(geometry) An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.
acoine
aeonic
aeonic
adj
(rare) Alternative spelling of eonic
ancome
ancome
noun
(obsolete) A small inflammatory swelling, arising suddenly.
ancone
beacon
beacon
noun
(Internet) Short for web beacon.
(figurative) That which gives notice of danger, or keeps people on the correct path.
(nautical) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
A post or buoy placed over a shoal or bank to warn vessels of danger; also a signal mark on land. (FM 55-501)
A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc. to perform actions when in physical proximity to the beacon.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a beacon.
(transitive) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
(transitive) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
beckon
beckon
noun
A children's game similar to hide and seek in which children who have been "caught" may escape if they see another hider beckon to them.
A sign made without words; a beck.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To seem attractive and inviting
(transitive, intransitive) To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
bicone
bicone
noun
(geometry) The three-dimensional shape swept by revolving an isosceles triangle around its edge of unequal length, or by joining two identical right circular cones, base to base.
bonace
bounce
bounce
noun
(Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
(archaic) A drink based on brandyᵂ.
(archaic) A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
(archaic) Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer.
(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A good beat in music.
(slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A talent for leaping.
(uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
A bang, boom.
A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
The sack, dismissal.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment.
(archaic) To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; to knock loudly.
(intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
(intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
(intransitive) To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
(intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
(intransitive, electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset.
(intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
(intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
(intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
(slang, archaic) To boast; to bluster.
(slang, archaic) To bully; to scold.
(transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
(transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
(transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
(transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
(transitive, intransitive, Internet, of an e-mail message) To return undelivered.
(transitive, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
To move rapidly (between).
brecon
brecon
Proper noun
A town in Powys, Wales.
cahone
canelo
canoed
canoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canoe
canoes
canoes
noun
plural of canoe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canoe
caoine
capone
carone
cedron
cenizo
cenobe
cenoby
cenote
cenote
noun
A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
censor
censor
noun
(Ancient China, historical) A high-ranking official who was responsible for the supervision of subordinate government officials.
(Ancient Rome, historical) One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality.
(education) A college or university official whose duties vary depending on the institution.
(obsolete) One who censures or condemns.
(psychology) A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious mind.
An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media.
verb
(transitive) To review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, content from books, films, correspondence, and other media which is regarded as objectionable (for example, obscene, likely to incite violence, or sensitive).
centon
centos
centro
cerion
ceroon
ceroon
noun
A bale or package, covered or bound with hide.
ceston
ceylon
ceylon
Proper noun
Sri Lanka
chenoa
cheson
chevon
chevon
noun
The meat of a goat.
chione
chione
Proper noun
The goddess of snow and winter winds. She is the daughter of Boreas, (the North Wind), and Oreithyia, (an Athenian princess whom he had abducted). Her siblings are Zetes, Calaides and Cleopatra, (the wife of Phineus).
A nymph.
chosen
chosen
adj
elected
picked; selected
verb
past participle of choose
past participle of chuse
cicone
cineol
cineol
noun
(organic chemistry) eucalyptol
cirone
clemon
cleone
clione
cloine
cloned
cloned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clone
cloner
cloner
noun
(computing) A software program that duplicates media.
(science fiction) A device capable of duplicating physical objects.
Someone who clones something.
clones
clones
noun
plural of clone
closen
closen
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become close.
cloven
cloven
adj
Split, sundered, or divided.
verb
past participle of cleave
cloyne
cobden
codein
codein
noun
Alternative form of codeine
codens
coelin
coelin
noun
Synonym of cerulean blue
coenla
cofane
cogent
cogent
adj
Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent.
Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
cogmen
cogmen
noun
plural of cogman
cohens
cohune
cohune
noun
A species of palm, Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts.
coigne
coigne
noun
Alternative form of coign: a keystone; a wedge; (obsolete) a corner or angle, especially of a building.
coined
coined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coin
coiner
coiner
noun
(cryptocurrencies) A person who invests in or advocates for cryptocurrencies.
(obsolete) A person who invents or fabricates (stories, lies, etc.).
A person who invents words or phrases.
A person who makes coins (often counterfeit coins).
colane
colden
colden
verb
(Scotland, transitive, intransitive, sometimes figurative) To grow or make cold.
coleen
coleen
noun
Alternative form of colleen
colene
colent
collen
colner
colone
colone
noun
Alternative form of colon (“husbandman”)
colwen
conche
conder
conder
noun
One who conns (conds) a ship; a conning officer.
Synonym of balker (“one who signals to fishing boats the location of shoals of fish”).
condue
coneen
coneys
confed
confer
confer
verb
(intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate.
(obsolete) To compare.
(obsolete) To contribute; to conduce.
