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| aahs | (3rd.) AAH, to say AAH. | |
| aals | (Pl.) AAL, an E. Indian shrub. | |
| abac | A nomogram, a chart or diagram of scaled lines or curves used to assist in mathematical calculations > ABACS. | |
| abas | (Pl.) ABA, a tightly-woven camel-hair fabric or tunic, worn by Arabs. | |
| abba | (Aramaic) a Syriac or Coptic bishop > ABBAS. | |
| abbe | (Fr.) a courtesy title given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress > ABBES. | |
| abbs | (Pl.) ABB, a kind of textile yarn. | |
| abed | In bed. | |
| aber | (Welsh) an estuary > ABERS. | |
| abet | To incite by encouragement and support > ABETS, ABETTING, ABETTED. | |
| abid | (Pt.) ABIDE, to stay, dwell. | |
| able | Competent > ABLER, ABLEST; ABLY; (verb) to enable > ABLES, ABLING, ABLED. | |
| ably | (Adv.) ABLE, competent. | |
| abri | (Fr.) a bomb shelter > ABRIS. | |
| abut | To be adjacent to and touching > ABUTS, ABUTTING, ABUTTED. | |
| abye | To pay the penalty for > ABYES, ABYING, ABOUGHT (not ABYED*). Also ABY. | |
| abys | (3rd.) ABY, to pay as a penalty. | |
| acai | A berry found in the Brazilian rainforest, aka palm berry > ACAIS. | |
| acca | (Aust. sl.) an academic > ACCAS. Also ACKER. | |
| aced | (Pt.) ACE, to play a winning serve in tennis. | |
| acer | (Lat.) a plant of the maple genus > ACERS. [L. acer, maple]. | |
| aces | (3rd.) ACE, to play a winning serve in tennis. | |
| ache | A persistent dull pain; (verb) to be the site of this > ACHES, ACHING, ACHED. | |
| achy | Aching > ACHIER, ACHIEST. | |
| acid | Sharp, sour > ACIDER, ACIDEST; ACIDLY; (noun) an acid substance > ACIDS. | |
| acme | (Greek) a peak, summit > ACMES. | |
| acne | A skin disease caused by inflammation of the sebaceous follicles, esp on the face, neck, and shoulders > ACNES, ACNED. | |
| acre | A measure of land equivalent to 4840 sq yd > ACRES, ACRED. | |
| acro | a skiing event in which a skier performs acrobatic moves to music > ACROS. | |
| acta | (Lat.) official minutes of a proceeding. | |
| acts | (3rd.) ACT, to do in a specified way. | |
| acyl | (Denoting) carboxylic acid > ACYLS. | |
| adaw | (Spenser) to daunt, subdue > ADAWS, ADAWING, ADAWED. | |
| adds | (3rd.) ADD, to make an addition. | |
| addy | An email address > ADDIES. | |
| adit | A nearly horizontal shaft to the surface in a mine > ADITS. | |
| ados | (Pl.) ADO, fuss. | |
| adry | (Arch.) in a state of thirst or dryness. | |
| adze | A cutting tool with an arched blade set at right angles to the handle; (verb) to shape with an adze > ADZES, ADZING, ADZED. | |
| aeon | (Lat.) the largest division of geological time, composed of several ERAS > AEONS. Also EON. | |
| aero | (Relating to) aircraft or aeronautics > AEROS. | |
| aery | (Adj.) like air > AERIER, AERIEST; AERILY. (Noun) a bird of prey's nest > AERIES. Also AERIE, AIERY, EYRIE, EYRY, AYRIE. | |
| aesc | (OE) an Old English rune used for AE > AESCES. | |
| afar | (At) a great distance > AFARS. | |
| affy | To trust; to assure on one's faith > AFFIES, AFFYING, AFFIED or (Spenser) AFFYDE. | |
| afro | A hairstyle characterized by thick, bushy curls standing out from the head > AFROS. | |
| agar | (Malay) a jelly prepared from seaweeds of various kinds > AGARS. | |
| agas | (Pl.) AGA, a Turkish commander. | |
| aged | Being of a certain age; old > AGEDLY. | |
| agee | (Scots) off the straight; ajar. Also AJEE. | |
| agen | (Dial.) again. Also AGIN. | |
| ager | One that ages > AGERS. | |
| ages | (Pl.) AGE, a long time. | |
| agha | (Turkish) a Turkish commander > AGHAS. Also AGA. | |
| agin | (Dial.) again. Also AGEN. | |
| agio | (Ital.) a premium paid on foreign currency exchange > AGIOS. [Ital. agio, ease, convenience]. | |
| aglu | (Inuit) a breathing hole made in ice by a seal > AGLUS. Also AGLOO. | |
| agly | (Scots) awry. Also AGLEE, AGLEY. | |
| agma | (Greek) a phonetic symbol representing the sound ng > AGMAS. Also ENG. | |
| agog | In a state of eager curiosity. | |
| agon | The dramatic conflict between the chief characters in a literary work > AGONS or AGONES. | |
| agro | a student of agricultural studies > AGROS. | |
| ague | A malarial fever > AGUES. | |
| ahed | (Pt.) AH, to say ah. | |
| ahem | A sound expressing delicate interruption. No -S. | |
| ahis | (Pl.) AHI, yellowfin tuna. | |
| ahoy | Interjection used to hail another vessel. | |
| aias | (Pl.) AIA, same as AYAH, Indian nursemaid. | |
| aida | A finely-meshed cotton fabric used for cross-stitch embroidery > AIDAS. | |
| aide | (Fr.) a confidential assistant to a person of senior rank > AIDES. | |
| aids | (3rd.) AID, to help. | |
| aiga | (Samoan) a large family, often spanning several generations > AIGAS. Also AINGA. | |
| ails | (3rd.) AIL, to be amiss, be ill. | |
| aims | (3rd.) AIM. | |
| aine | (Fr.) elder, senior. | |
| ains | (Pl.) AIN, a Hebrew letter. | |
| airn | (Scots) iron; (verb) to iron > AIRNS, AIRNING, AIRNED. | |
| airs | (3rd.) AIR, to make known publicly. | |
| airt | (Scots) direction, quarter; (verb) to direct > AIRTS, AIRTING, AIRTED. | |
| airy | Full of air, light > AIRIER, AIRIEST; AIRILY. | |
| aits | (Pl.) AIT, small island. | |
| aitu | In Polynesia, a demigod > AITUS. | |
| ajar | Partly open. | |
| ajee | (Scots) awry. Also AGEE. | |
| ajis | (Pl.) AJI, a spicy pepper. | |
| aked | (Pt.) AKE, to ache. | |
| akas | (Pl.) AKA, a kind of New Zealand vine. | |
| akee | (Kru) a small African sapindaceous tree, now common in the W. Indies; its edible fruit, often used in Caribbean cookery > AKEES. Also ACKEE. | |
| akes | (3rd.) AKE, to ache. | |
| akin | Related by blood. | |
| alae | (Pl.) ALA, an outgrowth on a fruit. | |
| alan | A large hunting dog > ALANS. Also ALANT, ALAND. | |
| alap | (Sanskrit) in Indian music, the introductory section of a RAGA > ALAPS. Also ALAAP, ALAPA. | |
| alar | Of or pertaining to the wing or shoulder. Also ALARY. | |
| alas | An interjection expressing grief. | |
| alay | (Obs.) to allay > ALAYS, ALAYING, ALAYED. Also ALEYE. | |
| alba | A white substance found in the brain > ALBAS. | |
| albe | (Arch.) albeit. Also ALBEE. | |
| albs | (Pl.) ALB, a priest's long white vestment. | |
| alco | (Aust. sl.) a heavy drinker or alcoholic > ALCOS. Also ALKO. | |
| alec | A herring > ALECS. | |
| alee | On the lee side. | |
| alef | (Hebrew) the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet > ALEFS. Also ALEPH. | |
| ales | (Pl.) ALE, a beer fermented in an open vessel using yeasts that rise to the top of the brew. | |
| alew | (Spenser) halloo. | |
| alfa | (Arabic) a N. African esparto grass > ALFAS. Also HALFA. | |
| alfs | (Pl.) ALF, an uncultivated Australian. | |
| alga | (Lat.) a seaweed > ALGAE or ALGAS. | |
| alif | (Arabic) an Arabic letter, corresponding to Greek ALEPH > ALIFS. | |
| alit | (Pt.) ALIGHT, to come down from something. | |
| alko | (Aust. sl.) a heavy drinker or alcoholic > ALKOS. Also ALCO. | |
| alky | (Coll.) an alcoholic > ALKIES. Also ALKIE. | |
| alls | (Pl.) ALL, the whole. | |
| ally | To join by marriage, friendship, treaty etc > ALLIES, ALLYING, ALLIED. | |
| alma | (Arabic) an Egyptian dancing-girl > ALMAS. Also ALMAH, ALME, ALMEH. | |
| alme | (Arabic) an Egyptian dancing-girl > ALMES. Also ALMAH, ALMA, ALMEH. | |
| alms | Relief given out of charity to the poor. | |
| alod | An estate held in absolute ownership, without acknowledgement to a superior > ALODS. Also ALLOD, ALODIUM, ALLODIUM. | |
| aloe | Any member of a mainly S African genus Aloe, consisting mostly of trees and shrubs of the lily family > ALOES, ALOED. | |
| aloo | (Hindi) a potato > ALOOS. | |
| alow | (Scots) ablaze. Also ALOWE. | |
| alps | (Pl.) ALP, a mountain. | |
| also | In addition. | |
| alto | (Ital.) the highest adult male voice, with range above the tenor > ALTOS. | |
| alts | (Pl.) ALT, a high tone; a halt or rest. | |
| alum | A sulphate of ammonium and potassium, used as a mordant > ALUMS. | |
| alus | (Pl.) ALU, a potato. | |
| amah | (Port.) an Oriental nursemaid > AMAHS. Also AMA. | |
| amas | (Pl.) AMA, an Oriental nurse. | |
| ambo | An early Christian raised reading-desk or pulpit > AMBOS or AMBONES. | |
| amen | So be it; (verb) to say amen > AMENS, AMENING, AMENED. | |
| ames | (Pl.) AME, a soul. | |
| amia | A freshwater fish, aka BOWFIN > AMIAS. | |
| amid | A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical > AMIDS. Also AMIDE. | |
| amie | (Fr.) a (female) friend > AMIES. | |
| amin | A compound derived from ammonia > AMINS. Also AMINE, AMMINE. | |
| amir | (Arabic) an Eastern ruler > AMIRS. Also AMEER, EMIR, EMEER. | |
| amis | (Spenser) a strip of linen worn by priests round the shoulders > AMISES. Also AMICE, ALMUCE. | |
| amla | An E. Indian tree, aka EMBLIC > AMLAS. | |
| ammo | (Abbr.) ammunition > AMMOS. | |
| amok | (Malay) in a murderous rage; frenzied; (noun) a murderous rage > AMOKS. Also AMUCK. | |
| amps | (Pl.) AMP, an AMPERE, a unit of electrical current. | |
| amus | (Pl.) AMU, a unit of mass. | |
| amyl | A univalent radical > AMYLS. | |
| anal | Relating to the anus > ANALLY. | |
| anan | = ANON in sense of (to a person calling for attention) in a moment! coming! | |
| anas | (Pl.) ANA. a collection of someone's table-talk. | |
| ance | (Dial.) once. | |
| ands | (Pl.) AND, the symbol ampersand. | |
| anes | (Pl.) ANE, one. | |
| anew | Afresh, again. | |
| anga | (Sanskrit) a yoga practice > ANGAS. | |
| anil | (Arabic) indigo, the plant or dye > ANILS. | |
| anis | (Pl.) ANI, a tropical American bird. | |
| ankh | (Arabic) an Egyptian symbol of life, resembling a looped cross, later adapted by Coptic Christians as their cross > ANKHS. | |
| anna | (Hindi) a coppery Indian/Pakistani coin > ANNAS. | |
| anno | (Lat.) in the year of the Christian era. | |
| anns | (Pl.) ANN, in Scotland, payment to a parish minister's widow. | |
| anoa | (Indonesian) a wild ox of the Celebes > ANOAS. | |
| anon | At once; immediately. Also ANAN. | |
| anow | (Milton) enough. Also ENOW. | |
| ansa | (Lat.) part of Saturn's rings > ANSAE. | |
| anta | 1. (Lat.) a square pilaster at either side of a doorway > ANTAE. 2. a tapir > ANTAS. | |
| ante | To put a fixed stake in the pot > ANTES, ANTEING, ANTED or ANTEED. | |
| anti | (Noun) one who is against > ANTIS. | |
| ants | (Pl.) ANT, a small industrious insect. | |
| anus | (Lat.) the opening at the end of the alimentary canal by which undigested residues are excreted > ANUSES. [L. anus, ring]. | |
| apay | (Arch.) to satisfy; to repay > APAYS, APAYING, APAID or APAYD. Also APPAY. | |
| aped | (Pt.) APE, to imitate. | |
| aper | One that apes > APERS. | |
| apes | (3rd.) APE, to imitate. | |
| apex | (Lat.) the summit or peak > APEXES or APICES. | |
| apod | An animal without feet or ventral fins > APODS. Also APODE. | |
| apos | (Pl.) APO, a type of protein. | |
| apps | (Pl.) APP, short for application program. | |
| apse | A rounded extension at the end of a building, especially at the east end of a church > APSES. | |
| apso | (Tibetan) a Tibetan terrier > APSOS. | |
| apts | (3rd.) APT, to fit, adapt. | |
| aqua | (Lat.) water > AQUAE or AQUAS. | |
| arak | (Arabic) a spirit made from TODDY > ARAKS. Also ARRACK. | |
| arar | The SANDARAC tree > ARARS. [Moroccan name]. | |
| arba | (Arabic) a heavy screened wagon used by Tatars and others > ARBAS. Also AROBA, ARABA. | |
| arbs | (Pl.) ARB, an ARBITRAGEUR, one who makes profit by dealing on the stock exchange. | |
| arch | Sly, mischievous > ARCHER, ARCHEST; ARCHLY; (verb) to bend > ARCHES, ARCHING, ARCHED. | |
| arco | (Ital.) with the bow. | |
| arcs | (Pl.) ARC, a type of curve. | |
| ards | (Pl.) ARD, a primitive form of plough. | |
| area | (Lat.) a particular tract of the earth's (or another planet's) surface; a region > AREAS or AREAE. | |
| ared | (Spenser) pt. of AREAD, to counsel. Also AREDD. | |
| areg | (Pl.) ERG, a Saharan area of shifting sands. | |
| ares | (Pl.) ARE, 100 sq. metres. | |
| aret | (Spenser) to entrust, commit > ARETS, ARETTING, ARETTED. | |
| arew | (Obs.) in a row. Also AROW. | |
| arfs | (Pl.) ARF, a barking sound. | |
| argh | an interjection expressing pain or dismay. | |
| aria | (Ital.) an elaborate melody for a single voice > ARIAS. | |
| arid | Very dry > ARIDER, ARIDEST; ARIDLY. | |
| aril | An additional envelope, often fleshy, developed around the seed in certain plants (e.g. yew) > ARILS, ARILED. Also ARILLUS. | |
| aris | (Cockney slang) arse > ARISES. [From Aristotle > bottle > bottle and glass]. | |
| arks | (3rd.) ARK, to put in an ark. | |
| arle | To give earnest-money > ARLES, ARLING, ARLED. | |
| arms | (3rd.) ARM, to provide with weapons. | |
| army | A large body of people armed for war and under military command > ARMIES. | |
| arna | (Hindi) the Indian water-buffalo > ARNAS. | |
| arow | (Obs.) in a row. Also AREW. | |
| arpa | A site concerned with internet infrastructure > ARPAS. | |
| arse | (Sl.) the backside > ARSES; (verb) to bother with > ARSES, ARSING, ARSED. | |
| arsy | (Sl.) aggressive, irritable or argumentative > ARSIER, ARSIEST. Also ARSEY. | |
| arti | (Hindu) a ritual performed in homes and temples in which incense and light is offered to a deity > ARTIS. Also AARTI. | |
| arts | (Pl.) ART, the creation of works of beauty. | |
| arty | Artistic > ARTIER, ARTIEST; ARTILY; (noun) an arty person > ARTIES. | |
| arum | A large-spathed plant, aka 'cuckoo-pint' or 'lords and ladies' > ARUMS. | |
| arvo | (Aus. sl.) afternoon > ARVOS. | |
| aryl | Any aromatic univalent hydrocarbon radical > ARYLS. | |
| asar | (Pl.) AS, a kame or esker. | |
| asci | (Pl.) ASCUS, a spore sac. | |
| asea | At sea. | |
| ashy | Resembling ash > ASHIER, ASHIEST. | |
| asks | (3rd.) ASK, to make a request of. | |
| asps | (Pl.) ASP, a venomous snake. | |
| atap | (Malay) the NIPA palm > ATAPS. [Malay atap, roof, thatch]. Also ATTAP. | |
| ates | (Pl.) ATE, reckless ambition. | |
| atma | (Sanskrit) the individual soul > ATMAS. Also ATMAN. | |
| atoc | (Peruvian) a species of skunk > ATOCS. Also ATOK. | |
| atok | (Peruvian) a species of skunk > ATOKS. Also ATOC. | |
| atom | The smallest particle in an element which can take part in a chemical reaction > ATOMS. | |
| atop | On top of. | |
| atua | (Maori) a spirit or demon > ATUAS. | |
| auas | (Pl.) AUA, the yellow-eyed mullet. | |
| aufs | (Pl.) AUF, an elf's child. | |
| augh | an interjection expressing despair or frustration. | |
| auks | (Pl.) AUK, a northern sea bird. | |
| aula | (Lat.) a hall > AULAS. | |
| auld | (Scots) old > AULDER, AULDEST. | |
| aune | (Fr.) an ell; a French measure of cloth > AUNES. | |
| aunt | A father's or mother's sister, or an uncle's wife > AUNTS. | |
| aura | (Lat.) a supposed subtle emanation from living things > AURAE or AURAS. | |
| auto | (Verb) to travel by car > AUTOS, AUTOING, AUTOED. | |
| aval | Pertaining to a grandparent. | |
| avas | (Pl.) AVA, a narcotic drink prepared from Polynesian plant. | |
| avel | (Hebrew) a mourner esp during the first seven days after a death > AVELS. Also OVEL. | |
| aver | To declare positively > AVERS, AVERRING, AVERRED. | |
| aves | (Pl.) AVE, a prayer to the Virgin Mary. | |
| avid | Eager > AVIDER, AVIDEST; AVIDLY. | |
| avos | (Pl.) AVO, a monetary unit of Macao. | |
| avow | To declare, to maintain > AVOWS, AVOWING, AVOWED. | |
| away | (Noun) an away match > AWAYS. | |
| awdl | (Welsh) a Welsh ode > AWDLS. | |
| awed | (Pt.) AWE, to strike with AWE. | |
| awee | Awhile. | |
| awes | (3rd.) AWE, to strike with AWE. | |
| awfy | (Scots) awfully, extremely. | |
| awks | (Pl.) AWK, a computer language used for data-pprocessing. | |
| awls | (Pl.) AWL, a tool for boring holes. | |
| awns | (Pl.) AWN, the beard of barley. | |
| awny | Having awns; bearded > AWNIER, AWNIEST. | |
| awol | An absentee without leave > AWOLS. | |
| awry | Twisted to one side; crooked; amiss. | |
| axal | Of the axis. Also AXIAL, AXILE. | |
| axed | (Pt.) AXE, to strike with an axe. | |
| axel | In figure-skating, a jump from one skate to the other > AXELS. | |
| axes | (Pl.) AXE, a tool for cutting or chopping. | |
| axil | The upper angle formed where the leaf meets the stem > AXILS. | |
| axis | 1. (Lat.) the imaginary straight line about which a body such as the earth rotates > AXES, AXISED. 2. the white-spotted deer of India > AXISES. | |
| axle | The pin or rod in the nave of a wheel on or by means of which the wheel turns > AXLES, AXLED. | |
| axon | (Greek) a nerve fibre > AXONS. [Gk. axon, axis]. Also AXONE. | |
| ayah | (Hindi) an Indian nursemaid > AYAHS. Also AIA. | |
| ayes | (Pl.) AYE, a vote in the affirmative. | |
| ayin | (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter > AYINS. Also AIN. | |
| ayre | (Obs.) = AIR, esp. in sense of tune > AYRES. | |
| ayus | (Pl.) AYU, a small edible Japanese fish. | |
| azan | (Arabic) the Muslim call to prayer, made five times a day by a MUEZZIN > AZANS. Also ADHAN. | |
| azon | A radio-controlled aerial bomb > AZONS. | |
| azym | Unleavened bread; Passover cake > AZYMS. Also AZYME. | |
| baal | (Hebrew) a false god > BAALS or BAALIM. | |
| baba | (Polish) a kind of cake > BABAS. [Fr., from Polish baba old woman]. | |
| babe | A baby; an attractive young woman > BABES. | |
| babu | (Hindi) a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindu title answering to Mr. or Esquire > BABUS. Also BABOO. | |
| baby | (Adj.) like a baby > BABIER, BABIEST; (verb) to treat like a baby > BABIES, BABYING, BABIED. | |
| bach | (Welsh) affectionate term of address > BACHS; (verb) to live as a bachelor > BACHES, BACHING, BACHED. | |
| back | To support > BACKS, BACKING, BACKED. | |
| bacs | (Pl.) BAC, baccalaureate. | |
| bade | (Pt.) BID, to command. | |
| bads | (Pl.) BAD, a bad thing. | |
| baes | (Pl.) BAE, a person's sweetheart or lover: often used as an affectionate term of address. | |
| bael | (Hindi) a thorny Indian tree > BAELS. Also BEL, BHEL. | |
| baff | In golf, to strike the ground with the sole of the club and so send the ball up in the air > BAFFS, BAFFING, BAFFED. | |
| baft | (Urdu) a coarse fabric, orig. Oriental > BAFTS. | |
| bagh | (Hinglish) a garden > BAGHS. | |
| bags | (3rd.) BAG, to put into a bag. | |
| baht | (Thai) the basic monetary unit of Thailand, equal to 100 SATANGS > BAHTS. | |
| bahu | (Hindi) a daughter-in-law, esp one who lives with her husband's family when married > BAHUS. | |
| bail | 1. a barrier or pole separating horses in an open stable. Also BAYLE. 2. (verb) to release on bail > BAILS, BAILING, BAILED. | |
| bait | Food put on a hook to attract fish; (verb) to set a trap etc. with food > BAITS, BAITING, BAITED. | |
| baju | (Malay) a short loose jacket worn in Malaysia and Indonesia > BAJUS. | |
| bake | To dry, harden or cook by the heat of the sun or fire > BAKES, BAKING, BAKED, BAKEN. | |
| bald | Devoid of hair > BALDER, BALDEST; BALDLY; (verb) to become bald > BALDS, BALDING, BALDED. | |
| bale | (Verb) to form into bundles > BALES, BALING, BALED. | |
| balk | To stop short, refuse a jump > BALKS, BALKING, BALKED. Also BAULK, BAUK. | |
| ball | Anything spherical or nearly so; (verb) to form into a ball > BALLS, BALLING, BALLED. | |
| balm | A fragrant resin; (verb) to embalm > BALMS, BALMING, BALMED. | |
| bals | (Pl.) BAL, a BALMORAL. | |
| balu | (Hindi) in India, a bear > BALUS. Also BALOO. | |
| bams | (Pl.) BAM, a hoax or cheat. | |
| banc | (Fr.) a bank, as at a casino > BANCS. | |
| band | A flat strip used to bind or mark anything; (verb) to mark with band > BANDS, BANDING, BANDED. | |
| bane | (Noun) an evil, a poison; (verb) to harm, poison > BANES, BANING, BANED. | |
| bang | A loud, explosive noise; (verb) to make a bang > BANGS, BANGING, BANGED. | |
| bani | (Pl.) BAN, a Romanian monetary unit. | |
| bank | An institution for the keeping of maoney; (verb) to deposit in a bank > BANKS, BANKING, BANKED. | |
| bans | (3rd.) BAN, to prohibit. | |
| bant | To diet > BANTS, BANTING, BANTED. | |
| baos | (Pl.) BAO, a steamed dumpling, usually eaten with a filling. | |
| baps | (Pl.) BAP, a large flat breakfast roll. | |
| bapu | (Hindi) a spiritual father > BAPUS. | |
| barb | A Moorish horse; a dark pigeon > BARBS; (verb) to fit with a sharp point. > BARBS, BARBING, BARBED. | |
| bard | (Welsh) a poet; a kind of armour for horses; (verb) to armour a horse > BARDS, BARDING, BARDED. Also BARDE. | |
| bare | Unclothed, uncovered > BARER, BAREST; BARELY; (verb) to make bare > BARES, BARING, BARED. | |
| barf | (Coll.) to vomit > BARFS, BARFING, BARFED. | |
| bark | To make a sound like a dog > BARKS, BARKING, BARKED. | |
| barm | The foam on malt liquors > BARMS. | |
| barn | A building for storing hay, straw etc.; (verb) to store in a barn > BARNS, BARNING, BARNED. | |
| barp | (Scots) a mound or cairn > BARPS. | |
| bars | (Pl.) BAR, a unit of pressure of one million dynes per square centimeter. | |
| base | Mean > BASER, BASEST; BASELY; (verb) to place on a foundation > BASES, BASING, BASED. | |
| bash | To strike > BASHES, BASHING, BASHED. | |
| bask | To lie in the warmth or sunshine; to enjoy and take great pleasure > BASKS, BASKING, BASKED. | |
| bass | (Adj.) of a voice, deep > BASSER, BASSEST; BASSLY; (verb) to utter in a deep tone BASSES, BASSING, BASSED. | |
| bast | Phloem, the conductive material in a plant; inner bark, esp of lime > BASTS. | |
| bate | To reduce the force of > BATES, BATING, BATED. | |
| bath | Water for immersing the body; (verb) to take a bath > BATHS, BATHING, BATHED. | |
| bats | (3rd.) BAT, to strike with a bat. | |
| batt | A sheet of BATTING, cottonwool prepared in sheets for quilting > BATTS. | |
| baud | A unit of data transmission speed of one bit per second > BAUDS. | |
| bauk | To stop short, refuse a jump > BAUKS, BAUKING, BAUKED. Also BAULK, BALK. | |
| baur | (Scots) a joke, amusing incident > BAURS. Also BAWR. | |
| bawd | A procurer, now only a female one, a woman who obtains women for prostitution > BAWDS. | |
| bawk | an Atlantic seabird > BAWKS. | |
| bawl | To shout or cry very loudly > BAWLS, BAWLING, BAWLED. | |
| bawn | (Irish) in Ireland, the fortification round a house, an enclosure for cattle > BAWNS. [Ir. babhun, enclosure]. | |
| bawr | (Scots) joke, amusing incident > BAWRS. Also BAUR. | |
| baye | (Spenser) to bathe > BAYES, BAYING, BAYED. | |
| bays | (3rd.) BAY, to make a noise like a hound. | |
| bayt | (Spenser) to bate, abate > BAYTS, BAYTING, BAYTED. | |
| bazz | to throw (as a stone) > BAZZES, BAZZING, BAZZED. | |
| bead | A small ball strung with others in a rosary; (verb) to provide with beads > BEADS, BEADING, BEADED. | |
| beak | A bird's bill > BEAKS, BEAKED. | |
| beal | an infected sore > BEALS. | |
| beam | A ray of light; (verb) to smile > BEAMS, BEAMING, BEAMED. | |
| bean | The name of several kinds of leguminous plants and their seeds; (verb) to strike on the head > BEANS, BEANING, BEANED. | |
| bear | To carry > BEARS, BEARING, BORE or BARE, BORNE. | |
| beat | To strike repeatedly > BEATS, BEATING, BEAT, BEATEN, YBET. | |
| beau | (Fr.) a lover; a boyfriend > BEAUS or BEAUX. | |
| beck | To beckon > BECKS, BECKING, BECKED. | |
| bede | (Obs.) a prayer > BEDES. | |
| beds | (3rd.) BED, to put to bed. | |
| bedu | A tent-dwelling nomadic Arab > BEDU > no -S. Also BEDUIN, BEDOUIN, BEDAWIN. | |
| beef | The meat of the cow > BEEFS; a steer or cow > BEEVES; (verb) to add strength to > BEEFS, BEEFING, BEEFED. | |
| been | (PaP.) BE. | |
| beep | The sound made by the horn of a car, etc; (verb) to make this sound > BEEPS, BEEPING, BEEPED. | |
| beer | An alcoholic drink made from malted barley flavoured with hops > BEERS. | |
| bees | (Pl.) BEE, any of various four-winged insects. | |
| beet | A plant of the goosefoot family, with a red or white succulent root, used as food (red) and as a source of sugar (white); (verb) to improve or mend, esp. a fire > BEETS, BEETING, BEETED. | |
| bego | To beset > BEGOES, BEGOING, BEWENT, BEGONE. | |
| begs | (3rd.) BEG, to ask, entreat. | |
| bein | (Scots) well off, comfortable. Also BIEN. | |
| bell | (Verb) to provide with a bell > BELLS, BELLING, BELLED. | |
| bels | (Pl.) BEL, a measure of noise. | |
| belt | A band of leather or other material, esp one worn around the waist; (verb) to hit very hard > BELTS, BELTING, BELTED. | |
| bema | (Greek) a synagogue platform > BEMAS or BEMATA. Also BIMA, BIMAH. | |
| bend | To curve > BENDS, BENDING, BENT or BENDED. | |
| bene | The sesame plant > BENES. Also BENNE, BENNI, BENI. | |
| beni | (Mende) sesame > BENIS. Also BENE, BENNI, BENNE. | |
| benj | (Arabic) cannabis, Indian hemp, used as a weak narcotic > BENJES. Also BHANG. | |
| bens | (Pl.) BEN, mountain. | |
| bent | (Noun) a kind of grass > BENTS. | |
| bere | Barley, esp. the six-rowed barley > BERES. | |
| berg | (Afrikaans) a hill or mountain in S. Africa > BERGS. | |
| berk | A fool > BERKS. Also BURK. | |
| berm | A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch > BERMS. Also BERME. | |
| best | (Verb) to defeat > BESTS, BESTING, BESTED. | |
| beta | (Greek) a Greek letter > BETAS. | |
| bete | To mend; to repair > BETES, BETING, BETED. Also BEET. | |
| beth | (Hebrew) the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet > BETHS. | |
| bets | (3rd.) BET, to wager. | |
| bevy | An alcoholic drink; a drinking session > BEVIES. Also BEVVY. | |
| beys | (Pl.) BEY, a Turkish governor. | |
| bhai | (Hindi) a brother-in-law > BHAIS. | |
| bhat | The basic monetary unit of Thailand, equal to 100 SATANGS > BHAT. No -S. Also BAHT. | |
| bhel | (Hindi) a thorny Indian tree > BHELS. Also BAEL, BEL. | |
| bhut | (Hindi) a small whirlwind > BHUTS. Also BHOOT. | |
| bias | To cause to incline to one side > BIASES or BIASSES, BIASING or BIASSING, BIASED or BIASSED. | |
| bibb | A mast support > BIBBS. | |
| bibe | (Irish) a type of banshee whose crying is an omen of death > BIBES. | |
| bibs | (Pl.) BIB, the POUT, a fish of the cod and haddock genus with a large chin barbel. | |
| bice | A pale blue or green paint > BICES. | |
| bide | To wait, dwell > BIDES, BIDING, BIDED or BODE, BIDDEN. | |
| bidi | (Hindi) a hand rolled cigarette > BIDIS. Also BEEDI. | |
| bids | (3rd.) BID, to make an offer. | |
| bien | (Scots) well off, comfortable. Also BEIN. | |
| bier | A coffin stand to carry a dead person to the grave > BIERS. | |
| biff | A blow; (verb) to strike hard > BIFFS, BIFFING, BIFFED. | |
| biga | (Lat.) a two-horse chariot > BIGAE. | |
| bigg | Four-rowed barley > BIGGS. Cf. BERE. | |
| bigs | (3rd.) BIG, to build. | |
| bike | (Coll.) a bicycle; (verb) to travel by bike > BIKES, BIKING, BIKED. | |
| bile | A fluid secreted by the liver > BILES. | |
| bilk | To cheat out of something valuable; to evade payment of creditors > BILKS, BILKING, BILKED. | |
| bill | A concave battle-axe with a long wooden handle; (verb) to charge someone for services > BILLS, BILLING, BILLED. | |
| bima | (Hebrew) a raised platform in a synagogue > BIMAS. Also BEMA, BIMAH. | |
| bind | To tie, fasten > BINDS, BINDING, BOUND, BOUNDEN, YBOUND, YBOUNDEN. | |
| bine | The flexible shoot of climbing plant, especially hop > BINES. | |
| bing | A heap or pile; as, a bing of wood > BINGS. | |
| bink | A bench > BINKS. | |
| bins | (3rd.) BIN, to put into a bin, discard. | |
| biog | (Abbr.) biography > BIOGS. Also BIO. | |
| bios | (Pl.) BIO, biography. | |
| bird | (Verb) to catch or snare birds > BIRDS, BIRDING, BIRDED. | |
| birk | (Scots) birch > BIRKS. | |
| birl | To carouse > BIRLS, BIRLING, BIRLED. Also BYRL, BIRLE. | |
| biro | A tradename of a kind of ballpoint pen > BIROS. | |
| birr | 1. (Scots) to whir > BIRRS, BIRRING, BIRRED. 2. (Amharic) the monetary unit of Ethiopia > BIRROTCH. | |
| bise | (Fr.) a cold dry northerly wind, mainly prevalent in spring, that occurs in and near Switzerland > BISES. Also BIZE. | |
| bish | A mistake, a blunder > BISHES. | |
| bisk | A kind of rich thick soup > BISKS. Also BISQUE. | |
| bist | (Arch.) 2nd person singular of BE. | |
| bite | To seize or tear with the teeth > BITES, BITING, BIT, BITTEN. | |
| bito | A tree of dry tropical Africa and Asia > BITOS. | |
| bits | (3rd.) BIT, to curb or restrain. | |
| bitt | A post for fastening cables, etc; (verb) to secure a cable to a bitt > BITTS, BITTING, BITTED. | |
| bize | (Fr.) a cold N or NE wind prevalent at certain seasons in and near Switzerland > BIZES. Also BISE. | |
| blab | To talk idly; to tell tales > BLABS, BLABBING, BLABBED. | |
| blad | (Scots) to strike, disfigure > BLADS, BLADDING, BLADDED. | |
| blae | (ON) dark blue or bluish gray; lead-colored > BLAER, BLAEST. [ON blar, livid]. | |
| blag | To rob, steal > BLAGS, BLAGGING, BLAGGED. | |
| blah | Pretentious nonsense; (verb) to talk stupidly or insipidly > BLAHS, BLAHING, BLAHED. | |
| blam | The sound of a gunshot > BLAMS. | |
| blat | (Sl.) a newspaper. Also BLATT. (Verb) to cry like a sheep > BLATS, BLATTING, BLATTED. | |
| blaw | (Scots) to blow > BLAWS, BLAWING, BLAWED, BLAWN. | |
| blay | A small fish, aka BLEAK or ABLET > BLAYS. Also BLEY. | |
| bleb | A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc > BLEBS. | |
| bled | (Pt.) BLEED, to lose blood. | |
| blee | (Scots) complexion > BLEES. | |
| blet | A form of decay in fruit which is overripe; (verb) to decay like this > BLETS, BLETTING, BLETTED. | |
| blew | (Pt.) BLOW, to produce a current of air. | |
| bley | A small fish, aka BLEAK or ABLET > BLEYS. Also BLAY. | |
| blin | (Russian) a small buckwheat pancake > BLINI, BLINIS or BLINY. Also BLINTZ, BLINTZE. (Verb) to cease from, stop > BLINS, BLINNING, BLINNED. | |
| blip | (Verb) to remove sound from a tape > BLIPS, BLIPPING, BLIPPED. | |
| blit | To transfer a large array of bits between different locations in a computer's memory > BLITS, BLITTING, BLITTED. | |
| blob | A drop or globule; (verb) to make a blob or blobs > BLOBS, BLOBBING, BLOBBED. | |
| bloc | (Fr.) a combination of States, parties, groups, or people, formed to promote a particular interest > BLOCS. | |
| blog | A journal written on-line and accessible to users of the internet > BLOGS. | |
| blot | A spot of e.g. ink; (verb) to remove excess ink etc. with blotting-paper > BLOTS, BLOTTING, BLOTTED. | |
| blow | To produce a current of air > BLOWS, BLOWING, BLEW, BLOWN, BLOWED. | |
| blub | To cry > BLUBS, BLUBBING, BLUBBED. | |
| blud | Blood, in the sense of a close friend. | |
| blue | The colour of clear sky > BLUER, BLUEST; BLUELY; (verb) to make blue > BLUES, BLUING or BLUEING, BLUED. | |
| blur | An ill-defined spot or smear; (verb) to make a blur > BLURS, BLURRING, BLURRED. | |
| boab | (Aust.) short for BAOBAB, a tree native to Africa > BOABS. | |
| boak | (Dial.) to belch, vomit > BOAKS, BOAKING, BOAKED. Also BOKE, BOCK. | |
| boar | A male pig > BOARS. | |
| boas | (Pl.) BOA, a kind of snake. | |
| boat | A small rowing, sailing or motor vessel; loosely, a ship; (verb) to sail about in a boat > BOATS, BOATING, BOATED. | |
| boba | A contagious skin disease resembling syphilis, aka YAWS > BOBAS. Also BUBA. | |
| bobo | a well-to-do person who holds bohemian values and leads a bourgeois life > BOBOS. | |
| bobs | (3rd.) BOB, to move rapidly up and down. | |
| bock | To vomit, belch > BOCKS, BOCKING, BOCKED. Also BOKE, BOAK. | |
| bode | To foretell, be an omen of > BODES, BODING, BODED. | |
| bods | (Pl.) BOD, a person. | |
| body | (Verb) to give form to, to embody > BODIES, BODYING, BODIED. | |
| boep | (S. Afr.) a protruding belly > BOEPS. | |
| boet | (S. Afr.) brother, chum > BOETS. | |
| boff | A hearty laugh. Also BOFFO, BOFFOLA. (Verb) to hit, strike > BOFFS, BOFFING, BOFFED. | |
| bogs | (Pl.) BOG, to sink into a bog. | |
| bogy | A goblin, a bugbear, an object of special dread > BOGIES. Also BOGEY, BOOGERMAN, BOGEYMAN, BOGYMAN, BOOGEYMAN. | |
| boho | (Coll.) a Bohemian > BOHOS. | |
| bohs | (Pl.) BOH, an exclamation used to startle someone. | |
| boil | To pass rapidly from liquid into vapour with violent and copious production of bubbles > BOILS, BOILING, BOILED. | |
| bois | (Pl.) BOI, a lesbian who adopts a boyish appearance or manners. | |
| boke | (Dial.) to belch, vomit > BOKES, BOKING, BOKED. Also BOCK, BOAK. | |
| boko | (Sl.) the nose > BOKOS. | |
| boks | (Pl.) BOK, a goat or antelope. | |
| bola | (Spanish) a throwing weapon > BOLAS. | |
| bold | Brave, daring > BOLDER, BOLDEST; BOLDLY; (noun) boldfaced type > BOLDS. | |
| bole | A fine earthy clay > BOLES. | |
| boll | The pod of a plant, as that of flax or cotton; (verb) to form pods > BOLLS, BOLLING, BOLLED. | |
| bolo | (Spanish) a traditional long-bladed Philippine knife > BOLOS. | |
| bolt | A bar or rod that slides into a hole or socket to fasten a door; (verb) to fasten with a bolt > BOLTS, BOLTING, BOLTED. | |
| boma | (Swahili) in Africa, a thorn enclosure > BOMAS. | |
| bomb | A hollow case containing explosive; (verb) to attack with bombs > BOMBS, BOMBING, BOMBED. | |
| bona | (Lat.) goods. No -S. | |
| bond | Something that binds; (verb) to secure with a bond > BONDS, BONDING, BONDED. | |
| bone | A hard substance forming the skeleton of the higher animals; (verb) to take the bones out of > BONES, BONING, BONED. | |
| bong | To make a deep ringing sound > BONGS, BONGING, BONGED. | |
| bonk | To hit or thump; to have sexual intercourse with > BONKS, BONKING, BONKED. | |
| bony | Like bone > BONIER, BONIEST. Also BONEY. | |
| boob | (Verb) to make a mistake > BOOBS, BOOBING, BOOBED. | |
| booh | To boo > BOOHS, BOOHING, BOOHED. | |
| book | A collection of sheets of paper, etc, bound or otherwise fastened together; (verb) to reserve in advance > BOOKS, BOOKING, BOOKED. | |
| bool | (Scots) a bowl; (verb) to play bowls > BOOLS, BOOLING, BOOLED. | |
| boom | A hollow sound or roar; (verb) to make a hollow sound > BOOMS, BOOMING, BOOMED. | |
| boon | A timely benefit, a blessing > BOONS. | |
| boor | A rude person > BOORS. | |
| boos | (3rd.) BOO, to show disapproval of by a boo. | |
| boot | A covering for the foot and at least the ankle, often the calf or even higher up the leg, made of leather, rubber, etc; (verb) to kick > BOOTS, BOOTING, BOOTED. | |
| bops | (Pl.) BOP, a variety of jazz music. | |
| bora | (Ital.) a violent cold North wind that blows from the mountains (usually in the winter) towards the East coast of the Adriatic > BORAS. | |
| bord | (Spenser) board > BORDS. Also BOORD, BORDE, BOORDE. | |
| bore | To pierce, make a hole in > BORES, BORING, BORED. | |
| bork | To attack a candidate or public figure systematically, especially in the media > BORKS, BORKING, BORKED. | |
| borm | (Dial.) to smear with paint > BORMS, BORMING, BORMED. | |
| born | (Pt.) BEAR, to give birth to. | |
| bors | (Pl.) BOR, an East Anglian form of address meaning neighbour. | |
| bort | Diamond dust or fragments > BORTS. Also BOART, BORTZ. | |
| bosh | (Coll.) meaningless talk > BOSHES. | |
| bosk | A bush; a thicket > BOSKS. Also BOSQUE, BOSQUET, BOSKET. | |
| boss | Excellent > BOSSER, BOSSEST; (verb) to order about > BOSSES, BOSSING, BOSSED. | |
| bota | (Spanish) a leather bottle for wine > BOTAS. | |
| bote | Compensation for injury or damage to property > BOTES. | |
| both | The two; the one and the other. | |
| bots | A cattle disease caused by botfly larvae. | |
| bott | The maggot of a botfly > BOTTS. Also BOT. | |
| bouk | (Scots) the body; bulk > BOUKS. Also BUKE. | |
| boun | To prepare oneself > BOUNS, BOUNING, BOUNED. Also BOWNE. | |
| bout | A contest > BOUTS. | |
| bowl | To roll or trundle > BOWLS, BOWLING, BOWLED. | |
| bowr | (Spenser) a muscle > BOWRS. | |
| bows | (3rd.) BOW, to bend or incline downwards. | |
| boxy | Like a box > BOXIER, BOXIEST; BOXILY. | |
| boyf | (Sl.) a boyfriend > BOYFS. | |
| boyg | (Norwegian) a problem difficult to get to grips with > BOYGS. | |
| boyo | (Welsh slang) a boy, a young man > BOYOS. | |
| boys | (3rd.) BOY, to play a female part as a boy. | |
| bozo | (US slang) a man, a fellow > BOZOS. | |
| brad | (ON) a thin, flat, small-headed nail; (verb) to fasten with a brad > BRADS, BRADDING, BRADDED. [ON broddr spike]. | |
| brae | (Scots) a steep bank beside a river valley; a hillside > BRAES. | |
| brag | (Verb) to boast > BRAGS, BRAGGING, BRAGGED; (adj.) first-rate > BRAGGER, BRAGGEST; BRAGLY. | |
| brak | (S. Afr.) brackish, salty; (noun) a mongrel dog > BRAKS. | |
| bran | The husks of grain sifted from the flour; (verb) to soak in water mixed with bran > BRANS, BRANNING, BRANNED. | |
| brap | an exclamation used to imitate the sound of a burst of gunfire from an automatic weapon. | |
| bras | (Spenser) brass. | |
| brat | A contemptuous name for a child > BRATS. | |
| braw | (Scots) fine, brave > BRAWER, BRAWEST; BRAWLY. | |
| bray | To cry like a donkey > BRAYS, BRAYING, BRAYED. | |
| bred | (Pt.) BREED, to cause to give birth; (noun) a person who lives in a small remote place > BREDS. | |
| bree | (Scots) the liquor in which anything has been boiled > BREES. Also BRIE, BROO. | |
| brei | (S. Afr.) to speak with uvular r, especially in Afrikaans > BREIS, BREIING, BREID. Also BREY. | |
| bren | (Arch.) to burn > BRENS, BRENNING, BRENT (not BRENNED*). | |
| brer | (Southern US dial.) brother > BRERS. | |
| brew | To prepare by infusion > BREWS, BREWING, BREWED. | |
| brey | (S. Afr.) to speak with uvular r, especially in Afrikaans > BREYS, BREYING, BREYED. Also BREI. | |
| brie | (Scots) the liquor in which anything has been boiled > BRIES. Also BREE, BROO. | |
| brig | A two-masted, square-rigged vessel > BRIGS. | |
| brik | (Arabic) a Tunisian deep fried spicy pastry filled with fish or meat and sometimes an egg > BRIKS. | |
| brim | The upper edge of a vessel; (verb) to fill to the brim > BRIMS, BRIMMING, BRIMMED. | |
| brin | The rib of a fan > BRINS. | |
| brio | (Ital.) liveliness, enthusiastic vigour, as in con brio > BRIOS. | |
| bris | (Hebrew) a Jewish circumcision rite > BRISSES. Also BRISS, BRITH. | |
| brit | A young herring, sprat or other fish > BRITS. Also BRITT. | |
| brod | (Dial.) a goad, a spike; (verb) to prod > BRODS, BRODDING, BRODDED. | |
| brog | (Scots) an awl; (verb) to prick with an awl > BROGS, BROGGING, BROGGED. | |
| broo | (Scots) unemployment benefit; the office at which people receive it > BROOS. Also BUROO. | |
| bros | (Pl.) BRO, a place for which one feels a strong affinity. | |
| brow | The eyebrow; the ridge over the eyes > BROWS, BROWED. | |
| brrr | An interjection expressing a feeling of cold. Also BRR. | |
| brus | (Pl.) BRU, a friend. | |
| brut | (Fr.) of wines, unsweetened, dry; (noun) a very dry champagne. > BRUTS. | |
| brux | To grind the teeth > BRUXES, BRUXING, BRUXED. | |
| buat | (Scots) a lantern > BUATS. Also BOWAT, BOWET. | |
| buba | A contagious skin disease resembling syphilis, aka YAWS > BUBAS. Also BOBA. | |
| bubo | (Lat.) an inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis > BUBOES, BUBOED. | |
| bubs | (Pl.) BUB, a strong drink. | |
| bubu | A long flowing garment worn by men and women in Mali > BUBUS. Also BOUBOU. | |
| buck | The male of e.g. the deer; (verb) (of a horse, etc) to jump repeatedly into the air > BUCKS, BUCKING, BUCKED. | |
| buda | (Hinglish) derogatory for an old man > BUDAS. | |
| budi | (Hinglish) derogatory for an old woman > BUDIS. | |
| budo | (Japanese) the system or philosophy of the martial arts > BUDOS. | |
| buds | (Pl.) BUD, to produce buds. | |
| buff | Dull yellow > BUFFER, BUFFEST; (verb) to polish with a buff > BUFFS, BUFFING, BUFFED. | |
| bufo | (Lat.) a black tincture in alchemy > BUFOS. [L. bufo, toad]. | |
| bugs | (3rd.) BUG, to trouble, annoy. | |
| buhl | A form of marquetry with e.g. gold and silver inlaid in tortoiseshell > BUHLS. [From Charles André Boulle (1642-1732), a cabinetmaker in the service of Louis XIV]. Also BOULLE, BOULE, BUHLWORK. | |
| buhr | A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones > BUHRS. Also BUHRSTONE, BURRSTONE, BURSTONE. | |
| buik | (Scots) a book > BUIKS. Also BUKE. | |
| buke | (Scots) a book > BUKES. Also BUIK. | |
| bulb | (Verb) to form bulbs > BULBS, BULBING, BULBED. | |
| bulk | Volume or size; (verb) to have bulk; to fill out > BULKS, BULKING, BULKED. | |
| bull | (Verb) to copulate with a cow > BULLS, BULLING, BULLED. | |
| bumf | Toilet paper; also, worthless paperwork, literature, or junk mail > BUMFS. Also BUMPH. | |
| bump | To make a heavy or loud noise; to knock dully > BUMPS, BUMPING, BUMPED. | |
| bums | (3rd.) BUM, to hum like a bee. | |
| buna | A kind of artifical rubber made from BUTADIENE > BUNAS. | |
| bund | 1. a league; a confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states. 2. in India, a man-made embankment or dam; (verb) to embank > BUNDS, BUNDING, BUNDED. | |
| bung | The stopper of the hole in a barrel; (verb) to stop up or enclose with a bung > BUNGS, BUNGING, BUNGED. | |
| bunk | A box or recess in a ship's cabin; (verb) to occupy a bunk > BUNKS, BUNKING, BUNKED. | |
| bunn | A kind of sweet roll or cake > BUNNS. Also BUN. | |
| buns | (Pl.) BUN, a kind of sweet roll or cake. | |
| bunt | (Verb) to knock > BUNTS, BUNTING, BUNTED. | |
| buoy | (Verb) to mark with buoys > BUOYS, BUOYING, BUOYED. | |
| bura | (Russian) in central Asia, a blizzard blowing from the North, or a summer wind from the North that causes dust storms > BURAS. Also BURAN. | |
| burb | (Abbr.) suburb > BURBS. | |
| burd | (Scots) a bird > BURDS. Also BURDIE. | |
| burg | A fortified town > BURGS. | |
| burk | (Coll.) a fool > BURKS. Also BERK. | |
| burl | A small knot in thread; a knot in wood; (verb) to finish cloth by removing burls > BURLS, BURLING, BURLED. | |
| burn | To consume or injure by fire or great heat > BURNS, BURNING, BURNED or BURNT or (obs.) YBRENT. | |
| burp | To belch > BURPS, BURPING, BURPED. | |
| burr | (Verb) to remove a rough edge from > BURRS, BURRING, BURRED. | |
| burs | (Pl.) BUR, a prickly seed-case. | |
| bury | To hide in the ground; to cover > BURIES, BURYING, BURIED. | |
| bush | (Verb) to cover or protect with bushes > BUSHES, BUSHING, BUSHED. | |
| busk | To entertain by singing and dancing; to prepare > BUSKS, BUSKING, BUSKED. | |
| buss | A kiss, esp. a rude or playful kiss; (verb) to kiss > BUSSES, BUSSING, BUSSED. | |
| bust | To break, shatter > BUSTS, BUSTING, BUSTED. | |
| busy | Occupied > BUSIER, BUSIEST; BUSILY; (verb) to occupy oneself > BUSIES, BUSYING, BUSIED. | |
| bute | (Sl.) a capsule of phenybutazone > BUTES. | |
| buts | (3rd.) BUT, to put forward as an objection. | |
| butt | To strike with the head, as a goat etc > BUTTS, BUTTING, BUTTED. | |
| buys | (3rd.) BUY, to purchase. | |
| buzz | To make a noise like that of insects' wings > BUZZES, BUZZING, BUZZED. | |
| byde | (Scots) to bide > BYDES, BYDING, BYDED. | |
| byes | (Pl.) BYE, a pass to the next round (of a competition, etc.). | |
| byke | (Scots) a nest of wasps or wild bees; a swarm, throng; (verb) to swarm > BYKES, BYKING, BYKED. | |
| byre | A cow barn > BYRES. | |
| byrl | To carouse > BYRLS, BYRLING, BYRLED. Also BIRL, BIRLE. | |
| byte | A set of usu. eight binary digits (bits) considered as a unit > BYTES. | |
| caas | (3rd.) CAA, to call. | |
| caba | (Fr.) a woman's work-basket > CABAS. Also CABAS. | |
| cabs | (3rd.) CAB, to take or drive a cab. | |
| caca | (Sl.) excrement > CACAS. | |
| cack | Faeces, rubbish; (verb) to defecate > CACKS, CACKING, CACKED. | |
| cade | A Mediterranean medicinal shrub > CADES. | |
| cadi | (Arabic) a civil judge in a Muslim country > CADIS. [Arabic qadi, a judge]. Also KADI, QADI. | |
| cads | (Pl.) CAD, a dishonourable man. | |
| cafe | A coffee house or a small, inexpensive restaurant > CAFES. | |
| caff | (Sl.) cafe > CAFFS. | |
| cafs | (Pl.) CAF, a cafe. | |
| cage | A compartment or enclosure, usu made from bars and wires; (verb) to enclose in a cage > CAGES, CAGING, CAGED. | |
| cags | (Pl.) CAG, a cagoule. | |
| cagy | Cautious, wary > CAGIER, CAGIEST; CAGILY. Also CAGEY. | |
| caid | (Arabic) a North African chief > CAIDS. Also KAID, QAID. | |
| cain | (Gaelic) a tenanted farm rent paid in kind > CAINS. Also KAIN, KANE. | |
| cake | A breadlike composition enriched with additions such as sugar, eggs, spices, currants, peel, etc.; (verb) to take on the consistency of cake > CAKES, CAKING, CAKED. | |
| caky | With the consistency of cake > CAKIER, CAKIEST. Also CAKEY. | |
| calf | 1. a young cow > CALVES. 2. the skin of a calf, calfskin > CALFS. | |
| calk | A pointed piece on a horseshoe to prevent slipping; (verb) to provide with a calk > CALKS, CALKING, CALKED. Also CALKIN, CALKER, CAULKER, CAWKER. | |
| call | To summon > CALLS, CALLING, CALLED. | |
| calm | Not disturbed > CALMER, CALMEST; CALMLY; (verb) to make calm > CALMS, CALMING, CALMED. | |
| calo | (Ital.) (abbrev. of) CALANDO, slowing with gradually lowering volume; (noun) a Spanish argot used by chicano youths > CALOS. | |
| calp | In Ireland, a dark shaly limestone > CALPS. | |
| cals | (Pl.) CAL. calorie. | |
| calx | (Lat.) the substance of a metal or mineral that remains after strong heating > CALCES or CALXES. [L. calx, lime]. | |
| cama | The hybrid offspring of a camel and a llama > CAMAS. | |
| came | (Noun) a lead rod for framing a pane in a leaded or stained glass window > CAMES. | |
| cami | (Short for) camisole > CAMIS. | |
| camo | Camouflage > CAMOS. | |
| camp | Effeminately homosexual > CAMPER, CAMPEST; CAMPLY; (verb) to live in a tent > CAMPS, CAMPING, CAMPED. | |
| cams | (3rd.) CAM, to whiten with camstone. | |
| cane | To beat with a rod > CANES, CANING, CANED. | |
| cang | (Port.) a wooden collar used to punish criminals in China > CANGS. Also CANGUE. | |
| cann | To direct the steering of > CANNS, CANNING, CANNED. Also CON, CONN. | |
| cans | (3rd.) CAN, to store in a can. | |
| cant | (Adj.) affectedly moral or religious > CANTER, CANTEST; (verb) to tilt, slope > CANTS, CANTING, CANTED. | |
| cany | Like cane, abounding in cane > CANIER, CANIEST. | |
| capa | (Spanish) a Spanish cloak > CAPAS. | |
| cape | (Verb, naut.) to keep a course towards a cape > CAPES, CAPING, CAPED. | |
| caph | (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter > CAPHS. Also KAPH, KHAPH, KHAF, KAF. | |
| capi | (Pl.) CAPO, the head of a branch of the Mafia. | |
| capo | (Ital.) the head of a branch of the Mafia > CAPOS or CAPI. | |
| caps | (Pl.) CAP, to put a cap on something. | |
| carb | (Abbr.) carburettor > CARBS. Also CARBY. | |
| card | To provide with a card (a stiff piece of paper) > CARDS, CARDING, CARDED. | |
| care | To be concerned or interested > CARES, CARING, CARED. | |
| cark | Worry; trouble, distress; (verb) to worry > CARKS, CARKING, CARKED. [L. carricare, to load]. | |
| carl | A rude, rustic man; a churl > CARLS. Also CARLE, CARLOT. | |
| carn | A mound of stone set up as a memorial > CARNS. Also CAIRN, KARN. | |
| carp | (Verb) to criticise, complain > CARPS, CARPING, CARPED. | |
| carr | (ON) an alder wood > CARRS. | |
| cars | (Pl.) CAR, a self-propelled wheeled vehicle. | |
| cart | To convey in a cart (a two-wheeled vehicle) > CARTS, CARTING, CARTED. | |
| casa | (Ital.) a house, a mansion > CASAS. | |
| case | To put in a case (a container or receptacle) > CASES, CASING, CASED. | |
| cash | A small Eastern coin > CASHES; (verb) to convert to cash > CASHES, CASHING, CASHED. [Port. caiza]. | |
| cask | A hollow round container for holding liquor, made of wooden staves bound with hoops; (verb) to put in a cask > CASKS, CASKING, CASKED. | |
| cast | To throw with force > CASTS, CASTING, CAST or (obs.) CASTED. | |
| cate | (Obs.) a dainty or choice food > CATES. | |
