's familiar.
(obsolete) The action of flying; flight.
(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
(preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
(printing, historical) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
(printing, historical) The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
(rural, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
(swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
(weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
(weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
(weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
(zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
An act of flying.
Any similar, but unrelated insect, such as a dragonfly or butterfly.
In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..
One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
Related terms: flyman
Short for flywheel.
The free edge of a flag.
The horizontal length of a flag.
The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
verb
(intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
(intransitive) To proceed with great success.
(intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
(intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
(intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
(intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
(intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.
(transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
(transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
(transitive, intransitive, archaic, poetic) To flee, to escape (from).
foy
foy
noun
(obsolete) A feast given by one about to leave a place.
(obsolete, rare) Faith, allegiance.
fry
fry
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, cooking) The liver of a lamb.
(Ireland, Britain, cooking) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
(UK dialectal) The spawn of frogs.
(archaic) A swarm, especially of something small.
(colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement.
(now chiefly UK dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
(usually in the plural, fries, US, cooking) A lamb or calf testicle.
(usually in the plural, fries, chiefly Canada and US, cooking) A fried piece of cut potato.
A drain.
A kind of sieve.
Young fish; fishlings.
verb
(chiefly US, intransitive, slang) To be executed by the electric chair.
(intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
(intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
(obsolete) to simmer; to boil
(transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
(transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
fya
fyi
fyn
fyn
Noun
A molecule, present in the signalling pathway of integrins, activating ras.
fys
gay
gay
adj
(Scotland, Northern England, possibly obsolete) Considerable, great, large in number, size, or degree.
(colloquial) Not heterosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
(dated) Festive, bright, or colourful.
(dated) Happy, joyful, and lively.
(dated) Quick, fast.
(loosely, of a person, especially a man) Exhibiting appearance or behavior that accords with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
(loosely, of appearance or behavior) Being in accordance with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
(obsolete) Sexually promiscuous (of any gender), (sometimes particularly) engaged in prostitution.
(of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
(of a person) Possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.
(of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more persons perceived to be of the same sex or gender as each other.
(of an animal, by extension) Tending to partner or mate with other individuals of the same sex.
(of an institution or group) Intended for gay people, especially gay men.
(slang, derogatory) Effeminate or flamboyant in behavior.
(slang, derogatory) Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid, burdensome, contemptible, generally bad.
(slang, humorous, with for) Infatuated with something, aligning with homosexual stereotypes.
(slang, with for) Homosexually in love with someone.
(strictly) Describing a homosexual man.
adv
(Scotland, Northern England) Considerably, very.
noun
(dialectal, obsolete) Something which is bright or colorful, such as a picture or a flower.
(now chiefly in the plural) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual.
(obsolete) An ornament, a knick-knack.
The letter —, which stands for the sound /ɡ/, in Pitman shorthand.
verb
(transitive, dated, uncommon) To make happy or cheerful.
(transitive, uncommon) To cause (something, e.g. AIDS) to be associated with homosexual people.
(archaic) One hundredth of an inch in the decimal system of measurement devised by John Locke
A fit of ague.
Abbreviation of gray or grey (the color)
verb
(dialectal) To have a slight bout or fit of ague (chills or shaking due to cold or fever).
guy
guy
noun
(Britain) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
(chiefly nautical) A support rope or cable used to aid in hoisting or lowering.
(chiefly nautical) A support to secure or steady structures prone to shift their position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension bridge).
(colloquial) A man, fellow.
(colloquial, usually to animals) character, personality (not referring to a person, but pretending to)
(dated) A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".
(especially in the plural) A person (see usage notes).
(informal, term of address) Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.
(obsolete, rare) A guide; a leader or conductor.
verb
(intransitive) To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
(theater, transitive) To play in a comedic manner.
(transitive) To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
To equip with a support cable.
gye
gym
gym
noun
(uncountable) clipping of gymnastics. (often as sense 4)
(weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise.
Clipping of gymnasium.
physical education class
verb
(intransitive, India) To go to the gym.
gyn
gyp
gyp
noun
(Cambridge University, Durham University) A small kitchen for use by college students.
(Cambridge University, Durham University) The room in which such college servants work.
(Cambridge University, Durham University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend upon (usually several) students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks; generally equivalent to a scout in the historical sense at Oxford University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
(derogatory, sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
Coordinate terms: porter, bedder
Gypsophila.
Pain or discomfort.
Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”)
verb
(derogatory, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle.
hay
hay
noun
(countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
(obsolete) A circular country dance.
(obsolete) A hedge.
(obsolete) A net placed around the lair or burrow of an animal.
(obsolete) An enclosure, haw.
(slang) Cannabis; marijuana.
(uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
verb
To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
To lay snares for rabbits.
hey
hey
intj
A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.
