(transitive, obsolete) To consume gradually; to waste away.
amelus
amelus
noun
(pathology) A foetus born without limbs.
amused
amused
adj
(usually with a complement) Enjoying humor aspects (of something).
Displaying amusement.
Pleasurably entertained.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amuse
amusee
amusee
noun
(rare) One who is amused; the subject of amusement.
amuser
amuser
noun
(historical, early 19ᵗʰ century) One of a class of rogues who carry snuff or dust in their pockets, which they throw into the eyes of people so as to enable their accomplices to rob them while pretending to help them.
(obsolete) One who diverts attention, usually to distract or bewilder, often for fraudulent purposes; hence a cheat, deceiver or thief.
Someone who amuses.
amuses
amuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amuse
assume
assume
verb
To adopt (an idea or cause)
To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate
To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof
To receive, adopt (a person)
To take on a position, duty or form
begums
begums
noun
plural of begum
bemuse
bemuse
verb
(archaic, humorous) To devote to the Muses.
(obsolete, slang, transitive) To make drunk; to intoxicate.
(transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
(transitive, sometimes proscribed) To be amused, especially sardonically.
bemusk
besmut
besmut
verb
(transitive) To blacken with smut; foul with soot.
blumes
brumes
brumes
noun
plural of brume
busmen
busmen
noun
plural of busman
camuse
caseum
caseum
noun
(archaic) Casein.
cecums
cesium
cesium
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of caesium
clumse
clumse
adj
benumbed, as with cold
idle; lazy; loutish
noun
A stupid fellow; numbskull
verb
(dialectal, Scotland) To die of thirst
(intransitive) To be numb or benumbed; be stiffened or paralysed with cold or fear
(transitive) To numb; benumb; stiffen or paralyse with cold or fear
degums
degums
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of degum
demurs
demurs
noun
plural of demur
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demur
desume
desume
verb
(obsolete) To borrow; to select.
dumose
dumose
adj
Alternative form of dumous
elymus
embush
embush
verb
(obsolete) To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush.
embusk
embusy
embusy
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To employ; keep busy.
emmaus
empusa
empusa
noun
(mythology) In Ancient Greek mythology, a kind of spectre sent by Hecate to guard roads and devour travellers.
emsmus
estrum
estrum
noun
Synonym of oestrus (female animal's readiness to mate)
femurs
flumes
flumes
noun
plural of flume
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flume
fumers
fumers
noun
(obsolete) alternative form of fewmets
plural of fumer
fumets
fumets
noun
plural of fumet
fumose
fumose
adj
fumous; of or resembling fumes or smoke
gersum
gersum
noun
(law, historical) A lump sum paid by individuals who take a lease of landed property in England.
glumes
glumes
noun
plural of glume
grumes
grumes
noun
plural of grume
haemus
haemus
Proper noun
a king of Thrace, the son of Boreas, who was vain and haughty and compared himself and his wife to Zeus and Hera
heshum
imbues
imbues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbue
insume
insume
verb
(obsolete) To take in; to absorb.
lemmus
lemurs
lemurs
noun
plural of lemur
lumens
mabuse
masdeu
maseru
maseru
Proper noun
The capital of Lesotho.
masque
masque
noun
(historical, in 16th- and 17th-century England and Europe) A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song.
A facial mask.
A masquerade.
Archaic form of mask.
Words and music written for a masque.
matsue
matsue
Proper noun
The capital city of Shimane prefecture, Japan.
mauser
mauves
mauves
noun
plural of mauve
meatus
meatus
noun
(anatomy) A tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body.
(anatomy) Ellipsis of acoustic meatus., the passage leading into the ear.
Hyponyms: acoustic meatus, urinary meatus
mecums
medeus
medius
medius
noun
(anatomy) The middle finger; the third digit, or that which corresponds to it.
medusa
medusa
noun
A jellyfish; specifically (zoology), a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles.
mergus
metius
meuser
miscue
miscue
noun
(sports) In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue.
(theater) The act of missing one's cue or of responding to a cue intended for another actor.
A miss of the object one intended to hit.
verb
(theater) To give an incorrect cue.
(transitive) to mishit, strike incorrectly.
misuse
misuse
noun
An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To abuse verbally, to insult.
(transitive) To abuse or mistreat (something or someone).
(transitive) To rape (a woman); later more generally, to sexually abuse (someone).
(transitive) To use (something) incorrectly.
moeurs
moeurs
noun
Alternative form of mores, a set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices.
mosque
mosque
noun
(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
moused
moused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mouse
mousee
mouser
mouser
noun
(chiefly Scotland, US) A moustache.
A cat that catches mice, kept specifically for the purpose. [from 15th c.]
mouses
mouses
noun
(computing, rare, originally prescribed, now sometimes proscribed) plural of mouse (computer peripheral)
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mouse
mousey
mousey
adj
Alternative spelling of mousy
mousie
mousie
noun
(diminutive or childish) A mouse.
(fishing) A rat-tailed maggot used as bait.
mousle
mousle
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To sport with roughly; to rumple.
mousme
mousse
mousse
noun
A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.
A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.
A styling cream used for hair.
