(Christianity) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.
An attendant, assistant or follower.
actable
actable
adj
Able to be acted, as by an actor.
actless
actless
adj
Without action or spirit.
acutely
acutely
adv
In an acute manner
acylate
acylate
verb
(transitive, organic chemistry) To add one or more acyl groups to a compound.
alceste
alcoate
alcoate
noun
alcoholate
alecost
alecost
noun
The plant costmary (Tanacetum balsamita), formerly much used for flavouring ale.
alethic
alethic
adj
(logic) Of or pertaining to the various modalities of truth, such as the possibility or impossibility of something being true.
aleutic
algetic
algetic
adj
Producing or having relation to pain.
aloetic
aloetic
adj
Consisting chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes.
noun
A medicine containing mainly aloes.
amplect
amplect
verb
(formal) To embrace
archlet
archlet
noun
A small arch.
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.
asclent
astelic
astelic
adj
(botany) Lacking steles.
auchlet
auletic
auletic
adj
Of or relating to a musical pipe or piper.
backlet
bechtel
beclart
beclart
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal) To besmear; bedaub; bemire; smear all over with dirt.
beclout
beclout
verb
(transitive) To cover with a clout or cloth.
(transitive, figuratively) To dress up.
bicetyl
boletic
boletic
adj
Relating to, or caused by mushrooms of the genus Boletus.
buchtel
cablets
cablets
noun
plural of cablet
cacolet
cacolet
noun
A single litter mounted on a pack animal.
One of a pair of chairs or litters mounted on a pack animal (horse, mule, camel)
cafetal
calaite
calaite
noun
(mineralogy) A turquoise mineral.
calbert
calcate
calcite
calcite
noun
(mineralogy) a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO₃, found as limestone, chalk and marble
calesta
caletor
calfret
callate
callets
callets
noun
plural of callet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of callet
calmest
calmest
adj
superlative form of calm: most calm
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of calm
calotte
calotte
noun
(anatomy) The upper (superior) or lower (inferior) half of the globe of the eye.
(archaic) The vertical central area of the crown of a bird's head.
(architecture) A round cavity or depression, in the form of a cup or cap, lathed and plastered; used to diminish the rise or elevation of a moderate chapel, alcove, etc. which would otherwise be too high for other pieces of the apartment.
A skullcap worn by Roman Catholic priests.
caltech
calumet
calumet
noun
A clay tobacco-pipe used by American Indians, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
calvert
camblet
camelot
camelot
noun
Alternative form of camlet
camlets
camlets
noun
plural of camlet
cantles
cantles
noun
plural of cantle
cantlet
cantlet
noun
A piece; a fragment; a corner.
capelet
capelet
noun
A small cape worn over the shoulders by women.
capitle
caplets
caplets
noun
plural of caplet
capulet
capulet
noun
Alternative form of capellet
carleta
cartels
cartels
noun
plural of cartel
caselty
casteel
castell
castell
noun
A human tower formed in festivals in Catalonia.
castile
castile
Proper noun
A medieval kingdom (or county) in the Iberian Peninsula.
A vaguely defined region of central Spain.
castled
castled
adj
Furnished with castles.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of castle
castles
castles
noun
plural of castle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of castle
castlet
castlet
noun
A small castle.
catella
cathole
cathole
noun
(nautical) Either of two circular holes cut in the stern of a sailing man of war on the level of the capstan, used for the passage of stern hawsers.
A small pit, dug in the earth by hikers etc in order to bury faeces.
catlett
catlett
Proper noun
A in derived from the surname.
catlike
catlike
adj
nimble, quick, graceful
resembling a cat; feline
slow, deliberate, quiet and stealthy
catline
cattell
caulite
caulote
cautela
cavelet
cavelet
noun
A little cave.
celesta
celesta
noun
(music) A musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
celeste
celeste
noun
(music) Alternative form of celesta, a musical instrument.
(music) An organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound.
cellist
cellist
noun
Someone who plays the cello.
cellite
celotex
celotex
Noun
A rough-textured fiberboard used on ceilings as acoustic paneling.
celtdom
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.
celtuce
celtuce
noun
A cultivar of lettuce harvested primarily for its 15- to 20-centimeter stem.
centals
centals
noun
plural of cental
centile
centile
noun
Clipping of percentile.
central
central
adj
(anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.
Being in the centre.
Being very important, or key to something.
Having or containing the centre of something.
noun
(especially US) centre
cetylic
cetylic
adj
(obsolete, organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from spermaceti
chaetal
chaetal
adj
Relating to the chaetae
chalets
chalets
noun
plural of chalet
chamlet
chamlet
noun
Obsolete form of camlet.
chaplet
chaplet
noun
(Catholicism) A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
(archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
(specifically) The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.
A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
A garland or circlet for the head.
A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
A small chapel or shrine.
Alternative form of chapelet
charlet
chattel
chattel
noun
A slave.
Tangible, movable property.
cheetal
cheetul
cheetul
noun
Alternative form of chital
chelate
chelate
adj
(chemistry) relating to chelation [from 20th c.]