A protest or reprimand.
A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.
An exclamation to get attention.
An expression of surprise.
An informal greeting, similar to hi.
Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.
noun
(country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.
Alternative spelling of he (“Hebrew letter”)
hny
hoy
hoy
intj
Ho!, hallo!, stop!
noun
(nautical) A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
verb
(Northumbria, Australia) To throw.
(transitive) To incite; to drive onward.
hvy
hwy
hyd
hyd
verb
simple past tense of hyde
hye
hye
adj
Obsolete spelling of high
verb
Obsolete spelling of hie
hyo
hyp
hyp
noun
(mathematics) A hypotenuse.
(slang) Alternative form of hype (“hypodermic [needle]”)
A hypnotist.
Hypnotism.
Hypochondria.
verb
(colloquial, dated) To make melancholy.
icy
icy
adj
(US, slang) To be wearing an excessive amount of jewelry, especially of the high-quality and expensive kind.
Characterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold.
Covered with ice, wholly or partially.
Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
iey
igy
iny
ipy
isy
isy
Proper noun
A diminutive form of the female given names Isabel and Isobel.
ivy
ivy
noun
Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.
Any similar plant of any genus.
iyo
izy
jay
jay
noun
(archaic) A dull or ignorant person. It survives today in the term jaywalking.
(obsolete) Promiscuous woman; prostitute.
(slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus, Cyanocorax, Gymnorhinus, Cyanolyca, Ptilostomus, and Calocitta, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely coloured, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.
The Indian roller, Coracias benghalensis.
The name of the Latin-script letter J.
joy
joy
noun
(obsolete) The sign or exhibition of joy; gaiety; merriment; festivity.
A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.
Anything that causes such a feeling.
Luck or success; a positive outcome.
verb
(intransitive) To feel joy, to rejoice.
(transitive, archaic) To enjoy.
(transitive, obsolete) To give joy to; to congratulate.
(transitive, obsolete) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
kay
kay
intj
(colloquial) Abbreviation of okay.
noun
(colloquial) A kilometer.
(colloquial) A thousand of some unit (from kilo-).
Dated form of cay.
The name of the Latin-script letter K.
key
key
adj
Important, salient.
Indispensable, supremely important.
noun
(Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
(advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
(architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
(architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
(basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
(biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
(botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
(cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
(computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
(computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
(computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
(cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
(databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
(figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
(historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
(masonry) A keystone.
(music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
(print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
(rail transport) A wooden support for a rail on the bullhead rail system.
(slang) Clipping of kilogram (especially of a recreational drug)
A crucial step or requirement.
A guide explaining the symbols or terminology of a map or chart; a legend.
A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
Alternative form of quay.
An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
An object designed to open and close a lock.
In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
One of a string of small islands.
That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
verb
(advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
(colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
(computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
(intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
(radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
(telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
To fit (a lock) with a key.
To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
koy
kyd
kye
kye
noun
(UK, naval slang) Cocoa (the drink).
A Korean fundraising meeting.
kyl
kym
kyu
kyu
noun
A grade or rank in various Japanese activities such as martial arts, flower arranging, and the game of go.
lay
lay
adj
(card games) Not trumps.
(obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
noun
(colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
(colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
(obsolete) A basis or ground.
(obsolete) A law.
(obsolete) A layer.
(obsolete) A meadow; a lea.
(obsolete) An obligation; a vow.
(slang, archaic) A place or activity where someone spends a significant portion of their time.
A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
A lake.
A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
A share of the profits in a business.
Arrangement or relationship; layout.
The direction a rope is twisted.
The laying of eggs.
What was I, just another lay you can toss aside as you go on to your next conquest?
verb
(Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
(intransitive, proscribed, see usage notes) To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
(law) To state; to allege.
(military) To point; to aim.
(nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
(printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
(printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
(proscribed) To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).
(ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
(transitive) To bet (that something is or is not the case).
(transitive) To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
(transitive) To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
(transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
(transitive) To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
(transitive) To produce and deposit an egg.
(transitive, archaic) To cause to subside or abate.
(transitive, slang) To have sex with.
To apply; to put.
To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
To impute; to charge; to allege.
To present or offer.
simple past tense of lie when pertaining to position.
ley
ley
adj
(agriculture) Fallow; unseeded.
(agriculture) Rotated to pasture instead of cropping.
noun
(obsolete) Law.
A ley line.
Alternative spelling of lea
Archaic form of lye.
loy
loy
noun
(Ireland) A type of one-eared spade used in Ireland.
lyc
lye
lye
noun
(UK, rail transport) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
Obsolete spelling of lie
Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).
verb
Obsolete spelling of lie.
To treat with lye.
lym
lyn
lyn
noun
Alternative form of linn (“waterfall”)
lys
lys
noun
plural of ly
may
may
noun
(archaic) A maiden.