| cats | (3rd.) CAT, to vomit. | |
| cauf | A coal-miner's basket > CAUVES. Also CORF. | |
| cauk | An opaque, compact variety of BARITE, or heavy spar > CAUKS. Also CAWK. | |
| caul | A foetal membrane covering the head > CAULS. | |
| caum | (Scots) pale bluish-grey clay; (verb) to whiten with this > CAUMS, CAUMING, CAUMED. Also CAM, CALM. | |
| caup | (Scots) a two-handed drinking bowl > CAUPS. | |
| cava | (Spanish) a sparkling wine > CAVAS. | |
| cave | To hollow out > CAVES, CAVING, CAVED. | |
| cavy | A kind of South American rodent > CAVIES. | |
| cawk | An opaque, compact variety of BARITE, or heavy spar > CAWKS. Also CAUK. | |
| caws | (3rd.) CAW, to cry as a crow. | |
| cays | (Pl.) CAY, a low islet. | |
| cazh | (Sl.) casual. | |
| ceas | (Shakesp.) enough said. Also CAESE, SESE, SESEY, SESSA. | |
| ceca | (Pl.) CECUM, the blind gut. | |
| cede | To yield or surrender something, such as a territory > CEDES, CEDING, CEDED. | |
| cedi | (Fante) a Ghanaian monetary unit, equal to 100 PESEWAS > CEDIS. | |
| cees | (Pl.) CEE, the letter C. | |
| ceil | To provide with a ceiling > CEILS, CEILING, CEILED. Also CIEL. | |
| cell | (Verb) to store in a honeycomb > CELLS, CELLING, CELLED. | |
| cels | (Pl.) CEL, celluloid. | |
| celt | A prehistoric stone tool, such as an axehead > CELTS. | |
| cens | (Fr.) a nominal annual payment given to the owner of an estate or property in recognition of his or her title. | |
| cent | A coin worth 1/100th of a dollar > CENTS. | |
| cepe | A kind of edible mushroom > CEPES. Also CEP. | |
| ceps | (Pl.) CEP, a kind of edible mushroom. | |
| cere | Wax; a wax-like protuberance at base of upper part of bird's bill; (verb) to cover with wax > CERES, CERING, CERED. | |
| cero | (Spanish) a large spiny-finned food fish > CEROS. [Sp. sierra, saw]. | |
| cert | (Abbr.) certainty > CERTS. | |
| cess | A tax, a local rate; (verb) to impose a tax > CESSES, CESSING, CESSED. Also SESS. | |
| cete | A badger's home > CETES. Also SETT. | |
| chad | A bit of paper punched out of paper tape or cards > CHADS. | |
| chai | (Romany) fem. of CHAL, a fellow, a person > CHAIS. | |
| chal | (Romany) a fellow, a person > CHALS. The feminine is CHAI. | |
| cham | (Turkish) a prince or chief; a governor > CHAMS. Also KHAN. | |
| chao | (Vietnamese) a monetary unit of Vietnam > CHAOS. Also HAO. | |
| chap | To roughen > CHAPS, CHAPPING, CHAPPED or CHAPT. | |
| char | To burn slightly > CHARS, CHARRING, CHARRED. | |
| chas | (Pl.) CHA, tea. | |
| chat | To converse informally > CHATS, CHATTING, CHATTED. | |
| chav | (Coll.) derogatory word for a young working class person who wears casual sports clothes > CHAVS. | |
| chaw | To grind with the teeth; to masticate > CHAWS, CHAWING, CHAWED. | |
| chay | (Tamil) an Indian plant of the madder family whose root chayroot yields a red dye > CHAYS. [Tamil saya]. Also CHAYA, SHAYA. | |
| chef | (Verb) to work as a chef > CHEFS, CHEFING or CHEFFING, CHEFED or CHEFFED. | |
| chem | (Short for) a chemistry class or course > CHEMS. | |
| cher | (Fr.) dear. | |
| chew | To crush or grind with the teeth > CHEWS, CHEWING, CHEWED. | |
| chez | (Fr.) at the home of. | |
| chia | A Mexican herb > CHIAS. | |
| chib | (Scots) a sharp weapon such as a knife or razor; (verb) to slash with a sharp weapon > CHIBS, CHIBBING, CHIBBED. | |
| chic | (Noun) style, elegance > CHICS; (adj.) having style, elegant > CHICER, CHICEST; CHICLY. | |
| chid | (Pt.) CHIDE, to scold. | |
| chik | (Hindi) a slatted blind > CHIKS. [Hindi ciq]. | |
| chin | (Verb) to hold with the chin > CHINS, CHINNING, CHINNED. | |
| chip | To break a small piece from > CHIPS, CHIPPING, CHIPPED. | |
| chis | (Pl.) CHI, a Greek letter. | |
| chit | (Dial.) a shoot; (verb) to sprout > CHITS, CHITTING, CHITTED. | |
| chiv | (Slang) a knife; (verb) to cut with a knife > CHIVS, CHIVING or CHIVVING, CHIVED/CHIVVED. | |
| chiz | (Sl.) a cheat, a swizz; (verb) to swindle > CHIZZES, CHIZZING, CHIZZED. | |
| choc | (Coll.) chocolate > CHOCS. | |
| chog | (Dial.) the core of a piece of fruit > CHOGS. | |
| chon | (Korean) a Korean monetary unit. OSPD says pl. CHON, but Chambers implies pl. is CHONS, and CHONS is in OSWI. Also JUN. | |
| chop | To sever with a sharp tool > CHOPS, CHOPPING, CHOPPED. | |
| chou | (Fr.) a cabbage; an ornamental soft rosette; a cream bun > CHOUX. | |
| chow | (Verb) to eat > CHOWS, CHOWING, CHOWED. | |
| chub | A species of fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family, aka CHEVEN > CHUBS. | |
| chug | To move with a dull explosive noise, as a locomotive > CHUGS, CHUGGING, CHUGGED. | |
| chum | (Verb) to become a chum > CHUMS, CHUMMING, CHUMMED. | |
| chur | (NZ) an informal expression of agreement. | |
| chut | (Fr.) an expression of impatience. | |
| ciao | (Ital.) goodbye. | |
| cide | (Obs.) to decide > CIDES, CIDING, CIDED. | |
| cids | (Pl.) CID, a champion. | |
| ciel | To provide with a ceiling > CIELS, CIELING, CIELED. Also CEIL. | |
| cigs | (Pl.) CIG, cigarette. | |
| cill | A sill > CILLS. | |
| cine | A motion picture > CINES. | |
| cinq | (French) the number five > CINQS. | |
| cion | A detached piece of a plant capable of propagating, esp by grafting; a young member of a family > CIONS. Also SCION. | |
| cire | (Fr.) a fabric with a waxed finish (the e is accented) > CIRES. | |
| cirl | A species of bunting > CIRLS. | |
| cist | A tomb consisting of stone chest covered with stone slabs > CISTS, CISTED. | |
| cite | To quote as an authority or example > CITES, CITING, CITED. | |
| cito | (Lat.) quickly. | |
| cits | (Pl.) CIT, a term of contempt for someone who is not a gentleman. | |
| city | A large town > CITIES, CITIED. | |
| cive | A herb of the onion family. Also CHIVE. | |
| clad | To cover one material with another > CLADS, CLADDING, CLADDED. | |
| clag | To stick > CLAGS, CLAGGING, CLAGGED. | |
| clam | (Verb) to dig for clams > CLAMS, CLAMMING, CLAMMED. | |
| clan | A united group of families > CLANS. | |
| clap | To bring the hands together smartly > CLAPS, CLAPPING, CLAPPED or CLAPT. | |
| clat | (Scots) something scraped together, a lump; (verb) to scratch, scrape > CLATS, CLATTING, CLATTED. Also CLAUT. | |
| claw | To scratch with claws (sharp, curved toenails) > CLAWS, CLAWING, CLAWED. | |
| clay | (Verb) to purify (e.g. sugar) with clay > CLAYS, CLAYING, CLAYED. | |
| clef | A character placed on the stave by which the absolute pitch of the following notes is fixed > CLEFS. | |
| cleg | A horse-fly > CLEGS. | |
| clem | To starve > CLEMS, CLEMMING, CLEMMED. | |
| clew | A corner of a sail with hole to attach ropes; (verb) to attach a rope thus > CLEWS, CLEWING, CLEWED. | |
| clip | To cut e.g. hair > CLIPS, CLIPPING, CLIPPED or CLIPT. | |
| clit | (Sl.) a clitoris > CLITS. | |
| clod | A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay > CLODLY; (verb) to pelt with clods > CLODS, CLODDING, CLODDED. | |
| clog | A wooden shoe; a shoe with a wooden sole; (verb) to choke with an impediment > CLOGS, CLOGGING, CLOGGED. | |
| clon | A group of asexually derived organisms > CLONS. | |
| clop | To make the sound of a hoof striking pavement > CLOPS, CLOPPING, CLOPPED. | |
| clot | To form into a clot (a thick mass) > CLOTS, CLOTTING, CLOTTED. | |
| clou | (Fr.) the main point of interest; a dominant idea > CLOUS. | |
| clow | (Scots) = CLOVE > CLOWS. A clow-flower is a gillyflower. | |
| cloy | To gratify beyond desire > CLOYS, CLOYING, CLOYED. | |
| club | A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded in the hand; (verb) to strike with a club > CLUBS, CLUBBING, CLUBBED. | |
| clue | (Verb) to furnish with a clue > CLUES, CLUING or CLUEING, CLUED. | |
| coal | (Verb) to dig for coal; to transport coal > COALS, COALING, COALED. | |
| coat | An outer garment with sleeves; an overcoat; (verb) to cover with a coat, in various senses > COATS, COATING, COATED. | |
| coax | To cajole > COAXES, COAXING, COAXED. | |
| cobb | A gull, esp. the great black-backed gull > COBBS. Also COB. | |
| cobs | (3rd.) COB, to strike, thump on the buttocks. | |
| coca | (Quechua) the dried leaf of a South American shrub > COCAS. [Sp. f. Aymara kuka or Quechua koka.] | |
| coch | (Obs.) a coach > COCHES. | |
| cock | A male bird; (verb) to draw back (the cock of a gun) > COCKS, COCKING, COCKED. | |
| coco | The coconut palm > COCOS. | |
| coda | (Ital.) an end-piece > CODAS. | |
| code | To convert into symbols > CODES, CODING, CODED. | |
| cods | (3rd.) COD, to trick, deceive. | |
| coed | A girl student at a coeducational institution > COEDS. | |
| coff | (Scots) to buy > COFFS, COFFING, COFFED or COFT. | |
| coft | (Scots) pt. COFF, to buy. | |
| cogs | (3rd.) COG, to cheat, dissemble. | |
| coho | A Pacific salmon > COHOS or COHOES. Also COHOE. | |
| coif | A covering for the head, esp the close-fitting cap of white lawn or silk originally worn by serjeants-at-law; (verb) to put the hair into a coif > COIFS, COIFING, COIFED. Also COIFFE, QUOIF. | |
| coil | To wind in even rings > COILS, COILING, COILED. | |
| coin | To make coins (metal currency) > COINS, COINING, COINED. | |
| coir | A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut > COIRS. Also KYAR. | |
| coit | (Aust. sl.) the buttocks, the backside > COITS. | |
| coke | (Verb) to make into, or to become like, coke > COKES, COKING, COKED. | |
| coky | Resembling coke > COKIER, COKIEST. | |
| cola | (Temne) a genus of W. African trees producing nuts used in drugs and for flavouring soft drinks > COLAS. Also KOLA. | |
| cold | Not hot > COLDER, COLDEST; COLDLY; (noun) the state of being cold > COLDS. | |
| cole | A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of B. oleracea called rape and coleseed > COLES. | |
| coll | (Obs.) to embrace, hug > COLLS, COLLING, COLLED. | |
| cols | (Pl.) COL, a pass over mountains. | |
| colt | A young male horse; (verb) to frisk like a colt, to defraud > COLTS, COLTING, COLTED. | |
| coly | An African bird > COLIES. | |
| coma | (Lat.) a spherical cloud of material surrounding the head of a comet > COMAE or COMAS. | |
| comb | To arrange or clean with a comb (a toothed instrument) > COMBS, COMBING, COMBED. | |
| come | To move toward something or someone > COMES, COMETH, COMING, CAME. | |
| comm | As in comm badge, a small wearable badge-shaped radio transmitter > COMMS. | |
| comp | (Coll.) a compositor; (verb) to work as a compositor > COMPS, COMPING, COMPED. | |
| coms | (Abbr.) combinations. N.B. no COM*. | |
| cond | (Pt.) CON, to know, study. | |
| cone | (Verb) to bear cones > CONES, CONING, CONED. | |
| conf | An online conference > CONFS. | |
| coni | (Pl.) CONUS, a type of ventricle in mammals. | |
| conk | To fail, break down > CONKS, CONKING, CONKED. Also KONK. | |
| conn | To direct the steering of > CONNS, CONNING, CONNED. Also CON. | |
| cons | (3rd.) CON, to trick, or persuade by dishonest means. | |
| cony | A rabbit > CONIES. Also CONEY. | |
| coof | (Scots) a lout, a dolt > COOFS. Also CUIF. | |
| cook | To prepare food by heating > COOKS, COOKING, COOKED. | |
| cool | Moderately cold > COOLER, COOLEST; COOLLY; (verb) to make less warm > COOLS, COOLING, COOLED. | |
| coom | Soot; coal dust; refuse matter; (verb) to begrime > COOMS, COOMING, COOMED. | |
| coon | A raccoon > COONS. | |
| coop | To confine > COOPS, COOPING, COOPED. | |
| coos | (3rd.) COO, to make a sound like a dove. | |
| coot | A water bird, black with a white frontal shield > COOTS. | |
| cope | To contend or strive > COPES, COPING, COPED. | |
| cops | (3rd.) COP, to capture. | |
| copy | To imitate > COPIES, COPYING, COPIED. | |
| cord | (Verb) to bind with a cord > CORDS, CORDING, CORDED. | |
| core | To remove the core (the central part) of > CORES, CORING, CORED. | |
| corf | A coal-miner's basket > CORVES. Also CAUF. | |
| cork | The outer bark of the cork tree, a species of oak; (verb) to stop up with a cork > CORKS, CORKING, CORKED. | |
| corm | The swollen subterranean part of a stem > CORMS. | |
| corn | To preserve with salt > CORNS, CORNING, CORNED. | |
| cors | (Pl.) COR, a Hebrew measure. | |
| cory | (Romany) (vulg.) the penis > CORIES. [Romany kori, thorn]. Also COREY. | |
| cose | To make oneself cosy > COSES, COSING, COSED. | |
| cosh | A bludgeon, truncheon, lead-pipe, piece of flexible tubing filled with metal, or the like, used as a weapon; (verb) to strike with a cosh > COSHES, COSHING, COSHED. | |
| coss | (Hindi) a measure of distance > COSSES. Also KOSS, KOS. | |
| cost | To estimate a price for production of > COSTS, COSTING, COST or COSTED. | |
| cosy | Snug > COSIER, COSIEST; COSILY; (noun) a cover for a teapot > COSIES. Also COSEY, COSIE, COZEY, COZIE, COZY. (Verb) to make cosy, snuggle > COSIES, COSYING, COSIED. | |
| cote | To pass by; to outstrip (as one dog another) > COTES, COTING, COTED. | |
| coth | (Abbr.) hyperbolic cotangent > COTHS. | |
| cots | (Pl.) COT, a small bed for a young child. | |
| cott | (Spenser) a small boat > COTTS. | |
| coup | (Scots) to overturn, turn up > COUPS, COUPING, COUPED. Also COWP. | |
| cour | (Obs.) to cover > COURS, COURING, COURED or COURD. | |
| cove | (Verb) to form or provide with an architectural cove > COVES, COVING, COVED. | |
| cowk | (Dial.) to retch, feel nauseated > COWKS, COWKING, COWKED. | |
| cowl | A large loose hood, esp of a kind worn by a monk; (verb) to cover with a cowl > COWLS, COWLING, COWLED. | |
| cowp | (Scots) to overturn, turn up > COWPS, COWPING, COWPED. Also COUP. | |
| cows | (Pl.) COW, to subdue. | |
| cowy | Suggestive of a cow > COWIER, COWIEST. | |
| coxa | (Lat.) the first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean > COXAE. | |
| coxy | Bumptious, self-assured > COXIER, COXIEST. Also COCKY, COCKSY. | |
| coys | (3rd.) COY, to caress. | |
| coze | To chat > COZES, COZING, COZED. [Fr. causer]. | |
| cozy | (Noun) a cover for a teapot. Also COSY, COSEY, COSIE, COZIE, COZEY. (Adj.) cosy > COZIER, COZIEST; COZILY; (verb) to cuddle up > COZIES, COZYING, COZIED. | |
| crab | A marine crustacean; (verb) to obstruct, frustrate > CRABS, CRABBING, CRABBED. | |
| crag | A rough steep rock > CRAGS. Also CRAIG. | |
| cram | To fill or pack tightly > CRAMS, CRAMMING, CRAMMED. | |
| cran | A measure of capacity for herrings just landed, = 37.5 gallons > CRANS. | |
| crap | To throw a 2, 3, or 12 in a dice game > CRAPS, CRAPPING, CRAPPED. | |
| craw | The stomach of an animal > CRAWS. | |
| cray | (Aust.) a CRAYFISH > CRAYS. | |
| cred | (Abbr. of) credibility > CREDS. | |
| cree | Of grain, to soften by boiling or soaking > CREES, CREEING, CREED. [Fr. crever, to burst]. | |
| crem | A crematorium > CREMS. | |
| crew | To serve aboard a ship > CREWS, CREWING, CREWED. | |
| cria | The offspring of a llama > CRIAS. | |
| crib | To confine closely > CRIBS, CRIBBING, CRIBBED. | |
| crim | (Abbr.) criminal > CRIMS. | |
| cris | (Malay) a dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade. Also KRIS, CREESE, KREESE. | |
| crit | (Abbr.) criticism > CRITS. | |
| croc | (Abbr.) crocodile > CROCS. | |
| crog | (Dial.) to ride a bicycle as a passenger > CROGS, CROGGING, CROGGED. | |
| cron | in computing, a command used to schedule a job that is executed at a certain time, or periodically > CRONS. | |
| crop | To cut off short > CROPS, CROPPING, CROPPED. | |
| crow | Any of several large black birds of the genus Corvus; (verb) to gloat, exult > CROWS, CROWING, CROWED. | |
| crud | Anything dirty, filthy; (verb) to encrust with dirt > CRUDS, CRUDDING, CRUDDED. | |
| crue | (Milton) crew > CRUES. | |
| crus | (Lat.) a part of a leg, the shank > CRURA. | |
| crux | (Lat.) the nub, the crucial point > CRUCES or CRUXES, | |
| cube | To form into a cube (a regular solid) > CUBES, CUBING, CUBED. | |
| cubs | (3rd.) CUB, to produce cubs. | |
| cuds | (Pl.) CUD, a portion of food to be chewed again. | |
| cued | (Pt.) CUE, to give a cue as a signal. | |
| cues | (3rd.) CUE, to give a cue as a signal. | |
| cuff | The end of the sleeve near the wrist; a covering for the wrist; (verb) to strike esp. round the head > CUFFS, CUFFING, CUFFED. | |
| cuif | (Scots) a lout, a dolt > CUIFS. Also COOF. | |
| cuit | (Scots) the ankle > CUITS. Also CUTE, COOT. | |
| cuke | (Sl.) a cucumber > CUKES. | |
| cull | To select from others > CULLS, CULLING, CULLED. | |
| culm | The stem of grass or sedge; (verb) to form a culm > CULMS, CULMING, CULMED. | |
| cult | A religious society > CULTS. | |
| cums | (Pl.) CUM, ejaculated sperm. | |
| cunt | The female pudendum > CUNTS. | |
| cups | (3rd.) CUP, to form into a cup shape. | |
| curb | To restrain > CURBS, CURBING, CURBED. | |
| curd | (Verb) to curdle > CURDS, CURDING, CURDED. | |
| cure | To restore to health > CURES, CURING, CURED. | |
| curf | An incision made by a cutting tool > CURFS. Also KERF. | |
| curl | To form into ringlets > CURLS, CURLING, CURLED. | |
| curn | (Scots) a grain, a small quantity > CURNS. Also CURRAN. | |
| curr | To make a purring sound > CURRS, CURRING, CURRED. | |
| curs | (Pl.) CUR, a mongrel dog. | |
| curt | Abrupt > CURTER, CURTEST; CURTLY. | |
| cush | The cushion in billiards > CUSHES. | |
| cusk | A kind of fish, aka TORSK or BURBOT > CUSKS. | |
| cusp | A point; the point or horn of the moon; a toothlike meeting of two branches of a curve > CUSPS, CUSPED. | |
| cuss | (Coll.) to curse > CUSSES, CUSSING, CUSSED. | |
| cute | Pleasingly attractive > CUTER, CUTEST; CUTELY. | |
| cuts | (3rd.) CUT, to make an incision in. | |
| cwms | (Pl.) CWM, a bowl-shaped valley or hollow in (Welsh) mountains. | |
| cyan | A greenish-blue colour > CYANS. | |
| cyma | (Lat.) an ogee moulding of the cornice > CYMAE or CYMAS. | |
| cyme | A flower cluster in which each growing point ends in a flower, the oldest flowers being at the top or centre of the cluster > CYMES. | |
| cyst | A sac > CYSTS. | |
| cyte | In biology, a cell > CYTES. | |
| czar | (Russian) ruler, emperor > CZARS. Also TSAR, TZAR. | |
| daal | the pigeon pea, a pealike plant cultivated in India and the tropics. | |
| dabs | (Pl.) DAB, a kind of flatfish. | |
| dace | A small river fish of the carp family and chub genus > DACES. | |
| dack | (Aust. sl.) to remove the trousers from, debag > DACKS, DACKING, DACKED. | |
| dada | An artistic movement > DADAS. | |
| dado | A skirting-board > DADOS or DADOES. (Verb) to fit with a dado > DADOS, DADOING, DADOED. | |
| dads | (3rd.) DAD, to throw against something, to dash. | |
| daes | (3rd.) DAE, to do. | |
| daff | (Arch.) to play the fool > DAFFS, DAFFING, DAFFED. | |
| daft | Insane > DAFTER, DAFTEST; DAFTLY. | |
| dags | (Pl.) DAG, to cut off a sheep's dags. | |
| dahl | (Hindi) an Indian name for a lentil > DAHLS. Also DAL, DHOLL, DHAL. | |
| dahs | (Pl.) DAH, a Burmese knife. | |
| dais | (Fr.) a platform > DAISES. | |
| daks | (Pl.) DAK, in India, the mail or post. | |
| dale | A valley > DALES. | |
| dali | A tropical American tree related to nutmeg, yielding staves etc. and wax seeds > DALIS. | |
| dals | (Pl.) DAL, a kind of Indian edible pea. | |
| dalt | (Scots) a foster-child > DALTS. Also DAULT. | |
| dame | A matron > DAMES. | |
| damn | To curse > DAMNS, DAMNING, DAMNED. | |
| damp | Moist > DAMPER, DAMPEST; DAMPLY; (verb) to lessen in intensity > DAMPS, DAMPING, DAMPED. | |
| dams | (3rd.) DAM, to restrain water with an embankment or bank. | |
| dang | To damn > DANGS, DANGING, DANGED. | |
| dank | Damp > DANKER, DANKEST; DANKLY; (noun) in Milton, a wet place > DANKS. | |
| dans | (Pl.) DAN, a level of efficiency (in Japanese sport). | |
| dant | (Obs.) to daunt > DANTS, DANTING, DANTED. | |
| daps | (3rd.) DAP, to skip or bounce, as a stone off the surface of a lake. | |
| darb | Something considered extraordinary > DARBS. | |
| dare | To have the necessary courage > DARES, DARING, DARED or DURST. | |
| darg | A day's labour > DARGS. | |
| dari | (Arabic) Indian millet > DARIS. Also DURR, DOURA, DURA, DURRA, DHOORA, DHURRA, DHOURRA, DOURAH. | |
| dark | Not light in colour > DARKER, DARKEST; DARKLY; (verb) to darken > DARKS, DARKING, DARKED. | |
| darn | To mend with interlacing stitches > DARNS, DARNING, DARNED. | |
| dart | To move suddenly or swiftly > DARTS, DARTING, DARTED. | |
| dash | To strike violently > DASHES, DASHING, DASHED. | |
| data | (Pl.) DATUM, a given fact. | |
| date | To determine or record the date of > DATES, DATING, DATED. | |
| dato | (Malay) a landowner or chief in northern Borneo, the Philippines, and some adjacent areas > DATOS. [Malay datok, elder]. Also DATTO. | |
| daub | To smear > DAUBS, DAUBING, DAUBED. | |
| daud | (Scots) to knock, thump > DAUDS, DAUDING, DAUDED. Also DAWD, DOD. | |
| daur | (Scots) to dare > DAURS, DAURING, DAURED. | |
| daut | (Scots) to pet > DAUTS, DAUTING, DAUTED. Also DAWT. | |
| davy | A safety lamp > DAVIES. | |
| dawd | (Scots) to knock, thump > DAWDS, DAWDING, DAWDED. Also DAUD, DOD. | |
| dawk | (Hindi) in India, the mail or post; a letter > DAWKS. [Hindi dak, a relay of men]. Also DAK. | |
| dawn | Daybreak; (verb) to become day > DAWNS, DAWNING, DAWNED. | |
| daws | (Pl.) DAW, a kind of bird. | |
| dawt | (Scots) to pet > DAWTS, DAWTING, DAWTED. Also DAUT. | |
| days | (Pl.) DAY, a period of twenty four hours. | |
| daze | To stun > DAZES, DAZING, DAZED. | |
| dead | Not alive > DEADER, DEADEST; (verb, obs.) to lose vitality, become numb > DEADS, DEADING, DEADED. | |
| deaf | Lacking the sense of hearing > DEAFER, DEAFEST; DEAFLY. | |
| deal | To trade or do business > DEALS, DEALING, DEALT. | |
| dean | (Verb) to serve as a dean > DEANS, DEANING, DEANED. | |
| dear | Precious > DEARER, DEAREST; DEARLY; (verb) to injure > DEARS, DEARING, DEARED. | |
| deaw | (Spenser) dew > DEAWS. | |
| debe | (Swahili) a tin > DEBES. | |
| debs | (Pl.) DEB, debutante. | |
| debt | Something that is owed > DEBTS, DEBTED. | |
| deck | To adorn > DECKS, DECKING, DECKED. | |
| deco | (Relating to) art deco > DECOS. | |
| deed | 1. (verb) to transfer (property) > DEEDS, DEEDING, DEEDED. 2. (Scots) dead > DEEDER, DEEDEST. | |
| deek | (Romany) look at, see. [Romany dik, to look, see]. | |
| deem | To hold as an opinion > DEEMS, DEEMING, DEEMED or DEMPT. | |
| deen | (Spenser) din > DEENS. | |
| deep | Far down > DEEPER, DEEPEST; DEEPLY; (noun) a deep place > DEEPS. | |
| deer | A ruminant mammal > DEERS. | |
| dees | (Pl.) DEE, the letter D; anything of that shape. | |
| deet | An insect repellant > DEETS. | |
| deev | (Persian) in Iranian (esp. Zoroastrian) mythology > a demonic power > DEEVS. Also DIV. | |
| defi | (Fr.) a challenge > DEFIS. | |
| defo | Definitely, as an informal expression of agreement. | |
| deft | Skilful > DEFTER, DEFTEST; DEFTLY. | |
| defy | To resist openly and boldly > DEFIES, DEFYING, DEFIED. | |
| degs | (3rd.) DEG, to water. | |
| degu | the brush-tailed rat, a small rodent native to Chile > DEGUS. | |
| deid | (Scots) dead > DEIDER, DEIDEST. Also DEED. | |
| deif | (Scots) deaf > DEIFER, DEIFEST. | |
| deil | (Scots) devil > DEILS. | |
| deke | To fake (an opponent) out of position (as in ice hockey) > DEKES, DEKING or DEKEING, DEKED. [A short form of 'decoy']. | |
| dele | In printing, to delete > DELES, DELEING, DELED. | |
| delf | Pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland > DELFS or DELVES. Also DELFT, DELFTWARE, DELPH. | |
| deli | (Abbr.) DELICATESSEN > DELIS. | |
| dell | A small, retired valley; a ravine > DELLS. | |
| delo | (Aust. sl.) a delegate > DELOS. | |
| dels | (Pl.) DEL, another word for NABLA, a mathematical symbol. | |
| delt | (Coll.) short for deltoid muscle > DELTS. | |
| deme | (Greek) a territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township > DEMES. [Gk demos]. | |
| demo | (Abbr.) demonstration; (verb) to demonstrates > DEMOS, DEMOING, DEMOED. | |
| demy | An old size of paper, roughly A2 > DEMIES. | |
| dene | A sandy tract or dune by the seashore > DENES. | |
| deni | One hundredth part of a DENAR > DENIS. | |
| dens | (3rd.) DEN, to retire to a den. | |
| dent | To make a depression in > DENTS, DENTING, DENTED. | |
| deny | To declare to be untrue > DENIES, DENYING, DENIED. | |
| deps | (Pl.) DEP, a convenience store. | |
| dere | (Spenser) to injure > DERES, DERING, DERED. | |
| derm | The true skin, below the outer layer > DERMS. Also DERMA, DERMIS. | |
| dern | (Arch.) secrecy, hiding > DERNS. | |
| dero | (Coll.) a tramp or derelict > DEROS. Also DERRO. | |
| derv | Diesel engine fuel > DERVS. [Acronym of diesel-engined road vehicle]. | |
| desi | (Hinglish) local, authentic. Also DESHI. | |
| desk | A writing table > DESKS. | |
| deus | (Lat.) a god > DI or DEI. | |
| deva | (Sanskrit) a god; a deity; a divine being > DEVAS. | |
| devi | (Sanskrit) a Hindu goddess > DEVIS. | |
| devo | (Short for) devolution, as in devo max, an arrangement in which a central government transfers the maximum amount of authority to a regional government while still retaining sovereignty over it > DEVOS. | |
| devs | (Pl.) DEV, a Hindu god. | |
| dews | (3rd.) DEW, to moisten as with dew. | |
| dewy | Moist with dew > DEWIER, DEWIEST; DEWILY. | |
| dexy | A tablet of DEX, a sulfate used as a stimulant > DEXIES. Also DEXIE. | |
| deys | (Pl.) DEY, the pasha of Algiers. | |
| dhak | (Hindi) a leguminous tree of eastern India and Myanmar, with showy orange or red flowers > DHAKS. | |
| dhal | (Hindi) an Indian name for a lentil > DHALS. Also DAL, DAHL, DHOLL. | |
| dhol | (Hindi) a large cylindrical drum used in Indian music > DHOLS. | |
| dhow | (Arabic) a lateen-rigged oriental craft > DHOWS. | |
| dial | (Verb) to dial e.g. a telephone > DIALS, DIALING or DIALLING, DIALED or DIALLED. | |
| dibs | (Sl.) money. Also DIBBS. | |
| dice | (Verb) to cut into cubes > DICES, DICING, DICED. | |
| dich | (Shakesp.) optative mood, perhaps contracted for 'do it.'. | |
| dick | (Verb) as in 'to dick around'; vulgar slang (of a man) have sexual intercourse with (someone) > DICKS, DICKING, DICKED. | |
| dict | (Obs.) to dictate > DICTS, DICTING, DICTED. | |
| dido | An antic, caper > DIDOS or DIDOES. | |
| didy | A diaper > DIDIES. Also DIDIE. | |
| dieb | (Arabic) a jackal of N. Africa > DIEBS. | |
| died | (Pt.) DIE, to depart from life. | |
| diel | Involving a full day. | |
| dies | (3rd.) DIE, to depart from life. | |
| diet | To regulate one's daily sustenance > DIETS, DIETING, DIETED. | |
| diff | (Coll.) difference > DIFFS. Also DIF. | |
| difs | (Pl.) DIF, difference. | |
| digs | (3rd.) DIG, to excavate. | |
| dika | (Mpongwe) (the fruit or seed of) the wild mango, a W. African tree > DIKAS. [Mpongwe odika condiment.] | |
| dike | (Verb) to make a dike > DIKES, DIKING, DIKED. | |
| dill | An umbelliferous herb related to parsnip, the fruits of which are used in condiments and as a carminative > DILLS, DILLED. | |
| dime | The tenth part of an American and Canadian dollar, 10 cents > DIMES. | |
| dimp | (Sl.) a cigarette butt > DIMPS. | |
| dims | (3rd.) DIM, to make dim. | |
| dine | To eat dinner > DINES, DINING, DINED. | |
| ding | To dash; to throw violently > DINGS, DINGING, DINGED, DANG or DUNG. | |
| dink | Trim; neat > DINKER, DINKEST; DINKLY; (noun) in tennis, a drop shot; (verb) to play such a shot > DINKS, DINKING, DINKED. | |
| dino | (Abbr.) a dinosaur > DINOS. | |
| dins | (3rd.) DIN, to make a loud noise. | |
| dint | To make a dent in > DINTS, DINTING, DINTED. | |
| diol | A chemical compound > DIOLS. | |
| dips | (3rd.) DIP, to immerse briefly; to lower. | |
| dipt | (Pt.) DIP, to immerse briefly; to lower. | |
| dire | Dreadful > DIRER, DIREST; DIRELY. | |
| dirk | A Highland dagger; (verb) to stab with a dirk > DIRKS, DIRKING, DIRKED. | |
| dirl | (Scots) to (cause to) vibrate > DIRLS, DIRLING, DIRLED. | |
| dirt | (Verb) to make dirty > DIRTS, DIRTING, DIRTED. | |
| disa | An African orchid, with dark green leaves > DISAS. | |
| disc | (Verb) to work with a disc harrow > DISCS, DISCING, DISCED. Also DISK. | |
| dish | To put into a dish (a concave vessel) > DISHES, DISHING, DISHED. | |
| disk | (Verb) to break up land with a disc harrow > DISKS, DISKING, DISKED. | |
| diss | (Noun) an Algerian grass; (verb) to disrespect > DISSES, DISSING, DISSED. Also DIS. | |
| dita | (Tagalog) a tree of India and the Philippines > DITAS. | |
| dite | To compose, indite > DITES, DITING, DITED. | |
| dits | (3rd.) DIT, to block. | |
| ditt | A poem, the words of a song > DITTS. Also DIT. | |
| ditz | A silly person > DITZES. | |
| diva | (Ital.) a female opera singer > DIVAS. | |
| dive | To plunge headfirst into > DIVES, DIVING, DIVED or DOVE. | |
| divi | (Abbr.) dividend > DIVIS. | |
| divo | (Ital.) a distinguished male singer > DIVI or DIVOS. | |
| divs | (Pl.) DIV, a demonic power. | |
| dixi | (Lat.) I have spoken. Cf. DIXIT. | |
| diya | (Hindi) a small oil-lamp used in Hindu worship, especially at Diwali. | |
| dixy | (Hindi) a military cooking-pot > DIXIES. Also DIXIE. | |
| djin | (Arabic) one of a class of spirits in Muslim theology > DJINS. Also JIN, JINNEE, DJINNI, GENIE. | |
| doab | (Urdu) a tongue or tract of land included between two rivers; as, the doab between the Ganges and the Jumna > DOABS. [Persian do-ab, two waters]. | |
| doat | To dote > DOATS, DOATING, DOATED. | |
| dobe | an unburned, sun-dried brick made of clay and straw > DOBES. | |
| dobs | (3rd.) DOB, to inform on or betray. | |
| doby | An adobe, a sun-dried brick > DOBIES. Also DOBIE. | |
| dock | To bring into a dock (a wharf) > DOCKS, DOCKING, DOCKED. | |
| doco | (Aust. sl.) a documentary > DOCOS. | |
| docs | (Pl.) DOC, doctor. | |
| dodo | (Portuguese) an extinct bird of Madagascar > DODOES or DODOS. [Port. doudo, silly]. | |
| dods | (3rd.) DOD, to cut the hair of. | |
| doek | (Afrikaans) a square cloth for tying round the head, worn by African women > DOEKS. | |
| doen | (Spenser) 3rd pers. pl. DO. | |
| doer | One that does something > DOERS. | |
| does | (3rd.) DO, to perform. | |
| doff | To do off, strip > DOFFS, DOFFING, DOFFED. | |
| doge | (Ital.) the former title of the chief magistrate in Venice > DOGES. | |
| dogs | (3rd.) DOG, to follow like a dog. | |
| dogy | A motherless calf > DOGIES. Also DOGEY, DOGIE. | |
| docu | (Coll.) a documentary film > DOCUS. | |
| dohs | (Pl.) DOH, a musical note. | |
| doit | (Dutch) an old Dutch coin of little value > DOITS. 'And take no doit/Of usance for my monies' (M.O.V.). Also DUIT, DOITKIN, DODKIN. | |
| dojo | (Japanese) a martial arts school > DOJOS. | |
| dole | 1. pain, woe, trouble > DOLES. Also DOOL, DOOLE, DULE. | |
| doll | (Verb) to dress stylishly > DOLLS, DOLLING, DOLLED. | |
| dols | (Pl.) DOL, a unit of intensity of pain. | |
| dolt | A heavy, stupid fellow > DOLTS. | |
| dome | (Verb) to cover with a dome > DOMES, DOMING, DOMED. | |
| doms | (Pl.) DOM, a title given to certain monks. | |
| domy | Dome-like, having domes > DOMIER, DOMIEST. | |
| dona | (Spanish) feminine of DON, the title > DONAS. Also DONAH. | |
| done | (Pt.) DO, to perform. | |
| dong | A deep sound like that of a large bell; (verb) to make this sound > DONGS, DONGING, DONGED. | |
| dons | (3rd.) DON, to put on. | |
| doob | (Hindi) dog's tooth grass, prized as food for cattle > DOOBS. | |
| dook | (Scots) to duck, bathe > DOOKS, DOOKING, DOOKED. Also DOUK. | |
| dool | Pain, woe, trouble > DOOLS. Also DOLE, DOOLE, DULE. | |
| doom | To destine to an unhappy fate > DOOMS, DOOMING, DOOMED. | |
| doon | (Scots) down. Also DOUN. | |
| door | A hinged or sliding panel for closing the entrance to a room, cupboard, etc > DOORS. | |
| doos | (Pl.) DOO, dove, pigeon. | |
| dopa | A drug to treat Parkinson's disease > DOPAS. | |
| dope | To give a narcotic to > DOPES, DOPING, DOPED. | |
| dops | (3rd.) DOP, to dip. | |
| dopy | Foolish > DOPIER, DOPIEST; DOPILY. Also DOPEY. | |
| dorb | (Aust. sl.) a stupid or inept person > DORBS. Also DORBA. | |
| dore | (Fr.) gilded (the e has an accent). | |
| dork | An idiot, an object of contempt; the penis > DORKS. | |
| dorm | (Abbr.) dormitory > DORMS. | |
| dorp | (Afrikaans) a S. African village or small town > DORPS. | |
| dorr | (Noun) a kind of dung-beetle. Also DOR, DORBUG. (Verb) to mock, scoff > DORRS, DORRING, DORRED. | |
| dors | (Pl.) DOR, a dung-beetle. | |
| dort | (Scots) to sulk > DORTS, DORTING, DORTED. | |
| dory | A golden-yellow fish of the mackerel family > DORIES. Also DOREE. | |
| dosa | (Hindi) an Indian pancake made from rice flour > DOSAI or DOSAS. | |
| dose | To give a specified quantity of medicine to > DOSES, DOSING, DOSED. | |
| dosh | (Sl.) money > DOSHES. | |
| doss | To sleep or bed down, esp. at a common lodging-house or in improvised accommodation > DOSSES, DOSSING, DOSSED. | |
| dost | (Arch.) 2nd. pers. sing. DO. | |
| dote | To show excessive affection > DOTES, DOTING, DOTED. | |
| doth | (Arch.) 3rd pers. sing. DO. Also DOETH. | |
| dots | (3rd.) DOT, to cover with dots. | |
| doty | Half-rotten; as, DOTY timber > DOTIER, DOTIEST. | |
| douc | A kind of monkey, remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors, native to Cochin China > DOUCS. | |
| douk | To dip, plunge > DOUKS, DOUKING, DOUKED. Also DOOK. | |
| doum | (Arabic) a kind of African palm tree > DOUMS. | |
| doun | (Scots) down. Also DOON. | |
| doup | (Scots) the bottom of anything > DOUPS. Also DOWP. | |
| dour | Determined, sullen > DOURER, DOUREST; DOURLY. | |
| dout | (Scots) to put out, extinguish > DOUTS, DOUTING, DOUTED. | |
| doux | (Fr.) of champagne, very sweet. | |
| dove | (Scots) to doze > DOVES, DOVING, DOVED. Also DOVER. | |
| dowd | A woman who wears dull-looking clothes > DOWDS. | |
| dowf | (Scots) dull, heavy, spiritless. No comp! | |
| dowl | (Shakesp.) a portion of down in a feather; a piece of fluff > DOWLS. Also DOWLE. | |
| down | To cause to fall > DOWNS, DOWNING, DOWNED. | |
| dowp | (Scots) the bottom of anything > DOWPS. Also DOUP. | |
| dows | (Pl.) DOW, an Arab sailing vessel. | |
| dowt | (Scots) a cigarette end > DOWTS. | |
| doxy | A woman of loose morals, a prostitute > DOXIES. Also DOXIE. | |
| doys | (Pl.) DOY, beloved. | |
| doze | To sleep lightly > DOZES, DOZING, DOZED. | |
| dozy | Sleepy > DOZIER, DOZIEST; DOZILY. | |
| drab | (Noun) a harlot; (verb) to whore > DRABS, DRABBING, DRABBED; (adj.) dull, monotonous > DRABBER, DRABBEST; DRABLY. | |
| drac | (Aust. sl.) of a woman, unattractive. Also DRACK. | |
| drad | (Spenser) pt. of DREAD. | |
| drag | To pull along the ground > DRAGS, DRAGGING, DRAGGED. | |
| dram | 1/8 oz. of whisky; (verb) to drink a dram > DRAMS, DRAMMING, DRAMMED. | |
| drap | (Scots) to drop > DRAPS, DRAPPING, DRAPPED. | |
| drat | To damn > DRATS, DRATTING, DRATTED. | |
| draw | To move by pulling > DRAWS, DRAWING, DREW, DRAWN. | |
| dray | A low heavy cart used for haulage; (verb) to transport by this > DRAYS, DRAYING, DRAYED. | |
| dree | (Scots) to suffer, endure > DREES, DREEING, DREED. | |
| dreg | A residue; usu. in plural > DREGS. | |
| drek | (Yiddish) inferior merchandise, rubbish > DREKS. Also DRECK. | |
| drew | (Pt.) DRAW, to move by pulling. | |
| drey | A squirrel's nest > DREYS. | |
| drib | To do by little and little > DRIBS, DRIBBING, DRIBBED. | |
| drip | To fall in drops > DRIPS, DRIPPING, DRIPPED or DRIPT. | |
| drop | To let fall > DROPS, DROPPING, DROPPED or DROPT. | |
| drow | (Scots) wet mist > DROWS. | |
| drub | To beat > DRUBS, DRUBBING, DRUBBED. | |
| drug | To affect with a drug (a medicinal substance) > DRUGS, DRUGGING, DRUGGED. | |
| drum | A percussion instrument, a skin stretched on a frame; (verb) to play a drum, make a sound like a drum > DRUMS, DRUMMING, DRUMMED. | |
| drys | (Pl.) DRY in political sense > a right-winger. | |
| dsos | (Pl.) DSO, a yak. | |
| duad | Two units treated as one; a couple; a pair > DUADS. Also DYAD. | |
| dual | Twofold > DUALLY; (verb) to make a road into a dual carriageway > DUALS, DUALLING, DUALLED. | |
| duan | (Gaelic) a division of a poem corresponding to a canto; a poem or song > DUANS. | |
| duar | (Arabic) a circular Arab encampment > DUARS. Also DOUAR, DOWAR. | |
| dubs | (3rd.) DUB, to add sound effects, etc. | |
| duce | (Ital.) a leader > DUCI or DUCES. | |
| duci | (Pl.) DUCE, a leader. | |
| duck | To lower quickly > DUCKS, DUCKING, DUCKED. | |
| duct | (Verb) to transport along a duct > DUCTS, DUCTING, DUCTED. | |
| dude | (Verb) to dress flashily > DUDES, DUDING, DUDED. | |
| duds | (Coll.) clothes. | |
| dued | (Pt.) DUE, to endue. | |
| duel | (Verb) to fight a duel > DUELS, DUELING or DUELLING, DUELED or DUELLED. | |
| dues | (Pl.) DUE, to endue. | |
| duet | A composition for two; (verb) to take part in playing a composition for two > DUETS, DUETING or DUETTING, DUETED or DUETTED. Also DUETT, DUETTO. | |
| duff | (Verb) to bungle; to mishit a ball in golf > DUFFS, DUFFING, DUFFED. | |
| dugs | (Pl.) DUG, a nipple of an animal. | |
| duit | (Dutch) a former Dutch coin > DUITS. Also DOIT, DODKIN, DOITKIN. | |
| duka | (Swahili) in E. Africa, a shop, store > DUKAS. | |
| duke | (Verb) to play the duke; to fight with the fists > DUKES, DUKING, DUKED. | |
| dule | Pain, woe, trouble > DULES. Also DOLE, DOOLE, DOOL. | |
| dull | Not sharp > DULLER, DULLEST; DULLY; (verb) to make dull > DULLS, DULLING, DULLED. | |
| duly | (Adv.) DUE, required. | |
| duma | (Russian) the Russian parliament > DUMAS. Also DOUMA. | |
| dumb | Stupid > DUMBER, DUMBEST; DUMBLY; (verb) to make dumb > DUMBS, DUMBING, DUMBED. | |
| dump | To let fall heavily > DUMPS, DUMPING, DUMPED. | |
| dune | A hill of sand > DUNES. | |
| dung | (Verb) to spread with dung > DUNGS, DUNGING, DUNGED. | |
| dunk | To dip into liquid > DUNKS, DUNKING, DUNKED. | |
| duns | (3rd.) DUN, to press for payment. | |
| dunt | To strike with a heavy blow > DUNTS, DUNTING, DUNTED. | |
| duos | (Pl.) DUO, two of anything. | |
| dupe | To deceive > DUPES, DUPING, DUPED. | |
| dups | (3rd.) DUP, to undo, do up. | |
| dura | (Arabic) Indian millet > DURAS. Also DHOORA, DURR, DURRA, DOURA, DHURRA, DHOURRA, DARI, DOURAH. | |
| dure | To endure, last > DURES, DURING, DURED. | |
| durn | To damn > DURNS, DURNING, DURNED. | |
| duro | (Spanish) a Spanish silver dollar > DUROS. | |
| durr | (Arabic) Indian millet > DURRS. Also DURRA, DHOORA, DOURA, DOURAH, DURA, DHURRA, DARI, DHOORA. | |
| dush | (Scots) to strike heavily against > DUSHES, DUSHING, DUSHED. | |
| dusk | Dark, twilit > DUSKER, DUSKEST; DUSKLY; (verb) to become dusk > DUSKS, DUSKING, DUSKED. | |
| dust | To make free of dust (minute particles of matter) > DUSTS, DUSTING, DUSTED. | |
| duty | A moral or legal obligation > DUTIES, DUTIED. | |
| dwam | (Scots) a swoon, a sudden sickness; (verb) to swoon > DWAMS, DWAMMING, DWAMMED. Also DWALM, DWAUM. | |
| dyad | Two units treated as one; a couple; a pair > DYADS. Also DUAD. | |
| dyed | (Pt.) DYE, to stain. | |
| dyer | One who dyes > DYERS. | |
| dyes | (3rd.) DYE, to stain. | |
| dyke | (Verb) to build a dyke > DYKES, DYKING, DYKED. | |
| dyne | A unit of force > the force required to accelerate 1 gram to 1 cm per second per second > DYNES. | |
| dzho | (Tibetan) a kind of yak > DZHOS. Also ZHO, ZO, DSO, DZO. | |
| dzos | (Pl.) DZO, a yak. | |
| each | Being one of two or more distinct individuals. | |
| eale | (Shakesp.) evil > EALES. | |
| eans | (3rd.) EAN, to bring forth young. | |
| eard | (Scots) earth; (verb) to bury > EARDS, EARDING, EARDED. Also YIRD, YEARD, YIRTH. | |
| earl | A rank above viscount, below marquis > EARLS. | |
| earn | To gain or deserve for one's labor or service > EARNS, EARNING, EARNED. | |
| ears | (3rd.) EAR, to produce corn ears. | |
| ease | To give rest or relief to > EASES, EASING, EASED. | |
| east | (Verb, archaic) to move or turn east > EASTS, EASTING, EASTED. | |
| easy | Not difficult > EASIER, EASIEST; EASILY; (noun) a communication code word for the letter E; (verb) to stop rowing > EASIES, EASYING, EASIED. | |
| eath | (Obs.) easy. Also EATHE, ETHE. | |
| eats | (3rd.) EAT, to consume by mouth. | |
| eaus | (Pl.) EAU, water. | |
| eaux | (Pl.) EAU, water. | |
| eave | The lower edge of a roof > EAVES. | |
| ebbs | (3rd.) EBB, to move back from the land. | |
| ebon | Ebony > EBONS. | |
| ecad | A plant assumed to have adapted to its environment > ECADS. | |
| ecce | (Ital.) behold, here is. Also ECCO. | |
| ecco | (Ital.) behold, here is. Also ECCE. | |
| eche | (Obs.) to eke > ECHES, ECHING, ECHED. Also ECH, EECH, EIK, EKE, ICH. | |
| echo | A reflected sound > ECHOES; (verb) to reflect sound > ECHOS, ECHOING, ECHOED. | |
| echt | (Ger.) genuine, authentic. | |
| ecod | (Arch.) a mild oath. Also EGAD, EGADS, IGAD. | |
| ecos | (Pl.) ECO, ecology. | |
| ecru | (Fr.) (having) the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like > ECRUS. | |
| ecus | (Pl.) ECU, the European monetary unit. | |
| eddo | A kind of yam, aka TARO, DASHEEN > EDDOES. | |
| eddy | To move against the main current > EDDIES, EDDYING, EDDIED. | |
| edge | To provide with an edge (a bounding or dividing line) > EDGES, EDGING, EDGED. | |
| edgy | Nervous > EDGIER, EDGIEST; EDGILY. | |
| edhs | (Pl.) EDH, a Hebrew letter. | |
| edit | To correct and prepare for publication > EDITS, EDITING, EDITED. | |
| eech | (Obs.) to eke > EECHES, EECHING, EECHED. Also ECH, ECHE, EIK, EKE, ICH. | |
| eels | (Pl.) EEL, any of various fishes with long smooth cylindrical or ribbon-shaped bodies. | |
| eely | Like an eel > EELIER, EELIEST. | |
| eery | Weird > EERIER, EERIEST; EERILY. Also EERIE. | |
| eevn | (Milton) evening > EEVNS. Also EEVEN, EEVNING. | |
| eeew | an interjection used to express disgust. | |
| effs | (3rd.) EFF, euphemism for fuck. | |
| efts | (Pl.) EFT, a newt. | |
| egad | (Arch.) a mild oath. Also ECOD, EGADS, IGAD. | |
| egal | (Shakesp.) equal. 'Whose souls do bear an egal yoke of love'. | |
| eger | A bore or sudden rise of the tide > EGERS. Also EAGER, EAGRE. | |
| eggs | (3rd.) EGG, to add eggs to. | |
| eggy | Like an egg, tasting of egg > EGGIER, EGGIEST. | |
| egis | (Greek) protection, defense; patronage, sponsorship > EGISES. Also AEGIS. | |
| egma | (Shakesp.) an enigma > EGMAS. | |
| egos | (Pl.) EGO, the "I" or self. | |
| ehed | (Pt.) EH, to say 'eh'. | |
| eide | (Pl.) EIDOS, an essence. | |
| eiks | (3rd.) EIK, to eke. | |
| eild | Old age > EILDS. Also ELD. | |
| eina | (Afrikaans) expressing sudden pain. | |
| eine | (Obs.) eyes. Also EYNE, EYEN. | |
| eish | (S. Afr.) expressing surprise, dismay. | |
| eked | (Pt.) EKE, to add. | |
| ekes | (3rd.) EKE, to add. | |
| ekka | (Hindi) a small one-horse carriage > EKKAS. | |
| elan | (Fr.) ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm > ELANS. | |
| elds | (Pl.) ELD, old age. | |
| elfs | (3rd.) ELF, to tangle hair. | |
| elhi | (US) pertaining to school grades 1 to 12. This is an adjective > no -S. | |
| elks | (Pl.) ELK, a large deer found in Canada. | |
| ells | (Pl.) ELL, an old measure of length equal to 45 inches. | |
| elms | (Pl.) ELM, a tree of genus Ulmus. | |
| elmy | Full of elm trees > ELMIER, ELMIEST. | |
| else | In a different place, time, or way. | |
| elts | (Pl.) ELT, a young sow. | |
| emes | (Pl.) EME, obs. for uncle. | |
| emeu | An emu > EMEUS. | |
| emic | Relating to a type of linguistic analysis. | |
| emir | (Arabic) an Eastern ruler > EMIRS. Also EMEER, AMIR, AMEER. | |
| emit | To send forth > EMITS, EMITTING, EMITTED. | |
| emma | Formerly, a signaller's name for the letter M > EMMAS. | |
| emmy | A gold plated statuette awarded annually for television > EMMYS. | |
| emos | (Pl.) EMO, a type of music combining traditional rock with emotional lyrics. | |
| empt | (Dial.) to empty > EMPTS, EMPTING, EMPTED. | |
| emus | (Pl.) EMU, a flightless bird. | |
| emyd | A genus of freshwater terrapin > EMYDS. Also EMYDE, EMYS. | |
| emys | A genus of freshwater terrapin > EMYDES. Also EMYD, EMYDE. | |
| ends | (3rd.) END, to finish or close. | |
| enes | (Pl.) ENE, evening. | |
| enew | In falconry, to drive or plunge into water > ENEWS, ENEWING, ENEWED. [OF. en + eau]. | |
| engs | (Pl.) ENG, a phonetic symbol representing the sound ng. | |
| enol | A chemical compound > ENOLS. | |
| enow | (Obs.) enough. | |
| ents | (Coll.) entertainments. | |
| enuf | (Coll.) enough. | |
| envy | To be envious of > ENVIES, ENVYING, ENVIED. | |
| eoan | Of or pertaining to the dawn. | |
| eons | (Pl.) EON, a long time. | |
| eorl | (Obs.) an earl > EORLS. | |
| epee | (Fr.) a sword similar to the foil but with a larger guard and a heavier blade of triangular cross section > EPEES. | |
| epha | (Hebrew) a Hebrew dry measure of about 23 litres > EPHAS. Also EPHAH. | |
| epic | A long narrative poem > EPICS. | |
| epos | (Greek) an epic poem > EPOSES. | |
| eras | (Pl.) ERA, a main division of geological time. | |
| ered | (Pt.) ERE, to plough. | |
| eres | (3rd.) ERE, to plough. | |
| erev | (Hebrew) the day before > EREVS. | |
| ergo | (Lat.) therefore; hence; (noun) an ergometer > ERGOS. | |
| ergs | (Pl.) ERG, a unit of work measuring force of one dyne applied over one centimeter. | |
| erhu | a Chinese two-stringed musical instrument, played with a bow. | |
| eric | (Irish) a blood-fine paid by a murderer in old Irish law > ERICS. Also ERICK, ERIACH. | |
| erks | (Pl.) ERK, an aircraftman. | |
| erne | The sea-eagle > ERNES. | |
| erns | (3rd.) ERN, to earn. | |
| eros | (Greek) the sum of the self-preservative, as opposed to self-destructive, instincts > EROSES. | |
| errs | (3rd.) ERR, to make a mistake. | |
| erst | Before, formerly. Also EARST. | |
| eruv | (Hebrew) an area, circumscribed by a symbolic line, within which certain activities forbidden to Orthodox Jews on the Sabbath are permitted > ERUVS, ERUVIM or ERUVIN. | |
| eses | (Pl.) ES, the letter S. | |
| esky | A portable insulated container for keeping drinks cool > ESKIES. | |
| esne | (OE) a domestic slave in Old English times > ESNES. | |
| espy | To catch sight of > ESPIES, ESPYING, ESPIED. | |
| esse | (Lat.) actual existence, essence > ESSES. [L. esse, to be]. | |
| ests | (Pl.) EST, a programme designed to develop human potential. | |
| etas | (Pl.) ETA, a letter in the Greek alphabet. | |
| etat | (Fr.) the staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel > ETATS. | |
| etch | To engrave with acid > ETCHES, ETCHING, ETCHED. | |
| eten | A giant > ETENS. Also ETTIN. | |
| ethe | (Obs.) easy. Also EATH, EATHE. | |
| eths | (Pl.) ETH, a Hebrew letter. | |
| etic | Relating to a type of linguistic analysis. | |
| etna | A vessel for heating liquids > ETNAS. | |
| etui | (Fr.) a small ornamental case for holding e.g. needles > ETUIS. Also ETWEE. | |
| euge | (Greek) an interjection meaning well done. | |
| eugh | (Spenser) a yew > EUGHS. | |
| euks | (3rd.) EUK, to itch. | |
| euoi | (Greek) a cry expressing Bacchic frenzy. Also EVOHE, EVHOE, EVOE. | |
| euro | 1. (Aborig.) a WALLAROO, any of several large types of kangaroo > EUROS. | |
| even | Level, smooth > EVENER, EVENEST; EVENLY; (verb) to make even > EVENS, EVENING, EVENED. | |
| ever | At all times. | |
| eves | (Pl.) EVE, evening. | |
| evet | A newt > EVETS. Also EFT. | |
| evil | Bad > EVILER or EVILLER, EVILEST or EVILLEST; EVILLY; (noun) something bad > EVILS. | |
| evoe | (Greek) a cry expressing Bacchic frenzy. Also EVOHE, EVHOE, EUOI. | |
| evos | (Pl.) EVO, evening. | |
| ewer | A jug with a wide mouth, esp. a water-jug of the kind formerly used in bedrooms > EWERS. | |
| ewes | (Pl.) EWE, a female sheep. | |
| ewks | (3rd.) EWK, to itch. | |
| ewts | (Pl.) EWT, a newt. | |
| exam | An examination > EXAMS. | |
| exec | (Abbr.) executive > EXECS. | |
| exed | (Pt.) EX, to cross out or delete. | |
