(organic chemistry) Any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid.
agly
alay
alay
verb
Obsolete spelling of allay
alby
alby
Proper noun
from place names in England. Variant spelling: Albee.
name, anglicization of Irish Ailbhe, name of an Irish saint also anglicized as Albert.
name used in Ireland, derived from Ailbhe, name of heroines in Irish legend.
aley
aley
adj
(rare) Resembling or characteristic of ale.
alfy
alfy
Proper noun
A diminutive of the male given names Alfred and Alfonso.
algy
alky
alky
noun
Alternative spelling of alkie
ally
ally
noun
(figuratively) A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.
(historical or obsolete) A kinsman or kinswoman; a relative.
(taxonomy) An organism which is related to another organism through common evolutionary origin; specifically, a species which is closely related to another species, usually within the same family.
A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend.
A person who, or organization which, supports a demographic group subject to discrimination and/or misrepresentation but is not a member of the group; specifically (LGBT), a person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.
A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.
Alternative spelling of alley (“a glass marble or taw”)
One's relatives; kin, kindred, relations; also, relationship through descent or marriage; kinship.
People, groups, states, etc., which are associated or united with each other for a common purpose; confederates; also, the state of being allied; alliance, confederation.
Something regarded as connected with or related to another thing by similarity in features or nature.
verb
(intransitive) Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or unite for a common aim.
(reflexive) To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.
Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
alvy
alya
alys
amyl
amyl
adj
Of or pertaining to starch
noun
(dated, organic chemistry) Synonym of pentyl
(informal) amyl nitrite
arly
aryl
aryl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any univalent organic radical derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon by removing a hydrogen atom.
bely
bely
noun
Obsolete spelling of belly
verb
Obsolete spelling of belie
blay
blay
noun
The bleak (fish).
byrl
byrl
verb
Alternative form of birle
clay
clay
noun
(biblical) The material of the human body.
(firearms, informal) A clay pigeon.
(geology) A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
(informal) Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims
(tennis) A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
An earth material with ductile qualities.
verb
(transitive) To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
(transitive, of sugar) To purify using clay.
cloy
cloy
verb
(transitive) To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.
(transitive) To fill to loathing; to surfeit.
(transitive) To fill up or choke up; to stop up.
clyo
coly
coly
noun
Any bird of either of the genera Colius or Urocolius, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.
cycl
cyul
daly
dely
dlvy
duly
duly
adv
In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it ought to be; properly.
Regularly; at the proper time.
dyal
eely
eely
adj
Resembling an eel: long, thin and slippery.
elly
elmy
elmy
adj
(rare, poetic) Pertaining to elm trees; in which elms grow.
eloy
eloy
Proper noun
A city in Arizona
elsy
elyn
elys
eyla
flay
flay
noun
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A fright; a scare.
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.
verb
(intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be fear-stricken.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To frighten; scare; terrify.
To lash or whip.
To strip the skin off; to skin.
fley
fley
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To be frightened.
(obsolete, transitive) To frighten.
floy
flyn
gayl
gley
gley
noun
(soil science) A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
verb
(Scotland) To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.
(soil science) To be converted into this kind of soil.
gloy
glyc
glyn
glyn
noun
A valley in a mountain area, especially one with a stream in the bottom
guly
guly
adj
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to gules; red.
gyal
gyal
noun
(British slang) Pronunciation spelling of girl.
Alternative form of gayal (“Indian cattle”)
gyle
gyle
noun
Fermented wort used for making vinegar.
The amount of beer brewed at a time.
holy
holy
adj
(slang) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
Morally perfect or flawless, or nearly so.
Revered in a religion.
Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else).
Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person.
intj
(slang) An expression of astonishment and awe.
noun
(archaic) A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies.
huly
hwyl
hwyl
noun
A melodic chanting style of Welsh preaching.
hyla
hyla
noun
A tree frog of the genus Hyla.
Obsolete spelling of hyle
hyle
hyle
noun
(obsolete, philosophy) matter
The first matter of the cosmos, from which the four elements arose, according to the doctrines of Empedocles and Aristotle.
hyli
idly
idly
adv
In an idle manner. [from 14th c.]
