(informal, sometimes proscribed) A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.
(linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
(mathematics) A prime symbol.
(music) A mark used to represent this special emphasis.
(music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
(music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
(music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
(prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
(sign languages) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
(usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech.
A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
A word; a significant tone or sound.
Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
verb
(transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
(transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
(transitive) To mark with written accents.
acerin
acetin
acetin
noun
(organic chemistry) the triglyceride of acetic acid
achene
achene
noun
(botany) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup.
ackmen
acknew
acknew
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acknow
acnode
acnode
noun
(geometry) An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.
acoine
acsnet
actine
acumen
acumen
noun
(anatomy) A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium.
(botany) A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant.
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
adance
adance
adv
Dancing.
aenach
aenach
noun
(historical) A fair or fair-like assembly in ancient Ireland.
(historical) The green on which such fairs were held.
aeonic
aeonic
adj
(rare) Alternative spelling of eonic
agency
agency
noun
(sociology, philosophy, psychology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by such unit of government.
A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.
An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
alcine
alcine
adj
Of or pertaining to elk.
anaces
ancell
anchie
ancien
ancier
ancile
ancile
noun
(historical, Roman antiquity) The sacred shield of the Ancient Romans, said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.
ancome
ancome
noun
(obsolete) A small inflammatory swelling, arising suddenly.
ancone
anemic
anemic
adj
(by extension) Weak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness.
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.
noun
An individual who has anemia.
anetic
anetic
adj
(medicine, obsolete, rare) Soothing; helping to relieve a malady.
aneuch
anlace
anlace
noun
Alternative spelling of anelace
annect
annecy
annice
apneic
apneic
adj
(pathology) Exhibiting or relating to apnea: no longer breathing
arcane
arcane
adj
(by extension) Obscure, mysterious.
Extremely old (e.g. interpretation or knowledge), and possibly irrelevant.
Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand.
Understood by only a few.
arcnet
ascend
ascend
verb
(incel slang) To lose one's virginity, especially of a man through unpaid and consensual sexual intercourse with a woman.
(intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.
(intransitive) To slope in an upward direction.
(intransitive, figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
(transitive) To go up.
(transitive) To succeed.
(transitive, music) To become higher in pitch.
To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).
ascent
ascent
noun
(typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
An eminence, hill, or high place.
An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepness
The way or means by which one ascends.
auncel
auncel
noun
A crude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England.
avance
axenic
axenic
adj
(biology) Containing only a single species of microorganism. For example, an "axenic culture" is a pure grown sample of the organism in question.
(biology) Isolated from organisms of any other species.
backen
beacon
beacon
noun
(Internet) Short for web beacon.
(figurative) That which gives notice of danger, or keeps people on the correct path.
(nautical) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
A post or buoy placed over a shoal or bank to warn vessels of danger; also a signal mark on land. (FM 55-501)
A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc. to perform actions when in physical proximity to the beacon.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a beacon.
(transitive) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
(transitive) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
becuna
becuna
noun
Sphyraena sphyraena, a Mediterranean fish.
bonace
cabane
cabane
noun
(aviation) The tripod, pylon, or struts usually at the centre-section of a biplane or high-winged monoplane.
cabmen
cabmen
noun
plural of cabman
cadena
cadent
cadent
adj
Falling.
caenis
cagney
cahone
caines
calden
calean
caline
camden
camden
Proper noun
A district in inner north-west London, and a London Borough within Greater London, comprising and
A place name in various other locales, including:
A city in Alabama, USA
A city in Arkansas, USA
A town in Jackson Township, Indiana, USA.
A city in New Jersey, USA
An unincorporated community and CDP in North Carolina, USA
A city in Tennessee, USA
name, modern transferred use of the surname.
camena
canace
canale
canape
canape
noun
Alternative spelling of canapé
cancel
cancel
noun
(obsolete) An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
(printing) The page that replaces it.
(printing) The page thus suppressed.
(printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.
verb
(obsolete) To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
(printing, dated) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
(transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
(transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
(transitive) To offset or equalize something.
(transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
(transitive, media) To stop production of a programme.
(transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture.
cancer
cancer
adj
(slang) Extremely unpleasant and annoying.
noun
(figuratively) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.
(medicine, oncology, pathology) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
candee
candie
candie
noun
Alternative form of candy (“Indian unit of mass”)
candle
candle
noun
(forestry) A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.
(obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
verb
(embryology, transitive) To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
(pottery, transitive) To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
(transitive) To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.
canela
canell
canelo
canens
caners
caners
noun
plural of caner
caneva
cangle
cangue
cangue
noun
A heavy wooden collar or yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in China to punish petty criminals.
canice
canine
canine
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
(medicine, obsolete) Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.
Dog-like.
Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
noun
(formal) Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like.
(poker slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.
canker
canker
noun
(phytopathology) A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.
A kind of wild rose; the dog rose.
A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease.
A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.
An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.
An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush.
Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
verb
(intransitive) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
(intransitive) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
(transitive) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
(transitive) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
canmer
cannae
canned
canned
adj
(by extension) Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass produced, or lacking originality or customization.
(slang) Drunk.
Preserved in cans.
Terminated, fired from a job.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of can
cannel
cannel
noun
A bituminous coal that burns brightly with much smoke.
canner
canner
noun
(US, slang) Someone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling.
A large pot used for processing jars when preserving food, either in a boiling water bath or by capturing steam to elevate the pressure and temperature.
An animal yielding inferior meat best suited to canning.
Someone or something which cans.
cannes
cannet
cannet
abbrev
(Tyneside) cannot, can't
cannie
canoed
canoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canoe
canoes
canoes
noun
plural of canoe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canoe
canted
canted
adj
Having angles.
Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cant
cantel
cantel
noun
Alternative form of cantle
canter
canter
noun
A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.
A ride on a horse at such speed.
One who cants or whines; a beggar.
One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
verb
(intransitive) To move at such pace.
(transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
cantle
cantle
noun
(Scotland) On many styles of sporran, a metal arc along the top of the pouch, usually fronting the clasp.
(Scotland) The top of the head.
(obsolete) A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.
The raised back of a saddle.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cut into pieces.
(obsolete, transitive) To cut out from.
canute
caoine
capone
carane
carane
noun
(organic chemistry) The bicyclic hydrocarbon 3,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[4.1.0]heptane
careen
careen
noun
(nautical) The position of a ship laid on one side.
verb
(chiefly US) To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly.
(chiefly US) To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.
(nautical, intransitive) To tilt on one side.
(nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
To tilt or lean while in motion.
carena
carene
carene
noun
(Catholicism, historical, rare) A 40-day fast or period of similar abstinence.
(Catholicism, historical, rare) An indulgence from 40 days of fasting or similar abstinence, especially during Lent; (later) various equivalent indulgences against punishment in Purgatory.
(historical cooking, rare, obsolete) Synonym of carenum: a reduction of must or sweet wine in ancient European cuisine.
(zoology, obsolete) The lower portion of a marine animal's shell, covering its mantle.
carien
carine
carine
noun
(obsolete) A keel.
carlen
carmen
carmen
noun
plural of carman
carnel
carnes
carnet
carnet
noun
(law) A customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article
A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.
An admission pass.
carney
carney
noun
Alternative form of carny
carnie
carnie
noun
(derogatory, slang) Synonym of carnist
Alternative spelling of carny
carone
carven
carven
adj
Made by carving, especially when intricately or artistically done.
verb
(archaic) past participle of carve.
casein
casein
noun
(biochemistry) A protein present in both milk and in the seeds of leguminous plants
casern
casern
noun
A lodging for soldiers in a garrison town (formerly usually near the rampart); a barracks.
casten
casten
verb
(archaic, poetic) past participle of cast
catena
catena
noun
(soil science) A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope.
A series of related items.
catnep
cavern
cavern
noun
A large cave.
A large, dark place or space.
An underground chamber.
verb
(transitive) To form a cavern or deep depression in.
(transitive) To put into a cavern.
cawney
cawnie
cawnie
noun
(historical) A measure of land equal to 57,600 square feet or 1.3225 acres, formerly used in India.
cdenas
cearin
cebian
cedarn
cedarn
adj
(archaic) Constituted of or covered with cedar trees; made of cedar wood.
celina
centai
cental
cental
adj
Relating to a hundred.
noun
(historical) A weight of one hundred avoirdupois pounds.
centas
centra
centra
noun
plural of centrum
cesena
cessna
cetane
cetane
noun
The aliphatic hydrocarbon C₁₆H₃₄ (hexadecane) used as a standard for diesel fuel.
cevian
cevian
noun
(geometry) A line from the vertex of a triangle to a point on the opposite side
chaine
chaine
noun
Obsolete spelling of chain
chance
chance
adj
Happening by chance, casual.
adv
(obsolete) Perchance; perhaps.
noun
(countable) An opportunity or possibility.
(countable) The probability of something happening.
(countable, archaic) What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
(in plural as chances) probability; possibility.
(uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.
verb
(Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
(archaic, intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur.
(archaic, transitive) To befall; to happen to.
To discover something by chance.
To try or risk.
chanel
chaney
chaney
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
change
change
noun
(Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.
(baseball) A change-up pitch.
(campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
(countable) A replacement.
(countable) A transfer between vehicles.
(countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.
(uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
(uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.
(uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
verb
(archaic) To exchange.
(intransitive) To become something different.
(intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
(intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
(transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
(transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
(transitive) To replace.
(transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
chapen
chekan
chelan
chelan
Proper noun
a city in Washington, USA.
chenab
chenar
chenar
noun
Alternative form of chinar
chenay
chenoa
cherna
chesna
cinema
cinema
noun
(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house
(film, countable, uncountable) The art of making films and movies; cinematography
(film, uncountable) Films collectively.
(film, uncountable) The film and movie industry.
clance
clayen
clayen
adj
Of clay; made of clay.
cleans
cleans
noun
plural of clean
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clean
cnidae
cnidae
noun
plural of cnida
coenla
cofane
colane
corena
cornea
cornea
noun
(anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.