| exes | (Pl.) EX, the letter X; someone no longer in a previous relationship. | |
| exit | To go out > EXITS, EXITING, EXITED. | |
| exon | Any segment of a gene which consists of CODONS > EXONS. Cf. INTRON. | |
| expo | An exhibition or public showing > EXPOS. | |
| exul | (Spenser) exile > EXULS. | |
| eyas | A young hawk taken from the nest for training > EYASES. Also NYAS, EYASS. | |
| eyed | (Pt.) EYE, to look at carefully. | |
| eyen | (Obs.) eyes. Also EYNE, EINE. | |
| eyer | One who eyes > EYERS. | |
| eyes | (3rd.) EYE, to look at carefully. | |
| eyne | (Obs.) eyes. Also EYEN, EINE. | |
| eyot | A small island in a river > EYOTS. | |
| eyra | (Guarani) a S. American wild cat, aka JAGUARUNDI, JAGUARONDI > EYRAS. | |
| eyre | A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre > EYRES. | |
| eyry | A bird of prey's nest > EYRIES. Also AERIE, AIERY, AERY, AYRIE, EYRIE. | |
| faan | (Pt.) FAA, to fall. | |
| faas | (3rd.) FAA, to fall. | |
| fabs | (Pl.) FAB, fabrication. | |
| face | To oppose or meet defiantly > FACES, FACING, FACED. | |
| fact | Something known with certainty > FACTS. | |
| fade | To lose color or brightness > FADES, FADING, FADED. | |
| fado | (Port.) a type of Portugese folk-song or dance > FADOS. [Port. fado, fate]. | |
| fads | (Pl.) FAD, a craze. | |
| fady | Wearing away, fading > FADIER, FADIEST. | |
| faff | (Coll.) to mess around > FAFFS, FAFFING, FAFFED. | |
| fags | (3rd.) FAG, to work, or be worked, hard. | |
| fahs | (Pl.) FAH, a musical note. | |
| faik | (Scots) to abate; to excuse > FAIKS, FAIKING, FAIKED. | |
| fail | To be unsuccessful in an attempt > FAILS, FAILING, FAILED. | |
| fain | Happy; inclined; pleased > FAINER, FAINEST; FAINLY; (verb) (Spenser) to feign > FAINS, FAINING, FAINED. Also FAINE, FAYNE | |
| fair | Just; pleasant to look at > FAIRER, FAIREST; FAIRLY; (verb) to make fair > FAIRS, FAIRING, FAIRED. | |
| faix | (Dial.) faith! | |
| fake | To contrive and present as genuine > FAKES, FAKING, FAKED. | |
| fall | To descend under the force of gravity > FALLS, FALLING, FELL, FALLEN. | |
| falx | (Lat.) the sickle-shaped fold of the dura mater on the midline of the brain between the cerebral hemispheres > FALCES. [L. falx, sickle]. | |
| fame | (Verb) to report, make famous > FAMES, FAMING, FAMED. | |
| fand | (Obs.) to try or attempt > FANDS, FANDING, FANDED. | |
| fane | A temple > FANES. | |
| fang | (Shakesp.) to seize in the teeth > FANGS, FANGING, FANGED. Also PHANG. | |
| fank | (Scots) a coil, tangle; an enclosure for sheep > FANKS. | |
| fano | A liturgical cape worn by the Pope when celebrating a solemn pontifical mass > FANOS. Also FANUM, FANON. | |
| fans | (3rd.) FAN, to cool, as with a fan. | |
| fard | To paint, as the face or cheeks > FARDS, FARDING, FARDED. | |
| fare | To get along > FARES, FARING, FARED. | |
| farl | (Scots) the quarter of a round cake of flour or oatmeal > FARLS. Also FARLE, FARTHEL. | |
| farm | To manage and cultivate as a farm (a tract of land devoted to agriculture) > FARMS, FARMING, FARMED. | |
| faro | A card game > FAROS. | |
| fars | (3rd.) FAR, to remove to a distance. | |
| fart | To expel gas through the anus -- usually considered vulgar > FARTS, FARTING, FARTED. | |
| fash | (Scots) to vex, to annoy, to trouble > FASHES, FASHING, FASHED. | |
| fast | Speedy > FASTER, FASTEST; (verb) to go without food > FASTS, FASTING, FASTED. | |
| fate | To destine > FATES, FATING, FATED. | |
| fats | (3rd.) FAT, to make or grow fat. | |
| faun | (In Roman legend) a rural deity represented as a man with a goat's ears, horns, tail, and hind legs > FAUNS. | |
| faur | (Scots) far > FAURER, FAUREST. | |
| faut | (Scots) to fault > FAUTS, FAUTING, FAUTED. | |
| faux | (Fr.) fake, as in faux naif > falsely simple or naive, feigning artlessness. | |
| fava | (Ital.) a broad bean > FAVAS. | |
| fave | (Sl.) favourite > FAVER, FAVEST. | |
| fawn | (Verb) to ingratiate oneself with > FAWNS, FAWNING, FAWNED. | |
| faws | (Pl.) FAW, a gypsy. | |
| fays | (3rd.) FAY, to clean out a ditch. | |
| faze | To worry, perturb > FAZES, FAZING, FAZED. Also FEESE, PHEESE, PHESE, PHEEZE, FEEZE, FEASE, FEAZE. | |
| feal | Faithful; loyal; (verb) to conceal > FEALS, FEALING, FEALED. | |
| fear | To be afraid of > FEARS, FEARING, FEARED. | |
| feat | (Verb) to fashion, make neat > FEATS, FEATED, FEATING; (adj.) neat, deft > FEATER, FEATEST; FEATLY. | |
| feck | (Scots) quantity, number; (verb) to fuck > FECKS, FECKING, FECKED. | |
| feds | (Pl.) FED, short for federal agent. | |
| feeb | (US) a weak ineffectual person, a wimp > FEEBS. | |
| feed | To give food to > FEEDS, FEEDING, FED. | |
| feel | To perceive through the sense of touch > FEELS, FEELING, FELT. | |
| feen | (Irish) an informal word for a man > FEENS. | |
| feer | (Scots) to draw the first furrow in ploughing > FEERS, FEERING, FEERED. | |
| fees | (3rd.) FEE, to pay a fee to. | |
| feet | (3rd.) FOOT, to walk. | |
| fegs | (Scots) a mild oath. | |
| fehm | (Ger.) a mediaeval German court > FEHME. Also VEHM. | |
| fehs | (Pl.) FEH, a Hebrew letter. | |
| feis | (Irish) an ancient Irish assembly for the proclamation of laws etc > FEISEANNA. | |
| fell | (Verb) to cause to fall > FELLS, FELLING, FELLED; (adj.) inhumanly cruel > FELLER, FELLEST. | |
| felt | A soft fabric formed without weaving, filaments pressed together using the natural tendency of the fibres of wool and certain kinds of hair to interlace and cling together; (verb) to cover with felt > FELTS, FELTING, FELTED. | |
| feme | A legal term for a woman, as in feme covert, married woman, feme sole, unmarried woman or widow > FEMES. | |
| fems | (Pl.) FEM, a passive homosexual. | |
| fend | To ward off > FENDS, FENDING, FENDED. | |
| feni | (Hindi) an alcoholic spirit produced in Goa from coconuts or cashew nuts > FENIS. Also FENNY. | |
| fens | (Pl.) FEN, wet land with alkaline, neutral, or only slightly acid peaty soil. | |
| fent | A slit or crack > FENTS. | |
| feod | A fief or land held on condition of service > FEODS. Also FEUD. | |
| fere | Able, sound > FERER, FEREST; (noun) a companion or mate > FERES. Also FEARE, FIERE, PHEERE, PHEER. | |
| ferm | (Spenser) a farm, lodging > FERMS. | |
| fern | A flowerless vascular plant > FERNS. | |
| fess | A band over the middle of an escutcheon; (verb) (Scots) to fetch > FESSES, FESSING, FESSED. | |
| fest | A festival, a special occasion; chiefly in combination, as SONGFEST, GABFEST > FESTS. | |
| feta | (Mod. Gr.) a white sheep or goat cheese popular in Greece > FETAS. Also FETTA. | |
| fete | (Fr.) a festival; a lavish often outdoor entertainment; (verb) to honour with a celebration > FETES, FETING, FETED. | |
| fets | (3rd.) FET, to fetch. | |
| fett | (Obs.) to fetch > FETTS, FETTING, FETTED. Also FET, FESS. | |
| feud | To engage in a feud (a bitter, continuous hostility) > FEUDS, FEUDING, FEUDED. | |
| feus | (Pl.) FEU, a Scottish form of land tenure. | |
| fews | (Pl.) FEW, a small number. | |
| feys | (3rd.) FEY, to clean out. | |
| fiar | (Scots) in law, the owner of a property in fee simple > FIARS. Also FEUAR. | |
| fiat | (Lat.) a formal authorization for a proposed arrangement; (verb) to sanction > FIATS, FIATING, FIATED. | |
| fibs | (3rd.) FIB, to tell a small lie. | |
| fice | A small dog > FICES. Also FYCE, FEIST. | |
| fico | (Ital.) a contemptibly worthless trifle, a fig > FICOS or FICOES. [Ital, denoting an obscene gesture]. Also FIGO. | |
| fido | A coin having a minting error (from freaks + irregulars + defects + oddities) > FIDOS. | |
| fids | (Pl.) FID, a conical pin of hard wood. | |
| fief | An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a FEE; a FEUD > FIEFS. | |
| fier | (Comp.) FIE, fey; (noun) a companion > FIERS. | |
| fife | A high-pitched flute; (verb) to play a fife > FIFES, FIFING, FIFED. | |
| fifi | A kind of hook > FIFIS. | |
| figo | (Ital.) a fig, or gesture of contempt > FIGOS. Also FICO. | |
| figs | (3rd.) FIG, to adorn, dress up. | |
| fike | (Scots) to fidget restlessly > FIKES, FIKING, FIKED. Also FYKE. | |
| fiky | (Scots) fidgety > FIKIER, FIKIEST. Also FIKISH. | |
| fila | (Pl.) FILUM, a threadlike anatomical structure. | |
| file | To arrange in order for future reference > FILES, FILING, FILED. | |
| filk | A type of popular music that parodies folk songs > FILKS. | |
| fill | To put as much as can be held into > FILLS, FILLING, FILLED. | |
| film | To make a motion picture > FILMS, FILMING, FILMED. | |
| filo | (Greek) very thin pastry dough > FILOS. [Gk. phyllon, leaf]. Also FILLO, PHYLLO. | |
| fils | (Pl.) FIL, the shaft of a vehicle. | |
| find | To come upon after a search > FINDS, FINDING, FOUND. | |
| fine | Of excellent quality > FINER, FINEST; FINELY; (verb) to subject to a fine (a monetary penalty) > FINES, FINING, FINED. | |
| fini | (Fr.) finished; ruined. | |
| fink | A strike-breaker; an informer; (verb) to inform on > FINKS, FINKING, FINKED. | |
| fino | (Spanish) a type of light-coloured dry sherry; a glass or drink of such sherry > FINOS. | |
| fins | (3rd.) FIN, to equip with fins. | |
| fiqh> | Islamic jurisprudence, an extension of shariat law > ERHUS. | |
| fire | To project by discharging from a gun > FIRES, FIRING, FIRED. | |
| firk | (Dial.) to drive or rouse; to speed along > FIRKS, FIRKING, FIRKED. | |
| firm | Unyielding to pressure > FIRMER, FIRMEST; FIRMLY; (verb) to make firm > FIRMS, FIRMING, FIRMED. | |
| firn | (Ger.) granular ice formed by the recrystallization of snow > FIRNS. [Ger. firn, of last year]. Aka NEVE. | |
| firs | (Pl.) FIR, the name of several conifers. | |
| fisc | The state treasury; the public revenue > FISCS. Also FISK. | |
| fish | To catch or try to catch fish (cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates) > FISHES, FISHING, FISHED. | |
| fisk | 1. the state treasury; the public revenue. Also FISC. 2. (verb) to frisk, to gad about > FISKS, FISKING, FISKED. | |
| fist | (Verb) to strike or grip with the fist > FISTS, FISTING, FISTED. | |
| fits | (3rd.) FIT, to make suitable. | |
| fitt | A division of a poem > FITTS. Also FIT, FITTE, FYTTE. | |
| five | A number > FIVES. | |
| fixt | (Obs.) (Pt.) FIX, to make firm, fasten. | |
| fizz | To effervesce > FIZZES, FIZZING, FIZZED. Also FIZ. | |
| flab | Excess body fat > FLABS. | |
| flag | (Verb) to grow weary > FLAGS, FLAGGING, FLAGGED. | |
| flak | Anti-aircraft fire; strong criticism; hostile reaction > FLAKS. [An acronym of German Fliegerabwehrkanone (anti-aircraft gun), from Flieger (aircraft, literally flyer) + Abwehr (defense) + Kanone (gun).] | |
| flam | 1. a custard. Also FLAN, FLAUNE, FLAWN, FLAM. | |
| flan | A custard > FLAN or FLANES. Also FLAUNE, FLAWN, FLAM, FLAMM. | |
| flap | To wave up and down > FLAPS, FLAPPING, FLAPPED. | |
| flat | Smooth, level > FLATTER, FLATTEST; FLATLY; (verb) to flatten > FLATS, FLATTING, FLATTED. | |
| flaw | (Verb) to make defective > FLAWS, FLAWING, FLAWED. | |
| flax | The fibres of the plant Linum, which are woven to make linen cloth; the plant itself > FLAXES. | |
| flay | To strip off the skin from > FLAYS, FLAYING, FLAYED. | |
| flea | Any of an order of wingless, very agile, parasitic, bloodsucking insects > FLEAS. | |
| fled | (Pt.) FLEE, to run away. | |
| flee | To run away > FLEES, FLEEING, FLED. | |
| fleg | (Scots) to frighten > FLEGS, FLEGGING, FLEGGED. Also FLEY. | |
| flew | (Noun) the pendulous upper lip of a bloodhound or similar dog > FLEWS. | |
| flex | To bend > FLEXES, FLEXING, FLEXED. | |
| fley | (Scots) to frighten > FLEYS, FLEYING, FLEYED. Also FLEG. | |
| flic | (Fr.) (sl.) policeman > FLICS. | |
| flim | (Dial.) a five-pound note > FLIMS. | |
| flip | Flippant > FLIPPER, FLIPPEST; (verb) to throw with a brisk motion > FLIPS, FLIPPING, FLIPPED. | |
| flir | An electronic heat sensor able to detect and display on a T.V-like screen a distant scene despite darkness, smoke etc used esp in military aircraft (Forward Looking Infrared Radar) > FLIRS. | |
| flit | To move lightly and swiftly > FLITS, FLITTING, FLITTED. | |
| flix | (Noun) fur, beaver-down; (verb) an old form of FLUX > FLIXES, FLIXING, FLIXED. | |
| flob | to spit or gob > FLOBS, FLOBBING, FLOBBING. | |
| floc | To aggregate into FLOCCULES > FLOCS, FLOCCING, FLOCCED. | |
| floe | A large mass of floating ice > FLOES. | |
| flog | To beat with a whip or rod > FLOGS, FLOGGING, FLOGGED. | |
| flop | To fall heavily and noisily > FLOPS, FLOPPING, FLOPPED. | |
| flor | A yeasty growth which is allowed to form on the surface of sherry wines and which gives them a nutty taste > FLORS. | |
| flow | To move steadily and smoothly along > FLOWS, FLOWING, FLOWED. | |
| flox | as in flox silk, the same as floss silk. | |
| flub | To bungle, botch > FLUBS, FLUBBING, FLUBBED. | |
| flue | A shaft, tube, or pipe, esp. as used in a chimney, to carry off smoke, gas, etc > FLUES, FLUED. | |
| flus | (Pl.) FLU, influenza. | |
| flux | (Verb) to flow, to fuse > FLUXES, FLUXING, FLUXED. Also FLIX. | |
| foal | (Verb) to give birth to a foal > FOALS, FOALING, FOALED. | |
| foam | To form foam (a light, bubbly, gas and liquid mass) > FOAMS, FOAMING, FOAMED. | |
| fobs | (3rd.) FOB, to cheat, to trick. | |
| foci | (Pl.) FOCUS, a point at which rays or waves (of light, heat, sound, etc. | |
| foen | (Spenser) pl. of FOE. Also FONE. | |
| foes | (Pl.) FOE, an enemy. | |
| fogs | (3rd.) FOG, to be affected by fog. | |
| fogy | A very conservative person > FOGIES. Also FOGEY, FOGIE. | |
| fohn | (Ger.) a hot dry wind that blows down Alpine valleys > FOHNS. Also FOEHN. | |
| foid | An agreed term for FELDSPATHOID, any mineral of a group related to FELDSPAR > FOIDS. | |
| foil | A light slender flexible sword tipped by a button and usually having a bell-shaped guard; (verb) to frustrate > FOILS, FOILING, FOILED. | |
| foin | To thrust with a sword or spear > FOINS, FOINING, FOINED. Also FOYNE. | |
| fold | To lay one part over another part of > FOLDS, FOLDING, FOLDED. | |
| folk | A people or tribe > FOLKS. | |
| fond | Kindly disposed > FONDER, FONDEST; FONDLY; (verb) to dote > FONDS, FONDING, FONDED. | |
| fone | (Spenser) pl. of FOE. Also FOEN. | |
| fons | (Pl.) FON, a fool. | |
| font | A receptacle for baptismal water > FONTS. | |
| food | A substance taken into the body to maintain life and growth > FOODS. | |
| fool | To deceive > FOOLS, FOOLING, FOOLED. | |
| foos | (Pl.) FOO, a name for a temporary computer variable or file. | |
| foot | The terminal part of the leg on which the body stands and moves > FEET; (verb) to walk > FOOTS, FOOTING, FOOTED. | |
| fops | (3rd.) FOP, to deceive. | |
| fora | (Pl.) FORUM, a marketplace; a place for discussion. | |
| forb | (Greek) any herb that does not resemble grass > FORBS. [Gk. phorbe, fodder, forage]. | |
| ford | (Verb) to cross water by wading > FORDS, FORDING, FORDED. | |
| fore | At an earlier time or period; (noun) the front > FORES. | |
| fork | To work with a fork (a pronged implement) > FORKS, FORKING, FORKED. | |
| form | To produce > FORMS, FORMING, FORMED. | |
| fort | A small fortress; (verb) to fortify > FORTS, FORTING, FORTED. | |
| foss | A ditch or moat > FOSSES. Also FOSSE. | |
| foud | (ON) a bailiff or magistrate in Orkney or Shetland > FOUDS. [ON fogeti]. Cf. FOUDRIE. | |
| foul | Dirty, repulsive > FOULER, FOULEST; FOULLY; (verb) to make dirty > FOULS, FOULING, FOULED. | |
| four | A number > FOURS. | |
| fous | (Pl.) FOU, bushel. | |
| fowl | (Verb) to hunt birds > FOWLS, FOWLING, FOWLED. | |
| foxy | LIke a fox, crafty > FOXIER, FOXIEST; FOXILY. | |
| foys | (Pl.) FOY, loyalty, allegiance. | |
| fozy | (Scots) spongy, lacking firmness > FOZIER, FOZIEST. | |
| frab | (Dial.) to worry > FRABS, FRABBING, FRABBED. | |
| frae | (Scots) from. Also THRAE. | |
| frag | To blow up an unpopular officer with a grenade (short for FRAGMENT) > FRAGS, FRAGGING, FRAGGED. | |
| frap | To draw tight (as with ropes or cables) > FRAPS, FRAPPING, FRAPPED. | |
| fras | (Pl.) FRA, brother. | |
| frat | A college fraternity > FRATS. | |
| frau | (Ger.) woman, housewife > FRAUS. | |
| fray | To wear off by rubbing > FRAYS, FRAYING, FRAYED. | |
| free | Unconfined > FREER, FREEST; FREELY; (verb) to set free > FREES, FREEING, FREED. | |
| fret | To worry > FRETS, FRETTING, FRETTED. | |
| frib | A piece of wool taken from a fleece > FRIBS. | |
| frig | (Sl.) to have sex > FRIGS, FRIGGING, FRIGGED. | |
| fris | (Hungarian) the quick dance movement of a Hungarian CSARDAS. Also FRISKA. | |
| frit | 1. Mixed materials for making glass; (verb) to fuse into a vitreous substance > FRITS, FRITTING, FRITTED. Also FRITT. | |
| friz | To fry with a sizzling noise > FRIZZES, FRIZZING, FRIZZED. Also FRIZZ. | |
| froe | A cleaving tool with its blade at right angles to its handle > FROES. Also FROW. | |
| frog | Any insectivorous anuran amphibian of the family Ranidae; (verb) to hunt frogs > FROGS, FROGGING, FROGGED. | |
| from | Starting at. | |
| fros | (Pl.) FRO, a hairstyle. | |
| frow | (Dutch) a woman, goodwife > FROWS. Also VROW, VROUW, VROU. | |
| frug | A vigorous dance performed to pop music, popularized in the 1960s; (verb) to perform this dance > FRUGS, FRUGGING, FRUGGED. | |
| fubs | (3rd.) FUB, to put off. | |
| fuci | (Pl.) FUCUS, a genus of seaweed. | |
| fuck | To copulate -- usually considered obscene > FUCKS, FUCKING, FUCKED. | |
| fuds | (Pl.) FUD, a rabbit's or hare's tail. | |
| fuel | (Verb) to supply with fuel > FUELS, FUELING or FUELLING, FUELED or FUELLED. | |
| fuff | To spit like a cat > FUFFS, FUFFING, FUFFED. | |
| fugs | (3rd.) FUG, to cause a fug in. | |
| fugu | (Japanese) a toxin-containing fish > FUGUS. | |
| fuji | (Japanese) a silk fabric > FUJIS. | |
| full | Having no spare room > FULLER, FULLEST; FULLY; (verb) to shrink and thicken cloth > FULLS, FULLING, FULLED. | |
| fume | To give off fumes (gaseous exhalations) > FUMES, FUMING, FUMED. | |
| fums | (Pl.) FUM, a fabulous Chinese bird. | |
| fumy | Producing fumes > FUMIER, FUMIEST. | |
| fund | To provide money for > FUNDS, FUNDING, FUNDED. | |
| fung | (Chinese) a fabulous bird > FUNGS. Also FUM. | |
| funk | To be afraid > FUNKS, FUNKING, FUNKED. | |
| funs | (3rd.) FUN, to tease. | |
| furl | To roll up > FURLS, FURLING, FURLED. | |
| furr | (Scots) a furrow > FURRS. | |
| furs | (3rd.) FUR, to cover or coat with fur. | |
| fury | Violent anger > FURIES. | |
| fusc | Of a brownish-gray color; dusky. No comp. Also FUSCOUS. | |
| fuse | To equip with a fuse (a detonating device) > FUSES, FUSING, FUSED. | |
| fusk | to obtain data from (a website) by using a fusker > FUSKS, FUSKING, FUSKED. | |
| fuss | To be overly concerned with small details > FUSSES, FUSSING, FUSSED. | |
| fust | A strong, musty smell; mustiness; (verb) to smell mouldy > FUSTS, FUSTING, FUSTED. | |
| futz | (Yiddish) to spend time aimlessly > FUTZES, FUTZING, FUTZED. | |
| fuze | To fuse > FUZES, FUZING, FUZED. | |
| fuzz | (Verb) to become fuzzy > FUZZES, FUZZING, FUZZED. | |
| fyce | A small dog > FYCES. Also FICE, FEIST. | |
| fyke | (Scots) to fidget restlessly > FYKES, FYKING, FYKED. Also FIKE. | |
| fyle | (Spenser) a file > FYLES. | |
| fyrd | (OE) a local militia in Anglo-Saxon times > FYRDS. | |
| gabs | (3rd.) GAB, to chatter. | |
| gaby | (Dial.) a simpleton > GABIES. | |
| gach | to behave boastfully > GACHES, GACHING, GACHED. | |
| gade | A miner's wedge > GADES. Also GAD, GAID. | |
| gadi | (Marathi) the cushioned throne of an Indian ruler > GADIS. Also GADDI. | |
| gads | (3rd.) GAD, to wander about idly or in pursuit of pleasure. | |
| gaed | (Pt.) GAE, to go. | |
| gaen | (Pt.) GAE, to go. | |
| gaes | (3rd.) GAE, to go. | |
| gaff | A hook for catching large fish; (verb) to catch with such a hook > GAFFS, GAFFING, GAFFED. | |
| gaga | (Fr.) in senile dotage. | |
| gage | (Verb) to bind by pledge or security; to stake, wager > GAGES, GAGING, GAGED. | |
| gags | (3rd.) GAG, to silence. | |
| gaid | A miner's wedge > GAIDS. Also GAD, GADE. | |
| gain | (Adj.) near, straight; convenient > GAINER, GAINEST; GAINLY; (verb) to acquire > GAINS, GAINING, GAINED. | |
| gair | (Scots) a gore (in cloth or land) > GAIRS. | |
| gait | (Verb) to teach (a horse) its gaits > GAITS, GAITING, GAITED. | |
| gajo | (Romany) a non-gypsy > GAJOS. Also GORGIO, GADJO. | |
| gaks | (Pl.) GAK, cocaine. | |
| gala | A celebration > GALAS. | |
| gale | A strong wind > GALES. | |
| gall | An abrasively-induced skin sore; (verb) to make sore by rubbing > GALLS, GALLING, GALLED. | |
| gals | (Pl.) GAL, a girl. | |
| gama | (Spanish) a kind of pasture grass found in the Western United States > GAMAS. | |
| gamb | A beast's whole leg > GAMBS. Also GAMBE. | |
| game | Plucky > GAMER, GAMEST; GAMELY; (verb) to gamble > GAMES, GAMING, GAMED. | |
| gamp | A large, baggy umbrella > GAMPS. | |
| gams | (Pl.) GAM, a school of whales. | |
| gamy | Tasting like game, highly flavoured > GAMIER, GAMIEST; GAMILY. Also GAMEY. | |
| gane | (Pt.) GAE, to go. | |
| gang | (Verb) to associate in a gang > GANGS, GANGING, GANGED. | |
| gans | (3rd.) GAN, to go. | |
| gant | (Scots) to yawn > GANTS, GANTING, GANTED. | |
| gaol | To jail > GAOLS, GAOLING, GAOLED. | |
| gape | To stare with open mouth > GAPES, GAPING, GAPED. | |
| gapo | (Tupi) in Peru, a riverside forest periodically flooded > GAPOS. Also IGAPO. | |
| gaps | (3rd.) GAP, to make a gap in. | |
| gapy | Infested with GAPEWORMS > GAPIER, GAPIEST. | |
| garb | A fashion of dress; (verb) to clothe, array > GARBS, GARBING, GARBED. | |
| gare | (Scots) greedy, miserly. | |
| gari | (Japanese) thinly sliced pickled ginger, often served with sushi > GARIS. | |
| gars | (Pl.) GAR, a garfish. | |
| gart | (Pt.) GAR, to compel. | |
| gash | (Adj.) ghastly > GASHER, GASHEST; GASHLY; (verb) to cut > GASHES, GASHING, GASHED. | |
| gasp | To breathe convulsively > GASPS, GASPING, GASPED. | |
| gast | (Obs.) to frighten > GASTS, GASTING, GASTED. | |
| gate | To supply with a gate (a movable barrier) > GATES, GATING, GATED. | |
| gath | (Sanksrit) the second section of a RAGA > GATHS. Also GAT. | |
| gats | (Pl.) GAT, a gun. | |
| gaud | A trick or practical joke; (verb) to paint e.g. the cheeks > GAUDS, GAUDING, GAUDED. | |
| gaum | (ON) to stare vacantly or handle in a clumsy manner > GAUMS, GAUMING, GAUMED. [ON gaumr heed, attention]. Also GORM. | |
| gaun | (Scots) going. | |
| gaup | To stare and gape > GAUPS, GAUPING, GAUPED. Also GAWP, GAWK, GORP. | |
| gaur | (Hindi) a kind of wild ox, aka SELADANG > GAURS. | |
| gaus | (Pl.) GAU, a German political district. | |
| gaws | (Pl.) GAW, an imperfect rainbow or other supposed sign of coming weather. | |
| gave | (Pt.) GIVE, to transfer freely to another's possession. | |
| gawd | (Coll.) God > GAWDS. | |
| gawk | To stare and gape > GAWKS, GAWKING, GAWKED. Also GAWP, GAUP, GORP. | |
| gawp | To stare and gape > GAWPS, GAWPING, GAWPED. Also GAUP, GORP, GAWK. | |
| gays | (Pl.) GAY, a homosexual. | |
| gaze | To look intently > GAZES, GAZING, GAZED. | |
| gazy | Given to gazing > GAZIER, GAZIEST. | |
| geal | (Dial.) to congeal > GEALS, GEALING, GEALED. | |
| gean | The wild cherry > GEANS. | |
| gear | To provide with gears (toothed machine parts) > GEARS, GEARING, GEARED. | |
| geat | The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting > GEATS. | |
| geck | (Verb) to mock, dupe > GECKS, GECKING, GECKED. | |
| geds | (Pl.) GED, a pike. | |
| geed | (Pt.) GEE, to hurry up. | |
| geek | A weirdo, a nerd > GEEKS. [Originally a carnival barker who attracted visitors to sideshows by biting the heads of live chickens or snakes]. | |
| geep | A creature produced by combining DNA from a sheep and a goat > GEEPS. | |
| gees | (3rd.) GEE, to hurry up. | |
| geez | An interjection expressing consternation. Also JEEZ. | |
| geit | A child > GEITS. Also GET, GYTE, GAITT. | |
| geld | To castrate an animal, esp. a horse > GELDS, GELDING, GELDED. | |
| gels | (3rd.) GEL, to form a gelatinous substance. | |
| gelt | (Sl.) money, profit > GELTS. | |
| gems | (3rd.) GEM, to adorn with gems. | |
| gena | (Lat.) the cheek or side of the head > GENAS. | |
| gene | A hereditary unit > GENES. | |
| gens | (Lat.) an ancient Rome a clan including several families descending from a common ancestor > GENTES. | |
| gent | (Abbr.) gentleman > GENTS. | |
| genu | (Lat.) the knee > GENUA. | |
| geos | (Pl.) GEO, a gully or creek. | |
| gere | (Spenser) gear > GERES. | |
| germ | (Verb) to put forth buds, sprout > GERMS, GERMING, GERMED. | |
| gers | (Pl.) GER, a kind of felt tent, a yurt. | |
| gert | (Dial.) very big. | |
| gest | An exploit; a tale of adventure > GESTS. [L. gestus, pp. of gerere, to wage, to accomplish]. Also GESTE. | |
| geta | (Japanese) a wooden sandal with a thong between the toes > GETAS. | |
| gets | (3rd.) GET, to obtain. | |
| geum | (Lat.) a plant of the Geum genus of the rose family, aka AVENS > GEUMS. | |
| ghat | (Hindi) (in India) a mountain pass; a landing stage; a place for cremation > GHATS. Also GHAUT. | |
| ghee | (Hindi) clarified butter > GHEES. Also GHI. | |
| ghis | (Pl.) GHI, clarified butter. | |
| gibe | To scoff, mock > GIBES, GIBING, GIBED. Also JIBE, | |
| gibs | (Pl.) GIB, a wedge-shaped piece of metal. | |
| gids | (Pl.) GID, a disease of sheep. | |
| gied | (Pt.) GIE, to give. | |
| gien | (Pt.) GIE, to give. | |
| gies | (3rd.) GIE, to give. | |
| gifs | (Pl.) GIF, a type of computer image. | |
| gift | (Verb) to make a gift > GIFTS, GIFTING, GIFTED. | |
| giga | (Ital.) a lively Italian dance > GIGAS or GIGHE. Also GIGUE. | |
| gigs | (3rd.) GIG, to play a gig. | |
| gila | A large lizard native to Arizona, New Mexico, etc > GILAS. | |
| gild | To cover with a thin layer of gold > GILDS, GILDING, GILDED or GILT; also (obs.) GILDEN or GYLDEN. | |
| gill | (Verb) to catch fish by the gills > GILLS, GILLING, GILLED. | |
| gilt | A young sow that has not farrowed > GILTS. | |
| gimp | A yarn with a hard core; (verb) to make or furnish with this > GIMPS, GIMPING, GIMPED. Also GUIMP, GYMP. | |
| ging | (Obs.) a gang or company > GINGS. | |
| gink | (Sl.) a fellow > GINKS. | |
| ginn | (Pl.) DJINNI, one of a class of spirits in Muslim theology. Also DJINN, JINN. | |
| gins | (3rd.) GIN, to trap or snare. | |
| gios | (Pl.) GIO, an inlet. | |
| gips | (Pl.) GIP, a cheat, swindle. | |
| gird | To surround > GIRDS, GIRDING, GIRDED or GIRT. | |
| girl | A female child > GIRLS. | |
| girn | (Dial.) to grin, make faces > GIRNS, GIRNING, GIRNED. Also GURN. | |
| giro | A system of credit transfer between banks, post offices, etc.; spec. a system run by the British Post Office for the banking and transfer of money > GIROS. | |
| girr | (Scots) a hoop, for a barrel or used as a child's plaything > GIRRS. Also GIRD. | |
| girt | (Verb) to gird > GIRTS, GIRTING, GIRTED. | |
| gism | (Coll.) energy, force; semen > GISMS. Also JISM, JISSOM. | |
| gist | The essence, the main point of a matter > GISTS. | |
| gite | (Fr.) in France, a farmhouse offering holiday accommodation > GITES. | |
| gits | (Pl.) GIT, a stupid person. | |
| give | To transfer freely to another's possession > GIVES, GIVING, GAVE, GIVEN; to put gyves on > GIVES, GIVING, GIVED. | |
| gizz | (Scots) a wig > GIZZES. Also JIZ. | |
| gjus | (Pl.) GJU, a fiddle. | |
| glad | Joyful > GLADDER, GLADDEST; GLADLY; (verb) to make glad > GLADS, GLADDING, GLADDED. | |
| glam | Characterised by extravagant glamour > GLAMMER, GLAMMEST; (noun) a greying, leisured, affluent married person; (verb) to glamourise > GLAMS, GLAMMING, GLAMMED. | |
| gled | The common kite > GLEDS. Also GLEDE. | |
| glee | (Scots) to squint > GLEES, GLEEING, GLEED. Also GLEY. | |
| gleg | (Scots) quick, sharp > GLEGGER, GLEGGEST; GLEGLY. | |
| glei | (Russian) a sticky clay soil > GLEIS. Also GLEY. | |
| glen | A narrow valley with a stream, often with trees > GLENS. | |
| gley | (Scots) to squint > GLEYS, GLEYING, GLEYED. Also GLEE. | |
| glia | (Greek) the supporting tissue of the brain and spinal cord > GLIAS. [Gk. glia, glue]. Also NEUROGLIA. | |
| glib | (Verb) to make glib; to castrate > GLIBS, GLIBBING, GLIBBED; (adj.) slippery, smooth > GLIBBER, GLIBBEST; GLIBLY. | |
| glid | (Scots) slippery > GLIDDER, GLIDDEST. Also GLIDDER, GLIDDERY. | |
| glim | A glimpse; a light, a lantern > GLIMS. | |
| glit | Sticky, slimy or greasy material > GLITS. | |
| glob | A roundish drop or dollop of a semi-liquid substance, esp. mucus > GLOBS. | |
| glom | (Sl.) to steal; to take a look > GLOMS, GLOMMING, GLOMMED. | |
| glop | (Verb) to stare in alarm or wonder > GLOPS, GLOPPING, GLOPPED. | |
| glow | To emit light and heat > GLOWS, GLOWING, GLOWED. | |
| glue | To fasten with glue (an adhesive substance) > GLUES, GLUING or GLUEING, GLUED. | |
| glug | To make a gurgling sound > GLUGS, GLUGGING, GLUGGED. | |
| glum | Morose > GLUMMER, GLUMMEST; GLUMLY; noun) a gloomy feeling > GLUMS. | |
| glut | To feed or fill to excess > GLUTS, GLUTTING, GLUTTED. | |
| gnar | To snarl or growl > GNARS, GNARRING, GNARRED. Also GNARR, KNAR, GNARL. | |
| gnat | Any small fly of the family Culicidae, of which the females are commonly bloodsuckers > GNATS. | |
| gnaw | To chew with the teeth > GNAWS, GNAWING, GNAWED or GNAWN. | |
| gnow | In W. Australia, the MALLEE fowl > GNOWS. | |
| gnus | (Pl.) GNU, a kind of antelope. | |
| goad | To drive animals with a goad (a pointed stick) > GOADS, GOADING, GOADED. | |
| goaf | A space in a coal-seam, into which waste is packed > GOAFS. | |
| goal | (Verb) in Rugby, to convert a try into a goal > GOALS, GOALING, GOALED. | |
| goas | (Pl.) GOA, a Tibetan gazelle. | |
| goat | A horned mammal > GOATS. | |
| gobi | (Hindi) a cauliflower. | |
| gobo | A device used to protect a camera lens from light > GOBOS or GOBOES. | |
| gobs | (3rd.) GOB, to spit. | |
| goby | Any fish of the genus Gobius with ventral fins forming a sucker > GOBIES. | |
| gods | (3rd.) GOD, to deify, treat as a god. | |
| goel | The avenger of blood among the Hebrews, the next of kin whose job it was to hunt down a murderer > GOELS. | |
| goer | One that goes > GOERS. | |
| goes | (3rd.) GO, to proceed. | |
| goey | Enterprising, go-ahead > GOIER, GOIEST. | |
| goff | (Arch.) golf; to play golf > GOFFS, GOFFING, GOFFED. | |
| gogo | A discotheque > GOGOS. | |
| goji | the vitamin-rich berry of a solanaceous plant, aka wolfberry > GOJIS. | |
| gold | A metallic element > GOLDS; (adj.) the colour of gold > GOLDER, GOLDEST. | |
| gole | (Milton) a goal > GOLES. | |
| golf | To play golf (a type of ball game) > GOLFS, GOLFING, GOLFED. | |
| golp | A purple ROUNDEL > GOLPS. Also GOLPE. | |
| gone | Departed. | |
| gong | A metal disc, usu rimmed, that sounds when struck or rubbed with a drumstick; (verb) to summon by sounding a gong > GONGS, GONGING, GONGED. | |
| gonk | A stuffed toy > GONKS. | |
| gons | (Pl.) GON, a geometrical grade. | |
| good | Having suitable qualities > BETTER, BEST; (noun) that which is morally or ethically right > GOODS. | |
| goof | (Verb) to make a blunder > GOOFS, GOOFING, GOOFED. | |
| goog | (Aust. sl.) an egg > full as a goog means drunk > GOOGS. | |
| gook | (Offensive) a native of an occupied country > GOOKS. | |
| gool | (Scots) a marigold > GOOLS. Also GOOLD, GULE. | |
| goon | A hired thug > GOONS. | |
| goop | A fool, a fatuous person > GOOPS. | |
| goor | (Hindi) an unrefined cane sugar > GOORS. Also GUR. | |
| goos | (Pl.) GOO, sticky stuff. | |
| gora | (Hinglish) a white or fair-skinned male > GORAS. | |
| gore | To pierce with a horn or tusk > GORES, GORING, GORED. | |
| gori | (Hinglish) a white or fair-skinned female > GORIS. | |
| gorm | (ON) to stare vacantly or handle in a clumsy manner > GORMS, GORMING, GORMED. [ON gaumr heed, attention]. Also GAUM. | |
| gorp | To stare and gape > GORPS, GORPING, GORPED. Also GAUP, GAWP, GAWK. | |
| gory | Like gore, covered with blood > GORIER, GORIEST; GORILY. | |
| gors | (Pl.) GOR, a seagull. | |
| gosh | A mild substitute or euphemism for God. | |
| goss | (Dial.) to spit > GOSSES, GOSSING, GOSSED. | |
| goth | A morbid style of rock music and fashion characterized by black clothes and heavy make-up > GOTHS. | |
| gouk | (Scots) a cuckoo; a fool, an April fool > GOUKS. Also GOWK. | |
| gout | A disease in which defective metabolism of uric acid characteristically causes arthritis, esp. in the smaller bones of the feet > GOUTS. | |
| govs | (Pl.) GOV, governor. | |
| gowd | (Scots) gold > GOWDS; (adj.) golden > GOWDER, GOWDEST. | |
| gowf | (Scots) to strike, cuff; to play golf > GOWFS, GOWFING, GOWFED. | |
| gowk | (Scots) a cuckoo, a fool > GOWKS. Also GOUK. | |
| gowl | (Scots) to cry or howl > GOWLS, GOWLING, GOWLED. | |
| gown | A loose flowing outer garment; (verb) to attire in a gown > GOWNS, GOWNING, GOWNED. | |
| grab | To grasp suddenly > GRABS, GRABBING, GRABBED. | |
| grad | (Coll.) a graduate > GRADS. | |
| gram | A unit of mass in the metric system, formerly that of a cubic centimetre of water at 4°C, now a thousandth part of the International Prototype Kilogram > GRAMS. Also GRAMME. | |
| gran | A grandmother > GRANS. | |
| grat | (Pt.) GREET, to weep. | |
| grav | A unit of acceleration > GRAVS. | |
| gray | Grey > GRAYER, GRAYEST; GRAYLY; (verb) to make grey > GRAYS, GRAYING, GRAYED. | |
| gree | (Verb) to agree > GREES, GREEING, GREED. | |
| gren | (Spenser) to grin > GRENS, GRENNING, GRENNED. | |
| grew | (Noun) a greyhound; (verb) to shudder, to make the flesh creep > GREWS, GREWING, GREWED. Also GRUE. | |
| grex | (Lat.) a group of plants that has arisen from the same hybrid parent > GREXES. | |
| grey | Of a mixture of black and white > GREYER, GREYEST; GREYLY; (verb) to make grey > GREYS, GREYING, GREYED. | |
| grid | A grating, network > GRIDS, GRIDDED. | |
| grig | A cricket, a grasshopper; a sand-eel; (verb) to fish for grigs (in sense of sand-eels) > GRIGS, GRIGGING, GRIGGED. | |
| grim | Forbidding > GRIMMER, GRIMMEST; GRIMLY. | |
| grin | To smile broadly > GRINS, GRINNING, GRINNED. | |
| grip | To take hold of > GRIPS, GRIPPING, GRIPPED, GRIPT or GRYPT. | |
| gris | A flight of steps > GRISES. Also GRECE, GREE, GREES, GRESE, GRICE, GRIECE, GRIZE, GREESE, GREESING, GRESSING, GRECIAN. | |
| grit | (Verb) to spread with grit > GRITS, GRITTING, GRITTED; (adj.) (Scots) great > GRITTER, GRITTEST. | |
| griz | a grizzly bear > GRIZ. | |
| grog | Diluted spirit, usually rum, as an alcoholic drink; (verb) to extract the spirit from the wood of casks by soaking it in hot water > GROGS, GROGGING, GROGGED. | |
| grok | (Coll.) to understand thoroughly and intuitively > GROKS, GROKKING, GROKKED. | |
| grot | A grotto > GROTS. | |
| grow | To cultivate > GROWS, GROWING, GREW, GROWN. | |
| grrl | as in riot grrl, a young woman who plays or enjoys an aggressively feminist style of punk rock music > GRRLS. | |
| grub | (Verb) to dig > GRUBS, GRUBBING, GRUBBED. | |
| grue | Horror; (verb) to shudder, to feel the flesh creep > GRUES, GRUING, GRUED. Also GREW. | |
| grum | Glum, morose > GRUMMER, GRUMMEST; GRUMLY. | |
| guan | (Spanish) a large noisy American arboreal game bird > GUANS. | |
| guar | (Hindi) a legume grown for forage and its seeds which yield guar gum > GUARS. | |
| gubs | (Pl.) GUB, a white man. | |
| guck | Slimy, gooey muck > GUCKS. Also GUNK. | |
| gude | (Scots) good. Also GUID. | |
| gues | (Pl.) GUE, kind of violin formerly used in the Shetlands. | |
| guff | Nonsense, humbug > GUFFS. | |
| guga | (Gaelic) a young gannet, eaten as a delicacy in the Hebrides > GUGAS. | |
| guid | (Scots) good. Also GUDE. | |
| gula | (Lat.) the upper part of the throat > GULAS. [L. gula, throat]. | |
| gule | (Scots) a marigold > GULES. Also GOOL, GOOLD. | |
| gulf | (Verb) to engulf > GULFS, GULFING, GULFED. | |
| gull | (Verb) to dupe, deceive > GULLS, GULLING, GULLED. | |
| gulp | To swallow rapidly > GULPS, GULPING, GULPED. | |
| guls | (Pl.) GUL, an Oriental carpet design. | |
| guly | Of colour GULES (heraldic red). No comp! | |
| gump | (Noun) a complete nitwit; (verb) to catch fish with the bare hands, to GUDDLE > GUMPS, GUMPING, GUMPED. | |
| gums | (3rd.) GUM, to stick with gum. | |
| gung | As in gung ho. | |
| gunk | Any unpleasant, dirty, sticky material (orig. the trademark of a grease solvent) > GUNKS. | |
| guns | (3rd.) GUN, to shoot. | |
| gups | (Pl.) GUP, gossip or prattle. | |
| gurl | (Scots) to growl > GURLS, GURLING, GURLED. | |
| gurn | (Dial.) to grin, make faces > GURNS, GURNING, GURNED. Also GIRN. | |
| gurs | (Pl.) GUR, an unrefined cane sugar. | |
| guru | (Hindi) a Hindu teacher > GURUS. Also GOOROO. | |
| gush | To flow forth forcefully > GUSHES, GUSHING, GUSHED. | |
| gust | A sudden blast of wind; (verb) to blow in gusts > GUSTS, GUSTING, GUSTED. | |
| guts | (Verb) to eat greedily > GUTSES, GUTSING, GUTSED. | |
| guvs | (Pl.) GUV, governor. | |
| guys | (3rd.) GUY, to make fun of, ridicule by innuendo. | |
| gyal | (Hindi) an Indian domesticated ox > GYALS. Also GAYAL. | |
| gyan | (Hindi) knowledge. | |
| gybe | In sailing, to shift from side to side > GYBES, GYBING, GYBED. Also JIBB, JIBE. | |
| gymp | A yarn with a hard core; (verb) to make or furnish with this > GYMPS, GYMPING, GYMPED. Also GIMP, GUIMP. | |
| gyms | (Pl.) GYM, gymnasium. | |
| gyno | (Short for) a gynoecologist > GYNOS. | |
| gyny | (Coll.) gynaecology > GYNIES. Also GYNAE, GYNIE. | |
| gypo | a small-time logging operator > GYPOS. | |
| gyps | (3rd.) GYP, to cheat. | |
| gyre | To move in a circle or spiral > GYRES, GYRING, GYRED. | |
| gyri | (Pl.) GYRUS, a convoluted ridge between two grooves. | |
| gyro | A gyrocompass; a gyroscope > GYROS. | |
| gyte | (Scots) a child, a brat > GYTES. | |
| gyve | A fetter; (verb) to put fetters on > GYVES, GYVING, GYVED. Also GIVE. | |
| haaf | (ON) in Orkney, a deep-sea fishing-ground > HAAFS. [ON haf, sea]. | |
| haar | (ON) a raw sea-mist > HAARS. [ON harr, hoary]. | |
| habu | (Japanese) a kind of poisonous snake > HABUS. | |
| hack | To cut or chop roughly > HACKS, HACKING, HACKED. | |
| hade | The angle between plane of a fault and vertical plane; (verb) to incline from vertical > HADES, HADING, HADED. | |
| hadj | (Arabic) a Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca > HADJES. Also HAJ, HAJJ. | |
| hads | (3rd.) HAD, to hold. | |
| haed | (Pt.) HAE, to have. | |
| haem | The pigment combined with protein in haemoglobin > HAEMS. | |
| haen | (Pt.) HAE, to have. | |
| haes | (3rd.) HAE, to have. | |
| haet | (Scots) a small amount, a whit > HAETS. | |
| haff | (Ger.) a lagoon separated from sea by a long sand-bar > HAFFS. [Ger. Haff, bay]. | |
| haft | (Verb) to set in a haft; to establish firmly > HAFTS, HAFTING, HAFTED. | |
| hagg | (Scots) broken ground in a moss or bog, a place from which peat has been dug > HAGGS. Also HAG. | |
| hags | (3rd.) HAG, to hack, hew. | |
| haha | A sunken fence > HAHAS. | |
| hahs | (Pl.) HAH, an interjection expressing surprise etc. | |
| haik | (Arabic) an oblong cloth worn by Arabs on head or body > HAIKS or HAIKA. Also HAICK, HAIQUE, HYKE. | |
| hail | To welcome > HAILS, HAILING, HAILED. | |
| hain | (Scots) to enclose or protect with a fence or hedge; esp. to preserve (grass) from cattle > HAINS, HAINING, HAINED. [ON hegna, to enclose, protect]. | |
| hair | (Verb) to provide hair for; to free from hair > HAIRS, HAIRING, HAIRED. | |
| haji | (Arabic) a Muslim pilgrim to Mecca > HAJIS. Also HADJI, HAJJI, HADJEE. | |
| hajj | (Arabic) a Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca > HAJJES. Also HAJ, HADJ. | |
| haka | (Maori) a ceremonial war-dance > HAKAS. | |
| hake | A fish of the cod family > HAKES. | |
| haku | (Maori) the kingfish > HAKUS. | |
| hale | (Verb) to haul, pull > HALES, HALING, HALED; (adj.) healthy > HALER, HALEST. | |
| half | One of two equal parts > HALVES or HALFS. | |
| hall | A room serving as an entry area in a house or building > HALLS. | |
| halm | A strawy stem > HALMS. Also HAULM. | |
| halo | A ring of light; (verb) to surround with a halo > HALOS or HALOES, HALOING, HALOED. | |
| halt | To stop > HALTS, HALTING, HALTED. | |
| hame | (Scots) home; (verb) to home > HAMES, HAMING, HAMED. | |
| hams | (3rd.) HAM, to overact. | |
| hand | To present with the hand (the end of the forearm) > HANDS, HANDING, HANDED. | |
| hang | To attach from above only > HANGS, HANGING, HANGED or HUNG. | |
| hank | A series of rings or clips for attaching a jib or staysail to a stay; (verb) to catch, as on a loop > HANKS, HANKING, HANKED. | |
| hant | To haunt > HANTS, HANTING, HANTED. | |
| haos | (Pl.) HAO, a monetary unit of Vietnam. | |
| haps | (3rd.) HAP, to happen, bechance. | |
| hapu | (Maori) a subtribe > HAPUS. | |
| hard | Not soft > HARDER, HARDEST; HARDLY. | |
| hare | (Verb) to run like hare > HARES, HARING, HARED. | |
| hark | To listen > HARKS, HARKING, HARKED. Also HARKEN, HEARKEN. | |
| harl | (Scots) to drag along the ground > HARLS, HARLING, HARLED. | |
| harm | To injure > HARMS, HARMING, HARMED. | |
| harn | A coarse linen fabric > HARNS. 'Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn'. ('Tam o'Shanter'). | |
| haro | In Channel Islands, a cry announcing legal redress > HAROS. Also HARROW. | |
| harp | A musical instrument played by plucking strings stretched from a curved neck to an inclined soundboard; (verb) to play the harp > HARPS, HARPING, HARPED. | |
| hart | The male of the red deer esp. when over five years old > HARTS. | |
| hash | A mixed dish of meat and vegetables in small pieces; (verb) to make a hash > HASHES, HASHING, HASHED. | |
| hask | (Spenser) a fish-basket > HASKS. | |
| hasp | To fasten with a hasp > HASPS, HASPING, HASPED. | |
| hass | an oatmeal pudding made with sheep's gullet > HASSES. | |
| hast | (3rd pers.) HAVE. | |
| hate | To loathe > HATES, HATING, HATED. | |
| hath | (3rd. pers.) HAVE. | |
| hats | (3rd.) HAT, to provide with or cover with a hat. | |
| haud | (Scots) to hold > HAUDS, HAUDING, HUDDEN. Also HAULD. | |
| hauf | (Scots) half > HAUFS. | |
| haul | To pull with force > HAULS, HAULING, HAULED. | |
| haun | (Scots) a hand > HAUNS. | |
| haut | (Fr.) high; elevated; hence, haughty; proud. Also HAUGHT, HAULT. | |
| have | (Noun) a wealthy person > HAVES. | |
| hawk | A bird of prey; a carpenter's tool; (verb) to fly a hawk > HAWKS, HAWKING, HAWKED. | |
| hawm | (Dial.) to lounge about > HAWMS, HAWMING, HAWMED. | |
| haws | (3rd.) HAW, to make the sound haw. | |
| hays | (3rd.) HAY, to make hay. | |
| haze | To subject to a humiliating initiation > HAZES, HAZING, HAZED. | |
| hazy | Like a haze > HAZIER, HAZIEST; HAZILY. | |
| head | To be chief of > HEADS, HEADING, HEADED. | |
| heal | To make sound or whole > HEALS, HEALING, HEALED. | |
| heap | To pile up > HEAPS, HEAPING, HEAPED. | |
| hear | To perceive by the ear > HEARS, HEARING, HEARD. | |
| heat | To make hot > HEATS, HEATING, HEATED or HET. | |
| hebe | (Greek) a member of a genus of shrubby plants > HEBES. [Gk. hebe, youth]. | |
| hech | An exclamation of surprise. | |
| heck | The lower part of a door, an inner door, a grating > HECKS. Also HAIK, HAKE. | |
| heed | To pay attention to > HEEDS, HEEDING, HEEDED. | |
| heel | To supply with a heel (the raised part of a shoe) > HEELS, HEELING, HEELED. | |
| heft | To lift; to feel the weight of > HEFTS, HEFTING, HEFTED. | |
| hehs | (Pl.) HEH, a Hebrew letter. | |
| heid | (Scots) head > HEIDS. | |
| heil | (Ger.) interjection > hail!; (verb) to salute > HEILS, HEILING, HEILED. | |
| heir | (Verb) to inherit > HEIRS, HEIRING, HEIRED. | |
| held | (Pt.) HOLD, to have in one's possession. | |
| hele | (Spenser) to hide, conceal > HELES, HELING, HELED. | |
| hell | (Verb) to hide, conceal > HELLS, HELLING, HELLED. | |
| helm | A helmet; (verb) to steer, manage > HELMS, HELMING, HELMED. | |
| helo | A helicopter > HELOS. | |
| help | To give assistance to > HELPS, HELPING, HELPED or HOLP, HOLPEN. | |
| heme | An iron-bearing component of hemoglobin > HEMES. | |
| hemp | A plant yielding a coarse fibre and an oil > HEMPS. | |
| hems | (3rd.) HEM, to form a hem on. | |
| hend | (Arch.) to seize, grasp > HENDS, HENDING, HENDED. Also HENT. | |
| hens | (3rd.) HEN, to challenge to a daring act. | |
| hent | (Shakesp.) to seize, take > HENTS, HENTING, HENTED. Also HEND. | |
| heps | (Pl.) HEP, a rosehip. | |
| hept | (Spenser) heaped. | |
| herb | A seed-bearing plant whose aerial parts do not persist above ground at the end of the growing season > HERBS, HERBED. | |
| herd | To bring together in a herd (a group of animals) > HERDS, HERDING, HERDED. | |
| here | This place > HERES. | |
| herl | The barb of a father > HERLS. | |
| herm | A head of Hermes on a square stone post > HERMS. Also HERMA. | |
| hern | (Dial.) heron > HERNS. | |
| hero | A brave man > HEROES; a sandwich or HOAGIE > HEROS. | |
| hers | The possessive case of the pronoun SHE. | |
| hery | (Spenser) to praise, regard as holy > HERIES, HERYING, HERIED. Also HERYE, HERRY. | |
| hesp | (Scots) to hasp > HESPS, HESPING, HESPED. | |
| hest | Command; precept; injunction > HESTS. Also HEAST, HEASTE. | |
| hete | (Spenser) to promise, command, name > HETES, HETING, HOTE. Also HIGHT. | |
| heth | (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter > HETHS. Also CHETH, HET, KHET, KHETH. | |
| hets | (Pl.) HET, a Hebrew letter. | |
| hewn | (PaP.) HEW, to cut with blows. | |
| hews | (3rd.) HEW, to cut with blows. | |
| heys | (Pl.) HEY, a winding country dance. | |
| hick | A person from the country, a yokel > HICKS. | |
| hide | To conceal > HIDES, HIDING, HID, HIDDEN; to remove the hide from > HIDES, HIDING, HIDED. | |
| hied | (Pt.) HIE, to hasten. | |
| hies | (3rd.) HIE, to hasten. | |
| high | Elevated > HIGHER, HIGHEST; HIGHLY; (verb) to ascend; to raise higher > HIGHS, HIGHING, HIGHED. | |
| hike | To walk a long distance > HIKES, HIKING, HIKED. | |
| hila | (Pl.) HILUM, a mark where a seed was attached to its stalk. | |
| hild | (Spenser) held. No -S. | |
| hili | (Pl.) HILUS, an indentation in the surface of an organ. | |
| hill | (Verb) to rise into a mound > HILLS, HILLING, HILLED. | |
| hilt | (Verb) to provide with a hilt > HILTS, HILTING, HILTED. | |
| hims | (Pl.) HIM, a male. | |
| hind | The female of the red deer in or after its third year > HINDS. | |
| hing | (Hindi) asafoetida, a fetid gum resin > HINGS. | |
| hins | (Pl.) HIN, a Hebrew liquid measure. | |
| hint | To suggest indirectly > HINTS, HINTING, HINTED. | |
| hioi | (Maori) a plant of the mint family > HIOIS. | |
| hips | (3rd.) HIP, to carry on the hip. | |
| hipt | (Pt.) HIP, to carry on the hip. | |
| hire | To engage the services of for payment > HIRES, HIRING, HIRED. | |
| hish | A by-form of HISS > HISHES, HISHING, HISHED. | |
| hisn | (Dial.) his. | |
| hiss | To make a sibilant sound > HISSES, HISSING, HISSED. | |
| hist | (Arch.) an expression used to attract attention; (verb) to urge or summon with such an interjection > HISTS, HISTING, HISTED. | |
| hits | (3rd.) HIT, to strike. | |
| hive | (Verb) to put into a hive > HIVES, HIVING, HIVED. | |
| hiya | (Coll.) a greeting. | |
| hizz | To hiss > HIZZES, HIZZING, HIZZED. | |
| hmmm | an interjection expressing thoughtful consideration. | |
| hoar | Grey, esp. with age; (verb) to cover with hoar > HOARS, HOARING, HOARED. Also HORE. | |
| hoas | (Pl.) HOA, to say HOA. | |
| hoax | To deceive > HOAXES, HOAXING, HOAXED. | |
| hobo | A tramp; (verb) to travel as a hobo > HOBOS or HOBOES, HOBOING, HOBOED. | |
| hobs | (3rd.) HOB, to furnish with hobnails. | |
| hock | (Noun) a white Rhine wine; (verb) to pawn > HOCKS, HOCKING, HOCKED. | |
