(transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled.
(transitive, figurative) To cast in a negative light, cast a pall over, darken.
(transitive, usually passive) To cover or surround with clouds.
beclout
beclout
verb
(transitive) To cover with a clout or cloth.
(transitive, figuratively) To dress up.
blockus
bouchal
boucles
boucles
noun
plural of boucle
buchloe
bucolic
bucolic
adj
Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.
Relating to the pleasant aspects of rustic country life.
Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
noun
A pastoral poem.
A rustic, peasant.
bullock
bullock
noun
(archaic) A young bull.
A castrated bull; an ox.
verb
To bully.
cagoule
cagoule
noun
(Britain) A lightweight waterproof parka.
calhoun
calhoun
Proper noun
An Irish surname, variant of the Scottish Colquhoun.
A city in that is the of
A village in
A city in that is the county seat of
A city in
The former name of until it was in 1943.
A town in
An in
callous
callous
adj
(figurative) Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
(literally) Having calluses, or relating to calluses.
noun
Alternative form of callus
callout
callout
noun
(US) A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team.
(communication) An outgoing telephone call.
(idiomatic) A form of verbal abuse with the intention to make the victim feel guilty.
(slang) An invitation to fight.
(typography, graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.
A request for people to join or take part.
An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks.
An instance of being summoned to visit a certain place in order to provide assistance; an instance of summoning someone who is on call.
The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend; the act of calling in sick.
calvous
calvous
adj
(botany, rare) Lacking bristles or pappuses.
(formal, medicine, rare) Lacking most or all of one's hair; bald, hairless.
canalou
carolus
carolus
Noun
An old English gold coin, worth 20 (or later 23) shillings.
caulome
caulome
noun
(botany) A stem structure or stem axis of a plant, viewed as a whole.
caulote
cholula
chylous
chylous
adj
(physiology) Consisting of, or similar to, chyle.
ciboule
ciboule
noun
Alternative form of cibol
cilurzo
clamour
clamour
noun
British spelling and Canadian spelling spelling of clamor
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.
(transitive, obsolete) To salute loudly.
(transitive, obsolete) To stun with noise.
Britain and Canada spelling of clamor
claudio
cloques
cloques
noun
plural of cloque
cloquet
closeup
closeup
noun
(film) A video or film recording made with the camera positioned close to an actor, often so that only the head or face is visible.
closure
closure
noun
(mathematics) The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
(obsolete) That which encloses or confines; an enclosure.
(politics) A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.
(programming) An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.
(sociology) The phenomenon by which a group maintains its resources by the exclusion of others from their group based on varied criteria. ᵂᵖ
(topology, of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily.
The act of shutting; a closing.
The process whereby the reader of a comic book infers the sequence of events by looking at the picture panels.
clotbur
clotbur
noun
(UK, dialect) The burdock.
The cocklebur.
cloture
cloture
noun
(law, politics, chiefly US) In legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate (that is, a filibuster): a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter. For example, in the United States Senate, a three-fifths majority vote of the body is required to invoke cloture and terminate debate.
verb
To end legislative debate by this means.
clouded
clouded
adj
(figurative) Unclear; surrounded in mystery.
Filled with clouds.
Made dim or blurry.
Variegated with spots.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cloud
cloughs
cloughs
noun
plural of clough
cloured
cloured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clour
clouted
clouted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clout
clouter
clouter
noun
(obsolete) One who patches clothes.
One who clouts or strikes.
clubdom
clubdom
noun
The world or sphere of clubs (membership organisations).
coagula
coagula
noun
plural of coagulum
coagule
cocalus
coccule
cocullo
coequal
coequal
adj
Equal to each other in size, rank or position.
noun
An equal person or thing.
colauxe
colburn
colinus
collaud
collaud
verb
(obsolete) To join in praising.
collude
collude
verb
(intransitive) to act in concert with; to conspire
colobus
colobus
noun
(zoology) Any of several large arboreal African monkeys of the genus Colobus.
colonus
colonus
noun
(historical) A sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages.
colorum
colorum
noun
(Philippines) A public transport vehicle operating without a franchise.
(Philippines) A rebel organization characterized by religious fanaticism or a member thereof.
colours
colours
noun
(nautical) Flag denoting the nationality of a vessel, flown from the stern.
plural of colour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colour
coloury
coloury
adj
Having plenty of colour; colorful.
coluber
colugos
colugos
noun
plural of colugo
columba
columbo
columel
columel
noun
(architecture) A small column.
columna
columns
columns
noun
(juggling) pattern which involves throwing props in the air alternately.
plural of column
colunar
colures
colures
noun
plural of colure
colutea
conflux
conflux
noun
A convergence or moving gathering of forces, people, or things.
A merger of rivers, or the place where rivers merge.
consuls
consuls
noun
plural of consul
consult
consult
noun
(US) A visit, e.g. to a doctor; a consultation.
(obsolete) A council; a meeting for consultation.
(obsolete) Agreement; concert.
(obsolete) The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation
(obsolete) the result of consultation; determination; decision.
verb
(intransitive) To advise or offer expertise.
(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
(intransitive) To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.
(transitive) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person)
(transitive) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
(transitive) To refer to (something) for information.
