The governor or commander of a Spanish or Portuguese fortress or prison.
alcidae
alcides
alcides
Proper noun
Hercules.
alcippe
alecize
alembic
alembic
noun
An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.
alethic
alethic
adj
(logic) Of or pertaining to the various modalities of truth, such as the possibility or impossibility of something being true.
aleutic
algesic
algesic
adj
Pain-causing; painful in nature.
Relating to the level of hypersensitivity to pain.
algetic
algetic
adj
Producing or having relation to pain.
alichel
aliency
allelic
allelic
adj
Of or pertaining to alleles of the same gene.
Of or pertaining to alleles.
almeric
aloetic
aloetic
adj
Consisting chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes.
noun
A medicine containing mainly aloes.
amyelic
ancelin
ancille
ancille
Noun
A maidservant; a handmaid.
angelic
angelic
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to angelic acid.
(topology) A regular Hausdorff space is said to be angelic if the closure of each relatively countably compact set A is compact and the closure consists of the limits of sequences in A.
Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
Very sweet-natured or well-behaved.
anglice
arclike
arclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an arc.
article
article
noun
(archaic) A wench.
(dated) A distinct part.
(dated) Subject matter; concern.
(derogatory, dated) A person; an individual.
(grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).
(obsolete) A precise point in time; a moment.
A genuine article.
A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.
A piece of nonfictional writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.
A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.
An object, a member of a group or class.
verb
(obsolete) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.
(transitive) To bind by articles of apprenticeship.
To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
ascelli
asclepi
astelic
astelic
adj
(botany) Lacking steles.
auletic
auletic
adj
Of or relating to a musical pipe or piper.
auricle
auricle
noun
(anatomy) An anterior ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the human heart.
(anatomy) Synonym of atrium.
(anatomy) The outer ear or pinna.
(biology) Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe.
azelaic
azelaic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to azelaic acid or its derivatives
babelic
befilch
belicia
beluchi
belucki
beylics
beylics
noun
plural of beylic
bicetyl
bicycle
bicycle
noun
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A motorbike.
(climbing) A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
(vulgar slang, usually in compounds specifying a context) A slut; a promiscuous woman.
A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.
The best possible hand in lowball.
verb
(television, historical, transitive) To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity.
(transitive, intransitive) To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
binocle
binocle
noun
A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable the viewing of an object with both eyes at once; a double-barrelled field glass or opera glass.
biplace
blackie
blackie
noun
Alternative spelling of blacky
blickey
blickey
noun
(dialectal, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, dated) A canister or dinner pail usually of tin.
blickie
boletic
boletic
adj
Relating to, or caused by mushrooms of the genus Boletus.
boliche
brickel
brickle
brickle
adj
(Appalachia or archaic or dialect) Alternative form of breakle
verb
(Canada, dialect) To fail spectacularly.
bricole
bricole
noun
(billiards) A shot in which the cue ball is initially driven against the cushion.
(military) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, used to drag manoeuvre guns where horses cannot be used.
(military, historical) An ancient kind of military catapult.
In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is driven against the wall; hence, (figurative) an indirect action or stroke.
cacilie
caelian
caickle
cailean
calaite
calaite
noun
(mineralogy) A turquoise mineral.
calcine
calcine
noun
Something calcined; also, material left over after burning or roasting.
verb
(alchemy, historical) To heat (a substance) to remove its impurities and refine it.
(by extension) To heat (something) to dry and sterilize it.
(chemistry) To heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it; specifically, to decompose (carbonates) into oxides, and, especially, to heat (limestone) to form quicklime.
(intransitive, chemistry) Of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it.
To burn up (something) completely; to incinerate; hence, to destroy (something).
To purify or refine (something).
calcite
calcite
noun
(mineralogy) a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO₃, found as limestone, chalk and marble
calepin
calesin
caliber
caliber
noun
(dated) Degree of importance or station in society.
A nominal name for a cartridge type, which may not exactly indicate its true size and may include other measurements such as cartridge length or black powder capacity. Eg 7.62×39 or 38.40.
Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.
The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet, a projectile, or a column.
Unit of measure used to express the length of the bore of a weapon. The number of calibres is determined by dividing the length of the bore of the weapon, from the breech face of the tube to the muzzle, by the diameter of its bore. A gun tube the bore of which is 40 feet (480 inches) long and 12 inches in diameter is said to be 40 calibers long.
calibre
calibre
noun
Alternative form of caliber
calices
calices
noun
plural of calix
caliche
caliche
noun
(mineralogy) A crude form of sodium nitrate from South America; used as a fertilizer.
A layer of hard clay subsoil or sedimentary rock; hardpan.
calicle
calicle
noun
(botany, zoology) A calyculus.
(zoology) Any cup-shaped depression.
calipee
calipee
noun
A food of the yellowish material found inside the lower half of a turtle's carapace (shell).
caliper
caliper
noun
(automotive) The part of a disc brake that holds the brake pads.
(usually plural only) Uncommon form of calipers.
verb
(transitive) To use calipers to measure the size of.
caliver
caliver
noun
(historical) A type of light musket.
calmier
calorie
calorie
noun
(nutrition) Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram kilocalorie, approximately 4.2 kilojoules.