| hods | (3rd.) HOD, to bob or jog. | |
| hoed | (Pt.) HOE, to use a hoe. | |
| hoer | One who hoes > HOERS. | |
| hoes | (3rd.) HOE, to use a hoe. | |
| hogg | A yearling sheep > HOGGS. Also HOG, HOGGET. | |
| hogh | (Spenser) = HOE, promontory > HOGHS. | |
| hogs | (3rd.) HOG, to use selfishly. | |
| hoha | (NZ) bored, annoyed. | |
| hohs | (Pl.) HOH, an interjection calling attention, expressing surprise etc. | |
| hoik | To hitch up, to jerk upwards > HOIKS, HOIKING, HOIKED. Also HOICK. | |
| hois | (3rd.) HOI, to urge, incite. | |
| hoka | (Maori) red cod > HOKA. No -S. | |
| hoke | To overact a part in a play > HOKES, HOKING, HOKED. | |
| hoki | A food fish with white flesh > HOKIS. | |
| hold | To have in one's possession > HOLDS, HOLDING, HELD, HILD, HOLDEN. | |
| hole | To make a hole (a cavity in a solid) > HOLES, HOLING, HOLED. | |
| holk | (Scots) to dig, burrow > HOLKS, HOLKING, HOLKED. Also HOWK. | |
| holm | A river island > HOLMS. | |
| holo | (Short for) hologram > HOLOS. | |
| holp | (Obs.) helped. | |
| hols | (Coll.) holidays. N.B. no HOL*. | |
| holt | The lair or den of an animal, esp. an otter > HOLTS. | |
| holy | Perfect in a moral sense > HOLIER, HOLIEST; HOLILY; (noun) a holy object > HOLIES. | |
| homa | (Persian) a sacred plant of the ancient Persians > HOMAS. Also HOM. | |
| home | To return to one's home (place of residence) > HOMES, HOMING, HOMED. | |
| homo | (Lat.) man generically > HOMINES; (sl.) a homosexual > HOMOS. | |
| homs | (Pl.) HOM, a sacred plant of the ancient Persians. | |
| homy | Home-loving > HOMIER, HOMIEST. Also HOMEY. | |
| hond | (Obs.) hand > HONDS. | |
| hone | To sharpen > HONES, HONING, HONED. | |
| hong | (Noun) (Chinese) a Chinese warehouse or foreign mercantile house in China. (Verb) (obs) to hang > HONGS, HONGING but no HONGED*. | |
| honk | To make a sound like a horn, or as of wild geese > HONKS, HONKING, HONKED. | |
| hons | (Pl.) HON, honey. | |
| hood | A flexible covering for the head and back of the neck; (verb) to cover with or as with a hood > HOODS, HOODING, HOODED. | |
| hoof | The hard covering of animal's foot > HOOVES; (verb) to dance > HOOFS, HOOFING, HOOFED. | |
| hook | To catch with a hook (a bent piece of metal) > HOOKS, HOOKING, HOOKED. | |
| hoon | (Aust. slang) a lout, a yob > HOONS. | |
| hoop | To fasten with a hoop (a circular band of metal) > HOOPS, HOOPING, HOOPED. | |
| hoor | a Scots and Irish form of whore; a difficult or unpleasant thing > HOORS. | |
| hoot | To make a sound like an owl > HOOTS, HOOTING, HOOTED. Also HOUT, WHOOT. | |
| hope | To have a desire or expectation > HOPES, HOPING, HOPED. | |
| hops | (3rd.) HOP, to leap on one leg. | |
| hora | (Hebrew) an Israeli dance > HORAS. Also HORAH. | |
| hore | Grey, esp. with age. Also HOAR. | |
| hork | to spit > HORKS, HORKING, HORKED. | |
| horn | To form a horn (a hard, bonelike projection of the head) > HORNS, HORNING, HORNED. | |
| hors | (Fr.) out of the combat; disabled from fighting. | |
| hose | Stockings or socks > HOSEN; (verb) to spray with water > HOSES, HOSING, HOSED. | |
| hoss | (Sl.) horse > HOSSES. | |
| host | To entertain socially > HOSTS, HOSTING, HOSTED. | |
| hote | (Spenser) pt. of HIGHT, to command or call. | |
| hots | (Sl.) sexual desire. | |
| houf | (Scots) a place where one is often found, a haunt; (verb) to go to such a place > HOUFS, HOUFING, HOUFED. 'The corby left her houf in the rock' (James Hogg, 'Kilmeny'). Also HOWFF, HOUFF, HOWF. | |
| hour | Sixty minutes > HOURS. Also HOWRE. | |
| hout | To make a sound like an owl > HOUTS, HOUTING, HOUTED. Also HOOT, WHOOT. | |
| hove | (Spenser) to hover, loiter > HOVES, HOVING, HOVED. | |
| howe | A hill, a burial-mound > HOWES. | |
| howf | (Scots) a place where one is often found, a haunt; (verb) to haunt, frequent > HOWFS, HOWFING, HOWFED. Also HOWFF, HOUF, HOUFF. | |
| howk | (Scots) to dig, burrow > HOWKS, HOWKING, HOWKED. Also HOLK. | |
| howl | To cry like a dog > HOWLS, HOWLING, HOWLED. | |
| hows | (Pl.) HOW, a method of doing something. | |
| hoya | A plant of genus Hoya, the wax-plant > HOYAS. | |
| hoys | (Pl.) HOY, a small fishing vessel. | |
| hubs | (Pl.) HUB, the centre of a wheel > HUBS. | |
| huck | A durable fabric > HUCKS. | |
| hued | Having a HUE. | |
| huer | A lookout man in pilchard fishing > HUERS. | |
| hues | (Pl.) HUE, colour. | |
| huff | To breathe heavily > HUFFS, HUFFING, HUFFED. | |
| huge | Very large > HUGER, HUGEST; HUGELY. | |
| hugs | (3rd.) HUG, to embrace. | |
| hugy | Huge, vast. No comp! | |
| huhu | (Maori) a New Zealand beetle > HUHUS. | |
| huia | (Maori) a New Zealand bird akin to a crow > HUIAS. | |
| huic | An interjection to encourage hounds. | |
| huis | (Pl.) HUI, a Maori gathering. | |
| hula | (Hawaiian) a sinuous Polynesian dance with rhythmic hip movements > HULAS. | |
| hule | (Nahuatl) a Central American rubber tree > HULES. Also ULE. | |
| hulk | (Verb) to appear impressively large > HULKS, HULKING, HULKED. | |
| hull | (Shakesp.) to drift on the sea like a wrecked ship > HULLS, HULLING, HULLED. | |
| huma | (Urdu) a mythical bird similar to the phoenix, supposed to bring luck to any person over whom it hovers on its restless flights > HUMAS. [Pers. & Urdu huma, phoenix.] | |
| humf | (Scots) to carry something heavy or awkward > HUMFS, HUMFING, HUMFED. Also HUMPH. | |
| hump | To arch into a hump (a rounded protuberance) > HUMPS, HUMPING, HUMPED. | |
| hums | (3rd.) HUM, to make a sound like bees. | |
| hung | (Pp.) HANG, to attach from above only. | |
| hunh | An interjection requesting repeating of an utterance. | |
| hunk | A large piece > HUNKS. | |
| huns | (Pl.) HUN, a barbarous and destructive person. | |
| hunt | To pursue for food or sport > HUNTS, HUNTING, HUNTED. | |
| hups | (3rd.) HUP, to shout 'hup'. | |
| hurl | To throw with great force > HURLS, HURLING, HURLED. | |
| hurt | To injure > HURTS, HURTING, HURT. | |
| hush | To quiet > HUSHES, HUSHING, HUSHED. | |
| husk | To remove the husk (the outer covering) from > HUSKS, HUSKING, HUSKED. | |
| huso | (Ger.) the great sturgeon > HUSOS. [OHG huso]. | |
| huss | A kind of dogfish > HUSSES. | |
| huts | (3rd.) HUT, to quarter (troops) in a hut. | |
| hwan | A monetary unit of S. Korea > HWAN. No -S. | |
| hwyl | (Welsh) divine inspiration in oratory > HWYLS. | |
| hyed | (Pt.) HYE, to hie, hurry. | |
| hyen | (Shakesp.) a hyena > HYENS. | |
| hyes | (3rd.) HYE, to hie. | |
| hyke | (Arabic) an oblong cloth worn by Arabs on head or body > HYKES. Also HAIK, HAIQUE, HAICK. | |
| hyla | A kind of tree-frog > HYLAS. [NL, from Gk. hule, wood]. | |
| hyle | (Greek) wood; matter > HYLES. [Gk. hyle]. | |
| hymn | A song of praise, esp to God, but also to a nation, etc.; (verb) to sing a hymn > HYMNS, HYMNING, HYMNED. | |
| hype | Exaggeration, build-up; (verb) to exaggerate > HYPES, HYPING, HYPED. | |
| hypo | (Coll.) to inject with a hypodermic needle > HYPOS, HYPOED, HYPOING. | |
| hyps | (3rd.) HYP, to render melancholy. | |
| hyte | (Scots) insane. Also GYTE. | |
| iamb | A poetic foot consisting of a short then a long syllable > IAMBS. | |
| ibex | A wild mountain-goat > IBEXES or IBICES. | |
| ibis | Any of a group of gregarious wading birds of warm and tropical climates > IBISES. | |
| iced | (Pt.) ICE, to cool with ice. | |
| icer | A person who makes or applies icing > ICERS. | |
| ices | (3rd.) ICE, to cool with ice. | |
| ichs | (3rd.) ICH, to eke, augment. | |
| icks | (Pl.) ICK, something sticky or disgusting. | |
| icky | Repulsive > ICKIER, ICKIEST; ICKILY. | |
| icon | A religious carving of a saint etc > ICONS or ICONES. Also EIKON, IKON. | |
| idea | A conception existing in the mind > IDEAS, IDEAED. | |
| idee | (Fr.) idea > IDEES. | |
| idem | (Lat.) the same; the same as above. | |
| ides | (Lat.) in the ancient Roman calendar, the eighth day after the nones, i.e. the 15th of March, May, July, October, and the 13th of the other months. | |
| idle | Unoccupied > IDLER, IDLEST; IDLY; (verb) to be unoccupied > IDLES, IDLING, IDLED. | |
| idly | (Adv.) IDLE, unoccupied. | |
| idol | An object of worship > IDOLS. | |
| idyl | A short description in verse or prose of a picturesque scene or incident, esp. in rustic life > IDYLS. Also IDYLL. | |
| iffy | (Coll.) dodgy, chancy > IFFIER, IFFIEST. | |
| igad | (Arch.) a mild oath. Also ECOD, EGAD, EGADS. | |
| iggs | (3rd.) IGG, to ignore, snub. | |
| iglu | (Inuit) a snow house > IGLUS. [Inupiaq iglu, house]. Also IGLOO. | |
| ikan | (Malay) fish esp in names of cooked dishes e.g. assam ikan > IKANS. | |
| ikat | (Malay) a technique of dyeing yarn and tying it, thus giving geometric patterns > IKATS. [Malay ikat, to tie, fasten]. | |
| ikon | A religious carving of a saint etc > IKONS. Also ICON, EIKON. | |
| ilea | (Pl.) ILEUM, the anterior or superior bone of the pelvis. | |
| ilex | (Lat.) the holm oak > ILEXES or ILICES. | |
| ilia | (Pl.) ILIUM, the anterior or superior bone of the pelvis. | |
| ilka | (Scots) every. | |
| ilks | (Pl.) ILK, a type or kind. | |
| ills | (Pl.) ILL, harm. | |
| illy | (Adv.) ILL, bad. | |
| imam | (Arabic) the officer who leads the devotions in a mosque > IMAMS. Also IMAUM. | |
| imid | A class of organic compounds formed from ammonia > IMIDS. Also IMIDE. | |
| immy | A type of playing marble > IMMIES. | |
| impi | (Zulu) a regiment of Zulu warriors > IMPIS or IMPIES. | |
| imps | (3rd.) IMP, to graft, to splice a falcon's broken feathers. | |
| inby | (Scots) towards the interior, by the house. Also INBYE. | |
| inch | The twelfth part of a foot, equal to 2.54cm; (verb) to move by slow degrees > INCHES, INCHING, INCHED. | |
| info | (Abbr.) information > INFOS. | |
| ingo | (Scots) entry into or taking on a new tenancy > INGOES. | |
| ings | (Pl.) ING, a meadow, esp one beside a river. | |
| inia | (Pl.) INION, the external occipital protuberance. | |
| inks | (3rd.) INK, to colour with ink. | |
| inky | Like ink > INKIER, INKIEST. | |
| inly | Inwardly; thoroughly. | |
| inns | (3rd.) INN, to put up at an inn. | |
| inro | (Japanese) a small container for pills and medicines > INRO. No -S. | |
| inti | (Quechua) the standard monetary unit of Peru, equal to 100 céntimos > INTIS. [Sp. f. Quechua ynti sun, the Inca sun god]. | |
| into | To the inside of. | |
| ions | (Pl.) ION, an atom that has an electrical charge, by virtue of having gained or lost electrons. | |
| iota | (Greek) a Greek letter > IOTAS. | |
| ired | (Pt.) IRE, to anger. | |
| ires | (3rd.) IRE, to anger. | |
| irid | Any plant of the IRIS family > IRIDS. | |
| iris | (Noun) part of the eye > IRISES or IRIDES. (Verb) to give the form of a rainbow to > IRISES, IRISING, IRISED. | |
| irks | (3rd.) IRK, to annoy or weary. | |
| iron | To furnish with iron (a metallic element) > IRONS, IRONING, IRONED. | |
| isba | (Russian) a Russian log hut > ISBAS. | |
| isit | (S. Afr.) an expression used in response to a statement, sometimes to seek confirmation but often merely to show that one is listening. | |
| isle | (Verb) to make an isle of > ISLES, ISLING, ISLED. | |
| isms | (Pl.) ISM, any distinctive theory or fad. | |
| isna | (Scots) is not. Also ISNAE. | |
| isos | (Pl.) ISO, an isolated replay, a TV and film facility. | |
| itas | (Pl.) ITA, the miriti palm. | |
| itch | To have an uneasy or tingling skin sensation > ITCHES, ITCHING, ITCHED. | |
| item | (Verb) to enumerate, to make a note of > ITEMS, ITEMING, ITEMED. | |
| iure | (Lat.) by right or law. Also JURE. | |
| iwis | (Arch.) certainly. [From I wis, i.e. I know]. Also YWIS. | |
| ixia | A S. African shrub > IXIAS. [Gk. ixos, mistletoe]. | |
| izar | (Arabic) a long cotton outer garment (usually white) worn by Muslim women > IZARS. | |
| jaap | (S. Afr.) a simpleton or country bumpkin > JAAPS. | |
| jabs | (3rd.) JAB, to poke or stab. | |
| jack | Medieval leather coat worn as armour; (verb) to raise with a type of lever > JACKS, JACKING, JACKED. | |
| jade | (Noun) a precious stone > JADES. [Spaniards who first met this stone in the 16th century believed that it had the power to cure kidney problems, so called it piedra de ijada, kidney-stone]. (Verb) to tire > JADES, JADING, JADED. | |
| jafa | (NZ) an offensive name for a person from Auckland [NZ slang from Just Another F***ing Aucklander] > JAFAS. | |
| jaga | (Malay) to guard, watch > JAGAS, JAGAING, JAGAED. | |
| jagg | To cut unevenly > JAGGS, JAGGING, JAGGED. Also JAG. | |
| jags | (3rd.) JAG, to cut unevenly. | |
| jail | To put in jail (a place of confinement) > JAILS, JAILING, JAILED. | |
| jake | (US) a country lout, a yokel > JAKES; (Aust) honest, fine. | |
| jaks | (Pl.) JAK, an East Indian tree. | |
| jamb | (Verb) to jam > JAMBS, JAMBING, JAMBED; (noun) a piece of leg armour, a greave. Also JAMBE. | |
| jams | (3rd.) JAM, to block up. | |
| jane | A small silver Genoese coin > JANES. | |
| jann | (Arabic) the least powerful order of JINN > JANNS. | |
| jape | To play a joke > JAPES, JAPING, JAPED. | |
| japs | (3rd.) JAP, to splash or spatter. | |
| jark | A seal on a document; a pass, safe-conduct > JARKS. | |
| jarl | (ON) a chief; an earl; in English history, one of the leaders in the Danish and Norse invasions > JARLS. | |
| jarp | (Dial.) to strike, smash esp the shell of an egg at Easter > JARPS, JARPING, JARPED. | |
| jars | (3rd.) JAR, to put in jars. | |
| jasp | (Spenser) = JASPER, a precious stone > JASPS. Also JASPIS. | |
| jass | (Obs.) jazz > JASSES. | |
| jasy | A wig, orig. of worsted > JASIES. Also JASEY, JAZY. | |
| jato | A jet-assisted take-off > JATOS. | |
| jauk | To dawdle > JAUKS, JAUKING, JAUKED. | |
| jaup | (Scots) to splash or spatter > JAUPS, JAUPING, JAUPED. Also JAP. | |
| java | A type of coffee > JAVAS. | |
| jaws | (3rd.) JAW, to chatter at length. | |
| jaxy | The posterior, the anus > JAXIES. Also JAXIE, JACKSIE, JACKSY. | |
| jays | (Pl.) JAY, a bird of the crow family. | |
| jazy | A wig, orig. of worsted > JAZIES. Also JASY, JASEY. | |
| jazz | Any of various styles of music with a strong rhythm, syncopation, improvisation, etc, originating in black American folk music; (verb) to play jazz music, to enliven > JAZZES, JAZZING, JAZZED. | |
| jean | A twilled cotton cloth > JEANS, JEANED. | |
| jeat | (Obs.) jet, the mineral > JEATS. | |
| jedi | A person who claims to live according to a philosophy based on that of the fictional Jedi in Star Wars > JEDIS. | |
| jeed | (Pt.) JEE, to stir or budge. | |
| jeel | (Scots) to congeal, set > JEELS, JEELING, JEELED. | |
| jeep | (Verb) to travel by jeep > JEEPS, JEEPING, JEEPED. | |
| jeer | To mock > JEERS, JEERING, JEERED. | |
| jees | (3rd.) JEE, to budge or stir. | |
| jeez | An interjection expressing consternation. Also GEEZ. | |
| jefe | (Spanish) a chief > JEFES. | |
| jeff | To gamble with printer's quadrats > JEFFS, JEFFING, JEFFED. | |
| jehu | A coachman, especially one who drives at a rattling pace > JEHUS. "The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously." - 2 Kings ix. 20. | |
| jell | To set like jelly > JELLS, JELLING, JELLED. | |
| jeon | (Korean) a monetary unit of S. Korea > JEON > no -S! Also CHON. | |
| jerk | To move with a sharp, sudden motion > JERKS, JERKING, JERKED. | |
| jess | (Shakesp.) a strap of leather attached to the talons of a hawk, by which it is held on the fist; (verb) to fasten such straps > JESSES, JESSING, JESSED. Also JESSE. | |
| jest | To joke > JESTS, JESTING, JESTED. | |
| jete | A movement in dancing > JETES. | |
| jets | (3rd.) JET, to travel by jet. | |
| jeux | (Pl.) JEU, game. | |
| jiao | (Chinese) a Chinese monetary unit, one tenth of a YUAN > JIAOS. Also CHIAO. | |
| jibb | In sailing, to shift from side to side > JIBBS, JIBBING, JIBBED. Also GYBE, JIBE. | |
| jibe | In sailing, to shift from side to side > JIBES, JIBING, JIBED. Also GYBE, JIBB. | |
| jibs | (Pl.) JIB, a small triangular sail extending from the head of the foremast. | |
| jiff | (Coll.) an instant > JIFFS. Also JIFFY. | |
| jigs | (3rd.) JIG, to dance a jig. | |
| jill | A female hare > JILLS. | |
| jilt | To reject a lover > JILTS, JILTING, JILTED. | |
| jimp | (Scots) slender > JIMPER, JIMPEST; JIMPLY. Also JIMPY. | |
| jink | To move suddenly, from side to side > JINKS, JINKING, JINKED. | |
| jinn | (Pl.) DJINNI, one of a class of spirits in Muslim theology. Also DJINN, GINN. | |
| jins | (Pl.) JIN, a supernatural being in Muslim mythology. | |
| jinx | A person or thing that brings bad luck; an unlucky influence; (verb) to bring bad luck to, or put an unlucky spell on > JINXES, JINXING, JINXED. | |
| jird | (Berber) a kind of N. African GERBIL > JIRDS. | |
| jism | (Coll.) energy, force; semen > JISMS. Also JISSOM, GISM. | |
| jive | To dance to jazz or swing music > JIVES, JIVING, JIVED. | |
| jivy | Jazzy, lively > JIVIER, JIVIEST. Also JIVEY. | |
| jizz | The characteristic movement of a bird > JIZZES. | |
| jobe | To reprimand tediously > JOBES, JOBING, JOBED. | |
| jobs | (3rd.) JOB, to work at jobs. | |
| jock | (US slang) keen sportsman > JOCKS. | |
| joco | (Scots) cheerfully complacent. | |
| joes | (Pl.) JOE, sweetheart. | |
| joey | An old threepenny bit > JOEYS. | |
| jogs | (3rd.) JOG, to run at a slow, steady pace. | |
| john | (Sl.) a toilet > JOHNS. | |
| join | To unite > JOINS, JOINING, JOINED. | |
| joke | To say something amusing > JOKES, JOKING, JOKED. | |
| joky | Full of jokes > JOKIER, JOKIEST; JOKILY. Also JOKEY. | |
| jole | (Dial.) to bump, knock > JOLES, JOLING, JOLED. Also JOWL, JOLL, JOULE. | |
| joll | (Dial.) to bump, knock > JOLLS, JOLLING, JOLLED. Also JOWL, JOLE, JOULE. | |
| jols | (3rd.) JOL, to have a good time. | |
| jolt | To jar or shake roughly > JOLTS, JOLTING, JOLTED. | |
| jomo | (Tibetan) the female of the ZO > JOMOS. Also DSOMO, ZHOMO. | |
| jong | (Afrikaans) a friend, often used in direct address > JONGS. | |
| jook | (Scots) to duck or dodge > JOOKS, JOOKING, JOOKED. Also JOUK. | |
| jors | (Pl.) JOR, the second movement of a RAGA. | |
| josh | To tease > JOSHES, JOSHING, JOSHED. | |
| joss | (Chinese) a Chinese figure of a god, an idol > JOSSES. | |
| jota | (Spanish) a Spanish dance in triple time > JOTAS. | |
| jots | (3rd.) JOT, to note down. | |
| jouk | (Scots) to duck or dodge > JOUKS, JOUKING, JOUKED. Also JOOK. | |
| jour | (Fr.) a day, as in jour de feste > JOURS. | |
| jowl | (Dial.) to bump, knock > JOWLS, JOWLING, JOWLED. Also JOLL, JOLE, JOULE. | |
| jows | (3rd.) JOW, to ring, toll. | |
| joys | (3rd.) JOY, to rejoice, to be glad. | |
| juba | A Negro rustic dance > JUBAS. | |
| jube | (Lat.) a rood-loft, or screen and gallery > JUBES. [L. imperative of jubere, to command]. | |
| juco | (US) junior college; an athlete at a junior college > JUCOS. | |
| judo | (Japanese) a Japanese form of unarmed combat > JUDOS. | |
| juds | (Pl.) JUD, a mass of coal. | |
| judy | (Sl.) a girl, a girl-friend > JUDIES. | |
| juga | (Pl.) JUGUM, a pair of leaflets in a pinnate leaf. | |
| jugs | (3rd.) JUG, to put in a jug. | |
| juju | A fetish, a supernatural power > JUJUS. | |
| juke | To dance > JUKES, JUKING, JUKED. | |
| juku | (Japanese) a Japanese school that prepares students for entrance exams e.g. to university > JUKUS. | |
| jump | To spring off the ground > JUMPS, JUMPING, JUMPED. | |
| junk | To discard as trash > JUNKS, JUNKING, JUNKED. | |
| jupe | A woman's jacket > JUPES. | |
| jura | (Pl.) JUS, a legal right. | |
| jure | (Lat.) by right or law. Also IURE. | |
| jury | (Verb) to select material for an exhibition > JURIES, JURYING, JURIED. | |
| just | Fair, equitable > JUSTER, JUSTEST; JUSTLY; (verb) to tilt with lances > JUSTS, JUSTING, JUSTED. Also JOUST, GIUST. | |
| jute | A fibre obtained from the phloem of two plants of the linden family, used for making ropes > JUTES. | |
| juts | (3rd.) JUT, to project. | |
| juve | (Abbr.) juvenile > JUVES. | |
| jynx | (Lat.) the wryneck > JYNXES. [L. iynx, from Gk. iynx or iynx]. Also YUNX. | |
| kaal | (S. Afr.) naked. | |
| kaas | A large cupboard > KAAS. | |
| kabs | (Pl.) KAB, an ancient Hebrew unit of measure. | |
| kack | rubbish, faeces > KACKS. | |
| kade | A wingless fly that infests sheep > KADES. Also KED. | |
| kadi | (Arabic) a civil judge in a Muslim country > KADIS. [Arabic qadi, a judge]. Also CADI, QADI. | |
| kaed | (Pt.) KAE, to serve. | |
| kaes | (3rd.) KAE, to serve. | |
| kafs | (Pl.) KAF, a Hebrew letter. | |
| kago | (Japanese) a basketwork PALANQUIN > KAGOS. | |
| kagu | A flightless bird > KAGUS. [Native name in New Caledonia]. | |
| kaid | (Arabic) a North African chief > KAIDS. Also CAID, QAID. | |
| kaie | (Obs.) key > KAIES. | |
| kaif | (Arabic) a state of dreamy intoxication induced by e.g. cannabis > KAIFS. [Arabic kaif, pleasure]. Also KIF, KIEF, KEF, KEEF. | |
| kaik | (NZ) the South Island dialect word for KAINGA, a Maori village > KAIKS. Also KAIKA. | |
| kail | A ninepin > KAILS. Also KAYLE. | |
| kaim | (Scots) a comb; a ridge or mound of sand and gravel deposited on or near a glacier > KAIMS. Also KAME. | |
| kain | (Gaelic) a tenanted farm rent paid in kind > KAINS. Also CAIN, KANE. | |
| kais | (Pl.) KAI, a meal. | |
| kaka | (Maori) a brownish-green New Zealand parrot > KAKAS. | |
| kaki | (Japanese) a fruit like a persimmon > KAKIS. | |
| kaks | (Pl.) KAK, faeces, rubbish. | |
| kale | A hardy cabbage-like vegetable > KALES. | |
| kali | (Arabic) the prickly saltwort or glasswort > KALIS. | |
| kama | (Sanskrit) earthly desire > KAMAS. | |
| kame | (Scots) a comb; a ridge or mound of sand and gravel deposited on or near a glacier > KAMES. Also KAIM. | |
| kami | (Japanese) a Japanese divine being > KAMIS. | |
| kana | (Japanese) Japanese syllabic writing > KANAS. | |
| kane | (Gaelic) a tenanted farm rent paid in kind > KANES. Also CAIN, KAIN. | |
| kang | (Chinese) a sleeping platform > KANGS. | |
| kans | (Hindi) an Indian grass related to sugar-cane > KANSES. | |
| kant | An inclination from the horizontal or vertical plane; (verb) to so incline > KANTS, KANTING, KANTED. Also CANT. | |
| kaon | An elementary particle of the meson family > KAONS. | |
| kapa | (Polynesian) a kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry > KAPAS. Also TAPA, TAPPA. | |
| kaph | (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter > KAPHS. Also CAPH, KHAPH, KHAF, KAF. | |
| kapu | (Hawaiian) a Hawaiian set of rules for daily life > KAPUS. | |
| kara | (Punjabi) a steel bangle, worn by Sikhs > KARAS. | |
| kark | (Aus. sl.) to break down, die > KARKS, KARKING, KARKED. | |
| karn | A mound of stone set up as a memorial > KARNS. Also CAIRN, CARN. | |
| karo | (Maori) a small New Zealand shrub or tree > KARO. No -S. | |
| kart | As in go-kart > KARTS, KARTING but no KARTED*. | |
| kata | (Japanese) a sequence of movements in the martial arts > KATAS. | |
| kati | (Malay) a unit of measure used in S.E. Asia > KATIS. Also CATTIE, KATTI. | |
| kats | (Pl.) KAT, a shrub of the spindle tree family. | |
| kava | (Tongan) a narcotic drink prepared from Polynesian plant > KAVAS. Also AVA, KAVAKAVA. | |
| kawa | (Maori) protocol or etiquette (in a Maori tribal meeting place) > KAWAS. | |
| kaws | (3rd.) KAW, to caw. | |
| kayo | A knockout; (verb) to knock out > KAYOS or KAYOES, KAYOING, KAYOED. | |
| kays | (Pl.) KAY, the letter K. | |
| kazi | (Sl.) lavatory > KAZIS. Also CARSEY, KARZY, KARSY, KARSEY, KHAZI. | |
| kbar | A kilobar > KBARS. | |
| keas | (Pl.) KEA, a large New Zealand parrot. | |
| kebs | (3rd.) KEB, to cast a lamb prematurely. | |
| keck | To heave or retch, as in an effort to vomit > KECKS, KECKING, KECKED. | |
| keds | (Pl.) KED, a wingless fly that infests sheep. | |
| keef | (Arabic) a state of dreamy intoxication induced by e.g. cannabis > KEEFS. [Arabic kaif, pleasure]. Also KIF, KIEF, KAIF, KEF. | |
| keek | To glance; to peep > KEEKS, KEEKING, KEEKED. | |
| keel | The part of a ship along the bottom from stem to stern; (verb) to turn keel upward > KEELS, KEELING, KEELED. | |
| keen | Sharp > KEENER, KEENEST; KEENLY; (verb) to lament esp. over a corpse > KEENS, KEENING, KEENED. | |
| keep | To tend, look after > KEEPS, KEEPING, KEPT. | |
| keet | A young guinea-fowl > KEETS. | |
| kefs | (Pl.) KEF, a state of dreamy tranquility. | |
| kegs | (Pl.) KEG, a barrel. | |
| keir | A bleaching-vat > KEIRS. Also KIER. | |
| keks | (Coll.) trousers. N.B. no KEK*. | |
| kell | (Scots) a woman's headdress, a veil > KELLS. | |
| kelp | A type of seaweed; (verb) to burn this > KELPS, KELPING, KELPED. Also KILP (but as noun only). | |
| kelt | (Scots) a salmon that has just spawned > KELTS. | |
| kemb | To com > KEMBS, KEMBING, KEMBED, KEMPT. | |
| kemp | Coarse hair > KEMPY; (verb) to strive for mastery > KEMPS, KEMPING, KEMPED. | |
| keno | A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with numbered balls or knobs > KENOS. [Fr. quine, winning number]. Also KEENO, QUINO. | |
| kens | (3rd.) KEN, to know. | |
| kent | (Scots) a leaping or punting pole; (verb) to punt or pole > KENTS, KENTING, KENTED. | |
| kepi | (Fr.) a legionnaire's cap > KEPIS. | |
| keps | (3rd.) KEP, to catch. | |
| kept | (PaP.) KEEP, to tend, look after. | |
| kerb | (Verb) to provide with curbing > KERBS, KERBING, KERBED. | |
| kerf | A cut, notch or groove; (verb) to make an incision with a cutting tool > KERFS, KERFING, KERFED. Also CURF. | |
| kern | An Irish foot-soldier; (verb) to granulate > KERNS, KERNING, KERNED. | |
| kero | (Aust. sl.) kerosene > KEROS. | |
| kesh | (Punjabi) the uncut hair and beard traditionally worn by Sikhs > KESHES. | |
| kest | (Obs.) to cast > KESTS, KESTING, KEST. | |
| keta | (Russian) a Pacific salmon, the dog-salmon > KETAS. | |
| kete | (Maori) a basket woven from flax > KETE. No -S. | |
| keto | Pertaining to KETONE, a chemical compound of carbon, obtained by distilling salts of organic acids. No -S. | |
| kets | (Pl.) KET, carrion. | |
| kewl | (Coll.) cool > KEWLER, KEWLEST. | |
| keys | (3rd.) KEY, to enter (data) into a computer. | |
| khaf | (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter > KHAFS. Also CAPH, KAPH, KHAPH, KAF. | |
| khan | (Turkish) a prince or chief; a governor > KHANS. Also CHAM. | |
| khat | (Arabic) a shrub of E Africa, Arabia, etc, or specif its leaves, chewed or taken as tea for their stimulant effect > KHATS. Also KAT, QAT. | |
| khet | (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter > KHETS. Also HETH, HET, CHETH, KHETH. | |
| khis | (Pl.) KHI, a Greek letter. | |
| khor | (Arabic) a dry watercourse; a ravine > KHORS. [Arabic khurr, khorr]. | |
| khud | (Hindi) in India, a pit, hollow, ravine > KHUDS. | |
| kibe | A chapped place on skin; an ulcerated chilblain > KIBES. | |
| kick | To strike out with the foot or feet > KICKS, KICKING, KICKED. | |
| kids | (3rd.) KID, to hoax or deceive. | |
| kief | (Arabic) a state of dreamy intoxication induced by e.g. cannabis > KIEFS. [Arabic kaif, pleasure]. Also KIF, KEF, KAIF, KEEF. | |
| kier | A bleaching-vat > KIERS. Also KEIR. | |
| kiev | a dish made of thin fillets of meat, esp chicken (chicken kiev), filled with butter, etc, coated with breadcrumbs, and fried > KIEVS. | |
| kiff | (S. Afr.) excellent. No comp! | |
| kifs | (Pl.) KIF, a state of dreamy intoxication induced by e.g. cannabis. | |
| kild | (Spenser) killed. | |
| kill | To deprive of life > KILLS, KILLING, KILLED or KILD. | |
| kiln | (Verb) to dry, fire in a kiln > KILNS, KILNING, KILNED. | |
| kilo | A KILOGRAM > KILOS. | |
| kilp | A type of seaweed > KILPS. Also KELP. | |
| kilt | A skirt-like garment; (verb) to tuck up like a kilt > KILTS, KILTING, KILTED. | |
| kina | A tree yielding cinchona, from which quinine is made > KINAS. Also KINAKINA, QUINA, QUINQUINA, QUINAQUINA, CHINACHINA. | |
| kind | Disposed to do good to others > KINDER, KINDEST; KINDLY; (verb) to beget > KINDS, KINDING, KINDED. | |
| kine | A type of television tube > KINES. | |
| king | (Verb) to make king; to provide with a king > KINGS, KINGING, KINGED. | |
| kink | To form a tight curl or bend in > KINKS, KINKING, KINKED. | |
| kino | A red gum containing tannin, obtained from several tropical trees > KINOS. | |
| kins | (Pl.) KIN, one's relations. | |
| kipe | An osier basket for catching pike > KIPES. | |
| kipp | (Scots) anything beaked; a pointed hill > KIPPS. | |
| kips | (Pl.) KIP, a Laotian monetary unit. | |
| kirk | (Scots) church; (verb) to bring to church > KIRKS, KIRKING, KIRKED. | |
| kirn | To churn > KIRNS, KIRNING, KIRNED. | |
| kirs | (Pl.) KIR, a wine and blackcurrant drink. | |
| kish | A solid graphite floating on a molten bath of pig-iron > KISHES. | |
| kiss | To touch with the lips as a sign of affection > KISSES, KISSING, KISSED. | |
| kist | (Scots) a chest; (verb) to coffin > KISTS, KISTING, KISTED. | |
| kite | A long-tailed bird of prey of the hawk family; (verb) to fly like a kite > KITES, KITING, KITED. | |
| kith | One's friends, neighbours, relatives > people of one's own kind > KITHS. | |
| kits | (Pl.) KIT, a small pocket violin. | |
| kiva | (Am. Ind.) an underground chamber used in religious rites by Pueblo Indians > KIVAS. [Hopi]. | |
| kiwi | (Maori) a New Zealand bird, the APTERYX > KIWIS. | |
| klap | (S. Afr.) to slap or smack > KLAPS, KLAPPING, KLAPPED. | |
| klik | (Coll.) a kilometre > KLIKS. Also KLICK. | |
| knag | A short projection from the trunk or branch of a tree > KNAGS. | |
| knap | (Shakesp.) to snap, crack > KNAPS, KNAPPING, KNAPPED. | |
| knar | To snarl or growl > KNARS, KNARRING, KNARRED. Also GNAR, GNARR, GNARL. | |
| knee | To strike with the knee (a joint of the leg) > KNEES, KNEEING, KNEED. | |
| knew | (Pt.) KNOW, to have a true understanding of. | |
| knit | To make a fabric or garment by joining loops of yarn > KNITS, KNITTING, KNITTED. | |
| knob | A rounded protuberance; (verb) to supply with knobs > KNOBS, KNOBBING, KNOBBED. | |
| knop | A loop or tuft in yarn > KNOPS. | |
| knot | To tie in a knot (a closed loop) > KNOTS, KNOTTING, KNOTTED. | |
| know | To have a true understanding of > KNOWS, KNOWING, KNEW, KNOWN. | |
| knub | A knob, a small lump > KNUBS. | |
| knur | A knot on a tree > KNURS. Also KNAUR, KNURR, NUR, NURR. | |
| knut | A swell, a dandy > KNUTS. | |
| koan | (Japanese) a nonsensical question given to Buddhist students for contemplation > KOANS. | |
| koap | (Papua New Guinean slang) sexual intercourse > KOAPS. | |
| koas | (Pl.) KOA, a Hawaian acacia. | |
| kobo | A monetary unit of Nigeria > KOBOS. [Nigerian version of English copper]. | |
| kobs | (Pl.) KOB, an African waterbuck. | |
| koel | (Hindi) an Asian or Australian bird of the cuckoo family > KOELS. [Hindi koël, koïl from Skt. kokila]. | |
| koff | (Dutch) a small Dutch sailing vessel > KOFFS. | |
| koha | (Maori) a gift or donation esp. of cash > KOHAS. | |
| kohl | (Arabic) a black cosmetic powder > KOHLS. | |
| kois | (Pl.) KOI, a Japanese carp. | |
| koji | (Japanese) a fungus used to initiate fermentation in making soy sauce > KOJIS. | |
| koka | the lowest score awarded for a throw or hold in judo, worth three points > KOKAS. | |
| kola | (Temne) a genus of W. African trees producing nuts used in drugs and for flavouring soft drinks > KOLAS. Also COLA. | |
| kolo | (Serbo-Croat) a Serbian folk-dance > KOLOS. [Serbo-Croat kolo, wheel]. | |
| kond | (Spenser) pt. of KON, to know. | |
| konk | To fail, break down > KONKS, KONKING, KONKED. Also CONK. | |
| kons | (3rd.) KON, to know. | |
| kook | (Scots) to dart in and out of sight > KOOKS, KOOKING, KOOKED. | |
| koph | (Hebrew) the nineteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet > KOPHS. Also QOPH. | |
| kops | (Pl.) KOP, South African word for hill. | |
| kora | A West African musical instrument > KORAS. | |
| kore | (Greek) an ancient Greek statue of a draped maiden > KORES or KORAI. | |
| koro | (Maori) an elderly Maori man; a title of respect for an elderly Maori man > KORO. No -S. | |
| kors | (Pl.) KOR, a Hebrew unit of measure. | |
| koru | (Maori) a stylized curved pattern used especially in carving > KORUS. | |
| koss | (Hindi) a measure of distance > KOSSES. Also COSS, KOS. | |
| koto | (Japanese) a kind of musical instrument > KOTOS. | |
| kows | (Pl.) KOW, a bunch of twigs. | |
| krab | In mountaineering, a short form of KARABINER > KRABS. | |
| krai | (Russian) an administrative district in Russia > KRAIS. | |
| kray | (Russian) an administrative district in Russia > KRAYS. | |
| kris | (Malay) a dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade > KRISES. Also CRIS, CREESE, KREESE. | |
| ksar | (Milton) tsar > KSARS. | |
| kudo | Award, honour (back-formation from KUDOS) > KUDOS. | |
| kudu | (Hottentot) a kind of antelope with long spiral horns > KUDUS. Also KOODOO. | |
| kueh | (Malay) any cake of Malay, Chinese or Indian origin > KUEH. No -S. | |
| kues | (Pl.) KUE, the letter Q. | |
| kufi | A close-fitting brimless cylindrical or round hat > KUFIS. | |
| kuia | (Maori) a Maori female elder or elderly woman > KUIAS. | |
| kuku | (Maori) a large fruit-eating pigeon of New Zealand > KUKUS. | |
| kula | (Melanesian) a form of ceremonial gift exchange practised among a group of islanders in the W. Pacific used to establish relations between islands > KULAS. | |
| kuna | The standard monetary unit of Croatia, divided into 100 LIPA > KUNE. | |
| kune | (Pl.) KUNA, the standard monetary unit of Croatia. | |
| kuri | (Maori) a mongrel, an extinct native dog > KURIS. Also GOORIE, GOORY. | |
| kuru | Laughing sickness, a disease of New Guinea > KURUS. | |
| kuta | (Hinglish) a male dog; a man or a boy regarded as unpleasant or contempible > KUTAS. | |
| kuti | (Hinglish) a female dog; a woman or girl regarded as unpleasant or contemptible > KUTIS. | |
| kutu | (Maori) a body louse, a COOTIE > KUTUS. | |
| kuzu | (Japanese) a thickening agent used in a macrobiotic diet > KUZUS. | |
| kvas | (Russian) an alcoholic drink of low strength (actually given to children) made in Russia and E. Europe from cereals and stale bread > KVASES. Also KVASS, QUASS. | |
| kyak | (Inuit) a type of canoe > KYAKS. Also KAYAK, KAIAK. | |
| kyar | A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut > KYARS. Also COIR. | |
| kyat | (Burmese) the standard Burmese monetary unit, equal to 100 PYAS > KYATS. | |
| kybo | (Aust. sl.) a temporary lavatory constructed for use when camping > KYBOS. | |
| kyes | (Pl.) KYE, a private Korean-American banking club to which members pay contributions usually to start small businesses. | |
| kyle | (Gaelic) a narrow strait > KYLES. [Gaelic caol, narrow]. | |
| kynd | (Spenser) to kind, beget > KYNDS, KYNDING, KYNDED. Also KYNDE. | |
| kyne | (Scots) kine, cattle. No -S. | |
| kype | The hook on the lower jaw of a mature male salmon > KYPES. | |
| kyte | (Scots) the belly > KYTES. | |
| kyus | (Pl.) KYU, a grade in martial arts. | |
| labs | (Pl.) LAB, laboratory. | |
| lace | A delicate ornamental fabric made by looping, knotting, plaiting or twisting threads into definite patterns; (verb) to fasten by means of a lace (a cord for drawing together two edges) > LACES, LACING, LACED. | |
| lack | To be without > LACKS, LACKING, LACKED. | |
| lacs | (Pl.) LAC, a dark red resin. | |
| lacy | Of or like lace > LACIER, LACIEST; LACILY. Also LACEY. | |
| lade | To load > LADES, LADING, LADED, LADEN. | |
| lads | (Pl.) LAD, a boy or youth. | |
| lady | A woman of refinement and gentle manners > LADIES. | |
| laer | (Afrikaans) = LAAGER, a camp; (verb) to make camp > LAERS, LAERING, LAERED. | |
| lags | (3rd.) LAG, to fall behind. | |
| lahs | (Pl.) LAH, a musical note. | |
| laic | Pertaining to lay people rather than clergy; (noun) a lay person > LAICS. | |
| laid | (Scots) to load > LAIDS, LAIDING, LAIDED. | |
| laik | (Scots) to sport or play > LAIKS, LAIKING, LAIKED. Also LAKE. | |
| lain | (Pt.) LIE, to be in a horizontal position. | |
| lair | (Scots) to mire, cover with mud > LAIRS, LAIRING, LAIRED. | |
| lake | (Verb) to sport or play > LAKES, LAKING, LAKED. Also LAIK. | |
| lakh | (Hindi) a unit of counting > one hundred thousand > LAKHS. | |
| laky | Containing lakes > LAKIER, LAKIEST. | |
| lall | To articulate R as L > LALLS, LALLING, LALLED. | |
| lama | (Tibetan) a Tibetan monk or priest > LAMAS. | |
| lamb | (Verb) to give birth to a lamb > LAMBS, LAMBING, LAMBED. | |
| lame | Physically disabled > LAMER, LAMEST; LAMELY; (verb) to make lame > LAMES, LAMING, LAMED. | |
| lamp | (Verb) to illumine; to supply with lamps > LAMPS, LAMPING, LAMPED. | |
| lams | (3rd.) LAM, to beat. | |
| lana | The wood of the GENIPAP, a large West Indian tree > LANAS. | |
| land | To set down upon land (solid ground) > LANDS, LANDING, LANDED. | |
| lane | A narrow passageway > LANES. | |
| lang | (Scots) long > LANGER, LANGEST. | |
| lank | Thin, shrunken > LANKER, LANKEST; LANKLY; (verb) to make or become lean, shrunken > LANKS, LANKING, LANKED. | |
| lant | Stale urine, used in wool-scouring > LANTS. | |
| lanx | (Arch.) a platter > LANCES. | |
| laps | (3rd.) LAP, to scoop up with the tongue. | |
| lard | (Verb) to cover or smear foods with lard > LARDS, LARDING, LARDED. | |
| lare | Lore; learning > LARES. | |
| lari | A monetary unit of the Maldives, 1/100th of a RUFIYAA > LARIS. Also LAARI, LAREE. | |
| lark | To behave playfully > LARKS, LARKING, LARKED. | |
| larn | (Dial.) to learn > LARNS, LARNING, LARNED. | |
| lars | (Pl.) LAR. a tutelary deity. | |
| lase | To function as a LASER > LASES, LASING, LASED. | |
| lash | To strike with a whip > LASHES, LASHING, LASHED. | |
| lass | (Scots) a girl > LASSES. Also LASSIE. | |
| last | To continue in existence > LASTS, LASTING, LASTED. | |
| late | After the due time > LATER, LATEST; LATED; LATELY. | |
| lath | (Verb) to cover with laths > LATHS, LATHING, LATHED. | |
| lati | (Pl.) LAT, a former monetary unit of Latvia. | |
| lats | (Pl.) LAT, a former monetary unit of Latvia. | |
| latu | (Pl.) LAT, a Latvian unit of currency. | |
| laud | To praise > LAUDS, LAUDING, LAUDED. | |
| lauf | (Ger.) a run in a bobsleigh contest > LAUFS. | |
| lava | Magma that has been extruded out on to the earth's surface > LAVAS. | |
| lave | To wash, bathe > LAVES, LAVING, LAVED. | |
| lavs | (Pl.) LAV, lavatory. | |
| lawk | (Dial.) interjection expressing surprise. Also LAWKS. | |
| lawn | A fine linen or cotton fabric, used for clothing > LAWNS. | |
| laws | (3rd.) LAW, to take to court. | |
| lays | (3rd.) LAY, to place horizontally. | |
| laze | To pass time lazily > LAZES, LAZING, LAZED. | |
| lazo | A lasso; (verb) to lasso > LAZOS or LAZOES, LAZOING, LAZOED. | |
| lazy | Idle > LAZIER, LAZIEST; LAZILY; (verb) to move lazily > LAZIES, LAZYING, LAZIED. | |
| lead | To cover with lead (a heavy metallic element) > LEADS, LEADING, LEADED; to guide > LEADS, LEADING, LED. | |
| leaf | A usually green, flattened organ of vascular plants > LEAVES; (verb) to turn pages rapidly > LEAFS, LEAFING, LEAFED. | |
| leak | To permit the escape of something through a breach or flaw > LEAKS, LEAKING, LEAKED. | |
| leal | (Scots) loyal > LEALER, LEALEST; LEALLY. | |
| leam | (Arch.) to gleam, glow > LEAMS, LEAMING, LEAMED. Also LEME. | |
| lean | Having little fat > LEANER, LEANEST; LEANLY; (verb) to deviate from a vertical position > LEANS, LEANING, LEANED or LEANT. | |
| leap | To jump > LEAPS, LEAPING, LEAPED, LEAPT, (Scots) LUPPEN. | |
| lear | (Spenser) to teach > LEARS, LEARING, LEARED. | |
| leas | (Pl.) LEA, arable land left fallow or used for pasture. | |
| leat | A mill-stream > LEATS. | |
| lech | (Verb) to lust > LECHES, LECHING, LECHED. | |
| lede | the introductory section of a news story > LEDES. | |
| leed | (Pt.) LEE, to give shelter to. | |
| leek | A vegetable of the onion genus > LEEKS. | |
| leep | (Hindi) to plaster with cow-dung; to boil or scald > LEEPS, LEEPING, LEEPED. | |
| leer | To look with a sideways glance > LEERS, LEERING, LEERED. | |
| lees | The sediment that settles at the bottom of a liquid, esp. a fermented liquid such as wine; dregs. | |
| leet | (Shakesp.) a manor court > LEETS. | |
| left | Opposite to right > LEFTER, LEFTEST. | |
| legs | (3rd.) LEG, to walk briskly. | |
| lehr | A glass-annealing oven > LEHRS. Also LEAR, LEER. | |
| leir | (Spenser) to teach > LEIRS, LEIRING, LEIRED. Also LERE, LEAR, LEARE, LEER. | |
| leis | (Pl.) LEI, a garland. | |
| leke | (Spenser) leaky. | |
| leks | (Pl.) LEK, an Albanian monetary unit. | |
| leku | (Pl.) LEK, the monetary unit of Albania. | |
| leme | (Arch.) to gleam, glow > LEMES, LEMING, LEMED. Also LEAM. | |
| lend | To give the temporary use of > LENDS, LENDING, LENT. | |
| leng | (Obs.) to lengthen, tarry > LENGS, LENGING, LENGED. | |
| leno | A thin, muslin-like fabric > LENOS. | |
| lens | (Verb) to make a film of > LENSES, LENSING, LENSED. | |
| lent | (Pt.) LEND, to give the temporary use of. | |
| leps | (3rd.) LEP, to leap. | |
| lept | (Pt.) LEP, to leap. | |
| lere | (Spenser) to teach > LERES, LERING, LERED. Also LEIR, LEAR, LEARE, LEER. | |
| lerp | (Aborig.) in Australia, a scalelike, waxy, protective, edible secretion produced on the leaves of certain plant louse larvae > LERPS. | |
| less | (Noun) a smaller portion or quantity > LESSES. | |
| lest | (Spenser, verb) to listen > LESTS, LESTING, LESTED. | |
| lets | (3rd.) LET, to allow. | |
| leud | A feudal vassal > LEUDS or LEUDES. | |
| leva | (Pl.) LEV or LEW, a Bulgarian monetary unit. | |
| leve | Gladly. Also LIEF. | |
| levo | Turning towards the left. Also LAEVO. | |
| levs | (Pl.) LEV, a unit of Bulgarian currency. | |
| levy | To impose or collect by legal authority > LEVIES, LEVYING, LEVIED. | |
| lewd | Sexually suggestive > LEWDER, LEWDEST; LEWDLY. | |
| leys | (Pl.) LEY, a meadow. | |
| liar | One that speaks falsely > LIARS. | |
| lias | The lowest series of rocks of the Jurassic system > LIASES. | |
| libs | (3rd.) LIB, to geld. | |
| lice | (Pl.) LOUSE, a wingless parasitic insect. | |
| lich | (Obs.) a body, living or dead > LICHES. | |
| lick | To pass the tongue over the surface of > LICKS, LICKING, LICKED. | |
| lido | A bathing beach; an open-air swimming pool > LIDOS. [The original Lido is a beach resort near Venice, Italy. The town's name comes from the Italian word lido, shore or bank.] | |
| lids | (3rd.) LID, to provide with a lid. | |
| lied | (Ger.) a song > LIEDER. | |
| lief | (Adv.) soon; gladly > LIEFER, LIEFEST; LIEFLY; (noun) beloved > LIEFS. | |
| lien | A right to keep possession of property belonging to another person until a debt due by that person is discharged > LIENS. | |
| lier | One who lies > LIERS. | |
| lies | (3rd.) LIE, to tell a lie. | |
| lieu | (Fr.) a place or stead, esp. in the phrase in lieu of > LIEUS. | |
| life | The quality that distinguishes animals and plants from inanimate matter > LIVES or LIFES. | |
| lift | To move to a higher position > LIFTS, LIFTING, LIFTED. | |
| ligs | (3rd.) LIG, to lie about, idle. | |
| like | Similar > LIKER, LIKEST; (verb) to feel attracted to > LIKES, LIKING, LIKED. | |
| lill | (Spenser) to loll the tongue > LILLS, LILLING, LILLED. | |
| lilo | An inflatable mattress > LILOS. | |
| lilt | To have a jaunty rhythm > LILTS, LILTING, LILTED. | |
| lily | Any plant or flower of the genus Lilium > LILIES, LILIED. | |
| lima | A kind of bean > LIMAS. | |
| limb | (Verb) to dismember; to supply with limbs > LIMBS, LIMBING, LIMBED. | |
| lime | A tropical citrus tree; its small nearly globular fruit, with acid-tasting flesh; (verb) to treat with lime > LIMES, LIMING, LIMED. | |
| limn | To portray, paint or delineate > LIMNS, LIMNING, LIMNED. | |
| limo | (Abbr.) LIMOUSINE > LIMOS. | |
| limp | Lacking rigidity > LIMPER, LIMPEST; LIMPLY; (verb) to walk lamely > LIMPS, LIMPING, LIMPED. | |
| limy | Containing or tasting of lime > LIMIER, LIMIEST. | |
| lind | A lime-tree > LINDS. Also LINDEN. | |
| line | To mark with lines (slender, continuous marks) > LINES, LINING, LINED. | |
| ling | Any of various plants of the heath family, esp. Calluna vulgaris, heather > LINGS. | |
| link | To connect > LINKS, LINKING, LINKED. | |
| linn | (Scots) a waterfall > LINNS. | |
| lino | Linoleum > LINOS. | |
| lins | (Pl.) LIN, a waterfall. | |
| lint | An absorbent cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side, used to dress wounds, etc; (verb) to put lint on > LINTS, LINTING, LINTED. | |
| liny | Like a line > LINIER, LINIEST. Also LINEY. | |
| lion | A large powerful cat, found in Africa and India > LIONS. | |
| lipa | A monetary unit of Croatia > LIPE. | |
| lipe | (Pl.) LIPA, a monetary unit of Croatia. | |
| lipo | (Coll.) a liposuction > LIPOS. | |
| lips | (3rd.) LIP, to touch with the lips. | |
| lira | (Ital.) an Italian unit of currency > LIRE or LIRAS; a Maltese unit of currency > LIRI; an Israeli unit of currency > LIROT or LIROTH. | |
| lire | (Pl.) LIRA, an Italian unit of currency. | |
| liri | (Pl.) LIRA, a Maltese monetary unit. | |
| lirk | (Scots) to wrinkle > LIRKS, LIRKING, LIRKED. | |
| lisk | The groin, flank > LISKS. | |
| lisp | To pronounce the letters S and Z imperfectly > LISPS, LISPING, LISPED. | |
| list | To write down in a particular order > LISTS, LISTING, LISTED. | |
| lite | (Dial.) to alight, dismount > LITES, LITING, LITED. Also LYTE. | |
| lith | (Scots) a joint; spec. the last joint or the tip of a finger > LITHS. | |
| lits | (Pl.) LIT, the former monetary unit of Lithuania. | |
| litu | (Pl.) LITAS, a former monetary unit of Lithuania. | |
| live | Having life > LIVER, LIVEST; LIVELY; (verb) to function as an animal or plant > LIVES, LIVING, LIVED. | |
| load | To place in or on a means of conveyance > LOADS, LOADING, LOADED. | |
| loaf | A shaped mass of bread > LOAVES; (verb) to pass time idly > LOAFS, LOAFING, LOAFED. | |
| loam | (Verb) to cover with loam > LOAMS, LOAMING, LOAMED. | |
| loan | To lend > LOANS, LOANING, LOANED. | |
| lobe | A rounded, projecting anatomical part; (verb) to divide into lobes > LOBES, LOBING, LOBED. | |
| lobi | (Pl.) LOBUS, a lobe. | |
| lobo | (US) a timber wolf > LOBOS. | |
| lobs | (3rd.) LOB, to throw gently. | |
| loca | (Pl.) LOCUS, a place, a locality. | |
| loch | A lake > LOCHS. | |
| loci | (Pl.) LOCUS, a place, a locality. | |
| lock | To secure by means of a mechanical fastening device > LOCKS, LOCKING, LOCKED. | |
| loco | (Noun) a locomotive; (verb) to poison with locoweed > LOCOS or LOCOES, LOCOING, LOCOED. | |
| lode | A deposit of valuable ore occurring between definite limits in the surrounding rock > LODES. | |
| lods | (Pl.) LOD, a statistic relating to the odds of an event. | |
| loft | (Verb) to strike a ball so it rises > LOFTS, LOFTING, LOFTED. | |
| loge | (Fr.) a small enclosure or box in a theatre or opera house > LOGES. | |
| logo | A small design used as the symbol of an organisation etc > LOGOS. | |
| logs | (3rd.) LOG, to enter into a record. | |
| logy | Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought; as, a LOGY horse > LOGIER, LOGIEST; LOGILY. Also LOGGY. | |
| loid | (Sl.) celluloid; (verb) to open a lock with a strip of celluloid > LOIDS, LOIDING, LOIDED. | |
| loin | The part of the lower back between the pelvis and the ribs > LOINS. | |
| loir | (Fr.) a large European species of dormouse > LOIRS. | |
| loke | A short narrow lane; a grass-covered track > LOKES. | |
| loll | To lounge > LOLLS, LOLLING, LOLLED. | |
| lolz | (Slang) amusement derived from mischievous or provocative behaviour on the Internet. | |
| loma | (Lat.) a membranous fringe or flap > LOMAS or LOMATA. | |
| lome | To cover with LOAM > LOMES, LOMING, LOMED. | |
| lone | Having no companions > LONELY. | |
