Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ace
acey
ache
ache
noun
(obsolete) parsley
Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
Rare spelling of aitch.
verb
(intransitive) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
(transitive, literary, rare) To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
acie
acle
acle
noun
An ironwood tree (Xylia xylocarpa); the hard wood of this tree
acme
acme
noun
(medicine) Synonym of crisis, the decisive moment in the course of an illness.
(rare) Full bloom or reproductive maturity.
A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.
A paragon: a person or thing representing such a high point.
Alternative letter-case form of Acme, particularly as a threading format.
acne
acne
noun
(pathology) A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.
A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.
acre
acre
noun
(Chester, historical) An area of 10,240 square yards or 4 quarters.
(informal, usually in the plural) A large quantity.
(informal, usually in the plural) A wide expanse.
(obsolete) A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.
(obsolete) A field.
(obsolete) The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yds (≈20 m) by 220 yds (≈200 m).
An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
acse
aesc
aesc
noun
Alternative form of æsc
alce
alec
alec
noun
A sauce made from alecs; alec sauce.
An anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried.
arce
cabe
cace
cade
cade
adj
(of an animal) abandoned by its mother and reared by hand
noun
(archaic) A cask or barrel.
An animal brought up or nourished by hand.
Juniperus oxycedrus (western prickly juniper), whose wood yields a tar.
verb
To make a pet of; to coddle, pamper, or spoil.
caen
cafe
cafe
noun
(South Africa) A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items.
Alternative form of café
cage
cage
noun
(US, derogatory, slang) An automobile.
(athletics) The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
(baseball) The catcher's wire mask.
(engineering) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
(field hockey or ice hockey, water polo) The goal.
(figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.
(graph theory) A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
(mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
In killer sudoku puzzles, an irregularly-shaped group of cells that must contain a set of unique digits adding up to a certain total, in addition to the usual constraints of sudoku.
The passenger compartment of a lift.
verb
(aviation) To immobilize an artificial horizon.
(figuratively) To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.
cake
cake
noun
(pyrotechnics) A multi-shot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.
(slang) A buttock, especially one that is exceptionally plump.
(slang) A trivially easy task or responsibility; from a piece of cake.
(slang) Money.
A block of any of various dense materials.
A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too.
verb
(UK, dialect, obsolete, intransitive) To cackle like a goose.
(intransitive) Of blood or other liquid, to dry out and become hard.
(transitive) Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.
(transitive) To form into a cake, or mass.
cale
cale
noun
(AUS) Any of a number of marine fish in the family Odacidae
came
came
noun
A grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together.
prep
Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation
verb
(colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of come
simple past tense of come
simple past tense of cum
cane
cane
noun
(US, Southern) Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar
(countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path
(countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
(countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
(countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking
(uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like
(uncountable) Sugar cane
(uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed
(uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
(with "the") Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
A lance or dart made of cane
A local European measure of length; the canna.
verb
(Britain, New Zealand, slang) to destroy; to comprehensively defeat
(Britain, New Zealand, slang) to do something well, in a competent fashion
(UK, slang, intransitive) to produce extreme pain
(transitive) To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
to strike or beat with a cane or similar implement
cape
cape
noun
(geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
(slang) A superhero.
A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
verb
(US, slang, chiefly with "for") To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy.
(nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.
(obsolete) To look for, search after.
(rare, dialectal or obsolete) To gaze or stare.
To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape.
To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
care
care
noun
(obsolete) Grief, sorrow. [13th–19th c.]
Close attention; concern; responsibility.
Maintenance, upkeep.
The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
The state of being cared for by others.
The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
Worry.
verb
(intransitive) (with for) To look after or look out for.
(intransitive, Appalachia) To mind; to object.
(intransitive, informal, by extension) For it to matter to, or make any difference to.
(intransitive, polite, formal) To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards.
(transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).
case
case
adj
(poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
noun
(UK, slang, obsolete) A counterfeit crown (five-shilling coin).
(US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
(academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
(grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
(grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
(law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
(medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
(mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
(now rare) A given condition or state.
(printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).
(programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
(typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
A box, sheath, or covering generally.
A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
A suitcase.
