(astronomy) The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its maximum.
arenous
arenous
adj
Alternative form of arenose
auberon
ausones
automen
automen
noun
plural of automan
autonoe
autonoe
Proper noun
One of the moons of Jupiter.
avenous
bedouin
bedouin
noun
A member of nomadic Arab tribes dwelling in the desert.
bemourn
bemourn
verb
(transitive, rare) To weep or mourn over.
beround
bonduel
bonheur
bonneau
bonuses
bonuses
noun
plural of bonus
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bonus
bounced
bounced
adj
(Internet) unsuccessful delivery of email
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bounce
bouncer
bouncer
noun
(Internet) An account or server (as with IRC and FTP) that invisibly redirects requests to another, used for anonymity or vanity.
(cricket) A short-pitched ball that bounces up towards, or above the height of the batsman’s head.
(dated) One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving.
(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble.
(slang, archaic) A boaster; a bully.
(slang, archaic) A bold lie.
(slang, archaic) A liar.
A bouncy castle.
A kind of seat mounted in a framework in which a baby can bounce up and down.
Something big; a good stout example of the kind.
bounces
bounces
noun
plural of bounce
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bounce
bounded
bounded
adj
(mathematical analysis, of a set) That can be enclosed within a ball of finite radius.
(set theory, order theory, of a poset X with partial order ≤) That contains a least element, a, and a greatest element, b, such that for all x ∈ X, a ≤ x ≤ b.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bound
bounden
bounden
adj
(dated) Now chiefly in the term bounden duty: made obligatory; binding.
(obsolete) Bound.
verb
(intransitive, archaic, specifically) To be obliged; to be under a duty or obligation (to do something).
(transitive, archaic, rare) past participle of bind.
bounder
bounder
noun
(UK, dated) A dishonourable man; a cad.
(UK, obsolete, colloquial) A four-wheeled type of dogcart or cabriolet
A social climber.
Something that bounds or jumps.
That which limits; a boundary.
bournes
bournes
noun
plural of bourne
buckone
buffone
buncoed
buncoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunco
bunkoed
bunkoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunko
bunuelo
burgeon
burgeon
noun
(obsolete) A bud, sprout, shoot.
verb
(intransitive) To grow or expand.
(intransitive) To swell to the point of bursting.
(intransitive, archaic) Of plants, to bloom, bud.
canezou
chesoun
chounce
chounce
verb
Alternative form of chounse
cneorum
coeburn
coendou
coendou
noun
A prehensile-tailed tree-dwelling porcupine found in Central and South America (genus Coendou)
coenure
coenure
noun
the larva of Taenia coenurus, the canine tapeworm - causes staggers in sheep
coenuri
coenuri
noun
plural of coenurus
cohunes
cohunes
noun
plural of cohune
commune
commune
noun
(historical) A self-governing city or league of citizens.
(obsolete) The commonalty; the common people.
(uncountable, obsolete) Communion; sympathetic conversation between friends.
A local political division in many European countries.
A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
verb
(Christianity, intransitive) To receive the communion.
(intransitive, followed by with) To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
conduce
conduce
verb
(intransitive, formal) To contribute or lead to a specific result.
conesus
confuse
confuse
verb
(intransitive) To be confused.
(transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
(transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
(transitive, dated) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
(transitive, obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
confute
confute
verb
(transitive, now rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.
congrue
congrue
verb
(obsolete) To agree; to be suitable.
conjure
conjure
noun
(African-American Vernacular) The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration.
verb
(intransitive) To perform magic tricks.
(intransitive, archaic) To practice black magic.
(intransitive, obsolete) To conspire or plot.
(transitive) To evoke.
(transitive) To imagine or picture in the mind.
(transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.
(transitive, archaic) To enchant or bewitch.
(transitive, archaic) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
conquer
conquer
verb
(dated) To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate.
To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
To overcome an abstract obstacle.
conspue
consume
consume
verb
(economics, transitive, intransitive) To trade money for good or services as an individual.
