(botany) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup.
aching
aching
adj
That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.
noun
The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.
verb
present participle of ache
achkan
achkan
noun
A man's knee-length jacket worn in parts of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
achorn
achorn
noun
(Chester) An acorn.
aenach
aenach
noun
(historical) A fair or fair-like assembly in ancient Ireland.
(historical) The green on which such fairs were held.
anarch
anarch
noun
The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.
anchat
anchie
anchor
anchor
noun
(Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
(US) A screw anchor.
(archery) A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
(architecture) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
(architecture) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
(athletics) The final runner in a relay race.
(cartomancy) The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
(climbing) A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
(economics) A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
(figurative) That which gives stability or security.
(heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
(nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
(nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).
(nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
(obsolete) An anchorite or anchoress.
(slang) The brake of a vehicle.
(soccer) A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
(television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.
Alternative form of anker
Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
verb
To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
To stop; to fix or rest.
aneuch
aonach
aonach
noun
(historical) An ancient Irish public national assembly called upon the death of a king, queen, notable sage or warrior as part of ancestor-worship practices.
apinch
apinch
adv
Pinching; so as to pinch.
archin
archon
archon
noun
(Gnosticism) A supernatural being subordinate to the Demiurge.
A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.
A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings.
A ruler, head of state or other leader.
ashcan
ashcan
adj
Describing a comic book originally published solely to retain ownership of a trademark, not intended for general release; later used for promotional comic books intended for limited release to the public.
Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art.
noun
(US, slang) A kind of large firecracker.
A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.
A dustbin.
banach
bancha
bancha
noun
A type of low-grade Japanese green tea.
banchi
benchy
blanch
blanch
verb
(intransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
(intransitive) To grow or become white.
(transitive) To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together
(transitive) To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
(transitive) To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding
(transitive) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
(transitive) To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices
(transitive, cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
(transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
To cause to turn aside or back.
To use evasion.
blench
blench
noun
A deceit; a trick.
A sidelong glance.
verb
(intransitive) To fly off; to turn aside.
(intransitive) To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
(intransitive, of the eye) To quail.
(obsolete) To blanch.
(transitive) To deceive; cheat.
(transitive) To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.
(transitive) To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.
branch
branch
noun
(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
(chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
(computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
(computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
(nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
(rail transport) A branch line.
A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
A location of an organization with several locations.
An area in business or of knowledge, research.
Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
verb
(intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
(intransitive) To produce branches.
(intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
(transitive) To strip of branches.
(transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
brunch
brunch
noun
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
verb
To eat brunch.
buchan
buchan
Proper noun
an administrative district in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
and (Clan Buchan). Of note is John Buchan, the author.
bunche
bunchy
bunchy
adj
Having, or growing in bunches.
cahone
calhan
cancha
cancha
noun
A toasted grain or grains of corn, a traditional snack in Peru.
canchi
candyh
canham
canthi
canthi
noun
plural of canthus
cathin
caunch
cephen
chacon
chacun
chagan
chaine
chaine
noun
Obsolete spelling of chain
chaing
chains
chains
noun
plural of chain
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chain
chalon
chalon
noun
(obsolete) A bed blanket.
chanca
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.
chanco
chancy
chancy
adj
(dated, colloquial) Lucky; bringing good luck.
Subject to chance; random.
Uncertain; risky; hazardous.
chanda
chandi
chandu
chanel
chaney
chaney
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
changa
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.
changs
changs
noun
plural of chang
channa
channa
noun
Alternative form of chana
chanst
chants
chants
noun
plural of chant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chant
chanty
chanty
noun
Alternative spelling of shanty (“song”)
chaoan
chapen
chapin
chapon
charin
charnu
charon
chaton
chaton
noun
(watches) chaton (movement component: a circular piece of metal inserted in a round hole, in which a ruby is inserted. The ruby is used as bearing for the pin (or pivot) of a shaft of a wheel)
Collet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring).
chauna
chaunt
chaunt
noun
Obsolete spelling of chant
chavin
chawan
chawan
noun
An East Asian tea bowl, in which tea may be prepared and then consumed.
chazan
chekan
cheken
chelan
chelan
Proper noun
a city in Washington, USA.
chemin
chenab
chenar
chenar
noun
Alternative form of chinar
chenay
chende
chenee
chenet
cheney
chenoa
cherin
cherna
chesna
cheson
cheung
cheven
cheven
noun
(archaic, dialectal) A river fish, the chub.
verb
To do the work of a chevener, embroidering hosiery.
chevin
chevin
Noun
A chub
chevon
chevon
noun
The meat of a goat.
cheyne
cheyne
noun
Obsolete form of chain.
chiang
chilon
chimin
chinan
chinar
chinar
noun
The tree Platanus orientalis, the oriental plane.
chinas
chinas
noun
plural of china
chinch
chinch
noun
The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
chindi
chindi
noun
According to Navajo beliefs, a harmful ghost that leaves a person's body when they die and may remain around their possessions.
chined
chined
adj
(obsolete) Broken in the back.