Without specific purpose, intent or effort. [from 9th c.]
(Scotland) A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.
lacy
lacy
adj
Looking like lace.
Made of lace or decorated with it.
lady
lady
noun
(UK, slang) A five-pound note. (Rhyming slang, Lady Godiva for fiver.)
(Wicca) Alternative form of Lady.
(archaic) gastric mill, the triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster, consisting of calcareous plates; so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure.
(attributive, with a professional title) Who is a woman.
(chess, slang, rare) A queen.
(historical) The mistress of a household.
(in the plural) A polite reference or form of address to women.
(informal) A wife or girlfriend; a sweetheart.
(ladies' or ladies) Toilets intended for use by women.
(polite or used by children) A woman: an adult female human.
(slang) A queen (the playing card).
(slang) Used to address a female.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman’s breast.
A title for someone married to a lord or gentleman.
A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess, or baroness.
A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.
The feminine of lord.
verb
To address as “lady”.
laky
laky
adj
Of the color of a lake pigment; murky.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake.
Transparent; said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lay
lazy
lazy
adj
(UK, obsolete or dialect) Wicked; vicious.
(computing theory) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
(of a cattle brand) Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
(optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
Droopy.
Showing a lack of effort or care.
Sluggish; slow-moving.
Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
noun
(obsolete) Sloth (animal).
A lazy person.
verb
(informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner.
lely
levy
levy
noun
(US, obsolete, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia) The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.
The act of levying.
The tax, property or people so levied.
verb
(law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
To draft someone into military service.
To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
To raise, as a siege.
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
To wage war.
lexy
leys
leys
noun
plural of ley
lily
lily
adj
(slang, derogatory) White (as a racial epithet).
noun
(card games, usually in the plural) A royal spade in auction bridge.
(cartomancy) The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.
(heraldry) The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.
Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.
The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
limy
limy
adj
containing or resembling lime
liny
livy
livy
Proper noun
Titus Livius, a Roman historian
llyn
llyn
noun
An upland lake in Wales.
llyr
lody
logy
logy
adj
Slow to respond or react; lethargic.
noun
A term formed with the -logy suffix.
lory
lowy
loyn
luby
lucy
lucy
noun
(archaic) The pike (a kind of fish).
luny
luny
adj
Archaic form of loony.
lyam
lyam
noun
(obsolete) A leash.
lyas
lych
lych
noun
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of lich
lyda
lyes
lyes
noun
plural of lye
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lye
lyle
lyly
lyme
lyme
verb
(Jamaica, slang) to hang out (to spend time doing nothing in particular)
lymn
lynd
lynn
lynn
Proper noun
Any of several place names (outside Britain named for persons with the surname).
A town in Alabama.
A town in Arkansas.
A town in Indiana.
A city in Massachusetts.
A town in Norfolk, England, officially King's Lynn.
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
A town in Wisconsin.
A community in Nova Scotia.
name usually appearing as a middle name.
name, popular as a middle name.
lyns
lyns
noun
plural of lyn
lynx
lynx
noun
Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx.
lyon
lyon
noun
Obsolete spelling of lion
lyra
lyra
noun
(anatomy, dated) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
A bowed instrument used in folk music in Crete, Greece.
A bowed string musical instrument used in the Byzantine Empire.
A vertically suspended hoop used in acrobatic performances.
lyre
lyre
noun
(obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.
A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.
verb
(rare) to play the lyre
lyse
lyse
verb
(biochemistry) To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.
(biology) To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.
moly
moly
noun
(informal) molybdenum
(slang) molybdenum grease
A magic herb or plant used by Odysseus to overcome Circe.
Any plant associated with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, Allium moly.
moyl
myal
myal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to muscle.
noun
(Jamaica, historical) A practitioner of myalism.
myel
mylo
odyl
odyl
noun
(archaic) od (hypothetical force)
oily
oily
adj
(figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite but insincere.
Covered with or containing oil.
Relating to or resembling oil.
noun
(in the plural, informal) Oilskins. (waterproof garment)
A marble with an oily lustre.
oldy
oldy
noun
Alternative spelling of oldie
oley
oliy
olly
only
only
adj
(obsolete) Mere.