| long | Extending for a considerable distance > LONGER, LONGEST; (verb) to desire strongly > LONGS, LONGING, LONGED. | |
| loof | (Scots) the palm of the hand > LOOFS. | |
| look | To use one's eyes in seeing > LOOKS, LOOKING, LOOKED. | |
| loom | To appear in an enlarged and indistinct form > LOOMS, LOOMING, LOOMED. | |
| loon | A simple-minded person. | |
| loop | To form loops (circular or oval openings) > LOOPS, LOOPING, LOOPED. | |
| loor | (Scots) comparative of LIEF, glad. | |
| loos | (3rd.) LOO, to love. | |
| loot | To plunder > LOOTS, LOOTING, LOOTED. | |
| lope | To run with a steady, easy gait > LOPES, LOPING, LOPED. | |
| lops | (3rd.) LOP, to cut off unnecessary parts. | |
| lord | (Verb) to act as a lord > LORDS, LORDING, LORDED. | |
| lore | On a bird, the area between the eye and the bill > LORES. | |
| lorn | Lost, abandoned. | |
| lory | (Malay) a kind of small parrot > LORIES. [Malay lori]. Also LOWRY, LOWRIE. | |
| lose | To come to be without and be unable to find > LOSES, LOSING, LOST. | |
| losh | (Scots) (interjection) Lord. | |
| loss | The act of one that loses > LOSSES. | |
| lost | (Pt.) LOSE, to mislay. | |
| lota | (Hindi) in India, a small brass or copper pot > LOTAS. Also LOTAH. | |
| lote | (Arch.) lotus > LOTES. | |
| loth | Reluctant > LOTHER, LOTHEST. | |
| loti | (Sesotho) a monetary unit of Lesotho > MALOTI. No -S. | |
| loto | A game played by covering on a card each number drawn till a line of numbers is completed > LOTOS. Also LOTTO. | |
| lots | (3rd.) LOT, to allot. | |
| loud | Strongly audible > LOUDER, LOUDEST; LOUDLY. | |
| loun | (Scots) sheltered, calm, quiet; (verb) to calm > LOUNS, LOUNING, LOUNED. Also LOWN, LOON, LOWND, LOWNE, LOUND. | |
| loup | (Scots) to leap > LOUPS, LOUPING, LOUPIT, LOUPEN. Also LOWP. | |
| lour | To look sullen or threatening > LOURS, LOURING, LOURED. Also LOWER. | |
| lous | (3rd.) LOU, to love. | |
| lout | (Verb, archaic) to bow, stoop > LOUTS, LOUTING, LOUTED. | |
| love | To feel great affection for > LOVES, LOVING, LOVED. | |
| lowe | (Scots) to blaze > LOWES, LOWING, LOWED. | |
| lown | (Scots) sheltered, calm, quiet; (verb) to calm, become calm > LOWNS, LOWNING, LOWNED. Also LOWNE, LOWND, LOUN, LOUND. | |
| lowp | (Scots) to leap > LOWPS, LOWPING, LOWPED. Also LOUP. | |
| lows | (3rd.) LOW, to make a noise like a cow. | |
| lowt | To bow, stoop > LOWTS, LOWTING, LOWTED. Also LOUT. | |
| loys | (Pl.) LOY, a long narrow spade. | |
| luau | (Hawaiian) a Hawaiian dish made of coconut, octopus etc > LUAUS. | |
| lube | A lubricant; (verb) to lubricate > LUBES, LUBING, LUBED. | |
| luce | (Shakesp.) the pike or jack, a fresh-water fish > LUCES. | |
| luck | (Verb) to succeed by chance or good fortune > LUCKS, LUCKING, LUCKED. | |
| lude | A type of sedative pill > LUDES. | |
| ludo | A simple board game played with dice and counters in which the aim is to be the first to reach a destination > LUDOS. | |
| luds | (Pl.) LUD, a lord, judge. | |
| lues | (Lat.) disease, especially of a contagious kind > LUES. | |
| luff | To turn a ship towards the wind > LUFFS, LUFFING, LUFFED. | |
| luge | A light toboggan; (verb) to ride on this > LUGES, LUGEING or LUGING, LUGED. | |
| lugs | (3rd.) LUG, to pull or drag with difficulty. | |
| luit | (Scots) pt. LET. | |
| luke | Moderately warm; not hot; tepid. Also LUKEWARM. | |
| lull | To cause to sleep or rest > LULLS, LULLING, LULLED. | |
| lulu | An outstandingly bad or impressive person or thing > LULUS. | |
| lulz | (Slang) amusement derived from mischievous or provocative behaviour on the Internet. | |
| luma | A monetary unit of Armenia > LUMAS. | |
| lump | A shapeless mass; (verb) to make into lumps > LUMPS, LUMPING, LUMPED. | |
| lums | (Pl.) LUM, chimney. | |
| luna | (Lat.) a North American moth with crescent-shaped markings > LUNAS. [L. luna, moon]. | |
| lune | Anything shaped like a half-moon > LUNES. | |
| lung | A respiratory organ > LUNGS. | |
| lunk | A stupid person > LUNKS. | |
| luns | (Pl.) LUN, a lee. | |
| lunt | (Scots) a slow match; a sudden flame; (verb) to kindle > LUNTS, LUNTING, LUNTED. | |
| luny | Loony > LUNIER, LUNIEST; (noun) a loony person > LUNIES. | |
| lure | To attract with something desirable > LURES, LURING, LURED. | |
| lurk | To wait in concealment > LURKS, LURKING, LURKED. | |
| lurs | (Pl.) LUR, a Bronze Age trumpet. | |
| lush | Luxuriant > LUSHER, LUSHEST; LUSHLY; (verb) to ply with alcohol > LUSHES, LUSHING, LUSHED. | |
| lusk | To lie about lazily > LUSKS, LUSKING, LUSKED. | |
| lust | To have an intense desire > LUSTS, LUSTING, LUSTED. | |
| lute | (Verb) to coat with lute (in sense of a protective covering) > LUTES, LUTING, LUTED. | |
| lutz | A jump in figure-skating > LUTZES. [From Gustav Lussi, Swiss figure-skater who introduced it]. | |
| luvs | (Pl.) LUV, term of endearment. | |
| luxe | (Fr.) luxury, as in de luxe. | |
| lwei | A monetary unit of Angola > LWEIS. | |
| lyam | A kind of bloodhound > LYAMS. Also LYME, LYM. | |
| lych | A corpse > LYCHES. | |
| lyes | (Pl.) LYE, any solution obtained by leaching. | |
| lyme | A kind of bloodhound > LYMES. Also LYAM, LYM. | |
| lyms | (Pl.) LYM, a leash, a slow hound. | |
| lyne | (Spenser) linen > LYNES. | |
| lynx | An animal of the Lynx genus of wild cats > LYNXES. | |
| lyra | As in lyra viol, a lutelike instrument forerunner of the mandolin. No -S. | |
| lyre | A musical instrument like the harp, used esp in ancient Greece as an accompaniment to poetry > LYRES. | |
| lyse | To undergo lysis, disintegration or destruction of cells > LYSES, LYSING, LYSED. | |
| lyte | (Obs.) to alight > LYTES, LYTING, LYTED. Also LITE. | |
| maar | (Ger.) a volcanic crater without a cone, usually filled by a lake > MAARS or MAARE. | |
| maas | (3rd.) MAA, of a goat, to bleat; (noun) thick soured milk > MAASES. | |
| mabe | A cultured pearl > MABES. | |
| maca | A cruciferous biennial plant, native to the Peruvian Andes; the powdered root of this plant, used as a stimulant and health supplement > MACAS. | |
| mace | A club-like weapon; (verb) to attack with this > MACES, MACING, MACED. | |
| mach | A number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium > MACHS. | |
| mack | A pimp, pander > MACKS. | |
| macs | (Pl.) MAC, mackintosh. | |
| made | (Pt.) MAKE, to cause to exist. | |
| mads | (3rd.) MAD, to be mad. | |
| maes | (Pl.) MAE, more. | |
| mage | A magician; a person of exceptional wisdom and learning > MAGES. Also MAGUS. | |
| magg | (Scott) to steal > MAGGS, MAGGING, MAGGED. | |
| magi | (Pl.) MAGUS, a magician. | |
| mags | (3rd.) MAG, to tease, chatter. | |
| maha | As in maha yoga, a form of yoga practised with a master that incorporates all eight classical yogas. | |
| maid | (Verb) to work as a maid > MAIDS, MAIDING, MAIDED. | |
| maik | (Scots) a mate or consort, an equal > MAIKS. | |
| To send by a governmental postal system > MAILS, MAILING, MAILED. | ||
| maim | To injure so as to cause lasting damage > MAIMS, MAIMING, MAIMED. | |
| main | (Adj.) chief, principal > MAINER, MAINEST; MAINLY; (verb) to maim or cripple > MAINS, MAINING, MAINED. | |
| mair | (Scots) more > MAIRS. | |
| make | To cause to exist > MAKES, MAKING, MADE. | |
| maki | (Japanese) in Japanese cuisine a small segment cut from a long roll of cold rice and various other ingredients wrapped in a sheet of seaweed > MAKIS. | |
| mako | (Maori) a kind of shark > MAKOS. | |
| maks | (3rd.) MAK, to make. | |
| mala | (Hindi) a string of beads or knots used in prayer > MALAS. | |
| male | An individual that begets young by fertilizing the female > MALES. | |
| mali | (Hindi) one of the gardener class in India > MALIS. | |
| mall | (Verb) to maul, beat > MALLS, MALLING, MALLED. | |
| malm | A calcareous loam used in making brick > MALMS. | |
| mals | (Pl.) MAL, pain, sickness. | |
| malt | Barley or other grain prepared for brewing or distilling or vinegar-making, esp. by steeping, germinating, and drying; (verb) to treat or combine with malt > MALTS, MALTING, MALTED. | |
| mama | Mother > MAMAS. | |
| mams | (Pl.) MAM, mother. | |
| mana | (Maori) an impersonal supernatural force > MANAS. | |
| mand | (Spenser) manned. | |
| mane | The long hair growing on and about the neck of some animals > MANES, MANED. | |
| mang | (Arch.) to speak or talk > MANGS, MANGING, MANGED. | |
| mani | A stone prayer wall in a Tibetan Buddhist temple, usu. carved with sacred images or texts > MANIES or MANIS. | |
| mano | A stone roller used in Mexico etc. for grinding maize on a METATE, a stone with a concave surface > MANOS. | |
| mans | (3rd.) MAN, to staff, operate. | |
| many | Consisting of or amounting to a large number > MORE, MOST. | |
| maps | (3rd.) MAP, to make a map. | |
| mara | A large rodent, like a CAVY, found in Patagonia > MARAS. | |
| marc | (Fr.) grapeskins and other refuse from wine-making > MARCS. | |
| mard | (Spenser) marred. | |
| mare | (Lat.) a sea on the moon > MARIA. | |
| marg | (Abbr.) margarine > MARGS. Also MARGE. | |
| mark | A former monetary unit and coin in England and Scotland worth two thirds of a pound sterling > MARKS; (verb) to make a mark on > MARKS, MARKING, MARKED. | |
| marl | A mixture of clays, carbonates and ground-up shells used as a fertilizer; (verb) to fertilise with marl > MARLS, MARLING, MARLED. | |
| marm | A form of address to a woman, = ma'am > MARMS. | |
| mars | (3rd.) MAR, to spoil. | |
| mart | (Verb) (Shakespeare) to sell, trade > MARTS, MARTING, MARTED. | |
| mary | (Aust. slang) a woman, esp. an aboriginal woman > MARIES. | |
| masa | (Spanish) in Mexican cooking, a dough made from masa harina, ground, dried maize and used to make tamales etc > MASAS. [Sp. masa, dough, from L. massa, a lump]. | |
| mase | To act as a MASER, a device used to amplify long-range radar and radio astronomy signals > MASES, MASING, MASED. | |
| mash | To reduce to a pulpy mass > MASHES, MASHING, MASHED. | |
| mask | A covering for the face, or the upper part of it, for concealment; (verb) to conceal with or as with a mask > MASKS, MASKING, MASKED. | |
| mass | To assemble in a mass (a body of coherent matter) > MASSES, MASSING, MASSED. | |
| mast | (Verb) to supply with a mast > MASTS, MASTING, MASTED. | |
| masu | (Japanese) a Japanese salmon > MASUS. | |
| mate | An infusion made from the leaves and shoot of a S. American shrub, aka Paraguay tea; (verb) to couple with > MATES, MATING, MATED. | |
| math | Mathematics > MATHS. | |
| mats | (3rd.) MAT, to form a tangle. | |
| matt | A non-glossy surface, as on paint > MATTS. | |
| maty | Friendly > MATIER, MATIEST; MATILY; (noun) a friend > MATIES. Also MATEY. | |
| maud | A Scottish shepherd's woollen plaid > MAUDS. | |
| maul | A war-club or mace; a heavy wooden hammer or beetle; (verb) to beat with a maul, to handle roughly > MAULS, MAULING, MAULED. | |
| maun | (Dial.) must. | |
| maut | (Scots) malt > MAUTS. | |
| mawk | (ON) a maggot. [ON mathkr, maggot]. | |
| mawn | (Pt.) MAW, to mow. | |
| mawr | (Dial.) a girl, especially a great awkward girl > MAWRS. Also MAUTHER, MAWTHER. | |
| maws | (3rd.) MAW, to mow. | |
| maxi | A maxi garment > MAXIS. | |
| maya | (Sanskrit) in Buddhist philosophy, the power to produce illusions > MAYAS. | |
| mayo | (Abbr.) mayonnaise > MAYOS. | |
| mays | (Pl.) MAY, hawthorn blossom. | |
| maze | (Verb) to bewilder, confuse > MAZES, MAZING, MAZED. | |
| mazy | Like a maze, winding > MAZIER, MAZIEST; MAZILY. | |
| mead | Alcoholic liquor produced by fermenting a mixture of honey and water > MEADS. Also MEATH, MEATHE. | |
| meal | (Verb) to cover with meal > MEALS, MEALING, MEALED. | |
| mean | Low, humble > MEANER, MEANEST; MEANLY; (verb) to signify > MEANS, MEANING, MEANT. | |
| meat | Animal flesh used as food > MEATS, MEATED. | |
| mech | (Short for) mechanic > MECHS. | |
| meck | (Scots) an old halfpenny > MECKS. Also MAIK, | |
| meds | (Pl.) MED, medication. | |
| meed | A fitting return or recompense > MEEDS. | |
| meek | Submissive > MEEKER, MEEKEST; MEEKLY. | |
| meer | (Verb) to mark off; to bound > MEERS, MEERING, MEERED. Also MERE, MEARE. | |
| mees | (Pl.) MEE, in Malaysia, noodles or a dish containing noodles. | |
| meet | Suitable > MEETER, MEETEST; MEETLY; (verb) to encounter > MEETS, MEETING, MET. | |
| meff | (Dial.) a tramp, a worthless person > MEFFS. | |
| mega | Very big. | |
| megs | (Pl.) MEG, a halfpenny. | |
| mein | (Shakesp.) to moan > MEINS, MEINING, MEINED. Also MEANE, MENE. | |
| mela | (Hindi) in the Indian subcontinent, a Hindu festival or fair > MELAS. [Hindi, from Sanskrit mela, assembly]. | |
| meld | To merge, blend > MELDS, MELDING, MELDED. | |
| mell | (Shakesp.) to mix, to meddle > MELLS, MELLING, MELLED. | |
| mels | (Pl.) MEL, honey. | |
| melt | To change from a solid to a liquid state by heat > MELTS, MELTING, MELTED. | |
| meme | In biology, a practice or belief passed on other than by genes > MEMES. | |
| memo | A memorandum > MEMOS. | |
| mems | (Pl.) MEM, a Hebrew letter. | |
| mend | To repair > MENDS, MENDING, MENDED. | |
| mene | (Obs.) to lament, moan > MENES, MENING, MENED. Also MEIN, MEANE. | |
| meng | To mix; to unite, couple > MENGS, MENGING, MENT or MEINT or MEYNT. Also MING, MENGE. | |
| meno | (Ital.) less. | |
| ment | (Pt.) MENG, to mix. | |
| menu | (Fr.) a list of dishes available > MENUS. | |
| meou | To make a sound like a cat > MEOUS, MEOUING, MEOUED. Also MIAOW, MIAOU, MEOW, MIAUL. | |
| meow | To make a sound like a cat > MEOWS, MEOWING, MEOWED. Also MIAOW, MEOU, MIAOU, MIAUL. | |
| merc | (Abbr.) mercenary > MERCS or MERCES. | |
| mere | Only > MERER, MEREST; MERELY; (verb) to mark off, divide > MERES, MERING, MERED. | |
| meri | (Maori) a war-club > MERIS. | |
| merk | An old Scotch silver coin > MERKS. | |
| merl | A blackbird > MERLS. Also MERLE. | |
| mesa | (Spanish) a flat-topped hill > MESAS. | |
| mese | (Greek) in Greek music, the middle string of the lyre; its note > MESES. | |
| mesh | To entangle > MESHES, MESHING, MESHED. | |
| mess | To make dirty or untidy > MESSES, MESSING, MESSED. | |
| meta | Pertaining to positions in benzene ring separated by one carbon atom. | |
| mete | To distribute by measure > METES, METING, METED. | |
| meth | A stimulant drug > METHS. | |
| mets | (Pl.) MET, meteorology. | |
| meus | (Pl.) MEU, the plant SPIGNEL. | |
| meve | (Obs.) to move > MEVES, MEVING, MEVED. | |
| mewl | To cry feebly, as a kitten > MEWLS, MEWLING, MEWLED. | |
| mews | (Verb) to pass through a MEUSE > MEWSES, MEWSING, MEWSED. Also MEUSE, SMEUSE. | |
| meze | (Turkish) a type of appetizer served in Greece > MEZES. [Turkish meze, a snack]. Also MEZZE. | |
| mezz | Relating to an intermediate stage in a financial process. | |
| mhos | (Pl.) MHO, a unit of electrical resistance. | |
| mibs | (Pl.) MIB, a type of marble. | |
| mica | A rock-forming mineral (muscovite, biotite, lepidolite, etc) with perfect basal cleavage > MICAS. | |
| mice | (Pl.) MOUSE, a small rodent. | |
| mich | To play truant > MICHES, MICHING, MICHED. Also MITCH. | |
| mico | (Tupi) the black-tailed marmoset > MICOS. | |
| mics | (Pl.) MIC, microphone. | |
| midi | A skirt or coat that extends to the middle of the calf > MIDIS. | |
| mids | (Pl.) MID, middle. | |
| mien | (Fr.) air or look; manner > MIENS. | |
| miff | A petty falling out; a tiff; (verb) to put in a bad mood, offend > MIFFS, MIFFING, MIFFED. | |
| migg | A type of playing marble > MIGGS. Also MIG, MIB, MIGGLE. | |
| migs | (Pl.) MIG, a type of playing marble. | |
| miha | (Maori) a young fern frond that has not opened. No -S. | |
| mihi | (Maori) a ceremonial greeting; (verb) to greet ceremonially > MIHIS, MIHIING, MIHIED. | |
| mike | (Abbr.) microphone; (verb) to record by use of a microphone > MIKES, MIKING, MIKED. | |
| mild | Gentle, not harsh > MILDER, MILDEST; MILDLY; (verb) to make or become mild > MILDS, MILDING, MILDED. | |
| mile | A unit of linear measure, 1760 yards > MILES. | |
| milf | A sexually attractive middle-aged woman > MILFS. | |
| milk | To draw milk (a whitish, nutritious liquid) from the udder of > MILKS, MILKING, MILKED. | |
| mill | To grind by mechanical means > MILLS, MILLING, MILLED. | |
| milo | A drought-resistant variety of SORGHUM > MILOS. | |
| mils | (Pl.) MIL, a Cypriot coin. | |
| milt | The soft roe of a fish; (verb) of fish, to impregnate > MILTS, MILTING, MILTED. | |
| mime | To mimic > MIMES, MIMING, MIMED. | |
| mina | A Greek unit of weight or money > MINAS or MINAE. Also MNA, MANEH. | |
| mind | To heed > MINDS, MINDING, MINDED. | |
| mine | To dig into for valuable materials > MINES, MINING, MINED. | |
| ming | To mix; to unite, couple > MINGS, MINGING, MINGED, MEINT, MEYNT, MENT. Also MENG, MENGE. | |
| mini | Something distinctively smaller than others of its kind > MINIS. | |
| mink | A carnivorous mammal > MINKS. | |
| mino | (Japanese) a raincoat of hemp etc > MINOS. | |
| mint | Any plant of the aromatic labiate genus Mentha; (verb) to coin, to invent > MINTS, MINTING, MINTED. | |
| minx | A pert, sly, or flirtatious young woman; a hussy > MINXES. | |
| miny | Abounding with mines; like a mine > MINIER, MINIEST. | |
| mips | A million instruction per second. No MIP*. | |
| mire | (Verb) to bog down > MIRES, MIRING, MIRED. | |
| miri | (Pl.) MIR, a Russian farming community. | |
| mirk | Dark, gloomy > MIRKER, MIRKEST; (noun) darkness, gloom > MIRKS. Also MURK. | |
| miro | (Maori) a tall coniferous tree of New Zealand > MIRO. No -S. | |
| mirs | (Pl.) MIR, a Muslim ruler. | |
| mirv | (Military slang) to provide with MIRV capabilities, i.e. missiles containing many thermonuclear warheads > MIRVS, MIRVING, MIRVED. | |
| miry | Abounding with deep mud; full of mire > MIRIER, MIRIEST. | |
| mise | The issue in a writ of right > MISES. | |
| miso | (Japanese) a paste, used in flavouring, prepared from soya beans and fermented in brine > MISOS. | |
| miss | To fail to make contact with > MISSES, MISSING, MISSED. | |
| mist | To become blurry > MISTS, MISTING, MISTED. | |
| mite | Any of various tiny arachnids of the order Acarida, many of which carry disease, smaller than ticks and, unlike them, not always parasitic in habits > MITES. | |
| mitt | Any of various glovelike hand coverings, such as one that does not cover the fingers > MITTS. Also MITTEN. | |
| mity | Infested with mites > MITIER, MITIEST. | |
| mixt | (Obs.) pt. MIX. | |
| mixy | Mixed > MIXIER, MIXIEST. | |
| mizz | (Coll.) short form of misery. Also MIZ. | |
| mnas | (Pl.) MNA, a Greek unit of weight or money. | |
| moai | (Rapanui) any of the gigantic stone statues of Easter Island > MOAI. No -S. | |
| moan | To utter a low, mournful sound > MOANS, MOANING, MOANED. | |
| moas | (Pl.) MOA, an ostrich-like New Zealand bird, extinct for over a century. | |
| moat | (Verb) to surround with a moat > MOATS, MOATING, MOATED. | |
| mobe | (Sl.) a mobile phone > MOBES. Also MOBIE, MOBY. | |
| mobs | (3rd.) MOB, to form into a mob. | |
| moby | (Sl.) a mobile phone > MOBIES. Also MOBE, MOBIE. | |
| moch | (Scots) misty or humid weather > MOCHS. | |
| mock | To ridicule > MOCKS, MOCKING, MOCKED. | |
| mocs | (Pl.) MOC, moccasin. | |
| mode | A method of doing or acting > MODES. | |
| modi | (Pl.) MODUS, the terms of a conveyance. | |
| mods | (Pl.) MOD, a Highland Gaelic festival. | |
| moer | (S. Afr.) a despicable person; (verb) to attack someone > MOERS, MOERING, MOERED. | |
| moes | (Pl.) MOE, a wry face. | |
| mofo | (US) a motherfucker > MOFOS. | |
| mogs | (3rd.) MOG, to move away, jog. | |
| moho | a boundary separating the earth's crust and the mantle > MOHOS. | |
| mohr | (Arabic) a West African gazelle > MOHRS. Also MHORR. | |
| moil | to drudge > MOILS, MOILING, MOILED. [Anglo-French moiller, to make wet, dampen, with the idea of toiling in mud]. Also MOYLE. | |
| moit | (Dial.) = MOTE, a foreign particle in wool > MOITS. | |
| mojo | (US slang) magic > MOJOS or MOJOES. | |
| moke | A donkey > MOKES. | |
| moki | (Maori) a New Zealand sea fish > MOKIS. | |
| moko | (Maori) a system of tattooing > MOKOS. | |
| mola | (Cuna) a brightly-coloured applique or embroidered panel made by Cuna Indian women of Panama > MOLAS. | |
| mold | (US) to mould > MOLDS, MOLDING, MOLDED. | |
| mole | The quantity of a compound that has a weight equal to the compound's molecular weight > MOLES. | |
| moll | A gangster's girlfriend > MOLLS. | |
| mols | (Pl.) MOL, the chemical term. | |
| molt | To moult > MOLTS, MOLTING, MOLTED. | |
| moly | A magical herb given by Hermes to Odysseus against the charms of Circe; a species of wild onion > MOLIES. | |
| mome | (Shakesp.) a stupid person > MOMES. | |
| momi | (Pl.) MOMUS, a satirist, a critic. | |
| moms | (Pl.) MOM, mother. | |
| mona | (Spanish) a kind of West African monkey > MONAS. | |
| mong | (Dial.) a throng or crowd; a mixture > MONGS. | |
| monk | A man who is a member of a secluded religious order > MONKS. | |
| mono | The black howler monkey of Central America > MONOS. | |
| mons | (Lat.) a protuberance of the body > MONTES. | |
| mony | (Scots) many. Also MONIE. | |
| mood | A person's emotional state at a particular moment > MOODS. | |
| mooi | (Afrikaans) fine. | |
| mook | (Japanese) a book produced in magazine format > MOOKS. | |
| mool | (Scots) mould > MOOLS. | |
| moon | The satellite of a planet; (verb) to spend time idly > MOONS, MOONED, MOONING. | |
| moop | (Scots) to nibble, munch > MOOPS, MOOPING, MOOPED. Also MOUP. | |
| moor | To secure a vessel by means of cables > MOORS, MOORING, MOORED. | |
| moos | (3rd.) MOO, to low. | |
| moot | (Adj.) debatable > MOOT, MOOTEST; (verb) to debate > MOOTS, MOOTING, MOOTED. | |
| mope | To act in a dejected or gloomy manner > MOPES, MOPING, MOPED. | |
| mops | (3rd.) MOP, to clean with a mop. | |
| mopy | Moping > MOPIER, MOPIEST. Also MOPEY. | |
| mora | (Lat.) a unit of metrical time in prosody > MORAE or MORAS. A game of guessing how many fingers are held up > MORAS. | |
| more | A greater amount > MORES. | |
| morn | Morning > MORNS. | |
| mors | (Pl.) MOR, a type of humus. | |
| mort | The note sounded on a hunting horn when an animal is killed > MORTS. | |
| mose | (Shakesp.) a doubtful verb, applied to some disease in a horse > MOSES, MOSING, MOSED. | |
| mosh | A type of dance performed to loud rock music; (verb) to dance in this manner > MOSHES, MOSHING, MOSHED. | |
| mosk | (Arabic) an Islamic temple > MOSKS. Also MOSQUE. | |
| moss | (Verb) to cover with moss > MOSSES, MOSSING, MOSSED. | |
| most | The greatest part of > MOSTEST but not MOSTER*. | |
| mote | A speck of dust > MOTES, MOTED; (verb) may, must > MOSTE, MOTEN. | |
| moth | A winged insect > MOTHS, MOTHED. | |
| moti | (Hinglish) a fat woman or girl > MOTIS. | |
| mots | (Pl.) MOT, a word, a pithy saying. | |
| mott | (SW US) a clump of trees, esp. on a prairie > MOTTS. | |
| motu | (Maori) a small reef island in the Pacific > MOTU or MOTUS. | |
| moue | (Fr.) a disdainful or pouting look > MOUES. | |
| moup | (Scots) to nibble, munch > MOUPS, MOUPING, MOUPED. Also MOOP. | |
| mous | (Pl.) MOU, mouth. | |
| move | To change from one position to another > MOVES, MOVING, MOVED. | |
| mowa | (Hindi) a kind of butter-tree with edible flowers > MOWAS. Also MOWRA, MAHUA, MAHWA. | |
| mown | (Pt.) MOW, to cut the grass on. | |
| mows | (3rd.) MOW, to cut the grass on. | |
| moxa | (Japanese) a soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of Artemisia chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin > MOXAS. [Japanese mogusa]. | |
| moya | Volcanic mud > MOYAS. | |
| moyl | (Obs.) a mule. Also MOYLE. | |
| moys | (Pl.) MOY, an old coin. | |
| moze | To raise the nap of a fabric with a gig > MOZES, MOZING, MOZED. | |
| mozo | A manual labourer > MOZOS. | |
| mozz | (Aus. sl.) bad luck. Also MOZ. | |
| much | Plentiful > MUCHLY; (noun) a great deal > MUCHES. | |
| muck | To fertilize with manure > MUCKS, MUCKING, MUCKED. | |
| muds | (3rd.) MUD, to bury in mud, to plaster with mud. | |
| muff | An open-ended cylinder of fur or cloth into which the hands are placed for warmth; (verb) to make a mess of, fail to catch > MUFFS, MUFFING, MUFFED. | |
| mugg | To make funny faces > MUGGS, MUGGING, MUGGED. | |
| mugs | (3rd.) MUG, to attack from behind. | |
| muid | (Dutch) a Dutch or (now esp.) South African dry measure of capacity > MUIDS. | |
| muil | (Scots) a backless slipper, a mule. | |
| muir | (Scots) a moor > MUIRS. | |
| mule | (Verb) to strike (a coin) from dies belonging to two different issues > MULES, MULING, MULED. | |
| mull | A light fabric; (verb) to ponder over, study > MULLS, MULLING, MULLED. | |
| mumm | To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask > MUMMS, MUMMING, MUMMED. | |
| mump | To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness > MUMPS, MUMPING, MUMPED. | |
| mums | (3rd.) MUM, to act in a mime. | |
| mumu | (Hawaiian) a long loose dress > MUMUS. Also MUUMUU. | |
| mung | To process computer data > MUNGS, MUNGING, MUNGED. | |
| muni | A security issued by a municipal government > MUNIS. | |
| muns | (Pl.) MUN, a fellow. | |
| muon | A subatomic particle > MUONS. | |
| mura | (Japanese) a Japanese village > MURAS. | |
| mure | To wall up the doors of; to stop (up) the means of access to > MURES, MURING, MURED. | |
| murk | Dark, gloomy, obscure > MURKER, MURKEST; MURKLY; (noun) darkness, gloom > MURKS. Also MIRK. | |
| murl | (Scots) to crumble > MURLS, MURLING, MURLED. | |
| murr | A guillemot, an auk > MURRS. Also MURRE. | |
| muse | To ponder > MUSES, MUSING, MUSED. | |
| mush | Meal, esp cornmeal, boiled in water or milk until thick; (verb) to reduce to mush > MUSHES, MUSHING, MUSHED. | |
| musk | (Verb) to perfume with musk > MUSKS, MUSKING, MUSKED. | |
| muso | (Sl.) a musician > MUSOS. | |
| muss | To disarrange, to mess > MUSSES, MUSSING, MUSSED. Also MUSSE. | |
| must | (Scots) a musk, hair-powder; (verb) to powder > MUSTS, MUSTING, MUSTED. Also MUIST. | |
| mute | Characterized by an absence of speech > MUTER, MUTEST; MUTELY; (verb) to deaden the sound of > MUTES, MUTING, MUTED. | |
| muti | (Zulu) a traditional medicine, associated with witch-doctors > MUTIS. [Zulu umuthi tree, plant, medicine]. | |
| muts | (Pl.) MUT, a mongrel dog. | |
| mutt | (US) a blockhead; a dog > MUTTS. Also MUT. | |
| muzz | (Coll.) to make muzzy > MUZZES, MUZZING, MUZZED. | |
| mwah | A representation of the sound of a kiss. | |
| myal | Relating to MYALISM, a magic cult among West Indian blacks. | |
| mycs | (Pl.) MYC, a cancer-causing gene. | |
| myna | (Hindi) an Asiatic bird of the starling family > MYNAS. [Hindi maina]. Also MYNAH, MINA. | |
| myth | A type of traditional story > MYTHS. | |
| myxo | (Aust. sl.) myxomatosis > MYXOS. | |
| mzee | (Swahili) an old person > MZEES. | |
| naam | (Hist. law) the action of taking another's goods by distraint; goods so taken > NAAMS. Also NAM. | |
| naan | (Hindi) a kind of Indian bread > NAANS. Also NAN. | |
| nabe | A neighbourhood movie theatre > NABES. | |
| nabk | (Arabic) a tree, the Christ's-thorn > NABKS. [Arabic nebk]. Also NEBBUK, NEBEK, NEBECK. | |
| nabs | (3rd.) NAB, to seize. | |
| nach | (Hindi) an entertainment in India consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing girls > NACHES. Also NAUTCH. | |
| nada | (Spanish) nothing; nothingness > NADAS. | |
| nads | (Sl.) testicles. No NAD*. | |
| naes | (Pl.) NAE, no. | |
| naff | Tacky > NAFFER, NAFFEST; NAFFLY; (verb) to go away > NAFFS, NAFFING, NAFFED. | |
| naga | (Sanskrit) a snake, especially the cobra; a divine snake (Hindu mythology) > NAGAS. | |
| nags | (3rd.) NAG, to worry or annoy constantly. | |
| naif | (Fr.) ingenuous > NAIFLY; (noun) a naive person > NAIFS. Also NAIVE. | |
| naik | (Hindi) the rank of corporal in the Indian army > NAIKS. | |
| nail | To fasten with a nail (a slender piece of metal) > NAILS, NAILING, NAILED. | |
| nain | (Scots) one's own. | |
| nala | (Hindi) a ravine, a watercourse > NALAS. [Hindi nala]. Also NULLAH, NULLA, NALLAH, NALLA. | |
| name | To give a title to > NAMES, NAMING, NAMED. | |
| nams | (Pl.) NAM, the action of taking another's goods by distraint. | |
| namu | (Maori) a black New Zealand sandfly > NAMU. No -S. | |
| nana | (Aus. sl.) an idiot, a fool > NANAS. | |
| nane | (Scots) none. | |
| nang | (Sl.) excellent, cool. | |
| nano | the science that deals with materials on an atomic or molecular scale > NANOS. | |
| nans | (Pl.) NAN, a kind of Indian lightly leavened bread. | |
| naoi | (Pl.) NAOS, the inner cell of a temple. | |
| naos | (Greek) the inner cell of a temple > NAOI or NAOSES. | |
| napa | A kind of soft leather prepared from sheep- or goat-skin by a special tawing process > NAPAS. [From Napa in California]. Also NAPPA. | |
| nape | The back of the neck; (verb) to attack with napalm > NAPES, NAPING, NAPED. | |
| naps | (3rd.) NAP, to take a short sleep. | |
| narc | (Abbr.) narcotic > NARCS. | |
| nard | An East Indian plant of the valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery; an ointment made from this; (verb) to anoint with nard > NARDS, NARDING, NARDED. | |
| nare | A nostril, esp. a hawk's > NARES. [L. naris, nostril]. | |
| nark | (Romany) a police informer; (verb) to inform on, to annoy > NARKS, NARKING, NARKED. [Romany nak, nose]. | |
| nary | (Dial.) not any. | |
| nats | (Pl.) NAT, a nationalist. | |
| nave | The largest part of church where the congregation sits > NAVES. | |
| navs | (Pl.) NAV, navigation. | |
| navy | A nation's warships > NAVIES. | |
| nays | (Pl.) NAY, a denial. | |
| naze | A headland or cape > NAZES. | |
| nazi | (Ger.) a type of fascist > NAZIS. [Ger. short form of Nationalsozialist, National Socialist]. | |
| neal | An aphetic form of ANNEAL, to heat and cool metal gradually to temper > NEALS, NEALING, NEALED. | |
| neap | The tidal period of least difference between high and low tides; (verb) to tend towards the neap > NEAPS, NEAPING, NEAPED. | |
| near | Close at hand > NEARER, NEAREST; NEARLY; (verb) to approach > NEARS, NEARING, NEARED. | |
| neat | Tidy > NEAT, NEATEST; NEATLY; (noun) cattle > NEATS. | |
| nebs | (Pl.) NEB, a beak or bill. | |
| neck | To kiss and caress in lovemaking > NECKS, NECKING, NECKED. | |
| neds | (Pl.) NED, young hooligan. | |
| need | To have an urgent or essential use for > NEEDS, NEEDING, NEEDED. | |
| neem | (Hindi) an East Indian tree > NEEMS. Also NEEMB, NIM, NIMB. | |
| neep | (Scots) a turnip > NEEPS. | |
| nefs | (Pl.) NEF, a church nave. | |
| negs | (Pl.) NEG, a photographic negative. | |
| neif | (Obs.) the fist > NEIFS. Also NEAFE, NEAFFE, NEIVE, NIEF, NIEVE. | |
| neks | (Pl.) NEK, a col, a pass. | |
| nema | A NEMATODE, a parasitic worm with an unsegmented, cylindrical body > NEMAS. | |
| nemn | (Obs.) to name > NEMNS, NEMNING, NEMNED, NEMPT. | |
| nene | (Hawaiian) a kind of goose native to Hawaii > NENES. | |
| neon | A gaseous element > NEONS, NEONED. | |
| neps | (Pl.) NEP, catmint. | |
| nerd | A person obsessed with computers at the expense of human interaction > NERDS. Also NURD. | |
| nerk | A fool, an idiot > NERKS. | |
| nesh | Soft, crumbly; tender > NESHER, NESHEST. | |
| ness | A headland > NESSES. | |
| nest | To build a nest (a structure for holding bird eggs) > NESTS, NESTING, NESTED. | |
| nete | (Greek) the highest note of a lyre > NETES. [Gk. nete or neate (chorde), literally, lowest (string)]. | |
| nets | (3rd.) NET, to catch in a net. | |
| nett | To net > NETTS, NETTING, NETTED. | |
| neuk | (Scots) a nook > NEUKS. | |
| neum | A succession of notes sung to one syllable > NEUMS. Also NEUME. | |
| neve | (Fr.) old compressed snow, aka FIRN > NEVES. | |
| nevi | (Pl.) NEVUS, a birthmark. | |
| newb | a newbie > NEWBS. | |
| news | (Verb) to report > NEWSES, NEWSING, NEWSED. | |
| newt | A tailed amphibian of the salamander family > NEWTS. | |
| next | Nearest > NEXTLY; (noun) the next thing or person > NEXTS. | |
| ngai | Clan or tribe, as used before the names of certain Maori tribes. | |
| nibs | (3rd.) NIB, to provide with a nib. | |
| nice | Agreeable > NICER, NICEST; NICELY. | |
| nick | To make a shallow cut in > NICKS, NICKING, NICKED. | |
| nide | A pheasant's nest or brood; (verb) to nest > NIDES, NIDING, NIDED. Also NID. | |
| nidi | (Pl.) NIDUS, a nest or breeding-place. | |
| nids | (Pl.) NID, a pheasant's nest. | |
| nied | (Pt.) NIE, to nigh. | |
| nief | (Obs.) the fist > NIEFS. Also NEIF, NEAFE, NEAFFE, NIEVE, NEIVE. | |
| nies | (3rd.) NIE, to nigh. | |
| nife | The earth's hypothetical core of nickel and iron > NIFES. | |
| niff | To pong > NIFFS, NIFFING, NIFFED. | |
| nigh | Near > NIGHER, NIGHEST, NARRE, NEIST; (verb) to draw near to > NIGHS, NIGHING, NIGHED. | |
| nill | Not to will; to refuse > NILLS, NILLING, NOULD, NOULDE, NILLED. | |
| nils | (Pl.) NIL, nothing. | |
| nimb | (Hindi) an East Indian tree > NIMBS. Also NEEM, NEEMB, NIM. | |
| nims | (3rd.) NIM, to take or steal. | |
| nine | A number > NINES. | |
| nipa | (Malay) a low-growing E. Indian palm, aka ATTAP or ATAP > NIPAS. | |
| nips | (3rd.) NIP, to pinch. | |
| nirl | (Scots) a lump, a crumb; a stunted person; (verb) to stunt, shrivel > NIRLS, NIRLING, NIRLED or NIRLIT. | |
| nish | (Coll.) nothing > NISHES. | |
| nisi | (Lat.) taking effect at a specified date unless cause is shown otherwise. No -S. | |
| nite | (Coll.) night > NITES. | |
| nits | (Pl.) NIT, the egg of a louse or similar insect. | |
| nixe | (Pl.) NIX, a water-sprite. | |
| nixy | A female NIX or malignant water-spirit > NIXIES. Also NIXIE. | |
| noah | (Aust. sl.) a shark > NOAHS. (Rhyming slang > Noah's ark). | |
| nobs | (Pl.) NOB, a person of high social rank. | |
| nock | To notch a bow or arrow > NOCKS, NOCKING, NOCKED. | |
| node | A swollen enlargement > NODES. | |
| nodi | (Pl.) NODUS, a knotty point, difficulty. | |
| nods | (3rd.) NOD, to move the head forward in assent or greeting. | |
| noel | A Christmas carol > NOELS. | |
| noes | (Pl.) NO. | |
| nogg | An egg-nog or similar drink > NOGGS. Also NOG. | |
| nogs | (Pl.) NOG, an egg and alcohol drink. | |
| noil | Short fibers combed from long fibers during textile preparation > NOILS. | |
| noir | (Fr.) a type of crime fiction > NOIRS. | |
| nole | The top of the head; the noddle > NOLES. Also NOLL, NOUL, NOWL, NOULE. | |
| noll | The top of the head; the noddle > NOLLS. Also NOUL, NOWL, NOULE, NOLE. | |
| nolo | (Lat.) a type of legal plea > NOLOS. | |
| noma | An ulceration of the cheek > NOMAS. | |
| nome | (Greek) a province or department esp. in ancient Greece > NOMES. Also NOMOS. | |
| noms | (Pl.) NOM, name. | |
| nona | A virus disease > NONAS. | |
| none | One of seven canonical daily periods for prayer and devotion > NONES. | |
| nong | (Aust. sl.) a fool, an idiot > NONGS. | |
| noni | (Hawaiian) a tree of SE Asia whose fruit provides a possibly health-promoting juice > NONIS. | |
| noob | An Internet novice > NOOBS. | |
| nook | A corner in a room > NOOKS. Also NEUK. | |
| noon | The middle point of the day; (verb) to rest at noon > NOONS, NOONING, NOONED. | |
| noop | (Scott) a knob, the tip of the elbow > NOOPS. | |
| nope | (Coll.) no. | |
| nori | (Japanese) a kind of seaweed, used as a foodstuff in Japan > NORIS. | |
| nork | (Aust. sl.) a woman's breast > NORKS. | |
| norm | A standard regarded as typical for a specific group > NORMS, NORMED. | |
| nose | (Verb) to sniff with the nose > NOSES, NOSING, NOSED. | |
| nosh | (Yiddish) food; (verb) to eat > NOSHES, NOSHING, NOSHED. | |
| nosy | Prying > NOSIER, NOSIEST; NOSILY; (noun) a nosy person > NOSIES. Also NOSEY. | |
| nota | (Pl.) NOTUM, the dorsal aspect of the thorax in insects. | |
| note | To write down > NOTES, NOTING, NOTED. | |
| nott | With close-cropped hair. | |
| noul | The top of the head; the noddle > NOULS. Also NOLL, NOWL, NOULE, NOLE. | |
| noun | A word used to denote the name of something > NOUNS. | |
| noup | (Scots) in the Shetlands, a crag, a steep headland > NOUPS. | |
| nous | (Greek) pure intellect; reason; commonsense > NOUSES. | |
| nout | (Dial.) nothing. Also NOWT. | |
| nova | (Lat.) an exploding star > NOVAE or NOVAS. | |
| nowl | The top of the head; the noddle > NOWLS. Also NOLL, NOUL, NOULE, NOLE. | |
| nown | (Obs.) own. | |
| nows | (Pl.) NOW, the present time. | |
| nowt | (Dial.) nothing > NOWTS. Also NOUT. | |
| nowy | Having a convex curvature near the middle. No comp! | |
| noys | (Pl.) NOY, to hurt or annoy. | |
| nubs | (3rd.) NUB, to hang. | |
| nude | Without clothes > NUDER, NUDEST; NUDELY; (noun) someone without clothes > NUDES. | |
| nuff | (Sl.) enough. | |
| nugs | (Pl.) NUG, a chunk of wood sawn from a log. | |
| nuke | (Verb) to destroy by use of nuclear weapons > NUKES, NUKING, NUKED. | |
| null | (Verb) to annul, cancel, make void > NULLS, NULLING, NULLED. | |
| numb | Without feeling > NUMBER, NUMBEST; NUMBLY; (verb) to make numb > NUMBS, NUMBING, NUMBED. | |
| nuns | (Pl.) NUN, a female member of a religious order. | |
| nurd | A person obsessed with computers at the expense of human interaction > NURDS, NURDY. Also NERD. | |
| nurl | To cut with reeding or fluting on the edge of, as coins, the heads of screws, etc > NURLS, NURLING, NURLED. Also KNURL. | |
| nurr | A knot in wood > NURRS. Also KNAUR, KNURR, KNUR, NUR. | |
| nurs | (Pl.) NUR, a knob or knot in wood. | |
| nuts | (Pl.) NUT, popularly, any fruit with an edible seed in a hard shell. | |
| nyah | an interjection used to express contempt for another. | |
| nyas | (Obs.) = EYAS, a young hawk taken from the nest for training > NYASES | |
| nyed | (Pt.) NYE, to draw nigh. | |
| nyes | (3rd.) NYE, to nigh. | |
| oafs | (Pl.) OAF, a clumsy person. | |
| oaks | (Pl.) OAK, a genus of trees of the beech family. | |
| oaky | Oak-like > OAKIER, OAKIEST; (noun) an ice-cream > OAKIES. | |
| oars | (3rd.) OAR, to row a boat. | |
| oary | Having the form of or using oars > OARIER, OARIEST. | |
| oast | A kiln to dry hops or malt > OASTS. | |
| oath | A formal declaration or promise to fulfill a pledge > OATHS. | |
| oats | (Pl.) OAT, a genus of grasses. | |
| oaty | Like oats > OATIER, OATIEST. | |
| obas | (Pl.) OBA, a West African chief. | |
| obes | (Pl.) OBE, West Indian witchcraft. | |
| obey | To follow the commands or guidance of > OBEYS, OBEYING, OBEYED. | |
| obia | West Indian witchcraft > OBIAS. Also OBI, OBEAH. | |
| obis | (3rd.) OBI, to bewitch. | |
| obit | (Lat.) a religious office for a dead person > OBITS. | |
| oboe | A double-reed treble woodwind instrument > OBOES. | |
| obol | (Greek) a Greek coin > OBOLS. Also OBOLUS. | |
| obos | (Pl.) OBO, a vessel for carrying oil or bulk ore. | |
| obvs | (Coll.) obviously. | |
| ocas | (Pl.) OCA, a S. American wood-sorrel. | |
| occy | As in all over the OCCY, in every direction > OCCIES. | |
| oche | The throwing line in darts > OCHES. | |
| octa | A unit of cloud-cover, one-eighth sky > OCTAS. Also OKTA. | |
| odah | (Turkish) a room in a harem > ODAHS. Also ODA. | |
| odal | (Orkneys) allodial, without feudal superior; (noun) an estate so held > ODALS. Also UDAL. | |
| odas | (Pl.) ODA, a room in a harem. | |
| odds | (Pl.) ODD, in golf, an additional or allowed stroke. | |
| odea | (Pl.) ODEUM, a building for the performance of vocal and instrumental music. | |
| odes | (Pl.) ODE, an elaborate lyric addressed to someone or something. | |
| odic | Of or pertaining to an ODE. | |
| odor | Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive > ODORS, ODORED. Also ODOUR. | |
| odso | (Obs.) an interjection expressing surprise > ODSOS. Also GODSO, GADSO. | |
| odyl | = OD, the vital force > ODYLS. Also ODYLE. | |
| offa | off, off from. | |
| offs | (3rd.) OFF, to go off. | |
| offy | (Sl.) an off-licence > OFFIES. | |
| ogam | (Irish) a 6th C. Irish writing alphabet > OGAMS. Also OGHAM. | |
| ogee | A curve or molding like integral sign; arch of two curves meeting at a point > OGEES. | |
| ogle | To stare at > OGLES, OGLING, OGLED. | |
| ogre | A cannibalistic giant > OGRES. | |
| ohed | (Pt.) OH, to say OH. | |
| ohia | (Hawaiian) a Polynesian tree of the myrtle family with bright red flowers, aka LEHUA > OHIAS. | |
| ohms | (Pl.) OHM, a unit of electrical resistance. | |
| oiks | (Pl.) OIK, an inferior person, a lout. | |
| oils | (3rd.) OIL, to smear or lubricate with oil. | |
| oily | Like oil > OILIER, OILIEST; OILILY. | |
| oink | To make a noise like a pig > OINKS, OINKING, OINKED. | |
| oint | To anoint > OINTS, OINTING, OINTED. | |
| okas | (Pl.) OKA, a Turkish weight. | |
| okay | (Verb) to approve, pass as OK > OKAYS, OKAYING, OKAYED. | |
| okeh | Expressing approval > OKEHS. | |
| okes | (Pl.) OKE, a Turkish weight. | |
| okra | A tropical plant of the mallow family, with edible pods, aka GUMBO > OKRAS. | |
| okta | A unit of cloud-cover, one-eighth sky > OKTAS. Also OCTA. | |
| olde | A facetious word for old. | |
| olds | (Pl.) OLD, an old person. | |
| oldy | (Coll.) an old person or thing > OLDIES. Also OLDIE. | |
| olea | (Pl.) OLEUM, fuming sulphuric acid. | |
| oleo | (Abbr.) OLEOGRAPH, a lithographic reproduction of an oil painting > OLEOS. | |
| oles | (Pl.) OLE, a shout of approval. | |
| olid | Rank-smelling. | |
| olio | A savoury dish of meat and vegetables > OLIOS. | |
| olla | (Spanish) a jar or urn > OLLAS. [Sp. olla, pot]. | |
| olms | (Pl.) OLM, a blind salamander. | |
| olpe | (Greek) a Greek jug > OLPES or OLPAE. | |
| omas | (Pl.) OMA, a grandmother. | |
| ombu | (Guarani) a S. American tree, that grows in the pampas > OMBUS. | |
| omen | (Verb) to portend > OMENS, OMENING, OMENED. | |
| omer | (Hebrew) a Hebrew dry measure, = 1/10 EPHA > OMERS. | |
| omit | To leave out > OMITS, OMITTING, OMITTED. | |
| omov | One man one vote > OMOVS. | |
| once | (Noun) one time > ONCES. | |
| oner | Something that is one of its kind > ONERS. Also WUNNER. | |
| ones | (Pl.) ONE, an individual thing or person. | |
| onie | (Scots) any. Also ONY. | |
| only | Sole, alone > ONLIEST but not ONLIER*. | |
| onos | (Pl.) ONO, a kind of fish. | |
| onst | (Dial.) once. | |
| onto | To a position upon. | |
| onus | (Lat.) a burden > ONUSES. | |
| onyx | A form of chalcedony consisting of plane layers of different colours, much used for cameos > ONYXES. | |
| oofs | (Pl.) OOF, money. | |
| oofy | Having OOF or money > OOFIER, OOFIEST. | |
| oohs | (3rd.) OOH, to say OOH. | |
| ooms | (Pl.) OOM, uncle. | |
| oons | An oath, God's wounds. | |
| oont | (Hindi) a camel > OONTS. | |
| oops | (3rd.) OOP, to bind with thread, join. | |
| oose | (Scots) fluff, nap > OOSES. | |
| oosy | (Scots) fluffy > OOSIER, OOSIEST. | |
| oots | (Pl.) OOT, out. | |
| ooze | To flow or leak out slowly > OOZES, OOZING, OOZED. | |
| oozy | Oozing > OOZIER, OOZIEST; OOZILY. | |
| opah | A large sea-fish with laterally flattened body > OPAHS. Aka SUNFISH, KINGFISH. | |
| opal | An amorphous variety of SILICA > OPALS, OPALED. | |
| opas | (Pl.) OPA, a grandfather. | |
| oped | (Pt.) OPE, to open. | |
| open | Affording unobstructed access, passage, or view > OPENER, OPENEST; OPENLY; (verb) to cause to become open > OPENS, OPENING, OPENED. | |
| opes | (3rd.) OPE, to open. | |
| oppo | One's opposite number > a partner or opponent > OPPOS. | |
| opts | (3rd.) OPT, to decide or choose. | |
| opus | (Lat.) work, esp. an artistic or literary work > OPUSES or OPERA. | |
| orad | Towards the mouth. | |
| oral | Relating to the mouth; uttered by the mouth > ORALLY; (noun) an oral examination > ORALS. | |
| orbs | (3rd.) ORB, to surround, to form into an orb. | |
| orby | Orbed > ORBIER, ORBIEST. | |
| orca | The killer whale > ORCAS. Also ORC. | |
| orcs | (Pl.) ORC, a killer whale. | |
| ordo | An annual religious calendar with instructions for Mass and office for each day > ORDINES or ORDOS. | |
| ords | (Pl.) ORD, a point e.g. of a weapon. | |
| ores | (Pl.) ORE, a solid mineral aggregate. | |
| orfe | (Ger.) a kind of carp > ORFES. | |
| orfs | (Pl.) ORF, a viral infection of sheep. | |
| orgs | (Pl.) ORG, an organization. | |
| orgy | A party marked by unrestrained sexual indulgence > ORGIES. | |
| orle | A border within a shield at a short distance from the edge > ORLES. | |
| orra | (Scots) odd, not matched. An ORRA MAN is a farmworker kept to do any odd job that may arise. | |
| orts | (Pl.) ORT, a morsel left at a meal. | |
| oryx | A kind of antelope > ORYXES. | |
| orzo | (Ital.) pasta in the form of small pieces like barley > ORZOS. | |
| osar | (Pl.) OS, an esker. | |
| oses | (Pl.) OSE, an esker. | |
| ossa | (Pl.) OS, bone. | |
| otic | Pertaining to the ear. | |
| otto | (Persian) a fragrant essential oil made from the damask rose > OTTOS. Also OTTAR, ATTAR. | |
| ouch | An interjection expressing pain; (noun) a socket in which a precious stone is set; (verb) to set a precious stone in a socket > OUCHES, OUCHING, OUCHED. | |
| ouds | (Pl.) OUD, an African lute. | |
| ouks | (Pl.) OUK, Scots for week. | |
| ould | (Irish) old > OULDER, OULDEST. | |
| oulk | (Scots) week > OULKS. Also OUK. | |
| ouma | (Afrikaans) a grandmother > OUMAS. | |
| oupa | (Afrikaans) a grandfather > OUPAS. | |
| ouph | (Shakesp.) an oaf > OUPHS. Also OUPHE. | |
| oups | (3rd.) OUP, to bind with thread. | |
| ourn | (Dial.) ours. | |
| ours | A possessive form of the pronoun WE. | |
| oust | To expel or remove from a position or place > OUSTS, OUSTING, OUSTED. | |
| outa | an informal contraction of out of. | |
| outs | (3rd.) OUT, to put or throw out. | |
| ouzo | (Mod. Gr.) an aniseed-flavored Greek liqueur > OUZOS. | |
| oval | Egg-shaped > OVALLY; (noun) an oval (egg-shaped) figure or object > OVALS. | |
| ovel | (Hebrew) a mourner esp during the first seven days after a death > OVELS. Also AVEL. | |
| oven | An enclosed compartment in which substances are heated; (verb) to cook in an oven > OVENS, OVENING, OVENED. | |
| over | (Verb) to go, leap or vault over > OVERS, OVERING, OVERED. | |
| ovum | The female reproductive cell > OVA. | |
| owed | (Pt.) OWE, to be in debt for. | |
| ower | (Scots) over. | |
| owes | (3rd.) OWE, to be in debt for. | |
| owie | An injry that is not serious > OWIES. | |
| owls | (3rd.) OWL, to smuggle esp. wool. | |
| owly | Owlish > OWLIER, OWLIEST. | |
| owns | (3rd.) OWN, to possess. | |
| owre | (Spenser) ore > OWRES. | |
| owse | (Scots) an ox > OWSEN. | |
| owts | (Pl.) OWT, anything. | |
| oxen | (Pl.) OX. | |
| oxer | In foxhunting, an ox-fence > OXERS. | |
| oxes | (Pl.) OX, in sense of a clumsy person. | |
| oxic | denoting a process involving oxygen. | |
| oxid | A compound containing oxygen. Also OXIDE. | |
| oxim | Any of a number of compounds obtained by the action of hydroxylamine on aldehydes or ketones that contain a bivalent group (=NOH) attached to a carbon atom > OXIMS. Also OXIME. | |
| oyer | A hearing or an inspection, as of a deed, bond, etc., as when a defendant in court prays oyer of a writing > OYERS. | |
| oyes | The call of a public crier for attention before making a proclamation > OYESES or OYESSES. Also OYEZ. | |
| oyez | The call of a public crier for attention before making a proclamation. Pl. OYEZES. Also OYES. | |
| paal | (Dutch) in the Caribbean, a stake driven into the ground > PAALS. | |
| paan | Betel leaf > PAANS. | |
| paca | (Tupi) a South American rodent, the spotted CAVY > PACAS. [Sp. & Port. f. Tupi p´ca]. | |
| pace | To walk with a regular step > PACES, PACING, PACED. | |
| pack | To put into a receptacle for transportation or storage > PACKS, PACKING, PACKED. | |
| paco | (Quechua) an alpaca > PACOS. [Sp. f. Quechua pako red, reddish yellow]. | |
| pacs | (Pl.) PAC, a moccasin or soft shoe to be worn inside a boot. | |
