An ironwood tree (Xylia xylocarpa); the hard wood of this tree
alce
alec
alec
noun
A sauce made from alecs; alec sauce.
An anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried.
cale
cale
noun
(AUS) Any of a number of marine fish in the family Odacidae
cbel
ceil
ceil
noun
(mathematics) Abbreviation of ceiling.
(poetic) A ceiling.
verb
(mathematics) To set a higher bound.
(transitive) To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.
cela
cele
cele
noun
(Myanmar) celebrity
cell
cell
noun
(US, informal) A cellular phone.
(architecture) A cella.
(architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
(biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.
(biology, now chiefly botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.
(card games) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
(communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
(communication) A short, fixed-length packet, as in asynchronous transfer mode.
(computing) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.
(entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins.
(entomology) The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
(geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
(meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.
(now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.
(obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories.
(obsolete, chiefly literary) Any small dwelling; a remote nook, a den.
(statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.
A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.
A section or compartment of a larger structure.
A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.
A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.
Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
verb
(transitive) To place or enclose in a cell.
cels
cels
noun
plural of cel
celt
celt
noun
A prehistoric chisel-bladed tool.
ciel
ciel
verb
Alternative form of ceil
clea
cled
clee
clef
clef
noun
A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from 16th c.]
cleg
cleg
noun
(Scotland, England dialect) A blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae; a gadfly, a horsefly.
(now dialectal) A light breeze.
clei
clem
clem
noun
(Tyneside, vulgar, slang) A testicle.
verb
(UK, dialect, transitive or intransitive) To be hungry; starve.
Alternative form of clam (“to adhere”)
cleo
clep
clew
clew
noun
(archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.
(in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
(nautical) The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction.
(nautical, in the plural) The cords suspending a hammock.
(obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.
Obsolete spelling of clue
Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
verb
(nautical) (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)
(transitive) to roll into a ball
clie
cloe
cloe
Proper noun
name, an spelling of
clue
clue
noun
(now rare) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
verb
To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
To provide with a clue.
cole
cole
noun
(Scotland) A stack or stook of hay.
Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).
Cabbage.
csel
decl
eccl
ecla
ecol
elco
elec
encl
excl
excl
prep
Abbreviation of excluding.
icel
lace
lace
noun
(countable) A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. ᵂᵖ
(slang, obsolete) Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
(uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. ᵂᵖ
A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
verb
(ergative) To fasten (something) with laces.
(transitive) To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
(transitive) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.
(transitive) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
(transitive) To interweave items.
(transitive) To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
lcie
lcse
lech
lech
noun
(slang) A lecher.
(slang) A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
The capstone of a cromlech.
verb
(slang) To behave lecherously.
leck
lect
lect
noun
(linguistics, sociolinguistics) A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.