A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
An actual event, situation, or fact.
An enclosing frame or casing.
The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
verb
(obsolete) to propose hypothetical cases
(transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
(transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
(transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
cate
cate
noun
(in the plural) A delicacy or item of food.
cave
cave
intj
(Britain, school slang) look out!; beware!
noun
(caving) A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
(drilling, uncountable) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
(figuratively, also slang) The vagina.
(mining) A collapse or cave-in.
(nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
(obsolete) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
(programming) A code cave.
(slang, politics, often "Cave") A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
verb
(mining) In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
(mining, obsolete) To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
(obsolete) To dwell in a cave.
To collapse.
To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
To hollow out or undermine.
To surrender.
caye
cear
ceca
ceca
noun
plural of cecum
ceja
cela
cepa
cera
ceta
chae
clea
crea
dace
dace
noun
(US) Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.
The shoal-forming fish Leuciscus leuciscus common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
each
each
adv
For one; apiece; per.
det
All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
noun
(operations, philosophy) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
pron
Every one/thing individually or one by one.
ecad
ecad
noun
(ecology) An organism whose form has been affected by its environment.
A non-inherited somatic modification caused by an organism's environment.
ecap
ecca
ecla
ecma
ecpa
ecsa
ecua
edac
esac
esca
esca
noun
(historical) A kind of measuring cup once used for measuring escas of grain.
(historical) A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 6–9 L depending on the substance measured.
(ichthyology) The fleshy growth from an anglerfish's head that acts as a lure for its prey.
(phytopathology) A fungal disease afflicting grapes.
face
face
noun
(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
(card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
(cricket) The front surface of a bat.
(figurative) Presence; sight; front.
(geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
(golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
(heraldry) The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
(in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
(informal) A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
(informal) The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
(metonymically) A person; the self; (reflexively, objectifying) oneself.
(professional wrestling, slang) A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
One's facial expression.
Public image; outward appearance.
Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
The directed force of something.
The frontal aspect of something.
The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
verb
(engineering) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.
(intransitive) To have the front in a certain direction.
(intransitive, cricket) To be the batsman on strike.
(transitive) To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
(transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
(transitive) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
(transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
(transitive) To have as an opponent.
(transitive) To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
(transitive, obsolete) To confront impudently; to bully.
(transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
(transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
(transitive, retail) To arrange the products in (a store) so that they are tidy and attractive.
To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
haec
jcae
lace
lace
noun
(countable) A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. ᵂᵖ
(slang, obsolete) Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
(uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. ᵂᵖ
A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
verb
(ergative) To fasten (something) with laces.
(transitive) To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
(transitive) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.
(transitive) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
(transitive) To interweave items.
(transitive) To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
mace
mace
noun
(archaic) A billiard cue.
A ceremonial form of this weapon.
A heavy fighting club.
A knobbed mallet used by curriers make leather supple when dressing it.
A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.
A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.
An officer who carries a mace as a token of authority.
An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.
An old weight of 57.98 grains.
Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.
verb
(informal) To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can.
To hit someone or something with a mace.
To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device.
mcae
nace
pace
pace
adj
(cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
noun
(collective) A group of donkeys.
(cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
(obsolete) A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc.
(obsolete) An aisle in a church.
(obsolete) One's journey or route.
A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet.
Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.
Easter.
Speed or velocity in general.
The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
prep
(formal) With all due respect to.
verb
To measure by walking.
To set the speed in a race.
To walk back and forth in a small distance.
race
race
noun
(animal husbandry) A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
(archaic, uncountable) Ancestry.
(biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.
(computing) A race condition.
(mycology, bacteriology, informal) An infraspecific rank, a pathotype, pathovar, etc.
(obsolete) Characteristic quality or disposition.
(obsolete) Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.
(zoology) Subspecies.
A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins
A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
A group or category distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.
A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (compare ethnic group). See Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race.
A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
A large group of sentient beings distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (compare species, subspecies).
A progressive movement toward a goal.
A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
verb
(intransitive) To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
(intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
(intransitive, of a motor) To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
(transitive) To compete against in a race (contest).
Obsolete form of raze.
To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.