11 Letter Countdown Words Containing I

AID (4) [noun] Help; assistance; succor, relief. | [noun] A helper; an assistant. | [noun] Something which helps; a material source of help. | [verb] To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist. AIL (3) [noun] An ailment; trouble; illness. | [verb] To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.) | [verb] To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled. | [adjective] Painful; troublesome. | [noun] The awn of barley or other types of corn. AIM (5) [noun] The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it. | [noun] The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected. | [noun] Intention or goal | [noun] Initialism of America Online. AIM; AOL Instant Messenger. AIN (3) [noun] A Scottish word for "one." | [noun] An eye, in Scottish dialect. AIR (3) [noun] The substance constituting earth's atmosphere, particularly: | [noun] (usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but now considered to be surrounded by the near vacuum of outer space. | [noun] A breeze; a gentle wind. AIS (3) [noun] A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil. AIT (3) [noun] An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England. | [noun] An oat. AMI (5) ANI (3) [noun] A bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family. | [noun] The lower orifice of the alimentary canal, through which feces and flatus are ejected. BIB (7) [noun] An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating. | [noun] Similar items of clothing such as the Chinese dudou and Vietnamese yem. | [noun] A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race. | [verb] To beep (e.g. a car horn). BID (6) [verb] To issue a command; to tell. | [verb] To invite; to summon. | [verb] To utter a greeting or salutation. | [verb] To issue a command; to tell. BIG (6) [noun] Someone or something that is large in stature | [noun] An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name. | [noun] (as plural) The big leagues, big time. | [verb] To inhabit; occupy | [noun] One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley. BIN (5) [noun] A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container. | [noun] A container for rubbish or waste. | [noun] Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc | [noun] (in Arabic names) son of; equivalent to Hebrew בן. | [noun] A thing which can have only (one or the other of) two values. BIO (5) [noun] Biographical sketch | [noun] Bioscope; cinema | [adjective] Biological. BIS (5) [noun] A bisexual person. | [adverb] Twice; showing that something is, or is to be, repeated, such as a passage of music, or an item in accounts. BIT (5) [noun] A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal. | [noun] A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes. | [noun] A coin of a specified value. | [adjective] Bitten. | [noun] A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0. BIZ (14) [noun] Business. CHI (8) [noun] The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets. | [noun] A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation. | [noun] The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm. CIS (5) [adjective] Having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair. | [adjective] Of the side of the Golgi apparatus nearer to the endoplasmic reticulum. | [adjective] In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the same side of the bond. | [adjective] Cisgender (or sometimes cissexual): not trans (transgender or transsexual) or non-binary. DIB (6) [noun] A dibber (gardening tool) | [noun] One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints. | [verb] To dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed | [verb] (sometimes humorous) In the scouting movement, to chant dyb, meaning "do your best" (to follow the scouting laws). DID (5) [verb] (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. | [verb] To perform; to execute. | [verb] To cause, make (someone) (do something). DIE (4) [verb] To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. | [verb] To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death). | [verb] To yearn intensely. | [noun] A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance. | [noun] A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied. DIG (5) [noun] An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place. | [noun] A plodding and laborious student. | [noun] A thrust; a poke. | [verb] To understand or show interest in. | [noun] Digoxin. DIM (6) [noun] Dimness. | [verb] To make something less bright. | [verb] To become darker. DIN (4) [noun] A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion. | [verb] To make a din, to resound. | [verb] (of a place) To be filled with sound, to resound. DIP (6) [noun] A lower section of a road or geological feature. | [noun] Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch. | [noun] The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. | [noun] A foolish person. | [noun] Initialism of device-independent pixel. | [noun] A diplomat. DIS (4) [noun] An insult or put-down; an expression of disrespect. | [verb] To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour. | [noun] Dissertation. | [noun] Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore. | [pronoun] This. DIT (4) [verb] To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit). | [verb] To close up. | [noun] A ditty, a little melody. | [noun] The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code. | [noun] Decimal digit | [adjective] Indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French. DUI (4) [noun] Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially, those who perform music together. | [noun] Any pair of two people. | [noun] Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur. FIB (8) [noun] A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential. | [noun] A liar. | [verb] To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially. | [noun] The fibula. | [verb] (thieves cant) To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike. | [noun] A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number. FID (7) [noun] A pointed tool without any sharp edges, used in weaving or knotwork to tighten and form up weaves or complex knots; used in sailing ships to open the strands of a rope before splicing. Compare marlinespike. | [noun] A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship). | [noun] A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun. FIE (6) [interjection] Often followed by on or upon: used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage. FIG (7) [noun] A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. | [noun] The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds. | [noun] A small piece of tobacco. | [verb] To move suddenly or quickly; rove about. | [noun] A person's figure; dress or appearance. | [verb] To insert a ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra of: to perform figging upon. FIL (6) [noun] A Nordic dairy product, similar to yogurt, but using different bacteria which give a different taste and texture. FIN (6) [noun] One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver. | [noun] A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal. | [noun] A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft. | [noun] (formerly Australia) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds. FIR (6) [noun] A conifer of the genus Abies. | [noun] Any pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). | [noun] Wood of such trees. FIT (6) [noun] The degree to which something fits. | [noun] Conformity of elements one to another. | [noun] The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly. | [noun] A section of a poem or ballad. | [noun] A seizure or convulsion. FIX (13) [noun] A repair or corrective action. | [noun] A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament. | [noun] A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user. FIZ (15) GHI (7) [noun] A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee. | [noun] Vegetable oil for cooking. GIB (6) [noun] A bolt or wedge made from wood or metal used for holding a machine part in place. | [noun] A castrated male cat or ferret. | [noun] A male cat; a tomcat. | [noun] Miscellaneous pieces of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters. | [noun] Plasterboard. GID (5) [noun] A disease of sheep caused by tapeworm. | [noun] A fiddle. GIE (4) GIG (5) [noun] A performing engagement by a musical group; or, generally, any job or role, especially for a musician or performer. | [noun] (by extension) Any job; especially one that is temporary; or alternately, one that is very desirable. | [noun] A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals. | [noun] Clipped form of gigabyte. | [noun] A playful or wanton girl; a giglot. | [verb] To engender. GIN (4) [noun] A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails. | [noun] Gin rummy. | [noun] Drawing the best card or combination of cards. | [noun] A trick; a device or instrument. | [verb] To begin. | [noun] An Aboriginal woman. | [conjunction] If. GIP (6) [noun] A servant; a gyp. | [verb] (sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle someone or something inappropriately. | [verb] To take out the entrails of (herrings). GIT (4) [noun] A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person (usually a man). | [verb] To get. | [verb] To get (leave; scram). | [noun] The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting. HIC (8) [interjection] An approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate drunkenness. HID (7) [verb] To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight. | [verb] To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight. HIE (6) [noun] Haste; diligence. | [verb] To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry. | [verb] To hurry (oneself). HIM (8) [pronoun] Honorific alternative letter-case form of him, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. | [noun] A male person. | [pronoun] A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object. HIN (6) [noun] A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L). | [noun] An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L). HIP (8) [noun] The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue. | [noun] The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes. | [noun] In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord. | [noun] The fruit of a rose. | [verb] To inform, to make knowledgeable. HIS (6) [pronoun] Honorific alternative letter-case form of his, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. | [pronoun] That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun. | [noun] The word "hi" used as a greeting. HIT (6) [noun] A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything. | [noun] Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim. | [noun] An attack on a location, person or people. | [pronoun] It. ICE (5) [noun] Water in frozen (solid) form. | [noun] Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide. | [noun] Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form. ICH (8) ICK (9) [interjection] An exclamation of disgust | [noun] Something distasteful or physically unpleasant to touch. | [adjective] Icky; distasteful or unpleasant. | [noun] Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by the ciliate Ichthyophthirius. ICY (8) [adjective] Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty. | [adjective] Covered with ice, wholly or partially. | [adjective] Characterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold. IDS (4) [noun] The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model. | [noun] Identifier. | [noun] A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus. IFF (9) [conjunction] If and only if; used to show that the truth values of two statements are the same. | [conjunction] Logically equivalent to rephrases: | [conjunction] Obsolete spelling of if. IFS (6) [noun] An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc. ILK (7) [noun] A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together. | [adjective] Very; same. ILL (3) [noun] (often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity. | [noun] Harm or injury. | [noun] Evil; moral wrongfulness. IMP (7) [noun] A small, mischievous sprite, or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful. | [noun] A mischievous child. | [noun] A baby Tasmanian devil. INK (7) [noun] A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc. | [noun] A particular type, color or container of this fluid. | [noun] The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy. INN (3) [noun] Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink. | [noun] A tavern. | [noun] One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers. INS (3) [noun] A position of power or influence, or a way to get it. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is in; especially, one who is in office. | [noun] The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting; see innings. | [verb] Insert ION (3) [noun] An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution. IRE (3) [noun] Iron. | [noun] Great anger; wrath; keen resentment. | [verb] To anger; to fret; to irritate. IRK (7) [verb] To irritate; annoy; bother ISM (5) [noun] An ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism. | [noun] Specifically, a form of discrimination, such as racism or sexism. ITS (3) [noun] One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being. | [noun] The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag. | [noun] The game of tag. IVY (9) [noun] Any of several woody, climbing or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera. | [noun] Any similar plant of any genus. JIB (12) [noun] A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast. | [noun] (usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast. | [verb] To shift, or swing around, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking. | [noun] The projecting arm of a crane. | [noun] One who jibs or balks, refusing to continue forward. | [noun] Crystal meth. | [noun] The mouth, sometimes particularly the tongue, underlip, or tooth. JIG (11) [noun] A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue. | [noun] A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig. | [noun] (traditional English Morris dancing) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team. | [noun] A black person. JIN (10) KHI (10) KID (8) [noun] A young goat. | [noun] Of a female goat, the state of being pregnant: in kid. | [noun] Kidskin. | [noun] A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. KIF (10) [noun] A kind of cannabis smoked in Morocco and Algeria, for narcotic or intoxicating effect. | [noun] The state of relaxed stupor induced by cannabis. | [noun] The trichome of marijuana, a green powdery substance that falls from dry marijuana high in THC and other cannabinoid compounds. KIN (7) [noun] Race; family; breed; kind. | [noun] Persons of the same race or family; kindred. | [noun] One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively. | [noun] A primitive Chinese musical instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. | [noun] A day, in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. | [verb] (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to. KIP (9) [noun] The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat. | [noun] A bundle or set of such hides. | [noun] A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat. | [noun] (chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed. | [verb] To snatch; take up hastily; filch | [noun] A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound. | [noun] The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK. | [noun] A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body. KIR (7) [noun] A cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis topped up with white wine. KIT (7) [noun] A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves. | [noun] A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight. | [noun] A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack. | [noun] A kitten (young cat). | [noun] A very small long-necked violin that came in a variety of shapes and configurations, meant to be carried in a pocket and intended for instructors (dancing masters) to carry to accompany their students. | [noun] A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons. KOI (7) [noun] Ornamental domesticated varieties of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio), of Japan and eastern Asia with red-gold or white coloring. LEI (3) [noun] A garland of flowers in Hawaii. | [noun] The unit of currency of Romania, equal to one hundred bani. | [noun] The unit of currency of Moldova, equal to one hundred bani. LIB (5) [noun] Liberal | [noun] Liberation | [noun] Library | [noun] A potion; magic potion; charm. | [verb] To geld; castrate; emasculate (usually said of animals). LID (4) [noun] A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye. | [noun] The top or cover of a container. | [noun] A cap or hat. LIE (3) [noun] The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck. | [noun] The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown. | [noun] The position of a fetus in the womb. | [verb] To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive. | [noun] An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood. LIN (3) LIP (5) [noun] Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. | [noun] A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia. | [noun] (by extension) The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout. LIS (3) [noun] Fleur-de-lis | [noun] The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters). | [noun] The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m. LIT (3) [verb] To start (a fire). | [verb] To set fire to; to set burning. | [verb] To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark. | [noun] Little. | [noun] Colour; blee; dye; stain. | [verb] To colour; dye. | [noun] The body of all written works. MIB (7) MID (6) [adjective] Denoting the middle part. | [adjective] Occupying a middle position; middle. | [adjective] Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds, such as, /e o ɛ ɔ/. | [noun] Middle | [noun] A mid-range. | [preposition] (in representations of German-accented English) With. MIG (6) MIL (5) [noun] An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries. | [noun] A unit of measurement equal to 1⁄1000 of an inch, usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic. | [noun] A former subdivision (1/1000) of the Maltese lira MIM (7) [adjective] Demure, shy. | [noun] The letter م in the Arabic script. MIR (5) MIS (5) MIX (12) [verb] To stir together. | [verb] To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate). | [verb] To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts. | [noun] The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture. NIB (5) [noun] The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper. | [noun] The bill or beak of a bird; the neb. | [noun] Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces. NIL (3) [noun] Nothing; zero. NIM (5) [noun] A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps. | [verb] To take or seize. | [verb] To filch, steal. NIP (5) [noun] A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor. | [noun] A nipple, usually of a woman. | [noun] A playful bite. | [verb] To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip. NIT (3) [noun] The egg of a louse. | [noun] A young louse. | [noun] A head louse regardless of its age. | [noun] A candela per square meter. | [noun] A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism. NIX (10) [noun] Nothing. | [verb] To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. | [verb] To destroy or eradicate. | [noun] A treacherous water-spirit; a nixie. OBI (5) [noun] A sash worn with a kimono. | [noun] A strip of paper looped around a book or other product. | [noun] A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean. OIL (3) [noun] Liquid fat. | [noun] Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant. | [noun] An oil painting. | [verb] To lubricate with oil. PHI (8) [noun] Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph". | [noun] The golden ratio. | [noun] A visual illusion whereby a sequential pattern of lights produces a false sense of motion. PIA (5) [noun] The pia mater, the innermost of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord | [noun] A perennial Polynesian herb whose fleshy tubers yield arrowroot. PIC (7) [noun] A picture, especially a photographic image. | [noun] A film. | [noun] A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches. PIE (5) [noun] A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. | [noun] Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling. | [noun] (Northeastern US) A pizza. | [noun] Magpie. | [noun] The smallest unit of currency in South Asia, equivalent to 1/192 of a rupee or 1/12 of an anna. PIG (6) [noun] Any of several intelligent mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus scrofa. | [noun] (specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine). | [noun] The edible meat of such an animal; pork. | [noun] Earthenware, or an earthenware shard PIN (5) [noun] A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening. | [noun] A small nail with a head and a sharp point. | [noun] A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts. | [verb] To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. PIP (7) [noun] Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza. | [noun] Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression. | [noun] A pippin, seed of any kind. | [noun] One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc. | [verb] To peep, to chirp | [noun] One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call. | [noun] (currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading. PIS (5) [noun] The 16th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek. | [noun] An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265358979323846264338327950; usually written π. | [noun] Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered. PIT (5) [noun] A hole in the ground. | [noun] An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race. | [noun] A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed. | [noun] A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit. | [noun] A pit bull terrier. PIU (5) PIX (12) [noun] Plural form of pic in the sense of "picture". | [noun] Specifically, motion pictures; movies. | [noun] A small, usually round container used to hold the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, especially used to bring communion to the sick, or others who are unable to attend Mass. POI (5) [noun] The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment. | [noun] A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream. | [noun] A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string; also, a traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball. PSI (5) [noun] The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek. | [noun] A form of psychic energy. REI (3) RIA (3) [noun] A submergent coastal landform, often known as a drowned river valley RIB (5) [noun] Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum | [noun] A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something | [noun] A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones | [noun] Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale). RID (4) [verb] To free (something) from a hindrance or annoyance. | [verb] To banish. | [verb] To kill. | [verb] To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. RIF (6) RIG (4) [noun] The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft. | [noun] Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose. | [noun] A large truck such as a semi-tractor. | [noun] A ridge. | [noun] A wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct. | [noun] An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse. RIM (5) [noun] An edge around something, especially when circular. | [noun] A wheelrim. | [noun] A semicircular copydesk. | [noun] A membrane. | [verb] To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act. RIN (3) RIP (5) [noun] A tear (in paper, etc.). | [noun] A type of tide or current. | [noun] A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action. | [noun] A wicker basket for fish. | [noun] A worthless horse; a nag. | [noun] A handful of unthreshed grain. SEI (3) [noun] A sei whale. SIB (5) [adjective] Having kinship or relationship; related by same-bloodedness; having affinity; being akin; kindred. | [noun] Kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree. | [noun] A kinsman; a blood relation; a relative, near or remote; one closely allied to another; an intimate companion. | [verb] To bring into relation; establish a relationship between; make friendly; reconcile. | [verb] To engage in repetitive behaviors such as eye-poking, skin-picking, hand-biting, or head-banging. SIC (5) [verb] To mark with a bracketed sic. | [adverb] Thus; thus written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source. | [verb] To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs. SIM (5) [noun] A simulation or simulator. SIN (3) [noun] A violation of God's will or religious law. | [noun] A misdeed. | [noun] A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. | [noun] A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ | [noun] A traditional tube skirt worn by Lao and Thai women, particularly northern Thai and northeastern Thai women. SIP (5) [verb] To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc. | [verb] To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse. | [verb] To diminish or wane away slowly. SIR (3) [noun] A man of a higher rank or position. | [noun] A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position, particularly: | [noun] A respectful term of address to an adult male (often older), especially if his name or proper title is unknown. SIS (3) [noun] A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling. | [noun] A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun. | [noun] Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns. SIT (3) [noun] Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine. | [noun] An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation. | [verb] (of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks. | [noun] Short for situation. SIX (10) [noun] The digit or figure 6. | [noun] (by ellipsis of six o'clock) Rear, behind (rear side of something). | [noun] An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team. SKI (7) [noun] One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water | [noun] One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing | [verb] To move on skis SRI (3) TIC (5) [noun] A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization. | [noun] (by extension) Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically. | [noun] (abbreviation) ticket TIE (3) [noun] A knot; a fastening. | [noun] A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. | [noun] A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie. | [verb] To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely. TIL (3) [preposition] Until, till | [preposition] ~ to: as far as; down to; up to, until | [conjunction] Until, till | [noun] The sesame plant TIN (3) [noun] A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn. | [noun] An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food. | [noun] A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc. TIP (5) [noun] The tip of the external ear. | [noun] A small earpiece or earplug. | [noun] The part of an earbud that contours to the ear canal. | [noun] (skittles) The knocking over of a skittle. | [noun] A light blow or tap. | [noun] A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation. | [noun] A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc. | [noun] A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour. TIS (3) [noun] A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale. | [noun] The good luck plant, Cordyline fruticosa, an evergreen shrub. TIT (3) [noun] A mammary gland, teat. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast. | [noun] An idiot; a fool. | [noun] A light blow or hit (now usually in the phrase tit for tat). | [noun] A chickadee; a small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae, common in the Northern Hemisphere. TUI (3) [noun] A New Zealand honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae VIA (6) [noun] A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.) | [noun] A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers. | [preposition] By way of; passing through. VIE (6) [noun] A contest. | [verb] To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. | [verb] To rival (something), etc. VIG (7) [noun] A charge taken on bets, as by a bookie or gambling establishment. | [noun] The interest on a loan of money, especially for loans made by a usurer or loan shark. | [noun] An amount owed on account of or payment of a bookie's charge or of interest. VIM (8) [noun] Ready vitality and vigour. VIS (6) [noun] Force; energy; might; power. | [noun] A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts. | [noun] A Burmese unit of measure for weight, approximately 1.63293 kilograms (3.6 pounds). WIG (7) [noun] A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying. | [noun] (among fishermen) An old seal. | [verb] To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.). WIN (6) [verb] To conquer, defeat. | [verb] To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb). | [verb] To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.). | [noun] An individual victory. | [noun] Pleasure; joy; delight. | [verb] To dry by exposure to the wind. WIS (6) [adjective] Certain | [adjective] Sure | [adverb] Certainly, surely | [verb] To know. WIT (6) [noun] (now usually in the plural) Sanity. | [noun] (obsolete usually in the plural) The senses. | [noun] Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning. | [verb] Know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively). | [preposition] Against. WIZ (15) [noun] A person who is exceptionally clever, gifted or skilled in a particular area. | [noun] A wizard; an administrator of a multi-user dungeon. | [noun] A whirring or hissing sound (as above). | [preposition] Against. XIS (10) [noun] The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek. | [noun] Either of a pair of hyperons having spin 1/2, which decay into a lambda particle and a pion. YID (7) [noun] (among Jews) a Jew | [noun] A Jew | [noun] A supporter or club member of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. YIN (6) [noun] A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world. | [numeral] The number one, primarily used in Scotland and Ulster YIP (8) [noun] A sharp, high-pitched bark | [verb] To bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice ZIG (13) [noun] A sudden or sharp turn or change of direction. | [verb] To make such a turn. ZIN (12) ZIP (14) [noun] A twist or fold. | [noun] Any of the folds on the surface of the brain. | [noun] The shape of something rotating; a vortex. | [noun] A ZIP code; a US postal code. ZIT (12) [noun] Pimple

ABRI (6) ACID (7) [noun] A sour substance. | [noun] Any of several classes of compound having the following properties: | [noun] Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) ADIT (5) [noun] A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes. AGIN (5) [adverb] Another time; once more. | [adverb] Over and above a factor of one. | [adverb] Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. AGIO (5) [noun] The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio. AIDE (5) [noun] An assistant. | [noun] An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp. AIDS (5) [noun] Help; assistance; succor, relief. | [noun] A helper; an assistant. | [noun] Something which helps; a material source of help. AILS (4) [noun] An ailment; trouble; illness. | [verb] To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.) | [verb] To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled. AIMS (6) [noun] The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it. | [noun] The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected. | [noun] Intention or goal AINS (4) [noun] Plural of ain, a Scottish word for "one." | [noun] Plural of ain, meaning one's own in Scottish English. AIRN (4) [noun] A direction of the Scottish word "airt," meaning direction or quarter. | [noun] A Scottish or dialectal term for a direction or point of the compass. AIRS (4) [noun] The substance constituting earth's atmosphere, particularly: | [noun] (usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but now considered to be surrounded by the near vacuum of outer space. | [noun] A breeze; a gentle wind. AIRT (4) [noun] A direction or point of the compass, especially in Scottish usage. | [verb] To guide or direct. AIRY (7) [adjective] Consisting of air. | [adjective] Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial. | [adjective] Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy. AITS (4) [noun] An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England. | [noun] An oat. AKIN (8) [adjective] (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood. | [adjective] (often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. ALIF (7) ALIT (4) AMIA (6) AMID (7) [preposition] In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by. AMIE (6) [noun] A female friend (French origin, used in English). AMIN (6) [noun] An organic compound derived from ammonia by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon groups. AMIR (6) [noun] A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation. | [noun] A descendant of the prophet Muhammad. AMIS (6) [noun] Plural of ami, a friend (used in English, borrowed from French). | [noun] A type of West African musical instrument or drum. ANIL (4) [noun] A West Indian shrub from which indigo dye is obtained. | [noun] The indigo dye itself. ANIS (4) [noun] A bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family. ANTI (4) [noun] A person opposed to a concept or principle. | [adjective] Opposed to something. | [adjective] That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180° ARIA (4) [noun] A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata. ARID (5) [adjective] Very dry. | [adjective] Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually. | [adjective] Devoid of value. ARIL (4) [noun] A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates. ASCI (6) [noun] A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores. AVID (8) [adjective] Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something AXIL (11) [noun] The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. AXIS (11) [noun] An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry). | [noun] A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis) | [noun] The second cervical vertebra of the spine | [noun] Axis axis, a deer native to Asia. AYIN (7) [noun] The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. | [noun] An eye or spring of water in desert regions. BAIL (6) [noun] Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial. | [noun] Release from imprisonment on payment of such money. | [noun] The person providing such payment. | [verb] To exit quickly. | [noun] A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket). | [verb] To confine. BAIT (6) [noun] Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net. | [noun] Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests. | [noun] Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something | [verb] To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport. | [verb] To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey. | [adjective] Obvious; blatant. BANI (6) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu. | [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu. BIAS (6) [noun] Inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection. | [noun] The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric. | [noun] A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference. BIBB (10) [noun] A bibcock. BIBS (8) [noun] An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating. | [noun] Similar items of clothing such as the Chinese dudou and Vietnamese yem. | [noun] A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race. BICE (8) [noun] A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt. | [noun] A cobalt blue pigment. BIDE (7) [verb] To bear; to endure; to tolerate. | [verb] To dwell or reside in a location; to abide. | [verb] To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain. BIDS (7) [verb] To issue a command; to tell. | [verb] To invite; to summon. | [verb] To utter a greeting or salutation. BIER (6) [noun] A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person. | [noun] A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed. | [noun] A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth. BIFF (12) [noun] A sudden, sharp blow or punch. | [noun] A wipeout. | [verb] To punch or hit. BIGS (7) [noun] Someone or something that is large in stature | [noun] An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name. | [noun] (as plural) The big leagues, big time. BIKE (10) [noun] A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals. | [noun] A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs. | [noun] The best possible hand in lowball. | [noun] A hive of bees, or a nest of wasps, hornets, or ants. BILE (6) [noun] A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion. | [noun] Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility. | [noun] Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology. | [noun] A boil (kind of swelling). BILK (10) [noun] The spoiling of someone's score in the crib. | [noun] A deception, a hoax. | [noun] A cheat or swindler. BILL (6) [noun] Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff. | [noun] A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. | [noun] Somebody armed with a bill; a billman. | [noun] The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal. | [noun] A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.) | [noun] The bell, or boom, of the bittern. BIMA (8) [noun] The raised platform in the front of a synagogue where the Torah is read on a podium. BIND (7) [noun] That which binds or ties. | [noun] A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary. | [noun] Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine. BINE (6) [noun] A climbing plant which climbs by its shoots growing in a helix around a support (distinct from a vine, which climbs using tendrils or suckers). | [noun] Cigarette BINS (6) [noun] A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container. | [noun] A container for rubbish or waste. | [noun] Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc | [noun] (birding) Binoculars. BINT (6) [noun] A woman, a girl. BIOS (6) [noun] Biographical sketch | [noun] Bioscope; cinema | [noun] A person's life story, especially one published. | [noun] In the philosophy of Giorgio Agamben, a particular mode of life; "qualified life", as opposed to the bare life or zoe. BIRD (7) [noun] A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs. | [noun] A man, fellow. | [noun] A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive. | [noun] A prison sentence. | [noun] The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended. BIRK (10) BIRL (6) [verb] To pour a drink (for). | [verb] To drink deeply or excessively; carouse. | [noun] A girl of boyish appearance. BIRR (6) [noun] Force, vigor, energy | [noun] A strong wind. | [noun] The force of movement; rush, impetus, momentum, driving force | [noun] The currency of Ethiopia, divided into 100 santims. BISE (6) [noun] A cold northerly wind that blows down from the Alps and across Switzerland and neighboring regions. BISK (10) [noun] A rich soup made from shellfish or meat. | [noun] A type of hard, twice-baked biscuit or rusk. BITE (6) [noun] The act of biting. | [noun] The wound left behind after having been bitten. | [noun] The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting. BITS (6) [noun] A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal. | [noun] A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes. | [noun] A coin of a specified value. BITT (6) [noun] The bitts. | [noun] A bollard. | [verb] To put round the bitts. BIZE (15) [noun] A cold northwesterly wind that blows across Switzerland and neighboring regions. | [noun] A variant spelling of "bise," a similar cold wind in Alpine regions. BLIN (6) [noun] Cessation; end. | [verb] To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up. | [noun] A blintz. BLIP (8) [verb] To emit one or more bleeps. | [verb] To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps. | [noun] A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen. BOIL (6) [noun] A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection. | [noun] The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour. | [noun] A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood. BRIE (6) [noun] A variety of soft, mild French cheese made from cow's milk. BRIG (7) [noun] A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast | [noun] A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft. | [noun] Bridge. | [noun] Brigadier. BRIM (8) [noun] The sea; ocean; water; flood. | [noun] An edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water). | [noun] The topmost rim or lip of a container. | [verb] Of pigs: to be in heat, to rut. | [adjective] Fierce; sharp; cold. BRIN (6) [noun] A single stalk or blade of grass. | [noun] A single strand or fiber. BRIO (6) [noun] Vigour or vivacity. BRIS (6) [noun] Ritual male circumcision. BRIT (6) [verb] To break in pieces; divide. | [verb] To bruise; indent. | [verb] To fall out or shatter (as overripe hops or grain). | [noun] One of the young of herrings, sprats, etc. | [noun] Brit milah CADI (7) [noun] A civil judge in certain Islamic countries. CAID (7) [noun] A Muslim judge or leader in North Africa and the Middle East. CAIN (6) CEDI (7) [noun] The currency of Ghana, divided into 100 pesewas and represented by ₵. CEIL (6) [verb] To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar. | [verb] To set a higher bound. | [noun] A ceiling | [noun] The overhead closure of a room. CHIA (9) [noun] A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica. | [noun] Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico. CHIC (11) [noun] Good form; style. | [noun] A person with (a particular type of) chic. | [adjective] Elegant, stylish. | [noun] A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture. CHID (10) [verb] To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily. | [verb] To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. | [verb] To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. CHIN (9) [noun] The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth. | [noun] Talk. | [noun] A lie, a falsehood. | [noun] A chinchilla. CHIP (11) [noun] A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. | [noun] A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off. | [noun] (games) A token used in place of cash. | [verb] To chop or cut into small pieces. CHIS (9) [noun] The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets. | [noun] A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation. | [noun] The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm. CHIT (9) [noun] A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. | [noun] A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman. | [noun] The embryonic growing bud of a plant | [noun] A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message. | [noun] A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe. | [noun] Shit. CIAO (6) [noun] A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao". | [interjection] Hello, hi. | [interjection] Bye, goodbye. CINE (6) [noun] Cinefilm | [noun] Images of the heart taken by fluoroscopy. CION (6) [noun] A plant cutting or scion used for grafting. | [noun] A descendant or offspring. CIRE (6) [noun] A fabric with a glazed finish. CIST (6) [noun] A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece. | [noun] 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. CITE (6) [verb] To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. | [verb] To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context. | [verb] To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court. | [noun] A citation CITY (9) [noun] A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place. | [noun] A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size. | [noun] The central business district; downtown. CLIP (8) [noun] Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another. | [noun] An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace. | [noun] An embrace. | [noun] Something which has been clipped from a larger whole: COIF (9) [noun] A hairdo. | [noun] 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. | [noun] An item of chain mail headgear. | [verb] To style or arrange hair. COIL (6) [noun] Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral. | [noun] Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped. | [noun] A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow. | [noun] A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil. COIN (6) [noun] (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. | [noun] A token used in a special establishment like a casino. | [noun] That which serves for payment or recompense. COIR (6) [noun] The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute. CONI (6) [noun] A cone. CRIB (8) [noun] A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet. | [noun] A bed for a child older than a baby. | [noun] A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel CRIS (6) CUIF (9) DAIS (5) [noun] A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from. | [noun] A bench, a settle, a pew. | [noun] An elevated table in a hall at which important people were seated; a high table. DEFI (8) DEIL (5) DELI (5) [noun] A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving. | [noun] Food sold at a delicatessen. DIAL (5) [noun] A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed). | [noun] A clock face. | [noun] A sundial. DIBS (7) [noun] The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else. | [verb] To claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve. | [interjection] Used to claim this right | [noun] A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East. | [noun] A dibber (gardening tool) DICE (7) [noun] Gaming with one or more dice. | [noun] A die. | [noun] That which has been diced. | [noun] A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance. DICK (11) [noun] A male person. | [noun] The penis. | [noun] A highly contemptible person; a jerk. | [noun] A detective. | [noun] A declaration. | [numeral] Ten in Cumbrian sheep counting DIDO (6) [noun] A fuss, a row. | [noun] A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper. DIDY (9) DIED (6) [verb] To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. | [verb] To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death). | [verb] To yearn intensely. DIEL (5) [adjective] Having a 24-hour period regardless of day or night. DIES (5) [verb] To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. | [verb] To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death). | [verb] To yearn intensely. DIET (5) [noun] The food and beverage a person or animal consumes. | [noun] A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health. | [noun] (by extension) Any habitual intake or consumption. | [verb] To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet. | [noun] (usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly. DIGS (6) [noun] An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place. | [noun] A plodding and laborious student. | [noun] A thrust; a poke. DIKE (9) [verb] Alternative form of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc. | [noun] (usually derogatory) A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior. | [noun] A well-dressed man. | [noun] (usually derogatory) A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior. DILL (5) [noun] Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed. | [noun] A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring | [noun] A fool. | [verb] To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain. DIME (7) [noun] A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar. | [noun] A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar. | [noun] A small amount of money | [verb] (with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously. DIMS (7) [verb] To make something less bright. | [verb] To become darker. | [verb] To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct DINE (5) [noun] Dinnertime | [verb] To eat; to eat dinner or supper. | [verb] To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed. DING (6) [noun] Very minor damage, a small dent or chip. | [noun] A rejection. | [verb] To hit or strike. | [noun] The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell. | [noun] An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid. DINK (9) [noun] A soft drop shot. | [noun] A light chip; a chipped pass or shot | [verb] To play a soft drop shot. | [noun] A ride on the crossbar or handlebars of a bicycle. | [noun] A North Vietnamese soldier. | [noun] Double Income No Kids - a childless couple with two jobs. | [noun] Hard work, especially one's share of a task. | [noun] A penis. | [adjective] Finely dressed, elegant; neat. | [adjective] Not making a requisite amount of progress in one's qualifications. DINS (5) [noun] A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion. | [verb] To make a din, to resound. | [verb] (of a place) To be filled with sound, to resound. DINT (5) [noun] A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight. | [noun] Force, power; especially in by dint of. | [noun] The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent. DIOL (5) [noun] Any organic compound having two hydroxy functional groups DIPS (7) [noun] A lower section of a road or geological feature. | [noun] Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch. | [noun] The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. DIPT (7) DIRE (5) [adjective] Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous. | [adjective] Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing. | [adjective] Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal DIRK (9) [noun] A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade. | [noun] (Midwest US) A penis; dork. | [noun] (Midwest US) A socially unacceptable person; an oddball. DIRL (5) DIRT (5) [noun] Soil or earth. | [noun] A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance. | [noun] Previously unknown facts, or the invented "facts", about a person. DISC (7) [noun] A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. | [noun] An intervertebral disc. | [noun] Something resembling a disc. DISH (8) [noun] A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. | [noun] The contents of such a vessel. | [noun] (metonym) A specific type of prepared food. DISK (9) [noun] A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. | [noun] Something resembling a disk. | [noun] An intervertebral disc DISS (5) [noun] An insult or put-down; an expression of disrespect. | [verb] To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour. | [noun] Dissertation. | [noun] An Algerian reedy grass used for cordage. DITA (5) DITE (5) DITS (5) [noun] A ditty, a little melody. | [noun] A word; a decree. | [noun] The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code. DITZ (14) [noun] A scatterbrained person, especially a woman. DIVA (8) [noun] Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. | [noun] A person who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges. DIVE (8) [noun] A jump or plunge into water. | [noun] A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance. | [noun] A downward swooping motion. | [noun] Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. | [noun] A supernatural entity of disagreeable nature. DJIN (12) DOIT (5) [noun] A small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver. | [noun] A small amount; a bit, a jot. | [noun] In jazz music, a note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards. | [verb] To stumble; to blunder. DRIB (7) DRIP (7) [verb] To fall one drop at a time. | [verb] To leak slowly. | [verb] To let fall in drops. | [noun] A drop of a liquid. | [noun] A dividend reinvestment program; a type of financial investing. DUCI (7) DUIT (5) EDIT (5) [noun] A change to the text of a document. | [noun] A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software. | [noun] An interruption or change to an improvised scene. EGIS (5) EIDE (5) ELHI (7) EMIC (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture. EMIR (6) [noun] A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation. | [noun] A descendant of the prophet Muhammad. EMIT (6) [verb] To send out or give off EPIC (8) [noun] An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero. | [noun] A series of events considered appropriate to an epic. | [noun] In software development, a large or extended user story. | [adjective] (of a morphism) That is an epimorphism. ETIC (6) [adjective] Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures. ETUI (4) [noun] A small, ornamental bag or rigid container used for holding articles such as needles. EVIL (7) [noun] Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good. | [noun] Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief. | [noun] A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula). | [adverb] Wickedly, evilly, iniquitously EXIT (11) [noun] An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure. | [noun] A way out. | [noun] The act of departing from life; death. FAIL (7) [noun] Poor quality; substandard workmanship. | [noun] A failure (condition of being unsuccessful) | [noun] A failure (something incapable of success) | [noun] A piece of turf cut from grassland. FAIN (7) [adjective] Well-pleased, glad. | [adjective] Satisfied, contented. | [adjective] Eager, willing or inclined to. | [adverb] With joy; gladly. | [verb] To be delighted or glad; to rejoice. FAIR (7) [noun] Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective). | [noun] A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women. | [noun] Fairness, beauty. | [noun] A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements. FIAR (7) FIAT (7) [noun] An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree. | [noun] Authorization, permission or (official) sanction. | [noun] (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes. FIBS (9) [noun] A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential. | [noun] A liar. | [noun] The fibula. FICE (9) FICO (9) FIDO (8) [noun] A coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized by collectors. FIDS (8) [noun] A pointed tool without any sharp edges, used in weaving or knotwork to tighten and form up weaves or complex knots; used in sailing ships to open the strands of a rope before splicing. Compare marlinespike. | [noun] A square bar of wood or iron, with a shoulder at one end, to support the weight of the topmast (on a ship). | [noun] A plug of oakum for the vent of a gun. FIEF (10) [noun] An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior. | [noun] Something over which one has rights or exercises control. | [noun] An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy. FIFE (10) [noun] A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music | [verb] To play this instrument. | [numeral] Used instead of five in radio communications to avoid confusion. FIGS (8) [noun] A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. | [noun] The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds. | [noun] A small piece of tobacco. FILA (7) FILE (7) [noun] A collection of papers collated and archived together. | [noun] A roll or list. | [noun] Course of thought; thread of narration. | [noun] A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a large group with many files side by side. | [noun] A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal. | [verb] To defile FILL (7) [verb] To occupy fully, to take up all of. | [verb] To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full. | [verb] To enter (something), making it full. | [noun] (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount. | [noun] One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. FILM (9) [noun] A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity. | [noun] A medium used to capture images in a camera. | [noun] A movie. FILO (7) [noun] A type of dough, originating in Mediterranean cuisine, that is used in thin layers to make pastries (such as baklava and apple strudel) and pies and becomes very flaky when cooked. FILS (7) FIND (8) [noun] Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent. | [noun] The act of finding. | [verb] To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. FINE (7) [noun] Fine champagne; French brandy. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles. | [verb] To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify. | [noun] A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law. | [noun] The end of a musical composition. | [noun] End; conclusion; termination; extinction. FINK (11) [noun] A contemptible person. | [noun] An informer. | [noun] A strikebreaker. | [verb] To ponder, to go over in one's head. | [noun] Any of several birds in the family Ploceidae native to southern Africa. FINO (7) [noun] The driest and palest type of traditional sherry. FINS (7) [noun] One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver. | [noun] A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal. | [noun] A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft. FIRE (7) [noun] A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering. | [noun] An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire). | [noun] The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger. | [verb] To set (something, often a building) on fire. | [adjective] Amazing; excellent. FIRM (9) [noun] A business partnership; the name under which it trades. | [noun] A business enterprise, however organized. | [noun] A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism. | [verb] To make firm or strong; fix securely. FIRN (7) [noun] A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snow-cone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions. FIRS (7) [noun] A conifer of the genus Abies. | [noun] Any pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). | [noun] Wood of such trees. FISC (9) [noun] The public treasury of Rome. | [noun] Any state treasury or exchequer. FISH (10) [noun] A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills. | [noun] Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water. | [noun] The flesh of the fish used as food. | [noun] A period of time spent fishing. | [verb] To hunt fish or other aquatic animals. | [noun] A counter, used in various games. FIST (7) [noun] A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward. | [noun] The pointing hand symbol ☞. | [noun] The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code. | [noun] The act of breaking wind; fise. FITS (7) [noun] The degree to which something fits. | [noun] Conformity of elements one to another. | [noun] The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly. FIVE (10) [noun] The digit/figure 5. | [noun] A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver. | [noun] Anything measuring five units, as length. FIXT (14) FIZZ (25) [noun] An emission of a rapid stream of bubbles. | [noun] The sound of such an emission. | [noun] A carbonated beverage, especially champagne. FLIC (9) [noun] A data file containing computer animations. | [noun] A French policeman. FLIP (9) [noun] A maneuver which rotates an object end over end. | [noun] A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc. | [noun] A slingshot. | [interjection] Used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error. | [adjective] Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose. | [noun] A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a flip dog). FLIT (7) [noun] A fluttering or darting movement. | [noun] A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state. | [noun] A homosexual. FOCI (9) [noun] A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge. | [noun] A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge. | [noun] The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium. FOIL (7) [noun] A very thin sheet of metal. | [noun] Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food. | [noun] A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant. | [noun] Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage. | [noun] The track of an animal. | [verb] To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials. | [verb] To defile; to soil. FOIN (7) FRIG (8) [noun] An act of frigging. | [noun] A temporary modification to a piece of equipment to change the way it operates (usually away from as originally designed). | [noun] A fuck. | [noun] An insulated bin, box or cabinet used to keep food or beverages cold. FRIT (7) [noun] A fused mixture of materials used to make glass. | [noun] A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age) | [verb] To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture | [adjective] Frightened. | [noun] A frit fly. FRIZ (16) FUCI (9) [noun] Any alga of the genus Fucus. FUJI (14) [noun] A plain spun silk fabric. | [noun] A Nigerian musical genre. GADI (6) GAIN (5) [noun] The act of gaining; acquisition. | [noun] What is gained. | [noun] The factor by which a signal is multiplied. | [preposition] Against. | [adjective] Straight, direct; near; short. | [noun] A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam. GAIT (5) [noun] Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving. | [noun] One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training. | [verb] To teach a specific gait to a horse. | [noun] A sheaf of corn. GHIS (8) GIBE (7) [noun] Alternative spelling of gybe | [noun] Alternative spelling of jibe | [verb] Alternative spelling of gybe GIBS (7) [noun] A bolt or wedge made from wood or metal used for holding a machine part in place. | [noun] A castrated male cat or ferret. | [noun] A male cat; a tomcat. | [noun] The internal organs of certain computer game characters after being splattered to death. GIDS (6) GIED (6) GIEN (5) GIES (5) GIFT (8) [noun] Something given to another voluntarily, without charge. | [noun] A talent or natural ability. | [noun] Something gained incidentally, without effort. GIGA (6) GIGS (6) [noun] A performing engagement by a musical group; or, generally, any job or role, especially for a musician or performer. | [noun] (by extension) Any job; especially one that is temporary; or alternately, one that is very desirable. | [noun] A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals. GILD (6) [verb] To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf. | [verb] To adorn. | [verb] To decorate with a golden surface appearance. | [noun] A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans for mutual aid, particularly in the Middle Ages. GILL (5) [noun] (animal anatomy) a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals | [noun] (of a fish) a gill slit or gill cover | [noun] One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne | [noun] A drink measure for spirits and wine (size varies regionally but it is about one quarter of a pint) | [noun] Rivulet | [noun] A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber | [noun] A leech | [noun] A female ferret GILT (5) [verb] To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf. | [verb] To adorn. | [verb] To decorate with a golden surface appearance. | [noun] A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding. GIMP (9) [noun] A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe. | [noun] Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire. | [noun] The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself. | [noun] A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet. | [adjective] (Scotland and N England) Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant. GINK (9) [noun] (originally United States slang) A guy, a fellow, especially a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man. GINS (5) [noun] A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails. | [noun] Gin rummy. | [noun] Drawing the best card or combination of cards. GIPS (7) GIRD (6) [verb] To bind with a flexible rope or cord. | [verb] To encircle with, or as if with a belt. | [verb] To prepare oneself for an action. | [noun] A sarcastic remark. GIRL (5) [noun] A female child, adolescent, or a young woman. | [noun] A young female animal. | [noun] (sometimes offensive) A woman, especially a young woman GIRN (5) [noun] A vocalization similar to a cat's purring. | [verb] To grimace; to snarl. | [verb] To whinge, moan, complain. GIRO (5) [noun] (in Europe) A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions. | [noun] An unemployment benefit cheque. | [verb] To transfer funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions. GIRT (5) [noun] A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts. | [verb] To gird. | [verb] To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle. | [verb] To bind with a flexible rope or cord. | [adjective] Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big. GIST (5) [noun] The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux of a matter; the pith. | [noun] The essential ground for action in a suit, without which there is no cause of action. | [noun] Resting place (especially of animals), lodging. GITS (5) [noun] The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting. | [noun] A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person (usually a man). GIVE (8) [noun] The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence. | [verb] (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. | [verb] (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something). | [noun] A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg. GLIA (5) [noun] The network of glial cells that supports nervous system tissue. GLIB (7) [verb] To make glib. | [adjective] Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow. | [adjective] Smooth or slippery. | [noun] A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly worn in Ireland. | [verb] To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. GLIM (7) [noun] Brightness; splendour | [noun] A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire. | [noun] An eye. GRID (6) [noun] A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle. | [noun] A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire. | [noun] A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis, used mainly to solve single and complex scientific or technical problems or to process data at high speeds (as in clusters). GRIG (6) [noun] A dwarf. | [noun] A cricket or grasshopper. | [noun] A small or young eel. | [noun] Heath or heather. | [verb] To irritate or annoy. GRIM (7) [noun] Specter, ghost, haunting spirit | [verb] To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to. | [adjective] Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding | [noun] Anger, wrath. GRIN (5) [noun] A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth. | [verb] To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth. | [verb] To express by grinning. | [noun] A snare; a gin. GRIP (7) [verb] To take hold of, particularly with the hand. | [verb] To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense. | [verb] To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief. | [noun] A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand. | [noun] A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain. | [noun] The griffin. GRIT (5) [noun] A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking. | [noun] Inedible particles in food. | [noun] A measure of the relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper, the smaller the number the coarser the abrasive. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Husked but unground oats. GUID (6) GYRI (8) [noun] A ridge or fold on the cerebral cortex. HAIK (11) [noun] A covering for the head and body worn by Arabs. HAIL (7) [noun] Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm. | [verb] Of hail, to fall from the sky. | [verb] To send or release hail. | [verb] To greet; give salutation to; salute. HAIR (7) [noun] A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals. | [noun] The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body. | [noun] A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth. HAJI (14) [noun] One who has participated in a hajj. | [noun] A Muslim or Arab. HEIL (7) HEIR (7) [noun] Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another. | [noun] One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office. | [noun] A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor. HICK (13) [noun] An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. | [verb] To hiccup HIDE (8) [verb] To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight. | [verb] To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight. | [noun] The skin of an animal. | [noun] A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents. HIED (8) [verb] To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry. | [verb] To hurry (oneself). HIES (7) [verb] To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry. | [verb] To hurry (oneself). HIGH (11) [noun] A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. | [noun] A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best. | [noun] A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs. | [noun] Thought; intention; determination; purpose. | [verb] To hie; to hasten. HIKE (11) [noun] A long walk. | [noun] An abrupt increase. | [noun] The snap of the ball to start a play. HILA (7) [noun] The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support. | [noun] The nucleus of a starch grain. | [noun] A depression or fissure through which ducts, nerves, or blood vessels enter and leave a gland or organ; a porta. HILI (7) [noun] A hilum. HILL (7) [noun] An elevated location smaller than a mountain. | [noun] A sloping road. | [noun] A heap of earth surrounding a plant. HILT (7) [noun] The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand. | [noun] The base of the penis. | [verb] To provide with a hilt. HIND (8) [adjective] Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts). | [noun] A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old. | [noun] A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus. | [noun] A servant, especially an agricultural labourer. HINS (7) [noun] A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L). | [noun] An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L). HINT (7) [noun] A clue. | [noun] A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement. | [noun] A small, barely detectable amount of. HIPS (9) [noun] The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue. | [noun] The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes. | [noun] In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord. HIRE (7) [noun] Payment for the temporary use of something. | [noun] Reward, payment. | [noun] The state of being hired, or having a job; employment. | [verb] To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment. HISN (7) HISS (7) [noun] A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative. | [noun] An expression of disapproval made using such a sound. | [verb] To make a hissing sound. HIST (7) [noun] An instance of an exclamation attracting attention or injunction to be silent. | [interjection] An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention. | [interjection] An injunction to be silent and/or to pay attention to what is being said or can be heard. | [noun] The aggregate of past events. | [verb] To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight). HITS (7) [noun] A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything. | [noun] Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim. | [noun] An attack on a location, person or people. HIVE (10) [noun] A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees. | [noun] The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. | [noun] A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd. HUIC (9) IAMB (8) [noun] A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. IBEX (13) [noun] A type of wild mountain goat of the genus Capra, such as the species Capra ibex. IBIS (6) [noun] Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans. ICED (7) [adjective] With ice added. | [adjective] Very cold, but not necessarily containing ice. | [adjective] Covered with icing. | [verb] To cool with ice, as a beverage. ICES (6) [noun] Water in frozen (solid) form. | [noun] Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide. | [noun] Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form. ICHS (9) ICKY (13) [adjective] Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting. | [adjective] Excessively sentimental. | [adjective] Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health. ICON (6) [noun] An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion. | [noun] (especially Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels. | [noun] (by extension) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing. IDEA (5) [noun] An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples. | [noun] The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal. | [noun] The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic. IDEM (7) [pronoun] The same. IDES (5) [noun] (often capitalized) The notional full-moon day of a Roman month, occurring on the 15th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 13th day of all other months. | [noun] A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus. IDLE (5) [noun] An idle animation. | [noun] An idle game. | [verb] To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume. IDLY (8) [adverb] In an idle manner. | [adverb] Without specific purpose, intent or effort. IDOL (5) [noun] A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power. | [noun] A cultural icon, or especially popular person. | [noun] (originally Japan) Popular entertainer; usually young, captivating, attractive; and often female, with an image of being close to fans. IDYL (8) [noun] Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the Idylls. | [noun] An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience. | [noun] A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner. IFFY (13) [adjective] Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality. | [adjective] Uncertain or chancy. IGLU (5) IKAT (8) [noun] A style of weaving that uses a process similar to tie-dye to dye the threads. | [noun] A work woven in this style. IKON (8) [noun] An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion. | [noun] (especially Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels. | [noun] (by extension) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing. ILEA (4) [noun] The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine. ILEX (11) [noun] Holm oak (Quercus ilex). | [noun] Any of the numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex. ILIA (4) [noun] The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone and pelvis. | [noun] The ileum, part of the small intestine. ILKA (8) ILKS (8) ILLS (4) [noun] (often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity. | [noun] Harm or injury. | [noun] Evil; moral wrongfulness. ILLY (7) IMAM (8) [noun] (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader. | [noun] One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque. IMID (7) IMMY (11) IMPI (8) [noun] A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men. IMPS (8) [noun] A small, mischievous sprite, or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful. | [noun] A mischievous child. | [noun] A baby Tasmanian devil. INBY (9) INCH (9) [noun] A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres. | [noun] The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall. | [noun] The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch. | [noun] A small island INFO (7) [noun] Information. INIA (4) INKS (8) [noun] A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc. | [noun] A particular type, color or container of this fluid. | [noun] The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy. INKY (11) [adjective] Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark. | [adjective] Spattered or stained with ink. | [adjective] Dark-skinned; black. INLY (7) [adjective] Inward; interior; secret. | [adverb] Inwardly, within; internally; secretly. | [adverb] Heartily, completely, fully, thoroughly; extremely. INNS (4) [noun] Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink. | [noun] A tavern. | [noun] One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers. INRO (4) [noun] A small decorative box, hung from the sash of a kimono, for holding small objects INTI (4) [noun] The currency of Peru between 1985 and 1991, replacing the sol. INTO (4) [preposition] To or towards the inside of. | [preposition] To or towards the region of. | [preposition] Against, especially with force or violence. IONS (4) [noun] An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution. IOTA (4) [noun] The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. | [noun] A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity. IRED (5) IRES (4) IRID (5) IRIS (4) [noun] A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See Iris (plant)). | [noun] The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye (See Iris (anatomy)). | [noun] A diaphragm used to regulate the size of a hole, especially as a way of controlling the amount of light reaching a lens. IRKS (8) [verb] To irritate; annoy; bother IRON (4) [noun] A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel. | [noun] A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe. | [noun] Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron. ISBA (6) ISLE (4) [noun] A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers. | [noun] A clear path through rows of seating. | [noun] A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale. ISMS (6) [noun] An ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism. | [noun] Specifically, a form of discrimination, such as racism or sexism. ITCH (9) [noun] A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch. | [noun] A constant teasing desire or want. | [verb] To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched. ITEM (6) [noun] A distinct physical object. | [noun] (by extension) An object that can be picked up for later use. | [noun] A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account. IWIS (7) IXIA (11) [noun] Any of the genus Ixia of cormous plants native to South Africa. IZAR (13) JAIL (11) [noun] A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. | [noun] Confinement in a jail. | [noun] The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days). JIAO (11) [noun] A currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan. JIBB (15) JIBE (13) [noun] A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt. | [verb] To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt. | [verb] To say in a mocking or taunting manner. | [verb] To accord or agree. | [noun] Alternative spelling of gybe JIBS (13) [noun] A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast. | [noun] (usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast. | [noun] The projecting arm of a crane. JIFF (17) [noun] A jiffy; a moment; a short time. | [verb] To deceive, swindle, trick JIGS (12) [noun] A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue. | [noun] A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig. | [noun] (traditional English Morris dancing) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team. JILL (11) [verb] (of a female) To masturbate. | [noun] A female ferret. JILT (11) [noun] A woman who jilts a lover. | [verb] To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love. JIMP (15) JINK (15) [noun] A quick evasive turn. | [verb] To make a quick evasive turn. | [verb] To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn. JINN (11) [noun] (Muslim demonology) A genie and descendant of the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form, equivalent to demons in Jewish demonology. JINS (11) JINX (18) [noun] A hex; an evil spell. | [noun] A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck. | [verb] To cast a spell on. JISM (13) [noun] Spirit or energy. | [noun] Semen. JIVE (14) [noun] A dance style popular in the 1940–50s. | [noun] Swing, a style of jazz music. | [noun] A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon. | [verb] To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt. JOIN (11) [noun] An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect. | [noun] An intersection of data in two or more database tables. | [noun] The act of joining something, such as a network. KADI (9) [noun] A civil judge in certain Islamic countries. KAIF (11) KAIL (8) [noun] Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables. | [noun] A broth made with kale or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner. | [noun] An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) KAIN (8) KAKI (12) [noun] A persimmon, more specifically the Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki). KAMI (10) [noun] An animistic God or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan. | [noun] The metaphysical causal generator of motion, life, or divinish aura. | [noun] (papercraft) A basic origami paper, usually printed with a colour or pattern on one side. | [noun] An animistic God or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan. KEIR (8) KEPI (10) [noun] A cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms. KHIS (11) KIBE (10) [noun] A chilblain or ulcer, especially on the heel of the foot. KICK (14) [noun] A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee. | [noun] The action of swinging a foot or leg. | [noun] Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing. | [verb] To die. KIDS (9) [noun] A young goat. | [noun] Of a female goat, the state of being pregnant: in kid. | [noun] Kidskin. KIEF (11) KIER (8) [noun] A bleaching vat. KIFS (11) KIKE (12) [noun] A Jew. | [noun] A contemptible person, especially one who is stingy. KILL (8) [noun] The act of killing. | [noun] Specifically, the death blow. | [noun] The result of killing; that which has been killed. | [noun] (north-east US) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea. | [noun] A kiln. KILN (8) [noun] An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain. | [verb] To bake in a kiln. KILO (8) [noun] In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg | [noun] The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight. KILT (8) [noun] A traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern. | [noun] Any Scottish garment from which the above lies in a direct line of descent, such as the philibeg, or the great kilt or belted plaid | [noun] A plaid, pleated school uniform skirt sometimes structured as a wrap around, sometimes pleated throughout the entire circumference; also used as boys' wear in 19th century USA. | [verb] To put to death; to extinguish the life of. KINA (8) [noun] The national currency of Papua New Guinea, divided into 100 toea. | [noun] Evechinus chloroticus, a sea urchin endemic to New Zealand. KIND (9) [noun] A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together. | [noun] A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen. | [noun] One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition. | [adjective] Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others. KINE (8) [noun] (properly) An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved. | [noun] (formerly inexact but now common) Any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves. | [noun] Beef: the meat of cattle as food. | [noun] The unit velocity in the CGS system, equal to one centimeter per second. KING (9) [noun] A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation. | [noun] A powerful or majorly influential person. | [noun] Something that has a preeminent position. | [noun] A sounding stone, a Chinese musical instrument. KINK (12) [noun] A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying. | [verb] To laugh loudly. | [verb] To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing. | [noun] A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc. KINO (8) [noun] (pickup community) Physical contact with another person, touch. | [noun] A botanical gum produced by various trees and other plants, particularly bloodwood species of eucalypts (Angophora, Corymbia, Eucalyptus), Butea, and Pterocarpus, used in tanning and dyeing and as an astringent in medicine. | [noun] Especially good or sophisticated cinema. KINS (8) [noun] A day, in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. | [noun] A primitive Chinese musical instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. KIPS (10) [noun] The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat. | [noun] A bundle or set of such hides. | [noun] A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat. KIRK (12) [noun] A church. KIRN (8) KIRS (8) [noun] A cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis topped up with white wine. KISS (8) [verb] To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting. | [verb] To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact. | [verb] Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion. | [noun] A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting. KIST (8) [verb] To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting. | [verb] To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact. | [verb] Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion. | [noun] A chest. KITE (8) KITH (11) [noun] Friends and acquaintances. | [noun] (rural) An acquaintance or a friend. KITS (8) [noun] A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves. | [noun] A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight. | [noun] A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack. KIVA (11) [noun] A ceremonial underground chamber in a Pueblo village. KIWI (11) [noun] A New Zealander. | [noun] A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand. | [noun] A New Zealand dollar. KNIT (8) [noun] A knitted garment. | [noun] A session of knitting. | [verb] To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine. KRIS (8) [noun] An Indonesian or Malay dagger with a wavy, or rigid serpentine blade. | [noun] A Moro sword with an asymmetrical blade. | [verb] To stab with a kris. LAIC (6) [noun] A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy. | [adjective] Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical. LAID (5) [adjective] (of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould. | [verb] To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position. | [verb] To cause to subside or abate. LAIN (4) [verb] To rest in a horizontal position on a surface. | [verb] To be placed or situated. | [verb] To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition. | [verb] To conceal, keep quiet about. LAIR (4) [noun] A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground. | [noun] A shed or shelter for domestic animals. | [noun] A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway. | [noun] A bog; a mire. | [noun] A person who dresses in a showy but tasteless manner and behaves in a vulgar and conceited way; a show-off. LARI (4) [noun] The national currency of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri. LATI (4) LEIS (4) [noun] A garland of flowers in Hawaii. LIAR (4) [noun] One who tells lies. | [noun] A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week. LIBS (6) [noun] Liberal | [noun] Liberation | [noun] Library LICE (6) [noun] A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea. | [noun] (not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm. LICH (9) LICK (10) [noun] The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue. | [noun] The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick. | [noun] A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue. LIDO (5) [noun] Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities. | [noun] An outdoor swimming pool. LIDS (5) [noun] A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye. | [noun] The top or cover of a container. | [noun] A cap or hat. LIED (5) [noun] An art song, sung in German and accompanied on the piano. | [verb] To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive. | [verb] To convey a false image or impression. LIEF (7) [adjective] Beloved, dear, agreeable. | [adjective] Ready, willing. | [adverb] Readily, willingly, rather. | [noun] The fibre by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made. LIEN (4) [noun] A tendon. | [noun] A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged. | [noun] (possibly obsolete) The spleen. LIER (4) LIES (4) [noun] The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck. | [noun] The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown. | [noun] The position of a fetus in the womb. LIEU (4) [noun] Place, stead; See in lieu or in lieu of LIFE (7) [noun] The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living. | [noun] The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc. | [noun] Lifeforms, generally or collectively. LIFT (7) [noun] An act of lifting or raising. | [noun] The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip. | [noun] Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator. | [noun] Air. LIKE (8) [noun] (usually in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers). | [noun] An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet. | [verb] To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. | [noun] (sometimes as the likes of') Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort. | [verb] To be likely. LILT (4) [noun] Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness. | [noun] A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune. | [noun] A cheerful or melodious accent when speaking. LILY (7) [noun] Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species. | [noun] Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other. | [noun] The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis. LIMA (6) LIMB (8) [noun] A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing). | [noun] A branch of a tree. | [noun] The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip. | [noun] The apparent visual edge of a celestial body. LIME (6) [noun] Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime). | [noun] Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime. | [verb] To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime). | [noun] A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree, or its wood. | [noun] Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon. | [verb] To hang out/socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach. | [noun] A leash. LIMN (6) [verb] To draw or paint; to delineate. | [verb] To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour. LIMO (6) [noun] An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front. | [noun] An automobile with such a body. | [noun] A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. LIMP (8) [noun] An irregular, jerky or awkward gait. | [noun] A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve. | [verb] To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg. | [noun] A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging. | [verb] To happen; befall; chance. LIMY (9) LINE (4) [noun] A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight. | [noun] A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness. | [noun] A hose or pipe, of any size. | [noun] Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax. | [verb] (of a dog) To copulate with, to impregnate. LING (5) [noun] Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod. | [noun] The common ling, Molva molva. | [noun] Any of various varieties of heather or broom. | [noun] Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod. | [noun] The scientific study of language. LINK (8) [noun] Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action. | [noun] (by extension) An address, URL, or program that defines a hyperlink's function. | [noun] A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas. | [noun] A torch, used to light dark streets. | [verb] To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly. LINN (4) [noun] A pool of water, especially one below a waterfall. | [noun] A waterfall or cataract, or a ravine down which its water rushes. LINO (4) [noun] An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride. | [noun] An assistant referee. | [noun] A male line judge. LINS (4) LINT (4) [noun] A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds. | [noun] Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc. | [noun] The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant. | [verb] To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors. LINY (7) LION (4) [noun] A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe. | [noun] (by extension) Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion. | [noun] A Chinese foo dog. LIPS (6) [noun] Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. | [noun] A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia. | [noun] (by extension) The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout. LIRA (4) [noun] The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel. | [noun] The basic unit of currency in Turkey. | [noun] The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar) | [noun] A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy. | [noun] Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs LIRE (4) [noun] Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin. | [noun] The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint. | [noun] The cheek. | [noun] The Manx shearwater (bird). | [noun] The basic unit of currency in Turkey. LIRI (4) LISP (6) [noun] The habit or an act of lisping. | [verb] To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/). This is a speech impediment common among children. | [verb] To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk. LIST (4) [noun] A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth. | [noun] Material used for cloth selvage. | [noun] A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. | [noun] Art; craft; cunning; skill. | [verb] To listen. | [noun] Desire, inclination. | [noun] A tilt to a building. LITE (4) [noun] Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, although not visible, are commonly called ultraviolet and infrared light. | [noun] A source of illumination. | [noun] Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information. | [noun] A little, bit. | [noun] The act of waiting; a wait. LITS (4) LITU (4) LIVE (7) [verb] To be alive; to have life. | [verb] To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside. | [verb] To survive; to persevere; to continue. | [noun] Life LOCI (6) [noun] A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime. | [noun] The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition. | [noun] A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes. LOIN (4) [noun] The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips | [noun] Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal LOTI (4) [noun] A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae. | [noun] A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India. | [noun] A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria. | [noun] The basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho, introduced in 1980 to replace the South African rand as legal tender. LWEI (7) [noun] A monetary unit of Angola used from 1975-1990, one hundredth of a kwanza. MAGI (7) [noun] A magician, wizard or sorcerer. | [noun] (common usage) magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan | [noun] (special usage) a Zoroastrian priest MAID (7) [noun] A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden. | [noun] A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). | [noun] A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender. MAIL (6) [noun] A bag or wallet. | [noun] A bag containing letters to be delivered by post. | [noun] The material conveyed by the postal service. | [noun] Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together. | [noun] An old French coin worth half a denier. MAIM (8) [noun] A serious wound | [verb] To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body. MAIN (6) [verb] Short for mainline. | [verb] To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game. | [verb] Of a road: to convert into a main or primary road. | [noun] That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross. | [noun] A hand or match in a game of dice. | [noun] A basket for gathering grapes. MAIR (6) MAXI (13) [noun] A coat or skirt having such a hemline | [adjective] Having a hemline at ankle length | [noun] A class of racing sailing yacht that pushes at the upper limits of the International Offshore Rule of regulated sail yacht racing, having a waterline length in excess