(transitive, obsolete) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
(transitive, obsolete) To deliberate upon; to take for.
coolung
coolung
noun
The great grey crane (Grus grus) as found in India.
copulae
copular
copular
adj
(grammar) Being or relating to a copula.
copulas
copulas
noun
plural of copula
corbleu
corbula
cordula
cornual
cornual
adj
(anatomy) Located near, or relating to, an animal's horns.
cornule
coruler
coruler
noun
One who jointly rules with somebody else.
corylus
costful
costful
adj
(archaic) Expensive; sumptuous
Indicative of expenditure or loss; costly
costula
costula
noun
(zoology) A little rib or ridge.
coteful
cotulla
coulage
couldna
couldna
abbrev
(chiefly slang) Contraction of could not have.
couldnt
couldnt
abbrev
Misspelling of couldn't.
couldst
couldst
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of can
coulees
coulees
noun
plural of coulee
couleur
couleur
noun
(card games) A suit of cards, in certain French card games.
coulier
couloir
couloir
noun
(climbing, skiing) A steep gorge along a mountainside.
(rare) A corridor or passage.
coulomb
coulomb
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C
coulson
coulter
coulter
noun
(Britain) Alternative spelling of colter
coulure
coulure
noun
A disease affecting grapes, manifested by the premature dropping of the fruit.
council
council
noun
A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
Discussion or deliberation.
counsel
counsel
noun
A lawyer, as in King's Counsel (KC) or Queen's Counsel (QC).
Advice; guidance.
Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
Exercise of judgment; prudence.
The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation.
verb
(transitive) To give advice, especially professional advice, to (somebody).
(transitive) To recommend (a course of action).
coupled
coupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of couple
coupler
coupler
noun
(music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
(now rare) Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.
A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.
Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
couples
couples
noun
plural of couple
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of couple
couplet
couplet
noun
(literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
(taxonomy) A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.
A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.
courlan
courlan
noun
Limpkin.
courtal
courtly
courtly
adj
(obsolete) Overly eager to please or obey.
Befitting of a royal court; reflecting the manners or behaviour of people at court.
Of or relating to a royal court.
adv
In the manner of a royal court; in a manner befitting of a royal court.
couthly
cozumel
cozumel
Proper noun
A resort island in the Caribbean Sea, off of the northeastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
croupal
croupal
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, suggestive of, or caused by croup.
cuckold
cuckold
noun
(fetishism) A man who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter.
A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.
verb
(transitive) To make a cuckold or cuckquean of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing their partner or spouse.
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.
culosio
culotte
culotte
noun
singular of culottes
culpose
cumbola
cuminol
cuminol
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic alcohol (4-propan-2-ylphenyl)methanol
cupolar
cupolar
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to a cupola.
cupolas
cupolas
noun
plural of cupola
doucely
doucely
adv
In a douce manner.
dulcose
dulcose
noun
(organic chemistry) dulcite
dulotic
dulotic
adj
Of or relating to dulosis.
eclogue
eclogue
noun
A pastoral poem, often in the form of a shepherd's monologue or a dialogue between shepherds.
elocute
elocute
verb
(US, law) To state, assert or admit.
encloud
encloud
verb
(transitive) To envelop in clouds.
eulogic
eulogic
adj
eulogical
floccus
floccus
noun
(meteorology) A cloud species which consists of rounded tufts of cloud, often formed by dissipation from larger cloud species. Associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera.
A flock or tuft of wool or wool-like hairs; the downy plumage of unfledged birds.
flounce
flounce
noun
(sewing) A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.ᵂ
A row of spines, corrugations, or skin folds on the hemipenis of a snake.
The act of flouncing.
verb
(archaic) To flounder; to make spastic motions.
To decorate with a flounce.
To depart in a haughty, dramatic way that draws attention to oneself.
To move in an exaggerated, bouncy manner.
flouncy
flouncy
adj
Gathered and pleated.
fluoric
fluoric
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, obtained from or containing fluorine
(obsolete, inorganic chemistry) hydrofluoric
foulbec
glucose
glucose
noun
(biochemistry) A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C₆H₁₂O₆; it is a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.
goldcup
goldcup
noun
The buttercup.
gulonic
gunlock
gunlock
noun
A mechanism fitted to a cannon that fires it when a cord is pulled.
hullock
hullock
noun
(sailing) A small part of a sail lowered in a gale to keep the ship’s head to the sea.
hurlock
hurlock
Proper noun
A town in Maryland.
inocula
inocula
noun
plural of inoculum
jocular
jocular
adj
Humorous, amusing or joking.
klockau
lecuona
leucoid
leucoma
leucoma
noun
(pathology) An opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
leucous
leucous
adj
white; albino
linocut
linocut
noun
(art, printing) A type of woodcut in which a block of linoleum is used for the relief surface; the design cut into the block.
locatum
lockful
lockful
noun
Enough water to fill a canal lock.
locknut
locknut
noun
A nut with an inner ring made of a material with elastic properties to prevent it from slipping.
A second nut, screwed down onto another in order to prevent it slipping.
lockout
lockout
noun
(by extension) The exclusion of certain people from a place, event, situation, etc.
(computing) A situation where the system is not responding to input.
(labor) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
(weightlifting) An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion.
(weightlifting) The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".
A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation.
The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
The restriction of a population to a certain area, but allowing free movement within that region, in order to prevent the spread of disease. Compare lockdown.
lockrum
lockups
lockups
noun
plural of lockup
locular
locular
adj
Having a loculus or compartment.
loculed
loculed
adj
Having (a specified kind or number of) locules.
locules
locules
noun
plural of locule
loculus
loculus
noun
(botany) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.
(zoology) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
In ancient catacombs and tombs of some types, a small separate chamber or recess cut into the rock, for the reception of a body or urn.
locusca
locusta
locusta
noun
(botany) The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses
locusts
locusts
noun
plural of locust
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of locust