(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of arch
batches
batches
noun
plural of batch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of batch
cachets
cachets
noun
plural of cachet
cahoots
cahoots
noun
(uncommon) plural of cahoot.
Collusion or collaboration to nefarious ends.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cahoot
canthus
canthus
noun
(anatomy) Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet.
cantish
cantish
adj
canting; preaching falsely
cashton
casteth
casteth
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of cast
catches
catches
noun
plural of catch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catch
catfish
catfish
noun
(Internet) Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
(Internet) Such a fake profile.
Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.
verb
(Internet, slang, transitive) To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).
To fish for catfish.
cathars
cattish
cattish
adj
catlike; in the manner of a cat
sly and spiteful; marked by malice
stealthy
chalets
chalets
noun
plural of chalet
chasten
chasten
verb
(archaic) To chastize; to punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement.
To make chaste.
To render humble or restrained.
chaster
chaster
adj
comparative form of chaste: more chaste
chateus
chatons
chatons
noun
plural of chaton
chaunts
chaunts
noun
plural of chaunt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaunt
chetahs
chetahs
noun
plural of chetah
chistka
chistka
noun
A political purge in Russia.
christa
cushats
cushats
noun
plural of cushat
cutlash
cutlash
noun
(dialectal) Obsolete form of cutlass.
cyathos
cyathus
cyathus
noun
(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1⅔ Roman ounce of wine and equivalent to about 45 mL although differing slightly over time.
(historical) Synonym of kyathos, an ancient ladle and serving beaker.
Synonym of ladle, especially (historical) a small one used for serving wine in ancient Greece and Rome.
datchas
datchas
noun
plural of datcha
detachs
escheat
escheat
noun
(law) The property so reverted.
(law) The return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants.
(obsolete) Plunder, booty.
That which falls to one; a reversion or return.
verb
(intransitive) To revert to a state or lord because its previous owner died without an heir.
(transitive) To put (land, property) in escheat; to confiscate.
factish
factish
adj
Focused on fact rather than reason or speculation.
Similar to facts, but not necessarily factual; fact-like.
noun
(sociology) A scientific "fact" whose power is believed in, but which is ultimately a construction, just as fetishes are constructions believed to hold spiritual powers.
haptics
haptics
noun
(computing) The study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch.
(medicine) The study of the sense of touch.
hatches
hatches
noun
plural of hatch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hatch
hepcats
hepcats
noun
plural of hepcat
huastec
isotach
isotach
noun
An isoline linking places on a map which have equal wind speed.
klatsch
klatsch
noun
Alternative form of klatch
latches
latches
noun
plural of latch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of latch
matches
matches
noun
plural of match
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of match
patches
patches
noun
plural of patch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of patch
rachets
rachets
noun
plural of rachet
ratches
ratches
noun
plural of ratch
sachets
sachets
noun
plural of sachet
sanetch
sarchet
satchel
satchel
noun
A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.
scathed
scathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of scathe
scathes
scathes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scathe
schacht
schantz
sclatch
scratch
scratch
adj
(computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
(sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
noun
(archaic, US, slang) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
(cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
(horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
(in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
(meiosis) An injury.
(music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
(now historical) A scratch wig.
A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
Scrawled or illegible handwriting; chicken scratch.
verb
(billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
(billiards, dated, US) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.
(music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
(of a surface) to get such scratches
(swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that they were previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
(transitive, intransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
scythia
scythia
Proper noun
A region of Central Eurasia in the classical era, encompassing parts of Pontic steppe, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE.
shattuc
sikatch
snatchy
snatchy
adj
In snatches or glimpses.
sothiac
sothiac
Adjective
Of or related to the star Sirius.
spathic
spathic
adj
(geology, mineralogy) Having good cleavage.
(slang) Having attractive cleavage of the breasts.
splatch
splatch
noun
A blot or splash.
verb
To manipulate roughly or crudely.
To mark with a splatch.
To move in a manner that causes splashing or spreading of material.
stacher
stachys
starchy
starchy
adj
Containing starch.
Having a starched personality; stiffly formal.
Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.
Of or pertaining to starch.
staunch
staunch
adj
(by extension) Impermeable to air or other gases; airtight.
(chiefly hunting) Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.
(obsolete) Cautious, restrained.
Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.
Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.
Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition.
noun
(mining) Synonym of afterdamp (“suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp”)
(obsolete) An act of stanching or stopping.
(obsolete) That which stanches or checks a flow.
(specifically, archaic) A plant or substance which stops the flow of blood; a styptic.
Alternative spelling of stanch (“a floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river”)