of 70-feet. MIBS (8) MICA (8) [noun] Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. MICE (8) [noun] Any small rodent of the genus Mus. | [noun] A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent. | [noun] A quiet or shy person. MICK (12) [noun] An Irishman | [noun] A Catholic, particularly of Irish descent. | [adjective] Easy. MIDI (7) [noun] A native or inhabitant of Berlin. | [noun] A doughnut with a sweet filling. | [noun] A newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 315 by 470 millimetres (12.4 in × 18.5 inches), slightly taller and wider than a tabloid but narrower and shorter than a broadsheet. MIDS (7) MIEN (6) [noun] Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer. | [noun] A specific facial expression. MIFF (12) [noun] A small argument; a quarrel. | [noun] A state of being offended. | [verb] (usually used in the passive) To offend slightly. MIGG (8) MIGS (7) MIKE (10) [noun] A microphone. | [verb] To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on. | [verb] To measure using a micrometer. | [noun] A minute. MILD (7) [noun] A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale | [adjective] Gentle and not easily angered. | [adjective] (of a rule or punishment) Of only moderate severity; not strict. MILE (6) [noun] The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards. | [noun] Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values. | [noun] Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet. MILK (10) [noun] A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt. | [noun] A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans. Also called non-dairy milk. | [noun] An individual serving of milk. | [verb] To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow). MILL (6) [noun] A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. | [noun] The building housing such a grinding apparatus. | [noun] A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process. | [noun] An obsolete coin worth one thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent. | [noun] An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries. | [noun] A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games. | [noun] (trading card games) Discarding a card from one's deck. MILO (6) [noun] Sorghum MILS (6) [noun] An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries. | [noun] A unit of measurement equal to 1⁄1000 of an inch, usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic. | [noun] A former subdivision (1/1000) of the Maltese lira MILT (6) [noun] The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food. | [noun] The semen of a male fish. | [verb] To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt. MIME (8) [noun] A form of acting without words; pantomime. | [noun] A pantomime actor. | [noun] A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce. MINA (6) MIND (7) [noun] The ability for rational thought. | [noun] The ability to be aware of things. | [noun] The ability to remember things. MINE (6) [pronoun] My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me. | [noun] An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels. | [noun] Any source of wealth or resources. | [noun] Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer. MINI (6) [adjective] Miniature, tiny, small. | [noun] A miniskirt. | [noun] A minicomputer. MINK (10) [noun] (plural mink or minks) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neovison vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola). | [noun] (plural mink) The fur or pelt of a mink, used to make apparel. | [noun] (plural minks) An article of clothing made of mink. MINT (6) [noun] A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence. | [noun] A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc. | [noun] Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself. | [noun] Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems. | [noun] (provincial) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor. MINX (13) [noun] A mink. MIRE (6) [noun] Deep mud; moist, spongy earth. | [noun] An undesirable situation, a predicament. | [verb] To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud. | [noun] An ant. MIRI (6) MIRK (10) [noun] Archaic spelling of murk. | [verb] Archaic spelling of murk. | [adjective] Dark, murky MIRS (6) MIRY (9) [adjective] Relating to a mire; swampy, boggy. MISE (6) MISO (6) [noun] A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces. MISS (6) [noun] A failure to hit. | [noun] A failure to obtain or accomplish. | [noun] An act of avoidance (used with the verb give). | [noun] A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used. MIST (6) [noun] Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. | [noun] A layer of fine droplets or particles. | [noun] Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision. MITE (6) [noun] Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari). | [noun] A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. | [noun] A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ. MITT (6) [noun] A mitten | [noun] An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt. | [noun] (especially in plural) A hand. MITY (9) MIXT (13) MODI (7) MOIL (6) [noun] Hard work. | [noun] Confusion, turmoil. | [noun] A spot; a defilement. | [noun] The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather. MOMI (8) MUNI (6) [noun] A municipal bond. | [noun] A facility operated by a municipal government, such as a golf course or train line. | [noun] The municipal government / municipality | [noun] (often italicized) A Jain or Buddhist ascetic who has taken a vow of silence NAIF (7) [noun] One who is naive. | [adjective] Naive. NAIL (4) [noun] The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals. | [noun] The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera. | [noun] The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds. | [verb] To fix (an object) to another object using a nail. NAOI (4) [noun] The inner part of a Greek temple. It contained a statue of the appropriate deity surrounded by a colonnaded portico and later gave rise to the Roman cella. NAZI (13) [noun] A member of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, commonly called the NSDAP or Nazi Party). | [noun] One who subscribes to or advocates (neo-)Nazism or a similarly fascist, racist (especially anti-Semitic), xenophobic, ethnic supremacist, or ultranationalist ideology; a neo-Nazi. | [noun] (usually derogatory, sometimes offensive, see usage notes below) One who imposes one’s views on others; one who is considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict. (also frequently uncapitalised: nazi) NEIF (7) NEVI (7) [noun] Any of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal lesions of the skin. NIBS (6) [noun] The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper. | [noun] The bill or beak of a bird; the neb. | [noun] Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces. | [noun] (after possessive pronoun) An important or self-important person. NICE (6) [noun] Niceness. | [adjective] Pleasant, satisfactory. | [adjective] Of a person: friendly, attractive. | [verb] To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority. NICK (10) [noun] A small cut in a surface. | [noun] Senses connoting something small. | [noun] Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state. | [verb] To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style. | [noun] A nix or nixie. NIDE (5) [noun] A nest of pheasants. NIDI (5) [noun] An aggregate of neurons. | [noun] A nest for insects or small animals. | [noun] A place of infection in an organism. NIGH (8) [verb] To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near | [adjective] Near, close by | [adjective] Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate. NILL (4) NILS (4) [noun] Nothing; zero. NIMS (6) NINE (4) [noun] The digit or figure 9. | [noun] A playing card with nine pips. | [noun] A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol. NIPA (6) [noun] A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans. | [noun] A liquor made from the sap of nipa palm. | [noun] The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses. | [noun] Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, Palmer's grass. NIPS (6) [noun] A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor. | [noun] A nipple, usually of a woman. | [noun] A playful bite. NISI (4) NITE (4) [noun] The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark. | [noun] (Astronomy) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight. | [noun] (Legal) Often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise. NITS (4) [noun] A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism. | [noun] A logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms. | [noun] The egg of a louse. NIXE (11) NIXY (14) NODI (5) [noun] A difficulty. | [noun] In the Odonata, a prominent crossvein near the centre of the leading edge of a wing. NOIL (4) [noun] A short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns. Sometimes it is referred to as 'Raw Silk', although this is somewhat of a misnomer. NOIR (4) [noun] Film noir. | [noun] A production in the style of film noir. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre NORI (4) [noun] A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species P. yezoensis and P. tenera). | [noun] The seaweed, chopped and formed into sheets, used in the preparation of sushi. | [noun] An improvised rail vehicle from Cambodia; a bamboo train. OBIA (6) OBIS (6) [noun] A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean. | [noun] A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft. | [noun] A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell. OBIT (6) [noun] Death of a person. | [noun] A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person. | [noun] A record of a person's death. | [noun] An obituary. ODIC (7) OHIA (7) OILS (4) [noun] Liquid fat. | [noun] Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant. | [noun] An oil painting. OILY (7) [noun] A marble with an oily lustre. | [noun] (in the plural) Oilskins. (waterproof garment) | [adjective] Relating to or resembling oil. OINK (8) [noun] The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof. | [verb] Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound. | [interjection] Representing the sound made by a pig. OLIO (4) [noun] A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables. | [noun] A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch. | [noun] A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany. OMIT (6) [verb] To leave out or exclude. | [verb] To fail to perform. | [verb] To neglect or take no notice of. OTIC (6) [adjective] Of, relating/pertaining to, or located near the ear OXID (12) OXIM (13) PADI (7) PAID (7) [verb] To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. | [verb] To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required. | [verb] To be profitable for. | [adjective] That is not free of charge; that costs money. PAIK (10) PAIL (6) [noun] A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover). | [noun] (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container. PAIN (6) [noun] An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt. | [noun] The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress | [noun] (from pain in the neck) An annoying person or thing. | [noun] Any of various breads stuffed with a filling. PAIR (6) [noun] Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of. | [noun] Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship. | [noun] Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts) | [verb] To impair, to make worse. PEIN (6) [noun] The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end. | [verb] To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. PERI (6) [noun] (Persian mythology) A sprite or supernatural being. PFUI (9) [interjection] An exclamation indicating disagreement or rejection of an argument; contempt PHIS (9) [noun] Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph". | [noun] The golden ratio. | [noun] A visual illusion whereby a sequential pattern of lights produces a false sense of motion. PHIZ (18) [noun] (chiefly Britain) The face. PIAL (6) PIAN (6) PIAS (6) PICA (8) [noun] A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand. | [noun] A size of type between small pica and English, standardized as 12-point. | [noun] (usually with qualifier) A font of this size. | [noun] Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia. | [noun] A magpie. PICE (8) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a rupee in various Asian countries. | [noun] (British India) A subdivision of currency equivalent to 1/64 of a rupee or three pies. | [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka. PICK (12) [noun] A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. | [noun] A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock. | [noun] A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair. PICS (8) [noun] A picture, especially a photographic image. | [noun] A film. | [noun] A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches. PIED (7) [adjective] Having two or more colors, especially black and white. | [adjective] Decorated or colored in blotches. | [verb] To spill or mix printing type. | [verb] To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing). PIER (6) [noun] A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty. | [noun] A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment. | [noun] A structure that projects tangentially from the shoreline to accommodate ships; often double-sided. PIES (6) [verb] To spill or mix printing type. | [noun] A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. | [noun] Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling. PIGS (7) [noun] Any of several intelligent mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus scrofa. | [noun] (specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine). | [noun] The edible meat of such an animal; pork. PIKA (10) [noun] Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia. PIKE (10) [noun] A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults. | [noun] A sharp point, such as that of the weapon. | [noun] A large haycock. | [noun] Short for turnpike. PIKI (10) [noun] A paper-thin, dry, rolled bread made by the Hopi with nixtamalized blue corn meal. PILE (6) [noun] A mass of things heaped together; a heap. | [noun] A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process. | [noun] A mass formed in layers. | [noun] A dart; an arrow. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A hemorrhoid. | [noun] Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.) PILI (6) PILL (6) [noun] A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. | [noun] (definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill. | [noun] A comical or entertaining person. | [noun] The peel or skin. | [noun] An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay. PILY (9) PIMA (8) [noun] A soft form of cotton having long fibres (Gossypium barbadense) PIMP (10) [noun] Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander. | [noun] A man who can easily attract women. | [verb] To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander. | [numeral] Five in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting PINA (6) [noun] Cloth woven from pineapple fiber | [noun] A cone of silver amalgam prepared for retorting. | [noun] The residual cone of spongy silver left after the retorting. PINE (6) [noun] Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus. | [noun] Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect. | [noun] The wood of this tree. | [noun] A painful longing. | [verb] To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress. PING (7) [noun] A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound. | [noun] (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels. | [noun] A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence. PINK (10) [noun] The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus. | [noun] A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr. | [noun] A narrow boat. | [noun] A stab. | [noun] Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations. | [verb] Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine). | [verb] To wink; to blink. | [noun] Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base. PINS (6) [verb] To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. | [noun] A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening. | [noun] A small nail with a head and a sharp point. PINT (6) [noun] A unit of volume, equivalent to: | [noun] (metonym) A pint of milk. | [noun] (metonymy) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint. PINY (9) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or having many pines PION (6) [noun] Any of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral charge, composed of up and down quarks/antiquarks. PIPE (8) [noun] Meanings relating to a wind instrument. | [noun] Meanings relating to a hollow conduit. | [noun] Meanings relating to a container. PIPS (8) [noun] Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza. | [noun] Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression. | [noun] A pippin, seed of any kind. PIPY (11) PIRN (6) PISH (9) [noun] A sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh") made by birders and ornithologists to attract small birds. | [verb] To try to attract birds by making a sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh"). | [verb] To express contempt. PISO (6) PISS (6) [noun] (usually uncountable) Urine. | [noun] An instance of pissing. | [noun] Alcoholic beverage, especially of inferior quality. PITA (6) [noun] A flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels. | [noun] A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper. | [noun] The plant which yields the fiber. PITH (9) [noun] The soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees. | [noun] The spongy interior substance of a feather or horn. | [noun] The spinal cord; the marrow. | [noun] One divided by pi. PITS (6) [noun] A hole in the ground. | [noun] An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race. | [noun] A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed. PITY (9) [noun] A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something. | [noun] Something regrettable. | [noun] Piety. PIXY (16) [noun] (fantasy literature, fairy tales) A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature. | [noun] A cute, petite woman with short hair. | [noun] An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome. PLIE (6) [noun] A smooth and continuous bending of the knees POIS (6) [noun] A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string; also, a traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball. PRIG (7) [noun] A tinker. | [noun] A petty thief or pickpocket. | [noun] A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner. PRIM (8) [verb] To make affectedly precise or proper. | [verb] To dress or act smartly. | [adjective] Prudish, straight-laced | [noun] (plants) privet PSIS (6) [noun] The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek. | [noun] A form of psychic energy. PULI (6) [noun] One of a breed of Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat. PURI (6) [noun] A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried. | [noun] In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, a palace, or other residence of a member of the royal family or ruling class. PYIC (11) PYIN (9) QAID (14) QUAI (13) QUID (14) [noun] The inherent nature of something. | [noun] A section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811 (from tertium quid). | [noun] A sovereign or guinea. | [noun] A piece of chewing tobacco. QUIN (13) [noun] A quintuplet. | [noun] A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food. QUIP (15) [noun] A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe. | [verb] To make a quip. | [verb] To taunt; to treat with quips. QUIT (13) [verb] To pay (a debt, fine etc.). | [verb] To repay (someone) for (something). | [verb] To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.). | [noun] Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America. QUIZ (22) [noun] An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing. | [noun] A competition in the answering of questions. | [noun] A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course. RAGI (5) [noun] A type of grain, Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid areas of Africa and Asia; finger millet. | [noun] A type of yeast traditionally used in winemaking, baking, and brewing, now identified as Saccharomyces cerevisiae. RAIA (4) RAID (5) [noun] A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle. | [noun] An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering | [noun] An attacking movement. RAIL (4) [noun] A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing. | [noun] The metal bar that makes the track for a railroad. | [noun] A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation. | [noun] Any of several birds in the family Rallidae. | [verb] To complain violently (against, about). | [noun] An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress. | [verb] (of a liquid) To gush, flow. RAIN (4) [noun] Condensed water falling from a cloud. | [noun] Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops. | [noun] An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air. RAKI (8) [noun] A Turkish liqueur flavored with anise. RAMI (6) [noun] A small spray or twig. | [noun] A branching, as of nerves or blood vessels. | [noun] The stem of a barb of a feather, from which the barbules extend. RANI (4) [noun] The wife of a rajah. | [noun] A Hindu princess or female ruler in India. REIF (7) REIN (4) [noun] A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child. | [noun] An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing. | [verb] To direct or stop a horse by using reins. | [noun] (chiefly in plural) A kidney. REIS (4) RIAL (4) [noun] The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen. | [noun] An old gold coin of England. RIAS (4) [noun] A submergent coastal landform, often known as a drowned river valley RIBS (6) [noun] Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum | [noun] A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something | [noun] A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones RICE (6) [noun] Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food. | [noun] A specific variety of this plant. | [noun] The seeds of this plant used as food. | [noun] (now chiefly) A twig or stick. RICH (9) [verb] To enrich. | [verb] To become rich. | [adjective] Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions. RICK (10) [noun] Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch. | [noun] A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet. | [verb] To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks. | [verb] To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc. | [noun] A brand new (naive) boot camp inductee. RIDE (5) [noun] An instance of riding. | [noun] A vehicle. | [noun] An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park. RIDS (5) [verb] To free (something) from a hindrance or annoyance. | [verb] To banish. | [verb] To kill. RIEL (4) [noun] The monetary unit of Cambodia, equivalent to 100 sen or 10 kak. Symbol: ៛ RIFE (7) [adjective] Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things). | [adjective] Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful. | [adjective] Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things). RIFF (10) [noun] A repeated instrumental melody line in a song. | [noun] A clever or witty remark. | [noun] A variation on something. | [noun] The belly; the bowels. RIFS (7) RIFT (7) [noun] A chasm or fissure. | [noun] A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through. | [noun] A shallow place in a stream; a ford. | [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland and northern Britain) To belch. RIGS (5) [noun] The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft. | [noun] Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose. | [noun] A large truck such as a semi-tractor. RILE (4) [verb] To make angry | [verb] To stir or move from a state of calm or order RILL (4) [noun] A very small brook; a streamlet. | [verb] To trickle, pour, or run like a small stream. | [noun] A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies. RIME (6) [noun] Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface. | [noun] A coating or sheet of ice so formed. | [noun] A film or slimy coating. | [verb] To compose or treat in verse; versify. | [noun] A step of a ladder; a rung. | [noun] A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack. RIMS (6) [noun] An edge around something, especially when circular. | [noun] A wheelrim. | [noun] A semicircular copydesk. RIMY (9) [adjective] Coated in rime. RIND (5) [noun] Tree bark | [noun] A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc | [noun] (usually "the") The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind" | [noun] An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill. RING (5) [noun] (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle. | [noun] (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle. | [noun] A piece of food in the shape of a ring. | [noun] The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it. | [noun] An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation. RINK (8) [noun] A man, especially a warrior or hero. | [noun] A ring; a circle. | [noun] A sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports, such as hockey or curling. RINS (4) RIOT (4) [noun] Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult. | [noun] The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object. | [noun] A wide and unconstrained variety. RIPE (6) [noun] A fruit or vegetable which has ripened. | [verb] To ripen or mature | [adjective] (of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature | [noun] The bank of a river. | [verb] To search; to rummage. RIPS (6) [noun] A tear (in paper, etc.). | [noun] A type of tide or current. | [noun] A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action. RISE (4) [verb] To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. | [verb] To increase in value or standing. | [verb] To begin; to develop. | [noun] The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater. | [noun] (now chiefly) A twig or stick. RISK (8) [noun] A possible adverse event or outcome | [noun] The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event. | [noun] The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event. RITE (4) [noun] A religious custom. | [noun] (by extension) A prescribed behavior. | [adjective] Straight, not bent. RITZ (13) [noun] (usually preceded by the) A display of ostentatious elegance. RIVE (7) [noun] A place torn; a rent; a rift. | [verb] To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave. | [verb] To pierce or cleave with a weapon. | [noun] A bank or shore. ROIL (4) [verb] To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of. | [verb] To annoy; to make someone angry. | [verb] To bubble, seethe. ROTI (4) [noun] A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean. RUIN (4) [noun] (sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. | [noun] The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed. | [noun] Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction. SADI (5) SAID (5) [adjective] Mentioned earlier; aforesaid. | [verb] To pronounce. | [verb] To recite. SAIL (4) [noun] A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes. | [noun] (nautical,uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance. | [noun] The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport. | [verb] To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power. SAIN (4) SAKI (8) [noun] An alcoholic beverage made from fermenting various forms of rice, usually with an ABV similar to wine. | [noun] A class of Japanese rice wines made from polished rice and typically about 20% alcohol by volume. | [noun] Any of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. with large ears and a long hairy tail that is not prehensile. SARI (4) [noun] The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the other draped over the shoulder or head. SATI (4) [noun] The traditional custom of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion. SEIF (7) [noun] A sand dune that elongates parallel to the prevailing wind. SEIS (4) [noun] A sei whale. SEMI (6) [noun] A semi-detached house. | [noun] A semitrailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic. | [noun] A semifinal. SHIM (9) [noun] A wedge. | [noun] A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support. | [noun] A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes. | [noun] A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits, also called a he-she; transsexual. SHIN (7) [noun] The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone | [noun] A fishplate for a railway. | [verb] (as "shin up") To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like. | [noun] The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter) SHIP (9) [noun] A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat. | [noun] (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship. | [noun] A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts. | [verb] To send by water-borne transport. | [noun] A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional. SHIT (7) [noun] Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces. | [noun] An instance of defecation. | [noun] Rubbish; worthless matter. | [verb] To defecate. SHIV (10) [noun] A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush). | [noun] A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp. | [verb] To stab someone with a shiv. SHRI (7) SIAL (4) [noun] The rocks rich in silicon and aluminum that form the upper layer of the earth's crust, which lies beneath all continental landmasses. SIBB (8) SIBS (6) [noun] Kindred; kin; kinsmen; a body of persons related by blood in any degree. | [noun] A kinsman; a blood relation; a relative, near or remote; one closely allied to another; an intimate companion. | [noun] A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender) SICE (6) [noun] A groom, or servant with responsibility for the horses. | [noun] (Malaya) usually syce: chauffeur, driver. | [noun] The number six in a game of dice. SICK (10) [noun] Sick people in general as a group. | [noun] Vomit. | [verb] To vomit. | [verb] To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs. SICS (6) [verb] To mark with a bracketed sic. | [verb] To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs. | [verb] To set upon; to chase; to attack. SIDE (5) [noun] A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape. | [noun] A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face. | [noun] One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone. | [verb] To clear, tidy or sort. SIFT (7) SIGH (8) [noun] A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing. | [noun] Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament. | [noun] A person who is bored. SIGN (5) [noun] (sometimes also used uncountably) A visible indication. | [noun] Physical evidence left by an animal. | [noun] A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures. | [verb] To make a mark SIKE (8) [noun] A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer. | [noun] A sigh. | [verb] To sigh or sob. | [interjection] Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor. Also sike. SILD (5) [noun] Any young herring (other than a sprat), especially if canned and processed in Scandinavia for sale as a sardine. SILK (8) [noun] A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider). | [noun] A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers. | [noun] Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes. SILL (4) [noun] (also window sill) A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window. | [noun] A horizontal, structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings or lying on the ground in earth-fast construction and bearing the upright portion of a frame. Also called a ground plate, groundsill, sole, sole-plate, mudsill. An interrupted sill fits between posts instead of being below and supporting the posts in timber framing. | [noun] A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds. | [noun] A young herring. | [noun] The shaft or thill of a carriage. SILO (4) [noun] A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage. | [noun] From the shape, a building used for the storage of grain. | [noun] An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched. SILT (4) [noun] Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water. | [noun] (by extension) Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport. | [noun] A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. SIMA (6) [noun] The upturned edge of a roof which acts as a gutter; a cyma. | [noun] The lower layer of the earth's outer crust that underlies the sial and is rich in silica, iron, and magnesium. SIMP (8) [noun] A simple person lacking common sense; a fool or simpleton. | [verb] To melancholically reminisce; to recall once fond memories now tinged with sadness, especially regarding a former lover. | [noun] A man who foolishly overvalues and defers to a woman, putting her on a pedestal. | [adjective] Made more simple; having its complexity reduced. SIMS (6) [noun] A simulation or simulator. SINE (4) [noun] In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse. SING (5) [noun] A gathering at which people sing songs. | [verb] To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. | [verb] To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization. SINH (7) [noun] A traditional tube skirt worn by Lao and Thai women, particularly northern Thai and northeastern Thai women. SINK (8) [noun] A basin used for holding water for washing. | [noun] A drain for carrying off wastewater. | [noun] A sinkhole. SINS (4) [noun] A violation of God's will or religious law. | [noun] A misdeed. | [noun] A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. SIPE (6) [noun] Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction. | [noun] A drain. | [verb] To cut grooves in tires. SIPS (6) [noun] A small mouthful of drink SIRE (4) [noun] A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign. | [noun] A male animal; a stud, especially a horse or dog, that has fathered another. | [noun] A father; the head of a family; the husband. SIRS (4) [noun] A man of a higher rank or position. | [noun] A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position, particularly: | [noun] A respectful term of address to an adult male (often older), especially if his name or proper title is unknown. SITE (4) [noun] Sorrow, grief. | [noun] The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position | [noun] A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation SITH (7) SITS (4) [noun] Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine. | [noun] An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation. | [verb] (of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks. SIZE (13) [noun] (obsolete outside dialectal) An assize. | [noun] A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc. | [noun] A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink. | [noun] A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon. SIZY (16) SKID (9) [noun] An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car. | [noun] A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan. | [noun] (by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose. | [noun] A stepchild. SKIM (10) [noun] A cursory reading, skipping the details. | [noun] Skim milk. | [noun] The act of skimming. SKIN (8) [noun] The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human. | [noun] The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant. | [noun] The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc. SKIP (10) [noun] A leaping, jumping or skipping movement. | [noun] The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. | [noun] A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. | [noun] A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep). | [noun] Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority. | [noun] An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent. | [noun] (college slang) A college servant. SKIS (8) [noun] One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water | [noun] One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing | [verb] To move on skis SKIT (8) [noun] A short comic performance. | [noun] A jeer or sally; a brief satire. | [noun] A wanton girl; a wench. SLID (5) [verb] To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface | [verb] To move on a low-friction surface. | [verb] To drop down and skid into a base. SLIM (6) [noun] A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes. | [noun] A potato farl. | [noun] AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages. SLIP (6) [noun] A thin, slippery mix of clay and water. | [noun] Mud, slime. | [noun] A twig or shoot; a cutting. | [noun] An act or instance of slipping. SLIT (4) [noun] A narrow cut or opening; a slot. | [noun] The opening of the vagina. | [noun] A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute. SMIT (6) [noun] Fine clay or ochre made up into balls, used for marking sheep. | [noun] An infection. | [noun] A stain. | [verb] To hit, to strike. SNIB (6) [noun] A latch or fastening for a door, window etc. | [noun] A reprimand; a snub. | [verb] To latch (a door, window etc.). SNIP (6) [noun] The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something. | [noun] A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool. | [noun] Something acquired for a low price; a bargain. SNIT (4) [noun] A temper; a lack of patience; a bad mood. | [noun] A U.S. unit of volume for liquor equal to 2 jiggers, 3 U.S. fluid ounces, or 88.7 milliliters. | [noun] A beer chaser commonly served in three-ounce servings in highball or juice glasses with a Bloody Mary cocktail in the upper midwest states of United States including Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois. SOIL (4) [noun] A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth. | [noun] The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants. | [noun] The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics. | [noun] Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes. | [noun] A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted. | [verb] To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food. SOLI (4) [noun] A piece of music for one performer. | [noun] A job or performance done by one person alone. | [noun] (games) A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner SORI (4) [noun] Any reproductive structure, in some lichens and fungi, that produces spores. | [noun] A cluster of sporangia on the edge or underside of a fern frond. | [noun] Copper sulphate SPIC (8) [noun] A Spanish-speaking person, someone with a Central American or Latino accent. SPIK (10) SPIN (6) [noun] Rapid circular motion. | [noun] A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment. | [noun] A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation. SPIT (6) [noun] A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire. | [noun] A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula. | [verb] To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object. | [noun] A sudden impact or blow. | [noun] The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade. SPIV (9) [noun] A smartly dressed person who trades in illicit, black-market or stolen goods. | [noun] A flashy con artist, often homeless, who lives by his wits. | [noun] In Scotland Yard usage, a low and common thief. SRIS (4) STIR (4) [noun] The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.) | [noun] Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. | [noun] Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar. | [noun] Jail; prison. SUIT (4) [noun] A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman. | [noun] (by extension) A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit. | [noun] (metonym) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor. SWIG (8) [noun] Drink, liquor. | [noun] (by extension) A long draught from a drink. | [noun] A person who drinks deeply. SWIM (9) [noun] An act or instance of swimming. | [noun] The sound, or air bladder, of a fish. | [noun] A part of a stream much frequented by fish. | [noun] A dizziness; swoon. | [noun] Abbreviation of someone who isn't me. used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in online drug forums SYLI (7) TAIL (4) [noun] The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus. | [noun] An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails. | [noun] The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything. | [noun] Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs. TAIN (4) TALI (4) [noun] The bone of the ankle. TAXI (11) [noun] A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver. | [noun] A share taxi. | [verb] To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power. THIN (7) [noun] A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole. | [noun] Any food produced or served in thin slices. | [verb] To make thin or thinner. THIO (7) THIR (7) THIS (7) [noun] Something being indicated that is here; one of these. | [noun] Referring to the current context in a programming environment in C-like languages. | [adverb] To the degree or extent indicated. TICK (10) [noun] A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. | [noun] A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery. | [noun] A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement. | [noun] Ticking. | [noun] Credit, trust. | [noun] (place names) A goat. TICS (6) [noun] A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization. | [noun] (by extension) Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically. | [noun] (abbreviation) ticket TIDE (5) [noun] The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon. | [noun] A stream, current or flood. | [noun] (chronology, except in liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast. | [verb] To happen, occur. TIDY (8) [noun] A tabletop container for pens and stationery. | [noun] A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, etc. | [noun] A child's pinafore. TIED (5) [verb] To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely. | [verb] To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like. | [verb] To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like. TIER (4) [noun] One who ties (knots, etc). | [noun] Something that ties. | [noun] A child's apron. | [noun] A layer or rank, especially of seats or a wedding cake. TIES (4) [noun] A knot; a fastening. | [noun] A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. | [noun] A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie. TIFF (10) [noun] A small argument; a petty quarrel. | [noun] Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. | [verb] To quarrel. | [verb] To deck out; to dress. | [verb] (British India) To have lunch. TIKE (8) [noun] A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. | [noun] A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery. | [noun] A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement. TIKI (8) [noun] Carved talisman in humanoid form, common to the cultures of the Pacific Ocean. TILE (4) [noun] A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc. | [noun] A rectangular graphic. | [noun] Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong. | [verb] To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated. TILL (4) [preposition] Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time). | [preposition] To, up to (physically). | [preposition] To make it possible that. | [noun] A cash register. | [verb] To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.). | [noun] Glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders | [noun] A vetch; a tare. TILS (4) TILT (4) [noun] A slope or inclination. | [noun] The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc. | [noun] The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this. | [noun] A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc. TIME (6) [noun] The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events. | [noun] A duration of time. | [noun] An instant of time. TINE (4) [noun] A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb. | [noun] A small branch, especially on an antler or horn. | [noun] A wild vetch or tare. | [adjective] Small, diminutive | [noun] Trouble; distress; teen. | [verb] To kindle; to set on fire. | [verb] To shut in, or enclose. TING (5) [noun] The sound made when a small bell is struck. | [verb] To make a high sharp sound like a small bell being struck. | [interjection] Used to represent the sound of a small bell. | [noun] An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid. | [noun] (Caribbean creoles) Thing, person. TINS (4) [noun] A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn. | [noun] An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food. | [noun] A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc. TINT (4) [noun] A slight coloring. | [noun] A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade) | [noun] A color considered with reference to other very similar colors. TINY (7) [noun] A small child; an infant. | [noun] Anything very small. | [adjective] Very small. TIPI (6) [noun] Alternative form of teepee TIPS (6) [noun] The tip of the external ear. | [noun] A small earpiece or earplug. | [noun] The part of an earbud that contours to the ear canal. TIRE (4) [verb] To become sleepy or weary. | [verb] To make sleepy or weary. | [verb] To become bored or impatient (with). | [noun] Accoutrements, accessories. | [verb] To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. | [noun] A tier, row, or rank. TIRL (4) TIRO (4) [noun] A newly recruited soldier. TITI (4) [noun] A New World monkey of the genus Callicebus, native to South America, distinguished by their long soft fur. | [noun] Mutton bird. | [noun] A tree of the southern United States (Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes. TITS (4) [noun] A mammary gland, teat. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast. | [noun] An idiot; a fool. TIVY (10) TOIL (4) [noun] Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature. | [noun] Trouble, strife. | [noun] (usually in plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey. TOIT (4) TOPI (6) [noun] An antelope of the species Damaliscus korrigum. | [noun] A taqiyah (skullcap worn by Muslims etc.) TORI (4) [noun] A topological space which is a product of two circles. | [noun] The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a shape consisting of a ring with a circular cross-section: the shape of an inner tube or hollow doughnut. | [noun] (in combination, n-torus, 4-torus, etc.) The product of the specified number of circles. | [noun] One who executes a technique against the training partner, or uke. TRIG (5) [noun] A dandy; coxcomb. | [adjective] True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful. | [adjective] Safe; secure. | [noun] Trigonometry. | [noun] A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid. | [verb] To fill; to stuff; to cram. | [noun] Triglyceride TRIM (6) [noun] Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders. | [noun] A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style. | [noun] Dress; gear; ornaments. TRIO (4) [noun] A group of three people or things. | [noun] A group of three musicians. | [noun] A piece of music written for three musicians. TRIP (6) [noun] A journey; an excursion or jaunt | [noun] A stumble or misstep | [noun] An error; a failure; a mistake | [noun] A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc. TUIS (4) [noun] A New Zealand honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae TWIG (8) [noun] A small thin branch of a tree or bush. | [verb] To beat with twigs. | [verb] To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something. | [verb] To twitch; to pull; to tweak. TWIN (7) [noun] Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling. | [noun] Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc. | [noun] A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room. | [adjective] Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair TWIT (7) [noun] A reproach, gibe or taunt. | [noun] A foolish or annoying person. | [noun] A euphemism for "twat", a contemptible or stupid person. UNAI (4) UNCI (6) UNIT (4) [noun] A particular, minute unit of mass, defined differently for different substances, but so that varying substances of the same general type have the property that one international unit of the one has the same effect on the human body as one international unit of the other. | [noun] Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. | [noun] A standard measure of a quantity. URIC (6) [adjective] Pertaining to, contained in, or obtained from urine. VAGI (8) VAIL (7) [noun] Profit; return; proceeds. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale. | [noun] Submission. | [noun] Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. VAIN (7) [adjective] Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason. | [adjective] Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying. | [adjective] Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile. VAIR (7) [noun] A type of fur from a squirrel with a black back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages. | [noun] An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of bell shapes in two colours, (for example in the image, blue and white). VEIL (7) [noun] Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. | [noun] A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. | [noun] The calyptra of mosses. VEIN (7) [noun] A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. | [noun] (in plural) The entrails of a shrimp. | [noun] In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle. VIAL (7) [noun] A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical. | [verb] To put or keep in, or as in, a vial. VIBE (9) [noun] A vibraphone. | [noun] Vibration. | [noun] A vibrator (sex toy). VICE (9) [noun] A bad habit. | [noun] Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs. | [noun] A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness. | [noun] A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise). | [noun] One who acts in place of a superior. VIDE (8) [verb] Divide (separate into parts, cleave asunder) | [verb] (Parliamentary jargon) Divide (ordering the members of a legislative assembly to divide into two groups (the ayes and the nays) for the counting of the members’ votes) | [verb] See; consult; refer to. A remark directing the reader to look to the specified place for epexegesis. VIED (8) [verb] To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. | [verb] To rival (something), etc. | [verb] To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy. VIER (7) VIES (7) [verb] To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. | [verb] To rival (something), etc. | [verb] To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy. VIEW (10) [noun] (physical) Visual perception. | [noun] A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch. | [noun] (psychological) Opinion, judgement, imagination. VIGA (8) [noun] A roughly-made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village VIGS (8) VILE (7) [adjective] Morally low; base; despicable. | [adjective] Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid. VILL (7) [noun] The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish. | [noun] A villa; a country residence. | [verb] (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something). VIMS (9) VINA (7) [noun] A plucked stringed instrument with five or seven steel strings stretched on a long fretted finger-board over two gourds, used mostly in Carnatic Indian classical music. VINE (7) [noun] The climbing plant that produces grapes. | [noun] Any plant of the genus Vitis. | [noun] (by extension) Any similar climbing or trailing plant. VINO (7) [noun] Wine. VINY (10) VIOL (7) [noun] A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold. | [verb] To play the viol. VIRL (7) VISA (7) [noun] A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited. | [verb] To endorse (a passport, etc.). VISE (7) [noun] An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing. | [verb] To clamp with or as with a vise. | [verb] To examine and endorse (a passport, etc.); to visa. VITA (7) [noun] A curriculum vitae. VIVA (10) [noun] A shout of applause. | [verb] To cheer, applaud | [interjection] Long live ... ! (used to express acclaim or support). | [noun] An oral examination, typically for an academic qualification. VIVE (10) VOID (8) [noun] An empty space; a vacuum. | [noun] An extended region of space containing no galaxies | [noun] A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice. | [noun] A voidee. WADI (8) [noun] A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season. WAIF (10) [noun] A castaway; a homeless child. | [noun] (of a plant outside its native range) A plant that has been introduced but is not persistently naturalized. | [noun] Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice. WAIL (7) [noun] A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish. | [noun] Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl. | [noun] A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster. | [verb] To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt. WAIN (7) [noun] A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen. | [verb] To carry. | [noun] (Derry) A collective word usually for children. WAIR (7) WAIT (7) [noun] A delay. | [noun] An ambush. | [noun] One who watches; a watchman. WEIR (7) [noun] An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream. | [noun] A fence placed across a river to catch fish. WHID (11) WHIG (11) [noun] Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage. | [noun] Buttermilk | [verb] Urge forward; drive briskly. WHIM (12) [noun] A fanciful impulse, or whimsical idea | [noun] A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes | [verb] To be seized with a whim; to be capricious. | [noun] A bird, the Eurasian wigeon. WHIN (10) [noun] Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.). | [noun] The plant woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria). | [noun] Whinstone. WHIP (12) [noun] A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals. | [noun] A blow administered with a whip. | [noun] A whipper-in. WHIR (10) [noun] A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion. | [noun] A bustle of noise and excitement. | [verb] To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound. WHIT (10) [noun] The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota. | [preposition] Against. | [preposition] In the company of; alongside, close to; near to. WHIZ (19) [noun] A whirring or hissing sound (as above). | [noun] Someone who is remarkably skilled at something. | [noun] (especially with the verb "take") An act of urination. | [preposition] Against. WICH (12) WICK (13) [noun] A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions. | [noun] Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain. | [noun] A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones. | [noun] A village; hamlet; castle; dwelling; street; creek; bay; harbour; a place of work, jurisdiction, or exercise of authority. | [noun] Liveliness; life. | [noun] A corner of the mouth or eye. WIDE (8) [noun] A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score | [adjective] Having a large physical extent from side to side. | [adjective] Large in scope. WIFE (10) [noun] A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse. | [noun] The female of a pair of mated animals. | [verb] (said of men) to marry WIGS (8) [noun] A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying. | [noun] (among fishermen) An old seal. WILD (8) [noun] The undomesticated state of a wild animal | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) a wilderness | [verb] To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang. | [noun] A wood or forest WILE (7) [verb] To pass (time) idly. | [verb] To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass. | [verb] To loiter. WILL (7) [verb] (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something). | [verb] (nowadays rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that). | [verb] (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action). | [noun] One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. | [verb] To wish, desire. WILT (7) [noun] The act of wilting or the state of being wilted. | [noun] Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting. | [verb] To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower). | [verb] (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something). WILY (10) [adjective] Sly, cunning, full of tricks WIMP (11) [noun] Acronym of window, icon, menu, pointer. (a graphical interface paradigm) | [noun] Acronym of window-icon-mouse program. | [noun] A hypothetical class of particle, proposed to explain the dark matter problem. WIND (8) [noun] Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. | [noun] Air artificially put in motion by any force or action. | [noun] The ability to breathe easily. | [noun] The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist. WINE (7) [noun] An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of grapes. | [noun] An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable; for example, "dandelion wine". | [noun] A serving of wine. | [noun] Wind. WING (8) [noun] An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly; a similar fin at the side of a ray or similar fish | [noun] Human arm. | [noun] Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air. WINK (11) [noun] An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking. | [noun] A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks. | [noun] A brief time; an instant. | [noun] A disc used in the game of tiddlywinks. | [noun] (Chiefly British) Periwinkle. WINO (7) [noun] A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; a drunk or drunkard. | [noun] A wine enthusiast; an oenophile. | [noun] A hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the W boson. WINS (7) [verb] To conquer, defeat. | [verb] To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb). | [verb] To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.). WINY (10) WIPE (9) [noun] The act of wiping something. | [noun] A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping. | [noun] A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape. | [noun] A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus). | [noun] An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout. WIRE (7) [noun] Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die. | [noun] A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable. | [noun] A metal conductor that carries electricity. WIRY (10) [adjective] Thin, muscular and flexible. WISE (7) [verb] To become wise. | [verb] Usually with "up", to inform or learn. | [adjective] Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience. | [noun] Way, manner, method. | [verb] To instruct. WISH (10) [noun] A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen. | [noun] An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power. | [noun] The thing desired or longed for. WISP (9) [noun] A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group. | [noun] A whisk, or small broom. | [noun] A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus. WISS (7) WIST (7) [verb] Know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively). | [verb] To know, be aware of. WITE (7) WITH (10) [adverb] Along, together with others, in a group, etc. | [preposition] Against. | [preposition] In the company of; alongside, close to; near to. | [noun] A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy. WITS (7) [noun] (now usually in the plural) Sanity. | [noun] (obsolete usually in the plural) The senses. | [noun] Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning. WIVE (10) [verb] To marry (a woman). | [verb] To provide (someone) with a wife. WRIT (7) [noun] A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something. | [noun] Authority, power to enforce compliance. | [noun] That which is written; writing. YAGI (8) YETI (7) [noun] An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas YIDS (8) [noun] (among Jews) a Jew | [noun] A Jew | [noun] A supporter or club member of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. YILL (7) YINS (7) YIPE (9) [interjection] Used to express surprise, fear, or dismay. YIPS (9) [noun] A sharp, high-pitched bark | [verb] To bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice | [noun] A nervous condition which prevents a sportsperson from playing properly; especially a condition which causes a golfer to miss an easy putt, or a tennis player to serve a double fault. YIRD (8) YIRR (7) YOGI (8) [noun] A devotee or adherent of yoga. | [verb] To turn (someone) into a yogi; to lead into practicing yoga. | [verb] (thru-hiker slang) To persuade someone to give you food or other favors without actually begging. YONI (7) [noun] The vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures. YWIS (10) ZEIN (13) [noun] A protein derived from corn/maize, having many industrial applications. ZIGS (14) [noun] A sudden or sharp turn or change of direction. | [verb] To make such a turn. ZILL (13) ZINC (15) [noun] A chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a slightly brittle blue-silvery metal. | [noun] A single atom of this element. | [noun] A zinc countertop. ZING (14) [noun] A short high-pitched humming sound, such as that made by a bullet or vibrating string. | [noun] A witty insult or derogatory remark. | [noun] Zest or vitality. ZINS (13) ZIPS (15) [noun] A twist or fold. | [noun] Any of the folds on the surface of the brain. | [noun] The shape of something rotating; a vortex. ZITI (13) [noun] A type of penne pasta in the form of long smooth hollow tubes. ZITS (13) [noun] Pimple ZOIC (15) [adjective] Showing traces of life; containing organic remains. | [adjective] Having the form of an animal; animal-like, zoomorphic. ZORI (13) [noun] A Japanese sandal made from rice straw or lacquered wood, worn with a kimono for formal occasions. | [noun] (especially Southeast US) A sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour, a flip-flop

AALII (5) ABACI (9) ABIDE (8) [verb] To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere. | [verb] To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand. | [verb] To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for. ABOIL (7) ABRIS (7) ACARI (7) [noun] (acarology) Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus. ACIDS (8) [noun] A sour substance. | [noun] Any of several classes of compound having the following properties: | [noun] Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) ACIDY (11) [adjective] Resembling or containing acid; sour or acidic in taste or nature. ACING (8) [verb] (US) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly. | [verb] To win a point by an ace. | [verb] To make an ace (hole in one). ACINI (7) [noun] One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. | [noun] A grape-stone. | [noun] One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. ACMIC (11) ACRID (8) [adjective] Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste. | [adjective] Causing heat and irritation. | [adjective] Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating. ACTIN (7) [noun] A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament). | [noun] One of the six isoforms of actin. ADIEU (6) [noun] A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell. | [interjection] Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye. ADIOS (6) [interjection] (in Spanish contexts) goodbye ADITS (6) [noun] A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes. ADMIT (8) [verb] To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration | [verb] To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise. | [verb] To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny ADMIX (15) [noun] The act of admixing. | [noun] The mixture that results from admixing, especially an alloy. | [verb] To mingle with something else; to mix. AECIA (7) [noun] The plural of aecium, a fruiting structure in rust fungi that produces aecospores. AEGIS (6) [noun] A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center. | [noun] Usually as under the aegis: guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship. AERIE (5) [noun] A local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. | [noun] The nest of a bird of prey. | [noun] Any high and remote but commanding place. AFFIX (18) [noun] That which is affixed; an appendage. | [noun] A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end. | [noun] (broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix etc. AFIRE (8) [adjective] On fire (often metaphorically). | [adverb] On fire (often metaphorically). AFRIT (8) [noun] (Islamic mythology) a kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an. AGAIN (6) [adverb] Another time; once more. | [adverb] Over and above a factor of one. | [adverb] Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. AGGIE (7) [noun] A student of or graduate from an agricultural college. | [noun] A marble or small stone used in games. AGILE (6) [adjective] Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move | [adjective] Characterised by quick motion | [adjective] Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams. AGING (7) [verb] To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to. | [verb] To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt. | [verb] To categorize by age. AGIOS (6) [noun] The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio. AGISM (8) [noun] The treating of a person or people, especially youth or seniors, differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age. AGIST (6) [verb] To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same. | [verb] To charge lands etc. with any public burden. AGRIA (6) AIDED (7) [verb] To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist. | [verb] To climb with the use of aids such as pitons. AIDER (6) [noun] One who aids or helps. | [verb] Third person singular present of "aid," meaning to help or assist. AIDES (6) [noun] An assistant. | [noun] An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp. AILED (6) [verb] To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.) | [verb] To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled. AIMED (8) [verb] To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it | [verb] To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive | [verb] To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object AIMER (7) [noun] One who aims; a person who takes aim. | [verb] Third person singular present of "aim" (archaic/dialectal form). AIOLI (5) [noun] A type of sauce, similar to mayonnaise, made from garlic, egg, lemon juice and olive oil. AIRED (6) [verb] To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it. | [verb] To let fresh air into a room or a building, to ventilate. | [verb] To discuss varying viewpoints on a given topic. AIRER (5) [noun] A framework upon which laundry is aired; a clotheshorse. AIRNS (5) [noun] Plural of airn, a Scottish word for direction or point of the compass. | [noun] Plural of airn, a Scots word for an eagle or bird of prey. AIRTH (8) [noun] A direction or point of the compass, specifically the cardinal direction between north and east; also used in Scottish English to mean direction or quarter. | [noun] The earth or ground. AIRTS (5) [noun] Directions or points of the compass, particularly in Scottish usage. | [noun] Plural of airt, meaning directions or quarters. AISLE (5) [noun] A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers. | [noun] A clear path through rows of seating. | [noun] A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale. AITCH (10) [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter H. AIVER (8) AJIVA (15) [noun] In Jainism, the term for non-living matter or substances that lack a soul, as opposed to jiva (living beings). ALCID (8) [noun] A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins. ALGID (7) ALGIN (6) ALIAS (5) [noun] Another name; an assumed name. | [noun] A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. | [noun] An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks. ALIBI (7) [noun] The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed | [verb] To provide an alibi for. | [verb] To provide an excuse for. ALIEN (5) [noun] Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin. | [noun] A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration. | [noun] A foreigner residing in a country. ALIFS (8) ALIGN (6) [verb] To form a line; to fall into line. | [verb] To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line. | [verb] To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size. ALIKE (9) [adjective] Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference. | [adverb] In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally. ALINE (5) [verb] To form a line; to fall into line. | [verb] To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line. | [verb] To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size. | [adverb] In line ALIST (5) ALIVE (8) [adjective] Having life; living; not dead | [adjective] In a state of action; in force or operation; existent | [adjective] Busy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy. ALIYA (8) ALOIN (5) AMAIN (7) AMBIT (9) [noun] The sphere or area of control and influence of something. | [noun] A circuit, or a boundary around a property. | [noun] The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc. AMIAS (7) AMICE (9) [noun] A hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy. AMICI (9) [noun] Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case. AMIDE (8) [noun] Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides | [noun] Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation (R-NH- or R2N-) AMIDO (8) AMIDS (8) [preposition] In the middle of; surrounded by. | [preposition] During the course of. AMIES (7) [noun] Plural of amie, a female friend (from French). AMIGA (8) [noun] A female friend or female companion, particularly used in Spanish-speaking contexts but adopted into English informal usage. AMIGO (8) [noun] Friend | [noun] (chiefly California) Mexican | [noun] A native of the Philippines who was friendly toward the Spanish. AMINE (7) [noun] A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals. | [noun] Any organic compound containing an amine functional group. AMINO (7) [noun] The amine functional group. | [adjective] Relating to an amine. AMINS (7) [noun] Plural of amin, a type of organic compound containing nitrogen. | [noun] Plural of amin, an informal term for amphetamine. AMIRS (7) [noun] A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation. | [noun] A descendant of the prophet Muhammad. AMISS (7) [noun] Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed. | [adjective] Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect. | [adverb] Wrongly. AMITY (10) [noun] Friendship. The cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis. | [noun] Mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord. AMNIA (7) [noun] The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended. AMNIC (9) ANILE (5) [adjective] Of, relating to, or resembling an old woman; showing the weakness or senility of old age. ANILS (5) [noun] Plural of anil, a West Indian shrub from which indigo dye is obtained. | [noun] The indigo dye itself extracted from the anil plant. ANIMA (7) [noun] The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus. | [noun] (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to the persona. | [noun] (Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person. ANIME (7) [noun] An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries. | [noun] An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style. | [noun] An animated work, regardless of the country of origin. | [noun] The resin of the courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril), used in varnishes. ANIMI (7) [noun] Plural of animus; the rational mind or soul in philosophy, or a strong feeling of hostility or ill will. ANION (5) [noun] A negatively charged ion. ANISE (5) [noun] An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent. | [noun] (often qualified as "sweet anise" or "wild anise") Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare. ANTIC (7) [noun] A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle. | [noun] A caricature. | [noun] (often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper. | [noun] A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping ANTIS (5) [noun] A person opposed to a concept or principle. ANVIL (8) [noun] A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped. | [noun] An incus bone in the middle ear. | [noun] A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails. APHID (11) [noun] Sapsucking pest insect of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian. APHIS (10) [noun] An aphid. APIAN (7) [noun] (very rare) A bee. | [adjective] Relating to bees. APING (8) [verb] To behave like an ape. | [verb] To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly. | [noun] Foolish imitation or mimicry. APISH (10) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of an ape APSIS (7) [noun] A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse. | [noun] Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet or comet where it is closest or furthest from the sun; perihelion or aphelion; an apside AREIC (7) [adjective] Relating to or denoting a region or drainage system that has no outlet to the sea and no permanent streams. ARGIL (6) [noun] Potter's clay. ARIAS (5) [noun] A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata. ARIEL (5) [noun] A kind of mountain gazelle, native to Arabia. ARILS (5) [noun] A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates. ARISE (5) [verb] To come up from a lower to a higher position. | [verb] To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up. | [verb] To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself. AROID (6) [noun] Any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics. ARRIS (5) [noun] A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two surfaces | [noun] A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two curved surfaces | [noun] A ridge formed on the surface of flaked stone that results from the intersection of two or more flake removals. The arris marks the location of flake scars on the dorsal surface of chipped stone. http//books.google.com/books?id=L6LAsLpx46IC&pg=PA252&lpg=PA252&dq=arris+lithic&source=web&ots=VMpCZX_xc-&sig=sW0DjBW6Lg_NdAGKi8ML875OcfI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA252,M1 | [noun] Buttocks, arse. ARSIS (5) [noun] The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat. | [noun] The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter. | [noun] The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis. ASDIC (8) [noun] A sonar system used to detect submarines, employing sound waves to locate objects underwater. ASIDE (6) [noun] An incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity. | [noun] A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters. | [noun] A minor related mention, an afterthought. ASKOI (9) [noun] Plural of askos, an ancient Greek jug or vessel with a spout, typically used for pouring liquids. ASPIC (9) [noun] A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé. | [noun] An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt. | [noun] A piece of ordnance carrying a 12-pound shot. ASPIS (7) [noun] A small round shield used by ancient Greek hoplites. | [noun] A venomous snake found in Africa and Asia. ASSAI (5) [adverb] A tempo direction equivalent to "very". ASTIR (5) [adjective] In motion; characterized by motion. | [adjective] Out of bed; up and about. ATILT (5) [adjective] At an angle from the vertical or horizontal. | [adverb] At an angle from the vertical or horizontal; at the point of falling over. | [adverb] Tilting or as if tilting (charging with a lance, like a knight on horseback in a joust). ATRIA (5) [noun] A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings. | [noun] A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels. | [noun] A cavity, entrance, or passage. ATRIP (7) [adjective] (nautical) With the anchor just clear of the bottom of the sea. | [adjective] In a state of readiness or preparation. ATTIC (7) [noun] The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation. AUDIO (6) [noun] A sound, or a sound signal | [adjective] Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight. AUDIT (6) [noun] A judicial examination. | [noun] An examination in general. | [noun] An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures AULIC (7) [adjective] Relating to a royal court or palace; characteristic of a court. AUREI (5) [noun] A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C.E. to 309 C.E., equal to 25 denarii. AURIC (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to trivalent gold. | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to the ear; aural | [adjective] Pertaining to an aura. AURIS (5) [noun] The ear, or an ear-shaped anatomical structure. AUXIN (12) [noun] A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle. AVAIL (8) [noun] Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions). | [noun] Proceeds; profits from business transactions. | [noun] An advertising slot or package. AVIAN (8) [noun] A bird. | [noun] A bird-like or flying creature. | [noun] (furry fandom) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a bird or bird-like animal character with human characteristics. AVION (8) AVISO (8) [noun] A notice or warning, especially one issued by a government or authority. | [noun] In maritime contexts, a fast sailing ship used for carrying dispatches or messages. AVOID (9) [verb] To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun | [verb] To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from | [verb] To try not to do something or to have something happen AWAIT (8) [noun] A waiting for; ambush. | [noun] Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation. | [verb] To wait for. AWING (9) [adverb] On the wing; flying; fluttering. | [verb] To inspire fear and reverence in. | [verb] To control by inspiring dread. AXIAL (12) [noun] A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds. | [noun] A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth. | [adjective] Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis AXILE (12) [adjective] Relating to or situated on an axis. AXILS (12) [noun] The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. AXING (13) [verb] To request (information, or an answer to a question). | [verb] To put forward (a question) to be answered. | [verb] To interrogate or enquire of (a person). AXIOM (14) [noun] A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved. | [noun] (proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context). | [noun] An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received. AXION (12) [noun] A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force. AXITE (12) AYINS (8) [noun] The plural of ayin, the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. AZIDE (15) [noun] The univalent N3 radical or functional group or any ester containing this group | [noun] The N3- anion or any salt containing this anion (^-N=\overset{+}N=N^-) AZIDO (15) [adjective] Relating to or containing the azide group, a chemical functional group consisting of three nitrogen atoms bonded together. AZINE (14) [noun] Any of a class of organic compounds, having the general formula R2C=NN=CR2, produced by the action of a carbonyl compound with hydrazine. AZOIC (16) [adjective] Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life | [adjective] Anterior to the existence of animal life | [adjective] Formed when there was no animal life on the globe BAILS (7) [noun] Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial. | [noun] Release from imprisonment on payment of such money. | [noun] The person providing such payment. BAIRN (7) [noun] A child or baby. BAITH (10) [noun] A Scottish word meaning both or the two of something. BAITS (7) [noun] Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net. | [noun] Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests. | [noun] Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something BAIZA (16) [noun] A monetary unit of Oman, equal to one thousandth of a rial. BAIZE (16) [noun] A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc. | [noun] A coarse woolen material with a long nap; usually dyed in plain colors. | [verb] To cover or line with baize. BARIC (9) [adjective] Relating to or containing barium, or relating to atmospheric pressure. BASIC (9) [noun] A necessary commodity, a staple requirement. | [noun] An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge. | [noun] Basic training. BASIL (7) [noun] A plant (Ocimum basilicum). | [noun] The leaves of this plant used as a herb. | [noun] Any other species in the genus Ocimum. | [noun] The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away. | [noun] The skin of a sheep tanned with bark. BASIN (7) [noun] A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall | [noun] A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food | [noun] A depression, natural or artificial, containing water BASIS (7) [noun] A physical base or foundation. | [noun] A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis. | [noun] An underlying condition or circumstance. BASSI (7) [noun] A bass singer, especially in opera. | [noun] An instrumental part written for a bass instrument. | [noun] The double bass, or contrabasso. BATIK (11) [noun] A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric. | [verb] To dye fabric using the wax-resist method. BEDIM (10) [verb] To make dim; to obscure or darken. BEFIT (10) [verb] To be fit for BEGIN (8) [noun] Beginning; start. | [verb] To start, to initiate or take the first step into something. | [verb] To be in the first stage of some situation BEIGE (8) [noun] A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool. | [noun] Debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods. | [adjective] Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool. BEIGY (11) BEING (8) [noun] A living creature. | [noun] The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state. | [noun] That which has actuality (materially or in concept). BELIE (7) [verb] To lie around; encompass. | [verb] (of an army) To surround; beleaguer. | [verb] To tell lies about. BEMIX (16) BENNI (7) BEWIG (11) [verb] To put a wig on; to cover with a wig. BEZIL (16) [noun] The slanted edge or face of a gem or precious stone, typically at the sides or back of a stone in a setting. | [noun] A groove or channel cut into a surface at an angle. BIALI (7) [noun] A roll of bread similar to a bagel but flatter and with a depression in the center instead of a hole, typically topped with onions and poppy seeds. BIALY (10) [noun] A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle. BIBBS (11) [noun] A bibcock. BIBLE (9) [noun] An exemplar of the Bible. | [noun] A comprehensive manual that describes something. (e.g., handyman’s bible). | [noun] (at certain US universities) A compilation of problems and solutions from previous years of a given course, used by some students to cheat on tests or assignments. BICES (9) BIDDY (12) [noun] A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody. | [noun] An attractive girl. | [noun] An Irish maidservant. | [noun] (often in the plural) bitch, girl, woman, especially one that is promiscuous BIDED (9) [verb] To bear; to endure; to tolerate. | [verb] To dwell or reside in a location; to abide. | [verb] To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain. BIDER (8) [noun] One who bides; a person who waits or remains in a place. | [noun] In Scottish usage, a resident or inhabitant. BIDES (8) [verb] To bear; to endure; to tolerate. | [verb] To dwell or reside in a location; to abide. | [verb] To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain. BIDET (8) [noun] A low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus. | [noun] A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage. BIELD (8) [noun] Shelter or protection from wind or weather. | [verb] To shelter or protect from the elements. BIERS (7) [noun] A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person. | [noun] A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed. | [noun] A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth. BIFFS (13) [noun] A sudden, sharp blow or punch. | [noun] A wipeout. | [verb] To punch or hit. BIFFY (16) [noun] A toilet | [noun] An outhouse BIFID (11) [adjective] Cleft; divided into two lobes. BIGHT (11) [noun] A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow | [noun] An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf | [noun] A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature. BIGLY (11) [adverb] In a big way, greatly; to a great extent, on a large scale. | [adverb] Strongly, with great force. | [adverb] In a blustering or boastful manner; haughtily, pompously. | [adjective] Habitable, liveable; hence delightful, pleasant, pleasing. BIGOT (8) [noun] One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to one's own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc. | [noun] One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so. BIJOU (14) [noun] A jewel. | [noun] A piece of jewelry; a trinket. | [noun] A small intricate piece of metalwork. | [adjective] Small, little (often implying affection) BIKED (12) [verb] To ride a bike. | [verb] To travel by bike. | [verb] To transport by bicycle BIKER (11) [noun] A person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles, sometimes a member of a motorcycle club. | [noun] Cyclist BIKES (11) [noun] A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals. | [noun] A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs. | [noun] The best possible hand in lowball. BIKIE (11) [noun] A motorcyclist who is a member of a club; a biker. BILBO (9) [noun] A device for punishment. See bilboes. | [noun] A kind of sword with well-tempered and flexible blade, originally produced in Bilbao. BILES (7) [noun] Plural of bile, a bitter yellowish-green fluid secreted by the liver. | [verb] Third person singular of "bile," though rarely used as a verb in standard English. BILGE (8) [noun] The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides. | [noun] The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates. | [noun] The water accumulated in the bilge, the bilge water. BILGY (11) BILKS (11) [verb] To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage. | [verb] To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone). | [verb] To evade, elude. BILLS (7) [noun] Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff. | [noun] A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. | [noun] Somebody armed with a bill; a billman. BILLY (10) [noun] A billy club. | [noun] A billy goat. | [noun] A good friend. BIMAH (12) [noun] The raised platform in the front of a synagogue where the Torah is read on a podium. BIMAS (9) [noun] The raised platform in the front of a synagogue where the Torah is read on a podium. BIMBO (11) [noun] A physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence. | [noun] A stupid or foolish person. BINAL (7) BINDI (8) [noun] The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of married Hindu women. | [noun] Makeup or jewellery worn in imitation of such a dot. | [noun] The common lawn weed, Soliva sessilis, introduced to Australia from South America. BINDS (8) [noun] That which binds or ties. | [noun] A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary. | [noun] Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine. BINES (7) [noun] A climbing plant which climbs by its shoots growing in a helix around a support (distinct from a vine, which climbs using tendrils or suckers). | [noun] Cigarette BINGE (8) [noun] A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc. | [noun] (by extension) A short period of an activity done in excess, such as watching a television show. | [verb] To engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol consumption. BINGO (8) [noun] A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid. | [noun] A win in such a game. | [noun] (Scrabble) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played. | [noun] Brandy. BINIT (7) BINTS (7) [noun] A woman, a girl. BIOME (9) [noun] Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert | [noun] All the genomes of such a community BIONT (7) BIOTA (7) [noun] The living organisms of a region. | [noun] Platycladus orientalis (syn. Biota orientalis, Oriental arborvitae). BIPED (10) [noun] An animal, being or construction that goes about on two feet (or two legs). BIPOD (10) [noun] A two-legged stand. BIRCH (12) [noun] Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere. | [noun] A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture. | [noun] A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment. BIRDS (8) [noun] A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs. | [noun] A man, fellow. | [noun] A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive. BIRKS (11) [noun] Plural of birk, a variant spelling of birch, a type of tree. | [noun] Plural of birk, meaning to move quickly or to run. BIRLE (7) [verb] To spin or rotate a log in water. | [verb] To pour drinks, especially whiskey. BIRLS (7) [noun] A girl of boyish appearance. BIRRS (7) [noun] Force, vigor, energy | [noun] A strong wind. | [noun] The force of movement; rush, impetus, momentum, driving force BIRSE (7) [noun] A bristle or stiff hair, especially on an animal or plant. BIRTH (10) [noun] The process of childbearing; the beginning of life. | [noun] An instance of childbirth. | [noun] A beginning or start; a point of origin. BISES (7) [noun] Plural of bise, a cold northerly wind that blows down from the mountains in Switzerland and adjacent regions. | [noun] Plural of bis, meaning plural of an encore or repetition. BISKS (11) [noun] Plural of bisk, a type of thick creamy soup made from shellfish or vegetables. | [noun] In croquet or golf, plural of bisque, which is an extra turn or stroke allowed as a handicap. BISON (7) [noun] A wild ox, Bison bonasus. | [noun] A similar North American animal, Bison bison. BITCH (12) [noun] (dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother. | [noun] A promiscuous woman, slut, whore. | [noun] A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman. BITER (7) [noun] The act of biting. | [noun] The wound left behind after having been bitten. | [noun] The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting. | [noun] (in combination) Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits. BITES (7) [noun] The act of biting. | [noun] The wound left behind after having been bitten. | [noun] The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting. BITSY (10) [adjective] Very small; tiny. BITTS (7) [noun] A frame composed of two strong oak timbers (bitt-heads) fixed vertically in the fore part of a ship, bolted to the deck beams to which are secured the cables when the ship rides to anchor BITTY (10) [noun] (often in the plural) bitch, girl, woman, especially one that is promiscuous | [adjective] Containing bits; fragmented. | [adjective] Very small. BIZES (16) [noun] Plural of bize, a cold northwesterly wind that blows down from the Alps into Switzerland and nearby regions. BLAIN (7) [noun] A skin swelling or sore; a blister; a blotch. BLIMP (11) [noun] An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container. | [noun] (by extension) Any large airborne inflatable. | [noun] An obese person. BLIMY (12) BLIND (8) [noun] A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass. | [noun] A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc. | [noun] Any device intended to conceal or hide. BLINI (7) [noun] A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon. BLINK (11) [noun] The act of very quickly closing both eyes and opening them again. | [noun] The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes. | [noun] A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis. BLIPS (9) [verb] To emit one or more bleeps. | [verb] To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps. | [noun] A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen. BLISS (7) [noun] Perfect happiness BLITE (7) [noun] A plant of the amaranth family, also called strawberry blite, having small red berries. | [noun] Any of various plants with edible leaves, such as orache or spinach. BLITZ (16) [noun] A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz. | [noun] A swift and overwhelming attack or effort. | [noun] A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer. BOCCI (11) [noun] A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court | [noun] One of the eight balls that the player throws in a game of bocce. BOGIE (8) [noun] One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group. | [noun] An outlaw. | [noun] One who cheats others. | [noun] One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group. | [noun] An obnoxious, selfish and overbearing person; an attention hog. BOILS (7) [noun] A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection. | [noun] The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour. | [noun] A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood. BOING (8) [noun] The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce. | [verb] To make a boing sound or bouncing motion. BOITE (7) [noun] A nightclub or small theater, especially in France; a box or case. BORIC (9) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or containing the element boron. BOVID (11) [noun] An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, gazelle, goat, and sheep). BRAID (8) [noun] A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench. | [noun] A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. | [noun] A stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires twisted together | [adjective] Deceitful. BRAIL (7) [noun] A small rope used to truss up sails. | [noun] A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing. | [noun] A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched. BRAIN (7) [noun] The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action. | [noun] An intelligent person. | [noun] (in the plural) Intellect. BRAVI (10) BRIAR (7) [noun] Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera. | [noun] Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings. | [noun] The white heath, Erica arborea, a thorny Mediterranean shrub. BRIBE (9) [noun] Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty. | [noun] That which seduces; seduction; allurement. | [verb] To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something, usually against his/her will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble. BRICK (13) [noun] A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building. | [noun] Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material. | [noun] Something shaped like a brick. BRIDE (8) [noun] A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married. | [noun] An object ardently loved. | [verb] To make a bride of | [noun] An individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework BRIEF (10) [noun] A writ summoning one to answer to any action. | [noun] An answer to any action. | [noun] A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case. BRIER (7) [noun] Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera. | [noun] Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings. | [noun] The white heath, Erica arborea, a thorny Mediterranean shrub. BRIES (7) [noun] Plural of brie, a soft creamy cheese with a white rind. BRIGS (8) [noun] A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast | [noun] A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft. | [noun] Bridge. BRILL (7) [noun] A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus. | [adjective] Wonderful, amusing. Denotes approval of the noun it is applied to, comparable to "cool". BRIMS (9) [noun] The sea; ocean; water; flood. | [noun] An edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water). | [noun] The topmost rim or lip of a container. BRINE (7) [noun] Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling. | [noun] The sea or ocean; the water of the sea. | [verb] To preserve food in a salt solution. BRING (8) [verb] (ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere. | [verb] To supply or contribute. | [verb] To occasion or bring about. | [interjection] The sound of a telephone ringing. BRINK (11) [noun] The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge. | [noun] The edge or border BRINS (7) [noun] Plural of brin; individual stalks or blades of grass. | [noun] Single strands or fibers, as of flax or hemp. BRINY (10) [noun] The sea. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty. BRIOS (7) [noun] Plural of brio, meaning vigor, vivacity, or enthusiastic energy, especially in musical performance or artistic expression. BRISK (11) [verb] (often with "up") To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate. | [adjective] Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action | [adjective] Full of spirit of life; effervescing BRITS (7) [noun] Brit milah BRITT (7) BROIL (7) [noun] Food prepared by broiling. | [verb] To cook by direct, radiant heat. | [verb] To expose to great heat. | [noun] A brawl; a rowdy disturbance. BRUIN (7) [noun] A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos. BRUIT (7) [noun] Hearsay, rumour; talk; an instance of this. | [noun] A clamour, an outcry; a noise. | [verb] To disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc. | [noun] An abnormal sound in the body heard on auscultation (for example, through using a stethoscope); a murmur. BUFFI (13) BUILD (8) [noun] The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body. | [noun] Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users. | [noun] Any structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, created by the player. BUILT (7) [verb] To form (something) by combining materials or parts. | [verb] To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process. | [verb] To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to. BURIN (7) [noun] A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver. | [noun] A prehistoric flint tool BYSSI (10) [noun] An exceptionally fine and valuable fibre or cloth of ancient times. Originally used for fine flax and linens, the word was later extended to fine cottons, silks, and sea silk. | [noun] The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, and from which sea silk is manufactured. | [noun] The stipe or stem of some fungi which are particularly thin and thread-like. CABIN (9) [noun] A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it. | [noun] A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people. | [noun] A private room on a ship. CACTI (9) [noun] Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate. | [noun] Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs. CADIS (8) [noun] A civil judge in certain Islamic countries. | [noun] A kind of coarse serge. CAIDS (8) CAINS (7) CAIRD (8) [noun] A person of low social status or a beggar, particularly in Scotland. | [noun] A tinker or traveling mender in Scotland. CAIRN (7) [noun] A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument. | [noun] A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc. | [noun] A cairn terrier. CALIF (10) [noun] The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual. CALIX (14) [noun] The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop. | [noun] Any of various cup-like structures. CAMPI (11) [noun] Plural of campus, referring to multiple college or university grounds. CANID (8) [noun] Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals. CARPI (9) [noun] The group of bones that make up the wrist. CAVIE (10) [noun] A guinea pig, especially as used in laboratory experiments. CAVIL (10) [noun] A petty or trivial objection or criticism. | [verb] To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons. CEBID (10) [noun] Any member of the Cebidae. CEDIS (8) [noun] The currency of Ghana, divided into 100 pesewas and represented by ₵. CEIBA (9) [noun] Any tree of the species in genus Ceiba | [noun] The silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba). CEILS (7) [verb] To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar. | [verb] To set a higher bound. CELLI (7) [noun] Plural of cello, a stringed musical instrument of the violin family. CERCI (9) [noun] Structures on the end of on the end of the abdomen of most insects, sometimes long, hairlike sensory organs and sometimes smaller and rigid. CERIA (7) [noun] A white powdery oxide of cerium, used in polishing compounds and as a catalyst. CERIC (9) [adjective] Of or relating to cerium, a chemical element. | [adjective] Relating to or containing cerium in the trivalent state. CESTI (7) [noun] A leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal. | [noun] A girdle, especially that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power to excite love. CHAIN (10) [noun] A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal. | [noun] A series of interconnected things. | [noun] A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name. CHAIR (10) [noun] An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench. | [noun] The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra. | [noun] An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices. CHIAO (10) [noun] A monetary unit of China equal to one tenth of a yuan. | [noun] A monetary unit of Taiwan equal to one tenth of a dollar. CHIAS (10) [noun] A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica. | [noun] Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico. CHICK (16) [noun] A young bird. | [noun] A young chicken. | [noun] (term of endearment) A young child. | [noun] A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows. CHICO (12) CHICS (12) [noun] Plural of chic; stylishly elegant or fashionable people or things. CHIDE (11) [verb] To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily. | [verb] To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. | [verb] To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. CHIEF (13) [noun] A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc. | [noun] The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third. | [noun] The principal part or top of anything. CHIEL (10) [noun] A Scottish word for a child or young man. | [noun] A fellow or guy. CHILD (11) [noun] A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority) | [noun] (specifically) A female child, a girl. | [noun] (with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; a son or daughter. | [verb] To give birth; to beget or procreate. CHILE (10) [noun] The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking. | [noun] Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking. | [noun] (Indian Chinese cuisine) a spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer. | [noun] A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority) CHILI (10) [noun] The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking. | [noun] Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking. | [noun] (Indian Chinese cuisine) a spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer. | [noun] A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef. CHILL (10) [noun] A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness. | [noun] A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness. | [noun] An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold. CHIMB (14) [noun] The top of a ridge. | [noun] The spine of an animal. | [noun] A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. CHIME (12) [noun] A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes. | [noun] An individual ringing component of such a set. | [noun] A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device. | [noun] The top of a ridge. CHIMP (14) [verb] To review each image on a digital camera after it is taken. | [verb] To get very excited when showing images on a digital camera. | [noun] A species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans. CHINA (10) [noun] The plant Smilax china, a liana of much of eastern Asia. | [noun] A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis. | [noun] A plant or flower of one of the class of hybrids developed from Rosa chinensis. CHINE (10) [noun] The top of a ridge. | [noun] The spine of an animal. | [noun] A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. | [noun] (Southern England) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea. | [verb] To crack, split, fissure, break. CHINK (14) [noun] A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack. | [noun] A chip or dent in something metallic. | [noun] A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system. | [noun] A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink. | [noun] A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying. | [noun] A person of perceived Chinese ethnicity. CHINO (10) [noun] A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms. CHINS (10) [noun] The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth. | [noun] Talk. | [noun] A lie, a falsehood. CHIPS (12) [noun] A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. | [noun] A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off. | [noun] (games) A token used in place of cash. CHIRK (14) [verb] To make a shrill sound or chirp. | [verb] To cheer or encourage. CHIRM (12) [noun] A din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc. | [verb] To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird does. CHIRO (10) [noun] A chiropractor. | [noun] Chiropractic. CHIRP (12) [noun] A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect. | [noun] (radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse. | [verb] To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets CHIRR (10) [noun] The trilled sound made by an insect. | [verb] To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada). CHITS (10) [noun] A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. | [noun] A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman. | [noun] The embryonic growing bud of a plant CHIVE (13) [noun] A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion. | [noun] (in the plural) The leaves of this plant used as a herb. | [noun] The style and stigma of a flower, especially saffron. | [noun] (thieves' cant) A knife. CHIVY (16) [noun] A hunt or pursuit; a chase. | [noun] A cry used in hunting. | [noun] The game of prisoners' bars. CHOIR (10) [noun] Singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together. | [noun] The part of a church where the choir assembles for song. | [noun] (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels. CIBOL (9) CIDER (8) [noun] An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples; hard cider; apple cider | [noun] A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice). | [noun] A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples. CIGAR (8) [noun] Tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked. | [noun] Penis CILIA (7) [noun] Hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of a plant organ. | [noun] A hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism). These structures serve either for locomotion by moving or as sensors. | [noun] One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing. CIMEX (16) [noun] A genus of parasitic insects that includes bedbugs, characterized by flat bodies and piercing mouthparts used to feed on blood. CINCH (12) [noun] A simple saddle girth used in Mexico. | [noun] Something that is very easy to do. | [noun] A firm hold. | [noun] A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game. CINES (7) [noun] Plural of cine, relating to cinematography or motion pictures; movie theaters or cinemas. CIONS (7) [noun] Plural of cion, a plant shoot or twig used in grafting. | [noun] Plural of cion, a scion or descendant. CIRCA (9) [preposition] Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time) CIRES (7) CIRRI (7) [noun] A tendril. | [noun] A thin tendril-like appendage. | [noun] A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres. CISCO (9) [noun] Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes. CISSY (10) [noun] A cisgender or cissexual person. | [noun] An effeminate boy or man. | [noun] A timid, unassertive or cowardly person. CISTS (7) [noun] A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece. | [noun] 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. CITED (8) [verb] To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. | [verb] To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context. | [verb] To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court. CITER (7) [noun] One who cites or quotes. | [noun] One who summons or calls upon. CITES (7) [verb] To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. | [verb] To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context. | [verb] To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court. CIVET (10) [noun] A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail. | [noun] The musky perfume produced by the animal. | [noun] Any animal in the family Viverridae or the similar family Nandiniidae CIVIC (12) [adjective] Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil. | [adjective] Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties. CIVIE (10) [noun] A civilian, especially a person not in the military or armed forces. CIVIL (10) [adjective] Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion. | [adjective] Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner. | [adjective] Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters. CIVVY (16) [noun] A civilian; someone who is not in the military. CLAIM (9) [noun] A demand of ownership made for something. | [noun] The thing claimed. | [noun] The right or ground of demanding. CLAVI (10) [noun] Plural of clavis, a key or keylike structure, especially in anatomy or biology. CLICK (13) [noun] A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand. | [noun] An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure. | [noun] Sound made by a dolphin. | [noun] A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand. | [noun] A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. | [verb] To snatch. CLIFF (13) [noun] A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. | [noun] A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc. | [noun] A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff CLIFT (10) CLIMB (11) [noun] An act of climbing. | [noun] The act of getting to somewhere more elevated. | [noun] An upwards struggle CLIME (9) [noun] A particular region defined by its weather or climate. | [noun] Climate. CLINE (7) [noun] A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group. | [noun] Any graduated continuum. | [noun] (inversive geometry) A generalized circle. CLING (8) [noun] Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit. | [noun] Adherence; attachment; devotion | [verb] To hold very tightly, as to not fall off. | [verb] To produce a high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell. CLINK (11) [noun] The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass. | [verb] To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another. | [verb] To rhyme. | [noun] A prison. | [verb] To clinch; to rivet. CLIPS (9) [noun] Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another. | [noun] An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace. | [noun] An embrace. CLIPT (9) COATI (7) [noun] Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua or Nasuella, in order Carnivora, that live in the range from southern United States to northern Argentina. COBIA (9) [noun] Rachycentron canadum, a perciform marine fish. COCCI (11) [noun] Any approximately spherical bacterium. | [noun] One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit. | [noun] Coccidioidomycosis COIFS (10) [noun] A hairdo. | [noun] 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. | [noun] An item of chain mail headgear. COIGN (8) [noun] A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone. | [noun] The keystone of an arch. | [noun] A wedge used in typesetting. COILS (7) [noun] Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral. | [noun] Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped. | [noun] A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow. COINS (7) [noun] (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. | [noun] A token used in a special establishment like a casino. | [noun] That which serves for payment or recompense. COIRS (7) [noun] The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute. COLIC (9) [noun] Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems). | [noun] A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms. | [adjective] Relating to the colon; colonic. COLIN (7) [noun] A young rabbit or hare. | [noun] A column or pillar. COMIC (11) [noun] A comedian. | [noun] A story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel. | [noun] A children's newspaper. COMIX (16) [noun] A plural form of "comic," referring to comic books or comic strips, often used as an alternative spelling emphasizing the artistic medium. CONIC (9) [noun] A conic section. | [adjective] Of or relating to a cone or cones. | [adjective] Shaped like a cone. CONIN (7) CORGI (8) [noun] A dog of a breed having a small body, short legs and fox-like features. CORIA (7) COSIE (7) [noun] A variant spelling of "cosy," a padded cover for a teapot or egg to keep it warm. | [adjective] Warm and comfortable; snug. COVIN (10) [noun] Fraud, deception. COZIE (16) CRIBS (9) [noun] A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet. | [noun] A bed for a child older than a baby. | [noun] A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel CRICK (13) [noun] A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. (Compare catch.) | [noun] A small jackscrew. | [verb] To develop a crick (cramp, spasm). | [noun] A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats. | [noun] The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. CRIED (8) [verb] To shed tears; to weep. | [verb] To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly. | [verb] To shout, scream, yell. CRIER (7) [noun] One who cries. | [noun] An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier. CRIES (7) [noun] A shedding of tears; the act of crying. | [noun] A shout or scream. | [noun] Words shouted or screamed. CRIME (9) [noun] A specific act committed in violation of the law. | [noun] Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity. | [noun] That which occasions crime. CRIMP (11) [noun] A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts. | [noun] The natural curliness of wool fibres. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks. | [noun] An agent who procures seamen, soldier, etc., especially by decoying, entrapping, impressing, or seducing them. CRIPE (9) CRISP (9) [noun] A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack. | [noun] A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping | [noun] Anything baked or fried and eaten as a snack CROCI (9) [noun] A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus. | [noun] Any of various similar flowering plants, such as the autumn crocus and prairie crocus. | [noun] A deep yellow powder, the oxide of some metal (especially iron), calcined to a red or deep yellow colour. CUBIC (11) [noun] A cubic curve. | [adjective] Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice. | [adjective] Of a class of polynomial of the form ax^3 + bx^2 + cx + d CUBIT (9) [noun] Various former units of length notionally based on the distance from a grown man's elbow to his fingertips, standardized in different places and times at values between 35 and 60 cm. | [noun] The ulna. CUIFS (10) CUING (8) CUISH (10) [noun] Defensive armour for the thighs CULTI (7) CUMIN (9) [noun] The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae. | [noun] Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cookery. CUPID (10) CURIA (7) CURIE (7) [noun] 3.7×1010 decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci. CURIO (7) [noun] A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity. CUTIE (7) [noun] A cute person or animal. | [noun] A clementine: a small, waxy-peeled orange hybrid cultivar that is easy to peel by hand. | [noun] (by extension) Any small mandarin orange variety such as a tangerine or a satsuma. CUTIN (7) [noun] A waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle. CUTIS (7) [noun] The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis. CYLIX (17) CYNIC (12) [noun] A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness. | [noun] A person whose outlook is scornfully negative. | [adjective] Cynical (in all senses) DAILY (9) [noun] Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day. | [verb] To drive an automobile frequently, on a daily basis, for regular and mundane tasks. | [adjective] That occurs every day, or at least every working day | [adverb] Quotidianly, every day DAIRY (9) [noun] (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk. | [noun] A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese. | [noun] A dairy farm. DAISY (9) [noun] A wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals | [noun] Many other flowering plants of various species. | [noun] A boot or other footwear. DANIO (6) [noun] (chiefly in combination) Any of various fish of the genera Danio and Devario. DARIC (8) DASHI (9) DAVIT (9) [noun] A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship. | [noun] A crane, often working in pairs and usually made of steel, used to lower things over an edge of a long drop off, such as lowering a maintenance trapeze down a building or launching a lifeboat over the side of a ship. DEAIR (6) DEBIT (8) [noun] In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account. | [noun] A sum of money taken out of a bank account. Thus called, because in bank's bookkeeping a cash withdrawal diminishes the amount of money held on the account, i.e. bank's debt to the customer. | [verb] To make an entry on the debit side of an account. DEFIS (9) DEICE (8) DEIFY (12) [verb] To make a god of (something or someone). | [verb] To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity. DEIGN (7) [verb] To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity. | [verb] To condescend to give; to do something. | [verb] To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice. DEILS (6) DEISM (8) [noun] A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural phenomena or specific religious doctrines. | [noun] Belief in a god who ceased to intervene with existence after acting as the cause of the cosmos. DEIST (6) DEITY (9) [noun] A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess. | [noun] The state, position, or fact of being a god or God. [from 14th c.] | [noun] A celestial being inferior to a supreme God but superior to man. DELIS (6) [noun] A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving. | [noun] Food sold at a delicatessen. DEMIT (8) [noun] The act of demitting. | [noun] A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge. | [verb] To let fall; to depress; to yield. DENIM (8) [noun] A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern. DEVIL (9) [noun] An evil creature. | [noun] (with article) The chief devil; Satan. | [noun] A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior. DEXIE (13) DHOBI (11) [noun] A laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman, in India and Pakistan. DHOTI (9) [noun] A long loincloth worn by Hindu men in India. | [noun] The cotton fabric used for such loincloths. DHUTI (9) DIALS (6) [noun] A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed). | [noun] A clock face. | [noun] A sundial. DIARY (9) [noun] A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer. | [noun] A personal organizer or appointment diary. | [verb] To keep a diary or journal. DIAZO (15) [noun] Any compound of this type. | [adjective] Containing a pair of double bonded nitrogen atoms, typically directly attached to an aryl group. DICED (9) [verb] To play dice. | [verb] To cut into small cubes. | [verb] To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes. DICER (8) DICES (8) [noun] Gaming with one or more dice. | [noun] A die. | [noun] That which has been diced. DICEY (11) [adjective] Fraught with danger. | [adjective] Of uncertain, risky outcome. | [adjective] Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy. DICKS (12) [noun] A male person. | [noun] The penis. | [noun] A highly contemptible person; a jerk. DICKY (15) [noun] A louse. | [noun] Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar. | [noun] A detachable shirt front, collar or bib. | [adjective] Like a dick, foolish or obnoxious DICOT (8) [noun] A plant whose seedlings have two cotyledons, a dicotyledon. DICTA (8) [noun] An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm. | [noun] A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it. | [noun] The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it. DICTY (11) [noun] An upper-class black. | [adjective] Stylish and respectable; high-class | [adjective] Striving to seem stylish and respectable; pretentious DIDIE (7) DIDOS (7) [noun] A fuss, a row. | [noun] A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper. DIDST (7) [verb] (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. | [verb] To perform; to execute. | [verb] To cause, make (someone) (do something). DIENE (6) [noun] An organic compound, especially a hydrocarbon, containing two double bonds. DIETS (6) [noun] The food and beverage a person or animal consumes. | [noun] A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health. | [noun] (by extension) Any habitual intake or consumption. DIGHT (10) [verb] To deal with, handle. | [verb] To have sexual intercourse with. | [verb] To dispose, put (in a given state or condition). DIGIT (7) [noun] A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.) | [noun] A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference. | [noun] A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit. DIKED (11) [verb] Alternative form of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc. | [verb] To be well dressed. DIKER (10) DIKES (10) [noun] A well-dressed man. | [noun] Formalwear or other fashionable dress. | [noun] (usually derogatory) A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior. DIKEY (13) DILDO (7) [noun] An artificial phallus (penis) for sexual use. | [noun] An idiot, a bore. | [noun] A columnar cactaceous plant of the West Indies (Pilosocereus royenii). | [interjection] A burden: a phrase or theme that recurs at the end of a verse of a folk song. DILLS (6) [noun] Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed. | [noun] A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring | [noun] A fool. DILLY (9) [adjective] Redolent of dill (the herb). | [noun] Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual. | [noun] A dilly bag. | [noun] A kind of stagecoach. DIMER (8) [noun] A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge. DIMES (8) [noun] A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar. | [noun] A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar. | [noun] A small amount of money DIMLY (11) [adverb] In a dim manner. DINAR (6) [noun] The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia and Tunisia. | [noun] An ancient Arab gold coin of 65 grains in weight. DINED (7) [verb] To eat; to eat dinner or supper. | [verb] To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed. | [verb] To dine upon; to have to eat. DINER (6) [noun] One who dines. | [noun] A dining car in a railroad train. | [noun] A typically small restaurant, usually modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other, and often decorated in 50s and 60s pop culture themes and playing popular music from those decades. DINES (6) [verb] To eat; to eat dinner or supper. | [verb] To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed. | [verb] To dine upon; to have to eat. DINGE (7) DINGO (7) [noun] Canis lupus dingo, a wild dog native to Australia. DINGS (7) [noun] Very minor damage, a small dent or chip. | [noun] A rejection. | [verb] To hit or strike. DINGY (10) [adjective] Drab; shabby; dirty; squalid | [noun] A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship. | [noun] An inflatable rubber life raft. DINKS (10) [noun] A soft drop shot. | [noun] A light chip; a chipped pass or shot | [verb] To play a soft drop shot. DINKY (13) [adjective] Tiny and cute; small and attractive. | [adjective] Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable. | [noun] A person in a relationship with double income and no kids DINTS (6) [noun] A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight. | [noun] Force, power; especially in by dint of. | [noun] The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent. DIODE (7) [noun] An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier. DIOLS (6) [noun] Any organic compound having two hydroxy functional groups DIPPY (13) [adjective] Lacking common sense. | [adjective] Having romantic feelings for; excited or enthusiastic about. | [adjective] Of an egg: cooked so that the yolk remains runny and can be used for dipping. DIPSO (8) [noun] A dipsomaniac; an alcoholic; a drunk. DIRER (6) [adjective] Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous. | [adjective] Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing. | [adjective] Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal DIRGE (7) [noun] A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. | [noun] A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring. | [verb] To sing dirges DIRKS (10) [noun] A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade. | [noun] (Midwest US) A penis; dork. | [noun] (Midwest US) A socially unacceptable person; an oddball. DIRLS (6) DIRTS (6) DIRTY (9) [verb] To make (something) dirty. | [verb] To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor. | [verb] To debase by distorting the real nature of (something). DISCI (8) DISCO (8) [noun] A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights. | [verb] To dance disco-style dances. | [verb] To go to discotheques. DISCS (8) [noun] A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. | [noun] An intervertebral disc. | [noun] Something resembling a disc. DISHY (12) [adjective] Attractive; good-looking; sexy. | [adjective] Tending to relay information and gossip. DISKS (10) [noun] A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. | [noun] Something resembling a disk. | [noun] An intervertebral disc DISME (8) DITAS (6) DITCH (11) [noun] A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage. | [verb] To discard or abandon. | [verb] To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water. | [noun] Dirt ingrained on the hands, or in cracks, crevices, etc. DITES (6) DITSY (9) [adjective] Silly or scatterbrained, usually of a young woman. DITTO (6) [noun] That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise. | [noun] A duplicate or copy of a document, particularly one created by a spirit duplicator. | [noun] A copy; an imitation. DITTY (9) [noun] A short verse or tune. | [noun] A saying or utterance, especially one that is short and frequently repeated. | [verb] To sing; to warble a little tune. DITZY (18) [adjective] Silly or scatterbrained, usually of a young woman. DIVAN (9) [noun] A Muslim council of state, specifically that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan). | [noun] The council chamber where this court is held; (by extension), any court of justice. | [noun] Any council or assembly. DIVAS (9) [noun] Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. | [noun] A person who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges. DIVED (10) [verb] To swim under water. | [verb] To jump into water head-first. | [verb] To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance. DIVER (9) [noun] Someone who dives, especially as a sport. | [noun] Someone who works underwater; a frogman. | [noun] The loon (bird). DIVES (9) [noun] A supernatural entity of disagreeable nature. | [noun] A jump or plunge into water. | [noun] A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance. DIVOT (9) [noun] A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof. | [noun] A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour. DIVVY (15) [noun] A dividend; a share or portion. | [verb] To divide into portions. | [noun] A foolish person. | [adjective] Divine; very pleasant, wonderful. DIWAN (9) [noun] A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic) countries, usually some sort of councillor. DIXIT (13) DIZEN (15) DIZZY (27) [verb] To make dizzy, to bewilder. | [adjective] Having a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; giddy; feeling unbalanced or lightheaded. | [adjective] Producing giddiness. DJINN (13) [noun] (Muslim demonology) A genie and descendant of the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form, equivalent to demons in Jewish demonology. DJINS (13) DOBIE (8) DOGIE (7) [noun] A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle; a calf separated from its cow. DOILY (9) [noun] A small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a surface from scratches by hard objects such as vases or bowls; or to decorate a plate of food. | [noun] An old kind of woollen material. DOING (7) [verb] (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. | [verb] To perform; to execute. | [verb] To cause, make (someone) (do something). | [interjection] The sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object. DOITS (6) DOLCI (8) DOMIC (10) DOWIE (9) DOXIE (13) DRAIL (6) [noun] A hook with a lead shank. | [noun] The piece of lead around the shank of such a hook. | [noun] The iron bow of a plough from which the traces draw. DRAIN (6) [noun] A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK) | [noun] An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods. | [noun] Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return. DRIBS (8) DRIED (7) [adjective] Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying. | [adjective] Usually of foods: cured, preserved by drying. | [adjective] Sold raw and unprocessed. DRIER (6) [noun] One who, or that which, dries; a desiccative. | [noun] A household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion. | [noun] An electric hair dryer. | [adjective] Free from or lacking moisture. DRIES (6) [noun] The process by which something is dried. | [noun] A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages). | [noun] (with "the") The dry season. DRIFT (9) [noun] (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved. | [noun] The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse. | [noun] A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side. DRILL (6) [noun] A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece. | [noun] The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit. | [noun] An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence. | [noun] An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made. | [noun] A small trickling stream; a rill. | [verb] To entice or allure; to decoy; with on. | [noun] An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face. | [noun] A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave. DRILY (9) [adverb] In a dry manner DRINK (10) [verb] To consume (a liquid) through the mouth. | [verb] (metonymic) To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.). | [verb] To consume alcoholic beverages. | [noun] A beverage. DRIPS (8) [noun] A drop of a liquid. | [noun] A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping. | [noun] An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream. DRIPT (8) DRIVE (9) [noun] Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition. | [noun] Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business. | [noun] An act of driving animals forward, as to be captured, hunted etc. DROIT (6) DRUID (7) [noun] One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions. DUITS (6) DULIA (6) [noun] The veneration of saints, distinguished from latria, the worship of God. DUOMI (8) DWINE (9) DYING (10) [verb] To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. | [verb] To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death). | [verb] To yearn intensely. EDICT (8) [noun] A proclamation of law or other authoritative command. EDIFY (12) [verb] To build, construct. | [verb] To instruct or improve morally or intellectually. EDILE (6) EDITS (6) [noun] A change to the text of a document. | [noun] A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software. | [noun] An interruption or change to an improvised scene. EERIE (5) [adjective] Strange, weird, fear-inspiring. | [adjective] Frightened, timid. EIDER (6) [noun] Any of the species of the genera Polysticta or Somateria, in the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies). EIDOS (6) [noun] Form; essence; type; species. EIGHT (9) [noun] The digit/figure 8. | [noun] Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight. | [noun] A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars. | [noun] An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England. EIKON (9) EKING (10) [noun] The act or process of adding. | [noun] That which is added. | [noun] A supplementary piece of timber used to lengthen another. | [verb] Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen. ELAIN (5) ELEMI (7) [noun] A tree, Canarium luzonicum, native to the Philippines. | [noun] A resin harvested from the elemi tree. ELFIN (8) [noun] An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land. | [noun] A little urchin or child. | [noun] Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys. | [adjective] Relating to or resembling an elf or elves, especially in its tiny size or features. ELIDE (6) [verb] To leave out or omit (something). | [verb] To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable. | [verb] To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between. ELINT (5) ELITE (5) [noun] A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society. | [noun] Someone who is among the best at a certain task. | [adjective] Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician. ELOIN (5) EMIRS (7) [noun] A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation. | [noun] A descendant of the prophet Muhammad. EMITS (7) [verb] To send out or give off ENNUI (5) [noun] A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression. | [verb] To make bored or listless; to weary. ENOKI (9) [noun] An enoki mushroom, Flammulina velutipes. ENTIA (5) ENVOI (8) [noun] A short stanza at the end of a poem, used either to address a person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem. EOSIN (5) [noun] A red, acidic dye commonly used in histological stains. EPICS (9) [noun] An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero. | [noun] A series of events considered appropriate to an epic. | [noun] In software development, a large or extended user story. EQUID (15) [noun] Any animal of the taxonomic family Equidae, including any equine (horse, zebra, ass, mule, etc.) EQUIP (16) [verb] To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging) | [verb] To dress up; to array; to clothe. | [verb] To prepare (someone) with a skill. ERICA (7) [noun] Any of many heathers, of the genus Erica, used as garden plants ERVIL (8) ETHIC (10) [noun] A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual. | [noun] The morality of an action. | [adjective] Moral, relating to morals. ETUIS (5) [noun] A small, ornamental bag or rigid container used for holding articles such as needles. EVICT (10) [verb] To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out. EVILS (8) [noun] Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good. | [noun] Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief. | [noun] A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula). EVITE (8) [verb] To avoid. EXILE (12) [noun] The state of being banished from one's home or country. | [noun] Someone who is banished from their home or country. | [verb] To send into exile. EXINE (12) [noun] The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exosporium EXIST (12) [verb] (stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality EXITS (12) [noun] An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure. | [noun] A way out. | [noun] The act of departing from life; death. EYING (9) [verb] To observe carefully or appraisingly. | [verb] To appear; to look. EYRIE (8) [noun] The nest of a bird of prey. | [noun] Any high and remote but commanding place. EYRIR (8) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Icelandic króna FACIA (10) [noun] A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing. | [noun] A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone. | [noun] A dashboard. FAGIN (9) FAILS (8) [noun] Poor quality; substandard workmanship. | [noun] A failure (condition of being unsuccessful) | [noun] A failure (something incapable of success) FAINT (8) [noun] The act of fainting, syncope. | [noun] The state of one who has fainted; a swoon. | [adjective] (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness | [verb] To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions). FAIRS (8) [noun] A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements. | [noun] An event for public entertainment and trade, a market. | [noun] An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair. FAIRY (11) [noun] The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion. | [noun] A mythical being with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, and revered in some modern forms of paganism. | [noun] An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm. FAITH (11) [noun] A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence. | [noun] The process of forming or understanding abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience or observation. | [noun] A religious or spiritual belief system. FAKIR (12) [noun] A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms. | [noun] (Hindu) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic. | [noun] Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature. FAQIR (17) [noun] A religious mendicant who owns no personal property. FARCI (10) FEIGN (9) [verb] To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate. | [verb] To imagine; to invent; to pretend. | [verb] To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent. FEINT (8) [noun] A movement made to confuse the opponent; a dummy. | [noun] That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense or stratagem. | [noun] (war) An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance | [noun] The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper. FEIST (8) FELID (9) [noun] Any member of the cat family (Felidae). FERIA (8) [noun] A weekday on a Church calendar on which no feast is observed. FERMI (10) [noun] An obsolete unit of length equal to one femtometer or femtometre (10−15 m). FETID (9) [noun] The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts. | [adjective] Foul-smelling, stinking. FIARS (8) FIATS (8) [noun] An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree. | [noun] Authorization, permission or (official) sanction. | [noun] (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes. FIBER (10) [noun] A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread. | [noun] A material in the form of fibers. | [noun] A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width. FIBRE (10) [noun] A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread. | [noun] Material in the form of fibres. | [noun] Dietary fibre. FICES (10) FICHE (13) [noun] A microfiche FICHU (13) [noun] A woman's lightweight triangular scarf worn over the shoulders and tied in front, or tucked into a bodice to cover the exposed part of the neck and chest. FICIN (10) FICUS (10) [noun] A plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant. FIDGE (10) FIDOS (9) [noun] A coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized by collectors. FIEFS (11) [noun] An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior. | [noun] Something over which one has rights or exercises control. | [noun] An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy. FIELD (9) [noun] A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country. | [noun] A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals. | [noun] A place where competitive matches are carried out. FIEND (9) [noun] A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit. | [noun] A very evil person. | [noun] An enemy; a foe. FIERY (11) [adjective] Of or relating to fire. | [adjective] Burning or glowing. | [adjective] Inflammable or easily ignited. FIFED (12) [verb] To play this instrument. FIFER (11) FIFES (11) [noun] A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music FIFTH (14) [noun] The person or thing in the fifth position. | [noun] One of five equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The fifth gear of an engine. FIFTY (14) [noun] A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50. | [noun] A batsman's score of at least 50 runs and less than 100 runs. | [numeral] The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one. FIGHT (12) [verb] To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc. | [verb] To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc. | [verb] To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success. | [noun] An occasion of fighting. FILAR (8) FILCH (13) [noun] Something which has been filched or stolen. | [noun] An act of filching; larceny, theft. | [noun] A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief. FILED (9) [verb] To commit (official papers) to some office. | [verb] To place in an archive in a logical place and order | [verb] To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer. FILER (8) FILES (8) [noun] A collection of papers collated and archived together. | [noun] A roll or list. | [noun] Course of thought; thread of narration. FILET (8) [noun] A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration. | [noun] A fine strip of any material, in various technical uses. | [noun] A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet. FILLE (8) FILLO (8) FILLS (8) [verb] To occupy fully, to take up all of. | [verb] To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full. | [verb] To enter (something), making it full. FILLY (11) [noun] A young female horse. | [noun] A young attractive female. FILMS (10) [noun] A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity. | [noun] A medium used to capture images in a camera. | [noun] A movie. FILMY (13) [adjective] Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy | [adjective] Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy FILOS (8) FILTH (11) [noun] Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles. | [noun] Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution. | [noun] (with definite article) The police. FILUM (10) FINAL (8) [noun] A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class. | [noun] The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined. | [noun] A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.). FINCH (13) [noun] Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak. | [verb] To hunt for finches, to go finching. FINDS (9) [noun] Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent. | [noun] The act of finding. | [verb] To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. FINED (9) [verb] To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify. | [verb] To become finer, purer, or cleaner. | [verb] To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc. FINER (8) [adjective] Senses referring to subjective quality. | [adjective] Senses referring to objective quality. | [adjective] Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets. FINES (8) [noun] Fine champagne; French brandy. