(bridge) The first stage of a deal, in which players bid to determine the final contract.
A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
verb
To sell at an auction.
auxinic
auxinic
adj
Relating to, or composed of, auxins.
bonucci
brucina
brucine
brucine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid related to strychnine, found in several plant species, notably Strychnos nux-vomica (nux vomica).
brucins
bubonic
bubonic
adj
Of or pertaining to buboes.
buccina
buccina
noun
(historical, music) A curved brass instrument used by the Ancient Roman army.
bucking
bucking
noun
(forestry) The process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.
The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.
The liquid used in this process.
The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
verb
present participle of buck
bucklin
bucrnia
bulchin
bulchin
noun
(obsolete) A little bull; a bull calf.
caingua
calinut
candiru
candiru
noun
A small parasitic fish, Vandellia cirrhosa, native to the Amazon river, rumored to swim up male urethras.
caninus
caninus
noun
The caninus muscle.
capulin
capulin
noun
A Mexican timber tree (Condalia obovata) whose hard wood furnishes a blue dye.
A calabur tree (Muntingia calabura, sole species of Muntingia).
A groundcherry (any of most species of Physalis).
A tropical American tree (Trema micrantha), the bark of which yields a strong fiber
The Mexican cherry (Prunus serotina subsp. capuli, once Prunus capollin) and Prunus capuli, that yields a sap used in native remedies and has edible cherries of which the kernels of the pits furnish a flour.
cauking
cauline
cauline
adj
(botany) Growing immediately on a caulis, the main stem of a plant; of or pertaining to a caulis.
causing
causing
verb
present participle of cause
caution
caution
noun
(dated) One who draws attention or causes astonishment by their behaviour.
(law) A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.
(soccer) A yellow card.
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.
Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.
Security; guaranty; bail.
verb
(soccer) To give a yellow card
(transitive) To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.
chandui
chauvin
chequin
chequin
noun
Archaic form of zecchino (“old gold coin of Italy”).
chilung
chunari
chunnia
chuting
chuting
verb
present participle of chute
cinclus
cingula
cingula
noun
plural of cingulum
cinques
cinques
noun
(campanology) bell changes rung on eleven bells
plural of cinque
cinuran
clinium
clinium
noun
(botany) clinanthium
clinkum
clueing
cluniac
cluniac
Noun
A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France.
clunist
clupein
clupein
noun
(organic chemistry) A protamine found in herring.
clupien
coenuri
coenuri
noun
plural of coenurus
colinus
conduit
conduit
noun
(figurative) A means by which something is transmitted.
(finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets.
A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
congius
congius
noun
(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 10 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 3.3 L although differing slightly over time.
(historical) A Roman unit of mass instituted by Vespasian equivalent to about 3.3 kg, the weight of a congius of water.
coniums
coniums
noun
plural of conium
coquina
coquina
noun
(countable) Any of several small marine clams, of the species Donax variabilis, common in United States coastal waters.
(uncountable, geology) A soft form of limestone made of fragments of shells, sometimes used as a building or road paving material.
cotinus
council
council
noun
A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
Discussion or deliberation.
counite
counite
verb
(transitive) To bring together; to unite.
couping
couping
verb
present participle of coup
courtin
cousins
cousins
noun
plural of cousin
cousiny
cousiny
adj
(informal, rare) Resembling or characteristic of cousins.
cranium
cranium
noun
(anatomy) That part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.
(anthropology, informal) The upper portion of the skull, including the neurocranium and facial bones, but not including the jawbone (mandible).
(informal) Synonym of skull.
crinkum
crinula
crinums
crinums
noun
plural of crinum
crucian
crucian
noun
A small greenish-brown carp, Carassius carassius, farmed in parts of Europe.
cruorin
cruorin
noun
(biology) The colouring matter of the blood in the living animal; haemoglobin.
cubbing
cubbing
noun
The activities of Cub Scouts.
verb
present participle of cub
cucking
cucking
verb
present participle of cuck
cuffing
cuffing
noun
The act by which somebody is cuffed or struck.
The act or process of placing handcuffs on a person.
verb
present participle of cuff
cuinage
cuinage
noun
(obsolete, UK) The stamping of pigs of tin, by the proper officer, with the arms of the duchy of Cornwall.
cuisine
cuisine
noun
(countable, dated) A kitchen or cooking department.
(countable, uncountable) A characteristic style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
(uncountable) Synonym of culinary art: The art of preparing food, generally.
cuissen
cuisten
culling
culling
noun
Anything separated or selected from a mass.
The act by which things are culled; the process of selecting for acceptance or removal.
verb
present participle of cull
cullion
cullion
noun
(archaic, offensive) Synonym of asshole and/or bollocks, a mean, vile, or otherwise contemptable person.
(obsolete, usually in the plural) Synonym of testicle.
culming
cumarin
cumidin
cuminal
cuminal
noun
Synonym of cuminaldehyde
cumings
cuminic
cuminic
adj
Pertaining to, or derived from, cumin.
cuminol
cuminol
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic alcohol (4-propan-2-ylphenyl)methanol
cuminyl
cuminyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cuminol
cummine
cumming
cumming
verb
present participle of cum
cummins
cundiff
cundite
cundite
noun
Obsolete spelling of conduit
cunenei
cunning
cunning
adj
(US, colloquial, dated, New England) Cute, appealing.
(obsolete) Skillful, artful.
(obsolete) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
noun
(obsolete) Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).
Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.
The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
cunonia
cupania
cupidon
cupping
cupping
noun
(medicine) Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface.
