(pharmacology) Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
noun
(pharmacology) A detergent.
acquent
adurent
almuten
alunite
alunite
noun
(mineralogy) A gray, water-soluble mineral, potassium aluminium sulphate; the natural source of alum, KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆.
amentum
amentum
noun
catkin
anethum
angekut
anlaute
annuent
annuent
adj
nodding; used in nodding
annulet
annulet
noun
(architecture) A ring-shaped molding at the top of a column.
(heraldry) A small circle borne as a charge in coats of arms.
A small ring.
Charissa obscurata (also Scotch annulet), a moth of the family Geometridae.
antaeus
anterus
antheus
antique
antique
adj
(bookbinding) Embossed without gilt.
(obsolete) Synonym of antic, specifically:
(typography) Designating a style of type.
Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.
Fantastic, odd, wild, antic.
Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
noun
(figuratively, mildly derogatory) An old person.
(in the singular) The style or manner of ancient times, used especially of Greek and Roman art.
(obsolete) A man of ancient times.
(typography) A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal thickness.
A performer in an antic; or in general, a burlesque performer, a buffoon.
An object of ancient times.
An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance.
Grotesque entertainment; an antic.
verb
(intransitive) To search or shop for antiques.
(transitive) To make (an object) appear to be an antique in some way.
(transitive, bookbinding) To emboss without gilding.
attuned
attuned
adj
(of a musical instrument) Tuned to the correct pitch.
Brought into harmony; harmonized.
Having been changed to fit in with a particular context or to be in sync with a phenomenon.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attune
attunes
attunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attune
audient
audient
adj
Listening, paying attention.
noun
(obsolete) A hearer; a member of an audience
(obsolete, specifically) A catechumen (“convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism”) in the early Christian Church.
augment
augment
noun
(grammar) In some Bantu languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
(grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
An increase.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.
(intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
(music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
(transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
aunters
aunters
noun
plural of aunter
aunties
aunties
noun
plural of auntie
plural of aunty
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of auntie
austine
automen
automen
noun
plural of automan
autonoe
autonoe
Proper noun
One of the moons of Jupiter.
banquet
banquet
noun
(archaic) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.
A ceremonial dinner party for many people.
A large celebratory meal; a feast.
verb
(intransitive) To participate in a banquet; to feast.
(obsolete) To have dessert after a feast.
(transitive) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
bautzen
bautzen
Proper noun
A city in Germany.
beennut
bethune
betrunk
betrunk
verb
(transitive) To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.
betulin
betulin
noun
(biochemistry) A naturally-abundant triterpene, commonly isolated from the bark of birch trees, that can be converted to betulinic acid
beuthen
beutner
bitumen
bitumen
noun
(Australia, colloquial) Roads sealed with bitumen, as opposed to dirt roads.
(Canada) Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil.
(by extension) Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch.
verb
To cover or fill with bitumen.
bleaunt
bleaunt
noun
(historical) A short tunic or blouse worn in the Middle Ages
blunket
blunket
adj
(obsolete) Gray; grayish or light blue.
noun
(obsolete) A cloth, or kind of cloth (blanket cloth), generally but not always of this color.
(obsolete) A color, generally a light bluish gray or blue or gray, but sometimes seemingly a dark red or violet.
blunted
blunted
adj
(slang) high on cannabis
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blunt
blunter
blunter
adj
comparative form of blunt: more blunt
bluntie
brunets
brunets
noun
plural of brunet
bundlet
bundlet
noun
A small bundle.
bunters
bunters
noun
plural of bunter
buntine
buntine
noun
bunting; woollen cloth for flags
burnets
burnets
noun
plural of burnet
burnett
burthen
burthen
noun
(obsolete or historical, nautical) The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds.
Archaic form of burden.
butanes
butanes
noun
plural of butane
butenes
butenes
noun
plural of butene
butenyl
butenyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric univalent radicals derived from butene; but especially crotyl
butment
butment
noun
(architecture) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.
(masonry) The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported.
caunter
centaur
centaur
noun
(Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
(astronomy, also capitalised) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.
(chess) A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together.
centrum
centrum
noun
(seismology) The focus or place of origin of an earthquake.
A center.
The basis or fundamental portion of one of the cranial segments, regarded as analogous to vertebrae.
The central body of a vertebra; the solid piece to which the arches and some other parts are or may be attached.
centums
centums
noun
plural of centum
centure
century
century
noun
(US, informal) A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.
(cricket) A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
(snooker) A score of one hundred points.
(sports) A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.
A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.
chanute
chengtu
chesnut
chesnut
noun
Obsolete spelling of chestnut
chunter
chunter
verb
(British, Ireland, dialect) To grumble, complain.
(British, Ireland, dialect) To speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
chutnee
chutnee
noun
Archaic form of chutney.
chutney
chutney
noun
(music) A style of Indo-Caribbean music from the West Indies, associated especially with Trinidad and Tobago.
A sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green or dried red chili peppers.
clunter
confute
confute
verb
(transitive, now rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.
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.
cornute
cornute
adj
cornuted
verb
(transitive) To give 'horns' to; to make a cuckold of.
counite
counite
verb
(transitive) To bring together; to unite.
