(countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
(countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
(countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
(obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
(uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
verb
(ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
(obsolete) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
(transitive) To set off an event or action.
caves
caves
noun
plural of cave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cave
cayes
cease
cease
noun
(obsolete) Cessation; extinction (see without cease).
verb
(formal, intransitive) To stop.
(formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
(obsolete, intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.
cebus
cedes
cedes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cede
cedis
cedis
noun
plural of cedi
cefis
ceils
ceils
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ceil
cells
cells
noun
plural of cell
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cell
celss
celts
celts
noun
plural of celt
cenis
cense
cense
noun
(obsolete) A census.
(obsolete) A public rate or tax.
(obsolete) condition; rank
verb
To perfume with incense.
cents
cents
noun
plural of cent
cepes
cepes
noun
plural of cepe
ceras
ceras
noun
(biology) A dorsal or lateral outgrowth on the body of nudibranchs.
ceres
ceres
noun
plural of cere
ceros
ceros
noun
plural of cero
cerys
cerys
Proper noun
name of Welsh origin; a variant of Carys.
cesar
cesta
ceste
cesti
cesti
noun
plural of cestus
cesya
cetes
cetes
noun
plural of cete
cetus
chase
chase
noun
(Britain) A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
(architecture) A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing) drainpipes or wiring; a hollow space in the wall of a building encasing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.
(cycling) One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.
(music) A series of brief improvised jazz solos by a number of musicians taking turns.
(nautical) Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
(obsolete) A wild animal that is hunted.
(printing) A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate-making.
(real tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive the ball in order to gain a point.
(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.
(shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.
(uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.
A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
A hunt; the act of hunting; the pursuit of game.
Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
The cavity of a mold.
The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
verb
(transitive) To consume another beverage immediately after drinking hard liquor, typically something better tasting or less harsh such as soda or beer; to use a drink as a chaser.
(transitive) To cut (the thread of a screw).
(transitive) To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.
(transitive) To follow at speed.
(transitive) To groove; indent.
(transitive) To hunt.
(transitive) To place piping or wiring in a groove encased within a wall or floor, or in a hidden space encased by a wall.
(transitive) To seek the company of (a member of the opposite sex) in an obvious way.
(transitive) To seek to attain.
(transitive, baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.
(transitive, baseball) To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch.
(transitive, cricket) To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.
(transitive, nautical) To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.
chefs
chefs
noun
plural of chef
chese
chess
chess
noun
(military, chiefly in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
(now chiefly US) Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.
A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
chest
chest
noun
(anatomy) The portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.
(obsolete) A coffin.
A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
A chest of drawers.
A hit or blow made with one's chest.
Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.
The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
verb
(transitive) To deposit in a chest.
(transitive, obsolete) To place in a coffin.
To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
chews
chews
noun
plural of chew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chew
choes
choes
noun
plural of chous
chose
chose
noun
(law) A thing; personal property.
verb
(colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of choose
simple past tense of choose
simple past tense of chuse
chuse
chuse
verb
Obsolete spelling of choose
cines
cires
cires
noun
plural of cire
cisne
cites
cites
noun
plural of cite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cite
claes
claes
noun
(Scotland) clothes
clefs
clefs
noun
plural of clef
clews
clews
noun
plural of clew
cloes
close
close
adj
(Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
(archaic) Concise; to the point.
(archaic) Dense; solid; compact.
(dated) Difficult to obtain.
(dated) Parsimonious; stingy.
(law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
(linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
(now rare) Closed, shut.
(obsolete) Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
At a little distance; near.
Intimate; well-loved.
Marked, evident.
Narrow; confined.
Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
Short.
Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
noun
(Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
(Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
(aviation, travel) The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
(chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
(law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
(music) A double bar marking the end.
(music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
(now rare, chiefly Yorkshire) An enclosed field.
(sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
A cathedral close.
A grapple in wrestling.
An end or conclusion.
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
verb
(Philippines) To turn off; to switch off.
(baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
(figurative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
(intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
(marketing) To make a sale.
(surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
(transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
(transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
(transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
To come to an end.
To grapple; to engage in close combat.
To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
To move so that an opening is closed.
To obstruct (an opening).
To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
clues
clues
noun
plural of clue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clue
cmise
codes
codes
noun
plural of code
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of code
coeds
coeds
noun
plural of coed
coees
coeus
coeus
Proper noun
The Titan of intelligence; the father of Leto and Asteria.
cokes
cokes
noun
plural of coke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coke
coles
coles
noun
plural of cole
comes
comes
noun
(music) The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of come
cones
cones
noun
plural of cone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cone
copes
copes
noun
plural of cope
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cope
copse
copse
noun
A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.
Any woodland or woodlot.
verb
(transitive, horticulture) To plant and preserve.
(transitive, horticulture) To trim or cut.
cores
cores
noun
plural of core
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of core
corse
corse
noun
(archaic) A dead body, a corpse.
(obsolete) A (living) body.
cosec
cosed
cosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cose
cosen
cosen
verb
Alternative form of cozen.
coses
coses
noun
plural of cos
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cose
coset
coset
noun
(algebra, group theory) The set that results from applying a group's binary operation with a given fixed element of the group on each element of a given subgroup.
cosey
cosey
adj
Archaic spelling of cosy.
cosie
cosie
adj
(Scotland) Cosy.
cosme
cosse
cotes
cotes
noun
plural of cote
coves
coves
noun
plural of cove
cowes
cowes
Proper noun
A town on the north coast of the Isle of Wight, England.
coxes
coxes
noun
plural of cox
cozes
cozes
noun
plural of coze
crees
cresa
cresc
cress
cress
noun
(plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
crest
crest
noun
(anatomy) A ridge along the surface of a bone.
(heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
(informal) A design or logo, especially one of an institution, sports club, association or high-class family.
A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.
The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
The ridge or top of a wave.
The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
The top line of a slope or embankment.
The upper curve of a horse's neck.
verb
(intransitive) Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
(transitive) To reach the crest of (a hill or mountain)
To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
crews
crews
noun
plural of crew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crew
cries
cries
noun
plural of cry
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cry
crose
crres
cruse
cruse
noun
(heraldry) An oil lamp or similar emblem.
(religion or obsolete) A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water.
csect
csnet
cubes
cubes
noun
(euphemistic) testicles.
plural of cube
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cube
cukes
cukes
noun
plural of cuke
cures
cures
noun
plural of cure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cure
curse
curse
noun
(slang, dated, derogatory, usually with "the") A woman's menses.
A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
A vulgar epithet.
The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
verb
(intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
(transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
(transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
cusec
cusec
noun
A measure of the rate of flow of fluid, especially through a pipeline, equal to one cubic foot per second.
cusie
cutes
cutes
noun
(informal) cuteness
plural of cutis
cymes
cymes
noun
plural of cyme
daces
daces
noun
plural of dace
decks
decks
noun
plural of deck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deck
decos
decos
noun
plural of deco
decus
dices
dices
noun
(proscribed by some, rare) plural of dice, when "dice" is used as a singular.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dice
dsect
duces
duces
noun
plural of dux
eacso
ecass
eches
echis
echos
eclss
ecrus
ecrus
noun
plural of ecru
emacs
emacs
noun
(computing) Any implementation or reimplementation of Emacs.
epics
epics
noun
plural of epic
episc
epscs
escar
escot
escry
espec
estoc
execs
execs
noun
plural of exec
exsec
exsec
noun
(trigonometry) Abbreviation of exsecant.
faces
faces
noun
plural of face
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of face
feces
feces
noun
US standard spelling of faeces.
fecks
fecks
noun
(in minced oaths) Faith.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feck