Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid.
Any compound that easily donates protons to a base; a Brønsted acid.
Any compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water; an Arrhenius acid.
Any corrosive substance.
acie
acis
adci
aicc
alic
amic
amic
adj
(chemistry) Of, relating to, or derived from an amine, amide or amic acid.
(obsolete, chemistry) Of, relating to, or derived from ammonia.
aric
asci
asci
noun
plural of ascus
asic
bice
bice
noun
A cobalt blue pigment.
A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt.
bick
bics
bioc
caci
cadi
cadi
noun
Alternative form of qadi
caia
caic
caid
caid
noun
(Ireland) Modern Gaelic football.
(historical) A local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish Spain; an alcaide.
Any of various ancient and traditional Irish football games.
cain
cain
noun
Alternative form of kain
cair
cair
noun
Alternative form of caer (“Welsh fortress”)
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To go.
(transitive, dialectal) To toss backwards and forwards; mix up; overhandle; stir about.
(transitive, obsolete) To carry.
cais
cali
cami
cami
noun
(colloquial) A camisole.
cari
casi
cati
ccci
ccid
ccim
ccip
ccir
ccis
cdiz
cedi
cedi
noun
The currency of Ghana, divided into 100 pesewas and represented by ₵.
ceil
ceil
noun
(mathematics) Abbreviation of ceiling.
(poetic) A ceiling.
verb
(mathematics) To set a higher bound.
(transitive) To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.
ceti
cevi
chai
chai
noun
(Judaism) A Jewish symbol representing life, traditionally worn as an amulet.
(winemaking) A place above ground for storing wine casks.
A female gypsy.
Ellipsis of masala chai, a beverage made with black teas, steamed milk and sweet spices, based loosely on Indian recipes.
chia
chia
noun
A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.
chic
chic
adj
Elegant, stylish.
noun
(chiefly uncountable) Good form; style.
(countable) A person with (a particular type of) chic.
A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture.
chid
chid
verb
simple past tense of chide
chih
chil
chin
chin
noun
(aviation) The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.
(boxing, uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
(informal) A chinchilla.
(slang, Britain) A lie, a falsehood.
(slang, Britain) A person of the upper class.
(slang, US) Talk.
The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.
verb
(chiefly UK, transitive) To punch or hit (someone)'s chin (part of the body).
(reflexive, intransitive) To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
(slang, dated, intransitive) To talk.
(slang, dated, transitive) To talk to or with (someone).
(transitive) To indicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.
(transitive) To put one's chin on (something).
(transitive) To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.
(transitive) To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.
chip
chip
noun
(New Zealand, northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, archaic in Canada, especially in the plural) A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.
(US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, especially in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable; a crisp.
(archaic, derogatory) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.
(cooking) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
(curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
(electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
(electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.
(games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.
(golf) A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.
(historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
(nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
(slang, dated) A sovereign (the coin).
(sports) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
verb
(UK, transitive, often with "in") to contribute.
(also, to chip at) To make fun of.
(intransitive) To become chipped.
(intransitive, card games, often with "in") To ante (up).
(transitive) To break small pieces from.
(transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.
(transitive, automotive) to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
(transitive, informal) To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
(transitive, sports) To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball.
chis
chis
noun
plural of chi
chit
chit
noun
(India, China) A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
(US and Britain dated) A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
(US, slang) A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.
(US, slang, euphemistic) Shit.
(gaming) A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
(historical) A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system.
(obsolete) An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.
(pharmacology) A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.
A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.
The embryonic growing bud of a plant
verb
(intransitive, Britain, dialect) To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
(transitive, Britain, dialect) To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.
(transitive, Britain, dialect) To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.
chiv
chiv
noun
A cooper's tool used to make that section.
The scooped out portion at the end of a stave used to make a cask, where the croze will be incised.
chui
ciac
ciao
ciao
intj
bye, goodbye.
hello, hi.
noun
A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao".
cica
cics
cida
ciel
ciel
verb
Alternative form of ceil
cigs
cigs
noun
plural of cig
cila
cill
cill
noun
Alternative form of sill
cilo
cima
cima
noun
Obsolete spelling of cyma
cine
cine
noun
(chiefly attributive) cinefilm
(medicine) Images of the heart taken by fluoroscopy.
cini
cion
cion
noun
(chiefly botany) Alternative spelling of scion
cipo
circ
circ
noun
(informal) Circumcision.
(obsolete) An amphitheatrical circle for sports; a circus.
cire
cire
noun
A fabric with a glazed finish.
ciri
cirl
cirl
noun
The cirl bunting
ciro
cisc
cise
cist
cist
noun
(archaeology) A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs.
(historical, Ancient Greece) A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece.
cita
cite
cite
noun
(informal) a citation
verb
to list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
to summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
city
city
noun
(Australia) The central business district; downtown.
(UK) A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.
(slang) A large amount of something (used after the noun).
A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
cive
cive
noun
Obsolete form of chive (“the herb”).
civy
civy
noun
Alternative form of civey
cixo
cize
cize
noun
(obsolete) bulk; largeness; size
clei
clid
clie
clim
clin
clio
clip
clip
noun
(fishing, UK, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
(informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
(military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
(military, colloquial) A removable magazine of a firearm.
