(transitive, intransitive) To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise.
(transitive, intransitive) To expel (gas) loudly from the stomach through the mouth.
bleck
bleck
intj
(rare) Alternative form of blech
noun
(dialectal) Coalfish (Pollachius virens).
(obsolete) A black man.
Any black fluid substance, as in blacking for leather, or black grease.
Soot, smut.
verb
(obsolete, dialect) To blacken.
(obsolete, dialect) To defile.
cable
cable
noun
(architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
(communication) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
(finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
(knitting) A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
(nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
(nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
(television) Ellipsis of cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
(unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
verb
(architecture, transitive) To ornament with cabling.
(intransitive) To communicate by cable
(knitting) To create cable stitches.
(transitive) To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
(transitive) To provide with cable(s)
(transitive) To send a telegram, news, etc., by cable
(transitive) To wrap wires to form a cable
cadel
cadel
noun
An ornate capital letter used in calligraphy, consisting of interlaced pen strokes. See Commons:Cadel letters.
caeli
cagle
caleb
caleb
Proper noun
An Israelite who entered Canaan with Joshua.
name first used by Puritans.
calef
calen
calie
calle
calpe
calve
calve
verb
(intransitive) to assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
(intransitive) to give birth to a calf
(intransitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg)
(intransitive, figuratively, especially of an iceberg) to break off
(transitive) to give birth to (a calf)
(transitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg)
camel
camel
adj
Of a light brown color like that of a camel.
noun
(South Africa, obsolete) Synonym of giraffe
A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.
A light brownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown).
Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle.
canel
capel
capel
noun
(mining) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of caple (horse)
Alternative form of kappal (“ship”)
carel
carle
carle
noun
(chiefly Scotland) peasant; fellow
casel
catel
cavel
cavel
noun
(dialectal) A horse's bit.
(obsolete or dialectal) A parcel or allotment of land.
(obsolete or dialectal) A part, share, lot.
(obsolete or dialectal) The stick or runestaff used in casting lots; a lot.
(obsolete) A gag.
Alternative form of kevel (“stonemason's hammer”)
cebil
cebil
noun
(uncommon) A South American tree (Anadenanthera colubrina), the bark of which contains tannin and is used in tanning hides.
cecal
cecal
adj
Alternative spelling of caecal
cecil
cecil
noun
(cooking) A fried ball of minced meat, breadcrumbs, onions, etc.
ceile
ceils
ceils
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ceil
celeb
celeb
noun
(informal) A celebrity; a famous person.
celia
celie
celik
celin
celio
celka
cella
cella
noun
(architecture) The central, enclosed part of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticos.
celle
celli
celli
noun
(rare) plural of cello
cello
cello
noun
A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.
cellophane
cells
cells
noun
plural of cell
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cell
celom
celom
noun
Alternative spelling of coelom
celss
celts
celts
noun
plural of celt
cemal
ceorl
ceorl
noun
(historical) An Anglo-Saxon churl.
ceral
ceryl
ceryl
noun
(chemistry) A radical, C₂₇H₅₅, supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from waxes.
cetyl
cetyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent hexadecyl radical C₁₆H₃₃- present in many waxes.
chela
chela
noun
A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid. [from 17th c.]
A pupil or disciple, especially in Hinduism. [from 19th c.]
chelp
chelp
verb
(intransitive, Northern England) To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner.
(intransitive, Northern England) To speak rudely or out of turn.
chiel
chiel
noun
Alternative form of chield
chile
chile
noun
(Southern US, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of child.
(US, regional) Alternative form of chili (a chili pepper).
chloe
choel
chyle
chyle
noun
A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.
cinel
clade
clade
noun
(genetics) A higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup.
(systematics) A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.
verb
To be part of a clade; to form a clade.
claes
claes
noun
(Scotland) clothes
clake
clake
noun
Alternative form of claik (the barnacle goose)
clame
clape
clape
noun
A bird, the northern flicker.
clare
clave
clave
noun
(music) A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave.
singular of claves
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of cleave
claye
claye
noun
Obsolete spelling of clay
clead
cleam
clean
clean
adj
(aerodynamics) Allowing an uninterrupted flow over surfaces, without protrusions such as racks or landing gear.
(aviation) Having the undercarriage and flaps in the up position.
(climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
(health) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
(informal) Cool or neat.
(informal) Devoid of profanity.
(informal) Not in possession of weapons or contraband such as drugs.