| pact | An agreement > PACTS. | |
| pacy | Fast, lively, smart > PACIER, PACIEST. Also PACEY. | |
| padi | (Malay) a rice field > PADIS. Also PADDY. | |
| pads | (3rd.) PAD, to cover or fill with soft material. | |
| page | To summon by calling out the name of > PAGES, PAGING, PAGED. | |
| pahs | (Pl.) PAH, a Maori fort or settlement. | |
| paid | (Pt.) PAY, to remunerate. | |
| paik | (Scots) to thump, drub > PAIKS, PAIKING, PAIKED. | |
| pail | A watertight cylindrical container > PAILS. | |
| pain | To cause pain (suffering or distress) > PAINS, PAINING, PAINED. | |
| pair | To arrange in sets of two > PAIRS, PAIRING, PAIRED; (adj.) poor > PAIRER, PAIREST. | |
| pais | (Arch.) the people from whom a jury is drawn. No plural. | |
| paks | (Pl.) PAK, a pack. | |
| pale | Lacking colour > PALER, PALEST; PALELY; (verb) to grow pale > PALES, PALING, PALED. | |
| pali | (Hawaiian) a cliff in Hawaii > PALIS. | |
| pall | A covering cloth laid upon Communion chalice; (verb) to grow wearisome > PALLS, PALLING, PALLED. | |
| palm | To touch with the palm (inner surface) of the hand > PALMS, PALMING, PALMED. | |
| palp | An elongated sense organ, usually near mouth, in insects, mollusks, crustaceans. Also PALPUS. (Verb) to sense by touch > PALPS, PALPING, PALPED. | |
| pals | (3rd.) PAL, to associate as a pal. | |
| paly | Pale in colour > PALIER, PALIEST. | |
| pams | (Pl.) PAM, the knave of clubs. | |
| pand | (Scots) the valance of a bed > PANDS. | |
| pane | (Verb) to insert panes into > PANES, PANING, PANED. | |
| pang | (Verb) to inflict a pang on > PANGS, PANGING, PANGED. | |
| pans | (3rd.) PAN, to wash earth for gold. | |
| pant | To breathe quickly and with difficulty > PANTS, PANTING, PANTED. | |
| papa | A father > PAPAS. | |
| pape | (Scots) pope > PAPES. | |
| paps | (3rd.) PAP, to feed with pap. | |
| para | (Turkish) a small Turkish coin > PARAS. [Turkish parah]. | |
| pard | A leopard > PARDS. Also PARDAL, PARDALE, PARDALIS. | |
| pare | To cut or shave off the outer surface or edge of > PARES, PARING, PARED. | |
| park | To leave a vehicle in a location for a time > PARKS, PARKING, PARKED. | |
| parp | To sound a car horn; to toot > PARPS, PARPING, PARPED. | |
| parr | A young salmon, during its freshwater days (first two years) > PARRS. | |
| pars | (3rd.) PAR, to score a standard number of strokes in golf. | |
| part | To divide or break into separate pieces > PARTS, PARTING, PARTED. | |
| pase | (Spanish) a movement of a matador's cap > PASES. [Sp. pase, pass]. | |
| pash | (Shakesp.) to strike violently, to bruise, crush > PASHES, PASHING, PASHED. | |
| pass | To go by > PASSES, PASSING, PASSED. | |
| past | Time gone > PASTS. | |
| pate | The top of the head, usually a bald head > PATES, PATED. | |
| path | (Verb) (Shakesp.) to go > PATHS, PATHING, PATHED. | |
| pats | (3rd.) PAT, to stroke gently. | |
| patu | (Maori) a short club > PATUS. | |
| paty | Having expanded crossed arms. No comp! | |
| paua | (Maori) a name for the abalone shell > PAUAS. Also PAWA. | |
| paul | An obsolete silver coin > PAULS. Also PAOLO. | |
| pave | To cover with material that forms a firm, level surface > PAVES, PAVING, PAVED. | |
| pavs | (Pl.) PAV, a pavlova. | |
| pawa | (Maori) a name for the abalone shell > PAWAS. Also PAUA. | |
| pawk | (Scots) a trick > PAWKS. | |
| pawl | A lever which engages with a ratchet wheel so as to permit movement in one direction only > PAWLS. | |
| pawn | To give as security for something borrowed > PAWNS, PAWNING, PAWNED. | |
| paws | (3rd.) PAW, to scrape with a paw. | |
| pays | (3rd.) PAY, to remunerate. | |
| peag | (Am. Ind.) wampum; beads used as money > PEAGS. Also PEAGE. | |
| peak | To reach a maximum > PEAKS, PEAKING, PEAKED. | |
| peal | To ring out > PEALS, PEALING, PEALED. | |
| pean | 1. (Her.) a fur resembling ermine but having gold markings on a black field. 2. (verb) to beat thin with a hammer > PEANS, PEANING, PEANED. Also PEEN, PENE. | |
| pear | A fruit, a pome tapering towards the stalk and bulged at the end > PEARS. | |
| peas | (Pl.) PEA, the nutritious seed of certain papilionaceous climbing plants. | |
| peat | Vegetable matter partly decomposed in wet acid conditions in bogs and fens to form a firm brown deposit resembling soil > PEATS. | |
| peba | (Tupi) a long-nosed armadillo of the genus Dasypus > PEBAS. | |
| pech | (Scots) to pant > PECHS, PECHING, PECHED. Also PEGH. | |
| peck | A unit of dry measure equal to 8 quarts; (verb) to pick at with a beak > PECKS, PECKING, PECKED. | |
| pecs | (Pl.) PEC, pectoral muscle. | |
| pedi | (Short for) pedicure > PEDIS. | |
| peds | (Pl.) PED, pedestrian. | |
| peed | (Pt.) PEE, to urinate. | |
| peek | To look furtively or quickly > PEEKS, PEEKING, PEEKED. | |
| peel | The covering of a fruit; (verb) to remove the peel from > PEELS, PEELING, PEELED. | |
| peen | The end of a hammer head opposite to the face, esp. when sharp; (verb) to beat thin with a hammer, hammer out; strike with the peen of a hammer > PEENS, PEENING, PEENED. Also PENE, PEAN. | |
| peep | To take a quick look > PEEPS, PEEPING, PEEPED. | |
| peer | To look narrowly or searchingly > PEERS, PEERING, PEERED. | |
| pees | (3rd.) PEE, to urinate. | |
| pegh | (Scots) to pant > PEGHS, PEGHING, PEGHED. Also PECH. | |
| pegs | (3rd.) PEG, to fasten with a peg. | |
| pehs | (Pl.) PEH, the Hebrew letter. | |
| pein | The end of a hammer head opposite to the face, esp. when sharp; (verb) to hammer with this > PEINS, PEINING, PEINED. Also PEAN, PEEN. PENE. | |
| peke | (Coll.) a Pekinese dog > PEKES. | |
| pela | (Chinese) white wax from a scale insect > PELAS. [Chinese peh-la, white wax]. | |
| pele | (Spenser) a peal > PELES. | |
| pelf | Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired > PELFS (PELVES is the pl. of PELVIS). | |
| pell | A skin or hide; a roll of parchment > PELLS. | |
| pels | (Pl.) PEL, an earlier word for a pixel. | |
| pelt | To strike repeatedly with blows or missiles > PELTS, PELTING, PELTED. | |
| pend | (Verb) to hang > PENDS, PENDING, PENDED. | |
| pene | The end of a hammer head opposite to the face, esp. when sharp; (verb) to beat thin with a hammer > PENES, PENING, PENED. Also PEEN, PEAN, PEIN. | |
| peni | (Spenser) penny > PENIS. Also PENIE. | |
| penk | (Ger.) a minnow. [Ger. Pinke]. | |
| pens | (3rd.) PEN, to write down on paper. | |
| pent | (Noun) a penthouse; a sloping or overhanging roof > PENTS. | |
| peon | (Spanish) a day-labourer, esp. in Spanish-speaking America > PEONS or PEONES. | |
| pepo | Any fleshy fruit with a firm rind, as a pumpkin, melon, or gourd > PEPOS. Also PEPONIUM, PEPONIDA. | |
| peps | (3rd.) PEP, to put pep into. | |
| perc | (Short for) perchloride, a chemical used in dry cleaning > PERCS. | |
| pere | (Fr.) father > PERES. | |
| peri | (Persian) in Persian mythology, a fairy > PERIS. | |
| perk | To carry oneself jauntily > PERKS, PERKING, PERKED. | |
| perm | To give hair a permanent wave > PERMS, PERMING, PERMED. | |
| pern | The honey buzzard > PERNS. | |
| perp | (Coll.) one who has committed a crime > PERPS. | |
| pert | Impudent > PERTER, PERTEST; PERTLY; (noun) an impudent person > PERTS. | |
| perv | To behave as a sexual pervert > PERVS, PERVING, PERVED. Also PERVE. | |
| peso | (Spanish) a standard monetary unit in the Philippines and some S and Central American countries, worth 100 CENTESIMOS in Uruguay and 100 centavos elsewhere > PESOS. | |
| pest | An annoying person or thing > PESTS. | |
| pets | (3rd.) PET, to treat as a pet. | |
| pews | (Pl.) PEW, one of several long benchlike seats with backs, used by the congregation. | |
| pfft | An interjection expressing sudden ending. | |
| pfui | An exclamation of contempt, scorn etc. Also PHOOEY. | |
| phat | Susceptible of easy and rapid typesetting > PHATTER, PHATTEST. | |
| phew | An exclamation of relief, astonishment etc. No -S. | |
| phis | (Pl.) PHI, a Greek letter. | |
| phiz | (Coll.) physiognomy, face > PHIZES or PHIZZES. Also PHIZOG. | |
| phoh | An expression of disgust > PHOHS. Also FOH, PHO. | |
| phon | (Greek) a unit of loudness of sound as heard by listeners > PHONS. [Gk. phone sound, voice.] | |
| phos | (Pl.) PHO, an expression of disgust. | |
| phot | A unit of the product of illumination and duration, equal to one lux maintained for one second > PHOTS. | |
| phut | A sound like a bullet's; (verb) to make such a sound > PHUTS, PHUTTING, PHUTTED. | |
| pial | Pertaining to a PIA, a membrane of the brain. | |
| pian | A tropical disease > PIANS. | |
| pias | (Pl.) PIA, a tropical plant. | |
| pica | An old type size, approximately, and still used synonymously for, 12-point > PICAS. | |
| pice | (Hindi) an Indian coin, 1/4 anna > PICE. No -S. | |
| pick | To select > PICKS, PICKING, PICKED. | |
| pics | (Pl.) PIC, picture. | |
| pied | (Pt.) PIE, to reduce to confusion. | |
| pier | A structure extending from land out over water > PIERS. | |
| pies | (3rd.) PIE, to reduce to confusion. | |
| piet | (Scots) a magpie > PIETS. Also PYAT, PYOT, PYET. | |
| pigs | (3rd.) PIG, to eat greedily. | |
| pika | (Tungus) any of various small lagomorph mammals of western N. America and central Asia > PIKAS. | |
| pike | A voracious freshwater fish; (verb) to kill or pierce with a pike > PIKES, PIKING, PIKED. | |
| piki | (Am. Ind.) maize-meal bread in the form of very thin sheets, made by the Hopi Indians of the south-western US > PIKIS. [Hopi]. | |
| pila | (Pl.) PILUM, a Roman javelin. | |
| pile | To lay one upon the other > PILES, PILING, PILED. | |
| pili | (Tagalog) a kind of nut > PILIS. | |
| pill | (Verb) to form into pills > PILLS, PILLING, PILLED. | |
| pily | Divided into wedge shapes > PILIER, PILIEST. | |
| pima | A strong cotton > PIMAS. [From Pima County, Arizona]. | |
| pimp | To solicit clients for a prostitute > PIMPS, PIMPING, PIMPED. | |
| pina | (Obs.) pineapple; also, a fine cloth woven of pineapple fibre; the n has a tilde > PINAS. | |
| pine | To yearn intensely > PINES, PINING, PINED. | |
| ping | To produce a brief, high-pitched sound > PINGS, PINGING, PINGED. | |
| pink | Rose-coloured > PINKER, PINKEST; PINKLY; (verb) to cut with special scissors to make zigzag edge > PINKS, PINKING, PINKED. | |
| pins | (3rd.) PIN, to fasten with a pin. | |
| pint | A measure of capacity equal to half a quart or 4 gills > PINTS. | |
| piny | (Noun) a peony > PINIES; (adj.) having e.g. the fragrance of pine > PINIER, PINIEST. Also PINEY. | |
| pion | A pi-meson > PIONS. | |
| pioy | (Scots) a home-made firework > PIOYS. Also PIOYE, PEEOY. | |
| pipa | The Surinam toad, noted for its peculiar breeding habits > PIPAS. [Surinam dialect]. | |
| pipe | A unit of liquid capacity equal to two hogsheads; (verb) to play a pipe > PIPES, PIPING, PIPED. | |
| pipi | (Maori) an edible shellfish of Australasia > PIPIS. | |
| pips | (3rd.) PIP, to offend or disgust. | |
| pipy | Like a pipe; hollow-stemmed > PIPIER, PIPIEST. | |
| pirl | An eddy, a ripple > PIRLS. | |
| pirn | (Scots) a reel, a bobbin > PIRNS. | |
| pirs | (Pl.) PIR, a Muslim holy man. | |
| pise | (Fr.) a species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises > PISES. The e has an accent. | |
| pish | An exclamation of contempt; (verb) to make such an exclamation > PISHES, PISHING, PISHED. | |
| piso | (Tagalog) a Philippines monetary unit > PISOS. | |
| piss | (Coll.) to urinate > PISSES, PISSING, PISSED. | |
| pita | (Quechua) the fibre of various species of bromelia > PITAS. [Quechua pita, fine thread]. | |
| pith | (Verb) to severely damage the brain of a frog > PITHS, PITHING, PITHED. | |
| pits | (3rd.) PIT, to put. | |
| pity | To feel pity (sorrow aroused by another's misfortune) > PITIES, PITYING, PITIED. | |
| pium | (Tupi) a small troublesome Brazilian biting fly > PIUMS. | |
| pixy | A small fairy > PIXIES. Also PIXIE, PISKY. | |
| pize | A term of imprecation; pox, pest; (verb) to strike someone a blow > PIZES, PIZING, PIZED. | |
| plan | To formulate a plan (a method for achieving an end) > PLANS, PLANNING, PLANNED. | |
| plap | A flatter sound than a plop; (verb) to make such a sound > PLAPS, PLAPPING, PLAPPED. | |
| plat | To form by interweaving; to braid; to plait > PLATS, PLATTING, PLATTED. | |
| play | To engage in amusement or sport > PLAYS, PLAYING, PLAYED. | |
| plea | (Verb) to dispute in a law-court > PLEAS, PLEAING, PLEAED. | |
| pleb | (Abbr.) PLEBEIAN > PLEBS. | |
| pled | (Pl.) PLEAD, to ask for earnestly. | |
| plew | A beaver skin > PLEWS. Also PLU, PLUE. | |
| plex | (Abbr.) multiplex > PLEXES. | |
| plie | (Fr.) a movement in ballet > PLIES. (The e has an accent). | |
| plim | To swell, as grain or wood with water > PLIMS, PLIMMING, PLIMMED. | |
| plod | To walk heavily > PLODS, PLODDING, PLODDED. | |
| plop | To drop or fall heavily > PLOPS, PLOPPING, PLOPPED. | |
| plot | To plan secretly > PLOTS, PLOTTING, PLOTTED. | |
| plow | A plough; (verb) to plough > PLOWS, PLOWING, PLOWED. | |
| ploy | (Verb) to move from a line into column > PLOYS, PLOYING, PLOYED. | |
| plue | A beaver's pelt > PLUES. Also PLU, PLEW. | |
| plug | To seal or close with a plug (a piece of material used to fill a hole) > PLUGS, PLUGGING, PLUGGED. | |
| plum | Choice > PLUMMER, PLUMMEST; (noun) an oval drupe or stone-fruit with juicy, sweet-tasting yellowish flesh > PLUMS. | |
| plus | (Verb) to increase in value > PLUSES or PLUSSES, PLUSED or PLUSSED, PLUSING or PLUSSING. | |
| poas | (Pl.) POA, meadow-grass. | |
| pock | A pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous and vaccine diseases; (verb) to mark with pocks > POCKS, POCKING, POCKED. | |
| poco | (Ital.) little. | |
| pods | (3rd.) POD, to shell peas. | |
| poem | A composition in verse > POEMS. | |
| poep | (Afrikaans) a fart; a despicable person > POEPS. | |
| poet | One who writes poems > POETS. | |
| pogo | To jump up and down on the spot to music > POGOS, POGOING, POGOED. | |
| pogy | (Am. Ind.) a marine fish > POGIES. | |
| pohs | (3rd.) POH, to reject contemptuously. | |
| pois | (Pl.) POI, fermented TARO. | |
| poke | To push or prod > POKES, POKING, POKED. | |
| poky | (Noun) jail > POKIES. Also POKEY. (Adj.) cramped > POKIER, POKIEST; POKILY. | |
| pole | A unit of area equal to a square rod; (verb) to propel with a pole > POLES, POLING, POLED. | |
| polk | To dance a polka > POLKS, POLKING, POLKED. | |
| poll | To question for the purpose of surveying public opinion > POLLS, POLLING, POLLED. | |
| polo | A game like hockey played on horseback > POLOS. | |
| pols | (Pl.) POL, a politician. | |
| polt | (Verb) to strike, thump > POLTS, POLTING, POLTED. | |
| poly | (Abbr.) a polytechnic > POLYS or POLIES. | |
| pome | Any fruit of the apple family e.g. apple, quince > POMES. | |
| pomo | (Coll.) postmodernism > POMOS. | |
| pomp | Stately or splendid display > POMPS. | |
| poms | (Pl.) POM, a Pomeranian dog. | |
| pond | (Verb) to make into a pond > PONDS, PONDING, PONDED. | |
| pone | The card player on the dealer's right responsible for cutting the cards > PONES. | |
| pong | To stink > PONGS, PONGING, PONGED. Also PONK. | |
| ponk | To smell bad > PONKS, PONKING, PONKED. Also PONG. | |
| pons | (Lat.) bridge, as in pons asinorum, 'bridge of asses'; test of ignorant person's ability > PONTES. | |
| pont | In S. Africa, a small ferryboat guided across a narrow stretch of water by a rope or cable > PONTS. | |
| pony | A small horse > PONIES. Also POWNY, POWNEY, POWNIE. (Verb) (old slang) to pay or settle up > PONIES, PONYING, PONIED. Also PONEY. | |
| pood | (Russian) a Russian weight, equal to forty Russian pounds or about thirty-six English pounds avoirdupois > POODS. | |
| poof | Expressing surprise. | |
| pooh | Expressing contempt; (verb) to express contempt for > POOHS, POOHING, POOHED. | |
| pook | (Scots) to pluck, pinch > POOKS, POOKING, POOKIT or POUKIT. Also POUK. | |
| pool | To combine in a common fund > POOLS, POOLING, POOLED. | |
| poon | (Malayalam) an E. Indian tree > POONS. [Malayalam punna]. | |
| poop | (Verb) to fool, cozen > POOPS, POOPING, POOPED. Also POUPE. | |
| poor | Not rich > POORER, POOREST; POORLY. | |
| poos | (3rd.) POO, to poop. | |
| poot | (Scots) a poult, a young fowl; (verb) to shoot at young partridges or young grouse > POOTS, POOTING, POOTED. | |
| pope | A small freshwater fish, aka RUFFE > POPES. | |
| pops | (3rd.) POP, to make a pop. | |
| pore | Any opening into or through a tissue or body structure; (verb) to examine closely > PORES, PORING, PORED. | |
| pork | Pig's flesh as food; (verb) to eat ravenously > PORKS, PORKING, PORKED. | |
| porn | Pornography > PORNS. | |
| port | A sweet fortified dessert wine; (verb) to carry, convey > PORTS, PORTING, PORTED. | |
| pory | (Obs.) porous; as, pory stone > PORIER, PORIEST. | |
| pose | To assume a fixed position > POSES, POSING, POSED. | |
| posh | Smart, stylish > POSHER, POSHEST; POSHLY; (verb) to polish up > POSHES, POSHING, POSHED. | |
| poss | To agitate clothes in washing them > POSSES, POSSING, POSSED. | |
| post | To affix in a public place > POSTS, POSTING, POSTED. | |
| posy | (Noun) a small bunch of flowers > POSIES; (adj.) given to posing > POSIER, POSIEST. | |
| pote | To poke, thrust > POTES, POTING, POTED. | |
| pots | (3rd.) POT, to cook or put in a pot. | |
| pott | A paper-size > POTTS. | |
| pouf | To fluff up. | |
| pouk | (Scots) to pluck, pinch > POUKS, POUKING, POUKIT. Also POOK. | |
| pour | To cause to flow > POURS, POURING, POURED. | |
| pout | To protrude the lips in ill humor > POUTS, POUTING, POUTED. | |
| pown | (Scots) a peacock > POWNS. Also POWIN. | |
| pows | (Pl.) POW, head. | |
| poxy | Afflicted by pox > POXIER, POXIEST. | |
| pozz | (Sl.) old short form of positive. Also POZ. | |
| prad | (Dutch) (sl.) a horse > PRADS. [By metathesis from Dutch paard, horse.] | |
| pram | A flat-bottomed boat or lighter, used in Holland and the Baltic, and sometimes armed in case of war > PRAMS. Also PRAAM. | |
| prao | (Malay) a swift Malayan sailboat with triangular sail and one outrigger > PRAOS. Also PROA, PRAHU, PRAU. | |
| prat | (Coll.) an idiot > PRATS. | |
| prau | (Malay) a swift Malayan sailboat with triangular sail and one outrigger > PRAUS. Also PROA, PRAHU, PRAO. | |
| pray | To address prayers to > PRAYS, PRAYING, PRAYED. | |
| pree | (Scots) to make a trial of, esp. by tasting or kissing > PREES, PREEING, PREED. | |
| prem | A premature infant > PREMS. | |
| prep | (Abbr.) preparation; (verb) to prepare > PREPS, PREPPING, PREPPED. | |
| prex | (US college slang) the president of a college > PREXES. Also PREXY. | |
| prey | To seize and devour animals for food > PREYS, PREYING, PREYED. | |
| prez | (Abbr.) president > PREZES. | |
| prig | (Shakesp.) to steal > PRIGS, PRIGGING, PRIGGED. | |
| prim | Over-demure > PRIMMER, PRIMMEST; PRIMLY; (verb) to dress with great nicety > PRIMS, PRIMMING, PRIMMED. | |
| proa | (Malay) a swift Malayan sailboat with triangular sail and one outrigger > PROAS. Also PRAU, PRAHU, PRAO. | |
| prob | (Coll.) a problem > PROBS. | |
| prod | To jab with something pointed > PRODS, PRODDING, PRODDED. | |
| prof | (Abbr.) professor > PROFS. | |
| prog | To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts > PROGS, PROGGING, PROGGED. | |
| prom | A school or college dance > PROMS. | |
| proo | (Scots) a call to a cow to come near. Also PRUH. | |
| prop | To keep from falling > PROPS, PROPPING, PROPPED. | |
| pros | (Pl.) PRO, one in favour of. | |
| prow | (Noun) part of a ship > PROWS; (adj.) (Spenser) full of prowess > PROWER, PROWEST. | |
| pruh | (Scots) a call to a cow to come near. Also PROO. | |
| prys | (Obs.) to price > PRYSES, PRYSING, PRYSED. | |
| psis | (Pl.) PSI, a Greek letter. | |
| psst | An interjection used to attract someone's attention. Also PST. | |
| ptui | An imitation of the sound of someone spitting. Also PTOOEY. | |
| pube | Pubic hair > PUBES. | |
| pubs | (Pl.) PUB, a public house. | |
| puce | Brownish-purple; purplish-pink > PUCER, PUCEST. | |
| puck | A mischievous sprite. Also POOKA, POUKE. (Verb) to strike the bal in hurling > PUCKS, PUCKING, PUCKED. | |
| puds | (Pl.) PUD, pudding. | |
| pudu | A very small deer, native of the Chilian Andes > PUDUS. | |
| puer | The dung of dogs, used as an alkaline steep in tanning; (verb) to tan using this > PUERS, PUERING, PUERED. | |
| puff | To blow in short gusts > PUFFS, PUFFING, PUFFED. | |
| pugh | (Obs.) an expression of contempt. No -S. | |
| pugs | (3rd.) PUG, to grind with water and make plastic. | |
| puha | (Maori) sow-thistle > PUHAS. | |
| puir | (Scots) poor > PUIRER, PUIREST. | |
| puja | (Sanskrit) a Hindu act of worship or prayer > PUJAS. Also PUJAH, POOJA, POOJAH. | |
| puka | (Maori) any tobacco plant having broad leaves > PUKA. No -S. | |
| puke | To vomit > PUKES, PUKING, PUKED. | |
| puku | (Zulu) an antelope of central southern Africa, related to the water-buck and distinguished by its shaggy golden-yellow coat > PUKUS. [Zulu mpuku]. | |
| puky | Resembling vomit > PUKIER, PUKIEST. | |
| pula | (Setswana) the standard monetary unit in Botswana, = 100 THEBE > PULAS. [Setswana, lit, rain, used as a greeting]. | |
| pule | To pipe; to whimper or whine > PULES, PULING, PULED. | |
| puli | (Hungarian) a long-haired sheepdog > PULIK or PULIS. | |
| pulk | (Finnish) a Laplander's boat-shaped sledge > PULKS. Also PULKA, PULKHA. | |
| pull | To exert force in order to cause motion toward the force > PULLS, PULLING, PULLED. | |
| pulp | To reduce to pulp (a soft, moist mass of matter) > PULPS, PULPING, PULPED. | |
| puls | (Pl.) PUL, a monetary unit of Afghanistan. | |
| pulu | (Hawaiian) a silky fibre from the Hawaiian tree-fern > PULUS. | |
| puly | Given to PULING, whiny > PULIER, PULIEST. | |
| puma | (Quechua) a large reddish-brown American cat, aka mountain lion > PUMAS. [Sp. f. Quechua púma.] | |
| pump | A device for moving fluids; (verb) to cause to flow by means of a pump > PUMPS, PUMPING, PUMPED. | |
| pumy | (Spenser) a pebble > PUMIES. Also PUMIE. | |
| puna | (Quechua) a high bleak plateau in the Peruvian Andes; a cold wind of the Andes that blows there > PUNAS. [Amer. Sp., f. Quechua.] | |
| pung | (Am. Ind.) a box-shaped sleigh > PUNGS. [Algonquian tom-pung, cf. TOBOGGAN]. | |
| punk | Decayed wood > PUNKS; (adj.) rotten, worthless > PUNKER, PUNKEST. | |
| puns | (3rd.) PUN, to make a pun. | |
| punt | A flat-bottomed boat for use in shallow water, propelled by a pole; (verb) to travel by punt > PUNTS, PUNTING, PUNTED. | |
| puny | Small and feeble > PUNIER, PUNIEST; PUNILY. Also PUISNE, PUISNY. | |
| pupa | (Lat.) an insect in the usu. passive stage between larva and imago > PUPAE or PUPAS. | |
| pups | (3rd.) PUP, to give birth to a pup. | |
| pupu | (Hawaiian) a dish of Asian foods served as an appetize > PUPUS. | |
| pure | Free from stain > PURER, PUREST; PURELY; (verb) to cleanse or refine; to treat with pure (dog faeces) > PURES, PURING, PURED. | |
| puri | (Hindi) in India, a small cake of unleavened bread fried in vegetable oil > PURIS. Also POORI. | |
| purl | (Of a stream etc.) to ripple along, murmuring > PURLS, PURLING, PURLED. | |
| purr | To utter a low, vibrant sound > PURRS, PURRING, PURRED. | |
| purs | (3rd.) PUR, to purr. | |
| push | To exert force in order to cause motion away from the force > PUSHES, PUSHING, PUSHED. | |
| puss | A familiar name for a cat > PUSSES. Also PUSSY. | |
| puts | (3rd.) PUT, to place. | |
| putt | To hit with a light stroke in golf > PUTTS, PUTTING, PUTTED. | |
| putz | To waste time > PUTZES, PUTZING, PUTZED. | |
| puys | (Pl.) PUY, a small volcanic cone. | |
| pwns | (3rd.) PWN, to dominate or humiliate an opponent esp in online gaming. | |
| pyas | (Pl.) PYA, a Burmese monetary unit. | |
| pyat | (Scots) a magpie > PYATS. Also PYOT, PIET, PYET. | |
| pyes | (3rd.) PYE, to reduce to confusion. | |
| pyet | (Scots) a magpie > PYETS. Also PYAT, PIET, PYOT. | |
| pyic | Pertaining to or discharging pus. | |
| pyin | A protein contained in PUS > PYINS. | |
| pyne | To waste away > PYNES, PYNING, PYNED. Also PINE. | |
| pyot | (Scots) a magpie > PYOTS. Also PYAT, PIET, PYET. | |
| pyre | A pile of combustible material > PYRES. | |
| pyro | (Abbr.) PYROGALLOL, a chemical used in photography > PYROS. | |
| qadi | (Arabic) a civil judge in a Muslim country > QADIS. [Arabic qadi, a judge]. Also CADI, KADI. | |
| qaid | (Arabic) a North African chief > QAIDS. Also CAID, KAID. | |
| qats | (Pl.) QAT, an E. African shrub. | |
| qins | (Pl.) QIN, a kind of Chinese zither. | |
| qoph | (Hebrew) the nineteenth letter of Hebrew alphabet > QOPHS. Also KOPH. | |
| quad | (Verb) to imprison > QUADS, QUADDING, QUADDED. | |
| quag | A quagmire > QUAGS. | |
| quai | (Fr.) quay > QUAIS. | |
| quat | A pimple; an insignificant person > QUATS. | |
| quay | A wharf for the loading or unloading of vessels > QUAYS. | |
| quep | = GUP, obs. interjection expression remonstrance. No -S. | |
| quey | (Scots) a heifer > QUEYS. | |
| quid | A cut or wad or something chewable > QUIDS. | |
| quim | (Sl.) the female genitalia > QUIMS. | |
| quin | A quintuplet > QUINS. | |
| quip | To make witty remarks > QUIPS, QUIPPING, QUIPPED. | |
| quit | To end one's engagement in or occupation with > QUITS, QUITTING, QUITTED. | |
| quiz | (Verb) to question > QUIZZES, QUIZZING, QUIZZED. | |
| quod | A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; hence, a prison; (verb) to imprison > QUODS, QUODDING, QUODDED. Also QUAD. | |
| quop | (Dial.) to throb > QUOPS, QUOPPING, QUOPPED. | |
| rabi | (Urdu) the spring grain harvest in India and Pakistan > RABIS. [Arabic rabi, spring]. Cf. KHARIF. | |
| raca | (Aramaic) empty, worthless (used as term of derision in Matthew 5.22). | |
| race | To compete in a contest of speed > RACES, RACING, RACED or (obs.) RAST. | |
| rach | A dog that hunts by scent > RACHES. Also RACHE, RATCH. | |
| rack | To place in a type of framework > RACKS, RACKING, RACKED. | |
| racy | Pungent > RACIER, RACIEST; RACILY. | |
| rade | (Dial.) rode. | |
| rads | (Pl.) RAD, a unit of radiation. | |
| raff | Rubbish, refuse > RAFFS. | |
| raft | A buoyant platform of logs, planks, etc., used as a vessel or moored platform; (verb) to convey by raft > RAFTS, RAFTING, RAFTED. | |
| raga | (Sanskrit) an Indian musical form > RAGAS. [Skr. raga, colour, tone]. | |
| rage | To act or speak with violent anger > RAGES, RAGING, RAGED. | |
| ragg | A rough hard stone > RAGGS. Also RAG. | |
| ragi | (Hindi) a kind of millet > RAGIS. Also RAGGEE, RAGEE, RAGGY. | |
| rags | (3rd.) RAG, to tease or ridicule. | |
| ragu | In Italian cooking, a meat and tomato source. | |
| rahs | (Pl.) RAH, to express approbation. | |
| raia | (Arabic) a non-Muslim subject of Turkey > RAIAS. Also RAYAH, RAYA. | |
| raid | To make a sudden assault on > RAIDS, RAIDING, RAIDED. | |
| raik | (Scots) a course, journey; a range, pasture; (verb) to go, to range > RAIKS, RAIKING, RAIKED. | |
| rail | To scold in abusive or insolent language > RAILS, RAILING, RAILED. | |
| rain | To fall like rain (drops of water condensed from atmospheric vapor) > RAINS, RAINING, RAINED. | |
| rais | (Pl.) RAI, a modern North African form of popular music. | |
| rait | To soak flax > RAITS, RAITING, RAITED. Also RET. | |
| raja | (Hindi) an Indian ruler > RAJAS. Also RAJAH. | |
| rake | To gather with a toothed implement > RAKES, RAKING, RAKED. | |
| raki | (Turkish) a strong spirit distilled in Turkey, Yugoslavia, etc., from grain, usually flavoured with aniseed or other aromatics > RAKIS. Also RAKEE. | |
| raku | (Japanese) a kind of earthenware made in Japan > RAKUS. | |
| rale | (Fr.) a rattling sound from a diseased lung > RALES. | |
| rami | (Malay) Rhea or China grass, a plant of the nettle family > RAMIS. Also RAMEE, RAMIE. | |
| ramp | (Verb) to provide with a ramp; to swindle, esp. by the practice of causing large, false increases in the price of shares etc. by dishonest means > RAMPS, RAMPING, RAMPED. | |
| rams | (3rd.) RAM, to push or cram down hard. | |
| rana | (Hindi) a Rajput prince > RANAS. | |
| rand | (Noun) a monetary unit of S.Africa; (verb) to rant > RANDS, RANDING, RANDED. | |
| rang | (Pt.) RING, to give forth a clear, resonant sound. | |
| rani | (Hindi) an Indian queen > RANIS. Also RANEE. | |
| rank | Coarsely luxuriant > RANKER, RANKEST; RANKLY; (verb) to arrange in order > RANKS, RANKING, RANKED. | |
| rant | To speak in a loud or vehement manner > RANTS, RANTING, RANTED. | |
| rape | To force to submit to sexual intercourse > RAPES, RAPING, RAPED. | |
| raps | (3rd.) RAP, to strike sharply. | |
| rapt | Deeply engrossed > RAPTLY. | |
| rare | Not common > RARER, RAREST; RARELY; (verb) to be enthusiastic, as in 'raring to go' > RARES, RARING, RARED. | |
| rark | (NZ) to reprimand > RARKS, RARKING, RARKED. | |
| rase | To level to the ground > RASES, RASING, RASED. Also RAZE. | |
| rash | (Adj.) over-hasty > RASHER, RASHEST; RASHLY; (verb) (obs.) to dash, rush > RASHES, RASHING, RASHED. | |
| rasp | To rub with something rough > RASPS, RASPING, RASPED. | |
| rast | (Obs.) pt. RACE. | |
| rata | (Maori) a myrtaceous New Zealand tree with hard red wood and bearing crimson flowers > RATAS. | |
| rate | To estimate the value of > RATES, RATING, RATED. | |
| rath | (Noun) a prehistoric hill fort > RATHS; (adj.) quick, ready > RATHER, RATHEST. | |
| rato | Rocket-assisted take-off > RATOS. | |
| rats | (3rd.) RAT, to hunt rats. | |
| ratu | A local chief or ruler in Indonesia or Fiji > RATUS. Also RATOO. | |
| raun | (Scott) fish-roe; female fish > RAUNS. Also RAWN. | |
| rave | To speak irrationally or incoherently > RAVES, RAVING, RAVED. | |
| ravs | (Pl.) RAV, a rabbi, esp one in authority. | |
| rawn | (Scots) fish-roe; female fish > RAWNS. Also RAUN. | |
| raws | (Pl.) RAW, a sore place. | |
| raya | (Arabic) a non-Muslim subject of Turkey > RAYAS. Also RAYAH, RAIA. | |
| rays | (3rd.) RAY, to emit rays. | |
| raze | To tear down or demolish > RAZES, RAZING, RAZED. Also RASE. | |
| razz | (Sl.) a raspberry; (verb) to blow a raspberry > RAZZES, RAZZING, RAZZED. | |
| read | To look at so as to take in the meaning of, as something written or printed > READS, READING, READ. | |
| reak | (Verb) to reckon, care for, heed > REAKS, REAKING, REAKED. Also RECK, REKE. | |
| real | Genuine > REALER, REALEST; REALLY; (noun) a monetary unit in Brazil > REALS, REALES or REIS. | |
| ream | To enlarge the bore of > REAMS, REAMING, REAMED. | |
| rean | A drainage channel > REANS. Also REEN, RHINE, RHYNE. | |
| reap | To cut for harvest > REAPS, REAPING, REAPED. | |
| rear | To lift upright > REARS, REARING, REARED. | |
| rebs | (Pl.) REB, a Confederate soldier. | |
| reck | (Verb) to heed, care > RECKED, ROUGHT, RAUGHT. Also REAK, REKE. | |
| recs | (Pl.) REC, a recreation ground. | |
| redd | (Scots) to put in order > REDDS, REDDING, REDDED. | |
| rede | (Arch.) to advise or counsel > REDES, REDING, REDED. | |
| redo | (Noun) a repeated action > REDOS; (verb) to do again > REDOES, REDOING, REDID, REDONE. | |
| reds | (3rd.) RED, to put in order. | |
| reed | A tall stiff hard-culmed marsh or water grass of various kinds; (verb) to fasten or thatch with reed > REEDS, REEDING, REEDED. | |
| reef | (Verb) to reduce the area of a sail by rolling or folding part of it > REEFS, REEFING, REEFED. | |
| reek | To emit smoke, fumes etc > REEKS, REEKING, REEKED. Also REECH. | |
| reel | A lively dance of the Scottish Highlands; (verb) to stagger > REELS, REELING, REELED. | |
| reen | A drainage channel > REENS. Also REAN, RHINE, RHYNE. | |
| rees | (Pl.) REE, a female RUFF. | |
| refi | (Short for) refinancing > REFIS. | |
| refs | (Pl.) REF, referee. | |
| reft | (Pt.) REAVE, to rob, plunder. | |
| rego | (Aus. coll) abbreviation for (motor vehicle) registration > REGOS. Also REGGO. | |
| regs | (Pl.) REG, a regulation. | |
| rehs | (Pl.) REH, an efflorescence of salts on soil in India. | |
| reif | (Shakesp.) property etc. taken by force or robbery; plunder, booty > REIFS. | |
| reik | A prank > REIKS. Also REAK. | |
| rein | To restrain > REINS, REINING, REINED. | |
| reis | Twigs or small branches > REISES. | |
| reke | (Verb) to reckon, care for, heed > REKES, REKING, REKED. Also RECK, REAK. | |
| rely | To place trust or confidence > RELIES, RELYING, RELIED or (Spenser) RELIDE. | |
| rems | (Pl.) REM, a unit of radiation damage. | |
| rend | To tear apart forcibly > RENDS, RENDING, RENDED or RENT or (obs.) YRENT. | |
| renk | (N. England) horrible, unpleasant > RENKER, RENKEST. | |
| reno | (Short for) a renovated house > RENOS. | |
| rens | (3rd.) REN, to run. | |
| rent | To obtain temporary use of in return for compensation > RENTS, RENTING, RENTED. | |
| reny | To renounce, abjure > RENIES, RENYING, RENIED. Also RENAY, RENEY. | |
| reos | (Pl.) REO, a New Zealand language. | |
| repo | (Abbr.) repossession > REPOS. | |
| repp | A kind of corded cloth > REPPS. Also REP. | |
| reps | (Pl.) REP, a commercial representative. | |
| resh | (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter > RESHES. | |
| rest | To refresh oneself by ceasing work or activity > RESTS, RESTING, RESTED. | |
| rete | A network, esp. of blood-vessels or nerves > RETES or RETIA. | |
| rets | (3rd.) RET, to expose to moisture (flax, hemp, etc.). | |
| revs | (3rd.) REV, to increase the speed of revolution. | |
| rews | (Pl.) REW, a row. | |
| rhea | An ostrich-like bird > RHEAS. | |
| rhos | (Pl.) RHO, a letter of the Greek alphabet. | |
| rhus | (Lat.) a genus of shrubs and small trees > RHUSES. | |
| riad | (Arabic) a traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden > RIADS. | |
| rial | The unit of currency in Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia, aka RIYAL > RIALS. Also, an old English gold coin, aka RYAL. | |
| rias | (Pl.) RIA, a drowned valley. | |
| riba | (Arabic) interest or usury, as forbidden by the Koran > RIBAS. | |
| ribs | (3rd.) RIB, to tease. | |
| rice | (Verb) to form soft food, esp. potatoes, into strands by passing through a RICER, sieve etc > RICES, RICING, RICED. | |
| rich | Wealthy > RICHER, RICHEST; RICHLY; (verb) obs. to grow rich > RICHES, RICHING, RICHED. | |
| rick | To pile hay in stacks > RICKS, RICKING, RICKED. | |
| ricy | Containing rice > RICIER, RICIEST. Also RICEY. | |
| ride | To sit on, control, and be conveyed by an animal or machine > RIDES, RIDING, RODE or (obs.) RADE, RIDDEN. | |
| rids | (3rd.) RID, to free or clear. | |
| riel | The basic monetary unit of Kampuchea > RIELS. | |
| riem | (Afrikaans) a raw-hide thong > RIEMS. | |
| rife | Abundant, prevalent > RIFER, RIFEST; RIFELY. | |
| riff | (In jazz) a short rhythmic phrase repeated constantly; (verb) to play such a phrase > RIFFS, RIFFING, RIFFED. | |
| rifs | (3rd.) RIF, to dismiss from employment. | |
| rift | (Verb) to make a rift in > RIFTS, RIFTING, RIFTED. | |
| rigg | The dogfish > RIGGS. | |
| rigs | (3rd.) RIG, to fit with sails. | |
| rile | To anger > RILES, RILING, RILED. | |
| rill | (Verb) to flow in a rill or rills > RILLS, RILLING, RILLED. | |
| rima | (Lat.) in full rima glottidis > the passage in the glottis between the vocal cords > RIMAE. | |
| rime | Hoar-frost; (verb) to cover with rime > RIMES, RIMING, RIMED. | |
| rims | (3rd.) RIM, to provide with a rim. | |
| rimu | (Maori) a coniferous New Zealand tree > RIMUS. | |
| rimy | Covered with rime > RIMIER, RIMIEST. | |
| rind | (Verb) to bark, encrust > RINDS, RINDING, RINDED. | |
| rine | (Spenser) rind > RINES. | |
| ring | To form a ring (a circular band) around > RINGS, RINGING, RINGED; to give forth a clear, resonant sound > RINGS, RINGING, RANG, RUNG. | |
| rink | A place for ice-skating; (verb) to skate on a rink > RINKS, RINKING, RINKED. | |
| rins | (3rd.) RIN, to run. | |
| riot | To take part in a violent public disturbance > RIOTS, RIOTING, RIOTED. | |
| ripe | Ready for harvest > RIPER, RIPEST; RIPELY; (verb) to ripen, also to grope, search, ransack > RIPES, RIPING, RIPED. | |
| ripp | (Scots) a plucked handful e.g. of grass, corn > RIPPS. | |
| rips | (3rd.) RIP, to tear open or apart. | |
| ript | (Obs.) pt. RIP. | |
| rise | To move upward > RISES, RISING, ROSE, RISEN. | |
| risk | To expose to a risk (a chance of injury or loss) > RISKS, RISKING, RISKED. | |
| risp | (Scots) to rasp, grate > RISPS, RISPING, RISPED. | |
| rite | A ceremonial act or procedure > RITES. | |
| rits | (3rd.) RIT, to scratch. | |
| ritt | (Scots) to scratch > RITTS, RITTING, RITTED. Also RIT. | |
| ritz | A pretentious display > RITZES. | |
| riva | (ON) in Shetland, a cleft in rock. [ON rifa]. | |
| rive | To rend, tear apart > RIVES, RIVING, RIVED, RIVEN, RIFTE, YRIVD. | |
| rivo | (Shakesp.) a drinking-cry > RIVOS. | |
| riza | (Russian) an ornamental silver plate covering a Russian icon > RIZAS. | |
| road | An open way for public passage > ROADS. | |
| roam | To move about without purpose or plan > ROAMS, ROAMING, ROAMED. | |
| roan | (Scots) a roof-gutter > ROANS. Also RONE, RHONE. | |
| roar | To utter a loud, deep sound > ROARS, ROARING, ROARED. | |
| robe | A gown or loose outer garment; a gown or dress of office, rank or state; (verb) to dress in a robe > ROBES, ROBING, ROBED. | |
| robs | (3rd.) ROB, to steal. | |
| roch | The little auk > ROCHES. Also ROTCHIE, ROTCH, ROTCHE. | |
| rock | To move back and forth > ROCKS, ROCKING, ROCKED. | |
| rocs | (Pl.) ROC, a fabulous bird. | |
| rode | (Verb) of a woodcock, to make an evening flight > RODES, RODING, RODED. | |
| rods | (3rd.) ROD, to push a rod through e.g. a drain to clear it. | |
| roed | Filled with roe. | |
| roes | (Pl.) ROE, a mass of fish eggs. | |
| rohe | (Maori) the territory controlled by a Maori tribal group > ROHES. | |
| roid | as in roid rage, angry and aggressive behaviour caused by the use of anabolic steroids. | |
| roil | To make muddy by stirring or to disturb sediment > ROILS, ROILING, ROILED. | |
| roin | (Spenser) to growl, roar > ROINS, ROINING, ROINED. Also ROYNE. | |
| roji | (Japanese) a form of Japanese garden design > ROJIS. | |
| roke | (Dial.) steam, vapour; (verb) to steam, smoke > ROKES, ROKING, ROKED. | |
| roks | (Pl.) ROK, a mythical bird. | |
| roky | (Dial.) misty; foggy; cloudy > ROKIER, ROKIEST. | |
| role | A part played by an actor > ROLES. | |
| rolf | To practise massage > ROLFS, ROLFING, ROLFED. | |
| roll | To move along by repeatedly turning over > ROLLS, ROLLING, ROLLED. | |
| roma | (Pl.) ROM, a gypsy man. | |
| romp | To play boisterously > ROMPS, ROMPING, ROMPED. | |
| roms | (Pl.) ROM, a gypsy man or boy. | |
| rone | (Scots) a roof-gutter > RONES. Also RHONE, ROAN. | |
| rong | (Obs.) pt. of RING. | |
| ront | (Spenser) a runt > RONTS. Also RONTE. | |
| ronz | (Acronym) the rest of New Zealand. | |
| rood | A cross or crucifix at the entrance to a church chancel > ROODS. | |
| roof | To provide with a roof (the external upper covering of a building) > ROOFS, ROOFING, ROOFED. | |
| rook | (Verb) to swindle > ROOKS, ROOKING, ROOKED. | |
| room | A walled space within a building; (verb) to occupy a room > ROOMS, ROOMING, ROOMED. | |
| roon | (Scots) a strip of cloth, a selvage > ROONS. Also RUND, ROYNE. | |
| roop | (Scots) to make a hoarse sound > ROOPS, ROOPING, ROOPED. | |
| roos | (Pl.) ROO, kangaroo. | |
| root | To put forth a root (an underground portion of a plant) > ROOTS, ROOTING, ROOTED. | |
| rope | To bind with a rope (a thick line of twisted fibers) > ROPES, ROPING, ROPED. | |
| ropy | Of a liquid or bread > forming viscid or slimy threads; sticky and stringy > ROPIER, ROPIEST; ROPILY. Also ROPEY. | |
| rore | (Shakesp.) a roar > RORES. | |
| rort | To commit fraud, falsify accounts > RORTS, RORTING, RORTED. | |
| rory | (Scots) noisy, garish > RORIER, RORIEST. Also ROARY, ROARIE, RORIE. | |
| rose | (Verb) to redden > ROSES, ROSING, ROSED. | |
| rost | (Obs.) to roast > ROSTS, ROSTING, ROSTED. | |
| rosy | Rose-coloured > ROSIER, ROSIEST; ROSILY; (verb) to redden > ROSIES, ROSYING, ROSIED. | |
| rota | (Lat.) a roster; a tribunal in the Roman Catholic church > ROTAS. | |
| rote | (Verb) to fix by rote > ROTES, ROTING, ROTED. | |
| roti | (Hindi) a cake of unleavened bread > ROTIS. | |
| rotl | (Arabic) a variable Levantine weight > ARTAL or ROTLS. | |
| roto | (Abbr. of) ROTOGRAVURE, a type of printing process > ROTOS. | |
| rots | (3rd.) ROT, to decay. | |
| roue | (Fr.) a debauched man; a lecher > ROUES. | |
| roul | (Obs.) a roll > ROULS. Also ROULE. | |
| roum | (Obs.) a room > ROUMS. | |
| roup | (Scots) to sell by auction > ROUPS, ROUPING, ROUPED. | |
| rout | To defeat overwhelmingly > ROUTS, ROUTING, ROUTED. | |
| roux | (Fr.) a thickening made of equal quantities of butter and flour mixed together > ROUX. | |
| rove | To roam > ROVES, ROVING, ROVED. | |
| rows | (3rd.) ROW, to propel through water with oars. | |
| rowt | (Obs.) to rout > ROWTS, ROWTING, ROWTED. | |
| rube | (US slang) a bumpkin, easy mark > RUBES. | |
| rubs | (3rd.) RUB, to rob. | |
| ruby | A pure transparent red corundum; (verb) to redden > RUBIES, RUBYING, RUBIED; (adj.) red like a ruby > RUBIER, RUBIEST. | |
| ruck | To crease, pucker > RUCKS, RUCKING, RUCKED. | |
| rucs | (Pl.) RUC, a fabulous bird. | |
| rudd | A fish related to the roach > RUDDS. | |
| rude | Boorish > RUDER, RUDEST; RUDELY; (noun) a rude boy > RUDES. | |
| rudi | (In Jamaica) a member of a group of lower- or working-class teenagers in the 1960s, noted for listening to ska music and for juvenile delinquency > RUDIS. | |
| ruds | (Pl.) RUD, redness of complexion. | |
| rudy | (In Jamaica) a member of a group of lower- or working-class teenagers in the 1960s, noted for listening to ska music and for juvenile delinquency > RUDIES. | |
| rued | (Pt.) RUE, to regret. | |
| ruer | One who rues > RUERS. | |
| rues | (Pl.) RUE, a plant with medicinal leaves. | |
| ruff | (At bridge) to play a trump card when one cannot follow through > RUFFS, RUFFING, RUFFED. | |
| ruga | (Lat.) an anatomical fold or wrinkle > RUGAE. | |
| rugs | (3rd.) RUG, to pull roughly. | |
| ruin | To destroy > RUINS, RUINING, RUINED. | |
| rukh | (Persian) a fabulous bird > RUKHS. Also ROK, ROC, RUC. | |
| rule | To exercise control over > RULES, RULING, RULED. | |
| ruly | Obedient, orderly > RULIER, RULIEST. | |
| rume | (Shakesp.) rheum > RUMES. | |
| rump | (Verb) to turn one's back upon > RUMPS, RUMPING, RUMPED. | |
| rums | (Pl.) RUM, spirit made from sugar cane. | |
| rund | (Scots) a strip of cloth, a selvage > RUNDS. Also ROON, ROYNE. | |
| rune | A letter of an ancient alphabet > RUNES, RUNED. | |
| rung | A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder > RUNGS. | |
| runs | (3rd.) RUN, to move quickly. | |
| runt | Anything undersized > RUNTS, RUNTED. Also RONT, RONTE. | |
| rurp | A small hook-like piton used in mountaineering > RURPS. | |
| ruru | (Maori) the BOOBOOK owl > RURUS. | |
| rusa | 1. (Malay) a large Indian deer of the genus RUSA, esp. the SAMBAR. 2. (Hindi) a kind of East Indian grass from which an aromatic oil is distilled > RUSAS. Also ROOSA. | |
| ruse | A deception > RUSES. | |
| rush | To move swiftly > RUSHES, RUSHING, RUSHED. | |
| rusk | A light, soft-textured sweetened biscuit; sweet raised bread dried and browned in an oven > RUSKS. | |
| rust | To form rust (a reddish coating that forms on iron) > RUSTS, RUSTING, RUSTED. | |
| ruth | Compassion, pity > RUTHS. | |
| ruts | (3rd.) RUT, to make a furrow with a wheel. | |
| ryal | An old English gold coin worth about ten shillings > RYALS. Also RIAL. | |
| ryas | (Pl.) RYA, a type of Scandinavian rug. | |
| ryes | (Pl.) RYE, a cereal grass. | |
| ryfe | (Spenser) rife. | |
| ryke | (Scots) to reach > RYKES, RYKING, RYKED. | |
| rynd | A fitting to support a millstone > RYNDS. | |
| ryot | (Hindi) an Indian peasant > RYOTS. Also RAIYAT. | |
| rype | (Danish) a ptarmigan > RYPER. | |
| ryus | (Pl.) RYU, a school of Japanese martial arts. | |
| saag | (Hindi) in Indian cooking, spinach. | |
| sabe | To savvy > SABES, SABEING, SABED. | |
| sabs | (Pl.) SAB, a saboteur. | |
| sack | Dry white wine or sherry from Spain; (verb) to dismiss > SACKS, SACKING, SACKED. | |
| sacs | (Pl.) SAC, a pouch or baglike structure. | |
| sade | (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter > SADES. Also SADHE, SADI, TSADE, TSADI. | |
| sadi | (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter > SADIS. Also SADE, SADHE, TSADE, TSADI. | |
| sado | (Japanese) a tea ceremony > SADOS. Also CHADO, CHANOYO, CHANOYU. | |
| sads | (3rd.) SAD, to express sadness. | |
| safe | Secure > SAFER, SAFEST; SAFELY; (verb) to make e.g. a gun safe > SAFES, SAFING, SAFED. | |
| saft | (Scots) soft > SAFTER, SAFTEST. | |
| saga | A medieval Scandinavian narrative > SAGAS. | |
| sage | A garden labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) whose grey-green leaves are used as a flavouring > SAGES; (adj.) wise > SAGER, SAGEST; SAGELY. | |
| sago | (Malay) a type of palm tree; a nutritive cereal derived from its pith > SAGOS. [Malay sagu]. | |
| sags | (3rd.) SAG, to bend or hang down. | |
| sagy | Full of sage; seasoned with sage > SAGIER, SAGIEST. | |
| saic | (Turkish) a Levantine vessel like a ketch > SAICS. Also SAICK, SAIQUE. | |
| said | (Noun) a descendant of Mohammed's daughter Fatima > SAIDS. Also SAYYID, SAIYID, SAYID. | |
| sail | To move across the surface of water by the action of wind > SAILS, SAILING, SAILED. | |
| saim | (Scots) a seam > SAIMS. | |
| sain | To make the sign of the cross over > SAINS, SAINING, SAINED. | |
| sair | (Scots) sore, very > SAIRER, SAIREST; (verb) to savour > SAIRS, SAIRING, SAIRED. | |
| sais | (Pl.) SAI, the capuchin monkey. | |
| sake | A Japanese alcoholic drink made from fermented rice > SAKES. Also SAKI. | |
| saki | (Japanese) a kind of rice wine > SAKIS. Also SAKE. | |
| sale | The act or an instance of selling > SALES. | |
| sall | (Obs.) shall. | |
| salp | Any species of Salpa, or of the family Salpidae > free-swimming chordates with flattened, translucent, keg-like bodies > SALPS. Also SALPA, SALPID, SALPIAN. | |
| sals | (Pl.) SAL, a large North Indian tree. | |
| salt | Tasting of salt > SALTER, SALTEST; SALTLY; (verb) to put salt on > SALTS, SALTING, SALTED. | |
| sama | (Japanese) a title given to an exalted person > SAMAS. | |
| same | Resembling in every relevant respect > SAMES. | |
| samp | (Am. Ind.) a coarsely ground maize > SAMPS. [Narragansett]. | |
| sams | (3rd.) SAM, to gather. | |
| sand | To cover with sand (a loose, granular rock material) > SANDS, SANDING, SANDED. | |
| sane | Of sound mind > SANER, SANEST; SANELY; (verb) to bless > SANES, SANING, SANED. | |
| sang | (Chinese) a Chinese organ played by mouth > SANGS. | |
| sank | (Pt.) SINK, to move to a lower level. | |
| sans | (Fr.) without; deprived or destitute of. | |
| sant | (Hindi) in Sikhism, a devout person, a saint > SANTS. | |
| saps | (3rd.) SAP, to drain. | |
| sard | A deep orange-colored kind of chalcedony > SARDS. Also SARDIUS. | |
| sari | (Hindi) a Hindu woman's chief garment, a long cloth wrapped round the waist and passed over the shoulder and head > SARIS. Also SAREE. | |
| sark | (Scots) a shirt, a chemise > SARKS. | |
| sars | (Pl.) SAR, a sea bream. | |
| sash | (Verb) to dress or adorn with a sash > SASHES, SASHING, SASHED. | |
| sass | Impudence, cheek; (verb) to cheek > SASSES, SASSING, SASSED. | |
| sate | To satiate > SATES, SATING, SATED. | |
| sati | (Sanskrit) the act of a Hindu widow willingly being cremated on the funeral pyre of her husband > SATIS. [Sanskrit sati, a true wife]. Also SUTTEE. | |