Alone in a category.
Singularly superior; the best.
Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
adv
(Britain) Used to express surprise or consternation at an action.
(obsolete) Above all others; particularly.
As recently as.
Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned.
No more than; just.
Without others or anything further; exclusively.
conj
(informal) Under the condition that; but.
But; except.
noun
An only child.
orly
owly
owly
adj
In a bad mood; cranky.
Seeing poorly.
oxly
oxyl
oxyl
noun
(chemistry) A compound or radical bound to an oxygen by a single bond
(chemistry, obsolete) An acid anhydride
paly
paly
adj
(heraldry) vertically striped
(obsolete) pale; lacking colour
phyl
pily
pily
adj
(heraldry) Marked by many narrow piles (wedges).
Like pile or wool.
play
play
noun
(archaic, now usually in compounds) Activity relating to martial combat or fighting.
(countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
(countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
(countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
(countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
(countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
(countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
(countable) An instance of watching or listening to digital media.
(countable, turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
(uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
(uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
(uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
(uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
(uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
(uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
verb
(African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; say something for amusement.
(copulative) Contrary to fact, to give an appearance of being.
(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
(intransitive) To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
(intransitive) To act; to behave; to practice deception.
(intransitive) To move to and fro.
(intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love.
(intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
(intransitive, of a music) To produce music.
(intransitive, of a theatrical performance) To be performed; (or of a film) to be shown.
(transitive) (in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
(transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
(transitive) To act or perform (a play).
(transitive) To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute.
(transitive) To compete against, in a game.
(transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
(transitive) To put in action or motion.
(transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle someone.
(transitive, ergative) To use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording.
(transitive, especially of a person) To produce music (or a specified song or musical style) using (a specified musical instrument).
(transitive, intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate.
(transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
(transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform in or at; to give performances in or at.
To gamble.
ploy
ploy
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Sport; frolic.
(obsolete) Employment.
A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
verb
(military) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.
poly
poly
adj
(chiefly informal) Polyamorous.
noun
(chiefly computer graphics) Polygon.
(chiefly informal) A polyamorous person.
(chiefly informal) Polyamory.
(uncountable) Polyester.
A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium polium) of the family Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean.
Polyethylene (polythene).
Polytechnic.
Polyurethane
verb
(transitive, video games, roguelikes) To polymorph; to transform by magic.
puly
pyal
pyal
noun
Alternative form of pial (“raised platform”)
pyla
pyla
noun
(anatomy) The passage between the iter and optocoele in the brain.
pyle
rely
rely
verb
(with on or upon, formerly also with in) to trust; to have confidence in; to depend.
ruly
ruly
adj
(obsolete) Pitiable; miserable.
(rare) Neat and orderly.
adv
(obsolete) Pitiably; miserably.
ryal
ryal
noun
Alternative form of rial
ryle
slay
slay
noun
Alternative form of sley
verb
(by extension, hyperbolic, colloquial) To defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest).
(literary) To eradicate or stamp out.
(now literary) To kill; to murder.
(slang) To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
(slang) To have sex with.
(slang, transitive, intransitive) To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something.
sley
sley
noun
A guideway in a knitting machine.
Reed (of a loom).
verb
(transitive, weaving) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed.
syli
syli
noun
The currency of Guinea between 1971 and 1985, subdivided into 100 cauris.
Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
noun
(UK, informal, dated) A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
(logistics, informal) Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.
(slang) An ugly person or thing.
(slang, uncountable) Ugliness.
verb
(transitive, nonstandard) To make ugly (sometimes with up).
uily
waly
waly
intj
(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) An exclamation of grief.
weyl
wily
wily
adj
Sly, cunning, full of tricks.
wkly
wyld
wyld
adj
Obsolete spelling of wild
wyle
wyly
xyla
xyla
noun
plural of xylon
xylo
xylo
noun
(colloquial, rare) xylophone
yael
yalb
yald
yald
adj
Alternative form of yauld
yale
yale
noun
A mythical beast in European mythology and heraldry, usually portrayed as an antelope- or goat-like four-legged creature with large horns that it can swivel in any direction.