(nautical, obsolete) (of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.
noun
(informal) A hold, grip, grasp.
aholt
ahull
ahull
adv
(nautical) Having the sails furled and the helm lashed alee, as during a storm.
(nautical) at the hull of a ship
ahwal
aleph
aleph
noun
The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif).
alhet
alish
alish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of ale.
allah
allah
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Allah
almah
almah
noun
An Egyptian singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; a dancing-girl, a prostitute.
almeh
aloha
aloha
intj
(chiefly Hawaii) Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye.
noun
(Hawaii) An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).
(Hawaii) Good wishes, love.
alpha
alpha
adj
(astronomy) Designates some bright star, usually the brightest star, of a constellation.
(of person, object or action) Exhibiting characteristics of the alpha male/female archetype.
Designates the first in an order of precedence.
noun
(aviation) Angle of attack.
(computer graphics) The level of translucency of a color, as determined by the alpha channel.
(fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a dominant secondary sex driven by biology, magic, or other means to bond with an omega, with males of this type often having canine-like genitalia.
(finance) The return of a given asset or portfolio adjusted for systematic risk.
(informal, abbreviation) Short for alphabet.
(sciences) The name of the symbols Α and α used in science and mathematics, often interchangeable with the symbols when used as a prefix.
(software engineering) The first versions of a program, usually only available to the developer, and only tested by the developer.
(statistics) The significance level of a statistical test; the alpha level.
A person, especially a male, who is dominant, successful and attractive; (see alpha male).
Latin alpha: the Latin letter Ɑ (minuscule: ɑ).
The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.
altha
altho
altho
conj
(informal, chiefly US) Alternative spelling of although
alvah
ashil
ashla
ashli
ashly
athal
athel
athel
noun
(obsolete) A chief or lord.
A discrimination of originality and nobility ( الأصيل)
A kind of tamarisk native to northern Africa and the Middle East, Tamarix aphylla, planted widely elsewhere as a shade tree and a windbreak due to its tolerance of heat and of alkaline soils, but tending to become invasive outside of its native range.
athol
balch
balkh
balkh
Proper noun
An ancient city and centre of Buddhism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism and capital of Bactria.
One of the 34 provinces in Afghanistan, Balkh Province.
belah
belah
noun
beefwood
bhalu
bhola
blahs
blahs
noun
(with the) A feeling of boredom and no motivation; depression.
plural of blah
blash
calah
chald
chalk
chalk
noun
(US, military, countable) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
(US, sports, chiefly basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.
(US, sports, chiefly basketball, horseracing) The favorite in a sporting event.
(countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO4), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).
(uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3).
(uncountable, climbing, gymnastics) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, or losing grip in weight-lifting or gymnastics, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk, often magnesium carbonate (MgCO3).
Tailor's chalk.
verb
(figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
To manure (land) with chalk.
To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
chawl
chawl
noun
A type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for poor working-class people.
chela
chela
noun
A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid. [from 17th c.]
A pupil or disciple, especially in Hinduism. [from 19th c.]
chola
chola
noun
A female cholo (Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody with similar characteristics).
chula
chula
noun
(Bangladesh, India) hearth, fireplace
clach
clash
clash
noun
(Scotland) Chatter; gossip; idle talk.
(hurling) An instance of restarting the game after a "dead ball", where it is dropped between two opposing players, who can fight for possession.
(onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects.
(sports) match; a game between two sides.
A combination of garments that do not look good together, especially because of conflicting colours.
A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
An angry argument
Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.
verb
(intransitive) To argue angrily.
(intransitive) To make a clashing sound.
(intransitive, Scotland) To chatter or gossip.
(intransitive, in games or sports) To face each other in an important game.
(intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.
(intransitive, of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.
(transitive) To cause to make a clashing sound.
To come into violent conflict.
cohla
dahle
dahls
dahls
noun
plural of dahl
dhals
dhals
noun
plural of dhal
dhyal
elath
eloah
elsah
elvah
ethal
ethal
noun
(obsolete, organic chemistry) cetyl alcohol
fhlba
flash
flash
adj
(British, Australia and New Zealand, slang) Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
(UK, of a person) Having plenty of ready money.
(UK, of a person) Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
(US, slang) Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
(slang, obsolete) Relating to thieves and vagabonds.
noun
(Britain, Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
(archaic) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.
(colloquial, US) A flashlight; an electric torch.
(computing, uncountable) Clipping of flash memory.
(dated) A newsflash.
(engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
(figuratively) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
(juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
(linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
(military) A form of military insignia.
(photography) Clipping of camera flash (“a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help illuminate a scene”).
(uncountable) Pizzazz, razzle-dazzle.
A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).
A pool.
A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
A tattoo flash (example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo).
A very short amount of time.
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.
Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.
verb
(figurative) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
(intransitive) To be visible briefly.
(intransitive) To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
(intransitive) To burst out into violence.
(intransitive, of liquid) To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)
(juggling) To perform a flash.