(obsolete, transitive) To bring together; to collect, gather.
(transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow.
conged
conged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conge
simple past tense and past participle of congé
congee
congee
noun
(Asian cooking) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.
(archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.
(obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
(obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.
(obsolete) Formal permission to leave; a passport.
(obsolete, Scotland) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.
Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):
verb
(archaic) To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.
(archaic) To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
(obsolete, transitive) To give formal permission to do something; to license.
(obsolete, transitive) To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss.
conger
conger
noun
(historical) A chain of booksellers.
Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters
conges
conges
noun
plural of conge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conge
conies
conies
noun
plural of coney
plural of cony
conine
conine
noun
Alternative spelling of coniine
conite
conite
noun
(mineralogy) A magnesian variety of dolomite.
conjee
conjee
noun
Alternative spelling of congee (“the food”)
conked
conked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conk
conker
conker
noun
(Britain) A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers.
Alternative form of kankar
conlee
conlen
conley
conned
conned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of con
simple past tense and past participle of conn
connee
connel
connel
Proper noun
A village in Argyll, Scotland.
of origin, Anglicized from
name transferred from the surname.
conner
conner
noun
The bergall or cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus).
The corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
connex
connex
adj
(set theory) Such that, for all x and y in X, and for a binary relation R, either or both of xRy and yRx hold(s).
noun
(algebra) A correspondence between a projective space and its dual.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To connect; to become joined or united.
(obsolete, transitive) To connect; to fasten together.
conney
connie
conred
conrey
conroe
contek
conter
contes
contex
contex
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To weave together; to form by interweaving.
conule
conule
noun
(dentistry) A small cusp
A conical elevation of the surface of some sponges
conure
conure
noun
Any of many cute New World parakeets of the former genus Conurus, now reassigned to other genera in subfamily Arinae, principally Psittacara and Eupsittula.
convex
convex
adj
(functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph that is a convex set.
(geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
(mathematics, not comparable, of a set in Euclidean space) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.
Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
noun
(gambling) A playing card made convex for use in cheating.
(gambling) A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards.
Any convex body or surface.
convey
convey
verb
(dated) To take or carry (someone) from one place to another.
(law) To transfer legal rights (to).
(obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
(obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
To communicate; to make known; to portray.
To move (something) from one place to another.
coolen
coolen
verb
(transitive, intransitive, rare, possibly considered nonstandard) to become or make cool
cooner
copens
coreen
corena
corene
corine
cornea
cornea
noun
(anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.
corned
corned
adj
(of meat) preserved in salt
(slang, obsolete) Drunk.
consisting of grains; granulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of corn
cornel
cornel
noun
Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel.
The cherry-like fruit of such plants, certain of which are edible.
corner
corner
noun
(American football) A cornerback.
(attributive) Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.
(baseball) First base or third base.
(baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
(boxing) The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.
(boxing, by extension) The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.
(business, finance) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
(obsolete) A point scored in a rubber at whist.
(soccer) A corner kick.
A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
verb
(automotive, intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
(automotive, transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
(finance, business, transitive) To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
(transitive) To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.
(transitive) To put (someone) in an awkward situation.
(transitive) To supply with corners.
(transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
cornet
cornet
noun
(historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).
(obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
(obsolete) The standard flown by a cavalry troop.
A kind of organ stop.
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK, dated) an ice cream cone.
A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
cornew
corney
cornie
corone
corone
noun
plural of corona
corven
cosine
cosine
noun
(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos
costen
costen
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To try; tempt.
coteen
cotsen
counce
covena
covens
covens
noun
plural of coven
covent
covent
noun
(obsolete) Convent.
covine
cowden
coween
cowmen
cowmen
noun
plural of cowman
cowpen
coynye
cozens
cozens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cozen
crepon
crepon
noun
A thin fabric made from silk or fine wool
cronel
cronel
noun
The metal head of a tilting spear or lance, which could be blunt or consist of many small points (to grip armor), designed not to penetrate or wound.
croner
crones
crones
noun
plural of crone
cronet
cronet
noun
The coronet of a horse.
cronie
crosne
crosne
noun
A vegetable, Stachys affinis, the Chinese artichoke.
cytone
deacon
deacon
noun
(Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
(Freemasonry) A junior lodge officer.
(Mormonism) The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
(Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
(Protestantism) Anglicanism: An ordained clergyman usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
(Protestantism) Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
(Protestantism) Methodism: A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
(Scotland) The chairman of an incorporated company.
(US, animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
verb
(Christianity, music) For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
(US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.
(US, slang) To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.
(US, slang) To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
docena
docent
docent
adj
Instructive; that teaches.
noun
(chiefly US) A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.
A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.)