(dated, physics) A unit of inductance equal to one billionth (1 x 10⁻⁹) of a henry, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
acharya
acharya
noun
(historical, rare) a scholar, practitioner, professional, specialist, disciplinarian imparting knowledge.
(historical, rare) an individual who practices or is knowledgeable on any of the prevalent disciplines of customs, learning, rituals, arts, traditions, schools etc., especially one imparting them into pupils.
achylia
achylia
noun
(pathology) The lack or reduced production of gastric juices in any part of the digestive tract.
achymia
acolyth
acolyth
noun
Obsolete form of acolyte.
acouchy
acouchy
noun
Alternative form of acouchi
aglypha
ahungry
ahungry
adj
hungry (for)
ahypnia
ajodhya
akeylah
akhyana
akhyana
noun
A traditional Indian musical theater performance, telling stories from religious texts.
alchemy
alchemy
noun
(computing, slang, countable) Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.
(countable) The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.
alchimy
alchimy
noun
Obsolete form of alchemy.
alchymy
alchymy
noun
Alternative spelling of alchemy
aliyahs
aliyoth
alphyls
alyosha
amorphy
amorphy
noun
(obsolete) shapelessness
anarchy
anarchy
noun
(countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
(uncountable) Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
(uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
Confusion in general; disorder.
anchory
anchory
adj
Synonym of ancrée
anchovy
anchovy
noun
Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in 16 genera, of which the genus Engraulis is widely sold as food.
anthemy
anthony
anthony
Proper noun
name, in regular use since the Middle Ages.
A city in Kansas, USA
A city in New Mexico
A town in Texas
anthryl
anthryl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric univalent radicals derived from anthracene
anychia
anywhen
anywhen
adv
(rare, nonstandard) At any point in time.
aphylly
aphyric
aphyric
adj
(geology) Not porphyritic; having few or no phenocrysts.
apishly
apishly
adv
In an apish manner; in the manner of an ape.
apohyal
apohyal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.
archery
archery
noun
(countable) A group of archers.
(uncountable) The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
archspy
archway
archway
noun
A doorway with a semilunar-shaped top.
A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.
arryish
ashaway
ashtray
ashtray
noun
A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.
asphyxy
asphyxy
noun
(medicine, obsolete) asphyxiation, typically resulting in death; asphyxia
verb
Rare form of asphyxiate.
astheny
astheny
noun
Dated form of asthenia.
atechny
athodyd
athodyd
noun
A simple jet engine consisting essentially of a tube with a means of delivering fuel and ignition into the tube. The engine can only be started in a fast airflow. This type of engine is expected to be able to provide cruising speeds at Mach numbers of around 5 to 7 (5 to 7 times the speed of sound).
athymia
athymia
noun
(medicine) The absence of emotion; morbid impassivity.
(medicine) The absence of the thymus gland or the suppression of its secretion.
athymic
athymic
adj
That lacks a thymus gland
athyria
athyrid
athyris
atrophy
atrophy
noun
(pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
verb
(intransitive) To wither or waste away.
(transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
ayahuca
ayudhya
ayuthea
ayuthia
aywhere
babyish
babyish
adj
For a young man, he has the most babyish voice I've heard.
Like or suitable for a baby or a young child; childish
bashlyk
bashlyk
noun
A protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks and Cossacks.
bashyle
bathyal
bathyal
adj
Relating to the ocean bottom, between the sublittoral and abyssal zones, at a depth of between 200 and 2000 metres
baybush
bayhead
bayhead
noun
(ecology) A swamp habitat dominated by bay laurels.
behoney
behoney
verb
(transitive) To cover or smear with honey.
(transitive) To sweeten with honey, or with honeyed words.
berhley
berhyme
berhyme
verb
(transitive) To compose rhymes about; celebrate in rhyme; make poetry about someone.
(transitive) To lampoon.
bethany
bethany
Proper noun
The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.
The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1)
Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene.
name, transferred use of the biblical place name.
beyship
beyship
noun
The role or status of a bey.
bhayani
bheesty
bhotiya
biarchy
biarchy
noun
An alliance of two countries.
Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people.
blachly
blighty
blighty
noun
Alternative form of Blighty
blotchy
blotchy
adj
Covered in blotches.
bothway
boychik
boychik
noun
(chiefly Jewish) Term of endearment for a young boy, or a young man.