(metallurgy) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
(transitive) To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
(transitive) To make visible briefly.
(transitive) To send by some startling or sudden means.
(transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
(transitive, climbing) To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
(transitive, computing) To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).
(transitive, glassmaking) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
(transitive, glassmaking) To expand (blown glass) into a disc.
(transitive, intransitive, informal) To expose one's intimate body part or piece of clothing, often momentarily. (Contrast streak.)
(transitive, obsolete) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
(transitive, obsolete) To trick up in a showy manner.
To communicate quickly.
To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
fulah
galah
galah
noun
(Australia, slang) A fool, an idiot.
A pink and grey species of cockatoo, Eolophus roseicapilla, native to Australia.
hable
hable
adj
Obsolete form of able.
Obsolete form of habile.
hadal
hadal
adj
Of or relating to the deepest parts of the ocean.
haile
hails
hails
noun
plural of hail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hail
haily
haily
adj
Containing hail; involving hail falling.
halaf
halal
halal
adj
(Islam) Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
(figuratively, by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice; acceptable.
(of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.
adv
In a halal manner; in accordance with Muslim religious customs.
verb
(transitive) To make halal.
halas
halas
noun
plural of hala
halbe
halch
halda
haldi
haldi
noun
(India) Synonym of turmeric
haldu
haled
haled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hale
haler
haler
adj
comparative form of hale: more hale
noun
Alternative form of heller (“currency unit, 100th of a koruna”)
hales
hales
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hale
haley
haley
Proper noun
a common spelling variant of Hayley.
name, popular in the US in the 1990s and the 2000s.
Any of several places in the US and Canada named after persons with the surname.
halfa
halfa
noun
Synonym of esparto (“North African grass”)
halfy
halid
halid
noun
(chemistry) Archaic form of halide.
(zoology) Any spider in the family Halidae, now considered part of the Pisauridae.
halie
halke
halla
halle
halli
hallo
hallo
intj
(dated) A cry of surprise.
Alternative form of hello
noun
A shout of exultation.
The cry "hallo!"
verb
(intransitive) To shout, or to call with a loud voice.
(transitive) To chase while shouting "hallo!"
(transitive) To cry "hallo" (to someone).
(transitive) To shout (something).
halls
halls
noun
(UK, uncountable) Student accommodation
plural of hall
hally
hally
Proper noun
A rare spelling variant of Hallie, diminutive of the female given name Harriet.
halma
halma
noun
(board games, uncountable) A board game invented by George Howard Monks in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares.
(countable, historical) In the Greek pentathlon, the long jump with weights in the hands.
halms
halms
noun
plural of halm
haloa
halos
halos
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of halo
halse
halse
noun
(anatomy, archaic) The neck; the throat.
Alternative form of hawse
verb
(dialectal) To fall upon the neck of; hug; embrace.
(obsolete) To haul; to hoist.
(transitive) To beseech; adjure.
(transitive) To greet; salute; hail.
halsy
halte
halts
halts
noun
plural of halt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of halt
halva
halva
noun
A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in South Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
halve
halve
verb
(architecture, transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
(golf, transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.
(transitive) To divide into two halves.
(transitive) To make up half of.
(transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
halvy
halwe
hamal
hamal
noun
A porter in Turkey and nearby countries.
hamel
hamel
verb
Alternative form of hamble
hamil
hamli
haole
haole
noun
(Hawaii) A non-Hawaiian, usually specifically a white.
haply
haply
adv
By accident or luck.
Perhaps; by chance.
harle
harle
noun
A bird, the red-breasted merganser.
harli
harls
harls
noun
plural of harl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harl
hatel
hatel
Adjective
hateful; detestable
hauld
haulm
haulm
noun
(countable) An individual plant stem.
(countable) Part of a harness; a hame.
(uncountable) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
hauls
hauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of haul
hault
hault
adj
(obsolete) Lofty; haughty.
havel
havel
Proper noun
A river in Germany.
hazel
hazel
adj
Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)
noun
(countable and uncountable) A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
(countable) A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
(countable) The nut of the hazel tree.
(mining, countable) Freestone.
(uncountable) The wood of a hazelnut tree.
hazle
hazle
noun
Archaic form of hazel.
heald
heald
noun
(weaving) heddle
Alternative form of hield
heall
heals
heals
noun
plural of heal
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heal
healy
hecla
hekla
helas
helas
intj
Obsolete form of alas.
helda
helga
helsa
hemal
hemal
adj
US standard spelling of haemal.
hibla
hilar
hilar
adj
Relating to or near a hilum.
hilda
hilla
hilsa
hilsa
noun
Tenualosa ilisha, a fish in the herring family, and a popular food fish in South Asia.
holia
holla
holla
intj
(African-American Vernacular) used to express interest in a woman
(colloquial) what's up; a greeting
verb
(colloquial) To shout out or greet casually.
holna
horal
horal
adj
Of or relating to an hour, or to hours.
horla
huila
hulas
hulas
noun
plural of hula
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hula