(intransitive, obsolete) To waste away slowly.
(transitive) To absorb information, especially through the mass media.
(transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
(transitive) To destroy completely.
(transitive) To eat.
(transitive) To use up.
consute
consute
adj
(entomology) Marked as if with stitches, like the wing-covers of some beetles.
contenu
conteur
contune
contuse
contuse
verb
(transitive) To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.
conusee
conuses
conuzee
corneum
corneum
noun
(anatomy) The outermost layer of the skin.
cornule
cornute
cornute
adj
cornuted
verb
(transitive) To give 'horns' to; to make a cuckold of.
counite
counite
verb
(transitive) To bring together; to unite.
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).
counted
counted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of count
countee
counter
counter
adj
Contrary or opposing
adv
Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.
In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.
noun
(Internet) A hit counter.
(curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
(grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
(historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
(martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
(music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
(nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
(programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
(typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted
A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
One who counts.
The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
verb
(boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
(transitive, obsolete) To encounter.
To contradict, oppose.
To take action in response to; to respond.
crunode
crunode
noun
(geometry) A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch.
cuajone
cuzceno
demount
demount
verb
(obsolete) To dismount.
(transitive) To remove from its mounting; to take down from a mounted position.
deyoung
donahue
donohue
douanes
douanes
noun
plural of douane
doucine
doucine
noun
(architecture) A cyma or ogee.
dourine
dourine
noun
covering sickness
dubenko
dudgeon
dudgeon
noun
(archaic) A dagger which has a dudgeon hilt.
(obsolete) A hilt made of this wood.
(obsolete) A kind of wood used especially in the handles of knives; the root of the box tree.
A feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation.
dugento
dungeon
dungeon
noun
(BDSM) A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity.
(games) An area inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure and bosses.
(obsolete) A shrewd person.
(obsolete) The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.
An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
verb
(transitive) To imprison in a dungeon.
dunmore
duodena
duodena
noun
plural of duodenum
duodene
duodene
noun
(music) A schematic group of twelve notes.
(rare) A group of twelve.
duotone
duotone
adj
Having two tones.
noun
Any picture printed in two shades of the same colour, such as a duotype or duograph.
duplone
durenol
eioneus
elusion
elusion
noun
The act of eluding.
elution
elution
noun
(analytical chemistry) The process of removing materials that are absorbed with a solvent.
embound
embound
verb
(transitive, rare) To bound or enclose.
enamour
enamour
verb
(British spelling, Australian spelling, Canadian spelling, New Zealand spelling) Standard spelling of enamor.
encloud
encloud
verb
(transitive) To envelop in clouds.
endoubt
endoute
enduros
enduros
noun
plural of enduro
engouee
ennomus
enoughs
enoughs
noun
plural of enough
enounce
enounce
verb
To declare or proclaim.
To say or pronounce; to enunciate.
To state unequivocally.
enrough
enround
enround
verb
(archaic) To surround.
ensouls
ensouls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ensoul
envious
envious
adj
(obsolete) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
(obsolete, poetic) Inspiring envy.
Excessively careful; cautious.
Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging
enwound
enwound
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enwind
equinox
equinox
noun
(also figuratively) The circumstance of a twenty-four hour time period having the day and night of equal length.
(astronomy) A celestial equator (“great circle on the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the Earth's equator (the equatorial plane)”); also, the Earth's equator.
(astronomy) One of the two points in space where the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth.
(rare) A gale (“very strong wind”) once thought to occur more frequently around the time of an equinox (sense 1), now known to be a misconception; an equinoctial gale.