(zoology) having chelae, or in the form of a chela [from 19th c.]
noun
(chemistry) A chelate compound.
verb
(transitive, chemistry) to form a chelate compound by combining a metal atom to form a ring
(transitive, medicine) to remove heavy metals from the bloodstream using a chelate (such as EDTA)
chelton
chemult
chiplet
chiplet
noun
(electronics) Any of the integrated circuits making up a multi-chip module (MCM).
cholate
cholate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of cholic acid
cholent
cholent
noun
A meat stew traditionally served on the Sabbath by Jews.
chortle
chortle
noun
A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.
verb
(intransitive) To laugh with a chortle or chortles.
ciliate
ciliate
adj
(biology) Ciliated.
Of or pertaining to the eyelash.
noun
(zoology) Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia.
circlet
circlet
noun
A crown without arches or a covering.
A ring (typically of gold or silver) worn as an ornament on the head.
A round body; an orb.
A small circle.
citable
citable
adj
Capable of being, or appropriate to be, cited.
citadel
citadel
noun
(sometimes figurative) A stronghold or fortified place.
A Salvation Army meeting place.
A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
An armoured portion of a warship, housing important equipment.
citoler
citoler
noun
A musician who plays the citole
citoles
citoles
noun
plural of citole
clacket
clacket
verb
(intransitive) To move with a clackety sound.
(intransitive, UK, regional) To chatter or prattle.
clapnet
clapnet
noun
Alternative form of clap net
clareta
clarets
clarets
noun
plural of claret
clatter
clatter
noun
A loud disturbance.
A rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt, sharp sounds.
Noisy talk or chatter.
verb
(Northern England) To hit; to smack.
(intransitive) To chatter noisily or rapidly.
(intransitive) To make a rattling sound.
clavate
clavate
adj
(biology) Resembling a club, becoming increasingly wide from the base to the distal end.
cleanth
cleanth
noun
(rare, nonstandard) The condition or state of being clean; cleanliness
cleasta
cleated
cleated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cleat
cleaton
clefted
clefted
adj
Having a cleft; cloven.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cleft
clement
clement
adj
Lenient or merciful; charitable.
Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).
clerete
clethra
clethra
noun
Any of the genus Clethra of flowering shrubs or small trees bearing flowers in clusters.
clicket
clicket
noun
(UK, dialect) A latchkey.
(UK, dialect) The knocker of a door.
verb
(intransitive, of a fox or foxes) To be in oestrus; to copulate.
clients
clients
noun
plural of client
climate
climate
noun
(figuratively) The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation.
(nonstandard) Clipping of climate change.
(obsolete) A region of the Earth.
(obsolete) An area of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude.
The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).
verb
(poetic, obsolete) To dwell.
clitter
clitter
noun
Loose stones on hillsides deposited by weathering.
verb
To clatter lightly; to make a soft rattling noise.
clodlet
clodlet
noun
A small clod or clump.
clootie
clootie
noun
(Scotland) A piece of rag.
cloquet
closest
closest
adj
superlative form of close: most close.
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of close
closets
closets
noun
plural of closet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of closet
closter
clothed
clothed
adj
Covered with a cloth.
Wearing clothes or clothing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clothe
clothes
clothes
noun
(obsolete) plural of cloth.
(plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.
Laundry (hung on a clothesline).
The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clothe
clotted
clotted
adj
Coagulated
Containing clots.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clot
clotter
clotter
verb
(obsolete) To concrete into lumps; to clot.
cloture
cloture
noun
(law, politics, chiefly US) In legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate (that is, a filibuster): a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter. For example, in the United States Senate, a three-fifths majority vote of the body is required to invoke cloture and terminate debate.
verb
To end legislative debate by this means.
clouted
clouted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clout
clouter
clouter
noun
(obsolete) One who patches clothes.
One who clouts or strikes.
clunter
cluster
cluster
noun
(army) A small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before.
(astronomy) A group of galaxies or stars that appear near each other.
(chemistry) An ensemble of bound atoms or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
(computing) A group of computers that work together.
(computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block).
(linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, bundle, or lexical bundle.
(military) A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
(music) A secundal chord of three or more notes.
(phonetics) A group of consonants.
(slang, euphemistic) A clusterfuck.
(statistics, cluster analysis) A subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a distinct group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant.
A group or bunch of several discrete items that are close to each other.
A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
verb
(intransitive) To form a cluster or group.
(transitive) To collect into clusters.
(transitive) To cover with clusters.
cluther
clutier
clutter
clutter
noun
(countable) Alternative form of clowder (“collective noun for cats”).
(obsolete) Clatter; confused noise.
(uncountable) A confused disordered jumble of things.
(uncountable) Background echoes, from clouds etc., on a radar or sonar screen.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To clot or coagulate, like blood.
To fill something with clutter.
To make a confused noise; to bustle.
To utter words hurriedly, especially (but not exclusively) as a speech disorder (compare cluttering).
clyster
clyster
noun
(now rare) A medicine applied via the rectum; an enema or suppository.
coalite
coalite
noun
Nonstandard form of Coalite.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To unite or coalesce.
(obsolete, transitive) To cause to unite or coalesce.