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.
cuisten
cumbent
cumbent
adj
lying down, recumbent
cundite
cundite
noun
Obsolete spelling of conduit
cuneate
cuneate
adj
(biology) wedge-shaped.
(botany) having straight, or almost straight sides meeting at the apex or base.
(botany) wedge-shaped, with the narrow part at the base.
cunette
cunette
noun
(military) A trench dug in a moat to allow for drainage, or as an extra obstacle for attackers.
current
current
adj
(India) Electric; of or relating to electricity.
(obsolete) Running or moving rapidly.
Existing or occurring at the moment.
Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment.
noun
(electricity) the amount of electric charge flowing in each unit of time.
The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) short for ocean current.
a tendency or a course of events
curtein
curtein
noun
Alternative form of curtana
cutline
cutline
noun
(journalism, broadcasting) A caption under a photograph, or more narrowly just the explanatory text block under a photograph, excluding the title.
(journalism, broadcasting) In production, a hypothetical line that separates items that will be executed and publicized, versus items that will be cut.
(software) In software testing, a hypothetical line that separates tests that will be performed from tests that may not be performed due to lack of time.
(squash) A line on the front wall, above which the ball must hit for a serve
(surveying, travel) A linear cleared area through undeveloped land.
daunted
daunted
adj
(Normally with a copular verb). Mildly afraid or worried by some upcoming situation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of daunt
daunter
daunter
noun
One who daunts.
defunct
defunct
adj
(business) No longer in business or service, nor expected to be again.
(computing) Specifically, of a process: having terminated but not having been reaped (by its parent or an inheritor), and thus still occupying a process slot. See also zombie, zombie process.
(linguistics) (of a language) No longer spoken.
(now rare) Deceased, dead.
No longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
noun
The dead person (referred to).
verb
To make defunct.
demount
demount
verb
(obsolete) To dismount.
(transitive) To remove from its mounting; to take down from a mounted position.
denture
denture
noun
(often in the plural) a complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth
a set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit
an artificial replacement of one or more teeth
detenue
detenus
detinue
detinue
noun
(law) A legal action to reclaim goods wrongfully detained.
A person or thing detained; a detainee.
detuned
detuned
adj
Having undergone detuning.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of detune
devaunt
diluent
diluent
adj
Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, especially of water.
noun
(analytical chemistry) A solvent or other liquid preparation used to dilute a sample prior to testing.
(medicine) An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink.
That which dilutes.
distune
distune
verb
(transitive) To put (something) out of tune.
(transitive, figurative) To cause (something) not to be in harmony or to be poorly adjusted.
dugento
dunites
dunites
noun
plural of dunite
dunnest
dunnest
adj
superlative form of dun: most dun
dunnite
dunster
duotone
duotone
adj
Having two tones.
noun
Any picture printed in two shades of the same colour, such as a duotype or duograph.
durante
dustmen
dustmen
noun
plural of dustman
duvetyn
duvetyn
noun
Alternative spelling of duvetyne
eluants
eluants
noun
plural of eluant
eluents
eluents
noun
plural of eluent
eluting
eluting
verb
present participle of elute
elution
elution
noun
(analytical chemistry) The process of removing materials that are absorbed with a solvent.
elyutin
emulant
encrust
encrust
verb
(transitive) To cover with a hard crust.
(transitive) To inset or affix decorative materials upon (a surface); to inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.
endoubt
endoute
englute
engluts
engluts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of englut
enhaunt
ensuant
ensuant
adj
Ensuing; following as a consequence.
ensuite
ensuite
adj
(of a bathroom etc.) Connected to a bedroom.
(of a bedroom etc.) Connected to a ensuite bathroom.
As part of a series.
noun
A private bathroom connected to a bedroom, as in an apartment or hotel room.
enthuse
enthuse
verb
(intransitive) To show enthusiasm.
(proscribed, sometimes humorous) To cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm or to be enthusiastic.
entrust
entrust
verb
(transitive) To trust to the care of.
Can I entrust you with a secret?
envault
envault
verb
(transitive) To enclose in a vault; to entomb.
estuant
eulytin
eventus
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.
frument
fugient
fugient
adj
(rare or obsolete) Fleeing.
fulgent
fulgent
adj
Shining brilliantly; radiant.
funfest
funfest
noun
(informal, US) A fun event.
fungate
fungate
verb
(intransitive) To become like a fungus, as in appearance or in growth rate or pattern.
fungite
fungite
noun
(paleontology) A fossil coral resembling Fungia.
funster
funster
noun
(colloquial, humorous or childish) A fun person.
gaunted
gaunted
adj
starved
gaunter
gaunter
adj
comparative form of gaunt: more gaunt
gentium
glutens
glutens
noun
plural of gluten
gnetums
grunted
grunted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grunt
grunter
grunter
noun
(dated, brass founding) A hook used in lifting a crucible.
Any of a group of fish of the family Terapontidae, which make a grunting sound when caught.
One who grunts.
gruntle
gruntle
noun
A grunting sound.
A snort.
verb
(humorous) To humour; to induce the opposite effect of causing a person to become disgruntled.
(obsolete) To complain; to grumble
(obsolete) To utter small, low grunts.
grutten
guesten
guesten
verb
(dialectal, transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To entertain as a guest; to lodge as a guest.