An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.
verb
To apply mousse (styling cream).
muches
mucose
mucose
adj
Alternative form of mucous
muesli
muesli
noun
A breakfast dish based on uncooked rolled oats and fruit.
muleys
muleys
noun
plural of muley
munsee
munsee
noun
(India) a clerk
munsey
murres
murres
noun
plural of murre
muscae
muscae
noun
plural of musca
muscle
muscle
noun
(countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.
(uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
(uncountable, figurative) Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
(uncountable, figurative) Strength, force.
(uncountable, usually in the plural) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.
verb
To use force to make progress, especially physical force.
musers
musers
noun
plural of muser
musery
museum
museum
noun
A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
mushed
mushed
adj
(UK, dialect) worn out; exhausted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mush
musher
musher
noun
One who operates a dogsled, traditionally using the verbal command “mush”.
One who races in a dogsled in a race.
One who travels by dogsled.
mushes
mushes
noun
plural of mush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mush
musive
musive
adj
Relating to mosaic art.
musked
musked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of musk
muskeg
muskeg
noun
(Canada) A terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce.
musket
musket
noun
(falconry) A male Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus).
A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.
muskie
muskie
noun
(informal) muskellunge; a large freshwater gamefish of the pike family.
muslem
mussed
mussed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of muss
mussel
mussel
noun
A freshwater mussel, usually edible, of the order Unionida in subclass Palaeoheterodonta.
A saltwater mussel, usually edible, of the order Mytilida in subclass Pteriomorphia.
Any of certain other bivalves of somewhat similar appearance, such as the zebra mussel and quagga mussel of the family Dreissenidae in subclass Heterodonta.
musser
musses
musses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muss
musset
musted
musted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of must (only in the sense of "become/make musty")
mustee
mustee
noun
(archaic) A person of one-eighth African ancestry.
muster
muster
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A roundup of livestock for inspection, branding, drenching, shearing etc.
(military) An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service.
(obsolete) A sample of goods.
(obsolete) An act of showing something; a display.
(obsolete) Something shown for imitation; a pattern.
A collection of peafowl. (not a term used in zoology)
An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
Synonym of mustee
The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
verb
(intransitive) To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like (especially of a military force); to come together as parts of a force or body.
(transitive) To collect, call or assemble together, such as troops or a group for inspection, orders, display etc.
(transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To gather or round up livestock.
(transitive, US) To enroll (into service).
(transitive, obsolete) To show, exhibit.
mustoe
mutase
mutase
noun
(biochemistry) An isomerase that catalyzes the shifting of a functional group from one position to another within the same molecule
mutest
mutest
adj
superlative form of mute: most mute
mutsje
mutsje
noun
(historical) An old Dutch liquid measure, equivalent to 0.1516 litres.
neumes
neumes
noun
plural of neume
nomeus
odeums
oleums
oleums
noun
plural of oleum
oremus
oremus
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A liturgical prayer.
pensum
pensum
noun
(dated) A task or imposition set as a school punishment.
peumus
plumes
plumes
noun
plural of plume
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plume
resume
resume
noun
(chiefly Canada, US, Australia) A summary or account of education and employment experiences and qualifications; a curriculum vitae (often for presentation to a potential future employer when applying for a job).
A summary or synopsis.
verb
(intransitive) To start again after an interruption or pause.
(transitive) To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.
(transitive, now rare) To summarise.
(transitive, now rare) To take back possession of (something).
rheums
rheums
noun
plural of rheum
rumens
rummes
rumsey
saeume
samuel
seamus
seamus
Proper noun
name of Irish origin. English equivalent: James.
sebums
sedums
sedums
noun
plural of sedum
semeru
senium
sensum
sepium
sepium
noun
(archaic) cuttlebone
septum
septum
noun
(anatomy) Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
(anatomy) Ellipsis of nasal septum.: the cartilaginous center wall of the nose separating the two nostrils.
(botany) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
(colloquial) Ellipsis of septum ring. or septum piercing.
(mycology) A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
(zoology) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
(zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
(zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
sequim
sertum
serums
serums
noun
plural of serum
seumas
shmuel
shulem
simule
smeuse
smeuse
noun
A hole made in a hedge by the passing of a hare or other animal.
smeuth
smouse
smudge
smudge
noun
(US) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
(paganism, especially in the phrase "smudge stick" = "stick of incense") A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
verb
(paganism, intransitive) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
(paganism, transitive) To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
To obscure by blurring; to smear.
To soil or smear with dirt.
To stifle or smother with smoke.
To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
spumed
spumed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spume
spumes
spumes
noun
plural of spume
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spume
squame
squame
noun
(anatomy) A bony plate.
(medicine) A flake of dead skin tissue.
(medicine) A squamous (scale-like) cell.
(zoology) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
squeam
stumer
stumer
noun
(Britain) Something worthless or counterfeit.
(UK, slang) A racehorse that is sure to lose.
submen
submen
noun
plural of subman
sumage
summae
summed
summed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sum
summer
summer
adj
the hottest season of the year
noun
(architecture) A horizontal beam supporting a building.
(countable, fashion) Someone with light, pinkish skin that has a blue undertone, light hair and eyes, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
(obsolete) A pack-horse.
(poetic or humorous) year; used to give the age of a person, usually a young one.
A machine or algorithm that sums.
A person who sums.
One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as being from June 21 to September 22 or 23 in parts of the USA, the months of June, July and August in the United Kingdom and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.
verb
(intransitive) To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday.