(anatomy) A toothlike process projecting from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis vertebra on which the atlas vertebra rotates.
plural of den
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of den.
ends
ends
noun
(MLE, MTE) The area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood.
plural of end
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of end
engs
engs
noun
plural of eng
enos
enos
Proper noun
A grandson of Adam.
name of biblical origin.
of uncertain origin.
ense
eons
eons
noun
plural of eon
epns
erns
erns
noun
plural of ern
esne
esne
noun
(Anglo-Saxon, historical) A hireling of servile status; slave.
fens
fens
noun
plural of fen
gens
gens
noun
(Ancient Rome, historical) A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing the same nomen gentilicium.
(anthropology) A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line.
(zoology) A host-specific lineage of a brood parasite species.^([W])
plural of gen (clipping of generation).
hens
hens
noun
plural of hen
ines
jens
kens
kens
noun
plural of ken
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ken
lens
lens
noun
(anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
(biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean.
(by extension, figuratively) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.
(earth science) A body of rock, ice, or water shaped like a convex lens.
(geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
(programming) A construct used in statically-typed functional programming languages to access nested data structures.
A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.
An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
verb
(geology) To become thinner towards the edges.
(transitive, cinematography) To film, shoot.
mens
mens
noun
(Philippines, biology, colloquial) Clipping of menstruation.
(nonstandard, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of men (“plural of man”)
Misspelling of men's.
nebs
nebs
noun
plural of neb
nefs
nefs
noun
plural of nef
nels
nesc
nese
nesh
nesh
adj
(now UK dialectal) Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc.
(now UK dialectal) Soft; friable; crumbly.
(now UK dialectal) Soft; tender; sensitive; yielding.
verb
(intransitive, dialectal, Northern England) To act timidly.
(transitive) To make soft, tender, or weak.
ness
ness
noun
(geography) A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.)
nest
nest
noun
(card games) A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.
(computing) A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
(geology) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
(military) A fortified position for a weapon.
(vulgar, slang, now US) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.
A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
verb
(intransitive) To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").
(intransitive) To settle into a home.
(intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.
(intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
(transitive) To place in, or as if in, a nest.
(transitive) To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
nets
nets
noun
plural of net
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of net
news
news
noun
(computing, Internet) Posts published on newsgroups
Information about current events disseminated via media.
New information of interest.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To report; to make known.
nies
noes
nose
nose
noun
(architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.
(by extension) Skill at finding information.
(horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
(slang) An informer.
A perfumer.
A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
A snout, the nose of an animal.
Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
The power of smelling.
The skill in recognising bouquet.
The tip of an object.
verb
(intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
(intransitive) To snoop.
(transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
(transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
(transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
(transitive) To furnish with a nose.
(transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
(transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
nsec
nsel
nsem
nyse
ones
ones
noun
(UK, prison slang) The cells located on the ground floor.
(sports) A senior or first team (as opposed to a reserves team).
plural of one
pron
Obsolete form of one's.
pens
pens
noun
(obsolete) plural of penny
plural of pen
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pen
sane
sane
adj
Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.
Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.
Rational; reasonable; sensible.
sean
sean
noun
Alternative form of seine
seen
seen
noun
The letter س in the Arabic script.
verb
(Jamaica) To understand, to comprehend.
(nonstandard, dialectal) simple past tense of see; saw.
past participle of see
sena
send
send
noun
(Scotland) A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.
(UK, slang) A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track.
(nautical) Alternative form of scend
(telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
verb
(Nigeria, slang) To care.
(climbing, transitive) To make a successful ascent of a sport climbing route.
(intransitive) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
(nautical) To pitch.
(transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
(transitive, slang) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
To bring to a certain condition.
To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
sene
sene
noun
(obsolete) Senna.
A unit of currency equivalent to a hundredth of a Samoan tala.
senn
sent
sent
noun
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Estonian kroon.
Obsolete form of scent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of send
sepn
sewn
sewn
verb
past participle of sew
shen
sine
sine
noun
(trigonometry, mathematics) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.
sken
sken
verb
(Northern English) to glance
(Northern English) to squint
sneb
sneb
noun
(obsolete or dialect) A snub or reprimand.
verb
(obsolete or dialect) To check; to reprimand.
sned
sned
noun
(Scotland) A cut, a cutting; a slash, a slight wound; a lopping or pruning.
verb
(UK, dialect, transitive) To lop; lop or chop off.
snee
snee
noun
(obsolete) A large knife.
verb
Obsolete spelling of sny (abound, swarm, teem, be infested).
snet
snet
noun
(UK, obsolete, dialect) The fat of a deer.
verb
(obsolete) To clear of mucus; to blow (one's nose).
snew
snew
verb
(dialectal) simple past tense of snow
(intransitive, obsolete) To abound.
(intransitive, obsolete) To snow.
snye
sone
sone
noun
(acoustics) a subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing
sten
sune
sven
swen
syne
syne
adv
(Scotland, Northern England) Before now; ago.
(Scotland, Northern England) Subsequently; then.
(Scotland, Northern England, chiefly in phrases like "soon as syne") Late.
prep
(Scotland, Northern England) Since.
tens
tens
noun
(poker slang) A pair of tens.
An inexact quantity, typically understood to be between 20 and 100.
The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The teens, the oneties.
plural of ten
wens
wens
noun
plural of wen
yens
yens
noun
plural of yen
pron
(colloquial, chiefly Appalachia, also western Pennsylvania and Midwestern US) You, you all; used in referring to a group that includes one's audience.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yen