| saul | (Dial.) a soul > SAULS. | |
| saut | (Scots) salt > SAUTS. | |
| save | To rescue from danger, injury, or loss > SAVES, SAVING, SAVED. | |
| savs | (Pl.) SAV, a saveloy. | |
| sawn | (PaP.) SAW, to cut with a saw. | |
| saws | (3rd.) SAW, to cut with a saw. | |
| saxe | As in saxe blue, a light bluish-grey colour. | |
| says | (3rd.) SAY, to utter in words. | |
| scab | (Verb) to work as a blackleg > SCABS, SCABBING, SCABBED. | |
| scad | Any of numerous carangid fishes, esp. one with a row of large scales along each side; a horse-mackerel or SAUREL > SCADS. | |
| scag | (US slang) heroin. Also SKAG. (Verb) to make a tear in cloth > SCAGS, SCAGGING, SCAGGED. | |
| scam | (Sl.) a swindle; (verb) to swindle > SCAMS, SCAMMING, SCAMMED. | |
| scan | To examine closely > SCANS, SCANNING, SCANNED or SCAND. | |
| scar | To form a scar (a mark left by the healing of injured tissue) > SCARS, SCARRING, SCARRED. | |
| scat | (Verb) to scare away > SCATS, SCATTING, SCATTED. | |
| scaw | A low cape or headland > SCAWS. Also SKAW. | |
| scog | (Scots) shadow, shelter > SCOGS. Also SKUG, SCUG, SCOUG, SCOOG. | |
| scop | (OE) an Anglo-Saxon poet and harpist > SCOPAS (but SCOPS is valid anyway as a kind of owl). | |
| scot | Money assessed or paid > SCOTS. | |
| scow | A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends; (verb) to transport by this > SCOWS, SCOWING, SCOWED. | |
| scry | To see the future e.g. via a crystal ball > SCRIES, SCRYING, SCRIED or (Spenser) SCRYDE. Also SKRY. | |
| scud | To run along quickly and lightly > SCUDS, SCUDDING, SCUDDED. | |
| scug | (Scots) shadow, shelter > SCUGS. Also SCOG, SKUG, SCOUG, SCOOG. | |
| scul | (Obs.) school > SCULS. | |
| scum | To remove the scum (impure or extraneous matter) from > SCUMS, SCUMMING, SCUMMED. | |
| scup | (Am. Ind.) a common Atlantic fish, the northern PORGY > SCUPS. [Narraganset mishcuppauog]. Also SCUPPAUG. | |
| scur | To scour, search > SCURS, SCURRING, SCURRED. Also SKER, SKIRR, SQUIRR. | |
| scut | The tail of e.g. a rabbit > SCUTS. | |
| scye | An opening for the insertion of a sleeve > SCYES. | |
| seal | To close or make secure against access, leakage, or passage > SEALS, SEALING, SEALED. | |
| seam | To join with a seam (a line formed by sewing two pieces of fabric together) > SEAMS, SEAMING, SEAMED. | |
| sean | A kind of net; to fish with such a net > SEANS, SEANING, SEANED. Also SEINE. | |
| sear | (Shakesp.) scorched, withered > SEARER, SEAREST; (verb) to burn > SEARS, SEARING, SEARED. | |
| seas | (Pl.) SEA, a great expanse of water. | |
| seat | To place on a seat (something on which one sits) > SEATS, SEATING, SEATED. | |
| sech | A hyperbolic secant > SECHS. | |
| seco | (Ital.) (of wine) dry. | |
| secs | (Pl.) SEC, a secant. | |
| sect | A group of people united by common beliefs or interests > SECTS. | |
| seed | To plant seeds (propagative plant structures) in > SEEDS, SEEDING, SEEDED. | |
| seek | To go in search of > SEEKS, SEEKING, SOUGHT. | |
| seel | To stitch up a hawk's eyes > SEELS, SEELING, SEELED. | |
| seem | To give the impression of being > SEEMS, SEEMING, SEEMED. | |
| seen | (PaP.) SEE, to perceive by the eye. | |
| seep | To pass slowly through small openings > SEEPS, SEEPING, SEEPED. | |
| seer | A prophet > SEERS. | |
| sees | (3rd.) SEE, to perceive by the eye. | |
| sego | (Am. Ind.) a liliaceous plant of Western North America, and its edible bulb > SEGOS. [Ute]. | |
| segs | (Pl.) SEG, a stud in the sole of a shoe. | |
| seif | (Arabic) a long sand-dune lying parallel to the direction of the wind that forms it > SEIFS. [Arabic sayf, sword]. | |
| seik | (Scots) sick > SEIKER, SEIKEST. | |
| seil | To strain > SEILS, SEILING, SEILED. Also SILE. | |
| seir | (Port.) a scombroid fish of the eastern coastal waters of India > SEIRS. Also SEER. | |
| seis | (Pl.) SEI, a rorqual. | |
| sekt | (Ger.) a sparkling wine > SEKTS. | |
| seld | Rare; uncommon; unusual. No comp! Cf. SELDSEEN, SELDSHOWN. | |
| sele | Happiness, good fashion > SELES. Also SEEL, SEIL, SEAL. | |
| self | One's own person > SELVES; (verb) to fertilize by the same individual > SELFS, SELFING, SELFED. | |
| sell | To give up to another for money or other valuable consideration > SELLS, SELLING, SOLD. | |
| sels | (Pl.) SEL, self. | |
| seme | 1. (Her.) strewn or scattered with small bearings. Also SEMEE, SEMEED. 2. A type of ornamental pattern > SEMES. | |
| semi | A semi-detached house > SEMIS. | |
| sena | (Hindi) in India, an army, esp. used of paramilitary organisations representing various castes > SENAS. | |
| send | To cause to go > SENDS, SENDING, SENT; to scend > SENDS, SENDING, SENDED. | |
| sene | (Samoan) a monetary unit of Western Samoa > SENE. No -S. | |
| sens | (Obs.) since. | |
| sent | (Verb, obs.) to scent > SENTS, SENTING, SENTED. | |
| seps | (Greek) a skink of the genus Seps with a serpentlike body > SEPSES. | |
| sept | A division of a tribe; a clan > SEPTS. | |
| sera | (Pl.) SERUM, a watery liquid, esp. that which separates from coagulating blood. | |
| sere | Scorched, withered > SERER, SEREST; (verb) to dry up, wither > SERES, SERING, SERED. | |
| serf | A person in modified slavery, esp. one bound to work on the land > SERFS. | |
| serk | A shirt > SERKS. Also SARK. | |
| serr | To press close, close the ranks of > SERRS, SERRING, SERRED. Also SERRE, SERRY. | |
| sers | (Pl.) SER, a unit of weight in India. | |
| sese | (Shakesp.) enough said. Also CAESE, CEAS, SESEY, SESSA. | |
| sesh | (Abbr.) session > SESHES. | |
| sess | A tax, a local rate for the maintenance of soldiers > SESSES. Also CESS. | |
| seta | (Lat.) a bristle; any bristle-like organ > SETAE. | |
| sets | (3rd.) SET, to put or place in position. | |
| sett | A badger's home > SETTS. Also CETE. | |
| sevs | (Pl.) SEV, an Indian food of deep-fried strands of flour. | |
| sewn | (PaP.) SEW, to work on with a needle and thread. | |
| sews | (3rd.) SEW, to work on with a needle and thread. | |
| sext | The office of the sixth hour > SEXTS. | |
| sexy | Sexually attractive > SEXIER, SEXIEST; SEXILY. | |
| seys | (Pl.) SEY, a carcase of beef. | |
| shad | A deep-bodied herring-like marine fish, spawning in rivers > SHADS. | |
| shag | A bird allied to the cormorant; (verb) to make shaggy > SHAGS, SHAGGING, SHAGGED. | |
| shah | (Persian) (a title of) the monarch of Iran (Persia) > SHAHS. | |
| sham | To feign > SHAMS, SHAMMING, SHAMMED. | |
| shan | (Obs. criminal sl.) a base or counterfeit coin > SHANS. Also SHAND. | |
| shat | (Pt.) SHIT, to defecate. | |
| shaw | (Verb) to show > SHAWS, SHAWING, SHAWED, SHAWN. | |
| shay | A chaise > SHAYS. | |
| shea | An African sapotaceous tree, from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained; the African butter tree > SHEAS. | |
| shed | (Verb) to house in a shed > SHEDS, SHEDDING, SHEDDED. | |
| shen | the spiritual element of a person's psyche > SHEN. No -S. | |
| shes | (Pl.) SHE, a female person. | |
| shet | (Dial.) to shut > SHETS, SHETTING, SHET. | |
| shew | (Obs.) to show > SHEWS, SHEWING, SHEWED, SHEWN. | |
| shhh | an interjection requesting quietness. | |
| shim | A thin slip of metal etc. used to fill a space or to adjust parts; (verb) to fill in or adjust with a shim > SHIMS, SHIMMING, SHIMMED. | |
| shin | To climb by gripping and pulling alternately with the hands and legs > SHINS, SHINNING, SHINNED. | |
| ship | To transport by ship (a vessel suitable for navigation in deep water) > SHIPS, SHIPPING, SHIPPED. | |
| shir | To pucker, gather; to bake eggs > SHIRS, SHIRRING, SHIRRED. Also SHIRR. | |
| shit | To defecate > SHITS, SHITTING, SHITTED or SHAT. | |
| shiv | A knife; (verb) to cut with a SHIV > SHIVS, SHIVVING, SHIVVED. | |
| shmo | (Yiddish) a stupid person > SHMOES. Also SCHMO, SCHMOE. | |
| shod | (Pt.) SHOE, to put shoes on. | |
| shoe | A stiff outer covering for the foot, not coming above the ankle > SHOES or (archaic) SHOON. (Verb) to put shoes on > SHOES, SHOEING, SHOED or SHOD, SHODDEN. | |
| shog | (Dial.) to jog, move on, go away > SHOGS, SHOGGING, SHOGGED. | |
| shoo | (Verb) to cry 'Shoo' > SHOOS, SHOOING, SHOOED. | |
| shop | To examine goods with intent to buy > SHOPS, SHOPPING, SHOPPED. | |
| shot | (Verb) to load with shot > SHOTS, SHOTTING, SHOTTED. | |
| show | To cause or permit to be seen > SHOWS, SHOWING, SHOWED, SHOWN. | |
| shri | (Sanskrit) a title of respect, sir > SHRIS. [Skr. shri, majesty]. Also SRI. | |
| shul | (Hebrew) a synagogue > SHULS or SHULN. Also SCHUL. | |
| shun | To avoid > SHUNS, SHUNNING, SHUNNED. | |
| shut | To close > SHUTS, SHUTTING, SHUT. | |
| shwa | (Ger.) a vowel sound, like "a" in alone or "e" in linen, that in English often appears unstressed > SHWAS. Also SCHWA. | |
| sial | The upper layer of the continental crust, so called because it is rich in silica and aluminum oxide > SIALS. Compare SIMA. | |
| sibb | (Scott) a blood relation, a kinsman > SIBBS. Also SIB, SYBBE. | |
| sibs | (Pl.) SIB, a blood relation, a kinsman. | |
| sice | (Arabic) a groom, a mounted attendant > SICES. Also SYCE, SAICE. | |
| sich | (Arch.) such. | |
| sick | Ill > SICKER, SICKEST; SICKLY; (verb) to incite to attack > SICKS, SICKING, SICKED. | |
| sics | (3rd.) SIC, to incite a dog to attack. | |
| sida | (Greek) any plant of the Queensland hemp genus Sida, of the mallow family > SIDAS. | |
| side | To agree with or support > SIDES, SIDING, SIDED. | |
| sidh | (Irish) fairy people. No -S. Also SIDHE. | |
| sien | (Arch.) scion > SIENS. Also CION, SIENT, SYEN. | |
| sies | (S. Afr.) expressing disgust. Also SIS. | |
| sift | To sieve > SIFTS, SIFTING, SIFTED. | |
| sigh | To let out a sigh (a deep, audible breath) > SIGHS, SIGHING, SIGHED. | |
| sign | To write one's name on > SIGNS, SIGNING, SIGNED. | |
| sigs | (Pl.) SIG, a short personalized message at the end of an email, a signature. | |
| sijo | (Korean) a Korean verse form > SIJOS. | |
| sika | (Japanese) a kind of deer, native to Japan > SIKAS. | |
| sike | A rill or small ditch > SIKES. Also SYKE. | |
| sild | (Norwegian) herring, esp. canned, lightly smoked herring imported from Scandinavia > SILDS. | |
| sile | To strain > SILES, SILING, SILED. Also SEIL. | |
| silk | A fibre produced by the larva of a silkworm moth; (verb) to cover or clothe with silk > SILKS, SILKING, SILKED. | |
| sill | The horizontal piece that bears the upright portion of a frame > SILLS. | |
| silo | (Verb) to put or keep in a silo > SILOS, SILOED, SILOING. | |
| silt | A fine deposit of mud, clay, etc., esp. one in a river or lake; (verb) to fill or become filled with silt > SILTS, SILTING, SILTED. | |
| sima | The oceanic crust, also the lower layer of the continental crust, so called because it is enriched in silica and magnesium oxide > SIMAS. Cf. SIAL. | |
| simi | (Swahili) in Africa, a short two-edged sword or large knife > SIMIS. | |
| simp | (Abbr.) simpleton > SIMPS. | |
| sims | (Pl.) SIM, an evangelist. | |
| sind | (Scots) to rinse, wash out > SINDS, SINDING, SINDED. Also SYND, SINE, SYNE. | |
| sine | (Scots) to rinse, wash out > SINES, SINING, SINED. Also SYND, SYNE, SIND. | |
| sing | To utter with musical inflections of the voice > SINGS, SINGING, SANG, SUNG. | |
| sinh | A hyperbolic function of an angle > SINHS. | |
| sink | To move to a lower level > SINKS, SINKING, SANK, SUNK, SUNKEN. | |
| sins | (3rd.) SIN, to commit sin. | |
| sipe | (Dial.) to soak through, seep > SIPES, SIPING, SIPED. Also SYPE. | |
| sips | (3rd.) SIP, to drink in small mouthfuls. | |
| sire | To beget > SIRES, SIRING, SIRED. | |
| siri | (Malay) the betel pepper > SIRIS. Also SIRIH. | |
| sirs | (3rd.) SIR, to address as 'sir'. | |
| siss | (Abbr.) sister > SISSES. Also SIS. | |
| sist | To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend > SISTS, SISTING, SISTED. | |
| site | To place in position for operation > SITES, SITING, SITED. | |
| sith | (Arch.) since. Also SITHEN, SITHENCE, SITHENS. | |
| sits | (3rd.) SIT, to rest on the buttocks. | |
| sitz | As in sitz bath, a bath in which the hips and buttocks are immersed in warm water. | |
| size | To arrange according to size (physical proportions) > SIZES, SIZING, SIZED. | |
| sizy | Pertaining to SIZE, in sense of a weak glue > SIZIER, SIZIEST. | |
| sjoe | (S. Afr.) expressing surprise, admiration etc. | |
| skag | (US slang) heroin > SKAGS. Also SCAG. | |
| skas | (Pl.) SKA, Jamaican music similar to reggae. | |
| skat | A card game for three persons, resembling solo whist > SKATS. | |
| skaw | A low cape or headland > SKAWS. Also SCAW. | |
| sked | to schedule > SKEDS, SKEDDING, SKEDDED. | |
| skee | To ski > SKEES, SKEEING, SKEED. | |
| skeg | A length of keel projecting aft to protect the rudder > SKEGS. Also SKEGG. | |
| sken | (Dial.) to squint or stare > SKENS, SKENNING, SKENNED. | |
| skeo | (Orkney) a hut, a shed > SKEOES or SKEOS. Also SKIO. | |
| skep | (ON) a farm basket, especially of wicker or straw; a beehive, especially domed and made of straw; (verb) to collect into a hive > SKEPS, SKEPPING, SKEPPED. [ON skeppa bushel]. | |
| sker | To scour, search; to send skimming > SKERS, SKERRING, SKERRED. Also SCUR, SKIRR, SQUIRR. | |
| sket | (Dial.) to splash water > SKETS, SKETTING, SKETTED. | |
| skew | Oblique, biase > SKEWER, SKEWEST; (verb) to make oblique > SKEWS, SKEWING, SKEWED. | |
| skid | To slide sideways as a result of a loss of traction > SKIDS, SKIDDING, SKIDDED. | |
| skim | To remove floating matter from the surface of > SKIMS, SKIMMING, SKIMMED. | |
| skin | To strip or deprive of skin (the membranous tissue covering the body of an animal) > SKINS, SKINNING, SKINNED. | |
| skio | (Orkney) a hut, a shed > SKIOES or SKIOS. Also SKEO. | |
| skip | To move with light springing steps > SKIPS, SKIPPING, SKIPPED. | |
| skis | (3rd.) SKI, to move on skis. | |
| skit | A short dramatic scene > SKITS. | |
| skog | to shelter > SKOGS, SKOGGING, SKOGGED. | |
| skol | (ON) a drinking toast; good health! Also SKOAL. (Verb) to down a drink in one go > SKOLS, SKOLLING, SKOLLED. | |
| skry | To see the future e.g. via a crystal ball > SKRIES, SKRYING, SKRIED. Also SCRY. | |
| skua | A predatory gull-like sea bird > SKUAS. | |
| skug | (Scots) shadow, shelter > SKUGS. [ON skuggi, shadow]. Also SCOG, SCUG, SCOUG, SCOOG. | |
| skyf | (S. Afr.) a cigarette or substance for smoking; (verb) to smoke > SKYFS, SKYFING, SKYFED. | |
| skyr | (ON) curds; a yogurt-like curd cheese > SKYRS. | |
| slab | (Verb) to form into slabs > SLABS, SLABBING, SLABBED. | |
| slae | (Scots) a sloe > SLAES. | |
| slag | To convert into slag (the fused residue of a smelted ore) > SLAGS, SLAGGING, SLAGGED. | |
| slam | To shut forcibly and noisily > SLAMS, SLAMMING, SLAMMED. | |
| slap | To strike with the open hand > SLAPS, SLAPPING, SLAPPED. | |
| slat | (Verb) to strike, beat > SLATS, SLATTING, SLATTED. | |
| slaw | Cabbage salad > SLAWS. | |
| slay | To amuse overwhelmingly > SLAYS, SLAYING, SLAYED; (verb) to kill violently > SLAYS, SLAYING, SLEW, SLAIN. | |
| sleb | (Slang) a celebrity > SLEBS. | |
| sled | (Verb) to travel by sled > SLEDS, SLEDDING, SLEDDED. | |
| slee | (Scots) sly > SLEER, SLEEST. | |
| slew | (Verb) to swerve violently > SLEWS, SLEWING, SLEWED. | |
| sley | A weaver's reed > SLEYS. | |
| slid | (Pt.) SLIDE, to move smoothly along a surface. | |
| slim | Slender > SLIMMER, SLIMMEST; SLIMLY; (verb) to make slim > SLIMS, SLIMMING, SLIMMED. | |
| slip | To slide > SLIPS, SLIPPING, SLIPPED, SLIPT. | |
| slit | To make a slit (a long, narrow cut) in > SLITS, SLITTING, SLITTED. | |
| slob | A slovenly or boorish person > SLOBS. | |
| sloe | The fruit of the blackthorn > SLOES. | |
| slog | To plod > SLOGS, SLOGGING, SLOGGED. | |
| slop | To spill or splash > SLOPS, SLOPPING, SLOPPED. | |
| slot | To cut a long, narrow opening in > SLOTS, SLOTTING, SLOTTED. | |
| slow | Not fast > SLOWER, SLOWEST; SLOWLY; (verb) to make slow > SLOWS, SLOWING, SLOWED. | |
| slub | To twist fibre after carding to prepare it for spinning > SLUBS, SLUBBING, SLUBBED. Also SLUBB, | |
| slue | To swing round violently > SLUES, SLUING, SLUED. Also SLEW. | |
| slug | (Verb) to strike > SLUGS, SLUGGING, SLUGGED. | |
| slum | To visit slums (squalid urban areas) > SLUMS, SLUMMING, SLUMMED. | |
| slur | To pass over lightly or carelessly > SLURS, SLURRING, SLURRED. | |
| slut | A slovenly woman > SLUTS. | |
| smee | (Dial.) a name for various ducks, smew, pochard > SMEES. Also SMEATH, SMEETH. | |
| smew | A bird, the smallest MERGANSER > SMEWS. | |
| smir | To drizzle > SMIRS, SMIRRING, SMIRRED. Also SMUR, SMIRR. | |
| smit | (Scots) to stain, infect > SMITS, SMITTING, SMITTED. | |
| smog | An atmospheric mixture of smoke and fog > SMOGS. | |
| smug | Complacent > SMUGGER, SMUGGEST; SMUGLY; (verb) to seize without ceremony > SMUGS, SMUGGING, SMUGGED. | |
| smur | (Scots) to drizzle > SMURS, SMURRING, SMURRED. Also SMIRR, SMIR. | |
| smut | (Verb) to soil, make smutty > SMUTS, SMUTTING, SMUTTED. | |
| snab | (Scots) a cobbler; a shoemaker's apprentice > SNABS. | |
| snag | To catch on a snag (a jagged protuberance) > SNAGS, SNAGGING, SNAGGED. | |
| snap | To make a sharp cracking sound > SNAPS, SNAPPING, SNAPPED. | |
| snar | To snarl > SNARS, SNARRING, SNARRED. | |
| snaw | (Dial.) to snow > SNAWS, SNAWING, SNAWED. | |
| sneb | To reprimand > SNEBS, SNEBBING, SNEBBED. Also SNEBBE. | |
| sned | 1. the curved handle of a scythe > SNEDS. Also SNATH, SNATHE, SNEATH, SNEAD. 2. (verb) to cut, lop > SNEDS, SNEDDING, SNEDDED. | |
| snee | (Obs.) to cut > SNEES, SNEEING, SNEED. | |
| snib | (Scots) a small bolt, a catch for a window-sash; (verb) to fasten with such > SNIBS, SNIBBING, SNIBBED. | |
| snig | To chop off; to cut > SNIGS, SNIGGING, SNIGGED. Cf. SNED, SNEE. | |
| snip | To cut with a short, quick stroke > SNIPS, SNIPPING, SNIPPED. | |
| snit | A fit of rather childish temper, a tantrum > SNITS. | |
| snob | One who tends to avoid or rebuff those regarded as inferior > SNOBS. | |
| snod | (Scots) smooth, neat > SNODDER, SNODDEST; (verb) to trim, tidy > SNODS, SNODDIT or SNODDED, SNODDING. | |
| snog | (Sl.) to kiss > SNOGS, SNOGGING, SNOGGED. | |
| snot | Mucus; (verb) to blow the nose > SNOTS, SNOTTING, SNOTTED. | |
| snow | To fall as snow (precipitation in the form of ice crystals) > SNOWS, SNOWING, SNOWED. | |
| snub | To treat with contempt or neglect > SNUBS, SNUBBING, SNUBBED. | |
| snug | Cosy > SNUGGER, SNUGGEST; SNUGLY; (verb) to lie close > SNUGS, SNUGGING, SNUGGED. | |
| snye | A natural channel bypassing rapids or body of river > SNYES. Also SNY. | |
| soak | To saturate thoroughly in liquid > SOAKS, SOAKING, SOAKED, (obs.) SOAKEN. | |
| soap | To treat with soap (a cleansing agent) > SOAPS, SOAPING, SOAPED. | |
| soar | To fly at a great height > SOARS, SOARING, SOARED. | |
| soba | (Japanese) noodles made from buckwheat flour > SOBAS. | |
| sobs | (3rd.) SOB, to cry uncontrollably. | |
| soca | A variety of Caribbean calypso music > SOCAS. [From soul plus calypso]. Also SOKAH. | |
| sock | A covering for the foot and part or all of the lower leg; (verb) to strike > SOCKS, SOCKING, SOCKED. | |
| socs | (Pl.) SOC, the historical right of holding a local court. | |
| soda | Any of a number of common sodium compounds > SODAS. | |
| sods | (3rd.) SOD, to cover with sods. | |
| sofa | A long, upholstered seat > SOFAS. | |
| soft | Not hard > SOFTER, SOFTEST; SOFTLY; (verb) (Spenser) to soften > SOFTS, SOFTING, SOFTED. | |
| sogs | (3rd.) SOG, to soak. | |
| soho | A huntsman's halloo. No -S. | |
| sohs | (Pl.) SOH, a musical note. | |
| soil | Unconsolidated materials above bedrock; (verb) to make dirty > SOILS, SOILING, SOILED. | |
| soja | A dark, salty sauce made from fermented soy beans and wheat flour > SOJAS. Also SOY, SOYA. | |
| soju | (Korean) a Korean vodka distilled from rice or sweet potato > SOJUS. | |
| soke | A district under a particular jurisdiction > SOKES. Also SOC, SOKEN, SUCKEN. | |
| sola | (Hindi) a spongewood > SOLAS. Also SOLAH. | |
| sold | (Noun) (Spenser) pay, remuneration > SOLDS. Also SOLDE. | |
| sole | Alone > SOLELY; (verb) to pull by the ears > SOLES, SOLING, SOLED. Also SOWL, SOWLE, SOOLE. | |
| soli | (Pl.) SOLO, a performance by one person. | |
| solo | A performance by one person > SOLOS or SOLI. (Verb) to perform a solo > SOLOS, SOLOING, SOLOED. | |
| sols | (Pl.) SOL, a musical note. | |
| soma | (Greek) the whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail > SOMAS or SOMATA. | |
| some | Being an unspecified number or part. | |
| soms | (Pl.) SOM, the standard monetary unit of Kyrgyzstan. | |
| somy | (Pl.) SOM, the standard monetary unit of Kyrgyzstan. | |
| sone | A unit of loudness on a scale based on subjective or perceived loudness > SONES. | |
| song | That which is sung; a short poem or ballad suitable for singing or set to music > SONGS. | |
| sons | (Pl.) SON, a male offspring. | |
| sook | (Arabic) an Arab market-place > SOOKS. [Arabic suk]. Also SUK, SUQ, SOUK, SUKH. (Verb) to suck > SOOKS, SOOKING, SOOKED. | |
| sool | To incite (a dog) to attack > SOOLS, SOOLING, SOOLED. | |
| soom | (Scots) to swim > SOOMS, SOOMING, SOOMED. | |
| soon | In a short time > SOONER, SOONEST. | |
| soop | (Scots) to sweep > SOOPS, SOOPING, SOOPED. | |
| soot | (Verb) to besmear with soot > SOOTS, SOOTING, SOOTED. | |
| soph | (Abbr.) SOPHOMORE, one belonging to the second of the four classes in an American college > SOPHS. | |
| sops | (3rd.) SOP, to soak. | |
| sora | (Am. Ind.) a North American rail > SORAS. Also SOREE. | |
| sorb | To absorb; to adsorb > SORBS, SORBING, SORBED. | |
| sord | A flock of mallard > SORDS. | |
| sore | Sensitive to pain > SORER, SOREST; SORELY; (verb) to make sore > SORES, SORING, SORED. | |
| sori | (Pl.) SORUS, a cluster of SPORANGIA. | |
| sorn | (Scots) to impose in order to obtain hospitality, to sponge > SORNS, SORNING, SORNED. | |
| sort | To arrange according to kind, class, or size > SORTS, SORTING, SORTED. | |
| soss | To fall at once into a chair or seat; to sit lazily > SOSSES, SOSSING, SOSSED. | |
| soth | Truth > SOTHS. Also SOOTH. | |
| sots | (3rd.) SOT, to act as a sot, a habitual drunkard. | |
| souk | (Arabic) an Arab market-place > SOUKS. [Arabic suk]. Also SOOK, SUQ, SUK, SUKH. (Verb) to such > SOUKS, SOUKING, SOUKED. | |
| soul | The spiritual aspect of human beings > SOULS, SOULED. | |
| soum | (Scots) the proportion of sheep or cattle suitable for any pasture; (verb) to reckon this > SOUMS, SOUMING, SOUMED. Also SOWM. | |
| soup | Any liquid food made by stewing pieces of meat, vegetables or grains; (verb) to increase the power of > SOUPS, SOUPING, SOUPED. | |
| sour | Having an acid taste > SOURER, SOUREST; SOURLY; (verb) to make sour > SOURS, SOURING, SOURED. | |
| sous | (Pl.) SOU, a low-value French coin. | |
| sout | (Spenser) soot > SOUTS. | |
| sovs | (Pl.) SOV, a sovereign. | |
| sowf | (Scots) to whistle or hum softly > SOWFS, SOWFING, SOWFED. Also SOWFF, SOWTH. | |
| sowl | (Shakesp.) to lug, drag > SOWLS, SOWLING, SOWLED. Also SOWLE, SOOLE, SOLE. | |
| sowm | (Scots) the proportion of sheep or cattle suitable for any pasture; (verb) to reckon this > SOWMS, SOWMING, SOWMED. Also SOUM. | |
| sown | (PaP.) SOW, to scatter seed on the ground. | |
| sowp | (Scots) a spoonful, a sip > SOWPS. | |
| sows | (3rd.) SOW, to scatter seed on the ground. | |
| soya | A dark, salty sauce made from fermented soy beans and wheat flour > SOYAS. Also SOY, SOJA. | |
| soys | (Pl.) SOY, a dark, salty sauce made from fermented beans. | |
| spae | (ON) to foretell; to divine > SPAES, SPAING, SPAED. [ON spa]. | |
| spag | (Aus. sl.) an Italian person; (verb) of a cat, to scratch a person > SPAGS, SPAGGING, SPAGGED. | |
| spam | (Verb) to send out electronic junk mail > SPAMS, SPAMMING, SPAMMED. | |
| span | To extend over or across > SPANS, SPANNING, SPANNED. | |
| spar | To provide with spars (stout poles used to support rigging) > SPARS, SPARRING, SPARRED. | |
| spas | (Pl.) SPA, a mineral spring; a resort built round this. | |
| spat | (Verb) to slap, strike > SPATS, SPATTING, SPATTED. | |
| spaw | (Obs.) a spa > SPAWS. | |
| spay | To remove the ovaries from (a female animal) > SPAYS, SPAYING, SPAYED. | |
| spec | (Abbr.) specification; (verb) to specify > SPECS, SPECCING, SPECCED. | |
| sped | (Pt.) SPEED, to move swiftly. | |
| spek | Fat, bacon, blubber from a whale > SPEKS. Also SPECK. | |
| spet | To spit; to throw out > SPETS, SPETTING, SPET. | |
| spew | To vomit > SPEWS, SPEWING, SPEWED. | |
| spie | (Spenser) a spy > SPIES. | |
| spif | A postage stamp perforated with the initials of a firm to avoid theft by employees > SPIFS. | |
| spim | Spam received via an instant messaging system > SPIMS. | |
| spin | To draw out and twist into threads > SPINS, SPINNING, SPUN or SPAN. | |
| spit | To emit saliva > SPITS, SPITTING, SPAT; to pierce with a spit > SPiTS, SPITTING, SPITTED, SPITTEN. | |
| spiv | One who lives by his wits without regular employment; a slacker > SPIVS. | |
| spod | A boring, unattractive or over-studious person > SPODS. | |
| spot | To mark with spots (small, roundish discolorations) > SPOTS, SPOTTING, SPOTTED. | |
| spry | Smart, dapper > SPRIER or SPRYER, SPRIEST or SPRYEST; SPRYLY. | |
| spud | A small narrow digging tool with a spadelike blade; (verb) to dig with a spud > SPUDS, SPUDDING, SPUDDED. | |
| spue | To spew > SPUES, SPUING, SPUED. | |
| spug | (Coll.) a house sparrow > SPUGS. Also SPUGGY. | |
| spun | (Pt.) SPIN, to draw out and twist into threads. | |
| spur | A goading instrument on a horse rider's heel; (verb) to apply the spur to > SPURS, SPURRING, SPURRED. | |
| sris | (Pl.) SRI, a Hindu title of respect. | |
| stab | To pierce with a pointed weapon > STABS, STABBING, STABBED. | |
| stag | To deal as a stag (on the stock-market) > STAGS, STAGGING, STAGGED. | |
| stap | (Scots) to stuff, thrust, cram > STAPS, STAPPING, STAPPED. | |
| star | To perform as a star > STARS, STARRING, STARRED. | |
| stat | (Abbr.) statistic > STATS. | |
| staw | (Scots) to stall > STAWS, STAWING, STAWED. | |
| stay | To continue in a place or condition > STAYS, STAYING, STAYED or STAID. | |
| sted | (Spenser) to stead > STEDS, STEDING, STEDED. Also STEDE, STEDD, STEDDE, STEED. | |
| stem | To staunch, stop > STEMS, STEMMING, STEMMED. | |
| sten | To stride vigorously > STENS, STENNING, STENNED. Also STEND. | |
| step | To move by lifting the foot and setting it down in another place > STEPS, STEPPING, STEPPED or (obs.) STEPT. | |
| stet | (Lat.) to restore after marking for deletion > STETS, STETTING, STETTED. | |
| stew | A dish of food, esp. meat with vegetables, cooked in water or a stock > STEWS, STEWING, STEWED. | |
| stey | (Scots) steep > STEYER, STEYEST. | |
| stie | (Obs.) sty; (verb) to keep in a sty > STIES, STYING, STIED. | |
| stim | (Irish) a very small amount > STIMS. | |
| stir | To pass an implement through in circular motions > STIRS, STIRRING, STIRRED. | |
| stoa | (Greek) a covered walk with colonnade(s) > STOAS, STOAE, STOAI. | |
| stob | A stake, a stump; (verb) to stab > STOBS, STOBBING, STOBBED. | |
| stop | To discontinue the progress or motion of > STOPS, STOPPING, STOPPED or (obs.) STOPT. | |
| stot | A bullock, a steer; (verb) to bound, to walk with a springy step > STOTS, STOTTING, STOTTED. Also STOTT. | |
| stow | To pack > STOWS, STOWING, STOWED. | |
| stub | To strike accidentally against a projecting object > STUBS, STUBBING, STUBBED. | |
| stud | To set thickly with small projections > STUDS, STUDDING, STUDDED. | |
| stum | Unfermented or partly fermented grape-juice, must; esp. must in which the fermentation has been prevented or arrested by fumigation with sulphur; (verb) to doctor with stum > STUMS, STUMMING, STUMMED. | |
| stun | To render senseless or incapable of action > STUNS, STUNNING, STUNNED. | |
| stye | A sore place on the eye > STYES. | |
| suba | (Hindi) a province in India > SUBAS. Also SUBAH. | |
| subs | (3rd.) SUB, to subedit (copy). | |
| such | Of that kind. | |
| suck | To draw in by establishing a partial vacuum > SUCKS, SUCKING, SUCKED. | |
| sudd | (Arabic) a mass of vegetation floating on water in NE Africa > SUDDS. | |
| suds | (Verb) to foam up, to lather > SUDSES, SUDSING, SUDSED. | |
| sued | (Pt.) SUE, to prosecute at law. | |
| suer | One who sues; a suitor > SUERS. | |
| sues | (3rd.) SUE, to prosecute at law. | |
| suet | The hard, fatty tissue around the kidneys of cattle and sheep > SUETS. | |
| sugh | To make a sigh that sounds like the wind > SUGHS, SUGHING, SUGHED. Also SOUGH. | |
| sugo | An Italian meat sauce > SUGOS. | |
| sugs | (3rd.) SUG, to attempt to sell a product while purporting to be engaged in market research. | |
| suid | Any member of the pig family Suidae, including wild pigs, warthogs and the domestic pig > SUIDS. | |
| suit | To be appropriate to > SUITS, SUITING, SUITED. | |
| sukh | (Arabic) an Arab market-place > SUKHS. [Arabic suk]. Also SOOK, SUQ, SUK, SOUK. | |
| suks | (Pl.) SUK, an Arab market-place. | |
| sulk | To be sulky > SULKS, SULKING, SULKED. | |
| sulu | (Fijian) in Fiji, a cloth worn as a sarong > SULUS. | |
| sumi | (Japanese) a type of black Japanese ink > SUMIS. | |
| sumo | (Japanese) a form of wrestling > SUMOS. | |
| sump | A pit or depression into which liquid drains > SUMPS. | |
| sums | (3rd.) SUM, to add, make up the total of. | |
| sumy | (Pl.) SUM, the monetary unit of Uzbekistan. | |
| sung | (Pp.) SING, to utter with musical inflections of the voice. | |
| suni | A small S. African antelope > SUNIS. | |
| sunk | (Noun) a turf seat > SUNKS. | |
| sunn | (Hindi) an E. Indian plant with tough fibre used in cordage > SUNNS. | |
| suns | (3rd.) SUN, to expose to the sun's rays. | |
| supe | (Abbr.) superintendent > SUPES. | |
| sups | (3rd.) SUP, to take liquid into the mouth. | |
| suqs | (Pl.) SUQ, an Arab market-place. | |
| sura | (Arabic) a chapter of the Koran > SURAS. Also SURAH. | |
| surd | A sum containing roots; a voiceless sound in speech > SURDS. | |
| sure | Certain > SURER, SUREST; SURELY; (verb) to provide with sewers > SURES, SURING, SURED. | |
| surf | Surging water or waves rushing up a sloping beach; sea foam; (verb) to bathe in or ride on surf > SURFS, SURFING, SURFED. | |
| suss | To arrest for suspicious behaviour > SUSSES, SUSSING, SUSSED. | |
| susu | (Caribbean) an arrangement made among friends whereby each person makes regular contributions to a fund, the money being drawn out periodically by each individual in turn > SUSUS. | |
| swab | (Verb) to absorb or mop with a swab > SWABS, SWABBING, SWABBED. Also SWOB. | |
| swad | (Dial.) a country lout, a soldier > SWADS. | |
| swag | To sway, to sag > SWAGS, SWAGGING, SWAGGED. | |
| swam | (Pt.) SWIM, to propel oneself in water by natural means. | |
| swan | A large aquatic bird; (verb) to move like a swan > SWANS, SWANNING, SWANNED. | |
| swap | To trade > SWAPS, SWAPPING, SWAPPED or SWAPT. | |
| swat | To hit sharply > SWATS, SWATTING, SWATTED. | |
| sway | To move slowly back and forth > SWAYS, SWAYING, SWAYED. | |
| swee | To sway, swing > SWEES, SWEEING, SWEED. | |
| swey | (Scots) to sway, swing > SWEYS, SWEYING, SWEYED. | |
| swig | To drink deeply or rapidly > SWIGS, SWIGGING, SWIGGED. | |
| swim | To propel oneself in water by natural means > SWIMS, SWIMMING, SWAM, SWUM. | |
| swiz | A swindle; (verb) to deceive > SWIZZES, SWIZZING, SWIZZED. Also SWIZZ. | |
| swob | (Verb) to absorb or mop with a swob > SWOBS, SWOBBING, SWOBBED. Also SWAB. | |
| swop | To barter, give in exchange > SWOPS, SWOPPING, SWOPPED or SWOPT. Also SWAP. | |
| swot | To study hard > SWOTS, SWOTTING, SWOTTED. | |
| swum | (PaP.) SWIM, to propel oneself in water by natural means. | |
| sybo | (Scots) a CIBOL, a spring onion > SYBOES. Also SYBOE, SYBOW. | |
| syce | (Arabic) a stableman or groom, esp. in India > SYCES. Also SICE, SAICE. | |
| syed | (Pt.) SYE, to sieve. | |
| syen | (Arch.) scion > SYENS. Also SIEN, SIENT. | |
| syes | (3rd.) SYE, to sieve. | |
| syke | A rill or small ditch > SYKES. Also SIKE. | |
| syli | A former monetary unit of Guinea > SYLIS. | |
| sync | (Abbr.) synchronised. Also SYNCH. | |
| synd | (Scots) to rinse, wash out > SYNDS, SYNDING, SYNDED. Also SIND. | |
| syne | (Scots) to rinse > SYNES, SYNING, SYNED. Also SYND, SIND. | |
| sype | (Dial.) to soak through, seep > SYPES, SYPING, SYPED. Also SIPE. | |
| syph | (Abbr.) syphilis > SYPHS. | |
| taal | (Afrikaans) language, usually by implication Afrikaans > TAALS. | |
| tabi | (Japanese) a kind of sock worn with Japanese sandals > TABIS. | |
| tabs | (3rd.) TAB, to name or designate. | |
| tabu | (Tongan) a prohibition, interdict; (verb) to forbid as e.g. unclean > TABUS, TABUING, TABUED. Also TABOO, TAPU. | |
| tace | (In plate armour) one of a series of overlapping pieces forming a kind of skirt > TACES. Also TASSE, TASLET, TASSET. | |
| tach | (Bibl.) a fastening or clasp > TACHS. Also TACHE. | |
| tack | To fasten with tacks (short, sharp-pointed nails) > TACKS, TACKING, TACKED. | |
| taco | (Spanish) in Mexican cooking, a very thin rolled pancake with a meat filling > TACOS. | |
| tact | Skill in dealing with delicate situations > TACTS. | |
| tads | (Pl.) TAD, a small amount. | |
| taed | (Pt.) TAE, to toe. | |
| tael | (Malay) a denomination of money, also, a weight of one ounce and a third > TAELS. [Malay tahil, weight]. | |
| taes | (Pl.) TAE, to toe. | |
| tags | (3rd.) TAG, to put a tag on. | |
| taha | (Zulu) a S. African weaver-bird > TAHAS. [Zulu taka]. | |
| tahr | A Himalayan wild goat > TAHRS. Also TEHR. | |
| tail | To provide with a tail (a hindmost part) > TAILS, TAILING, TAILED. | |
| tain | Paper-thin tin plate; tinfoil used as a backing for mirrors > TAINS. | |
| tais | (Pl.) TAI, a sea-bream. | |
| tait | (Scots) a small portion, a pinch > TAITS. Also TATE. | |
| taka | (Bengali) a monetary unit of Bangladesh > TAKAS. | |
| take | To get possession of > TAKES, TAKING, TOOK, TAKEN. | |
| taki | (Mongolian) a rare wild horse > TAKIS. Also TAKHI. | |
| taks | (3rd.) TAK, to take. | |
| taky | (Obs.) attractive > TAKIER, TAKIEST. | |
| tala | (Sanskrit) a traditional rhythmic pattern in Indian music > TALAS. [Skr. 'hand-clapping']. | |
| talc | A soft greasy white mineral, acid magnesium silicate; (verb) to sprinkle with talc > TALCS, TALCING or TALCKING, TALCED or TALCKED. | |
| tale | A story > TALES. | |
| tali | (Pl.) TALUS, ankle bone. | |
| talk | To communicate by speaking > TALKS, TALKING, TALKED. | |
| tall | Of more than usual height > TALLER, TALLEST; (noun) a garment size for a tall person > TALLS. | |
| tame | Not wild > TAMER, TAMEST; TAMELY; (verb) to make tame > TAMES, TAMING, TAMED. | |
| tamp | To stop up a shot hole with earth; to ram down > TAMPS, TAMPING, TAMPED. | |
| tams | (Pl.) TAM, a cap with a broad flat top. | |
| tana | (Hindi) an Indian police station > TANAS. Also TANNA, TANNAH, THANA, THANAH, THANNA, THANNAH. | |
| tane | (Spenser) taken. | |
| tang | To ring; to twang > TANGS, TANGING, TANGED. | |
| tanh | (Abbr.) hyperbolic tangent > TANHS. | |
| tank | (Verb) to store in a tank > TANKS, TANKING, TANKED. | |
| tans | (3rd.) TAN, to become brown in the sun. | |
| taos | (Pl.) TAO, virtuous conduct. | |
| tapa | (Polynesian) a kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry > TAPAS. Also KAPA, TAPPA. | |
| tape | To fasten with tape (a long, narrow strip or band) > TAPES, TAPING, TAPED. | |
| taps | (3rd.) TAP, to knock gently. | |
| tapu | (Tongan) a prohibition, interdict; (verb) to forbid as e.g. unclean > TAPUS, TAPUING, TAPUED. Also TABOO, TABU. | |
| tara | (Maori) a variety of bracken found in New Zealand and Tasmania > TARAS. | |
| tare | To ascertain and allow for the tare of > TARES, TARING, TARED. | |
| tarn | A lake in the bedrock basin of a CIRQUE > TARNS. | |
| taro | (Polynesian) a kind of yam, aka DASHEEN, EDDO > TAROS. | |
| tarp | (Sl.) tarpaulin > TARPS. | |
| tars | (3rd.) TAR, to coat with tar > TARS. | |
| tart | A dish of pastry distinguished from a pie either by being uncovered or by having a sweet, not savoury, filling; (adj.) sharp tasting > TARTER, TARTEST; TARTLY; (verb) to smarten up > TARTS, TARTING, TARTED. | |
| tase | to stun with a gun that fires electrified darts > TASES, TASING, TASED. | |
| tash | (Scots) to soil, blemish > TASHES, TASHING, TASHED. | |
| task | To assign a job to > TASKS, TASKING, TASKED. | |
| tass | (Dial.) a mow, a heap > TASSES. | |
| tate | (Scots) a small portion, a pinch > TATES. Also TAIT. | |
| tath | Cattle dung; coarse tufted grass that grows where cattle dung has fallen; (verb) to manure > TATHS, TATHING, TATHED. | |
| tats | (3rd.) TAT, to make by TATTING, a knotted lace edging. | |
| tatt | To make (anything) by tatting; to work at tatting; as, tatted edging > TATTS, TATTING, TATTED. | |
| tatu | To mark the skin with indelible pigments > TATUS, TATUING, TATUED. Also TATTOO. | |
| taus | (Pl.) TAU, the Greek letter. | |
| taut | Stretched tight > TAUTER, TAUTEST; TAUTLY; (verb, Scots) to mat, tangle > TAUTS, TAUTING, TAUTED. Also TAWT. | |
| tava | (Hindi) a griddle in Indian cookery > TAVAS. Also TAWA, TAVAH. | |
| tavs | (Pl.) TAV, the Hebrew letter. | |
| tawa | (Hindi) a griddle in Indian cookery > TAWAS. Also TAVA, TAVAH. | |
| taws | (3rd.) TAW, to convert skin to white leather by tanning with alum and salt. | |
| tawt | (Scots) to mat, tangle > TAWTS, TAWTING, TAWTED. Also TAUT. | |
| taxa | (Pl.) TAXON, a taxonomical unit of classification. | |
| taxi | A motor-car for hire > TAXIS. (Verb) of an aeroplane, to run along the ground > TAXIES, TAXIING or TAXYING, TAXIED. | |
| tays | (Pl.) TAY, tea. | |
| tead | (Spenser) a torch > TEADS. Also TEADE. | |
| teak | (Malayalam) a large tree of the verbena family of India and SE Asia; the timber of this tree, a dark heavy oily wood of great strength and durability > TEAKS. [Malayalam tekka]. | |
| teal | A kind of duck > TEALS. | |
| team | To form a team (a group of persons associated in a joint action) > TEAMS, TEAMING, TEAMED. | |
| tear | To emit tears (drops of saline liquid secreted by a gland of the eye) > TEARS, TEARING, TEARED; to pull apart or into pieces > TEARS, TEARING, TORE, TORN. | |
| teas | (3rd.) TEA, to take tea. | |
| teat | The small protuberance through which the mammalian young suck the milk > TEATS, TEATED. | |
| tech | (Abbr.) technology > TECHS. | |
| tecs | (Pl.) TEC, detective. | |
| teds | (3rd.) TED, to spread out grass for drying. | |
| tedy | (Scott) tedious > TEDIER, TEDIEST. | |
| teed | (Pt.) TEE, to place a golf ball on a tee. | |
| teek | (Hinglish) well. | |
| teel | The sesame plant > TEELS. Also TIL. | |
| teem | To be full to overflowing > TEEMS, TEEMING, TEEMED. | |
| teen | Injury, pain; (verb) to injure > TEENS, TEENING, TEENED. Also TENE, TEENE. | |
| teer | To daub, plaster > TEERS, TEERING, TEERED. | |
| tees | (3rd.) TEE, to place a golf ball on a tee. | |
| teff | (Amharic) an Ethiopian cereal grass > TEFFS. Also TEF. | |
| tefs | (Pl.) TEF, an Ethiopian cereal grass. | |
| tegg | A sheep in its second year > TEGGS. Also TEG. | |
| tegs | (Pl.) TEG, a sheep in its second year. | |
| tegu | (Aztec) a large black and yellow S American lizard > TEGUS. Also TEGUEXIN. | |
| tehr | A Himalayan wild goat > TEHRS. Also TAHR. | |
| teil | (Biblical) an oak-like hardwood tree, the TEREBINTH, which when cut exudes a fragrant resinous juice > TEILS. [OF teil, L. tilia]. | |
| tein | A monetary unit of Kazakhstan, equal to one hundredth of a tenge > TEINS. | |
| tela | (Lat.) a web-like structure > TELAE. | |
| teld | (Spenser) told. | |
| tele | (Abbr.) television > TELES. Also TELLY. | |
| tell | To inform > TELLS, TELLING, TOLD or (Scots) TELT or TAULD. | |
| tels | (Pl.) TEL, burial mound. | |
| telt | (Scots) pt. TELL. Cf. TELD. | |
| teme | (Obs.) team > TEMES. | |
| temp | (Abbr.) temporary; (verb) to work as a temporary secretary > TEMPS, TEMPING, TEMPED. | |
| tems | A sieve > TEMSES. N.B. no TEM*. Also TEMSE. | |
| tend | To be disposed or inclined > TENDS, TENDING, TENDED. | |
| tene | (Arch.) injury, pain > TENES. Also TEEN, TEENE. | |
| tens | (Pl.) TEN, the next whole number after nine. | |
| tent | (Verb) to cover with a tent > TENTS, TENTING, TENTED. | |
| tepa | An organophosphorus compound used as an insect sterilant and formerly to treat cancer > TEPAS. | |
| terf | (Milton) turf > TERFS. Also TERFE. | |
| term | To give a name to > TERMS, TERMING, TERMED. | |
| tern | A long-winged aquatic bird, related to the gulls > TERNS. | |
| test | To subject to an examination > TESTS, TESTING, TESTED. | |
| tete | (Fr.) an elaborately dressed head of hair; a headdress > TETES. | |
| teth | (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter > TETHS. Also TET. | |
| tets | (Pl.) TET, a Hebrew letter. | |
| tews | (3rd.) TEW, to hustle. | |
| text | The main body of a written or printed work; (verb) to save a text message > TEXTS, TEXTING, TEXTED. | |
| thae | (Scots) these. | |
| than | (Obs.) then > THANS. | |
| thar | (Nepali) a Himalayan goat-like antelope, aka SEROW > THARS. Not to be confused with the TAHR or TEHR, which is a Himalayan wild goat. | |
| that | The one indicated. | |
| thaw | To melt > THAWS, THAWING, THAWED. | |
| thee | (Verb) to address as thee, e.g. to thee and thou > THEES, THEEING, THEED. | |
| them | The objective case of the pronoun THEY. | |
| then | (Noun) that time > THENS. | |
| thew | Muscle, strength > THEWS, THEWED. | |
| they | The 3d person pl. pronoun in the nominative case. | |
| thig | (Scots) to beg; to live on alms > THIGS, THIGGING, THIGGIT. | |
| thin | Not fat > THINNER, THINNEST; THINLY; (verb) to make thin > THINS, THINNING, THINNED. | |
| thio | Of compounds, containing sulphur. | |
| thir | (Scots) those. | |
| this | The person or thing just mentioned. | |
| thon | (Scots) yon. | |
| thou | (Verb) to address as THOU > THOUS, THOUING, THOUED. | |
| thro | (Arch.) through. Also THRU. | |
| thru | (Arch.) through. Also THRO. | |
| thud | To make a dull, heavy sound > THUDS, THUDDING, THUDDED. | |
| thug | A brutal ruffian or assassin > THUGS. | |
| thus | (Noun) frankincense > THUSES. | |
| tian | (Provencal) a vegetable gratin baked in an earthenware dish > TIANS. | |
| tiar | A tiara > TIARS. | |
| tice | (Shakesp.) to entice > TICES, TICING, TICED. | |
| tich | A small person > TICHES. Also TITCH. | |
| tick | Any of the larger bloodsucking mites of the Acarina order; (verb) to make a sound like a clock > TICKS, TICKING, TICKED. | |
| tics | (Pl.) TIC, a muscular twitch. | |
| tide | To flow like the tide (the rise and fall of the ocean's waters) > TIDES, TIDING, TIDED. | |
| tids | (Pl.) TID, mood, state of mind. | |
| tidy | In good order > TIDIER, TIDIEST; TIDILY; (verb) to make tidy > TIDIES, TIDYING, TIDIED. | |
| tied | (Pt.) TIE, to fasten. | |
| tier | (Verb) to arrange in tiers > TIERS, TIERING, TIERED. | |
| ties | (3rd.) TIE, to fasten. | |
| tiff | (Verb) to dress, trick out > TIFFS, TIFFING, TIFFED. | |
| tifo | An elaborate organized display performed by supporters during a football match > TIFOS. | |
| tift | (Scots) to sip, drink; to squabble > TIFTS, TIFTING, TIFTED. Also TIFF. | |
| tige | (Fr.) the shaft of a column > TIGES. [Fr. tige, stalk]. | |
| tigs | (Pl.) TIG, a touch, a game involving touching. | |
| tika | (Hindi) a red mark or pendant on the forehead of Hindu women, originally of religious significance but now also worn for ornament > TIKAS. Also TILAK. | |
| tike | (Shakesp.) a cur > TIKES. | |
| tiki | (Maori) in Polynesia, an image representing an ancestor, often worn as an amulet; (verb) to take a scenic tour round an area > TIKIS, TIKIING, TIKIED. | |
| tiks | (Pl.) TIK, the drug methamphetamine in crystal form. | |
| tile | To cover with tiles (thin slabs of baked clay) > TILES, TILING, TILED. | |
| till | To cultivate > TILLS, TILLING, TILLED. | |
| tils | (Pl.) TIL, sesame. | |
| tilt | To cause to slant > TILTS, TILTING, TILTED. | |
| time | To determine the speed or duration of > TIMES, TIMING, TIMED. | |
| tina | (Slang) crystal meth > TINAS. | |
| tind | To kindle; to burn > TINDED, TYND or TYNDE. Also TEEND. | |
| tine | (Scots) to lose, be lost > TINES, TINING, TINED. Also TYNE. | |
| ting | To make the sound of a bell > TINGS, TINGING, TINGED. | |
| tink | To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle > TINKS, TINKING, TINKED. | |
| tins | (3rd.) TIN, to coat with tin. | |
| tint | To color slightly or delicately > TINTS, TINTING, TINTED. | |
| tiny | Very small > TINIER, TINIEST; TINILY. | |
| tipi | (Am. Ind.) a Native American tent > TIPIS. (Sioux tipi, dwelling). Also TEPEE, TEEPEE. | |
| tips | (3rd.) TIP, to give a tip. | |
| tipt | (Pt.) TIP, to give a tip. | |
| tire | To grow tired > TIRES, TIRING, TIRED. | |
| tirl | (Scots) to turn; to whirl; to rattle > TIRLS, TIRLING, TIRLED. | |
| tiro | (Lat.) a novice > TIROS or TIROES. [L. tiro, young soldier, new recruit or more generally novice]. Also TYRO. | |
| tirr | (Scots) to strip > TIRRS, TIRRING, TIRRED. | |
| tite | (Obs.) promptly, at once > TITELY. Also TYTE. | |
| titi | A small S. American monkey > TITIS. | |
| tits | (3rd.) TIT, to tug. | |
| tivy | With great speed. | |
| tiyn | a monetary unit of Kazakhstan > TIYNS. | |
| tizz | (Coll.) a state of agitation > TIZZES. Also TIZZY. | |
| toad | Any anuran amphibian of the class Bufonidae, similar to frogs but more terrestrial, and having a drier warty skin > TOADS. | |
| toby | (Thieves' slang) the road > TOBIES. | |
| tock | Of a clock, to make a sound like a tick, but deeper > TOCKS, TOCKING, TOCKED. | |
| toco | Punishment > TOCOS. Also TOKO. | |
| tocs | (Pl.) TOC, an arbitrary syllable used for the letter t in spoken telecommunication messages. | |
| tods | (Pl.) TOD, an old wool weight. | |
| tody | A small West Indian insectivorous bird > TODIES. | |
| toea | A monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, 1/100 of a KINA > TOEAS. | |
| toed | (Pt.) TOE, to kick or touch with the toes. | |
| toes | (3rd.) TOE, to kick or touch with the toes. | |
| toey | (Aus. sl.) nervous, edgy > TOEIER, TOEIEST. | |
| toff | A dandy > TOFFS. [From a gold tassel worn by titled students at Oxford & Cambridge]. | |
| toft | A homestead; a hillock > TOFTS. | |
| tofu | (Japanese) a soft Oriental cheese made from soybean milk > TOFUS. | |
| toga | (Lat.) a Roman garment > TOGAS or TOGAE, TOGAED. Also TOGE. | |
| toge | (Shakesp.) a TOGA > TOGES, TOGED. | |
| togs | (3rd.) TOG, to dress, attire. | |
| toho | A call to pointers or setters to stop > TOHOS. | |
| toil | To work strenuously > TOILS, TOILING, TOILED. | |
| toit | To saunter > TOITS, TOITING, TOITED. | |
| toke | (Sl.) a puff on a cigarette; (verb) to puff > TOKES, TOKING, TOKED. | |
| toko | Punishment > TOKOS. Also TOCO. | |
| tola | (Hindi) an Indian unit of weight > TOLAS. [Hindi from Skr. tula, weight]. | |
| told | (Pt.) TELL, to inform. | |
| tole | To lure or decoy > TOLES, TOLING, TOLED. | |
| toll | (Verb) to sound, as a large bell does, esp with slow, measured strokes > TOLLS, TOLLING, TOLLED. | |
| tolt | A kind of writ in Old English law > TOLTS. | |
| tolu | A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada > TOLUS. | |
| tomb | (Verb) to entomb, bury > TOMBS, TOMBING, TOMBED. | |
| tome | A large, usu scholarly, book or volume > TOMES. | |
| tomo | (Maori) a shaft formed by the action of water on volcanic or limestone rock > TOMOS. | |
| toms | (Pl.) TOM, a male animal e.g. a tomcat. | |