(obsolete) An embrace.
(uncountable, Tyneside) The condition of something, its state.
A newspaper clipping.
A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
A season's crop of wool.
A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video
An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
The product of a single shearing of sheep.
verb
(American football) To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
(archaic) To hug, embrace.
(computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
(computer graphics, video games, transitive, intransitive) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
(dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
(signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
(slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
To curtail; to cut short.
To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
To fasten with a clip.
To grip tightly.
To hit or strike, especially in passing.
to grab or take stealthily
clit
clit
noun
(informal, vulgar) Short for clitoris..
(offensive, vulgar) A term of abuse.
(slang, often derogatory) A penis likened to a clitoris, especially in terms of smallness.
verb
(slang, vulgar, often with "off") To stimulate the clitoris.
cliv
clli
cmip
cmis
codi
coif
coif
noun
(historical) A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.
(historical) A similar item of chain mail headgear covering the head.
A hairdo.
An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.
verb
(transitive) To style or arrange hair.
coil
coil
noun
(electronics) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
(figurative) Entanglement; perplexity.
(now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
A cylinder of clay.
Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
verb
(obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
To wind cylindrically or spirally.
To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
coin
coin
noun
(card games) One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
(figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.
(informal, cryptocurrencies) A cryptocurrency; a cryptocoin.
(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
(uncountable, slang, UK, US, African-American Vernacular) Money in general, not limited to coins.
A corner or external angle.
A small circular slice of food.
A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
verb
(by extension) To make or fabricate (especially about words).
To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.
coir
coir
noun
The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.
coit
coit
noun
Obsolete form of quoit.
Synonym of coition
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To throw.
(rare) to copulate; to mate
coix
coix
noun
An East Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, sometimes harvested as a cereal.
coli
coli
noun
(often attributive, bacteriology) Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.
coni
coni
noun
plural of conus
cori
cpio
crib
crib
noun
(Britain) A bed for a child older than a baby.
(Canada) A small raft made of timber.
(UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) The stomach.
(US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
(cribbage) The card game cribbage.
(cribbage) The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer.
(cryptography) A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.
(nautical) A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel
(now chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A snack or packed lunch, especially as taken to work to eat during a break.
(obsolete) A job, a position; (Britain) an appointment.
(obsolete) A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent.
(slang) A cheat sheet or past test used by students; crib sheet.
(slang, sometimes African-American Vernacular) One’s residence, house or dwelling place, or usual place of resort.
(southern New Zealand) A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.
(usually in the plural) A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.
A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib.
A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing structure from below, as with a mineshaft or a building being raised off its foundation in preparation for being moved; see cribbing.
A confined space, as with a cage or office-cubicle
A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.
A literal translation, usually of a work originally in Latin or Ancient Greek.
A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.
A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.
A wicker basket; compare Moses basket.
The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or nativity scene, consisting of statues of Mary, Joseph and various other characters such as the magi.
verb
(India) To complain, to grumble
(intransitive) To install timber supports, as with cribbing.
(intransitive, of a horse) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.
(transitive) To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document or as an aid for some task; to create a crib sheet.
(transitive) To place or confine in a crib.
(transitive, informal) To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat.
(transitive, obsolete) To steal or embezzle, to cheat out of.
To crowd together, or to be confined, as if in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
(uncountable, vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse with a man.
num
(Cumbria) Ten, in Cumbrian sheep counting.
verb
(transitive, slang, vulgar) To mistreat or take advantage of somebody (often with around or up).
(transitive, slang, vulgar, of a man) To have sexual intercourse with.
dict
dioc
disc
disc
noun
(anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
(botany) The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.
(disc sports) Ellipsis of flying disc.; Synonym of frisbee; generic name for the trademark Frisbee;
A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.
Something resembling a disc.
Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.
verb
(agriculture) To harrow with a disc harrow.
(aviation, of a propeller) To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airflow and maximising the drag generated by the propeller.
dnic
dric
duci
emic
emic
adj
(social sciences, anthropology) Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture.
epic
epic
adj
(category theory, of a morphism) That is an epimorphism.
(colloquial, slang, informal) Extending beyond the usual or ordinary.
Momentously heroic; grand in scale or character
Of or relating to an epic.
noun
(computing) In software development, a large or extended user story.
A series of events considered appropriate to an epic.
An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
eric
eric
noun
(historical) A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
etic
etic
adj
(social sciences, anthropology) Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures.
fcic
fdic
fica
fice
fice
noun
(US regional) A small, snappy, belligerent, mixed-breed dog.
fico
fico
noun
(archaic) a fig; an insignificant trifle
(archaic) a sign of contempt made with the fingers
fict
fioc
fisc
fisc
noun
(Ancient Rome) The public treasury of Rome.
Any state treasury or exchequer.
flic
flic
noun
(computing) A data file containing computer animations.
(informal, slang) A French policeman.
foci
foci
noun
plural of focus
fuci
geic
geic
adj
Derived from humus.
gfci
gpci
hick
hick
noun
(derogatory) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.