Pertaining to, or having, a (particular type of) chine or backbone.
chinee
chines
chines
noun
plural of chine
chinik
chinin
chinks
chinks
noun
A type of chaps.
plural of chink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chink
chinky
chinky
adj
(derogatory, offensive) Possessing attributes of, or similar to, a Chinese person or Chinese style or culture.
Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings.
noun
(Britain, slang, possibly offensive) A Chinese takeaway restaurant.
(Britain, slang, possibly offensive) A meal of Chinese food.
(India, slang, offensive) A person from Northeast India.
(slang, offensive) A Chinese person.
chinle
chinny
chinny
adj
(boxing) Having a sensitive chin.
(colloquial) Given to talk, talkative.
Having a prominent chin.
noun
(slang) An opaque white chalk marble with colored stripes.
An exercise performed by lying flat and then bringing the knees toward the chest while simultaneously raising the chest to meet the knees.
The Chinese pink; Dianthus chinensis.
chinoa
chinol
chinos
chinos
noun
Trousers made from chino
chinse
chinse
verb
(nautical) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel, the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.
chints
chints
noun
Obsolete form of chintz (“fabric”).
chintz
chintz
noun
A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.
chinua
chione
chione
Proper noun
The goddess of snow and winter winds. She is the daughter of Boreas, (the North Wind), and Oreithyia, (an Athenian princess whom he had abducted). Her siblings are Zetes, Calaides and Cleopatra, (the wife of Phineus).
A nymph.
chiran
chiron
chisin
chitin
chitin
noun
(biochemistry) A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans.
chiton
chiton
noun
(historical) A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.
Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.
chnier
choana
choana
noun
(anatomy, zootomy) A pair of apertures towards the back of the nasal cavity, opening into the nasopharynx.
A funnel or funnel-shaped opening; an infundibulum.
cholon
chonju
chonta
chonta
noun
Any of various palm trees, such as Juania australis and Astrocaryum species.
choong
choong
adj
(MLE, slang) exciting, attractive
chopin
chopin
noun
(obsolete) A liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint.
chosen
chosen
adj
elected
picked; selected
verb
past participle of choose
past participle of chuse
chouan
chuana
chulan
chulan
noun
The fragrant flowers of Chloranthus spicatus (formerly Chloranthus inconspicuus), used in China for perfuming tea.
chunam
chunam
noun
A type of plaster used in India, made from shell-lime and sand.
verb
(transitive) To plaster or waterproof with chunam.
chunga
chunks
chunks
noun
plural of chunk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunk
chunky
chunky
adj
(euphemistic, of a person) Fat.
Having chunks.
Of a cat: having a large, solid bodyline.
noun
Alternative form of chunkey (Native American game).
chupon
chupon
noun
Any of several South American trees (Bumelia obtusifolia or Gustavia yaracuyensis)
churns
churns
noun
plural of churn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of churn
chwana
cincha
clench
clench
noun
(archaic) A pun
(engineering) A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.
A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.
A tight grip.
verb
To close tightly.
To grip or hold fast.
clinah
clinch
clinch
noun
(nautical) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
(obsolete) A pun.
(slang, archaic) A prison sentence.
(wrestling, combat sports) The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
A passionate embrace.
Any of several fastenings.
The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
verb
To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
To clasp; to interlock.
To embrace passionately.
To fasten securely or permanently.
To hold firmly; to clench.
To make certain; to finalize.
To set closely together; to close tightly.
clunch
clunch
noun
(UK) A traditional building material mostly made of chalk or clay.
verb
(transitive) To grasp firmly; clench.
cochin
cochin
Proper noun
form of (city in India)
cochon
cohens
cohorn
cohorn
noun
Alternative form of coehorn
cohune
cohune
noun
A species of palm, Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts.
concha
concha
noun
(anatomy) Alternative form of nasal concha.
(anatomy) The deepest indentation of the cartilage of the human ear, attaching to the mastoid bone and leading to its central opening.
(architecture) An apse, or the plain semidome of an apse.
conche
concho
concho
noun
(US) A silver ornament either stamped with a design or inlaid with a stone.