(mining) The coalface parallel to the natural fissures.
Obsolete form of board.
Obsolete form of bourd.
brod
cord
cord
noun
(anatomy) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
(figuratively) Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); (uncountable) such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.
Dated form of chord: musical sense.
Misspelling of chord: a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.
verb
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
To flatten a book during binding
To furnish with cords
To tie or fasten with cords
dcor
dero
dero
noun
(Australia) A homeless person, a tramp; a social derelict, especially an alcoholic.
dior
doer
doer
noun
Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
door
door
noun
(computing, dated) A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
(figurative) A barrier.
(figurative) A means of approach or access.
(figurative) A possibility.
(immigration) An entry point.
A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers. "The bar owner gives each band a percentage of the door and charges customers more to get in"
verb
(transitive, cycling) To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.
dora
dore
dori
dork
dork
noun
(archaic) Alternative form of dirk (“a long dagger”)
(derogatory, slang) A quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends. Often confused with nerd and geek, but does not imply the same level of intelligence.
dorm
dorm
noun
Clipping of dormitory.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To reside in a dorm.
dorn
dorn
noun
A British ray; the thornback.
doro
dorp
dorp
noun
(now chiefly South Africa) A village or small town; a town considered provincial.
dorr
dorr
noun
(obsolete) A drone or idler; a lazy person.
A dor, or dorbeetle.
dors
dors
noun
plural of dor
dort
dort
noun
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A sulky or sullen mood; the sulks.
verb
(intransitive) To become pettish; sulk.
dory
dory
adj
(obsolete) Of a bright yellow or golden color.
noun
(nautical) A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
A wooden pike or spear about three metres (ten feet) in length with a flat, leaf-shaped iron spearhead and a bronze butt-spike (called a sauroter), which was the main weapon of hoplites in Ancient Greece. It was usually not thrown but rather thrust at opponents with one hand.
Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
dour
dour
adj
Expressing gloom or melancholy.
Stern, harsh and forbidding.
Unyielding and obstinate.
drof
droh
drop
drop
noun
(American football) A dropped pass.
(American football) Short for drop-back.
(Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
(US, banking, dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
(agriculture) A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
(also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
(architecture) An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
(chiefly Australia, Britain) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
(chiefly Britain) Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
(engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
(figuratively) A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
(gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
(informal) Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
(law enforcement) A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
(law enforcement) The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
(law enforcement, informal) Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
(music) A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
(nautical) The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
(online gaming, video games) An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
(pharmacology) A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
(pharmacology, chiefly in the plural) A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
(pinball) Short for drop target.
(rugby) Short for drop kick.
(theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
A release (of music, a video game, etc).
An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
Short for drop hammer and drop press.
The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
verb
(cooking) To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
(cricket) Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
(intransitive) Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
(intransitive) Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
(intransitive) Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
(intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
(intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
(intransitive) To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
(intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
(intransitive) To fall into a particular condition or state.
(intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
(intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
(intransitive, also figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
(intransitive, computing) To enter a more basic interface.
(intransitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
(intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.
(intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
(intransitive, physiology, informal) Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
(originally US) To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
(rugby) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
(transitive) Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
(transitive) To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
(transitive) To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
(transitive) To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
(transitive) To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
(transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
(transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
(transitive) To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
(transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
(transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
(transitive) To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
(transitive) To reduce; to make smaller.
(transitive) To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
(transitive, archaic) To cover (something) with or as if with drops, especially of a different colour; to bedrop, to variegate.
(transitive, computing) To present the user with a more basic interface.
(transitive, computing, music, television, colloquial) To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
(transitive, ergative, also figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
(transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
(transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
To impart (something).
To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
To perform (rap music).
To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
drou
drow
drow
noun
(fantasy role-playing games, countable) A member of a fictional race of dark elves in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons.
(fantasy role-playing games, uncountable) A fictional constructed language spoken by the Drow.
(rare, mythology, countable) A trow; a member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll.
duro
ford
ford
noun
A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.
A stream; a current.
verb
To cross a stream using a ford.
gord
gord
noun
(archaeology) A medieval Slavonic fortified settlement, typically a group of wooden houses surrounded by a wall of earth and wood, with a palisade running along the top of the bulwark.