(physics, chemistry, obsolete) The gram calorie or small calorie, a non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to approximately 4.2 joules. This unit was widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C.
camaile
camelia
camelia
noun
Obsolete form of camellia.
camelid
camelid
noun
(zoology) Any of a family of mammals including the camel, llama, alpaca, guanaco, and vicuña.
camille
candiel
canille
capelin
capelin
noun
Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
capitle
caralie
cariole
cariole
noun
(Canada, historical) A sleigh drawn by horses, with seats for a driver and possibly passengers.
(Canada, historical) A toboggan drawn by dogs, with a passenger or cargo compartment enclosed by skins or fabric, and a small platform at the rear.
A covered cart.
A kind of calash.
A small, light, open one-horse carriage.
carlile
carline
carline
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A woman; a hag or witch.
A line of automobiles awaiting access to the same building or similar location.
Alternative form of caroline (“an old silver Italian coin”)
Carline thistle.
casilde
castile
castile
Proper noun
A medieval kingdom (or county) in the Iberian Peninsula.
A vaguely defined region of central Spain.
casziel
catlike
catlike
adj
nimble, quick, graceful
resembling a cat; feline
slow, deliberate, quiet and stealthy
catline
cauline
cauline
adj
(botany) Growing immediately on a caulis, the main stem of a plant; of or pertaining to a caulis.
caulite
caviled
caviler
caviler
noun
A person who cavils; a faultfinder, quibbler or nitpicker
cecelia
cecelia
Proper noun
name, spelling variant of Cecilia.
ceciley
cecilia
cecilio
cecilla
cedilla
cedilla
noun
(orthography) In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese and some other languages, a mark ⟨¸⟩ sometimes placed under the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/, as in Catalan força, French menaçant, and Portuguese almoço, and also used in various other languages to change the sounds of other letters.
ceilers
ceilers
noun
plural of ceiler
ceilidh
ceilidh
noun
An informal social gathering where traditional Irish or Scottish folk music is played, with dancing and storytelling.
verb
To dance a ceilidh
ceiling
ceiling
noun
(architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.
(aviation) The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight.
(finance) The maximum permitted level in a financial transaction.
(mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.
(meteorology) The measurement of visible distance from ground or sea level to an overcast cloud cover; under a clear sky, the ceiling measurement is identified as "unlimited."
(nautical) The inner planking of a vessel.
The overhead closure of a room.
The upper limit of an object or action.
verb
present participle of ceil
celemin
celemin
noun
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 4.6 L.
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, formalized as equivalent to about 537 m².
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land that could be sown with a celemin of seed.
celeski
celiacs
celiacs
noun
plural of celiac
celinda
celinka
celisse
celling
celling
noun
(in combination) confinement in a cell
verb
present participle of cell
cellini
cellist
cellist
noun
Someone who plays the cello.
cellite
celloid
celosia
celosia
noun
An ornamental amaranth of the genus Celosia
celsian
celsian
noun
(mineralogy) An uncommon monoclinic feldspar mineral, barium aluminosilicate, found in contact metamorphic rocks with significant barium content.
celsius
celsius
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Celsius
celtish
celtism
celtist
celtist
Noun
A person who takes an interest in the Celts or the Celtic languages.
Adjective
Relating to, or characteristic of the Celts or the Celtic languages.
celtium
celtium
noun
(historical) The name originally proposed for chemical element number 72, now called hafnium; the discoverer, Georges Urbain, conjectured it to be a rare earth element, and proposed the symbol Ct), but subsequent work demonstrated it to be a transition element, and hafnium was given the symbol Hf.
cembali
centile
centile
noun
Clipping of percentile.
cerelia
cerfoil
cerilla
cerillo
cerrial
cerrial
adj
Of or relating to the Turkey oak.
cetylic
cetylic
adj
(obsolete, organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from spermaceti
chaille
chalice
chalice
noun
A kind of water-cooled pipe for smoking cannabis.
A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
challie
charlie
charlie
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Charlie
chelide
cheloid
cheloid
noun
Dated form of keloid.
chelsie
chervil
chervil
noun
(countable) A leafy herb, Anthriscus cerefolium, resembling parsley.
(uncountable) leaves from the plant, used as an herb in cooking, which have a mild flavor of anise.
cheslie
chicles
chiefly
chiefly
adj
of or relating to a chief
adv
(focus) Especially or primarily; above all.
(focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely.
chields
chields
noun
plural of chield
chifley
childed
childed
adj
(obsolete) Having a child.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of child
childes
childre
chilean
chilean
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of Chile or its people.
Noun
A person from Chile or of Chilean descent.
chilies
chilled
chilled
adj
Cooled.
chilled out; relaxed
verb
simple past tense of chill
chiller
chiller
adj
comparative form of chill: more chill
noun
A frightening dramatic work, such as a book or film
A machine that removes heat from the working fluid in a refrigeration cycle
a heat exchanger between a coolant and a refrigerant, to transfer heat from the coolant loop into the refrigeration system
a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc.
chilver
chilver
noun
A female lamb.
chimble
chimley
chimley
noun
(UK, dialect, New England, archaic) Alternative form of chimney
chinela
chinela
noun
A flat slipper worn in the Philippines
chinkle
chinkle
noun
(nautical) A turn or kink in a rope.
(rare) A ringing sound of low volume.
verb
(rare, intransitive) To chink or jingle.
(transitive) To tinkle or cause to tinkle; to produce a continued chinking sound with.