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles. | [verb] To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify. FINIS (8) [noun] The end (of a book or other work). FINKS (12) [noun] A contemptible person. | [noun] An informer. | [noun] A strikebreaker. FINNY (11) [adjective] (of a fish) Having one or more fins. | [adjective] Resembling a fin. | [adjective] Abounding in fishes. FINOS (8) [noun] The driest and palest type of traditional sherry. | [noun] Second-best wool from Merino sheep. FIORD (9) [noun] A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs. FIQUE (17) FIRED (9) [verb] To set (something, often a building) on fire. | [verb] To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc. | [verb] To drive away by setting a fire. FIRER (8) FIRES (8) [noun] A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering. | [noun] An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire). | [noun] The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger. FIRMS (10) [noun] A business partnership; the name under which it trades. | [noun] A business enterprise, however organized. | [noun] A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism. FIRNS (8) FIRRY (11) FIRST (8) [noun] The person or thing in the first position. | [noun] The first gear of an engine. | [noun] Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence. | [noun] Time; time granted; respite. FIRTH (11) [noun] An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary. | [noun] An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary. | [noun] Peace; security. FISCS (10) [noun] The public treasury of Rome. | [noun] Any state treasury or exchequer. FISHY (14) [noun] A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills. | [noun] Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water. | [noun] The flesh of the fish used as food. FISTS (8) [noun] A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward. | [noun] The pointing hand symbol ☞. | [noun] The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code. FITCH (13) [noun] The European polecat, Mustela putorius. | [noun] The skin of the polecat | [noun] A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads "spelt". FITLY (11) FIVER (11) [noun] A banknote with a value of five units of currency. | [noun] (by extension) The value in money that this represents. | [noun] A clenched fist. FIVES (11) [noun] The digit/figure 5. | [noun] A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver. | [noun] Anything measuring five units, as length. FIXED (16) [verb] To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix. | [verb] To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time. | [verb] To mend, to repair. FIXER (15) [noun] Agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes. | [noun] A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions. | [noun] (criminal justice) A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit. FIXES (15) [noun] A repair or corrective action. | [noun] A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament. | [noun] A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user. FIXIT (15) FIZZY (29) [noun] A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage. | [adjective] (of a liquid) Containing bubbles. | [adjective] Lively, vivacious. FLAIL (8) [noun] A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material. | [noun] A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain. | [verb] To beat using a flail or similar implement. FLAIR (8) [noun] A natural or innate talent or aptitude. | [noun] Distinctive style or elegance. | [noun] Smell; odor. FLICK (14) [noun] A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip. | [noun] A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema. | [noun] A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target. FLICS (10) [noun] A data file containing computer animations. | [noun] A French policeman. FLIED (9) [verb] To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb). FLIER (8) [noun] That which flies, as a bird or insect. | [noun] A machine that flies. | [noun] An airplane pilot. FLIES (8) [noun] The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung. | [noun] Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies. | [noun] (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges). FLING (9) [noun] An act of throwing, often violently. | [noun] An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance. | [noun] An act or period of unrestrained indulgence. | [verb] To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash. FLINT (8) [noun] A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck. | [noun] A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker. | [noun] A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc. FLIPS (10) [noun] A maneuver which rotates an object end over end. | [noun] A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc. | [noun] A slingshot. FLIRT (8) [noun] A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion | [noun] Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person. | [noun] An act of flirting. FLITE (8) FLITS (8) [noun] A fluttering or darting movement. | [noun] A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state. | [noun] A homosexual. FLUID (9) [noun] Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma. | [noun] A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas). | [noun] (specifically, typically in the plural) Intravenous fluids. FOGIE (9) FOILS (8) [noun] A very thin sheet of metal. | [noun] Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food. | [noun] A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant. FOINS (8) FOIST (8) [noun] A thief or pickpocket. | [verb] To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant. | [verb] To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit. | [noun] A light and fast-sailing ship. | [noun] A cask for wine. FOLIA (8) [noun] A leaf, especially a thin leaf or plate. | [noun] A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches having a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop. FOLIO (8) [noun] A leaf of a book or manuscript | [noun] A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book. | [noun] A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages. FRAIL (8) [noun] A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins. | [noun] The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail. | [noun] A rush for weaving baskets. FRIAR (8) [noun] A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars). | [noun] A white or pale patch on a printed page. | [noun] An American fish, the silverside. FRIED (9) [adjective] Cooked by frying. | [adjective] (specifically, of an egg) Fried with the yolk unbroken. | [adjective] Cooked in a deep fryer or pressure fryer or the like after being coated (breaded) in batter; compare deep-fried. FRIER (8) [noun] A container for frying food. | [noun] A young chicken suitable for frying; a pullet | [noun] A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars). FRIES (8) [noun] (usually in the plural, fries) A fried strip of potato. | [noun] A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc. | [noun] A state of excitement. FRIGS (9) [noun] An act of frigging. | [noun] A temporary modification to a piece of equipment to change the way it operates (usually away from as originally designed). | [noun] A fuck. FRILL (8) [noun] A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim. | [noun] A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric. | [noun] A wrinkled edge to a film. | [verb] To shake or shiver as with cold (with reference to a hawk). FRISE (8) FRISK (12) [noun] A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap. | [verb] To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap. | [verb] To search somebody by feeling his or her body and clothing. FRITH (11) [noun] Peace; security. | [noun] Sanctuary, asylum. | [verb] To protect; guard. | [noun] A forest or wood; woodland generally. | [noun] An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary. FRITS (8) [noun] A fused mixture of materials used to make glass. | [noun] A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age) | [verb] To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture FRITT (8) FRITZ (17) [noun] The state of being defective. | [noun] (chiefly South Australia) A type of processed meat sausage; devon | [verb] To go wrong or become defective. FRIZZ (26) [verb] Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls. | [verb] To curl; to make frizzy. | [verb] To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth. | [noun] A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair. FRUIT (8) [noun] (often in the plural) In general, a product of plant growth useful to man or animals. | [noun] Specifically, a sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see next sense), even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit. | [noun] A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically: FUGIO (9) FUJIS (15) [noun] A plain spun silk fabric. | [noun] A Nigerian musical genre. FUNDI (9) [noun] (Zimbabwe) expert, guru, maven | [noun] The large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially FUNGI (9) [noun] Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular. | [noun] A spongy, abnormal excrescence, such as excessive granulation tissue formed in a wound. | [noun] A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of ukulele, banjo, guitar and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm. | [noun] A cornmeal dish eaten in the Caribbean, usually made with okra and served with salt fish, shellfish or chicken; variant recipes are also known as cou-cou (coucou) or coo-coo (coocoo). FUSIL (8) [noun] A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge. | [noun] A light flintlock musket or firelock. | [adjective] That can be melted; meltable. FUZIL (17) GADDI (8) GADID (8) [noun] Any member of the family Gadidae of fish such as cod and pollack. GADIS (7) GAILY (9) [adverb] Merrily. | [adverb] Showily. GAINS (6) [noun] The act of gaining; acquisition. | [noun] What is gained. | [noun] The factor by which a signal is multiplied. GAITS (6) [noun] Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving. | [noun] One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training. | [verb] To teach a specific gait to a horse. GAMIC (10) GAMIN (8) [noun] A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy. GARNI (6) GELID (7) [adjective] Very cold; icy or frosty. GENIC (8) [adjective] Of, relating to, produced by, or being a gene GENIE (6) [noun] A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form. | [noun] A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container. GENII (6) [noun] Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc. | [noun] Extraordinary mental capacity. | [noun] Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process. | [noun] A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form. GENIP (8) [noun] A succulent berry with a thick rind, the fruit of plants in the genus Genipa. GEOID (7) [noun] (geodesy) The shape that the surface of the oceans of the Earth would take under the influence of the Earth's gravity and rotation alone, extending also through the continents, disregarding other factors such as winds and tides; that is, a surface of constant gravitational potential at zero elevation. GHAZI (18) [noun] A hero or champion, especially as a Muslim against non-Muslims; often used as a title. GIANT (6) [noun] A mythical human of very great size. | [noun] Specifically, any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology. | [noun] A very tall and large person. GIBED (9) [verb] Alternative spelling of gybe | [verb] Alternative spelling of jibe GIBER (8) GIBES (8) [verb] Alternative spelling of gybe | [verb] Alternative spelling of jibe GIDDY (11) [verb] To make dizzy or unsteady. | [verb] To reel; to whirl. | [adjective] Dizzy, feeling dizzy or unsteady and as if about to fall down. GIFTS (9) [noun] Something given to another voluntarily, without charge. | [noun] A talent or natural ability. | [noun] Something gained incidentally, without effort. GIGAS (7) GIGHE (10) GIGOT (7) [noun] A leg of lamb or mutton. | [noun] Short for gigot sleeve. GIGUE (7) [noun] An Irish dance, derived from the jig, used in the Partita form (Baroque Period). GILDS (7) [verb] To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf. | [verb] To adorn. | [verb] To decorate with a golden surface appearance. GILLS (6) [noun] (animal anatomy) a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals | [noun] (of a fish) a gill slit or gill cover | [noun] One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne GILLY (9) GILTS (6) [noun] Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding. | [noun] Money. | [noun] A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged) GIMEL (8) GIMME (10) [noun] That which is easily obtained, or certain to occur. GIMPS (10) [noun] A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe. | [noun] Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire. | [noun] The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself. GIMPY (13) GINKS (10) [noun] (originally United States slang) A guy, a fellow, especially a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man. GINNY (9) GIPON (8) GIPSY (11) [noun] (sometimes offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc). | [noun] An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny. | [noun] (sometimes offensive) A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.) GIRDS (7) [verb] To bind with a flexible rope or cord. | [verb] To encircle with, or as if with a belt. | [verb] To prepare oneself for an action. GIRLS (6) [noun] A female child, adolescent, or a young woman. | [noun] A young female animal. | [noun] (sometimes offensive) A woman, especially a young woman GIRLY (9) [noun] Girl. | [adjective] Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, sweet; unmasculine. GIRNS (6) [verb] To grimace; to snarl. | [verb] To whinge, moan, complain. | [verb] To make elaborate unnatural and distorted faces as a form of amusement or in a girning competition. GIRON (6) GIROS (6) [noun] (in Europe) A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions. | [noun] An unemployment benefit cheque. | [verb] To transfer funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions. | [noun] A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce. GIRSH (9) GIRTH (9) [noun] A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place. | [noun] The part of an animal around which the girth fits. | [noun] One's waistline circumference, most often a large one. GIRTS (6) [noun] A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts. | [verb] To gird. | [verb] To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle. GISMO (8) [noun] Something, generally a device, for which one does not know the proper term. GISTS (6) [noun] The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux of a matter; the pith. | [noun] The essential ground for action in a suit, without which there is no cause of action. | [noun] Resting place (especially of animals), lodging. GIVEN (9) [verb] (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. | [verb] (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something). | [verb] To yield slightly when a force is applied. GIVER (9) [noun] One who gives; a donor or contributor. GIVES (9) [verb] (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. | [verb] (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something). | [verb] To yield slightly when a force is applied. | [noun] A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg. GIZMO (17) [noun] Something, generally a device, for which one does not know the proper term. GLAIR (6) [noun] Egg-white, especially as used in various industrial preparations. | [noun] Any viscous, slimy substance. | [noun] A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd. GLIAL (6) GLIAS (6) GLIDE (7) [noun] The act of gliding. | [noun] A transitional sound, especially a semivowel. | [noun] An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact. GLIFF (12) GLIME (8) GLIMS (8) [noun] Brightness; splendour | [noun] A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire. | [noun] An eye. GLINT (6) [noun] A short flash of light. | [verb] To flash or gleam briefly. | [verb] To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter. GLITZ (15) [noun] Garish, brilliant showiness. GOING (7) [verb] To move: | [verb] (chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required). | [verb] To start; to begin (an action or process). GONIA (6) GONIF (9) [noun] A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. GOYIM (11) [noun] A non-Jew, a gentile. (See usage notes) GRAIL (6) [noun] The Holy Grail. | [noun] The object of an extended or difficult quest.http//www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grail | [noun] A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual. | [noun] Small particles of earth; gravel. | [noun] One of the small feathers of a hawk. GRAIN (6) [noun] The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley. | [noun] Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa. | [noun] A single seed of grass food crops. | [noun] A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. GRIDE (7) GRIDS (7) [noun] A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle. | [noun] A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire. | [noun] A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis, used mainly to solve single and complex scientific or technical problems or to process data at high speeds (as in clusters). GRIEF (9) [noun] Suffering, hardship. | [noun] Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. | [noun] Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial. GRIFF (12) [noun] Griffin, (white) newcomer | [noun] Grasp; reach | [noun] An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. | [noun] Marijuana. GRIFT (9) [noun] A confidence game or swindle. | [verb] To obtain illegally, as by con game. | [verb] To obtain money illegally. GRIGS (7) [noun] A dwarf. | [noun] A cricket or grasshopper. | [noun] A small or young eel. GRILL (6) [noun] A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack. | [noun] On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it. | [noun] A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English | [verb] To make angry; provoke; incite. | [noun] Harm. GRIME (8) [noun] Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove. | [noun] A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop. | [verb] To begrime; to cake with dirt. GRIMY (11) [adjective] Stained or covered with grime. | [adjective] From the urban musical genre called grime. GRIND (7) [noun] The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction. | [noun] Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground. | [noun] A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans. | [noun] A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands. GRINS (6) [noun] A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth. | [verb] To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth. | [verb] To express by grinning. GRIOT (6) [noun] A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet. | [noun] A Haitian dish of fried pork. GRIPE (8) [noun] A complaint, often a petty or trivial one. | [noun] A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems. | [noun] Grasp; clutch; grip GRIPS (8) [verb] To take hold of, particularly with the hand. | [verb] To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense. | [verb] To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief. GRIPT (8) GRIPY (11) GRIST (6) [noun] Grain that is to be ground in a mill. | [noun] A group of bees. | [noun] Supply; provision. GRITH (9) GRITS (6) [noun] (usually in the plural) Husked but unground oats. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge. | [verb] Apparently only in grit one's teeth: to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger. GROIN (6) [noun] The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region. | [noun] The area adjoining this fold or depression. | [noun] The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults | [verb] To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur. | [noun] An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater. GUIDE (7) [noun] Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation. | [noun] A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook. | [noun] A sign that guides people; guidepost. | [verb] To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path. GUIDS (7) GUILD (7) [noun] A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans for mutual aid, particularly in the Middle Ages. | [noun] A corporation. | [noun] A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits. GUILE (6) [noun] Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception. | [noun] Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty. | [verb] To deceive, beguile, bewile. GUILT (6) [noun] Responsibility for wrongdoing. | [noun] The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings. | [noun] The regret of having done wrong. | [verb] To commit offenses; act criminally. GUIRO (6) [noun] A musical instrument, a shaker, made of a hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side, and played by rubbing a stick or scraper ("pua") along the notches to produce a ratchet-like sound. | [noun] A genre of traditional Cuban music, used in santería rituals. | [noun] A musical instrument consisting of a gourd surrounded by a net of beads. GUISE (6) [noun] Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.) | [noun] External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape. | [noun] Misleading appearance; cover, cloak. HABIT (10) [noun] An action performed on a regular basis. | [noun] An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness. | [noun] A long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns. | [verb] To clothe. HADJI (16) [noun] One who has participated in a hajj. | [noun] A Muslim or Arab. HAFIS (11) HAFIZ (20) [noun] A Muslim who has memorized the whole Qur'an HAIKA (12) HAIKS (12) [noun] A covering for the head and body worn by Arabs. HAIKU (12) [noun] A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme. | [noun] A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme. HAILS (8) [verb] Of hail, to fall from the sky. | [verb] To send or release hail. | [verb] To pour down in rapid succession. HAIRS (8) [noun] A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals. | [noun] The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body. | [noun] A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth. HAIRY (11) [adjective] Of a person, having a lot of hair on the body. | [adjective] Of an animal, having a lot of fur. | [adjective] Of a body part other than the head, having hair growing from it. HAJIS (15) [noun] One who has participated in a hajj. | [noun] A Muslim or Arab. HAJJI (22) [noun] One who has participated in a hajj. | [noun] A Muslim or Arab. HAKIM (14) [noun] A doctor, usually practicing traditional medicine. | [noun] A judge or governor in Islamic India. HALID (9) HEIGH (12) [interjection] An exclamation designed to call attention, give encouragement, etc. HEILS (8) HEIRS (8) [noun] Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another. | [noun] One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office. | [noun] A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor. HEIST (8) [noun] A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum. | [noun] A fiction genre in which a heist is central to the plot. | [verb] To steal, rob or hold up (something). HELIO (8) [noun] A heliotrope (surveying instrument). HELIX (15) [noun] A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase. | [noun] A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital. | [noun] The incurved rim of the external ear. HEMIC (12) HEMIN (10) HICKS (14) [noun] An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. | [verb] To hiccup HIDED (10) HIDER (9) HIDES (9) [verb] To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight. | [verb] To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight. | [noun] The skin of an animal. HIGHS (12) [noun] A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. | [noun] A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best. | [noun] A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs. HIGHT (12) [verb] To call, name. | [verb] To be called or named. | [verb] To command; to enjoin. | [noun] The distance from the base of something to the top. HIKED (13) [verb] To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise. | [verb] To unfairly or suddenly raise a price. | [verb] To snap the ball to start a play. HIKER (12) [noun] One who hikes, especially frequently. HIKES (12) [noun] A long walk. | [noun] An abrupt increase. | [noun] The snap of the ball to start a play. HILAR (8) [adjective] Relating to or near a hilum. HILLO (8) HILLS (8) [noun] An elevated location smaller than a mountain. | [noun] A sloping road. | [noun] A heap of earth surrounding a plant. HILLY (11) [adjective] (of a landscape) Abundant in hills; having many hills. HILTS (8) [noun] The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand. | [noun] The base of the penis. | [verb] To provide with a hilt. HILUM (10) [noun] The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support. | [noun] The nucleus of a starch grain. | [noun] A depression or fissure through which ducts, nerves, or blood vessels enter and leave a gland or organ; a porta. HILUS (8) [noun] A hilum. HINDS (9) [noun] A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old. | [noun] A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus. | [noun] A servant, especially an agricultural labourer. HINGE (9) [noun] A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc. | [noun] A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve. | [noun] A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album. HINNY (11) [noun] The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey). | [verb] To whinny | [noun] A term of endearment usually for women. HINTS (8) [noun] A clue. | [noun] A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement. | [noun] A small, barely detectable amount of. HIPPO (12) [noun] A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius) HIPPY (15) [noun] (1950s slang) A teenager who imitated the beatniks. | [noun] (1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc. | [noun] (modern slang) A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and wearing unusually long hair (for males), and because of it, often stereotyped as a deadbeat. | [adjective] Having prominent or in any other way unusual hips. HIRED (9) [verb] To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment. | [verb] To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job. | [verb] To exchange the services of for remuneration. HIRER (8) HIRES (8) [noun] Payment for the temporary use of something. | [noun] Reward, payment. | [noun] The state of being hired, or having a job; employment. HISSY (11) HISTS (8) HITCH (13) [noun] A sudden pull. | [noun] Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope. | [noun] A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer. HIVED (12) [verb] To enter or possess a hive. | [verb] To form a hive-like entity. | [verb] To collect into a hive. HIVES (11) [noun] Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions. | [noun] A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees. | [noun] The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. HOICK (14) [noun] A wild hook shot played without style. | [noun] Sputum. | [verb] To play such a shot. HOISE (8) HOIST (8) [noun] A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane. | [noun] The act of hoisting; a lift. | [noun] The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff. HOURI (8) [noun] A nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful. | [noun] (by extension) Any voluptuous, beautiful woman. HUMIC (12) [adjective] Of, or relating to humus. HUMID (11) [adjective] Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery. HYING (12) [verb] To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry. | [verb] To hurry (oneself). | [noun] Haste HYOID (12) [noun] The hyoid bone. | [adjective] Shaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon; specifically, designating a bone or group of bones supporting the tongue. IAMBI (9) [noun] An iamb IAMBS (9) [noun] A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. ICHOR (10) [noun] The liquid that in Greek mythology was said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods | [noun] Any bloodlike fluid | [noun] A watery, fetid discharge from a sore ICIER (7) [adjective] Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty. | [adjective] Covered with ice, wholly or partially. | [adjective] Characterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold. ICILY (10) ICING (8) [noun] A sweet glaze made primarily of sugar and often flavored, typically used for baked goods; frosting. | [noun] A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this. | [noun] The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface. | [verb] To cool with ice, as a beverage. ICKER (11) ICONS (7) [noun] An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion. | [noun] (especially Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels. | [noun] (by extension) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing. ICTIC (9) ICTUS (7) [noun] The pulse. | [noun] A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc. | [noun] The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare arsis. IDEAL (6) [noun] A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at. | [noun] A subring closed under multiplication by its containing ring. | [noun] (lattice theory) A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins). IDEAS (6) [noun] An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples. | [noun] The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal. | [noun] The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic. IDIOM (8) [noun] A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, person, or group of people. | [noun] A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc. | [noun] An established expression whose meaning is not deducible from the literal meanings of its component words, often peculiar to a given language. IDIOT (6) [noun] A person of low general intelligence. | [noun] A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool. | [noun] A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30. IDLED (7) [verb] To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume. | [verb] To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business. | [verb] Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over. IDLER (6) [noun] One who idles; one who spends his or her time in inaction. | [noun] One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard. | [noun] Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watch IDLES (6) [verb] To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume. | [verb] To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business. | [verb] Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over. IDOLS (6) [noun] A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power. | [noun] A cultural icon, or especially popular person. | [noun] (originally Japan) Popular entertainer; usually young, captivating, attractive; and often female, with an image of being close to fans. IDYLL (9) [noun] Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the Idylls. | [noun] An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience. | [noun] A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner. IDYLS (9) [noun] Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the Idylls. | [noun] An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience. | [noun] A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner. IGLOO (6) [noun] A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow. | [noun] A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice. | [noun] A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons. IGLUS (6) IHRAM (10) IKATS (9) [noun] A style of weaving that uses a process similar to tie-dye to dye the threads. | [noun] A work woven in this style. IKONS (9) [noun] An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion. | [noun] (especially Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels. | [noun] (by extension) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing. ILEAC (7) ILEAL (5) ILEUM (7) [noun] The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine. ILEUS (5) [noun] (modern usage) Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract, due to failure of peristalsis. | [noun] (broad definition, now rare) Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract from any cause. ILIAC (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the ilium. ILIAD (6) ILIAL (5) ILIUM (7) [noun] The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone and pelvis. | [noun] The ileum, part of the small intestine. ILLER (5) [adjective] Evil; wicked (of people). | [adjective] Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy. | [adjective] Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel. IMAGE (8) [noun] An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture. | [noun] A mental picture of something not real or not present. | [noun] A statue or idol. IMAGO (8) [noun] The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis. | [noun] An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unconsciously into adult life, the basis for the psychological formation of personality archetypes. IMAMS (9) [noun] (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader. | [noun] One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque. IMAUM (9) IMBED (10) [verb] To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed. | [verb] (by extension) To include in surrounding matter. | [verb] To encapsulate within another document or data file. IMBUE (9) [verb] To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality. | [verb] In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality. IMIDE (8) [noun] A form of amide in which the nitrogen atom is attached to two carbonyl groups - R1CONHCOR2 IMIDO (8) IMIDS (8) IMINE (7) [noun] Any of a class of organic nitrogen compounds having the general formula R2C=NR; they are tautomeric with enamines. IMINO (7) IMMIX (16) IMPED (10) [noun] A creature without feet | [adjective] Engrafted, eked, implanted; supplemented by imping. | [verb] To plant or engraft. IMPEL (9) [verb] To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation. | [verb] To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action. IMPIS (9) [noun] A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men. IMPLY (12) [verb] (of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence | [verb] (of a person) to suggest by logical inference | [verb] (of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement INANE (5) [noun] That which is void or empty. | [adjective] Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance) | [adjective] Purposeless; pointless INAPT (7) [adjective] Unapt INARM (7) INBYE (10) INCOG (8) [noun] Incognito. | [adjective] Incognito. | [adverb] Incognito. INCUR (7) [verb] To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to | [verb] To enter or pass into | [verb] To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger INCUS (7) [noun] A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear. | [noun] An accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus. INDEX (13) [noun] An alphabetical listing of items and their location. | [noun] The index finger; the forefinger. | [noun] A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc. INDIE (6) [noun] An independent publisher. | [noun] A work released by an independent publisher. | [noun] A type of rock music, generally soft-style without screaming or aggression, mixed with synthesized music and electronic. INDOL (6) INDOW (9) INDRI (6) [noun] One of the largest living lemurs (Indri indri), native to Madagascar. INDUE (6) [verb] To pass food into the stomach; to digest; also figuratively, to take on, absorb. | [verb] To take on, to take the form of. | [verb] To put on (a piece of clothing); to clothe (someone with something). INEPT (7) [adjective] Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence. | [adjective] Unfit; unsuitable. INERT (5) [noun] A substance that does not react chemically. | [verb] To fill with an inert gas to reduce the risk of explosion. | [adjective] Unable to move or act; inanimate. INFER (8) [verb] To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. | [verb] To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially with a person as subject.) | [verb] To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone. INFIX (15) [noun] A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English. | [noun] A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English. | [verb] To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in. INFOS (8) INFRA (8) [adverb] Discussed later. | [noun] Infrastructure. INGLE (6) [noun] An open fireplace. | [noun] A catamite. | [noun] A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart. | [noun] A male lover. INGOT (6) [noun] A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents. | [verb] To form (scraps of metal) into ingots. INION (5) [noun] A small protuberance on the external surface of the back of the skull near the neck; the external occipital protuberance. INKED (10) [adjective] Having a tattoo or tattoos. | [verb] To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink. | [verb] To sign (a contract or similar document). INKER (9) INKLE (9) [verb] To hint at; disclose. | [verb] To have a hint or inkling of; divine. | [noun] Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces INLAY (8) [noun] The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration. | [noun] A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place. | [noun] The piece of paper or the booklet inside the case of a CD or DVD INLET (5) [verb] To let in; admit. | [verb] To insert; inlay. | [noun] A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary. INNED (6) INNER (5) [noun] An inner part. | [noun] A duvet, excluding the cover. | [noun] A forward who plays in or near the center of the field. INPUT (7) [noun] The act or process of putting in; infusion. | [noun] That which is put in, as in an amount. | [noun] Contribution of work or information, as an opinion or advice. INSET (5) [noun] A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one. | [noun] Anything inserted. | [noun] A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment. INTER (5) [verb] To bury in a grave. | [verb] To confine, as in a prison. INTIS (5) [noun] The currency of Peru between 1985 and 1991, replacing the sol. INTRO (5) [noun] An introduction. | [noun] The opening sequence at beginning of a film, television program, etc. | [noun] A small demo produced to promote one's demogroup or for a competition. INURE (5) [verb] To cause someone to become accustomed to something (usually) unpleasant. | [verb] To take effect, to be operative. | [verb] To commit. INURN (5) [verb] To place (the remains of a person who has died) in an urn or other container. | [verb] To hold or contain (the remains of a person who has died). INVAR (8) [noun] An alloy of iron containing 35.5% nickel, and having a very low coefficient of expansion. IODIC (8) IODID (7) IODIN (6) IONIC (7) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing ions IOTAS (5) [noun] The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. | [noun] A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity. IRADE (6) [noun] A decree issued by a Muslim ruler. IRATE (5) [adjective] Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged. IRIDS (6) IRING (6) IRKED (10) [verb] To irritate; annoy; bother | [adjective] Annoyed. IROKO (9) [noun] A hardwood obtained from several African trees of the genus Chlorophora. | [noun] The tree itself. IRONE (5) IRONS (5) [noun] A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel. | [noun] A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe. | [noun] Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron. IRONY (8) [noun] A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context. | [noun] Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play. | [noun] Ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist; Socratic irony. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the metal iron. ISBAS (7) ISLED (6) ISLES (5) [noun] A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers. | [noun] A clear path through rows of seating. | [noun] A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale. ISLET (5) [noun] A small island | [noun] An isolated piece of tissue that has a specific function ISSEI (5) [noun] A member of the first generation of Japanese immigrants to North America, South America or Australia. ISSUE (5) [noun] The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly: | [noun] Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly: | [noun] The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly: ISTLE (5) [noun] A variety of Agave angustifolia var. angustifolia (syn. Agave rigida), furnishing a strong coarse fiber. | [noun] The fiber itself; pita, or Tampico fiber. ITCHY (13) [adjective] Having or creating an itch, causing a person or animal to tend to want to scratch. ITEMS (7) [noun] A distinct physical object. | [noun] (by extension) An object that can be picked up for later use. | [noun] A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account. ITHER (8) IVIED (9) [adjective] Overgrown with ivy or another climbing plant. IVIES (8) [noun] Any of several woody, climbing or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera. | [noun] Any similar plant of any genus. IVORY (11) [noun] The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals. | [noun] A creamy white color, the color of ivory. | [noun] Something made from or resembling ivory. IXIAS (12) [noun] Any of the genus Ixia of cormous plants native to South Africa. IXORA (12) IXTLE (12) [noun] A variety of Agave angustifolia var. angustifolia (syn. Agave rigida), furnishing a strong coarse fiber. | [noun] The fiber itself; pita, or Tampico fiber. IZARS (14) JAILS (12) [noun] A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. | [noun] Confinement in a jail. | [noun] The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days). JERID (13) JIBBS (16) JIBED (15) [verb] To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt. | [verb] To say in a mocking or taunting manner. | [verb] To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer. JIBER (14) JIBES (14) [noun] A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt. | [verb] To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt. | [verb] To say in a mocking or taunting manner. JIFFS (18) [noun] A jiffy; a moment; a short time. JIFFY (21) [noun] A very short, unspecified length of time. | [noun] A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values. | [noun] The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second). JIHAD (16) [noun] A holy war undertaken by Muslims. | [noun] An aggressive campaign for an idea. | [noun] A personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and/or against evil. JILLS (12) [verb] (of a female) To masturbate. JILTS (12) [noun] A woman who jilts a lover. | [verb] To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love. JIMMY (19) [noun] (especially New England and Philadelphia) Chocolate sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes. | [noun] A marijuana cigarette. | [noun] A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism; a slim jim. JIMPY (19) JINGO (13) [noun] One who supports policy favouring war. JINKS (16) [noun] A quick evasive turn. | [verb] To make a quick evasive turn. | [verb] To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn. JINNI (12) [noun] (Muslim demonology) A genie and descendant of the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form, equivalent to demons in Jewish demonology. JINNS (12) [noun] (Muslim demonology) A genie and descendant of the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form, equivalent to demons in Jewish demonology. JISMS (14) [noun] Spirit or energy. | [noun] Semen. JIVED (16) [verb] To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt. | [verb] To say in a mocking or taunting manner. | [verb] To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer. JIVER (15) JIVES (15) [verb] To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt. | [verb] To say in a mocking or taunting manner. | [verb] To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer. JIVEY (18) JOINS (12) [noun] An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect. | [noun] An intersection of data in two or more database tables. | [noun] The act of joining something, such as a network. JOINT (12) [noun] The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate. | [noun] The point where two components of a structure join rigidly. | [noun] Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened. JOIST (12) [noun] A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed. | [verb] To fit or furnish with joists. JUICE (14) [noun] A liquid from a plant, especially fruit. | [noun] A beverage made of juice. | [noun] Any liquid resembling juice. | [adjective] Alternative spelling of Jew's (used in certain set phrases like juice harp) JUICY (17) [adjective] Having lots of juice. | [adjective] (of a story, etc.) Exciting; titillating. | [adjective] (of a blow, strike, etc.) Strong, painful. KADIS (10) [noun] A civil judge in certain Islamic countries. KAFIR (12) [noun] A disbeliever, a denier: someone who denies the truths from Allah; or more broadly any non-Muslim. KAIAK (13) KAIFS (12) KAILS (9) KAINS (9) KAKIS (13) [noun] A persimmon, more specifically the Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki). KALIF (12) KAMIK (15) KANJI (16) [noun] The system of writing Japanese using Chinese characters. | [noun] Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language. KAURI (9) [noun] A conifer of the genus Agathis, family Araucariaceae, found in Australasia and Melanesia. | [noun] Agathis australis, a large conifer of the family Araucariaceae. | [noun] A resinous product of the kauri tree, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber. KEFIR (12) [noun] A fermented milk drink from the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, similar to yogurt but more liquidy. | [noun] A disbeliever, a denier: someone who denies the truths from Allah; or more broadly any non-Muslim. KEIRS (9) KELIM (11) [noun] A flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug. KEPIS (11) [noun] A cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms. KEVIL (12) KHADI (13) [noun] A coarse homespun cotton cloth from India. KHAKI (16) [noun] A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust. | [noun] Khaki green, a dull green colour. | [noun] A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms. KIANG (10) [noun] A large wild ass, Equus kiang, native to the Tibetan Plateau. KIBBE (13) KIBBI (13) KIBEI (11) KIBES (11) [noun] A chilblain or ulcer, especially on the heel of the foot. KIBLA (11) [noun] The direction in which Muslims face while praying, currently determined as the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca. KICKS (15) [noun] A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee. | [noun] The action of swinging a foot or leg. | [noun] Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing. KICKY (18) [adjective] Lively, exciting, thrilling. | [adjective] Characterised by kicking motions. | [adjective] Describing a wicket that sometimes causes the ball to kick (bounce unevenly). KIDDO (11) [noun] A close friend; especially used as a form of address. | [noun] A child. KIDDY (14) [noun] A child. | [verb] To kid; to hoax or tease. | [adjective] Alternative spelling of kiddie KIEFS (12) KIERS (9) [noun] A bleaching vat. KIKES (13) [noun] A Jew. | [noun] A contemptible person, especially one who is stingy. KILIM (11) [noun] A flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug. KILLS (9) [noun] The act of killing. | [noun] Specifically, the death blow. | [noun] The result of killing; that which has been killed. KILNS (9) [noun] An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain. | [verb] To bake in a kiln. KILOS (9) [noun] In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg | [noun] The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight. KILTS (9) [noun] A traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern. | [noun] Any Scottish garment from which the above lies in a direct line of descent, such as the philibeg, or the great kilt or belted plaid | [noun] A plaid, pleated school uniform skirt sometimes structured as a wrap around, sometimes pleated throughout the entire circumference; also used as boys' wear in 19th century USA. KILTY (12) KINAS (9) KINDS (10) [noun] A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together. | [noun] A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen. | [noun] One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition. KINES (9) KINGS (10) [noun] A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation. | [noun] A powerful or majorly influential person. | [noun] Something that has a preeminent position. KININ (9) [noun] Any of various structurally related polypeptides of the autacoid family, such as bradykinin and kallikrein, that act locally to induce vasodilation and contraction of smooth muscle. KINKS (13) [noun] A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying. | [verb] To laugh loudly. | [verb] To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing. KINKY (16) [adjective] Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl. | [adjective] Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices. | [adjective] Queer; eccentric; crotchety. KINOS (9) KIOSK (13) [noun] A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc. | [noun] A similar unattended stand for the automatic dispensing of tickets, etc. | [noun] A public telephone booth. KIRKS (13) [noun] A church. KIRNS (9) KISSY (12) [noun] A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting. | [noun] An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message. | [noun] A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses. KISTS (9) [noun] A chest. | [noun] A coffin. | [verb] To place in a coffin. KITED (10) KITER (9) KITES (9) KITHE (12) KITHS (12) [noun] Friends and acquaintances. | [noun] (rural) An acquaintance or a