(East Africa, chiefly Kenya) An informal cooperative society, usually for pooling and investing savings.
chamm
champ
champ
noun
(Ireland) a meal of mashed potatoes and scallions
(architecture, obsolete or rare) the field or ground on which carving appears in relief
(colloquial) Clipping of champion.
(colloquial, in the plural) Clipping of championship.
(heraldry, obsolete or rare) the field of a shield
(informal) buddy, sport, mate (as a term of address)
(informal) champagne
verb
(transitive, intransitive) to bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
To camp overnight in a historic church as a novelty or part of a holiday.
chams
chams
noun
plural of cham
charm
charm
noun
(finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
(often in the plural) The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.
(particle physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
A flock, group (especially of finches).
A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
verb
(obsolete, rare) To make music upon.
(transitive) To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence.
To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
chasm
chasm
noun
(by extension) A large difference of opinion.
(geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
chaum
cheam
cheam
Proper noun
A suburban village in Sutton on the border of London and Surrey
chema
cheme
chiam
chimb
chimb
Noun
The edge of a cask, etc; a chine.
chime
chime
noun
(music) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”)
An individual ringing component of such a set.
The sound of such an instrument or device.
verb
(intransitive) To agree; to correspond.
(intransitive) To make the sound of a chime.
(transitive) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
(transitive) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
chimp
chimp
noun
(informal) Clipping of chimpanzee.
verb
(informal, often derogatory) To get very excited when showing images on a digital camera.
(informal, often derogatory) To review each image on a digital camera after it is taken.
chimu
chirm
chirm
noun
A din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc.
verb
(obsolete) To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird does.
chomp
chomp
noun
(computing, rare) A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits, which can represent any of 65536 distinct values.
The act of chomping (see below)
verb
(computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).
(intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
choom
choom
noun
(New Zealand, Australia, dated, informal) An Englishman.
chump
chump
noun
(colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
(colloquial, derogatory) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
verb
Dated form of chomp.
chums
chums
noun
plural of chum
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chum
churm
churm
noun
Alternative form of chirm
chyme
chyme
noun
The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.
cimah
fhlmc
hemic
hemic
adj
(of a peat) Somewhat decomposed.
Of or relating to blood
Relating to heme
humic
humic
adj
Of, or relating to humus.
macha
mache
mache
noun
(Philippines) Glutinous rice balls flavoured with coconut and pandan.
(dated) A former unit of volumic radioactivity: the quantity of radon (ignoring its daughters) per litre of air which ionizes a sustained current of 0.001 esu.
Alternative spelling of mâche
machi
machi
noun
A traditional healer and religious leader in the Mapuche culture of Chile and Argentina.
macho
macho
adj
(informal) Tending to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, bravado, etc., in ways that are showily and histrionically tough.
noun
A macho person; a person who tends to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, and bravado.
A male llama.
The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. Mugil mexicanus).
machs
march
march
noun
(euchre) The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
(historical) A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.
(now archaic, historical) A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
(obsolete) Smallage.
A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
A political rally or parade
Any of various territories with similar meanings or etymologies in their native languages.
Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
Steady forward movement or progression.
verb
(figurative) To make steady progress.
(intransitive) To have common borders or frontiers
(intransitive) To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
(transitive) To cause someone to walk somewhere.
To go to war; to make military advances.
match
match
noun
(metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.
(sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.
A marriage.
A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
An agreement or compact.
Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
Suitability.
verb
(intransitive) To agree; to be equal; to correspond.
(obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.
(programming) To be an example of a rule or regex.
(transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.
(transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
(transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.
mchen
meach
meach
verb
To skulk; to cower.
meech
meech
verb
(rare, US, dialectal, obsolete) Alternative form of mitch.
melch
merch
merch
noun
(especially in entertainment, sports, marketing) Merchandise (“goods connected with an entity such as a team, band, work of fiction, etc”).
(informal) Merchandise (“goods which are or were offered or intended for sale”).
verb
(slang, rare) To merchandise.
micah
micah
Proper noun
A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
Any of several men in the Old Testament:
The minor prophet and author of the Book of Micah.
An featured in Judges 17–18 and of the Micah’s idol narrative. Also called
name of Biblical origin. Used since the 17th century, but never popular.
miche
miche
verb
Obsolete form of mitch.
michi
micht
milch
milch
adj
(dated, of a cow or other livestock) Used to produce milk; dairy.
(dated, of a mammal) Currently producing milk for its offspring.
(obsolete) Tender; pitiful; weeping.
minch
minch
verb
(dialectal) Alternative form of mince
mitch
mitch
verb
(Ireland, Wales) To be absent from school without a valid excuse; to play truant.
(intransitive, dialectal) To grumble secretly.
(intransitive, dialectal) To pretend poverty.
(intransitive, dialectal) To shrink or retire from view; lurk out of sight; skulk.
(transitive, dialectal) To pilfer; filch; steal.
John said he was going to mitch the last lesson today.
mocha
mocha
adj
Of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
noun
(color) A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
(countable) A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof.
(historical) An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.
A coffee and chocolate mixed flavour.
A strong Arabian coffee.
Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, many European species having dark brown coloration.
moche
moche
noun
An imported package of spun silk.
mochy
mooch
mooch
noun
(UK) An aimless stroll.
(US, slang) A unit of time comprising ten days, used to measure how long someone holds a job.
One who mooches; a moocher.
verb
(Britain) To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
(transitive, chiefly Britain) To steal or filch.
To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.
motch
mouch
mouch
verb
Dated form of mooch.
mowch
msche
mtech
mulch
mulch
noun
(agriculture, horticulture) Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.
verb
(agriculture) To apply mulch.
(agriculture) To turn into mulch.
munch
munch
noun
(BDSM) A casual meeting for those interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant.
(New York Drill, music, slang) A guy who is overly obsessed with a girl but is only good for performing oral sex.
(colloquial) An act of eating.
A location or restaurant where good eating can be expected.
verb
(often with "on") To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed.
To eat vigorously or with excitement.
mutch
mutch
noun
(now rare, Scotland) A nightcap (hat worn to bed).
A linen or muslin hat, especially one of a type once commonly worn by elderly women and young children.