An ancient city and centre of Buddhism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism and capital of Bactria.
One of the 34 provinces in Afghanistan, Balkh Province.
behka
bekah
bekah
noun
Alternative form of beka
bekha
chack
chack
noun
A snack or light hasty meal.
verb
(ice-skating) To not broadcast a medal-winning or otherwise memorable or crucial figure skating performance. This only occurs in a live broadcast because the network has to decide which programs to show and which to cut in the interest of time. If a skater is low in the rankings and several big names are set to skate later, that performance may be cut.
Of birds: to make a sudden harsh call.
To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.
chaka
chalk
chalk
noun
(US, military, countable) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
(US, sports, chiefly basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.
(US, sports, chiefly basketball, horseracing) The favorite in a sporting event.
(countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO4), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).
(uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3).
(uncountable, climbing, gymnastics) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, or losing grip in weight-lifting or gymnastics, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk, often magnesium carbonate (MgCO3).
Tailor's chalk.
verb
(figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
To manure (land) with chalk.
To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
chank
chank
noun
(India) The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in making bangles, especially Turbinella pyrum.
verb
(US) To eat noisily; to champ or chomp.
chark
chark
noun
(US, Alaska) A wine glass.
A Middle Eastern falcon, probably the lanner.
A pointed stick, which when placed with the point against another piece of wood, and spun rapidly in alternate directions with the aid of attached cords, produces enough heat by friction to create a fire; a fire drill.
Charcoal; coke.
verb
(Scotland) To make a grating sound.
To reduce by strong heat, as to produce charcoal or coke; to calcine.
chauk
chawk
cheka
choak
choak
verb
Obsolete form of choke.
chyak
dhaka
dhaka
Proper noun
The capital of Bangladesh.
dhaks
dhaks
noun
plural of dhak
ekaha
ekaha
noun
Asplenium nidus, an epiphytic fern.
hacek
hacks
hacks
noun
plural of hack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hack
hacky
hacky
adj
(Tyneside) Filthy or totally dirty.
(colloquial) Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking.
(comedy, informal) Hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite)
(computing, informal) Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
Like a hack; amateurish.
hadik
haick
haika
haikh
haiks
haiks
noun
plural of haik
haiku
haiku
noun
A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
hakai
hakam
hakam
noun
(Islam) An arbitrator.
hakan
hakea
hakea
noun
A shrub of the genus Hakea.
hakes
hakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hake
hakim
hakim
noun
(South Asia) A doctor, usually practicing traditional medicine.
(historical) A judge or governor in Islamic India.
hakka
hakon
halke
hanks
hanks
noun
plural of hank
hankt
hanky
hanky
noun
(colloquial) Abbreviation of handkerchief.
harka
harka
noun
(historical) In Maghrebi history, a military campaign, often a punitive expedition against insurgents.
harks
harks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hark
hasek
hasky
hauck
hawks
hawks
noun
plural of hawk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hawk
hawky
hawky
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hawk.
hawok
hekla
henka
hokah
hokan
hokan
Proper noun
A hypothetical grouping of a dozen small language families spoken in California, Arizona, and Mexico.
hooka
hopak
hopak
noun
A Ukrainian national dance in 2/4 time.
kacha
kacha
adj
Alternative form of kutcha
kahar
kahau
kahau
noun
The proboscis monkey.
kahle
kaneh
kaneh
noun
(historical) A Hebrew measure of length, equal to six cubits.
kaphs
kaphs
noun
plural of kaph
karch
kasha
kasha
noun
A kind of dry curry from Bengal.
A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.
kashi
katha
katha
noun
(countable) The recitation of a Hindu religious story.
(uncountable) Such storytelling considered as a genre.
A unit of area used mostly for land measure in Eastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, varying widely from place to place.
kathe
kathi
kathi
Proper noun
A 20th-century variant of Kathy, diminutive of the female given name Katherine and related names.
kathy
kathy
Proper noun
A diminutive of the female given names Katherine, Kathleen, and related names; also used as a formal given name.
kauch
keach
kedah
kedah
Proper noun
State in western Malaysia which has Alor Setar as its capital.
kemah
khadi
khadi
noun
Alternative form of khaddar
khafs
khafs
noun
plural of khaf
khair
khair
noun
The tree Senegalia catechu from which cutch is obtained
khaja
khaki
khaki
adj
Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.
noun
(South Africa, derogatory, slang) A British person (from the colour of the uniform of British troops, originally in the Second Boer War; compare rooinek). (In this sense the plural generally is khakies.)
(often in plural) Khaki clothing or uniform.
(rare) A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.
A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.
A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.
Khaki green, a dull green colour.
khaki (Pantone):
khaki green:
khalk
khalq
khama
khami
khano
khans
khans
noun
plural of khan
khaph
khaph
noun
Alternative form of khaf
khasa
khasi
khasi
Noun
A member of an Indian tribe, the majority of whom live in Meghalaya.
Proper noun
The Austro-Asiatic language of the Khasi people.
khass
khats
khats
noun
plural of khat
khaya
khaya
noun
(South Africa, loosely) Servants' quarters separated from the main house.
(South Africa, slang) Anyone's house or home.
(South Africa, strictly) A native house or hut.