(obsolete) Total; utter. (still in "clean sweep")
(of criminal, driving, etc. records) Without restrictions or penalties, or someone having such a record.
(of metal) Having relatively few impurities.
Empty.
Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
In an unmarked condition.
Not dirty.
Not having used drugs or alcohol.
Pure, especially morally or religiously.
Smooth, exact, and performed well.
That does not damage the environment.
Well-proportioned; shapely.
adv
Fully and completely.
noun
(weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders.
Removal of dirt.
verb
(intransitive) To make things clean in general.
(intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure a correct line; less vigorous than a sweep.
(manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.
(transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
(transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
(transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
(transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
(video games) Synonym of clean up
To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
clear
clear
adj
(Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
(figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
(meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
(of a railway signal) Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
(of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
Free of ambiguity or doubt.
Free of obstacles.
Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
Transparent in colour.
Unmixed; entirely pure.
Without clouds.
Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
Without diminution; in full; net.
adv
All the way; entirely.
Free (or separate) from others.
In a clear manner; plainly.
Not near something or touching it.
noun
(Scientology) A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
(carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
(video games) The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
verb
(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
(intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
(intransitive) To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
(intransitive) To obtain a clearance.
(transitive) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
(transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
(transitive) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
(transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
(transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
(transitive) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
(transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
(transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
(transitive, activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.
(transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
(transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
(transitive, computing) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
(transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
(transitive, video games) To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
cleat
cleat
noun
(nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction.
A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
An athletic shoe equipped with cleats.
verb
(nautical) To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat.
To strengthen with a cleat.
cleck
cleck
verb
(chiefly Scotland, transitive) To hatch (a bird); (colloquial) to give birth to (a person).
cleek
cleek
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A large hook.
(golf, dated) A metal-headed golf club with little loft, equivalent in a modern set of clubs to a one or two iron or a four wood.
verb
(golf, dated, transitive) To strike with the club called a cleek.
clefs
clefs
noun
plural of clef
cleft
cleft
adj
split, divided, or partially divided into two.
noun
A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
A piece made by splitting.
An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
verb
(linguistics) To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall."
simple past tense and past participle of cleave
clein
clela
cleon
clepe
clepe
noun
(now chiefly dialectal) A cry; an appeal; a call.
verb
(intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To give a call; cry out; appeal.
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal, often with 'on') To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
(transitive, archaic or dialectal) To call to oneself; invite; summon.
(transitive, archaic or dialectal) To call; call by the name of; name.
(transitive, archaic or dialectal) To call; call upon; cry out to.
(transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To report; relate; tell.
clept
clept
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of clepe
clerc
clere
clerk
clerk
noun
(Quakerism) A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
(archaic) In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk).
(dated) A cleric or clergyman (the legal title for clergy of the Church of England is "Clerk in Holy Orders", still used in legal documents and cherished by some of their number).
(obsolete) A scholar.
A law clerk.
A salesclerk; a person who serves customers in a store or market.
An employee at a hotel who deals with guests.
One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
verb
The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.
To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk
cleta
cleta
Proper noun
One of the Charites worshiped in Sparta along with Phaenna.
clete
cleti
cleuk
cleva
cleve
cleve
noun
(now chiefly dialectal) A cottage.
(now chiefly dialectal) A room; chamber.
(obsolete) A cliff or hillside.
clews
clews
noun
plural of clew
clide
clime
clime
noun
A particular region defined by its weather or climate.
Climate.
cline
cline
noun
(geometry, inversive geometry) A generalized circle.
(systematics) A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group.
Any graduated continuum.
clite
clive
clive
noun
Burdock or agrimony.
verb
(intransitive) To climb; ascend.
(transitive) To split; separate; cleave; chop.
cloes
cloke
cloke
noun
Archaic spelling of cloak.
clone
clone
noun
(cytology) A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.
(informal) A person who is exactly like another person, in terms of looks or behavior.
A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
verb
(transitive) To create a clone of.
close
close
adj
(Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
(archaic) Concise; to the point.
(archaic) Dense; solid; compact.
(dated) Difficult to obtain.
(dated) Parsimonious; stingy.
(law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
(linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
(now rare) Closed, shut.
(obsolete) Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
At a little distance; near.
Intimate; well-loved.
Marked, evident.
Narrow; confined.
Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
Short.
Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
noun
(Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
(Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
(aviation, travel) The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
(chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
(law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
(music) A double bar marking the end.
