(Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
(US) A screw anchor.
(archery) A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
(architecture) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
(architecture) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
(athletics) The final runner in a relay race.
(cartomancy) The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
(climbing) A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
(economics) A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
(figurative) That which gives stability or security.
(heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
(nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
(nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).
(nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
(obsolete) An anchorite or anchoress.
(slang) The brake of a vehicle.
(soccer) A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
(television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.
Alternative form of anker
Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
verb
To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
To stop; to fix or rest.
archon
archon
noun
(Gnosticism) A supernatural being subordinate to the Demiurge.
A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.
A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings.
A ruler, head of state or other leader.
ardoch
auroch
auroch
noun
Alternative spelling of aurochs
bocher
bochur
borsch
broach
broach
noun
(architecture, UK, dialect) A spire rising from a tower.
(masonry) A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
A spit for cooking food.
A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
Alternative spelling of brooch
An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
verb
(intransitive) To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
(nautical, intransitive, of a submerged submarine, torpedo, or similar) To break the surface of the water.
(transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).
(transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
(transitive) To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.
(transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something).
broche
broche
noun
Obsolete form of brooch.
verb
Obsolete form of broach.
brocho
brocht
brooch
brooch
noun
A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.
A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
verb
(transitive) To adorn as with a brooch.
cahors
caraho
carhop
carhop
noun
(US) A waiter or waitress who serves customers, especially in their vehicles, at a drive-in restaurant, sometimes on rollerskates.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a carhop.
caroch
cathro
chador
chador
noun
A loose robe, made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by Muslim women, especially in Iran.
chaori
charco
charlo
charon
charro
charro
noun
(usually in the plural) Short for charro bean.
A type of Mexican horseman.
cheero
cheero
intj
A friendly greeting
Synonym of cheerio
Synonym of cheers
chiron
chiros
chiros
noun
plural of chiro
chlore
chlori
chloro
choirs
choirs
noun
plural of choir
choker
choker
noun
(slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.
A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.
A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.
One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.
One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.
chokra
chokra
noun
(India) Boy; young male servant.
choler
choler
noun
Anger or irritability.
One of the four humours of ancient physiology, also known as yellow bile.
chomer
chomer
noun
(historical units of measure) Alternative form of homer: a former Hebrew unit of volume.
choora
choora
noun
A set of bangles traditionally worn by a bride on her wedding day and for some time after, especially in Punjab.
chorai
choral
choral
adj
Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus.
noun
Alternative form of chorale
chorda
chords
chords
noun
plural of chord
chorea
chorea
noun
(pathology) Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance.
An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus.
chored
chored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chore
choree
choree
noun
a choreus, trochee (a foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short)
chorei
chores
chores
noun
plural of chore
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chore
chorgi
choric
choric
adj
(poetry) Intended to be sung by a choir or chorus (e.g. a hymn)
Including or involving a Greek chorus
chorio
chorio
noun
(medicine, colloquial) Short for chorioamnionitis.
chorti
chorus
chorus
noun
(Christianity) A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.
(by extension) A group of people in a performance who recite together.
(by extension, chiefly Britain, theater, historical) An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.
(jazz) The improvised solo section in a small group performance.
(often attributively) A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.
A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.
A group of people who express a unanimous opinion.
A group of people, animals, or inanimate objects who make sounds together.
A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.
A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.
A part of a song which is repeated between verses; a refrain.
A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
A song performed by the singers of such a group.
An instance of singing by a group of people.
The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.
The noise or sound made by such a group.
The opinion expressed by such a group.
verb
(rare) To provide (a song) with a chorus or refrain.
Of animals: to make cries or sounds together.
To echo in unison another person's words.
To express concurrence with (something said by another person); to echo.
To sing (a song), express (a sentiment), or recite or say (words) in chorus.
To sing the chorus or refrain of a song.
To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison.
chowry
chowry
noun
A flyflap or whisk originally made from the bushy tail of a yak.
chozar
chroma
chroma
noun
(music) A note in a chromatic scale
The aspect of a colour's hue that depends on the amount of white or black in it; saturation
The colorfulness relative to the brightness of a similarly illuminated area
chrome
chrome
noun
(US, slang, collective) handguns
(graphical user interface) The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.
Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
verb
(transitive) To plate with chrome.
(transitive) To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.
chromo
chromo
adj
(genetics) Of or relating to the chromodomain, a protein structural domain associated with chromatin production
noun
(chiefly Australia) A prostitute.
(chiefly historical) A color print produced by chromolithography.
chromy
chukor
chukor
noun
Alternative form of chukar
churro
churro
noun
A fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage.
cocher
coheir
coheir
noun
One of several who are heirs to an estate
cohere
cohere
verb
(intransitive) To stick together physically, by adhesion.
(intransitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
(transitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
cohert
cohorn
cohorn
noun
Alternative form of coehorn
cohort
cohort
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome, military) Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries).
(statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.
(taxonomy) A natural group of orders of organisms, less comprehensive than a class.
A colleague.
A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.
An accomplice; abettor; associate.
Any band or body of warriors.
verb
To associate with such a group
coprah
coprah
noun
Archaic form of copra.
corach
coryph
cosher
cosher
verb
To chat in a friendly way.
To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of.
To treat with fondness; to excessively dote on.
croche
croche
noun
(obsolete) A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler.
crooch
crotch
crotch
noun
(billiards) In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table.