(medicine, archaic) A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
(medicine, archaic) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
The taking of a small amount of a beverage such as tea or coffee into the mouth in order to taste it; a session where this is done.
verb
present participle of cup
cuprein
curbing
curbing
noun
A row of curbstones; the material used to construct such a curb
The damage caused to a wheel or tire by curbing (running the wheel or tire into or over a curb).
verb
present participle of curb
curding
curding
verb
present participle of curd
curling
curling
noun
(uncountable) A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).
The action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
verb
present participle of curl
curnies
curring
curring
verb
present participle of curr
cursing
cursing
noun
The act of one who curses.
verb
present participle of curse
curtain
curtain
noun
(architecture) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
(euphemistic, also "final curtain", sometimes in the plural) Death.
(fortifications) The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.
(obsolete, derogatory) A flag; an ensign.
(theater, by extension) The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises.
A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.
A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.
verb
(figuratively) To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.
To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.
curtein
curtein
noun
Alternative form of curtana
curving
curving
adj
That curves or curve.
noun
A shape or motion that curves.
verb
present participle of curve
curying
cushing
cushion
cushion
noun
(figuratively) a sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.
(finance, countable, uncountable) Money kept in reserve.
(historical) A pad supporting a woman's hair.
(historical) The dancer in the cushion dance who currently holds the cushion, or the dance itself.
(historical) The rubber of an electrical machine.
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.
A mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston.
A pad on which gilders cut gold leaf.
A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support; for sitting on, kneeling on, resting one's head on etc.
An engraver's pad.
The pillow used in making bone lace.
verb
To absorb or deaden the impact of.
To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
To furnish with cushions.
To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
cusping
cusping
noun
(architecture) A formation of cusps.
verb
present participle of cusp
cussing
cussing
noun
(US) The act of one who cusses, or uses bad language.
verb
present participle of cuss
cutikin
cutline
cutline
noun
(journalism, broadcasting) A caption under a photograph, or more narrowly just the explanatory text block under a photograph, excluding the title.
(journalism, broadcasting) In production, a hypothetical line that separates items that will be executed and publicized, versus items that will be cut.
(software) In software testing, a hypothetical line that separates tests that will be performed from tests that may not be performed due to lack of time.
(squash) A line on the front wall, above which the ball must hit for a serve
(surveying, travel) A linear cleared area through undeveloped land.
cutling
cutling
noun
(obsolete) The art of making edged tools or cutlery.
cutshin
cutting
cutting
adj
(India) Of a beverage: half-sized.
Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful.
Piercing, sharp.
That is used for cutting.
noun
(countable) A newspaper clipping.
(countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
(countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
(countable, Britain) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
(countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
(uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
(uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
(uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
verb
present participle of cut
cytinus
deucing
dhunchi
dhunchi
noun
Alternative form of dhaincha
doucine
doucine
noun
(architecture) A cyma or ogee.
ducking
ducking
adj
(slang, humorous) Euphemistic form of fucking.
noun
(countable) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
(uncountable) The action of the verb to duck.
verb
present participle of duck
duckpin
duckpin
noun
A short, squat form of tenpin.
ducting
ducting
noun
ductwork
verb
present participle of duct
duction
duction
noun
(obsolete) guidance
An eye movement involving only one eye.
dulcian
dulcian
noun
(music) A Renaissance bass woodwind instrument, with a double reed and a folded conical bore
dulcine
dunciad
duncify
duncify
verb
(transitive) To make stupid in intellect.
duncish
duncish
adj
Of the nature of a dunce; duncelike.
dunitic
dunitic
adj
Of or relating to dunite.
echinus
echinus
noun
(architecture) The egg-and-anchor or egg-and-dart moulding, because often identified with the Roman Doric capital.
(architecture) The quarter-round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style.
(architecture) The rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve.
educing
educing
verb
present participle of educe
esculin
esculin
noun
(organic chemistry) A coumarin glucoside which exists in horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), California buckeye (Aesculus californica), prickly box (Bursaria spinosa) and in daphnin (the dark green resin of Daphne mezereum).
eucaine
eucaine
noun
(pharmacology) A derivative of cocaine used as a local anesthetic in veterinary medicine.
euconic
eugenic
eugenic
adj
(genetics) Relating or adapting to production of good offspring.
Of or relating to eugenics.
eugonic
eugonic
adj
(biology, of bacterial growth) rapid and luxuriant
eunicid
eunicid
noun
(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Eunicidae.
(zoology, more broadly) Any polychaete worm of the order Eunicida.
eupneic
eupneic
adj
Characterized by eupnea; possessing healthy breathing.
fuchsin
fuchsin
noun
Alternative spelling of fuchsine
fucking
fucking
adj
(vulgar) An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it grammatically modifies.
(vulgar) Offensive, annoying or worthless.
adv
(vulgar) Really, very; having intensive force, often applying to the whole sentence or clause.
infix
(vulgar) Alternative spelling of -fucking-, used when the word inflix is put between two words
noun
(vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse, especially one lacking passion or a feeling of sincere love.
(vulgar, figuratively) An act of mistreatment.
verb
present participle of fuck
funicle
funicle
noun
(botany) The stalk or stem of an ovule or seed.
(entomology) Intermediate segments of the antenna of chalcid wasps adjoining the pedicel basally and the clava distally.
glaucin
glucina
glucina
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) beryllium oxide
glucine
glucine
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
guaican
guanica
gulonic
hibunci
iconium
ictinus
inachus
include
include
noun
(programming) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
verb
(obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
(obsolete) To enclose, confine.
(programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
To consider as part of something; to comprehend.
inclusa
incluse
inconnu
inconnu
noun
A large salmonid fish, Stenodus leucichthys, with a large mouth with a protruding lower jaw and a high and pointed dorsal fin