(music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
(now rare, chiefly Yorkshire) An enclosed field.
(sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
A cathedral close.
A grapple in wrestling.
An end or conclusion.
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
verb
(Philippines) To turn off; to switch off.
(baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
(figurative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
(intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
(marketing) To make a sale.
(surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
(transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
(transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
(transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
To come to an end.
To grapple; to engage in close combat.
To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
To move so that an opening is closed.
To obstruct (an opening).
To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
clote
clote
noun
(obsolete) The common burdock; the clotbur.
clove
clove
noun
(countable) A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
(countable) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
(geography) A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch
(horticulture, cooking) One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.
(uncountable, countable) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
verb
simple past tense of cleave
cloze
cloze
noun
(education) A form of written examination in which candidates are required to provide words that have been omitted from sentences, thereby demonstrating their knowledge and comprehension of the text.
clued
clued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clue
clues
clues
noun
plural of clue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clue
clune
clute
clute
Proper noun
A city in Texas.
clyde
clyde
Proper noun
name, named after the in
A major river in Scotland, serving the city of Glasgow.
A of the city of
A suburb of
A in
A in northern
A in
A in
An in
A in
An in the
A and in
A in
A in
A in
An in
A in
A in
A within the town of
A within the town of
clyer
clyer
noun
(medicine) A swelling of the lymph node of cattle
clype
clyte
clyte
verb
Synonym of cloit
clyve
coble
coble
noun
(nautical) small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach, found on the north-east coast of England and in Scotland.
cocle
codel
codel
noun
Abbreviation of congressional delegation. Government-paid trips abroad, designed to give lawmakers first-hand knowledge of matters relevant to their legislation.
coled
coled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of colead
colen
coles
coles
noun
plural of cole
colet
colet
noun
(obsolete) A lower servant in a church.
coley
coley
noun
coalfish, Pollachius virens
corel
covel
cowle
coyle
coyle
Proper noun
A town in Oklahoma, US.
creel
creel
noun
(chiefly historical) Such a basket slung as a backpack for cargo, especially in times and places with limited or nonexistent wheeled transport, as for example among peasants in mountainous regions.
(chiefly historical) Such a basket slung on a pack animal; a pannier.
(fishing) An osier basket that anglers use to hold fish.
(textile making) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.
verb
(transitive) To place (fish) in a creel.
creil
crile
crile
noun
(Scotland) A small person or creature; a dwarf or runt.
cruel
cruel
adj
(slang) Cool; awesome; neat.
Harsh; severe.
Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.
adv
(nonstandard) To a great degree; terribly.
noun
Alternative form of crewel
verb
(Australia, transitive, intransitive) To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive.
(chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)
culet
culet
noun
(historical) A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks.
A small, flat face often cut at the base of a brilliant-cut gemstone.
culex
culex
noun
Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
cupel
cupel
noun
A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.
verb
To refine by means of a cupel.
cycle
cycle
noun
(aviation) One take-off and landing of an aircraft, referring to a pressurisation cycle which places stresses on the fuselage.
(baseball) A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
(botany) One entire round in a circle or a spire.
(graph theory) A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.
(music) In musical set theory, an interval cycle is the set of pitch classes resulting from repeatedly applying the same interval class to the starting pitch class.
(sports) A scheduled period of time of weeks or months wherein a performance-enhancing substance or, by extension, supplement is applied, to be followed by another one where it is not or the dosage is lower.
(topology, algebraic topology) A chain whose boundary is zero.
(weaponry) A discharge of a taser.
A complete rotation of anything.
A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy.
An age; a long period of time.
An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
verb
(electronics) To turn power off and back on
(ice hockey) To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal
To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
cyler
decal
decal
noun
(US) A decorative sticker.
A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
verb
(transitive) To apply decals to.
decil
declo
decyl
decyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₀H₂₁, formally derived from decane by the loss of a hydrogen atom
delco
deluc
dolce
dolce
noun
(music) A soft-toned organ stop.
dulce
dulce
adj
(obsolete) sweet
noun
(obsolete) sweetness
Alternative form of dulse
seaweed; kelp
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make sweet; to soothe.
eckel
eclat
eclat
noun
Alternative spelling of éclat
eclss
ecole
ectal
ectal
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer.
elaic
elche
elcho
elect
elect
adj
(postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
noun
(theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.
One chosen or set apart.
verb
(transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election
(transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something)