A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
A piece of turf cut from grassland.
verb
(archaic) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
(archaic) To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
(archaic) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
(intransitive) Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
(intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
(obsolete) To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
(obsolete) To perish; to die; used of a person.
(transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one’s expectations.
(transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
(transitive) To neglect.
(transitive, intransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
(transitive, obsolete) To miss attaining; to lose.
To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
fila
fila
noun
plural of filum
gail
gali
gila
gila
adj
(Singapore) mad; crazy; insane
glia
glia
noun
The network of glial cells that supports nervous system tissue.
hail
hail
adj
(obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.
intj
(archaic or poetic) An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
noun
(countable, by extension) A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects.
(meteorology, countable) An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm.
(meteorology, uncountable) Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
verb
(impersonal) Of hail, to fall from the sky.
(intransitive) To send or release hail.
(transitive) To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of.
(transitive) To greet; give salutation to; salute.
(transitive) To name; to designate; to call.
(transitive) To signal in order to initiate communication with.
(transitive, by extension, UK, Australia) To indicate, from a designated stop or otherwise, to the driver of a public transport vehicle that one wishes to board and travel on the vehicle, usually using hand signals such as waving.
To pour down in rapid succession.
hali
hila
hila
noun
plural of hilum
ifla
igal
iila
ilam
ilan
ilea
ilea
noun
plural of ileum (Compare ilia)
ilha
ilia
ilia
noun
plural of ilium
ilka
ilka
adj
(Scotland or archaic) Each or every
illa
ilsa
ilya
iola
isla
ital
ital
adj
(proofreading) Abbreviation of italic.
noun
(Jamaica, Iyaric) Pure, natural food suiting a Rastafari lifestyle.
jail
jail
noun
(computing, FreeBSD) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
(horse racing) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
(uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
verb
To imprison.
jila
kail
kail
noun
(Scotland, archaic) Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables.
A broth made with kale or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner.
Alternative form of kale.
kali
kali
noun
A type of British crystalline sweet or candy, similar in appearance to sherbet but made with larger sugar crystals.
Alkali, particularly soda ash or potash.
The prickly glasswort (Kali turgidum, syn. of Salsola kali).
Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.
kial
kila
kila
noun
Synonym of phurba (“Tibetan dagger”)
laic
laic
adj
Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical.
noun
A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.
laid
laid
adj
(of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lay
laie
laik
laik
verb
(UK, Northern, dialect) To play (in the sense opposed to work).
lail
lain
lain
verb
(obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about.
past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
lair
lair
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A person who dresses in a showy but tasteless manner and behaves in a vulgar and conceited way; a show-off.
(Britain dialectal) A bed or resting place.
(Scotland) A bog; a mire.
(Scotland) A grave; a cemetery plot.
(figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.
A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
A shed or shelter for domestic animals.
Obsolete form of layer.
verb
(Britain) To bury.
(Britain) To lay down.
(Britain) To rest; to dwell.
(intransitive, Scotland) To become mired.
(transitive, Scotland) To mire.
lais
lais
noun
plural of lai
lait
lait
verb
(transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal, obsolete) To seek; search for; inquire.
lali
lani
lari
lari
noun
The national currency of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri.
plural of larin
lasi
lati
lavi
leia
liam
lian
liao
liao
particle
(Singlish, slang in Malaysia) Perfective aspect marker.
liar
liar
noun
(nautical, obsolete) A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.
One who frequently tells lies.
lias
lias
noun
A type of blue limestone present in parts of southern England and Wales.
Alternative letter-case form of Lias
liba
lida
lija
lila
lila
noun
(Hinduism) The play of god’s spirit manifested in the universe; divine play, creative spiritual energy.
lima
lima
noun
(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Lima from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
lima bean
lina
lipa
lipa
noun
(often in the plural) A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Croatian kuna (obsolete since 2023).
lira
lira
noun
A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
Alternative form of lyra
Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs
The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.
The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro
lisa
lita
liva
liza
liza
noun
The white mullet (Mugil curema), of the subtropical Americas.
mail
mail
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A monetary payment or tribute.
(chiefly Scotland) Rent.
(chiefly Scotland) Tax.
(chiefly US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person.
(dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
(historical) An old French coin worth half a denier.
(nautical) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
(now regional) A bag or wallet.
(obsolete, rare) A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.
(uncountable) Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.
(uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
The material conveyed by the postal service.
The postal service or system in general.
verb
(ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
(ditransitive) To send by electronic mail.
(transitive) To arm with mail.
(transitive) To contact (a person) by electronic mail.
(transitive) To pinion.
mali
mali
noun
(India, South Asia) A member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is gardening; hence, any South Asian gardener.
(South Africa) Money, cash.
plural of malus
mial
mila
nail
nail
noun
A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
An archaic English unit of length equivalent to ¹⁄₂₀ of an ell or ¹⁄₁₆ of a yard (2+¹⁄₄ inches or 5.715 cm).
The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
The claw of a bird or other animal.
The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
verb
(intransitive) To drive a nail.
(military) To spike, as a cannon.
(slang) To catch.
(transitive) To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
(transitive) To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.
(transitive) To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
(transitive, slang) To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
(transitive, slang) To expose as a sham.
(transitive, slang) To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
(transitive, vulgar, slang) Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
nial
nila
olia
pail
pail
noun
(In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.
A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
pali
pali
noun
plural of palus
pial
pial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the pia or pia mater.
noun
(India) A raised platform on which people sit, usually under the veranda, or on either side of the door of a house.
rail
rail
noun
(Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
(drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
(electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
(obsolete) An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress.
(obsolete) Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief.
(surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
verb
(intransitive) To travel by railway.
(obsolete, of a liquid) To gush; to flow.
(transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
(transitive) To range in a line.
(transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
(transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
To complain violently (against, about).
rial
rial
noun
(historical) An old gold coin of England.
The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
sail
sail
noun
(dated, plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
(fishing) A sailfish.
(nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
(nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
(nautical, uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
(paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids
(uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.
A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
The blade of a windmill.
The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
verb
(card games, transitive) To deal out (cards) from a distance by impelling them across a surface.
(intransitive) To move briskly but sedately.
(intransitive) To set sail; to begin a voyage.
To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
sali
sial
sial
noun
(geology) The rocks rich in silicon and aluminum that form the upper layer of the earth's crust, which lies beneath all continental landmasses.
tail
tail
adj
(law) Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed.
noun
(anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
(anatomy) The distal tendon of a muscle.
(architecture) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
(astronomy) The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
(chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
(colloquial, dated) A tailcoat.
(cricket) The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
(electrical engineering) Synonym of pigtail (“a short length of twisted electrical wire”)
(entomology) A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.
(kayaking) The stern; the back of the kayak.
(law) Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
(mathematics) All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
(mining) A tailing.
(music) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
(nautical) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
(now colloquial, chiefly US) The buttocks or backside.
(slang) The penis of a person or animal.
(slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
(statistics) The part of a distribution most distant from the mode; as, a long tail.
(surgery) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.
(typography) The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
One who surreptitiously follows another.
The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
verb
(architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
(nautical) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
(transitive) To follow and observe surreptitiously.
To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
To pull or draw by the tail.
tali
tali
noun
(India) Synonym of marriage string
plural of talus
tila
vail
vail
noun
(chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.
(obsolete) Profit; return; proceeds.
(obsolete) Submission.
Archaic form of veil.
Misspelling of veil.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).
(intransitive, obsolete, nautical) To lower a sail, in salute or otherwise.
(transitive, obsolete) To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
(transitive, obsolete) To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
(transitive, vexillology) To lower or “dip” a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.
vali
vali
noun
Alternative form of wali
vial
vial
noun
A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
verb
(transitive) To put or keep in, or as in, a vial.
vila
vila
noun
(mythology) A type of female nature spirit in Slavic mythology, similar in some ways to a fairy or nymph.
wail
wail
noun
A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.
Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
verb
(intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
(intransitive) To make a noise like mourning or crying.
(intransitive) To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
(obsolete) Synonym of wale (“to choose; to select”)
(slang, music) To perform with great liveliness and force.
(transitive) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
wali
wali
noun
(Islam) A saint or prophet.
A provincial governor in certain Muslim contexts.
yali
yali
noun
A type of house, particularly found on the Bosporus.