Any tree of the genus Khaya.
khayy
kheda
khiam
khila
khiva
khiva
Proper noun
A small historical town in present-day Uzbekistan, former capital of Khwarezm, and a former khanate.
khoja
khoja
Noun
A member of a Gujarati-speaking Shiite sect who take the Aga Khan as their religious head.
khoka
khosa
khuai
khula
khula
noun
(Islam) A form of divorce initiated by the wife.
khvat
kilah
kinah
kohua
korah
kosha
kosha
noun
(philosophy) Any of five sheaths that are thought to cover the Atman, or True Self, according to Vedantic philosophy.
A particular type of Sanskrit dictionary.
kragh
kulah
kusha
kylah
lakhs
lakhs
noun
plural of lakh
lekha
lekha
noun
(India, historical) A ledger.
makah
mokha
sakha
sakha
Noun
A formerly seminomadic Siberian people who speak a Turkic language.
Proper noun
The Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia.
shack
shack
noun
(Nigeria, slang) A drink, especially an alcoholic one.
(UK, US, dialect, obsolete) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
(fishing) Bait that can be picked up at sea.
(obsolete) Freedom to pasturage in order to feed upon shack.
(obsolete) Grain fallen to the ground and left after harvest.
(obsolete) Nuts which have fallen to the ground.
(slang) The room from which a ham radio operator transmits.
A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.
verb
(Nigeria, slang) To drink, especially alcohol.
(UK, dialect) To wander as a vagabond or tramp.
(US, intransitive) To hibernate; to go into winter quarters.
(obsolete) To feed in stubble, or upon waste.
(obsolete) To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
To live (in or with); to shack up.
shaka
shaka
noun
A greeting gesture in which the thumb and little finger are extended while curling the three middle fingers in a semi-fist. Used to express a variety of positive meanings including "all right", "hello" and "goodbye".
shake
shake
noun
(UK, dialect) The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
(US, slang, uncountable) An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
(building material) A thin shingle.
(informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
(music) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
(music) In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
(nautical) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
(usually in the plural) A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
A fissure in rock or earth.
A milkshake.
A shock or disturbance.
A shook of staves and headings.
Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
verb
(intransitive) To dance.
(intransitive) To move from side to side.
(intransitive, figurative) To be agitated; to lose firmness.
(intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.
(transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
(transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
(transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
(transitive) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
(transitive, ergative) To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
(transitive, figurative) To threaten to overthrow.
To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
shako
shako
noun
(Britain) A bearskin or busby.
A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.
The squilla or mantis shrimp.
shaks
shaku
shaku
noun
The Japanese foot, a traditional Japanese unit of length equal to 10 sun or ¹/₁₀ of a jō, now standardized as equal to ¹⁰/₃₃ of a meter.
shaky
shaky
adj
(of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
Nervous, anxious.
Shaking or trembling.
Wavering; undecided.
shank
shank
adj
(slang) Bad.
noun
(architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
(golf) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
(metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
(ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
(printing, dated) The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot.
(shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
(slang) An improvised stabbing weapon.
A loop forming an eye to a button.
A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
Meat from that part of an animal.
The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
The main part or beginning of a period of time.
The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
verb
(archaic, Ulster) To travel on foot.
(intransitive) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
(shoemaking) To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
(slang) To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
(slang) To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
(transitive, chiefly tennis, soccer, gridiron football) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
(transitive, golf) To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
(transitive, sewing) To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
shark
shark
noun
(UK, university slang) A university student who is not a fresher that has engaged in sexual activity with a fresher; usually habitually and with multiple people.
(ichthyology) A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
(informal) A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.
(informal) A very good poker or pool player. Compare fish (a bad poker player).
(informal, derogatory) A sleazy and amoral lawyer.
(informal, derogatory) An ambulance chaser.
(sports and games) A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.
Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.
verb
(UK, university slang) Of a university student who is not a fresher, to engage in sexual activity with a fresher, or to be at a bar or club with the general intention of engaging in such activity.
(obsolete) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
(obsolete) To steal or obtain through fraud.
(obsolete, intransitive) To live by shifts and stratagems.
(obsolete, intransitive) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
(rare) To fish for sharks.
thack
thack
noun
A stroke; a thwack.
the weatherproof outer layer of a roof, often thatch specifically
verb
(transitive) To strike; thump; thwack.
To cover a roof with thack.
thank
thank
noun
(obsolete) An expression of appreciation; a thought.
verb
(transitive) To credit or hold responsible.
(transitive) To express gratitude or appreciation toward.
(transitive) To feel gratitude or appreciation toward.
ukiah
ukiah
Proper noun
a city in California, USA
a small city in Oregon, USA.
ushak
wakhi
whack
whack
adj
Alternative form of wack (“crazy”)
noun
(US, obsolete) A deal, an agreement.
(US, slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
(dated, disco-era drug slang) PCP, phencyclidine (as also wack).
(obsolete) A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.
(originally UK cant, somewhat dated) A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.
(typography, computing, slang) The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.
The sound of a heavy strike.
The strike itself.
The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
verb
(UK, chiefly in the negative) To surpass; to better.
(slang) To kill, bump off.
(sports) To beat convincingly; to thrash.
(transitive, slang) To share or parcel out (often with up).
To hit, slap or strike.
whank
whank
noun
(Scotland, Northern England) A large portion, slice or lump.
(Scotland, Northern England) A strike with the fist; a blow; a knock.
verb
(Scotland, Northern England) To beat; to thrash; to whip; to lash.
(Scotland, Northern England) To cut, especially to cut off a large portion.