The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
verb
(intransitive, poetic) To be able to go.
(modal auxiliary verb, defective) Expressing a present possibility; possibly.
(modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.
(obsolete, auxiliary) To be able; can.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be strong; to have power (over).
(poetic, intransitive) To celebrate May Day.
(poetic, intransitive) To gather may, or flowers in general.
(subjunctive present, defective) Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).
Used in modesty, courtesy, or concession, or to soften a question or remark.
moy
mvy
mya
mya
noun
Initialism of million years ago or Initialism of megayears ago.
myc
myg
mym
myo
nay
nay
adj
(obsolete) Nary.
adv
(now archaic or humorous) Or rather, or should I say; moreover (introducing a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one).
(now chiefly archaic or regional) Introducing a statement, without direct negation.
(now chiefly archaic, humorous or regional) No.
intj
(archaic) No.
noun
(archaic) A denial; a refusal.
A person who voted against.
A vote against.
verb
(obsolete) To refuse.
ney
ney
noun
(music) A type of endblown flute.
noy
noy
noun
(obsolete) annoyance
verb
(now rare, dialectal) To annoy; to harm or injure.
nya
nyc
nyc
adj
(nonstandard) nice
nye
nye
noun
A brood or flock of pheasants.
nyp
nyu
nyx
oby
oby
noun
Archaic form of obeah.
ody
oly
ony
ory
osy
oxy
oxy
noun
(chemistry) The bivalent R-O-R functional group found in ethers.
(countable, uncountable, slang, pharmacology) Clipping of oxycodone, an opioid similar to heroin.
(informal) Clipping of oxyacetylene, a mixture of oxygen and acetylene used for cutting and welding metals.
(informal) Clipping of oxygen.
oyo
oys
pay
pay
adj
Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
Pertaining to or requiring payment.
noun
Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
verb
(intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
(intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
(intransitive) To suffer consequences.
(nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
(transitive) To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
(transitive) To be profitable for.
(transitive) To give (something else than money).
(transitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
(transitive, intransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
ply
ply
noun
(artificial intelligence, combinatorial game theory) In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
(colloquial) Short for plywood.
(now chiefly Scotland) A condition, a state.
A bent; a direction.
A layer of material.
A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
verb
(intransitive) To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).
(intransitive, nautical, obsolete) To manoeuvre a sailing vessel so that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to work to windward, to beat, to tack.
(intransitive, obsolete) To work diligently.
(transitive) To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.
(transitive) To press upon; to urge persistently.
(transitive) To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
(transitive) To work at (something) diligently.
(transitive, intransitive, transport) To travel over (a route) regularly.
(transitive, obsolete) To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.
poy
poy
noun
A balancing pole used by tightrope walkers.
A long pole, normally with a hook, used to push barges upstream.
A support structure.
pry
pry
noun
(East Anglia, US) A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever.
A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a nosey parker.
An act of prying; a close and curious look.
verb
(figuratively) To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop.
(figuratively) Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort.
(transitive, obsolete) To peer at (something) closely; also, to look into (a matter, etc.) thoroughly.
To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.
To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.
pty
puy
puy
noun
(geology) Any similar conical structure of volcanic material
Any of several cone-shaped hills in the Auvergne, France that are the remains of extinct volcanos
pya
pya
noun
(historical) A subdivision of currency in colonial Burma, equal to 1/4 of an anna or 1/64 of a rupee
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Burmese kyat.
pye
pye
noun
(zoology) Ellipsis of pye-dog (an Indian breed, a stray dog in Indian contexts).
Archaic spelling of pie (pastry food).
pym
pyr
pyx
pyx
noun
(Christianity, also figurative) A small, usually round container used to hold the host (“consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist”), especially when bringing communion to the sick or others unable to attend Mass.
(by extension, rare) A (small) box; a casket, a coffret.
(chiefly Britain) A box used in a mint as a place to deposit sample coins intended to have the fineness of their metal and their weight tested before the coins are issued to the public.
(nautical, obsolete, rare) A compass used by sailors.
verb
(chiefly Britain) To deposit (sample coins) in a pyx; (by extension) to test (such coins) for the fineness of metal and weight before a mint issues them to the public.
(figuratively) To enclose (something) in a box or other container; specifically, to place (a deceased person's body) in a coffin; to coffin, to encoffin.
(obsolete) To place (the host) in a pyx.
qsy
qty
qty
noun
Abbreviation of quantity.
ray
ray
noun
(botany) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.
(colloquial) A tiny amount.
(mathematics) A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
(music) Alternative form of re
(obsolete) Array; order; arrangement; dress.
(obsolete) Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
(zoology) A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
(zoology) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
A beam of light or radiation.
A marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail.
The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.