A tip, originally of metal and often decorative, on a ribbon or cord that makes lacing two parts of a garment or garments together easier, as in corset lacings, "points" (lacing hose or trousers to jacket or doublet) or sleeves to a bodice.
An ornament worn on clothing, consisting of a metal tag on a fringe, or a small metallic plate or spangle.
alaite
albeit
albeit
conj
Although, despite (it) being.
albite
albite
noun
(mineralogy) A plagioclase feldspar, the first member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series.
algist
algist
noun
One who studies algae and seaweed.
alight
alight
adj
(figuratively) Aglow with activity or emotion.
Burning, lit, on fire.
Of an electrical light source: switched on and emitting light.
Often followed by with: shining with light; luminous, radiant; also, brightly coloured; vivid.
adv
(also figuratively) Chiefly in set alight: in flames, on fire; aflame.
verb
(also figuratively) Often followed by at, on, or upon: of something aloft: to descend and settle; to land, to lodge, to rest.
(figuratively) Often followed by on or upon: to find by accident; to chance upon, to come upon.
(obsolete) To arrive.
(transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve.
Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.
Often followed by on or upon: of a blow, something thrown, etc.: to land heavily.
To cast light on (something); to illuminate, to light up.
To come down or go down; to descend.
To set light to (something); to set (something) on fire; to ignite, to light.
alinit
alioth
alioth
Proper noun
the brightest star in Ursa Major.
aliter
aliter
adv
otherwise
alitha
alitta
aliyot
aliyot
noun
plural of aliya
plural of aliyah
almita
alpist
altaic
altaic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to a hypothetical grouping of languages that includes the Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic and less often the Japanese and Korean languages. The most familiar modern languages of this group include Turkish, Mongolian and, more controversially, Japanese and Korean.
altaid
altair
altica
altify
alvita
alvite
alvite
noun
(mineralogy) A silicate of hafnium, thorium and zirconium
alvito
alwite
alwite
Adjective
Composed entirely of polished steel plates without fabric or other such covering, white.
Noun
Polished plate armour worn uncovered by cloth.
alwitt
antlia
antlia
noun
(zoology) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects.
antlid
apalit
aplite
aplite
noun
(geology) A fine-grained granitic rock composed mostly of quartz and feldspars.
artily
artily
adv
(rare) In an arty fashion.
atalie
atelic
atelic
adj
(linguistics) Presenting an action or event as being incomplete.
atloid
atloid
adj
Synonym of atlantooccipital
atrail
atrial
atrial
adj
Of or pertaining to an atrium, especially the atrium of the heart.
attila
attila
noun
A short, fringed cape worn as part of traditional Hungarian costume.
Any of the tropical flycatchers of the genus Attila.
atwirl
atwirl
adv
twirling
avital
avital
adj
Relating to a grandfather or ancestor.
azilut
balita
baliti
baltei
baltei
noun
plural of balteus
baltic
baltic
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Baltic (“very cold”)
baltis
baltis
noun
plural of balti
belait
belita
belite
beloit
beloit
Proper noun
A city in Kansas, USA, and the county seat of Mitchell County.
A village in Ohio
A city and town in Wisconsin
beltie
beltir
beltis
betail
betail
verb
(transitive) To furnish with a tail.
(transitive, humorous) To take the tail off.
betoil
betoil
verb
(transitive) To worry or exercise with toil.
bietle
biglot
bilati
bilith
billat
billet
billet
noun
(architecture) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.
(figurative) Berth; position.
(heraldry) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.
(metallurgy) A semi-finished length of metal.
(saddlery) A strap that enters a buckle.
A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.
A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.
A sealed ticket for a draw or lottery.
A short cutting of sugar cane produced by a harvester or used for planting.
A short informal letter.
A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
A written order to quarter soldiers.
Alternative form of billard (“coalfish”)
An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.
Temporary lodgings in a private residence, such as is organised for members of a visiting sports team.
verb
(intransitive, of a soldier) To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
(transitive) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.
(transitive, of a householder etc.) To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
billot
billot
noun
bullion in the bar or mass
bisalt
bisalt
Noun
An acid salt.
bitely
bitolj
blatti
bletia
bliaut
bliaut
noun
(historical) A unisex overgarment worn in 12th-century Western Europe, featuring voluminous skirts and horizontal puckering or sometimes pleating across a snugly fitted underbust abdomen.
bliest
blight
blight
noun
(by extension) Anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life.
(phytopathology) A rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs.
The bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition.
verb
(intransitive) To suffer blight.
(transitive) To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
(transitive) To spoil, ruin, or destroy (something).
blintz
blintz
noun
A thin blin (pancake), filled (often with sweet cheese) and folded, then fried and often served with sour cream, fruit, or a sweet sauce.
blites
blites
noun
plural of blite
blithe
blithe
adj
(chiefly Scotland, elsewhere dated or literary) Cheerful, happy.
Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern.
blitum
blriot
boleti
boleti
noun
plural of boletus
bolita
boltin
bullit
calite
cantil
cantil
noun
Any of various snakes of the species Agkistrodon bilineatus.
catlin
catlin
noun
Alternative form of catling (surgical knife)
celite
celtic
celtic
Proper noun
A branch of the Indo-European languages that was spread widely over western and central Europe in the pre-Christian era.
Any of several sports teams. See Wikipedia for a list.
Adjective
Of the Celts; Of the style of the Celts
celtis
chilte
chilte
noun
A Mexican spurge (Jatropha tepiquensis)
A latex / chicle obtained from this plant
chital
chital
noun
a large spotted deer, of genus Axis, native to India and Sri Lanka
citola
citola
noun
cittern
citole
citole
noun
An archaic musical instrument whose exact form is uncertain, generally shown with four strings
citral
citral
noun
Either of a pair of terpenoids, geranial and neral, that have the molecular formula C₁₀H₁₆O and are used in perfumery and flavourings.
citril
citrul
claith
cletis
client
client
noun
(computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
(law) A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.
A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
Short for client state.
clifts
clifts
noun
plural of clift
clifty
clifty
adj
(obsolete) Characterised by cliffs; cliffy, craggy.
clints
clints
noun
plural of clint
clinty
clitch
clitch
verb
Alternative form of clutch
clites
clithe
clitia
clitic
clitic
noun
(linguistics) A morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word).
clitus
clytia
clytie
coital
coital
adj
of or relating to the sex act or coitus
coltin
coutil
coutil
noun
A woven cloth created specifically for making corsets.
cuitle
cultic
cultic
adj
cultish, cultlike, relating to (the methods of) cults (type of sect)
ritual, relating to cult (religious ritual)
cutlip
daylit
delict
delict
noun
(civil law, Scots law) A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.
(law) The branch of law dealing in delicts.
delint
delint
verb
To remove lint from.
delist
delist
verb
To remove from an official register or list.
deloit
deltic
deltic
adj
Synonym of deltaic
dentil
dentil
noun
(architecture) Any one of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice.
desilt
desilt
verb
to remove suspended silt from the water.
detail
detail
noun
(countable) A part small enough to escape casual notice.
(countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.
(military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.
(paintings) A selected portion of a painting.
(uncountable) A profusion of details.
(uncountable) The small parts that can escape casual notice.
A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
A part considered trivial enough to ignore.
An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
verb
(transitive) To clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles) (always pronounced. /ˈdiːteɪl/)
(transitive) To explain in detail.
(transitive, military, law enforcement) To assign to a particular task.
dietal
dietal
adj
Of or pertaining to a diet (assembly).
diglot
diglot
adj
Synonym of bilingual.
noun
A bilingual inscription, book, or person.
dilate
dilate
verb
(intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
(medicine, transitive, intransitive) To use a dilator to widen (something, such as a vagina).
(transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
(transitive, intransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
dilute
dilute
adj
Having a low concentration.
Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
noun
An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
verb
(intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
(transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
(transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
distal
distal
adj
(anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin.
(dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
(linguistics) Far or farther from the speaker.
distil
distil
verb
(also figuratively) To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation.
(by extension, figuratively) To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.
(obsolete) To dissolve or melt (something).
Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.
To drip or be wet with some liquid.
To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify.
To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.
To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually.
To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.
To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation.
To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation.
ditali
ditzel
ditzel
noun
(radiology, informal) A small nodule found on the lung.
dolite
dultie
edital
ehlite
ehlite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of pseudomalachite; a green pearly mineral, hydrous phosphate of copper.
elatia
elegit
elegit
noun
(archaic) A judicial writ ordering seizure of a debtor's property.
eliath
elicit
elicit
adj
(obsolete) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
verb
To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason
elints
eliott
elista
elites
elites
noun
plural of elite
elliot
elliot
Proper noun
variant of Elliott.
name, variant of Elliott.
ellita
eltime
elvita
enlist
enlist
noun
One who is enlisted, usually in a military service.
verb
(intransitive) To voluntarily join a cause or organization, especially military service.
(transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
(transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others.
An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
That which is entailed.
The rule by which the descent is fixed.
verb
(transitive) To imply, require, or invoke.
(transitive) To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage.
(transitive, obsolete) To appoint hereditary possessor.
(transitive, obsolete) To cut or carve in an ornamental way.
entoil
entoil
verb
To capture with toils or nets; to ensnare.
eolith
eolith
noun
(petrology) Crudely chopped flints, believed to be naturally produced by geological processes such as glaciation.