(obsolete) An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.
lord
lord
noun
(Britain, Australia, via Cockney rhyming slang, obsolete) Sixpence.
(Britain, slang, obsolete) A hunchback.
(archaic) The male head of a household, a father or husband.
(archaic) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
(astrology) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.
(historical) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king
(obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor
(obsolete, uncommon) A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones
A magnate of a trade or profession.
A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)
One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)
verb
(intransitive and transitive) Domineer or act like a lord.
(transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.
mord
nord
oder
odor
odor
noun
(figuratively) A strong, pervasive quality.
(figuratively, uncountable) Esteem.
(now rare) Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.
Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
odra
oord
oord
noun
Archaic form of urad.
orad
orad
adj
(anatomy) Located towards the oral opening (the mouth).
adv
(anatomy) Towards the oral opening (the mouth).
ordn
ordo
ordo
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A calendar which prescribes the Mass and office which is to be celebrated each day.
(biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below classis and above familia.
(music) A musical phrase constructed from one or more statements of one modal pattern and ending in a rest.
an established civil body or corporation with a hierarchy
ordu
ordu
noun
Alternative form of orda
ored
osrd
otdr
prod
prod
noun
(Ireland, UK, slang, sometimes derogatory) Alternative letter-case form of Prod.
(demoscene, slang, countable) A production; a created work.
(programming, slang, uncountable) Short for production (“the live environment”).
A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
A poke.
A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
verb
(transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
(transitive) To prick with a goad.
(transitive, informal) To encourage, to prompt.
redo
redo
noun
A repeated action; a doing again, refurbishment, etc.
verb
To do again.
road
road
adj
(US, Canada, sports, chiefly attributive) At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.
noun
(US, rail transport) A railway or (UK, rail transport) a single railway track.
(figuratively) A path chosen in life or career.
(nautical, often in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
(obsolete) A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
(obsolete) A journey, or stage of a journey.
(obsolete) The act of riding on horseback.
(uncountable) Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.
A way or route.
A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
An underground tunnel in a mine.
roda
rodd
rode
rode
noun
(nautical) The line from a vessel to its anchor.
Obsolete form of road.
verb
(now colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of ride
(ornithology) Of a male woodcock, to fly back and forth over the edge of a woodland while calling; to perform its, typically crepuscular, mating flight.
simple past tense of ride
rodi
rodl
rods
rods
noun
plural of rod
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rod
roed
roed
adj
(zoology) Filled with roe.
roid
roid
noun
(bodybuilding, slang) Anabolic steroids.
(sports, slang) Illegal and/or banned performance-enhancing steroids used by athletes and others.
(vulgar, slang) Hemorrhoids.
rond
rond
noun
(Norfolk) A bank of a river or a canal.
rood
rood
noun
(Chester, historical) An area of sixty-four square yards.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A measure of five and a half yards in length.
(archaic) A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
roud
royd
sord
sord
noun
(rare, obsolete) A flock of mallards.
Obsolete form of sward.
trod
trod
noun
A track or pathway.
verb
To walk heavily or laboriously; plod; tread
simple past tense of tread
word
word
intj
(slang, African-American Vernacular) Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement "My word is my bond."
(slang, emphatic, stereotypically, African-American Vernacular) An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.
noun
(computer science) A finite string that is not a command or operator.
(computing) A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine and which can be stored in or retrieved from a typical register (so that it has the same size as such a register).
(group theory) A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.
(in the plural) See words.
(meiosis) A minor reprimand.
(now rare outside certain phrases) Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech.
(obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
(obsolete) A proverb or motto.
(telegraphy) A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.
(theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
(theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
(uncountable) News; tidings
A brief discussion or conversation.
A discrete, meaningful unit of language approved by an authority or native speaker (compare non-word).
A promise; an oath or guarantee.
A sequence of letters, characters, or sounds, considered as a discrete entity, though it does not necessarily belong to a language or have a meaning
An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. .
The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes
The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes
The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To speak, to use words; to converse, to discourse.
(transitive) To ply or overpower with words.
(transitive) To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
(transitive, obsolete) To flatter with words, to cajole.