| tone | To give a particular tone (a sound of definite pitch and vibration) to > TONES, TONING, TONED. | |
| tong | (Chinese) a Chinese guild or secret society, particularly one associated with organized crime; (verb) to hold, manipulate, use tongs > TONGS, TONGING, TONGED. | |
| tonk | To hit e.g. a cricket-ball into the air > TONKS, TONKING, TONKED. | |
| tons | (Pl.) TON, a unit of weight. | |
| tony | A simpleton > TONIES; (adj.) high-toned > TONIER, TONIEST. Also TONEY. | |
| took | (Pt.) TAKE, to get possession of. | |
| tool | To form or finish with a tool (an implement used in manual work) > TOOLS, TOOLING, TOOLED. | |
| toom | (Scots) empty > TOOMER, TOOMEST; (noun) a rubbish-tip; (verb) to empty > TOOMS, TOOMING, TOOMED. | |
| toon | (Hindi) an Indian tree of the mahogany family > TOONS. [Hindi tun]. | |
| toot | To sound a horn or whistle in short blasts > TOOTS, TOOTING, TOOTED. | |
| tope | A kind of shark; (verb) to drink > TOPES, TOPING, TOPED. | |
| toph | A rock made of fine volcanic detritus > TOPHS. Also TUFA, CALCTUFA, TOPHE. | |
| topi | 1. (Hindi) a tropical pith helmet. Also TOPEE. | |
| topo | (Coll.) a picture of mountain with climbing routes superimposed on it > TOPOS. | |
| tops | (3rd.) TOP, to surpass. | |
| tora | (Hebrew) the body of Jewish law and learning, including sacred literature and oral tradition > TORAS. Also TORAH. | |
| torc | A necklace or armband in the form of a twisted metal band > TORCS. | |
| tore | A surface described by rotation of conic section about a line > TORES. | |
| tori | (Pl.) TORUS, a large convex moulding. | |
| torn | (PaP).) TEAR, to pull apart. | |
| toro | (Spanish) a bull > TOROS. | |
| torr | A unit of pressure equal to 1/760 of standard atmospheric pressure > TORRS. | |
| tors | (Pl.) TOR, a rocky heap on the top of a hill. | |
| tort | A breach of a duty imposed by law (rather than by contract) which gives a right of action for damages > TORTS. | |
| tory | A member of the Conservative party > TORIES. | |
| tosa | (Japanese) a breed of heavily built, smooth-haired dog > TOSAS. | |
| tose | (Scots) to tease out, draw out > TOSES, TOSING, TOSED. Also TOZE, TOAZE. | |
| tosh | (Sl.) nonsense; (verb) to trim > TOSHES, TOSHING, TOSHED. | |
| toss | To throw lightly > TOSSES, TOSSING, TOSSED or ( obs.) TOST or YTOST. | |
| tost | (Obs) pt. TOSS, to throw up. | |
| tote | To carry by hand > TOTES, TOTING, TOTED. | |
| tots | (3rd.) TOT, to add or total. | |
| touk | (Scots) to tap, drum > TOUKS, TOUKING, TOUKED. | |
| toun | (Scots) town > TOUNS. Also TOON. | |
| tour | (Fr.) to make a prolonged journey from place to place > TOURS, TOURING, TOURED. | |
| tout | To solicit brazenly > TOUTS, TOUTING, TOUTED. | |
| town | A center of population smaller than a city > TOWNS. | |
| tows | (3rd.) TOW, to pull along. | |
| towt | (Scots) to pout, sulk > TOWTS, TOWTING, TOWTED. | |
| towy | Pertaining to TOW, prepared fibres of flax, hemp etc > TOWIER, TOWIEST. | |
| toyo | A smooth straw for making hats > TOYOS. | |
| toys | (3rd.) TOY, to play idly with. | |
| toze | (Shakesp.) to tease out, comb > TOZES, TOZING, TOZED. Also TOSE, TOAZE. | |
| trad | (Abbr.) traditional (jazz) > TRADS. | |
| tram | A device for aligning a piece of machinery; (verb) to adjust a machine using a tram > TRAMS, TRAMMING, TRAMMED. | |
| trap | To catch in a trap > TRAPS, TRAPPING, TRAPPED or (obs.) TRAPT. | |
| trat | (Abbr.) TRATTORIA, an Italian restaurant > TRATS. Also TRATT. | |
| tray | The three in cards or dice > TRAYS. Also TREY. | |
| tree | To drive up a tree (a tall, woody plant) > TREES, TREEING, TREED. | |
| tref | (Hebrew) in the Jewish religion, forbidden as food, not kosher. Also TREFA, TREFAH, TREIF, TREIFA. | |
| trek | To go on a journey > TREKS, TREKKING, TREKKED. Also TRECK. | |
| trem | an electric guitar lever for producing a tremolo > TREMS. | |
| tres | (Fr.) very. | |
| tret | An allowance to purchasers of 4lb on every 104 lb for waste > TRETS. | |
| trew | (Obs.) true. | |
| trey | The three in cards or dice > TREYS. Also TREZ. | |
| trez | The three in cards or dice. Also TREY. | |
| trie | (Spenser) to try > TRIES, TRYING, TRIED. | |
| trig | (Scots) trim, neat > TRIGLY > no comp; (verb) to make something trig > TRIGS, TRIGGING, TRIGGED. | |
| trim | Neat > TRIMMER, TRIMMEST; TRIMLY; (verb) to cut neatly > TRIMS, TRIMMING, TRIMMED. | |
| trin | A triplet by birth > TRINS. | |
| trio | (Ital.) a set of three; a composition for three instruments > TRIOS. | |
| trip | To stumble > TRIPS, TRIPPING, TRIPPED. | |
| trod | (Noun) track, path > TRODS. Also TROAD, TROADE, TRODE. | |
| trog | To trudge, walk wearily > TROGS, TROGGING, TROGGED. | |
| tron | (Scots) a public weighing-machine for weighing produce in the market-place of a city or burgh; the post of this used as a pillory > TRONS. Also TRONE. | |
| trop | (Fr.) too much. | |
| trot | To go at a gait between a walk and a run > TROTS, TROTTING, TROTTED. | |
| trou | (Short for) trousers. | |
| trow | (Arch.) to believe > TROWS, TROWING, TROWED. | |
| troy | A system of weights > TROYS. [From Troyes in France]. | |
| true | Corresponding to fact > TRUER, TRUEST; TRULY; (verb) to make true > TRUES, TRUING, TRUED. | |
| trug | A shallow wooden basket with a handle, used for carrying flowers or fruit > TRUGS. | |
| trye | (Spenser) = TRY as adjective, in sense of choice, purified. | |
| tryp | (Abbr.) TRYPANOSOME, a parasite causing sleeping sickness > TRYPS. | |
| tsar | (Russian) ruler, emperor > TSARS. Also CZAR, TZAR. | |
| tsks | (3rd.) TSK, to make the sound task. | |
| tuan | (Malay) sir, lord, master; also, an Australian marsupial, aka WAMBENGER or brush-tailed PHASCOGALE* > TUANS. | |
| tuba | (Lat.) an ancient trumpet > TUBAS or TUBAE. | |
| tube | (Verb) to provide with or fit into a tube > TUBES, TUBING, TUBED. | |
| tubs | (3rd.) TUB, to bathe in a tub. | |
| tuck | To fold under > TUCKS, TUCKING, TUCKED. | |
| tufa | (Ital.) a rock made of fine volcanic detritus > TUFAS. Also CALCTUFA, TOPH, TOPHE. | |
| tuff | A general term for all consolidated pyroclastic rock > TUFFS. Not to be confused with TUFA > TUFFS. Also CALCTUFF. | |
| tuft | To form into tufts (clusters of flexible outgrowths attached at the base) > TUFTS, TUFTING, TUFTED. | |
| tugs | (3rd.) TUG, to pull forcibly. | |
| tuis | (Pl.) TUI, the New Zealand honey-bird. | |
| tule | (Nahuatl) a large American bulrush > TULES. [Sp. f. Nahuatl tollin, tullin]. | |
| tump | (Dial.) to tip or turn over esp. accidentally; to cause to tip over > TUMPS, TUMPING, TUMPED. | |
| tums | (Pl.) TUM, stomach. | |
| tuna | Any of several large marine food and game-fishes of the family Scombridae > TUNAS. Also TUNNY. | |
| tund | To beat, thump > TUNDS, TUNDING, TUNDED. | |
| tune | To put into the proper pitch > TUNES, TUNING, TUNED. | |
| tung | (Chinese) a kind of Chinese tree > TUNGS. | |
| tuns | (3rd.) TUN, to put into a tun. | |
| tuny | Tuneful, esp. in a superficial way > TUNIER, TUNIEST. | |
| tups | (3rd.) TUP, of a ram, to copulate. | |
| turd | A piece of dung -- an offensive term > TURDS. | |
| turf | A surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass and its roots > TURVES; (verb) to cover with turf > TURFS, TURFING, TURFED. | |
| turk | A young dynamic person > TURKS. | |
| turm | (Obs.) a troop > TURMS. Also TURME. | |
| turn | To move around a central point > TURNS, TURNING, TURNED. | |
| turr | (Canadian) a Newfoundland name for the guillemot > TURRS. | |
| tush | (Verb) to say tush > TUSHES, TUSHING, TUSHED. | |
| tusk | (Verb) to pierce with the tusks > TUSKS, TUSKING, TUSKED. | |
| tuts | (Scots) tut; (verb) to say tut > TUTSES, TUTSING, TUTSED. | |
| tutu | (Fr.) a ballerina's short stiff skirt > TUTUS, TUTUED. | |
| tuzz | (Dryden) a tuft > TUZZES. | |
| twae | (Scots) two > TWAES. Also TWA. | |
| twal | (Scots) twelve > TWALS. | |
| twas | (Pl.) TWA, two. | |
| twat | (Sl.) the female genitalia; a foolish person > TWATS. | |
| tway | (Obs.) a form of TWAIN > TWAYS. | |
| twee | Affectedly cute or quaint > TWEER, TWEEST; TWEELY. | |
| twig | (Verb) to observe closely > TWIGS, TWIGGING, TWIGGED. | |
| twin | To bring together in close association > TWINS, TWINNING, TWINNED. | |
| twit | (Verb) to upbraid, taunt > TWITS, TWITTING, TWITTED. | |
| twos | (Pl.) TWO, the next whole number after one. | |
| tyde | (Spenser) tied. | |
| tyed | (Pt.) TYE, to wash ore in a TYE. | |
| tyee | A food fish > TYEES. | |
| tyer | One who ties > TYERS. | |
| tyes | (Pl.) TYE, to wash ore in a TYE. | |
| tygs | (Pl.) TYG, an old drinking-cup with two or more handles. | |
| tyin | A monetary unit of Kyrgyzstan > TYIN. No -S. Also TYIYN. | |
| tyke | A dog, a cur; a rough-mannered person; a Roman Catholic > TYKES. Also TIKE. | |
| tymp | The plate of a blast furnace opening > TYMPS. | |
| tynd | (Spenser) pt. of TIND, to kindle. Also TYNDE. | |
| tyne | (Spenser) to lose > TYNES, TYNING, TYNED. Also TINE. | |
| type | To write with a typewriter > TYPES, TYPING, TYPED. | |
| typo | A typographical error > TYPOS. | |
| typp | A unit of yarn size > TYPPS. | |
| typy | Characterised by conformity to a group > TYPIER, TYPIEST. Also TYPEY. | |
| tyre | (Verb) to fit with a tyre > TYRES, TYRING, TYRED. | |
| tyro | (Lat.) a novice or beginner > TYROS, TYROES or TYRONES. | |
| tyte | (Obs.) promptly, at once. Also TITE. | |
| tzar | (Russian) ruler, emperor > TZARS. Also CZAR, TSAR. | |
| udal | (Orkneys) allodial, without feudal superior. Also ODAL. | |
| udon | In Japanese cooking, large noodles of wheat flour > UDONS. | |
| udos | (Pl.) UDO, a kind of Japanese ARALIA. | |
| ueys | (Pl.) UEY, a U-turn. | |
| ufos | (Pl.) UFO, an unidentified flying object. | |
| ughs | (Pl.) UGH, an exclamation expression repugnance. | |
| ugly | Not beautiful > UGLIER, UGLIEST; UGLILY; (verb) to make ugly > UGLIES, UGLYING, UGLIED. | |
| ukes | (Pl.) UKE, a ukulele. | |
| ulan | (Ger.) a light cavalryman in semi-oriental uniform; a Prussian lancer > ULANS. Also UHLAN. | |
| ules | (Pl.) ULE, a Central American rubber tree. | |
| ulex | (Lat.) gorse > ULEXES. | |
| ulna | (Lat.) the inner and larger of the two bones of the forearm > ULNAS or ULNAE. | |
| ulus | (Pl.) ULU, an Eskimo knife. | |
| ulva | (Lat.) a genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce > ULVAS. [L. ulva, sedge]. | |
| umbo | (Lat.) the boss of a shield > UMBOS or UMBONES. | |
| umes | (Pl.) UME, a fleshy yellow fruit, similar to an apricot but having a sour flavour, used mainly to make drinks, preserves, and sauces. | |
| umma | The body of Muslim believers considered as one community > UMMAS. | |
| umph | An interjection. Also HUMPH. | |
| umps | (3rd.) UMP, to umpire. | |
| umpy | (Aust. sl.) an umpire > UMPIES. Also UMPIE. | |
| umra | A lesser pilgrimage to Mecca made separately or at the same time as the hajj, and consisting of a number of devotional rituals performed within the city > UMRAS. | |
| umus | (Pl.) UMU, a Maori oven. | |
| unai | (Tupi) a two-toed sloth > UNAIS. Also UNAU. | |
| unau | (Tupi) a two-toed sloth > UNAUS. Also UNAI. | |
| unbe | Not to be > UNBEING, UNBEEN. | |
| unce | (Scots) an ounce > UNCES. | |
| unci | (Pl.) UNCUS, a hook or hooklike process or structure. | |
| unco | (Scots) strange; foreign; extraordinary > UNCOER, UNCOEST; (noun) a stranger, a piece of news > UNCOS or UNCOES. | |
| unde | Wavy. Also UNDEE, UNDY, OUNDY. | |
| undo | To bring to ruin > UNDOES, UNDOING, UNDID, UNDONE. | |
| undy | Wavy. Also UNDEE, UNDE, OUNDY. | |
| unis | (Pl.) UNI, university. | |
| unit | A specific quantity used as a standard of measurement > UNITS. | |
| unto | To. | |
| upas | (Malay) a tree with a poisonous drip > UPASES. [Malay upas, poison]. | |
| upby | A little farther on. Also UPBYE. | |
| updo | An upswept hairdo > UPDOS. | |
| upgo | To go up > UPGOES, UPGOING, UPWENT, UPGONE. | |
| upon | On. | |
| upsy | (Noun) a carousal > UPSIES. Also UPSEY, UPSEE. | |
| upta | Of poor quality. Also UPTER. | |
| urao | (Spanish) a native hydrated double salt of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, occurring esp. as an evaporite > URAOS. Aka TRONA. | |
| urbs | (Pl.) URB, an urban area. | |
| urde | Pointed, with a pattern of points. Also URDY, URDEE. | |
| urds | (Pl.) URD, an Indian bean. | |
| urdy | Pointed, with a pattern of points. No comp! Also URDE, URDEE. | |
| urea | A substance found in mammalian urine, the chief form in which nitrogenous waste is excreted > UREAS. | |
| ures | (Pl.) URE, an extinct wild ox. | |
| urge | To force forward > URGES, URGING, URGED. | |
| uric | Of or pertaining to urine; obtained from urine; as, uric acid. | |
| urns | (3rd.) URN, to enclose in an urn. | |
| urps | (3rd.) URP, to vomit. | |
| ursa | (Lat.) a female bear > URSAE. | |
| urus | An extinct bovine mammal, aka URE or AUROCHS > URUSES. | |
| urva | (Nepali) the crab-eating mongoose of SE Asia > URVAS. | |
| used | (Pt.) USE, to put to some purpose. | |
| user | One that uses > USERS. | |
| uses | (3rd.) USE, to put to some purpose. | |
| utas | The seventh day after a festival > UTASES. | |
| utes | (Pl.) UTE, a utility vehicle. | |
| utis | (Shakesp.) riotous merriment, which accompanied the eighth day of a festival > UTISES. | |
| utus | (Pl.) UTU, the (Maori) settlement of a debt. | |
| uvae | (Pl.) UVA, a grape or grape-like berry. | |
| uvas | (Pl.) UVA, a grape or grape-like berry. | |
| uvea | The posterior pigment-bearing layer of the pupil of the eye > UVEAS. | |
| vacs | (Pl.) VAC, vacation. | |
| vade | (Shakesp.) to fade > VADES, VADING, VADED. 'His summer leaves all vaded'. | |
| vaes | (Pl.) VAE, a voe. | |
| vagi | (Pl.) VAGUS, the tenth cranial nerve. | |
| vags | (3rd.) VAG, to arrest someone for vagrancy. | |
| vail | (Arch.) to lower, doff, let down > VAILS, VAILING, VAILED. | |
| vain | Conceited > VAINER, VAINEST; VAINLY. | |
| vair | Squirrel fur, much used in medieval times, to line and trim robes > VAIRS. | |
| vale | (Lat.) farewell; (noun) a valley > VALES. | |
| vali | (Turkish) a governor, esp. of a VILAYET > VALIS. Also WALI. | |
| vamp | (Verb) to patch up rather than refurbish > VAMPS, VAMPING, VAMPED. | |
| vane | A device for showing the direction of the wind > VANES, VANED. | |
| vang | A guy-rope to steady a gaff > VANGS. | |
| vans | (3rd.) VAN, to send or travel by van. | |
| vant | (Shakesp.) van, vanguard > VANTS. | |
| vape | to inhale nicotine vapour (from an electronic cigarette) > VAPES, VAPING, VAPED. | |
| vara | (Spanish) a Spanish American linear measure > VARAS. [Sp. vara, rod]. Also VARE. | |
| vare | (Spanish) a Spanish American linear measure > VARES. [Sp. vara, rod]. Also VARA. | |
| vars | (Pl.) VAR, a unit of reactive power. | |
| vary | To become or make different > VARIES, VARYING, VARIED. | |
| vasa | (Pl.) VAS, a tube or duct. | |
| vase | A rounded, decorative container > VASES. | |
| vast | (Noun) a vastness > VASTS; (adj.) huge > VASTER, VASTEST; VASTLY. | |
| vats | (3rd.) VAT, to put stuff in a vat. | |
| vatu | The monetary unit of Vanuatu > VATUS. | |
| vaus | (Pl.) VAU, a Hebrew letter. | |
| vaut | (Obs.) to vault > VAUTS, VAUTING, VAUTED. Also VAWTE, VAUTE. | |
| vavs | (Pl.) VAV, a Hebrew letter. | |
| vaws | (Pl.) VAW, a Hebrew letter. | |
| veal | The meat of a calf > VEALS. | |
| veep | (US coll.) a vice-president > VEEPS. Also VEEPEE. | |
| veer | To change direction > VEERS, VEERING, VEERED. | |
| vees | (Pl.) VEE, a mark or object shaped or angled like a vee. | |
| vega | (Spanish) a low fertile plain; a tobacco field > VEGAS. | |
| vego | (Coll.) a vegetarian > VEGOS. | |
| vehm | (Ger.) a mediaeval German court > VEHME. Also FEHM. | |
| veil | (Verb) to cover with a veil > VEILS, VEILING, VEILED. | |
| vein | To fill with veins (tubular blood vessels) > VEINS, VEINING, VEINED. | |
| vela | (Pl.) VELUM, a veil or integument. | |
| veld | (Afrikaans) open grassland > VELDS. [Afrikaans veld, from Dutch veld, field]. Also VELDT. | |
| vele | (Spenser) a veil > VELES. | |
| vell | The fourth stomach of a calf, aka ABOMASUM > VELLS. | |
| vena | (Lat.) a vein > VENAE. | |
| vend | To sell > VENDS, VENDING, VENDED. | |
| vent | To provide with a vent (an opening for the escape of gas or liquid) > VENTS, VENTING, VENTED. | |
| vera | Very. | |
| verb | A word used to express an act, occurrence, or mode of being > VERBS. | |
| verd | As in verd antique, a dark green mottled impure variety of serpentine. No -S. | |
| vers | (Fr.) verse. | |
| vert | (Noun) in forest law, every green plant having leaves that may serve as a cover for deer; the right to cut this; (verb) (coll.) to become a convert > VERTS, VERTING, VERTED. | |
| very | Precise, absolute > VERIER, VERIEST; VERILY. | |
| vest | An undergarment for the top half of the body, an UNDERSHIRT; (verb) to place authority in > VESTS, VESTING, VESTED. | |
| veto | (Lat.) to forbid > VETOES, VETOING, VETOED. | |
| vets | (3rd.) VET, to examine closely. | |
| vext | (Obs.) pt. VEX, to distress or annoy. | |
| viae | (Pl.) VIA, way, road. | |
| vial | (Verb) to put in a vial > VIALS, VIALING or VIALLING, VIALED or VIALLED or (obs.) VIOLD. | |
| vias | (Pl.) VIA, way, road. | |
| vibe | (Coll.) vibration > VIBES. | |
| vibs | (Coll.) shoes with Vibram soles. N.B. no VIB*. | |
| vice | (Verb) to grip in a vice > VICES, VICING, VICED. | |
| vide | (Lat.) see. | |
| vids | (Pl.) VID, video. | |
| vied | (Pt.) VIE, to contend in rivalry. | |
| vier | One who vies > VIERS. | |
| vies | (3rd.) VIE, to contend in rivalry. | |
| view | To look at > VIEWS, VIEWING, VIEWED. | |
| viff | to change direction abruptly of a VTOL aircraft > VIFFS, VIFFING, VIFFED. | |
| viga | (Spanish) a ceiling beam > VIGAS. [Sp. viga, beam, rafter]. | |
| vigs | (Pl.) VIG, a vigorish. | |
| vild | (Spenser) vile > VILDLY. Also VILDE. | |
| vile | Odious > VILER, VILEST; VILELY. | |
| vill | A township, or feudal territorial unit > VILLS. | |
| vims | (Pl.) VIM, energy, vigour. | |
| vina | (Sanskrit) an Indian stringed instrument > VINAS. Also VEENA. | |
| vine | (Verb) to remove vines from e.g. vines and pods from (peas) > VINES, VINING, VINED. | |
| vino | (Ital.) (Sl.) wine > VINOS. | |
| vins | (Pl.) VIN, wine. | |
| vint | A vintage; (verb) to gather a vintage > VINTS, VINTING, VINTED. | |
| viny | Of or pertaining to vines; producing, or abounding in, vines > VINIER, VINIEST. | |
| viol | Any member of a class of stringed instruments, forerunners of the violin class > VIOLS. | |
| vire | To transfer funds by VIREMENT > VIRES, VIRING, VIRED. | |
| virl | (Scots) = FERRULE, a rod or stick > VIRLS. | |
| visa | (Verb) to provide with a visa > VISAS, VISAING, VISAED. | |
| vise | 1. to hold in a vice > VISES, VISED, VISING. 2. to provide with a visa > VISES, VISEING, VISEED. | |
| vita | (Lat.) life > VITAE or VITAS. | |
| vite | (Fr.) quickly. | |
| viva | (Ital.) a shout or cry used to express approval; (verb) to shout viva > VIVAS, VIVAING, VIVAED. | |
| vive | (Scots) lively, forcible > VIVELY. | |
| vivo | (Ital.) lively. | |
| vizy | (Scots) a close or careful look; a gunsight; (verb) to take a close look > VIZIES, VIZYING, VIZIED. Also VISIE, VIZZIE. | |
| vlei | (Afrikaans) low-lying ground where a shallow lake forms in the wet season > VLEIS. Also VLY. | |
| vlog | A blog using the medium of video; (verb) to keep a video blog > VLOGS, VLOGGING, VLOGGED. | |
| voar | (Orkney) spring, seed-time > VOARS. | |
| voes | (Pl.) VOE, a bay or creek. | |
| vogs | (Pl.) VOG, air pollution caused by volcanic dust. | |
| void | (Adj.) empty. No comp > there is VOIDER, but it is a noun. (Verb) to empty > VOIDS, VOIDING, VOIDED. | |
| voip | A system for converting analogue signals to digital so that the telephone calls may be made over the internet > VOIPS. | |
| vola | (Lat.) the hollow of the hand or foot > VOLAE. | |
| vole | (Verb) to win all the tricks in one deal > VOLES, VOLING, VOLED. | |
| volk | (Afrikaans) the Afrikaner people > VOLKS. | |
| vols | (Pl.) VOL, in heraldry, two wings displayed and conjoined. | |
| volt | The unit of electromotive force > VOLTS. | |
| voms | (3rd.) VOM, to vomit. | |
| vors | (3rd.) VOR, to warn. | |
| vote | To cast a vote (a formal expression of will or opinion) > VOTES, VOTING, VOTED. | |
| vows | (3rd.) VOW, to make a vow or vows. | |
| vril | A hypothetical electric fluid in Bulwer-Lytton > VRILS. | |
| vrot | (Afrikaans) rotten; putrid; very bad. | |
| vrou | (Afrikaans) a woman, esp. a married woman > VROUS. Also VROW, VROUW, FROW. | |
| vrow | (Dutch) a woman, goodwife > VROWS. Also VROUW, FROW, VROU. | |
| vugg | (Cornish) a small unfilled cavity in a lode or in rock > VUGGS. [Cornish vooga]. Also VUG, VUGH. | |
| vugh | (Cornish) a small unfilled cavity in a lode or in rock > VUGHS. [Cornish vooga]. Also VUG, VUGG. | |
| vugs | (Pl.) VUG, a small unfilled cavity in a lode or in rock. | |
| vuln | To wound; pierce with a weapon > VULNS, VULNING, VULNED. | |
| vums | (3rd.) VUM, to vow. | |
| waac | A member of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corp > WAACS. | |
| waah | an interjection used to express wailing. | |
| wabs | (Pl.) WAB, a web. | |
| wack | Crazy > WACKER, WACKEST; an eccentric, mad, or crazy person; a crackpot > WACKS. | |
| wadd | An earthy ore of manganese > WADDS. Also WAD, WADT. | |
| wade | To walk through water > WADES, WADING, WADED. | |
| wadi | (Arabic) the dry bed of a torrent; a river valley > WADIS. Also WADY. | |
| wads | (3rd.) WAD, to form into a wad. | |
| wadt | An earthy ore of manganese > WADTS. Also WAD, WADD. | |
| wady | (Arabic) the dry bed of a torrent; a river valley > WADIES. Also WADI. | |
| waes | (Pl.) WAE, woe. | |
| waff | To bark > WAFFS, WAFFING, WAFFED. Also WAUGH. | |
| waft | To carry lightly over air or water > WAFTS, WAFTING, WAFTED. | |
| wage | To engage in or carry on > WAGES, WAGING, WAGED. | |
| wags | (3rd.) WAG, to move from side to side. | |
| waid | (Obs.) weighed. Also WAIDE. | |
| waif | (Verb) to cast up as a waif > WAIFS, WAIFING, WAIFED. | |
| wail | To utter a long, mournful cry > WAILS, WAILING, WAILED. | |
| wain | A farm wagon; (verb, obs.) to carry, convey > WAINS, WAINING, WAINED. | |
| wair | To spend > WAIRS, WAIRING, WAIRED. | |
| wais | (Pl.) WAI, water. | |
| wait | To stay in expectation of > WAITS, WAITING, WAITED. | |
| waka | 1. (Japanese) a Japanese verse-form > WAKAS. 2. (Maori) a traditional Maori canoe, usu made of a hollowed tree trunk. | |
| wake | To rouse from sleep > WAKES, WAKING, WAKED or WOKE, WOKEN. | |
| wakf | (Arabic) the donation of land, property or money for charitable or pious purposes > WAKFS. Also WAQF. | |
| wald | (Scots) = WELD, wild mignonette > WALDS. | |
| wale | (Noun) a raised mark on the skin left by a blow. Also WEAL, WHEAL. (Verb) to choose > WALES, WALING, WALED. | |
| wali | (Turkish) a governor, esp. of a vilayet > WALIS. Also VALI. | |
| walk | To advance on foot > WALKS, WALKING, WALKED. | |
| wall | To provide with a wall (an upright structure built to enclose an area) > WALLS, WALLING, WALLED. | |
| waly | 1. (Scots) alas. | |
| wame | (Obs.) womb > WAMES, WAMED. Also WEM, WEMB, WEAMB. | |
| wand | A slender rod > WANDS. | |
| wane | To decrease in size or extent > WANES, WANING, WANED. | |
| wang | (Obs.) the cheek; a WANG tooth is a molar > WANGS. | |
| wank | To masturbate > WANKS, WANKING, WANKED. | |
| wans | (3rd.) WAN, to make wan. | |
| want | To have a desire for > WANTS, WANTING, WANTED. | |
| wany | Waning > WANIER, WANIEST. Also WANEY. | |
| waps | (3rd.) WAP, to throw off quickly. | |
| waqf | (Arabic) the donation of land, property or money for charitable or pious purposes > WAQFS. Also WAKF. | |
| warb | (Aust. sl.) a dirty or insignificant person > WARBS. | |
| ward | To turn aside > WARDS, WARDING, WARDED. | |
| ware | (Verb) to beware of > WARES, WARING, WARED. | |
| wark | (Scots) to work > WARKS, WARKING, WARKED. | |
| warm | Moderately hot > WARMER, WARMEST; WARMLY; (verb) to make warm > WARMS, WARMING, WARMED. | |
| warn | To make aware of impending or possible danger > WARNS, WARNING, WARNED. | |
| warp | To turn or twist out of shape > WARPS, WARPING, WARPED. | |
| wars | (3rd.) WAR, to make war. | |
| wart | A small hard excrescence on the skin caused by a virus > WARTS, WARTED. | |
| wary | Cautious > WARIER, WARIEST; WARILY. | |
| wase | A small bundle of hay or straw for resting one's head > WASES. | |
| wash | To cleanse by immersing in or applying a liquid > WASHES, WASHING, WASHED, (obs.) WASHEN. | |
| wasm | an obsolete belief; an out-of-fashion 'ism' > WASMS. | |
| wasp | Any of a large number of insects belonging to the order Hymenoptera > WASPS. | |
| wast | (Obs.) waste > WASTS. | |
| wate | (Scots) 3rd pers. of WIT, to know. | |
| wats | (Pl.) WAT, a Buddhist temple. | |
| watt | The SI unit of power, equal to a rate of working of one joule per second > WATTS. | |
| wauk | To full (cloth) > WAUKS, WAUKING, WAUKED. Also WAULK. | |
| waul | To cry like a cat > WAULS, WAULING, WAULED. Also WAWL. | |
| waur | (Scots) to defeat, to worst > WAURS, WAURING, WAURED. | |
| wave | To move freely back and forth or up and down > WAVES, WAVING, WAVED. | |
| wavy | Wave-shaped > WAVIER, WAVIEST; WAVILY; (noun) (Am. Ind) the snow-goose > WAVIES. [Cree]. Also WAVEY. | |
| wawa | (Am. Ind.) to speak > WAWAS, WAWAING, WAWAED. [Chinook]. | |
| wawe | (Spenser) a wave > WAWES. | |
| wawl | To cry like a cat > WAWLS, WAWLING, WAWLED. Also WAUL. | |
| waws | (Pl.) WAW, a Hebrew letter. | |
| waxy | Like wax > WAXIER, WAXIEST; WAXILY. | |
| ways | (3rd.) WAY, to weigh, esteem. | |
| wazz | (Dial.) to urinate > WAZZES, WAZZING, WAZZED. | |
| weak | Feeble > WEAKER, WEAKEST; WEAKLY. | |
| weal | A ridge on the skin formed by a blow > WEALS. Also WALE, WHEAL. | |
| wean | To withhold mother's milk from and substitute other nourishment > WEANS, WEANING, WEANED. | |
| wear | To turn a ship's stern to windward to alter its course > WEARS, WEARING, WEARED; to put on clothes > WEARS, WEARING, WORE, WORN. | |
| webs | (3rd.) WEB, to envelop with a web. | |
| weds | (3rd.) WED, to marry. | |
| weed | To remove weeds (undesirable plants) > WEEDS, WEEDING, WEEDED. | |
| week | A period of seven days > WEEKS. | |
| weel | A whirlpool; a fish-trap > WEELS. Also WEIL, WIEL. | |
| weem | (Gaelic) a subterranean dwelling > WEEMS. [Gaelic uaim, cave]. | |
| ween | To think; to imagine > WEENS, WEENING, WEENED. | |
| weep | To express sorrow by shedding tears > WEEPS, WEEPING, WEPT. | |
| weer | (Comp.) WEE, small. | |
| wees | (3rd.) WEE, to urinate. | |
| weet | (Verb) to know > WOT, WOTS, WOTTETH, WEETING, WEETED. Also WEETE, WYTE, WIT. (Adj.) wet > WEETER, WEETEST. | |
| weft | (Verb) to form a weft > WEFTS, WEFTING, WEFTED. | |
| weid | (Scots) any sudden illness, cold or relapse with febrile symptoms > WEIDS. | |
| weil | A whirlpool > WEILS. Also WEEL, WIEL. | |
| weir | A low dam that is built across a river to raise the water level, divert the water, or control its flow; (verb) to wear > WEIRS, WEIRING, WEIRED. | |
| weka | (Maori) a flightless rail of New Zealand > WEKAS. | |
| weld | A scentless species of MIGNONETTE, yielding a yellow dye. Also WALD. (Verb) to join two pieces of metal by fusing > WELDS, WELDING, WELDED. | |
| welk | (Obs.) to wither or shrivel > WELKS, WELKING, WELKED. | |
| well | To rise to the surface and flow forth > WELLS, WELLING, WELLED. | |
| wels | Ger.) a large fish, the American giant catfish, introduced into European rivers, aka sheatfish > WELS. | |
| welt | (Verb) to lash, beat > WELTS, WELTING, WELTED. | |
| wemb | (Obs.) womb > WEMBS. Also WEM, WAME, WEAMB. | |
| wems | (Pl.) WEM, womb. | |
| wena | (S. Afr.) you. | |
| wend | To turn, to betake oneself > WENDS, WENDING, WENDED. | |
| wens | (Pl.) WEN, a sebaceous cyst. | |
| went | (Noun) (Spenser) a path, a journey > WENTS. | |
| wept | (Pt.) WEEP, to shed tears. | |
| were | (Pt.) BE. | |
| wero | (Maori) a challenge made by an armed Maori warrior to a visitor to a MARAE > WEROS. | |
| wert | (Pt.) BE. | |
| west | (Verb) to move towards the west > WESTS, WESTING, WESTED. | |
| weta | (Maori) a large New Zealand grasshopper > WETAS. | |
| wets | (3rd.) WET, to make wet. | |
| wexe | (Obs.) = WEX, waxed, grew. | |
| weys | (Pl.) WEY, a measure of dry goods. | |
| whae | (Scots) who. Also WHA. | |
| wham | To crash or bang into > WHAMS, WHAMMING, WHAMMED. | |
| whap | To beat > WHAPS, WHAPPING, WHAPPED. Also WHOP. | |
| what | The true nature of something > WHATS. | |
| whee | An expression of delight. No -S. | |
| when | The time in which something is done or occurs > WHENS. | |
| whet | To sharpen by friction > WHETS, WHETTING, WHETTED. | |
| whew | (Verb) to say whew > WHEWS, WHEWING, WHEWED. | |
| whey | The watery part of milk which remains after the formation of curds > WHEYS. | |
| whid | (Scots) to move quickly, whiz > WHIDS, WHIDDING, WHIDDED. Cf. WHIDDER. | |
| whig | (Scots) to jog along > WHIGS, WHIGGING, WHIGGED. | |
| whim | (Verb) to be whimsical; to turn > WHIMS, WHIMMING, WHIMMED. | |
| whin | Gorse, furze > WHINS. | |
| whio | (Maori) a New Zealand mountain duck with blue plumage > WHIO. No -S. | |
| whip | To beat with a whip > WHIPS, WHIPPING, WHIPPED or WHIPT. | |
| whir | To make a continuous rapid buzzing or softly clicking sound > WHIRS, WHIRRING, WHIRRED. Also WHIRR. | |
| whit | The smallest particle imaginable > WHITS. | |
| whiz | To fly through the air with or as if with a whistling noise > WHIZZES, WHIZZING, WHIZZED. | |
| whoa | Stop, esp. to a horse. | |
| whom | The objective case of WHO. | |
| whop | To beat > WHOPS, WHOPPING, WHOPPED. Also WHAP. | |
| whot | (Spenser) hot. | |
| whow | (Scots) interjection expressing deploration. | |
| whup | (Coll.) to defeat totally > WHUPS, WHUPPING, WHUPPED. | |
| whys | (Pl.) WHY, the reason or cause of something. | |
| wice | (Scots) wise. | |
| wich | A tree with pliant branches, as in wych elm > WICHES. Also WYCH. | |
| wick | A bundle of loosely twisted fibers in a candle or oil lamp > WICKS. | |
| wide | Broad > WIDER, WIDEST; WIDELY; (noun) a wide ball in cricket > WIDES. | |
| wiel | A whirlpool > WIELS. Also WEIL, WEEL. | |
| wife | (Verb) to take to wife > WIFES, WIFING, WIFED. | |
| wigs | (3rd.) WIG, to scold. | |
| wiki | A collaborative web site that allows users to add, edit, and delete the site's content > WIKIS. | |
| wild | Not tame > WILDER, WILDEST; WILDLY; (verb) obs. form of WIELD > WILDS, WILDING, WILDED. | |
| wile | (Verb) to beguile, inveigle > WILES, WILING, WILED. Also WYLE. | |
| wili | In the ballet Giselle, the spirit of a girl who dies before her wedding day > WILIS. | |
| will | To decide upon > WILLS, WILLING; WILLED; used as an auxiliary followed by a simple infinitive to express futurity, inclination, likelihood, or requirement > past sing. 2nd person WOULD, WOULDEST, or WOULDST. | |
| wilt | To become limp > WILTS, WILTING, WILTED. | |
| wily | Crafty > WILIER, WILIEST; WILILY. | |
| wimp | An ineffectual or pusillanimous person; (verb) to behave like a wimp > WIMPS, WIMPING, WIMPED. | |
| wind | To pass around an object or fixed center > WINDS, WINDING, WINDED or WOUND. | |
| wine | An alcoholic drink produced by the fermentation of grapes with water and sugar; (verb) to take wine > WINES, WINING, WINED. | |
| wing | To travel by means of wings (organs of flight) > WINGS, WINGING, WINGED. | |
| wink | To close and open one eye quickly > WINKS, WINKING, WINKED. | |
| winn | (Sl.) a penny > WINNS. | |
| wino | (Sl.) an alcoholic > WINOS or WINOES. | |
| wins | (3rd.) WIN, to gain. | |
| winy | Like or tasting of wine > WINIER, WINIEST. Also WINEY. | |
| wipe | To rub lightly in order to clean or dry > WIPES, WIPING, WIPED. | |
| wire | To fasten with wire (a slender rod, strand, or thread of ductile metal) > WIRES, WIRING, WIRED. | |
| wiry | Thin and tough > WIRIER, WIRIEST; WIRILY. | |
| wise | Intelligent > WISER, WISEST; WISELY; (Scots) to guide in a certain direction > WISES, WISING, WISED. Also WEISE, WEIZE. | |
| wish | To feel an impulse toward attainment or possession of something > WISHES, WISHING, WISHED. | |
| wisp | (Verb) to make into a wisp > WISPS, WISPING, WISPED. | |
| wiss | To wish > WISSES, WISSING, WISSED. | |
| wist | (Arch.) to know > WISTS, WISTING, WISTED. | |
| wite | (Scots) to blame, lay the blame on > WITES, WITING, WITED. Also WIGHT, WYTE. | |
| with | In the company of; (noun) a partition between chimney flues > WITHS. | |
| wits | (3rd.) WIT, to know. | |
| wive | To take for a wife; to become the wife of > WIVES, WIVING, WIVED. | |
| woad | A broad-leafed plant yielding a blue dye > WOADS, WOADED. | |
| woah | a call to stop, esp. to a horse. | |
| wock | (Chinese) a pan used in Chinese cookery > WOCKS. [Cantonese wohk, pan]. Also WOK. | |
| woes | (Pl.) WOE, grief, sadness. | |
| wofs | (Pl.) WOF, a fool, idiot. | |
| woke | (Pt.) WAKE, to rouse from sleep. | |
| woks | (Pl.) WOK, a pan used in Chinese cookery. | |
| wold | An open tract of country > WOLDS. | |
| wolf | A predatory canine mammal, Canis lupus > WOLVES; (verb) to eat greedily > WOLFS, WOLFING, WOLFED. | |
| womb | (Shakesp.) to enclose > WOMBS, WOMBING, WOMBED. | |
| wonk | An expert who studies a subject or issue thoroughly and excessively > WONKS. | |
| wons | (3rd.) WON, to abide, dwell. | |
| wont | To be accustomed to > WONTS, WONTING, WONTED. | |
| wood | (Verb) to cover with woods or trees > WOODS, WOODING, WOODED. | |
| woof | (Verb) to bark > WOOFS, WOOFING, WOOFED. | |
| wool | The dense, soft hair forming the coat of certain mammals > WOOLS, WOOLED, WOOLLED. | |
| woon | (Spenser) to dwell > WOONS, WOONING, WOONED. Cf. WON. | |
| woos | (3rd.) WOO, to court. | |
| woot | (Shakesp.) wilt (thou). | |
| wops | (3rd.) WOP, to beat, whop. | |
| word | To express in words (speech sounds that communicate meaning) > WORDS, WORDING, WORDED. | |
| wore | (Pt.) WEAR, to turn a ship's stern to windward to alter its course. | |
| work | To exert one's powers of body or mind for some purpose > WORKS, WORKING, WORKED or WROUGHT. | |
| worm | To rid of worms (small, limbless invertebrates) > WORMS, WORMING, WORMED. | |
| worn | Affected by wear or use. | |
| wort | Any herb or vegetable; an infusion of malt before fermentation > WORTS. | |
| wost | (Arch.) 2nd. pers. sing. pres. of WIT, to know. | |
| wots | (3rd.) WOT, to know. | |
| wove | (Pt.) WEAVE, to form by interlacing threads. | |
| wowf | (Scots) crazy > WOWFER, WOWFEST. | |
| wows | (3rd.) WOW, to impress. | |
| wrap | To enclose in something wound or folded about > WRAPS, WRAPPING, WRAPPED or WRAPT. | |
| wren | A small songbird > WRENS. | |
| writ | A legal or financial document > WRITS. | |
| wuds | (Pl.) WUD, wood. | |
| wudu | (Arabic) ritual washing before the daily prayer > WUDUS. | |
| wull | (Spenser) to will > WULLS, WULLING, WULLED. | |
| wuss | A wimp > WUSSES. Also WOOSE. | |
| wych | A tree with pliant branches, as in wych elm > WYCHES. Also WICH. | |
| wyes | (Pl.) WYE, the letter Y, or anything shaped like it. | |
| wyle | To beguile > WYLES, WYLING, WYLED. Also WILE. | |
| wynd | A narrow street or lane > WYNDS. | |
| wynn | A rune having the value of modern English W > WYNNS. Also WYN. | |
| wyns | (Pl.) WYN, a rune, having the value of modern English W. | |
| wyte | (Scots) to blame, lay the blame on > WYTES, WYTING, WYTED. Also WITE, WIGHT. | |
| xray | In international radio communication, a code word for the letter x > XRAYS. | |
| xyst | A long covered portico or court used by ancient Greek athletes for exercises > XYSTS. Also XYSTOS, XYSTUS. | |
| yaar | (Hinglish) friend, man (as a form of address) > YAARS. | |
| yaba | (Coll.) yet another bloody acronym. No -S. | |
| yack | Persistent or idle talk; (verb) to talk persistently > YACKS, YACKING, YACKED. | |
| yads | (Pl.) YAD, a hand-held pointer used for reading the Torah. | |
| yaff | (Scots) to bark, scold, nag > YAFFS, YAFFING, YAFFED. | |
| yage | a tropical vine of the Amazon region, aka ayahuasca > YAGES. | |
| yagi | (Japanese) a type of shortwave antenna > YAGIS. | |
| yags | (Pl.) YAG, a type of synthetic garnet containing yttrium and aluminium, used in lasers and as a gem. | |
| yahs | (Pl.) YAH, an exclamation of derision. | |
| yaks | (3rd.) YAK, to talk persistently. | |
| yald | (Scots) active, nimble. No comp! Also YAULD. | |
| yale | A fabulous heraldic beast > YALES. | |
| yams | (Pl.) YAM, a large tuberous edible root like the potato, grown in tropical countries. | |
| yang | (Chinese) a species of Thai timber tree > YANGS. | |
| yank | To pull suddenly > YANKS, YANKING, YANKED. | |
| yapp | A limp leather binding > YAPPS. [From Yapp, a bookseller]. | |
| yaps | (3rd.) YAP, to bark sharply or constantly. | |
| yard | (Verb) to enclose in a yard > YARDS, YARDING, YARDED. | |
| yare | (Arch.) lively; manoeuvrable > YARER, YAREST; YARELY. Also YAR. | |
| yark | (Dial.) to make ready > YARKS, YARKING, YARKED. | |
| yarn | Spun thread; (verb) to tell tales > YARNS, YARNING, YARNED. | |
| yarr | The corn spurrey > YARRS. | |
| yate | (Spenser) a gate > YATES. | |
| yaud | (Scots) a mare, jade > YAUDS. | |
| yaup | To cry hoarsely > YAUPS, YAUPING, YAUPED. Also YAWP. | |
| yawl | (Noun) a two-masted sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with a large mainmast and a small mizzenmast stepped aft of the rudderpost; (verb) to howl > YAWLS, YAWLING, YAWLED. | |
| yawn | To open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation of air > YAWNS, YAWNING, YAWNED. | |
| yawp | To cry hoarsely or harshly > YAWPS, YAWPING, YAWPED. Also YAUP. | |
| yaws | A contagious skin disease resembling syphilis. | |
| yawy | Pertaining to YAWS. No comp! Also YAWEY. | |
| yays | (Pl.) YAY, an affirmative vote, a YEA. | |
| ybet | (Obs.) pt. of BEAT. | |
| yead | (Spenser) to go, proceed > YEADS, YEADING, YOD or YODE. Also YEED, YEDE. | |
| yeah | Yes > YEAHS. | |
| yean | Esp. of a sheep, to bring forth young > YEANS, YEANING, YEANED. Also EAN. | |
| year | The time taken by the earth to orbit the sun > YEARS. | |
| yeas | (Pl.) YEA, an affirmative vote. | |
| yebo | (S. Afr.) yes, I agree. | |
| yech | An exclamation expressing disgust; (noun) something disgusting > YECHS. Also YECCH, YUCH, YUK. | |
| yede | (Spenser) to go, proceed > YEDES, YEDING, YOD or YODE. Also YEAD, YEED. | |
| yeed | (Spenser) to go, proceed > YEEDS, YEEDING, YOD or YODE. Also YEAD, YEDE. | |
| yegg | A criminal, esp. a safecracker or burglar > YEGGS. | |
| yeld | Barren, not giving milk. | |
| yelk | Yolk > YELKS. | |
| yell | To cry out loudly > YELLS, YELLING, YELLED. | |
| yelm | (Dial.) a bundle of straw laid straight for thatching; (verb) to straighten straw for thatching > YELMS, YELMING, YELMED. Also YEALM. | |
| yelp | To utter a sharp, shrill cry > YELPS, YELPING, YELPED. | |
| yelt | (Dial.) a young sow > YELTS. Also ELT. | |
| yens | (3rd.) YEN, to desire, yearn for. | |
| yeow | an interjection used to express pain or shock. | |
| yeps | (Pl.) YEP, yes. | |
| yerd | (Scots) to bury > YERDS, YERDING, YERDED. Also YIRD, YEARD, EARD. | |
| yerk | To draw tight; to bind > YERKS, YERKING, YERKED. Also YIRK. | |
| yesk | (Scots) to hiccup or belch > YESKS, YESKING, YESKED. Also YEX. | |
| yest | (Obs.) yeast > YESTS. | |
| yeti | (Tibetan) the Abominable Snowman > YETIS. | |
| yett | (Scots) a gate, door > YETTS. Also YATE. | |
| yeuk | (Dial.) to itch > YEUKS, YEUKING, YEUKED. Also YUCK, YOUK, EWK, YUKE, YUKE. | |
| yeve | (Obs.) to give > YEVES, YEVING, YEVEN. | |
| yews | (Pl.) YEW, any tree of the genus Taxus. | |
| ygoe | (Spenser) pt. GO. | |
| yike | An interjection expressing alarm; (verb) to quarrel, argue > YIKES, YIKING, YIKED. | |
| yill | (Scots) ale > YILLS. | |
| yins | (Pl.) YIN, one. | |
| yipe | An interjection expressing fear or surprise. Also YIPES. | |
| yips | (3rd.) YIP, to give a short cry. | |
| yird | (Scots) to bury > YIRDS, YIRDING, YIRDED. Also EARD, YEARD, YIRTH. | |
| yirk | To tie with a jerk > YIRKS, YIRKING, YIRKED. Also YERK. | |
| yirr | To snarl > YIRRS, YIRRING, YIRRED. | |
| yite | (Dial.) the yellow-hammer > YITES. | |
| ylem | A form of matter hypothesized by proponents of the big bang theory to have existed before the formation of the chemical elements > YLEMS. | |
| ylke | (Obs.) ilk > YLKES. | |
| ympe | (Spenser) to imp > YMPES, YMPING, YMPT. | |
| ympt | (Spenser) pt. YMPE, to imp. | |
| yobs | (Pl.) YOB, a lout. | |
| yock | To laugh > YOCKS, YOCKING, YOCKED. Also YOK. | |
| yode | (Pt.) YEDE, to go, proceed. | |
| yodh | (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter > YODHS. Also YOD. | |
| yods | (Pl.) YOD, a Hebrew letter. | |
| yoga | (Sanskrit) a system of Hindu philosophy > YOGAS. | |
| yogh | The Middle English letter representing a velar or partial fricative > YOGHS. | |
| yogi | (Sanskrit) one who practises yoga > YOGIS. Also YOGEE, YOGIN. | |
| yoke | To fit with a yoke (a wooden frame for joining together draft animals) > YOKES, YOKING, YOKED. | |
| yoks | (3rd.) YOK, to laugh. | |
| yold | (Obs.) pt. of YIELD. | |
| yolk | The yellow portion of an egg > YOLKS, YOLKED. | |
| yomp | To march with heavy equipment over difficult terrain; to cover a certain distance in this way > YOMPS, YOMPING, YOMPED. | |
| yond | Yonder, over there. Also YONT. | |
| yoni | (Sanskrit) a representation of the female genitals > YONIS. | |
| yont | Yonder, over there. Also YOND. | |
| yoof | Youth, young people > YOOFS. | |
| yoop | An interjection representing a sobbing sound > YOOPS. | |
| yore | Long ago; (noun) a long time ago > YORES. | |
| york | To bowl a batsman with a YORKER > YORKS, YORKING, YORKED. | |
| yorp | (Dial.) to shout > YORPS, YORPING, YORPED. | |
| youk | (Dial.) to itch > YOUKS, YOUKING, YOUKED. Also YUCK, YUKE, EWK, EUK, YEUK. | |
| your | A possessive form of the pronoun you. | |
| yous | (Coll.) YOU when addressing more than one person. | |
| yowe | (Scots) ewe > YOWES. Also YOW. | |
| yowl | To howl, esp. of a wolf > YOWLS, YOWLING, YOWLED. | |
| yows | (Pl.) YOW, a ewe. | |
| yuan | (Chinese) a Chinese monetary unit > YUANS. | |
| yuca | (Carib) any plant of the genus Yucca of plants of the family Liliaceae, native to Mexico > YUCAS. Also YUCCA. | |
| yuch | An interjection expressing disgust. Also YECH, YECCH, YUK. | |
| yuck | (Dial.) to itch > YUCKS, YUCKING, YUCKED. Also YUKE, YOUK, EWK, EUK, YEUK. | |
| yuft | (Russian) a kind of Russian leather > YUFTS. | |
| yuga | (Sanskrit) one of the four Hindu ages of the world > YUGAS. Also YUG. | |
| yugs | (Pl.) YUG, one of the four Hindu ages of the world. | |
| yuke | (Dial.) to itch > YUKES, YUKING, YUKED. Also YUCK, YOUK, EWK, EUK, YEUK. | |
| yuko | (Japanese) in judo, a points penalty > YUKOS. | |
| yuks | (3rd.) YUK, an interjection expressing disgust. | |
| yuky | Itchy > YUKIER, YUKIEST. Also YUCKY. | |
| yule | Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior > YULES. | |
| yump | In rally-driving, to leave the ground when going over a ridge or crest > YUMPS, YUMPING, YUMPED. | |
| yunx | (Lat.) the wryneck > YUNXES. [L. iynx, from Gk. iynx or iynx]. Also JYNX. | |
| yups | (Pl.) YUP, yes. | |
| yurt | (Russian) a Mongolian tent made of felt > YURTS or YURTA. Also YOURT. | |
| yutz | (Yiddish) a socially inept person > YUTZES. | |
| yuzu | (Japanese) a type of citrus fruit > YUZUS. | |
| ywis | (Arch.) certainly. [From I wis, i.e. I know]. Also IWIS. | |
| zack | (Aust. slang) sixpence, now a five-cent piece > ZACKS. | |
| zags | (3rd.) ZAG, to change direction on a zig-zag course. | |
| zany | (Noun) a clown; (adj.) comical > ZANIER, ZANIEST; ZANILY; (verb) to play the zany to > ZANIES, ZANYING, ZANIED. [Ital. zanni, a nickname for Giovanni]. | |
| zaps | (3rd.) ZAP, to destroy. | |
| zarf | (Arabic) an ornamental metal holder for a handleless coffee cup > ZARFS. Also ZURF. | |
| zari | (Urdu) a type of thread made of fine gold or silver wire used in traditional Indian and Pakistani garments > ZARIS. | |
| zati | The bonnet-monkey > ZATIS. | |
| zeal | Enthusiastic devotion > ZEALS. | |
| zeas | (Pl.) ZEA, part of a cereal plant, once used as a diuretic. | |
| zebu | (Fr.) a humped domestic ox > ZEBUS. | |
| zeda | (Yiddish) a grandfather > ZEDAS. | |
| zeds | (Pl.) ZED, the letter Z. | |
| zees | (Pl.) ZEE, the letter Z. | |
| zein | A protein found in Indian corn > ZEINS. | |
| zeks | (Pl.) ZEK, an inmate of a Russian prison-camp. | |
| zels | (Pl.) ZEL, an Oriental cymbal. | |
| zens | (Pl.) ZEN, a state of calm attentiveness. | |
| zeps | (Pl.) ZEP, a long sandwich. | |
| zerk | A fitting on a bearing, axle, etc., by which lubricant can be introduced under pressure > ZERKS. | |
| zero | (Fr.) the sign for nothing > ZEROS or ZEROES; (verb) to set at or adjust to zero > ZEROS, ZEROING, ZEROED. | |
| zest | (Verb) to give zest to > ZESTS, ZESTING, ZESTED. | |
| zeta | (Greek) a Greek letter > ZETAS. | |
| zeze | (Bantu) a stringed musical instrument of Africa > ZEZES. | |
| zhos | (Pl.) ZHO, a kind of yak. | |
| ziff | (Aust. sl.) a beard, a goatee > ZIFFS. | |
| zigs | (3rd.) ZIG, to change direction on a zig-zag course. | |
| zila | (Hindi) an administrative district in India > ZILAS. Also ZILLAH, ZILLA. | |
| zill | One of a pair of finger cymbals > ZILLS. | |
| zimb | (Amharic) an Ethiopian dipterous insect > ZIMBS. [Amharic, a fly]. Also ZEBUB. | |
| zinc | (Verb) to coat with zinc > ZINCS, ZINCING or ZINCKING, ZINCED or ZINCKED. | |
| zine | (Sl.) a specialist magazine > ZINES. | |
| zing | To move very swiftly, esp. with a high-pitched hum > ZINGS, ZINGING, ZINGED. | |
| zins | (Pl.) ZIN, a type of wine. | |
| zips | (3rd.) ZIP, to fasten with a zip. | |
| zite | (Ital.) a type of pasta like large macaroni. No -S. Also ZITI. | |
| ziti | (Ital.) a type of pasta like large macaroni > ZITIS. N.B. is really a plural, but does take an -S, unlike ZITE. Also ZITE. | |
| zits | (Pl.) ZIT, a pimple. | |
| zizz | A snooze, sleep; (verb) to snooze > ZIZZES, ZIZZING, ZIZZED. | |
| zobo | (Tibetan) a male ZO > ZOBOS. Also DSOBO, ZOBU. | |
| zobu | (Tibetan) a male ZO > ZOBUS. Also DSOBO, ZOBO. | |
| zoea | (Lat.) a larval stage in certain crustaceans, esp. decapods > ZOEAE or ZOEAS. Also ZOOEA. | |
| zoic | Pertaining to animals; containing evidence of life. | |
| zols | (Pl.) ZOL, a cannabis cigarette. | |
| zona | (Lat.) a girdle or belt; a zone > ZONAE. | |
| zone | (Verb) to divide into zones > ZONES, ZONING, ZONED. | |
| zonk | To exhaust > ZONKS, ZONKING, ZONKED. | |
| zoom | To move with a loud humming sound > ZOOMS, ZOOMING, ZOOMED. | |
| zoon | An animal which is the sole product of a single egg, as opposed to ZOOID > ZOONS or ZOA; (verb) to zoom > ZOONS, ZOONING, ZOONED. | |
| zoos | (Pl.) ZOO, a garden or park where animals are kept. | |
| zoot | As in zoot suit, a man's suit consisting of baggy trousers with tapered bottoms and a long jacket with wide padded shoulders. | |
| zori | (Japanese) a Japanese sandal consisting of a flat sole with a thong between the toes > ZORIS. | |
| zouk | A style of Caribbean dance music > ZOUKS. | |
| zulu | A type of two-masted fishing vessel formerly used in Scotland > ZULUS. | |
| zupa | (Serbian) in early Serbia, a confederation of villages, governed by a ZUPAN > ZUPAS. | |
| zurf | (Arabic) an ornamental metal holder for a handleless coffee cup > ZURFS. Also ZARF. | |
| zyga | (Pl.) ZYGON, a fissure in the brain. | |
| zyme | A ferment; a disease germ > ZYMES. | |
| zzzs | An informal noun meaning sleep: to catch a few ZZZS. |