(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.
(nobility) A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.
eral
erle
herl
herl
noun
(fishing) an artificial fly made with this barb
(obsolete) a strand of hair
the fibrous shaft or barb of a feather (especially that of the ostrich or peacock) used to make artificial flies for angling
hler
jerl
kerl
kerl
noun
Alternative form of carl
kler
lare
lare
noun
(obsolete) lore; learning
(obsolete) pasture; feed
Obsolete form of lair.
verb
(obsolete) To feed; to fatten
lear
lear
noun
(now Scotland) Learning, lore; doctrine.
(now Scotland) Something learned; a lesson.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To learn.
(transitive, archaic and Scotland) To teach.
leer
leer
adj
(UK dialectal, obsolete) Thin; faint.
(obsolete) Destitute; lacking; wanting.
(obsolete) Empty; unoccupied; clear.
(obsolete) Faint from lack of food; hungry.
(obsolete) Having no load or burden; free; without a rider.
(obsolete) Lacking sense or seriousness; trifling; frivolous.
noun
(UK dialectal) The flank or loin.
(obsolete) Complexion; hue; colour.
(obsolete) Flesh; skin.
(obsolete) One's appearance; countenance.
(obsolete) The cheek.
(obsolete) The face.
A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.
Alternative form of lehr
An arch or affected glance or cast of countenance.
verb
(intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
(transitive) To entice with a leer or leers.
(transitive, obsolete) To learn.
(transitive, obsolete) To teach.
lehr
lehr
noun
A long oven or kiln, often having a moving belt, used for annealing glass.
leor
lerc
lere
lerp
lerp
noun
(mathematics, computing) Abbreviation of linear interpolation.
(uncountable) A sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidae, that forms scales on eucalyptus leaves.
One of the lice whose larvae produce this secretion.
verb
(mathematics, computing) To interpolate linearly.
lger
lier
lier
noun
A lie-abed; one who stays in bed late.
A person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
Misspelling of liar.
Obsolete spelling of liar.
lire
lire
noun
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) The cheek.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.
(UK dialectal, Scotland, Orkney, Shetland, ornithology) The Manx shearwater (bird).
plural of lira
ller
lore
lore
noun
(anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
(anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
(obsolete) Workmanship.
All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
The backstory created around a fictional universe.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of lese
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of lose
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of lose, used in the sense of "left"
lure
lure
noun
(also figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
(falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
(fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
(music) Alternative form of lur
A velvet smoothing brush.
verb
(intransitive) To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile.
(transitive) To attract fish with a lure.
(transitive, falconry) To recall a hawk with a lure.
lyre
lyre
noun
(obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.
A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.
verb
(rare) to play the lyre
merl
merl
noun
Alternative form of merle (blackbird)
mler
oler
orel
orle
orle
noun
(architecture) A fillet under the ovolo of a capital.
(heraldry) A bordure that runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge.
(heraldry) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest; a torse.
perl
rale
rale
noun
(medicine, now chiefly in plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.
real
real
adj
(economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power (contrast nominal).
(economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
(law) Relating to immovable tangible property.
(mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.
(slang) Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially as regard the enjoyment of life, prowess at sports, or success wooing potential partners.
Absolute, complete, utter.
Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
That has objective, physical existence.
True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
adv
(US, colloquial) Really, very.
noun
(grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
(mathematics) A real number.
(obsolete) A realist.
A coin worth one real.
A commodity; see realty.
A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.
A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942.
Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
reel
reel
noun
(agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
(film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
A lively dance originating in Scotland; also, the music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
A shaky or unsteady gait.
verb
(obsolete) To roll.
(with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
To be in shock.
To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
To make or cause to reel.
To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
To spin or revolve repeatedly.
To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
To wind on a reel.
refl
refl
adj
(grammar) Abbreviation of reflexive.
reld
rely
rely
verb
(with on or upon, formerly also with in) to trust; to have confidence in; to depend.
repl
riel
riel
noun
The monetary unit of Cambodia, equivalent to 100 sen or 10 kak. Symbol: ៛
rile
rile
verb
(in particular) To make angry.
To stir or move from a state of calm or order.
role
role
noun
(grammar) The function of a word in a phrase.
(historical) An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.
(object-oriented programming) In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.
A character or part played by a performer or actor.
Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and attitudes
The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
The function or position of something.
rsle
ruel
rule
rule
noun
(law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
(mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
(obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
(obsolete) Revelry.
(printing, dated) A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
A normal condition or state of affairs.
A regulating principle.
A regulation, law, guideline.
A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
verb
(intransitive) To decide judicially.
(obsolete, intransitive) To revel.
(slang, intransitive, stative) To excel.
(transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
(transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
(transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.