One of the two occasions in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun (the ecliptic) intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth; this happens on a day between March 19 and 21 (spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere), and on another day between September 21 and 24 (autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in the Southern Hemisphere); hence, the exact time when the intersection occurs.
equison
equison
noun
(archaic) groom, ostler, equerry, jockey
euboean
euconic
eudemon
eudemon
noun
Alternative form of eudaemon
eugenio
eugenol
eugenol
noun
(chemistry) The aromatic compound with chemical formula C₁₀H₁₂O₂, an allyl chain-substituted guaiacol of the phenylpropanoids, found in essential oils such as clove, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
eugonic
eugonic
adj
(biology, of bacterial growth) rapid and luxuriant
eunomia
eunomus
euonymy
euonymy
noun
The creation or use of self-descriptive names.
euphone
euphony
euphony
noun
A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
Pleasant phonetic quality of certain words.
eupione
eupione
noun
(organic chemistry) A clear oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series.
eupnoea
eurobin
europan
expound
expound
verb
(intransitive) To make a statement, especially at length.
(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length
fenuron
fenuron
noun
(organic chemistry) The herbicide 3-phenyl-1,1-dimethylurea.
fleuron
fleuron
noun
(architecture) The small flower at the centre of each side of a Corinthian abacus; a flos.
(typography) The typographic element (❧), used as a punctuation mark or for decoration.
An ornament or knob in the shape of a flower
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.
fondues
fondues
noun
plural of fondue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fondue
forerun
forerun
verb
To precede; to forecast or foreshadow.
To run in front.
fortune
fortune
noun
A large amount of money.
A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
Destiny, especially favorable.
Good luck.
One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To happen, to take place.
To provide (someone) with a fortune.
To tell the fortune of (someone); to presage.
founded
founded
adj
Having a basis.
verb
(nonstandard, childish) simple past tense and past participle of find
To set up; to launch; to institute.
simple past tense and past participle of found
founder
founder
noun
(genetics) Someone for whose parents one has no data.
(veterinary medicine) A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.
One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
One who founds or establishes (especially said of a company, project, organisation, state)
The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
verb
(intransitive) To fail; to miscarry.
(intransitive) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
(intransitive, of a ship) To flood with water and sink.
(transitive) To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.
(transitive, archaic, nautical) To cause to flood and sink, as a ship.
frounce
frounce
noun
A canker in the mouth of a hawk.
A plait or curl.
verb
(rare) To crease, wrinkle, to frown.
(rare, transitive, intransitive) To curl.
To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress.
fungoes
fungoes
noun
plural of fungo
fungose
gelonus
goulden
goulden
adj
Obsolete form of golden.
gudgeon
gudgeon
noun
(Australia) Any of various similar small fish of the family Eleotridae, often used as bait.
(also attributively) A circular or cylindrical fitting, often made of metal, into which a pin or pintle fits to create a hinge or pivoting joint.
(figurative, archaic) A person apt to take the bait; one easily cheated or duped; also, an idiot.
(figurative, archaic) Something used to lure or tempt; bait, a lure.
(nautical, specifically) In a vessel with a stern-mounted rudder: the fitting into which the pintle of the rudder fits, allowing the rudder to swing freely.
A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To take the bait; to be defrauded or duped.
(transitive, archaic) To deprive (someone) fraudulently; to cheat, to dupe.
guenons
guenons
noun
plural of guenon
guerdon
guerdon
noun
(now literary) A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade.
verb
(transitive) To give such a reward to.
gurgeon
heinous
heinous
adj
Totally reprehensible.
hounded
hounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hound
hounder
hounder
noun
One who hounds or harasses somebody.
hueston
humnoke
igneous
igneous
adj
(geology) Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.
Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.
joensuu
joulean
jounced
jounced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jounce
jounces
jounces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jounce
jounieh
journey
journey
noun
(collective, colloquial) A group of giraffes.
(figurative) Any process or progression likened to a journey, especially one that involves difficulties or personal development.
(obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
(obsolete) A day's work.
(obsolete) A day.
A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
verb
To travel, to make a trip or voyage.
juglone
juglone
noun
(organic chemistry) An allelopathic aromatic compound found in the leaves, roots, husks, and bark of plants in the Juglandaceae family, particularly the black walnut, used as a colouring agent.