(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.
calhan
chalon
chalon
noun
(obsolete) A bed blanket.
chanel
chelan
chelan
Proper noun
a city in Washington, USA.
chilon
chinle
chinol
cholon
chulan
chulan
noun
The fragrant flowers of Chloranthus spicatus (formerly Chloranthus inconspicuus), used in China for perfuming tea.
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.
elench
elench
noun
(logic) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces or refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
(obsolete) A specious argument; a sophism.
flanch
flanch
noun
(heraldry) A bearing consisting of a circle segment encroaching on the field from the side, and always occurring in pairs.
A flange.
flench
flinch
flinch
noun
(croquet) The slipping of the foot from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
A reflexive jerking away.
verb
(croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe.
Alternative form of flense
To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
glunch
lancha
lancha
noun
Alternative form of lancang
launch
launch
noun
(nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
(nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.
(nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
verb
(intransitive) Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
(intransitive, computing, of a program) To start to operate.
(intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
(transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
(transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
(transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale
(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
(transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
(transitive, computing) To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
(transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
lichen
lichen
noun
(figurative) Something which gradually spreads across something else, causing damage.
Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.
lochan
lochan
noun
(Scotland) A small loch.
nichil
nichol
nichol
Proper noun
derived from the given name Nicholas.
nuchal
nuchal
adj
Of or pertaining to the back or nape of the neck.
noun
(medicine, colloquial) Short for nuchal translucency scan.
(zoology) A neck scale, especially of a lizard.
The back of the neck.
planch
planch
noun
(obsolete) A plank.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make or cover with planks or boards.
plench
plench
noun
A tool combining features of pliers and wrench, for use in microgravity.