(slang, euphemistic) Either the male or female genitalia.
(typography) The open counter (negative space) formed by two downward strokes that meet at an internal acute angle, potentially above a vertex, as in the letters "V" and "Y".
The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place.
The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.
verb
(transitive) To hit in the crotch (genital region).
(transitive) To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to.
(transitive) To remove overgrown wool from around the eyes of.
(transitive) To shoplift or smuggle by hiding between one's thighs or in one's underwear.
(transitive, logging, historical, Western US) To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs that will haul it.
(transitive, sailing) To secure (the boom) to the boom crotch (a forked pole).
(transitive, tree work) To hang (a rope) over a crotch in a tree so that the ends hang down from opposite sides.
crouch
crouch
noun
(obsolete) A cross.
A bent or stooped position.
verb
(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
(intransitive) To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility.
(obsolete) To sign with the cross; bless.
crouth
droich
echoer
echoer
noun
One who, or that which, echoes or repeats something back.
ecorch
forche
grouch
grouch
noun
A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.
One who is grumpy or irritable.
verb
(intransitive) To be grumpy or irritable; to complain.
harico
harico
noun
Archaic form of haricot.
hector
hector
noun
Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a blusterer, bully.
verb
(intransitive) To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully.
(transitive) To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
heroic
heroic
adj
(sculpture) Of a size larger than life, but less than colossal.
Courageous; displaying heroism.
Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble
noun
A heroic verse.
hocker
hocker
noun
(slang) A wad of phlegm spat out by hocking.
horace
horace
Proper noun
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a poet and philosopher of the Roman Augustan Age. Born 65 in Venusia, died 27 November, 8 in Rome. Horace was a contemporary and friend of Virgil. Although of low birth, Horace was admired by the Emperor Augustus and was offered, but refused, to become his private secretary.
horcus
horick
hormic
hormic
adj
(psychology) goal-oriented; purposive
ichors
ichors
noun
plural of ichor
kocher
lorcha
lorcha
noun
(nautical) A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.
morcha
morcha
noun
(India) A gathering of like-minded people protesting for a cause.
narcho
nochur
ochers
ochers
noun
plural of ocher
ochery
ochery
adj
ocherous
ochrea
ochrea
noun
(botany) Alternative form of ocrea
(historical) A greave or legging.
ochred
ochred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ochre
ochres
ochres
noun
plural of ochre
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ochre
orache
orache
noun
Alternative spelling of orach
orchat
orchel
orchen
orchic
orchid
orchid
adj
(colour) having a light purple colour.
noun
A light bluish-red, violet-red or purple colour.
A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours.
orchil
orchil
noun
Any of several lichens, especially those of the genera Roccella and Lecanora.
The dye, orcein, extracted from them.
orchis
orchis
noun
(anatomy) A testis.
An orchid; now specifically, a plant of the genus Orchis.
orlich
orphic
orphic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Orphism.
Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding.
orthic
orthic
adj
orthoclastic
paroch
paroch
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) Alternative form of parish
porche
proach
rancho
rancho
noun
(US, regional) A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation.
(US, regional) A simple hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm workers may lodge at night.
reecho
reecho
noun
A second or subsequent echo
verb
To echo again; to reverberate.
rehboc
rhodic
rhodic
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to rhodium, especially tetravalent rhodium
rhotic
rhotic
adj
(linguistics, of an English accent) That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ even when not followed by a vowel, as in bar (/bɑːɹ/) and bard or barred (/bɑːɹd/); (of an English speaker) who speaks with such an accent.
(linguistics, phonetics, of a phoneme) Having a sound quality associated with the letter R; having the sound of any of certain IPA symbols, including /ɹ/, /ɻ/, /ɚ/, /ɝ/ and /r/.
noun
(phonetics) A rhotic consonant or rhotic vowel (R-coloured vowel).
rochea
rocher
rocher
noun
(cooking) A quenelle (in the sense of food moulded into an elliptical shape) made using one spoon rather than two.
rochet
rochet
noun
(now rare, historical) A frock or outer garment worn in the 13th and 14th centuries.
(obsolete) The red gurnard.
A white vestment, worn by a bishop, similar to a surplice but with narrower sleeves, extending either to below the knee (in the Catholic church) or to the hem of the cassock in the Anglican church.
rochus
rokach
roncho
rotche
rotche
Noun
A bird, the little auk.
rouche
rouche
noun
Alternative form of ruche
schiro
schorl
schorl
noun
(mineralogy) The most common variety of tourmaline.
schrod
schrod
noun
(New England) Alternative spelling of scrod
scorch
scorch
noun
(phytopathology) Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.
A discolouration caused by heat.
A slight or surface burn.
verb
(ergative) (To cause) to become scorched or singed
(intransitive) To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).
(intransitive, colloquial, dated) To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.
(transitive) To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.
(transitive) To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
(transitive) To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
socher
sochor
sorcha
thoric
thoric
adj
(inorganic chemistry) relating to, or containing thorium
throck
tocher
tocher
noun
A dowry.
verb
(transitive) To supply with a dowry.
torchy
torchy
adj
(music) Having the character of a torch song.
trocha
trocha
noun
(military, Latin America) A line of fortifications, usually rough, constructed to prevent the passage of an enemy across a region.