(chiefly Jewish) Term of endearment for any special male with whom one is familiar.
boyhood
boyhood
noun
The state or period of being a boy.
boyship
branchy
branchy
adj
Having many branches.
Tending to branch frequently.
brashly
brashly
adv
In a brash manner.
breachy
breachy
adj
Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly.
breathy
breathy
adj
Accompanied by audible breathing.
brython
brython
Noun
A (historical) Briton: a member of that people that spoke Brythonic languages.
bushboy
bushboy
noun
A young bushman; a boy who lives or camps in the bush.
bushily
bushily
adv
In a bushy manner.
busyish
busyish
adj
Somewhat busy.
byepath
byepath
noun
Alternative spelling of bypath
byhalia
bypaths
bypaths
noun
plural of bypath
cachexy
cachexy
noun
(medicine, archaic) Cachexia.
cachrys
cahilly
cashboy
cathryn
cathryn
Proper noun
name, a rare spelling variant of Catherine.
caughey
chafery
chafery
noun
An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.
chainey
chaingy
chaitya
chaitya
noun
A Buddhist or Jain shrine including a stupa.
chambry
chamyne
chancay
chancey
chancey
adj
Alternative spelling of chancy
chandry
chandry
noun
(obsolete) A chandlery.
chanduy
chanoyu
chanoyu
noun
A traditional Japanese tea ceremony in which matcha is prepared and presented.
chantey
chantey
noun
Alternative form of shanty (sailor's song).
chantry
chantry
noun
A chapel set up for this purpose
An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people
charely
charily
charily
adv
In a chary manner.
charity
charity
noun
(archaic, Christianity) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
(countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
(countable) The goods or money given to those in need.
(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.
charley
charley
noun
Alternative form of Charlie (a fool)
charlye
charlyn
charpoy
charpoy
noun
(India) A traditional bedstead in India, consisting of a wooden frame bordering a set of knotted ropes.
chayota
chayote
chayote
noun
Sechium edule, a tropical American perennial herbaceous vine having tendrils, tuberous roots, and a green, pear-shaped fruit cooked as a vegetable.
(billiards, snooker) An indentation in the slate of a table that affects the path of a ball travelling over it
cheveys
cheyney
chicory
chicory
noun
(chiefly Britain) The common chicory (Cichorium intybus), the source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and sugarloaf.
(chiefly Canada, US) The endive (Cichorium endivia), the source of escarole and frisée.
(countable) Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.
(uncountable, cooking) A coffee substitute made from the roasted roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in real coffee.
chiefly
chiefly
adj
of or relating to a chief
adv
(focus) Especially or primarily; above all.
(focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely.
chiefry
chiefry
noun
A chief's territory.
A rent paid to a chief or supreme lord.
chiefty
chifley
childly
childly
adj
Of or pertaining to a young child; childlike
chimayo
chimbly
chimbly
noun
Alternative form of chimbley
chimley
chimley
noun
(UK, dialect, New England, archaic) Alternative form of chimney
chimney
chimney
noun
(Britain) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
(Northern Ireland, slang) A black eye; a shiner.
(vulgar, euphemistic) A vagina.
A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.
The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
verb
(climbing) To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.
chinafy
chinchy
chinchy
adj
Alternative spelling of chintzy
chintzy
chintzy
adj
(figuratively) Excessively reluctant to spend; miserly, stingy.
(figuratively) Tastelessly showy; cheap, gaudy, or tacky.
Of or decorated with chintz.
chipley
chlamyd
chlamys
chlamys
noun
(historical) A short poncho-like cloak caught up on the shoulder, worn by hunters, soldiers, and horsemen in Ancient Greece.
chloryl
chloryl
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent radical ClO₂- or cation ClO₂⁺
chogyal
choisya
choisya
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Choisya of aromatic evergreen shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae.
chokeys
chokeys
noun
plural of chokey
choltry
choltry
noun
(India, historical) A Hindu caravanserai.
chomsky
choosey
choosey
adj
Alternative spelling of choosy
choragy
choregy
chorley
chorley
Proper noun
a market town and borough in Lancashire, England.
choryos
chrissy
chrissy
Proper noun
A diminutive of the female given names Christine and Christina.
Christmas
christy
christy
noun
Alternative form of christie
chromyl
chromyl
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The divalent radical CrO₂: or cation CrO₂²⁺