friend. KITTY (12) [noun] A kitten or young cat. | [noun] (sometimes capitalized) A pet name for a cat. | [noun] A money pool, as for a card game, or for shared expenses. KIVAS (12) [noun] A ceremonial underground chamber in a Pueblo village. KIWIS (12) [noun] A New Zealander. | [noun] A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand. | [noun] A New Zealand dollar. KNIFE (12) [noun] A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing. | [noun] A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger. | [noun] Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper. KNISH (12) [noun] An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough KNITS (9) [noun] A knitted garment. | [noun] A session of knitting. | [verb] To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine. | [noun] Small particles of ore. KOINE (9) [noun] A lingua franca. | [noun] A regional language that becomes standard over time. KORAI (9) [noun] An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle. KRAIT (9) [noun] Any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus, of southeast Asia. KRILL (9) [noun] Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca. KRUBI (11) KUKRI (13) [noun] A curved Nepalese knife used especially by Gurkha fighters. KYLIX (19) [noun] An Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body KYRIE (12) [noun] A short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”. | [noun] A setting of the traditional kyrie text to music for a Mass. LAARI (5) LABIA (7) [noun] The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina. | [noun] A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the vulva. | [noun] The lip of a labiate corolla. LAICH (10) LAICS (7) [noun] A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy. LAIGH (9) LAIRD (6) [noun] The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner. | [noun] Often in the form Laird of, followed by a patronymic: a Scottish clan chief. | [verb] Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over). LAIRS (5) [noun] A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground. | [noun] A shed or shelter for domestic animals. | [noun] A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway. LAITH (8) LAITY (8) [noun] People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics. | [noun] The common man or woman. | [noun] The unlearned, untrained or ignorant. LAMIA (7) [noun] A monster preying upon human beings and who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent. LANAI (5) [noun] (Florida) A Hawaiian-style roofed patio. LAPIN (7) LAPIS (7) [noun] Lapis lazuli. LARIS (5) [noun] The national currency of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri. LATHI (8) [noun] A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen. | [noun] A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India. LEGIT (6) [noun] A legitimate; a legitimate actor. | [noun] A legitimate child. | [adjective] Legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules; valid. LENIS (5) [noun] A lenis consonant. | [adjective] Weakly articulated (of a consonant), hence voiced; especially as compared to the others of a group of homorganic consonants. LEVIN (8) [noun] Lightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light. LEWIS (8) [noun] A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used as a symbol of strength in Freemasonry. | [noun] (by extension) The son of a Freemason, envisaged as assisting his father in heavy work or in old age. | [noun] A kind of shears used in cropping woollen cloth. LEXIS (12) [noun] The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language. | [noun] (pedagogy, TEFL) Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations. | [noun] The vocabulary used by a writer LIANA (5) [noun] A climbing woody vine, usually tropical. LIANE (5) [noun] A climbing woody vine, usually tropical. LIANG (6) LIARD (6) [noun] A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou. LIARS (5) [noun] One who tells lies. | [noun] A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week. LIBEL (7) [noun] A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation. | [noun] The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly. | [noun] Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire. LIBER (7) LIBRA (7) [noun] A Roman unit of weight equal to about 327 grams. | [noun] Any of various units of weight in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries approximately equal to 460 grams or a little more than a US or UK pound. | [noun] Alternative spelling of libbra, an Italian unit of weight. LIBRI (7) LICHI (10) LICHT (10) LICIT (7) [adjective] Not forbidden by formal or informal rules. | [adjective] Explicitly established or constituted by law. LICKS (11) [noun] The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue. | [noun] The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick. | [noun] A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue. LIDAR (6) [noun] The optical analogue of radar, using intense pulses of laser light to measure the composition and structure of the atmosphere. LIDOS (6) [noun] Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities. | [noun] An outdoor swimming pool. LIEGE (6) [noun] A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign. | [noun] (in full liege lord) A king or lord. | [noun] The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman. LIENS (5) [noun] A tendon. | [noun] A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged. LIERS (5) LIEUS (5) LIEVE (8) LIFER (8) [noun] A prisoner sentenced to life in prison. | [noun] A prisoner sentenced to transportation for life. | [noun] A person with a singular career path, especially in the military. LIFTS (8) [noun] An act of lifting or raising. | [noun] The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip. | [noun] Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator. LIGAN (6) LIGER (6) [noun] An animal born to a male lion and a tigress. LIGHT (9) [noun] Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, although not visible, are commonly called ultraviolet and infrared light. | [noun] A source of illumination. | [noun] Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information. | [verb] To start (a fire). | [adjective] Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure. | [noun] A stone that is not thrown hard enough. | [verb] To find by chance. LIKED (10) [verb] To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. | [verb] To please. | [verb] To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something. LIKEN (9) [verb] (followed by to or unto) To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else). LIKER (9) LIKES (9) [noun] (usually in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers). | [noun] An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet. | [verb] To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. LILAC (7) [noun] A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink or purple flowers. | [noun] A flower of the lilac shrub. | [noun] (color) A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers. LILTS (5) [noun] Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness. | [noun] A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune. | [noun] A cheerful or melodious accent when speaking. LIMAN (7) LIMAS (7) LIMBA (9) [noun] A large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments. LIMBI (9) [noun] A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea. LIMBO (9) [noun] (Roman Catholic theology, since circa 400 A.D.) The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ (limbus patruum) and those of unbaptized but innocent children (limbus infantum). | [noun] (by extension, since the 16th century) Any in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved status, delay or deadlock. | [noun] A dance played by taking turns crossing under a horizontal bar or stick. The stick is lowered with each round, and the game is won by the player who passes under the bar in the lowest position. LIMBS (9) [noun] A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing). | [noun] A branch of a tree. | [noun] The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip. LIMBY (12) LIMED (8) [verb] To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime). | [verb] To smear with birdlime. | [verb] To apply limewash. LIMEN (7) [noun] A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response. LIMES (7) [noun] A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire. | [noun] Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime). | [noun] Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime. LIMEY (10) [noun] An Englishman or other Briton, or a person of British descent. | [adjective] Resembling limes (the fruit); lime-like. | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to, limes (the fruit). LIMIT (7) [noun] A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. | [noun] A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge). | [noun] Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. | [verb] To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries. LIMNS (7) [verb] To draw or paint; to delineate. | [verb] To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour. LIMOS (7) [noun] An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front. | [noun] An automobile with such a body. | [noun] A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. LIMPA (9) LIMPS (9) [noun] An irregular, jerky or awkward gait. | [noun] A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve. | [verb] To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg. LINAC (7) [noun] A linear particle accelerator. LINDY (9) LINED (6) [verb] To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align. | [verb] To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify. | [verb] To form a line along. LINEN (5) [noun] Thread or cloth made from flax fiber. | [noun] Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens. | [noun] A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed. LINER (5) [noun] Someone who fits a lining to something. | [noun] A removable cover or lining | [noun] The pamphlet which is contained inside an album of music or movie | [noun] A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner. LINES (5) [noun] A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight. | [noun] A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness. | [noun] A hose or pipe, of any size. LINEY (8) LINGA (6) [noun] (Shaivism) The aniconic representation traditionally worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva. LINGO (6) [noun] Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect. LINGS (6) [noun] Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod. | [noun] The common ling, Molva molva. | [noun] Any of various varieties of heather or broom. LINGY (9) LININ (5) LINKS (9) [noun] Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action. | [noun] (by extension) An address, URL, or program that defines a hyperlink's function. | [noun] A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas. | [noun] A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea. LINKY (12) [adjective] Of or pertaining to hyperlinks. LINNS (5) [noun] A pool of water, especially one below a waterfall. | [noun] A waterfall or cataract, or a ravine down which its water rushes. LINOS (5) [noun] An assistant referee. | [noun] A male line judge. | [noun] An official whose primary task is to watch the blue line and determine when there has been an offside. LINTS (5) LINTY (8) LINUM (7) LIONS (5) [noun] A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe. | [noun] (by extension) Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion. | [noun] A Chinese foo dog. LIPID (8) [noun] Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body. LIPIN (7) LIPPY (12) [adjective] Having prominent lips. | [adjective] Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner. | [noun] Lip gloss or lipstick; a stick of this product. | [noun] An old dry measure amounting to one quarter of a peck (for goods sold by weight, 1¾ pounds or about four-fifths of a kilogram); also, a container of that capacity. LIRAS (5) LIROT (5) LISLE (5) [noun] A type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread. LISPS (7) [noun] The habit or an act of lisping. | [verb] To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/). This is a speech impediment common among children. | [verb] To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk. LISTS (5) [noun] A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth. | [noun] Material used for cloth selvage. | [noun] A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. LITAI (5) LITAS (5) [noun] The former currency or money of Lithuania, divided into 100 centai. LITER (5) [noun] The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ | [noun] A measure of volume equivalent to a litre. LITHE (8) [verb] To go. | [adjective] Mild; calm. | [adjective] Slim but not skinny. | [verb] To become calm. | [verb] To attend; listen, hearken. | [noun] Shelter. LITHO (8) [verb] To lithograph. | [adjective] Related to the method of lithography. LITRE (5) [noun] The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbols: l, L, ℓ | [noun] A measure of volume equivalent to a litre. LIVED (9) [verb] To be alive; to have life. | [verb] To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside. | [verb] To survive; to persevere; to continue. LIVEN (8) [verb] To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively. | [verb] To be alive; to have life. | [verb] To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside. LIVER (8) [noun] A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions. | [noun] This organ, as taken from animals used as food. | [noun] A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver. | [noun] Someone who lives (usually in a specified way). LIVES (8) LIVID (9) [adjective] Having a dark, bluish appearance. | [adjective] Pale, pallid. | [adjective] So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious. LIVRE (8) LOGIA (6) [noun] A traditional saying of a religious leader. | [noun] (specifically) A saying that is attributed to Jesus in ancient or reconstructed texts that was (originally) handed down without narrative context. LOGIC (8) [noun] A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method. | [noun] The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration. | [noun] The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements. LOGOI (6) LOINS (5) [noun] The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips | [noun] Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal | [noun] The pubic region. LOOIE (5) [noun] Lieutenant. LORIS (5) [noun] Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the family Lorisidae, found in India and southeast Asia. LOTIC (7) [adjective] Characterised by flowing water; swiftly flowing; concerned with flowing rivers, streams, etc. | [adjective] Living in flowing water; adapted to life in flowing water. LOUIE (5) LOUIS (5) [noun] Any gold or silver coin issued by the French kings from Louis XIII to Louis XVI and bearing their image on the obverse side, particularly the gold louis d'ors, originally a French form of the Spanish doubloon but varying in value between 10 and 24 livres. | [noun] The louis d'or constitutionnel, a 24-livre gold coin issued by the First French Republic. | [noun] The franc germinal or napoleon, a similar gold coin issued by Napoleon and bearing his image on the obverse, worth 20 francs. LUCID (8) [noun] A lucid dream. | [adjective] Clear; easily understood | [adjective] Mentally rational; sane LUDIC (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to play; playful. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to games of chance. LUNGI (6) [noun] A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan. LUPIN (7) [noun] Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. | [noun] A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly. LURID (6) [adjective] Shocking, horrifying. | [adjective] Melodramatic. | [adjective] Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance. LWEIS (8) LYING (9) [verb] To rest in a horizontal position on a surface. | [verb] To be placed or situated. | [verb] To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition. | [verb] To rest in a horizontal position on a surface. LYRIC (10) [noun] A lyric poem. | [noun] (also in plural) The words of a song or other vocal music. The singular form often refers to a part of the words, whereas the plural form can refer to all of the words. | [adjective] Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style LYSIN (8) [noun] Any substance or antibody that can cause the destruction (by lysis) of blood cells, bacteria etc LYSIS (8) [noun] A gradual recovery from disease (opposed to crisis). | [noun] The disintegration or destruction of cells | [noun] The breakdown of molecules into constituent molecules LYTIC (10) [adjective] Of, relating to, or causing lysis | [adjective] Of or relating to lysin MAFIA (10) [noun] A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion. | [noun] A crime syndicate. | [noun] A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader. MAFIC (12) [noun] A rock with such properties. | [adjective] Describing rocks, such as silicate minerals, magmas, and volcanic and intrusive igneous rocks, which contain relatively high concentrations of magnesium and iron. MAGIC (10) [noun] The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them | [noun] A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell. | [noun] The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual MAIDS (8) [noun] A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden. | [noun] A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). | [noun] A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender. MAILE (7) MAILL (7) MAILS (7) [noun] A bag or wallet. | [noun] A bag containing letters to be delivered by post. | [noun] The material conveyed by the postal service. MAIMS (9) [verb] To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body. MAINS (7) [verb] Short for mainline. | [verb] To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game. | [verb] Of a road: to convert into a main or primary road. | [noun] The farm attached to a mansion house. MAIRS (7) MAIST (7) MAIZE (16) [noun] Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays. MALIC (9) MAMIE (9) MANIA (7) [noun] Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. | [noun] Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism. | [noun] The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels. MANIC (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or craziness; wicked. | [adjective] Suffering from mania, the state of an abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels. MAQUI (16) MARIA (7) [noun] A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea. | [noun] On Saturn's moon Titan, a large expanse of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons. MATIN (7) [noun] Morning | [adjective] Of or relating to matins MAVIE (10) MAVIN (10) MAVIS (10) [noun] Song thrush. MAXIM (16) [noun] A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule. | [noun] A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching. MAXIS (14) [noun] A coat or skirt having such a hemline | [noun] A class of racing sailing yacht that pushes at the upper limits of the International Offshore Rule of regulated sail yacht racing, having a waterline length in excess of 70-feet. | [noun] A music single with more than two tracks, i.e. not just an A-side and a B-side. MBIRA (9) [noun] A thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs, originating among the Shona of southern Africa; any type of plucked lamellophone of the same type as the Shona instrument. MEDIA (8) [noun] The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue. | [noun] A voiced stop consonant. | [noun] One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus | [noun] Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information. MEDIC (10) [noun] A doctor. | [noun] A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military. | [noun] A medical student. | [noun] Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc. MEDII (8) MEINY (10) MELIC (9) [noun] Any of various grasses, of the genus Melica, from north temperate regions | [adjective] Of or pertaining to Greek lyric verse. MERIT (7) [noun] A claim to commendation or a reward. | [noun] A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence. | [noun] Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward. MESIC (9) [adjective] (of a habitat) Moist. | [adjective] (of an organism) Adapted to a moist habitat. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to mesons; mesonic. METIS (7) [noun] A person of mixed-race ancestry. | [noun] A person of mixed European and Indigenous descent. | [noun] A person who self-identifies as Métis. | [noun] (knowledge management) Practical intelligence; street smarts. MIAOU (7) MIAOW (10) [noun] The cry of a cat. | [noun] The drug mephedrone. | [verb] Of a cat, to make its cry. MIASM (9) [noun] An unhealthy vapor or atmosphere; a miasma. | [noun] A predisposition to a particular disease, which interferes with subsequent treatment of it. MIAUL (7) [noun] The cry of a cat. | [verb] To give the cry of a cat. MICAS (9) MICHE (12) MICKS (13) [noun] An Irishman | [noun] A Catholic, particularly of Irish descent. MICRA (9) MICRO (9) [noun] (gaming slang) micromanagement | [verb] (gaming slang) to micromanage | [adjective] Small, relatively small; used to contrast levels of the noun modified. MIDDY (12) [noun] A midshipman | [noun] A measure of 285 ml (10 fl oz) of beer; a pot. MIDGE (9) [noun] Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera | [noun] Any bait or lure designed to resemble a midge MIDIS (8) [noun] A native or inhabitant of Berlin. | [noun] A doughnut with a sweet filling. | [noun] A newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 315 by 470 millimetres (12.4 in × 18.5 inches), slightly taller and wider than a tabloid but narrower and shorter than a broadsheet. MIDST (8) [noun] A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location. | [preposition] Among, in the middle of; amid. MIENS (7) [noun] Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer. | [noun] A specific facial expression. MIFFS (13) [noun] A small argument; a quarrel. | [noun] A state of being offended. | [verb] (usually used in the passive) To offend slightly. MIFFY (16) [adjective] Easily irritated or offended. | [adjective] Particular; fussy. MIGGS (9) MIGHT (11) [noun] Power, strength, force or influence held by a person or group. | [noun] Physical strength or force. | [noun] The ability to do something. | [verb] To be strong; to have power (over). MIKED (12) [verb] To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on. | [verb] To measure using a micrometer. MIKES (11) [noun] A microphone. | [verb] To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on. | [verb] To measure using a micrometer. MIKRA (11) MILCH (12) [adjective] (of a cow, animal, etc.) Giving milk; in note | [adjective] Tender; pitiful; weeping. MILER (7) [noun] (often in combination) An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles. | [noun] (in combination) A race whose length is the specified number of miles. MILES (7) [noun] The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards. | [noun] Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values. | [noun] Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet. MILIA (7) [noun] A keratin-filled cyst that can appear just under the epidermis or on the roof of the mouth. MILKS (11) [noun] A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt. | [noun] A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans. Also called non-dairy milk. | [noun] An individual serving of milk. MILKY (14) [adjective] Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk. | [adjective] (color science) Of the black in an image, appearing as dark gray rather than black. | [adjective] (of a drink) Containing (an especially large amount of) milk. MILLE (7) MILLS (7) [noun] A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. | [noun] The building housing such a grinding apparatus. | [noun] A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process. MILOS (7) MILPA (9) MILTS (7) [noun] The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food. | [noun] The semen of a male fish. MILTY (10) MIMED (10) [verb] To mimic. | [verb] To act without words. | [verb] To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound. MIMEO (9) [noun] A mimeograph. | [noun] An unpublished academic paper. | [verb] To mimeograph. MIMER (9) MIMES (9) [noun] A form of acting without words; pantomime. | [noun] A pantomime actor. | [noun] A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce. MIMIC (11) [noun] A person who practices mimicry, or mime. | [noun] An imitation. | [verb] To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. MINAE (7) MINAS (7) MINCE (9) [noun] Finely chopped meat. | [noun] Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat. | [noun] An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait. MINCY (12) MINDS (8) [noun] The ability for rational thought. | [noun] The ability to be aware of things. | [noun] The ability to remember things. MINED (8) [verb] To remove (ore) from the ground. | [verb] To dig into, for ore or metal. | [verb] To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area). MINER (7) [noun] A person who works in a mine. | [noun] An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives. | [noun] Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina. MINES (7) [noun] Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer. | [noun] A specific facial expression. | [noun] An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels. MINGY (11) [adjective] Mean, miserly, stingy. MINIM (9) [noun] A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem. | [noun] A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water. | [noun] A short vertical stroke used in handwriting. MINIS (7) [noun] A miniskirt. | [noun] A minicomputer. MINKE (11) [noun] A minke whale, one of two species of baleen whales within Balaenoptera, the northern-dwelling species of which is often seen in coastal waters. MINKS (11) [noun] (plural mink or minks) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neovison vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola). | [noun] (plural mink) The fur or pelt of a mink, used to make apparel. | [noun] (plural minks) An article of clothing made of mink. MINNY (10) MINOR (7) [noun] A person who is below the age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities. | [noun] A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration. | [noun] Determinant of a square submatrix MINTS (7) [noun] A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence. | [noun] A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc. | [noun] Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself. MINTY (10) MINUS (7) [noun] The minus sign (−). | [noun] A negative quantity. | [noun] A downside or disadvantage. MIRED (8) [verb] To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud. | [verb] To sink into mud. | [verb] To weigh down. | [noun] A unit of measurement for color temperature. MIRES (7) [noun] Deep mud; moist, spongy earth. | [noun] An undesirable situation, a predicament. | [verb] To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud. MIREX (14) [noun] The pesticide and fire retardant perchloropentacyclodecane, which is a persistent organic pollutant. MIRKS (11) MIRKY (14) [adjective] Hard to see through, as a fog or mist. | [adjective] Dark, dim, gloomy. | [adjective] Cloudy, indistinct, obscure. MIRTH (10) [noun] The emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety. | [noun] That which causes merriment. MIRZA (16) MISDO (8) MISER (7) [noun] A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious. | [noun] A kind of earth auger, typically large-bored and often hand-operated. MISES (7) MISOS (7) MISSY (10) [noun] A young female, or miss; as a term of mild disparagement, typically used jokingly or rebukingly. | [adjective] Girlish; effeminate; sentimental. | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to, female clothing or clothing sizes. | [noun] An impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas or copiapite. MISTS (7) [noun] Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. | [noun] A layer of fine droplets or particles. | [noun] Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision. MISTY (10) [adjective] Covered in mist; foggy. | [adjective] Dim; vague; obscure. | [adjective] With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed. MITER (7) [noun] A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks. | [noun] The surface forming the bevelled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint. | [noun] A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I. MITES (7) [noun] Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari). | [noun] A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. | [noun] A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ. MITIS (7) MITRE (7) [noun] A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks. | [noun] The surface forming the bevelled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint. | [noun] A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I. MITTS (7) [noun] A mitten | [noun] An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt. | [noun] (especially in plural) A hand. MIXED (15) [verb] To stir together. | [verb] To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate). | [verb] To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts. MIXER (14) [noun] One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together. | [noun] One who mixes or socializes. | [noun] A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below. MIXES (14) [verb] To stir together. | [verb] To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate). | [verb] To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts. MIXUP (16) [noun] A case of confusion. MIZEN (16) [noun] Mizzenmast. | [noun] A fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast. MOILS (7) [noun] Hard work. | [noun] Confusion, turmoil. | [noun] A spot; a defilement. MOIRA (7) MOIRE (7) [noun] Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat. | [noun] Any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given. MOIST (7) [verb] To moisten. | [adjective] Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp. | [adjective] Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears. MONIE (7) MOTIF (10) [noun] A recurring or dominant element; a theme. | [noun] A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work. | [noun] A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern. MOVIE (10) [noun] A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion. | [noun] (usually plural) A cinema. MOXIE (14) [noun] Nerve, spunk, strength of character. | [noun] Verve. | [noun] Wit, smarts, skill. MUCID (10) [adjective] Musty; mouldy; slimy; mucous MUCIN (9) [noun] Any of several glycoproteins found in mucus MUFTI (10) [noun] A Muslim scholar and interpreter of shari’a law, who can deliver a fatwa. | [noun] A civilian dress when worn by a member of the military, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform. MUJIK (18) MUNIS (7) [noun] A municipal bond. | [noun] A facility operated by a municipal government, such as a golf course or train line. | [noun] The municipal government / municipality MURID (8) [noun] Any rodent in the family Muridae. MUSIC (9) [noun] A series of sounds organized in time, employing melody, harmony, tempo etc. usually to convey a mood. | [noun] Any pleasing or interesting sounds. | [noun] An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and sometimes singing. MYOID (11) MYSID (11) [noun] Any crustacean of the family Mysidae. NABIS (7) NADIR (6) [noun] The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation. | [noun] The lowest point; time of greatest depression. | [noun] The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down. NAEVI (8) [noun] A pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal area on the skin. Naevi may be congenital or acquired, and are always benign. NAIAD (6) [noun] A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water. | [noun] The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly. | [noun] Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas. NAIFS (8) [noun] One who is naive. NAILS (5) [noun] The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals. | [noun] The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera. | [noun] The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds. NAIRA (5) [noun] The official currency of Nigeria, which replaced the pound in 1973; the principal denomination of the currency, equal to 100 kobo. NAIVE (8) [noun] A naive person; a greenhorn. | [adjective] Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated. | [adjective] Not having been exposed to something. NARIC (7) NARIS (5) [noun] A nostril NAZIS (14) [noun] A member of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, commonly called the NSDAP or Nazi Party). | [noun] One who subscribes to or advocates (neo-)Nazism or a similarly fascist, racist (especially anti-Semitic), xenophobic, ethnic supremacist, or ultranationalist ideology; a neo-Nazi. | [noun] (usually derogatory, sometimes offensive, see usage notes below) One who imposes one’s views on others; one who is considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict. (also frequently uncapitalised: nazi) NEIFS (8) NEIGH (9) [noun] The cry of a horse. | [verb] (of a horse) To make its cry. | [verb] To make a sound similar to a horse's cry. NEIST (5) NEWIE (8) [noun] Something newly released, such as a song or film. NICAD (8) [noun] Rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery NICER (7) [adjective] Pleasant, satisfactory. | [adjective] Of a person: friendly, attractive. | [adjective] Respectable; virtuous. NICHE (10) [noun] A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. Hence, any similar position, literal or figurative. | [noun] A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited. | [noun] (by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business. NICKS (11) [noun] A small cut in a surface. | [noun] Senses connoting something small. | [noun] Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state. NICOL (7) NIDAL (6) NIDED (7) NIDES (6) [noun] A nest of pheasants. NIDUS (6) [noun] An aggregate of neurons. | [noun] A nest for insects or small animals. | [noun] A place of infection in an organism. NIECE (7) [noun] A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece"). NIEVE (8) NIFTY (11) [adjective] Good, smart; useful or beneficial. | [adjective] Stylish. NIGHS (9) NIGHT (9) [noun] The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark. | [noun] (Astronomy) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight. | [noun] (Legal) Often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise. NIHIL (8) NILLS (5) NIMBI (9) [noun] A circle of light; a halo. | [noun] A gray rain cloud. NINES (5) [noun] The digit or figure 9. | [noun] A playing card with nine pips. | [noun] A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol. NINJA (12) [noun] An adult male human. | [noun] (collective) All human males collectively: mankind. | [noun] A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult. (See usage notes.) NINNY (8) [noun] A silly or foolish person. NINON (5) [noun] A sheer fabric of silk, rayon, or nylon made in a variety of tight smooth weaves or open lacy patterns. NINTH (8) [noun] The person or thing in the ninth position. | [noun] One of nine equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth). NIPAS (7) [noun] A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans. | [noun] A liquor made from the sap of nipa palm. | [noun] The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses. NIPPY (12) [adjective] Fast; speedy | [adjective] Of the weather, rather cold. | [adjective] Inclined to nip; bitey. NISEI (5) [noun] An American or Canadian whose parents were Japanese immigrants NISUS (5) NITER (5) [noun] Native sodium carbonate; natron. | [noun] A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder. NITES (5) [noun] The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark. | [noun] (Astronomy) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight. | [noun] (Legal) Often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise. NITID (6) [adjective] Bright; lustrous; shining. | [adjective] (of a person) Festively or smartly dressed; spruce; fine. NITON (5) NITRE (5) [noun] Native sodium carbonate; natron. | [noun] A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder. NITRO (5) [noun] The univalent NO2 functional group. | [noun] Nitroglycerin, especially as medication. | [noun] A beer that is nitrogenated to give it a more creamy head. NITTY (8) NIVAL (8) [adjective] Abounding with snow; snowy; snow-covered (now especially in reference to plant habitats). | [adjective] Found or thriving in snowy conditions. NIXED (13) [verb] To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. | [verb] To destroy or eradicate. NIXES (12) [verb] To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. | [verb] To destroy or eradicate. | [noun] Nothing NIXIE (12) [noun] A female nix, a water-spirit. | [noun] A piece of mail returned as undeliverable. NIZAM (16) [noun] The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India. | [noun] The Turkish regular army; a soldier in the Turkish army. NOILS (5) [noun] A short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns. Sometimes it is referred to as 'Raw Silk', although this is somewhat of a misnomer. NOILY (8) NOIRS (5) [noun] Film noir. | [noun] A production in the style of film noir. NOISE (5) [noun] Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant. | [noun] Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations. | [noun] Unwanted part of a signal. NOISY (8) [adjective] Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound | [adjective] Full of noise. | [adjective] Unpleasant-looking and causing unwanted attention NOMOI (7) NORIA (5) [noun] A water wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water. | [noun] Any machine using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct. NORIS (5) NUBIA (7) NUDIE (6) [noun] Entertainment involving naked people, especially women. OASIS (5) [noun] A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert. | [noun] A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle. OBELI (7) [noun] A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant; an obelisk. | [noun] A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date; an obelisk. OBIAS (7) OBITS (7) [noun] Death of a person. | [noun] A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person. | [noun] A record of a person's death. OBOLI (7) OCULI (7) [noun] A window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye). ODIST (6) ODIUM (8) [noun] Hatred; dislike. | [noun] The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness. OGIVE (9) [noun] The curve of a cumulative distribution function. | [noun] A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault. | [noun] The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket. OHIAS (8) OHING (9) OHMIC (12) OIDIA (6) [noun] A fragile spore produced by some fungi. | [noun] The fungus Erysiphe necator (= Uncinula necator), which produces powdery mildew in grapes. OILED (6) [verb] To lubricate with oil. | [verb] To grease with oil for cooking. | [adjective] Covered in, or supplied with, oil. OILER (5) [noun] One who or that which oils. | [noun] An oil tanker. | [noun] An oil well. OINKS (9) [noun] The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof. | [verb] Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound. OKAPI (11) [noun] A large ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni, found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe, but with a much shorter neck, a reddish brown coat and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters. OLDIE (6) [noun] Something or someone old. | [noun] A song or record from a previous era. | [noun] (in the plural) The genre of music composed of popular music from previous eras. OLEIC (7) OLEIN (5) OLIOS (5) [noun] A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables. | [noun] A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch. | [noun] A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany. OLIVE (8) [noun] A tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it. | [noun] The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green). | [noun] The wood of the olive tree. OMITS (7) [verb] To leave out or exclude. | [verb] To fail to perform. | [verb] To neglect or take no notice of. ONION (5) [noun] A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. | [noun] The bulb of such a plant. | [noun] The genus as a whole. ONIUM (7) ONTIC (7) [adjective] Ontological. | [adjective] Pertaining to being generally, as opposed to some theory of it (which would be ontology). OORIE (5) OOTID (6) [noun] The haploid cell, produced by meiotic division of a secondary oocyte, that is a nearly mature ovum. OPINE (7) [verb] To have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that). | [verb] To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something). | [noun] Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours OPING (8) [verb] To open. OPIUM (9) [noun] A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine. | [noun] Anything that numbs or stupefies. OPSIN (7) [noun] Any of a group of light-sensitive proteins in the retina. OPTIC (9) [noun] An eye. | [noun] A lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light. | [noun] A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic drinks in a bar. ORBIT (7) [noun] A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object, particularly in astronomy and space travel. | [noun] A sphere of influence; an area of control. | [noun] The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range. ORCIN (7) [noun] The organic compound 3,5-dihydroxytoluene, found in many lichens and synthesizable from toluene. ORGIC (8) ORIBI (7) [noun] Ourebia ourebi, a species of antelope. ORIEL (5) [noun] A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall. | [noun] A gallery for minstrels. | [noun] A small apartment next to a hall, used for dining. ORNIS (5) ORPIN (7) [noun] Any of several temperate succulent plants of the family Crassulaceae, that have clusters of purple flowers, especially Hylotelephium telephium. | [noun] A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, sometimes approaching red. ORRIS (5) [noun] Any of several irises that have a fragrant root, especially Iris × germanica. | [noun] The fragrant root of such an iris. | [noun] A type of gold or silver lace. OSIER (5) [noun] A kind of willow, Salix viminalis, growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow. | [noun] One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants. OSMIC (9) [adjective] Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence. OSSIA (5) OSTIA (5) [noun] A small opening or orifice, as in a body organ or passage. | [noun] Any of the small openings or pores in a sponge. | [noun] The mouth of a river. OURIE (5) OVINE (8) [noun] A sheep. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a sheep | [adjective] (by extension) resembling a sheep in character; passive, of low intelligence and acquiescent OVOID (9) [noun] Something that is oval in shape. | [adjective] Shaped like an oval. | [adjective] Egg-shaped; shaped like an oval, but more tapered at one end; ovate. OVOLI (8) OWING (9) [verb] To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone. | [verb] To have debt; to be in debt. | [adjective] Still to be paid; owed as a debt. OXIDE (13) [noun] A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element. OXIDS (13) OXIME (14) OXIMS (14) OXLIP (14) [noun] The plant Primula elatior, similar to cowslip but with larger, pale yellow flowers. PADIS (8) PADRI (8) PAIKS (11) PAILS (7) [noun] A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover). | [noun] (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container. PAINS (7) [noun] An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt. | [noun] The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress | [noun] (from pain in the neck) An annoying person or thing. PAINT (7) [noun] A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied. | [noun] (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures. | [noun] The free-throw lane, construed with the. PAIRS (7) [noun] Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of. | [noun] Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship. | [noun] Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts) PAISA (7) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a rupee in various Asian countries. | [noun] (British India) A subdivision of currency equivalent to 1/64 of a rupee or three pies. | [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka. | [noun] A Mexican national, especially a rural or rustic one. PAISE (7) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a rupee in various Asian countries. | [noun] (British India) A subdivision of currency equivalent to 1/64 of a rupee or three pies. | [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka. | [noun] A state of balance, equilibrium or stability. PALPI (9) [noun] Palp (invertebrate appendage) PANIC (9) [noun] Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals. | [noun] Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices. | [noun] A kernel panic or system crash. | [noun] A plant of the genus Panicum. PAPPI (11) [noun] The markedly reduced sepals of an Asteraceae floret that take the form of trichomes or scale attached to the ovary or seed. | [noun] The first hair on the chin. PARDI (8) PARIS (7) PATIN (7) PATIO (7) [noun] A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation. | [noun] An inner courtyard typical of traditional houses in some regions of Spain. PAVID (11) PAVIN (10) PAVIS (10) PEINS (7) PEISE (7) PEKIN (11) PENIS (7) [noun] The male reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and some other mammals is also used for urination; the tubular portion of the male genitalia (excluding the scrotum). PENNI (7) [noun] A former Finnish currency unit, worth 1/100 of the markka. PERIL (7) [noun] A situation of serious and immediate danger. | [noun] Something that causes, contains, or presents danger. | [noun] An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event. PERIS (7) [noun] (Persian mythology) A sprite or supernatural being. PETIT (7) [noun] (usually in the plural) A little schoolboy. | [noun] A kind of pigeon. | [adjective] (of size) Petite: small, little. | [noun] The size of type between minion and bourgeois, standardized as 8-point. PETTI (7) PEWIT (10) [noun] Any of several birds PHIAL (10) [noun] A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines. | [verb] To put or keep in, or as in, a phial. PIANO (7) [noun] A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings | [adjective] Soft, quiet | [adjective] In extended use; quiet, subdued | [adverb] Softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music) PIANS (7) PIBAL (9) PICAL (9) PICAS (9) [noun] A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand. | [noun] A size of type between small pica and English, standardized as 12-point. | [noun] (usually with qualifier) A font of this size. PICKS (13) [noun] A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. | [noun] A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock. | [noun] A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair. PICKY (16) [noun] A picture. | [adjective] Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right. PICOT (9) [noun] An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops. PICUL (9) PIECE (9) [noun] A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. | [noun] A single item belonging to a class of similar items | [noun] One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games. PIERS (7) [noun] A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty. | [noun] A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment. | [noun] A structure that projects tangentially from the shoreline to accommodate ships; often double-sided. PIETA (7) [noun] A sculpture or painting of the Virgin Mary holding and mourning the dead body of Jesus. PIETY (10) [noun] Reverence and devotion to God. | [noun] Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country. | [noun] A devout act or thought. PIGGY (12) [noun] (hypocoristic) A pig (the animal). | [noun] (hypocoristic) A guinea pig. | [noun] (hypocoristic) A toe. PIGMY (13) [noun] (often capitalized) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature. | [noun] A member of a race of dwarfs. | [noun] Any dwarfish person or thing. PIING (8) PIKAS (11) [noun] Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia. PIKED (12) [verb] To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike. | [verb] To assume a pike position. | [verb] To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money. PIKER (11) [noun] A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman. | [noun] One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money. | [noun] A stingy person; a cheapskate. PIKES (11) [noun] A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults. | [noun] A sharp point, such as that of the weapon. | [noun] A large haycock. PIKIS (11) PILAF (10) [noun] A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added. PILAR (7) PILAU (7) [noun] A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added. | [adjective] Filthy PILAW (10) PILEA (7) [noun] The top of a bird's head, from the base of the bill to the nape. PILED (8) [verb] (often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate | [verb] To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load. | [verb] To add something to a great number. PILEI (7) [noun] The cap of a mushroom. | [noun] The bell of a jellyfish. | [noun] A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud. PILES (7) [noun] A mass of things heaped together; a heap. | [noun] A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process. | [noun] A mass formed in layers. | [noun] Haemorrhoids. PILIS (7) PILLS (7) [noun] A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. | [noun] (definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill. | [noun] A comical or entertaining person. PILOT (7) [noun] A person who steers a ship, a helmsman. | [noun] A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast. | [noun] A guide book for maritime navigation. PILUS (7) PIMAS (9) PIMPS (11) [noun] Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander. | [noun] A man who can easily attract women. | [verb] To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander. PINAS (7) [noun] Cloth woven from pineapple fiber | [noun] A cone of silver amalgam prepared for retorting. | [noun] The residual cone of spongy silver left after the retorting. PINCH (12) [noun] The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. | [noun] A close compression of anything with the fingers. | [noun] A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip. PINED (8) [verb] To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress. | [verb] To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering. | [verb] To grieve or mourn for. PINES (7) [noun] Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus. | [noun] Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect. | [noun] The wood of this tree. PINEY (10) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or having many pines PINGO (8) [noun] A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year. | [noun] (Sri Lanka) A flexible pole supported on one shoulder, with a load suspended from each end; a carrying pole or carrying yoke. | [noun] (Sri Lanka) A measure of weight equivalent to that which can be carried using a pingo, perhaps about 55 pounds (25 kilograms) (see the 2013 quotation). PINGS (8) [noun] A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound. | [noun] (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels. | [noun] A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence. PINKO (11) [noun] A socialist who is not wholly communist. PINKS (11) [noun] The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus. | [noun] A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr. | [noun] A narrow boat. PINKY (14) [noun] Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals. | [noun] A baby mouse, especially when used as food for a snake, etc. | [noun] A white person. | [noun] The smallest finger or toe of a hand or foot. | [adjective] Winking PINNA (7) [noun] The visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal. | [noun] A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf. | [noun] A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage. PINNY (10) [noun] A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes. | [noun] A simple jersey worn to denote teams or groups. PINON (7) [noun] Any of several species of North American pines in Pinus subsect. Cembroides that bear edible seeds (pine nuts), especially Pinus edulis; the nut pine. | [noun] A pine nut. PINOT (7) [noun] Any of several grape varieties grown in Europe and North America. | [noun] (by extension) Any of several wines made from these grapes. PINTA (7) [noun] A pint of milk. | [noun] A human skin disease endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America, caused by infection with a spirochete, Treponema pallidum carateum, which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the organism that causes syphilis. | [noun] (Chicano) prison PINTO (7) [noun] A horse with a patchy coloration that includes white. | [adjective] Pied, mottled. PINTS (7) [noun] A unit of volume, equivalent to: | [noun] (metonym) A pint of milk. | [noun] (metonymy) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint. PINUP (9) [noun] A photograph, printed in a magazine or other publication, of a sexually attractive person (often nude or provocatively dressed), and intended to be removed and pinned up on a wall. | [noun] The person so depicted. | [noun] Figurehead, person who represents an idea, cause etc. PIONS (7) [noun] Any of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral charge, composed of up and down quarks/antiquarks. PIOUS (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing. PIPAL (9) [noun] The sacred fig, Ficus religiosa. PIPED (10) [verb] To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute. | [verb] To shout loudly and at high pitch. | [verb] To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle. PIPER (9) [noun] A musician who plays a pipe. | [noun] A bagpiper. | [noun] A baby pigeon. | [noun] A plant of the family Piperaceae. PIPES (9) [noun] Meanings relating to a wind instrument. | [noun] Meanings relating to a hollow conduit. | [noun] Meanings relating to a container. PIPET (9) [noun] A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid. | [verb] To transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipette. PIPIT (9) [noun] Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country. PIQUE (16) [noun] A feeling of enmity; ill-feeling, animosity; a transient feeling of wounded pride. | [noun] A feeling of irritation or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little thought or consideration. | [noun] Keenly felt desire; a longing. | [noun] In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one. | [noun] A chigger or jigger, Tunga penetrans. | [noun] A durable ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk. PIRNS (7) PIROG (8) [noun] A baked case of dough with a sweet or savoury filling, popular in Eastern Europe. PISCO (9) [noun] A liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing regions of Peru and Chile. It is the most widely consumed spirit in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. PISOS (7) PISTE (7) [noun] A downhill trail. | [noun] The field of play of a fencing match. | [noun] The track left by somebody riding a horse. PITAS (7) [noun] A flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels. | [noun] A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper. | [noun] The plant which yields the fiber. PITCH (12) [noun] A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap. | [noun] A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar. | [noun] Pitchstone. | [noun] A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand. | [noun] The perceived frequency of a sound or note. PITHS (10) [verb] To extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree). | [verb] To kill (especially cattle or laboratory animals) by cutting or piercing the spinal cord. PITHY (13) [adjective] Concise and meaningful. | [adjective] Of, like, or abounding in pith. PITON (7) [noun] A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber). | [verb] To put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing. PIVOT (10) [noun] A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle. | [noun] (by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation. | [noun] Act of turning on one foot. PIXEL (14) [noun] One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory. | [noun] One of the squares that make up a pixel art work or a zoomed in image in a computer. | [verb] To create computer graphics by editing individual pixels. PIXES (14) PIXIE (14) [noun] (fantasy literature, fairy tales) A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature. | [noun] A cute, petite woman with short hair. | [noun] An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome. PIZZA (25) [noun] A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread dough crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese and other ingredients such as meat, vegetables or fruit | [noun] A single instance of this dish PLAID (8) [noun] A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern. | [noun] A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands. | [noun] The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan. | [verb] To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment. PLAIN (7) [adjective] Flat, level. | [adjective] Simple. | [adjective] Obvious. | [noun] A lamentation. | [noun] A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country. PLAIT (7) [noun] A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat. | [noun] A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. | [verb] To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat PLICA (9) [noun] A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue. | [noun] Polish plait, plica polonica, or plica neuropatica: a disease of the hair in which it becomes twisted and matted together. | [noun] A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches. PLIED (8) [verb] To bend; to fold; to mould; to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit. | [verb] To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.). | [verb] To work at (something) diligently. PLIER (7) PLIES (7) [noun] A layer of material. | [noun] A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn. | [noun] Short for plywood. | [noun] A smooth and continuous bending of the knees PLINK (11) [noun] A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound. | [verb] To make a plink sound. | [verb] (with "out") To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano. PODIA (8) [noun] A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit. | [noun] (sometimes proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly. | [noun] A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize. POILU (7) [noun] A French infantryman during the First World War POIND (8) [noun] A seizure of property etc in lieu of a debt; the animal or property so seized | [verb] To seize property in this manner POINT (7) [noun] A discrete division of something. | [noun] A sharp extremity. | [noun] One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. | [verb] To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it. | [verb] To appoint. POISE (7) [noun] A state of balance, equilibrium or stability. | [noun] Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation. | [noun] Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body. POLIO (7) [noun] A sufferer from poliomyelitis. | [noun] Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity. POLIS (7) [noun] A Greek city-state. | [noun] The police. | [noun] A police officer. POORI (7) [noun] A type of unleavened bread from Indian and Pakistan. POSIT (7) [noun] Something that is posited; a postulate. | [verb] Assume the existence of; to postulate. | [verb] Propose for consideration or study; to suggest. PRICE (9) [noun] The cost required to gain possession of something. | [noun] The cost of an action or deed. | [noun] Value; estimation; excellence; worth. PRICK (13) [noun] A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. | [noun] An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. | [noun] A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point. | [verb] To pierce or puncture slightly. PRICY (12) [adjective] Expensive, dear. PRIDE (8) [noun] The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others. | [noun] (often with of or in) A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense. | [noun] Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain; hubris. PRIED (8) [verb] To look where one is not welcome; to be nosy. | [verb] To keep asking about something that does not concern one. | [verb] To look closely and curiously at (something closed or not public). PRIER (7) PRIES (7) [verb] To look where one is not welcome; to be nosy. | [verb] To keep asking about something that does not concern one. | [verb] To look closely and curiously at (something closed or not public). PRIGS (8) [noun] A tinker. | [noun] A petty thief or pickpocket. | [noun] A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner. PRILL (7) [noun] A rill, a small stream | [noun] A spinning top | [verb] To flow, spurt | [noun] A pellet, a granule, a small bead | [noun] The brill, a kind of flatfish. | [verb] To grow sour. PRIMA (9) PRIME (9) [noun] The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour. | [noun] The religious service appointed to this hour. | [noun] The early morning generally. | [verb] To prepare a mechanism for its main work. | [noun] An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points. PRIMI (9) PRIMO (9) [noun] The principal part of a duet. | [adjective] Best; first-class. PRIMP (11) [verb] To spend time improving one's appearance, often in front of a mirror. | [verb] To dress in an affected manner. PRIMS (9) [verb] To make affectedly precise or proper. | [verb] To dress or act smartly. PRINK (11) [verb] To give a wink; to wink. | [noun] The act of adjusting dress or appearance; a sprucing up | [verb] To look, gaze. PRINT (7) [noun] Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium. | [noun] Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive. | [noun] The letters forming the text of a document. PRION (7) [noun] A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue. | [noun] A petrel of the genus Pachyptila. PRIOR (7) [noun] A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot. | [noun] A chief magistrate in Italy. | [noun] (law enforcement) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record. PRISE (7) [noun] The cost required to gain possession of something. | [noun] The cost of an action or deed. | [noun] Value; estimation; excellence; worth. PRISM (9) [noun] A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides. | [noun] A transparent block in the shape of a prism (typically with triangular ends), used to split or reflect light. | [noun] A crystal in which the faces are parallel to the vertical axis. PRISS (7) PRIVY (13) [noun] An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse). | [noun] A lavatory: a room with a toilet. | [noun] A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation. PRIZE (16) [noun] That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power. | [noun] Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel. | [noun] An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort. | [verb] To consider highly valuable; to esteem. | [adjective] Having won a prize; award-winning. | [noun] The cost required to gain possession of something. PSOAI (7) PUBIC (11) [adjective] Of, or relating to the area of the body adjacent to the pubis or the pubes. PUBIS (9) [noun] The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis PUDIC (10) PULIK (11) [noun] One of a breed of Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat. PULIS (7) PUPIL (9) [noun] A learner under the supervision of a teacher or professor. | [noun] An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state. | [noun] The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina. PURIN (7) PURIS (7) [noun] A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried. | [noun] In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, a palace, or other residence of a member of the royal family or ruling class. PUTTI (7) [noun] A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub. PYINS (10) PYOID (11) PYRIC (12) PYXIE (17) PYXIS (17) [noun] A small box | [noun] A capsule in which the lid separates from the top of the fruit to release the seeds; a pyxidium | [noun] A nautical compass QAIDS (15) QUAIL (14) [verb] To waste away; to fade, to wither | [verb] To daunt or frighten (someone) | [verb] To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful. | [noun] Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae. | [verb] To curdle or coagulate, as milk does. QUAIS (14) QUASI (14) [adjective] Resembling or having a likeness to something QUICK (20) [noun] Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails. | [noun] Plants used in making a quickset hedge | [noun] The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling. QUIDS (15) [noun] The inherent nature of something. | [noun] A section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811 (from tertium quid). | [noun] A sovereign or guinea. QUIET (14) [noun] The absence of sound; quietness. | [noun] The absence of movement; stillness, tranquility | [verb] To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm. QUIFF (20) [noun] (British dialect) A puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke. | [noun] A trick or ploy; a stratagem. | [noun] A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s. | [noun] A young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute. QUILL (14) [noun] The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs. | [noun] A pen made from a feather. | [noun] Any pen. QUILT (14) [noun] A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design. | [noun] A roll of material with sound-absorbing properties, used in soundproofing. | [noun] A quilted skirt worn by women. QUINS (14) [noun] A quintuplet. | [noun] A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food. QUINT (14) [noun] An interval of one fifth. | [noun] The E string of a violin. | [noun] In piquet, a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker QUIPS (16) [noun] A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe. | [verb] To make a quip. | [verb] To taunt; to treat with quips. QUIPU (16) [noun] A recording device, used by the Incas, consisting of intricate knotted cords. QUIRE (14) [noun] One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold. | [noun] A set of leaves which are stitched together, originally a set of four pieces of paper (eight leaves, sixteen pages). This is most often a single signature (i.e. group of four), but may be several nested signatures. | [noun] A book, poem, or pamphlet. | [noun] A choir. QUIRK (18) [noun] An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone | [noun] An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a moulding and a soffit | [noun] A quibble, evasion, or subterfuge. QUIRT (14) [noun] A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide. | [verb] To strike with a quirt. QUITE (14) [adverb] (heading) To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely. | [adverb] (heading) In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually. | [adverb] To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather. | [noun] A series of passes made with the cape to distract the bull. QUITS (14) [verb] To pay (a debt, fine etc.). | [verb] To repay (someone) for (something). | [verb] To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.). | [noun] Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America. QUOIN (14) [noun] Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks. | [noun] The keystone of an arch. | [noun] A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place. QUOIT (14) [noun] A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits. | [noun] A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits. | [noun] The flat stone covering a cromlech. RABBI (9) [noun] A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions. | [noun] A Jew who is or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation. | [noun] (police) A senior officer who acts as a mentor. RABIC (9) RABID (8) [noun] A human or animal infected with rabies. | [noun] Someone who is fanatical in opinion. | [adjective] Affected with rabies. RADII (6) [noun] The long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb. | [noun] The lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal. | [noun] One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the subcosta and the media; the vein running along the costal edge of the discal cell. RADIO (6) [noun] The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves. | [noun] A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound. | [noun] On-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media. RADIX (13) [noun] A root. | [noun] A primitive word, from which other words may be derived. | [noun] The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal. RAGIS (6) RAIAS (5) RAIDS (6) [noun] A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle. | [noun] An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering | [noun] An attacking movement. RAILS (5) [noun] A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing. | [noun] The metal bar that makes the track for a railroad. | [noun] A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation. RAINS (5) [noun] Condensed water falling from a cloud. | [noun] Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops. | [noun] An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air. RAINY (8) [adjective] Pouring with rain; wet; showery RAISE (5) [noun] An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK). | [noun] A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance. | [noun] A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward. | [noun] A cairn or pile of stones. RAKIS (9) RAMIE (7) [noun] (usually countable) A tall, tropical Asian perennial herb, Boehmeria nivea, cultivated for its fibrous stems. | [noun] (usually uncountable) fibre extracted from this plant, resembling flax. RANID (6) RANIS (5) [noun] The wife of a rajah. | [noun] A Hindu princess or female ruler in India. RAPID (8) [noun] (often in the plural) a rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water. | [noun] A burst of rapid fire. | [adjective] Very swift or quick. RATIO (5) [noun] A number representing a comparison between two named things. | [noun] The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient). | [noun] Short for ratio decidendi. RAVIN (8) [noun] Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. | [verb] To dine or feast upon plunder or goods seized by violence. | [adjective] Ravenous. RAWIN (8) REBID (8) [noun] A second or subsequent (normally higher) bid. | [verb] To bid again on something. | [verb] To require a new set of bids for. RECTI (7) [noun] Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc. REDIA (6) REDID (7) [verb] To do again. REDIP (8) REFIT (8) [noun] The process of having something fitted again, repaired or restored. | [verb] To fit again; to put back into its place. | [verb] To prepare for use again; to repair or restore. REFIX (15) [verb] To fix again. REIFS (8) REIFY (11) [verb] To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing REIGN (6) [noun] The exercise of sovereign power. | [noun] The period during which a monarch rules. | [noun] The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled. REINK (9) REINS (5) [noun] A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child. | [noun] An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing. | [verb] To direct or stop a horse by using reins. | [noun] The kidneys. REIVE (8) [verb] To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove. | [verb] To deprive (a person) of something through theft or violence. | [verb] To split, tear, break apart. RELIC (7) [noun] That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion. | [noun] Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons. | [noun] A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration. RELIT (5) [verb] To light or kindle anew. | [verb] To render again with different simulated lighting conditions. REMIT (7) [noun] Terms of reference; set of responsibilities; scope. | [noun] A communication from a superior court to a subordinate court. | [verb] To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply. REMIX (14) [noun] A rearrangement of an older piece of music, possibly including various cosmetic changes. | [noun] A piece of music formed by combining existing pieces of music together, possibly including various other cosmetic changes | [verb] To mix again. RENIG (6) RENIN (5) [noun] A circulating enzyme released by mammalian kidneys that converts angiotensinogen to angiotensin-I. Because its activity ultimately leads to formation of angiotensin-II and aldosterone, this hormone plays a role in maintaining blood pressure. REOIL (5) REPIN (7) RERIG (6) RESID (6) RESIN (5) [noun] A viscous hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees. | [noun] Any of various yellowish viscous liquids or soft solids of plant origin; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications; chemically they are mostly hydrocarbons, often polycyclic. | [noun] Any synthetic compound of similar properties. RETIA (5) [noun] A network of blood vessels or nerves. | [noun] An anatomical part resembling or including a network. | [noun] A rotating cutaway plate or overlay on an astrolabe or starmap which represents the horizon; used to locate stars and other astronomical features. RETIE (5) [verb] To tie again; to tie something that has already been tied or was tied before. REWIN (8) RHINO (8) [noun] A rhinoceros. | [noun] Money RIALS (5) [noun] The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen. | [noun] An old gold coin of England. RIANT (5) RIATA (5) RIBBY (12) [adjective] Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed. | [adjective] Specifically, thin so as to have prominent ribs; emaciated. | [adjective] Shabby, in poor condition. RIBES (7) RICED (8) [verb] To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes). | [verb] To harvest wild rice (Zizania sp.) | [verb] To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding). RICER (7) [noun] A person, especially a Native American, who cultivates and harvests rice. | [noun] A utensil used to extrude soft foods (such as, and especially, cooked potato) through holes about the diameter of a grain of rice. | [noun] An imported automobile from an Oriental country, deemed inferior because it is low-powered and/or cheap. RICES (7) [noun] Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food. | [noun] A specific variety of this plant. | [noun] The seeds of this plant used as food. RICIN (7) [noun] An extremely toxic protein extracted from the castor bean. RICKS (11) [noun] Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch. | [noun] A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet. | [verb] To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks. RIDER (6) [noun] One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle. | [noun] A provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill. | [noun] (by extension) Something extra or burdensome that is imposed. RIDES (6) [noun] An instance of riding. | [noun] A vehicle. | [noun] An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park. RIDGE (7) [noun] The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped. | [noun] Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip. | [noun] The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground. RIDGY (10) RIELS (5) [noun] The monetary unit of Cambodia, equivalent to 100 sen or 10 kak. Symbol: ៛ RIFER (8) RIFFS (11) [noun] A repeated instrumental melody line in a song. | [noun] A clever or witty remark. | [noun] A variation on something. RIFLE (8) [noun] A shouldered firearm with a long, rifled barrel to improve range and accuracy. | [noun] (usually plural) A rifleman. | [noun] An artillery piece with a rifled barrel. RIFTS (8) [noun] A chasm or fissure. | [noun] A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through. | [noun] A shallow place in a stream; a ford. RIGHT (9) [adjective] Straight, not bent. | [adjective] Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines. | [adjective] Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc. | [adverb] On the right side. | [noun] That which complies with justice, law or reason. | [verb] To correct. RIGID (7) [noun] A bicycle with no suspension system. | [adjective] Stiff, rather than flexible. | [adjective] Fixed, rather than moving. RIGOR (6) [noun] Short for rigor mortis. | [noun] Severity or strictness. | [noun] Harshness, as of climate. RILED (6) [verb] To make angry | [verb] To stir or move from a state of calm or order RILES (5) [verb] To make angry | [verb] To stir or move from a state of calm or order RILEY (8) [adjective] Angry, upset. RILLE (5) [noun] A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies. RILLS (5) [noun] A very small brook; a streamlet. | [noun] A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies. RIMED (8) [verb] To compose or treat in verse; versify. | [verb] (followed by with) Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end. | [verb] Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each. RIMER (7) RIMES (7) [verb] To compose or treat in verse; versify. | [verb] (followed by with) Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end. | [verb] Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each. RINDS (6) [noun] Tree bark | [noun] A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc | [noun] (usually "the") The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind" RINGS (6) [noun] (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle. | [noun] (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle. | [noun] A piece of food in the shape of a ring. RINKS (9) [noun] A man, especially a warrior or hero. | [noun] A ring; a circle. | [noun] A sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports, such as hockey or curling. RINSE (5) [noun] The action of rinsing. | [noun] A liquid used to rinse, now particularly a hair dye. | [verb] To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap. RIOJA (12) [noun] The wine (mostly red) of that region RIOTS (5) [noun] Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult. | [noun] The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object. | [noun] A wide and unconstrained variety. RIPED (8) RIPEN (7) [verb] To grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.) | [verb] To approach or come to perfection. | [verb] To cause to mature; to make ripe RIPER (7) [adjective] (of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature | [adjective] (of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow | [adjective] Having attained its full development; mature; perfected RIPES (7) RISEN (5) [verb] To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. | [verb] To increase in value or standing. | [verb] To begin; to develop. RISER (5) [noun] Someone or something which rises. | [noun] A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something. | [noun] The vertical part of a step on a staircase. RISES (5) [verb] To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. | [verb] To increase in value or standing. | [verb] To begin; to develop. RISHI (8) [noun] A Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character. | [noun] (post-Vedic) A Hindu sage or saint occupying the same position in India history as the patriarchs of other countries, constituting a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from Asuras, Devas and mortal men. RISKS (9) [noun] A possible adverse event or outcome | [noun] The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event. | [noun] The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event. RISKY (12) [adjective] Dangerous, involving risks. RISUS (5) RITES (5) [noun] That which complies with justice, law or reason. | [noun] A legal, just or moral entitlement. | [noun] The right side or direction. RITZY (17) [adjective] Elegant and luxurious. RIVAL (8) [noun] A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor. | [noun] Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another. | [noun] One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner. RIVED (9) [verb] To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave. | [verb] To pierce or cleave with a weapon. RIVEN (8) [verb] To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave. | [verb] To pierce or cleave with a weapon. | [adjective] Torn apart. RIVER (8) [noun] A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea. | [noun] Any large flow of a liquid in a single body. | [noun] The last card dealt in a hand. | [noun] One who rives or splits. RIVES (8) [noun] A place torn; a rent; a rift. | [verb] To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave. | [verb] To pierce or cleave with a weapon. RIVET (8) [noun] A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end. | [noun] Any fixed point or certain basis. | [noun] A light kind of footman's armour. RIYAL (8) [noun] The official currency of Qatar and Saudi Arabia. ROBIN (7) [noun] Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast. | [noun] A trimming in front of a dress. ROILS (5) [verb] To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of. | [verb] To annoy; to make someone angry. | [verb] To bubble, seethe. ROILY (8) [adjective] (of water) muddy, cloudy (having lots of sediment) | [adjective] Turbulent ROSIN (5) [noun] A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components. | [noun] Resin. | [verb] To apply rosin to (something); to rub or cover with rosin. ROTIS (5) [noun] A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean. RUING (6) [verb] To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action. | [verb] To cause to feel sorrow or pity. | [verb] To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place. RUINS (5) [noun] (sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. | [noun] The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed. | [noun] Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction. RUNIC (7) RUTIN (5) [noun] A flavonoid, found in many plants, that is a glycoside of quercetin and rutinose. SABIN (7) SABIR (7) SADIS (6) SAHIB (10) [noun] A term of respect for a white European or other person of rank in colonial India. SAICE (7) SAIDS (6) SAIGA (6) [noun] Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia. SAILS (5) [noun] A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes. | [noun] (nautical,uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance. | [noun] The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport. SAINS (5) SAINT (5) [noun] A person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue. | [noun] (by extension) A person with positive qualities; one who does good. | [noun] One of the blessed in heaven. | [verb] To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint. SAITH (8) [verb] To pronounce. | [verb] To recite. | [verb] To tell, either verbally or in writing. | [noun] The pollock or coalfish or coley (Pollachius virens). SAKIS (9) [noun] An alcoholic beverage made from fermenting various forms of rice, usually with an ABV similar to wine. | [noun] A class of Japanese rice wines made from polished rice and typically about 20% alcohol by volume. | [noun] Any of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. with large ears and a long hairy tail that is not prehensile. SALIC (7) SALMI (7) [noun] A rich stew or ragout, especially of game. SAPID (8) [adjective] Tasty, flavoursome or savoury SARIN (5) [noun] The neurotoxin O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate, used as a chemical weapon. SARIS (5) [noun] The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the other draped over the shoulder or head. SASIN (5) [noun] Indian antelope; blackbuck SATIN (5) [noun] A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen). | [verb] To make (paper, silver, etc.) smooth and glossy like satin. | [adjective] Semigloss. SATIS (5) [adjective] In a state of satisfaction. | [verb] To do enough for; to meet the needs of; to fulfill the wishes or requirements of. | [verb] To cause (a sentence) to be true when the sentence is interpreted in one's universe. SAVIN (8) [noun] The evergreen shrub Juniperus sabina, endemic to Europe, which yields a medicinal oil. | [noun] The poisonous dried tips of this plant, with anthelmintic properties, used as a drug. | [noun] The eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, of eastern North America. SAYID (9) SCION (7) [noun] A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family. | [noun] The heir to a throne. | [noun] A guardian. SCRIM (9) [noun] A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,. | [noun] A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf. | [noun] A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composed of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes. | [noun] A practice match between one or more organized teams usually in preparation for a more competitive format, such as a tournament. SCRIP (9) [noun] A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc. | [noun] Small change. | [noun] A scrap of paper. | [noun] A share certificate. | [noun] A medical prescription. SCUDI (8) [noun] A silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the 16th to the 19th centuries. | [noun] A former unit of currency in Malta, now the official currency of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. | [noun] A unit of currency in 19th-century Bolivia, equal to 16 soles. SEGNI (6) SEIFS (8) [noun] A sand dune that elongates parallel to the prevailing wind. SEINE (5) [noun] A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish. | [verb] To use a seine, to fish with a seine. SEISE (5) [verb] To vest ownership of a freehold estate in (someone). | [verb] (with of) To put in possession. | [verb] To seize. SEISM (7) SEIZE (14) [verb] To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture. | [verb] To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance). | [verb] To take possession of (by force, law etc.). SEMIS (7) [noun] A semi-detached house. | [noun] A semitrailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic. | [noun] A semifinal. | [noun] A small bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at half an as. SENGI (6) SENTI (5) SEPIA (7) [noun] A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish. | [noun] A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour. | [noun] (by extension) A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph. SEPIC (9) SERAI (5) [noun] (In Turkish or Muslim Asian contexts) A palace. | [noun] A seraglio. | [noun] A caravanserai; an inn. SERIF (8) [noun] A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman. | [adjective] Of a typeface, provided with serifs. SERIN (5) [noun] Any of various small finches in the genus Serinus, with largely yellow plumage. SHEIK (12) [noun] The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe. | [noun] An Islamic religious cleric; the leader of an Islamic religious order. | [noun] (some Arab Gulf countries) An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent families. SHIED (9) [verb] To avoid due to timidness or caution. | [verb] To jump back in fear. | [verb] To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling SHIEL (8) SHIER (8) SHIES (8) [noun] An act of throwing. | [noun] A place for throwing. | [noun] A sudden start aside, as by a horse. SHIFT (11) [noun] A modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing Shift and the other button simultaneously). | [noun] A type of women's undergarment, a slip. | [noun] A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time. SHILL (8) [noun] A person paid to endorse a product favourably, while pretending to be impartial. | [noun] An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game. | [noun] A house player in a casino. SHILY (11) SHIMS (10) [noun] A wedge. | [noun] A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support. | [noun] A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes. SHINE (8) [noun] Brightness from a source of light. | [noun] Brightness from reflected light. | [noun] Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour. | [verb] To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something). SHINS (8) [noun] The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone | [noun] A fishplate for a railway. | [verb] (as "shin up") To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like. SHINY (11) [noun] Anything shiny; a trinket. | [noun] Contraction of disparaging term "shiny arses", originating during World War Two, to describe a desk worker.https//books.google.co.uk/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1717 | [adjective] Reflecting light. SHIPS (10) [noun] A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat. | [noun] (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship. | [noun] A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts. SHIRE (8) [noun] Physical area administered by a sheriff. | [noun] Former administrative area of Britain; a county. | [noun] The general area in which a person lives or comes from, used in the context of travel within the United Kingdom. SHIRK (12) [noun] One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility. | [verb] To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from. | [verb] To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away. | [noun] The unforgivable sin of idolatry. SHIRR (8) [noun] A shirring. | [verb] To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads. | [verb] To bake (a raw egg removed from its shell) in a baking dish. SHIRT (8) [noun] An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms. | [noun] An interior lining in a blast furnace. | [noun] A member of the shirt-wearing team in a shirts and skins game. | [verb] To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt. SHIST (8) SHITS (8) [noun] A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very fluid or watery bowel movements. | [noun] The watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements. | [noun] Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces. SHIVA (11) [noun] A weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative. SHIVE (11) [noun] A slice, especially of bread. | [noun] A sheave. | [noun] A beam or plank of split wood. | [noun] A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching | [noun] A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush). | [noun] A weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative. SHIVS (11) [noun] A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush). | [noun] A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp. | [verb] To stab someone with a shiv. SHOJI (15) [noun] A door or partition consisting of a wooden frame covered in rice paper. SHRIS (8) SHTIK (12) SIALS (5) SIBBS (9) SIBYL (10) [noun] A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl. SICES (7) [noun] A groom, or servant with responsibility for the horses. | [noun] (Malaya) usually syce: chauffeur, driver. | [noun] The number six in a game of dice. SICKO (11) [noun] A person with unpleasant tastes, views or habits. | [noun] A mentally ill person. | [noun] A physically ill person. SICKS (11) [verb] To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs. | [verb] To set upon; to chase; to attack. | [verb] To vomit. SIDED (7) [verb] To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with" | [verb] To lean on one side. | [verb] To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward. SIDES (6) [noun] A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape. | [noun] A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face. | [noun] One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone. SIDLE (6) [noun] An act of sidling. | [verb] To (cause something to) move sideways. | [verb] In the intransitive sense often followed by up: to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner. SIEGE (6) [noun] (heading) Military action. | [noun] (heading) A seat. | [noun] A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory. SIEUR (5) SIEVE (8) [noun] A device with a mesh bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid. | [noun] A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input. | [noun] A kind of coarse basket. SIFTS (8) SIGHS (9) [noun] A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing. | [noun] Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament. | [noun] A person who is bored. SIGHT (9) [noun] (in the singular) The ability to see. | [noun] The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view. | [noun] Something seen. SIGIL (6) [noun] A seal, signature or signet. | [noun] An occult or magical sign, image or symbol. | [noun] A nonalphanumeric character affixed to a symbol (e.g. variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope. SIGMA (8) [noun] The eighteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets, the twentieth letter of Old and Ancient. | [noun] The symbol Σ, used to indicate summation of a set or series. | [noun] The symbol σ, used to indicate one standard deviation from the mean, particularly in a normal distribution. SIGNS (6) [noun] (sometimes also used uncountably) A visible indication. | [noun] Physical evidence left by an animal. | [noun] A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures. SIKER (9) SIKES (9) [noun] A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer. | [noun] A sigh. | [verb] To sigh or sob. SILDS (6) SILEX (12) [noun] Flint. | [noun] A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler etc. SILKS (9) [noun] A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider). | [noun] A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers. | [noun] Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes. SILKY (12) [noun] A seal which can magically transform into a human by shedding its skin. | [noun] A chicken of a certain breed with very fine, silk-like feathers. | [adjective] Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk. SILLS (5) [noun] (also window sill) A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window. | [noun] A horizontal, structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings or lying on the ground in earth-fast construction and bearing the upright portion of a frame. Also called a ground plate, groundsill, sole, sole-plate, mudsill. An interrupted sill fits between posts instead of being below and supporting the posts in timber framing. | [noun] A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds. SILLY (8) [noun] A silly person. | [noun] A term of address. | [noun] A mistake. SILOS (5) [noun] A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage. | [noun] From the shape, a building used for the storage of grain. | [noun] An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched. SILTS (5) [verb] To clog or fill with silt. | [verb] To become clogged with silt. | [verb] To flow through crevices; to percolate. SILTY (8) SILVA (8) SIMAR (7) SIMAS (7) SIMPS (9) [noun] A simple person lacking common sense; a fool or simpleton. | [noun] A man who foolishly overvalues and defers to a woman, putting her on a pedestal. | [noun] (by extension) Someone who foolishly overvalues someone else and defers to them, putting them on a pedestal. SINCE (7) [adverb] From a specified time in the past. | [preposition] From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which it started, or the period in which its starting point occurred. | [conjunction] From the time that. SINES (5) [noun] In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse. SINEW (8) [noun] A cord or tendon of the body. | [noun] A cord or string, particularly as of a musical instrument. | [noun] Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength. SINGE (6) [noun] A burning of the surface; a slight burn. | [verb] To burn slightly. | [verb] To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it. SINGS (6) [noun] A gathering at which people sing songs. | [verb] To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. | [verb] To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization. SINHS (8) SINKS (9) [noun] A basin used for holding water for washing. | [noun] A drain for carrying off wastewater. | [noun] A sinkhole. SINUS (5) [noun] A pouch or cavity in any organ or tissue, especially the paranasal sinus. | [noun] A channel for transmitting venous blood. | [noun] A notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of an organ. SIPED (8) SIPES (7) [noun] Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction. | [noun] A drain. SIRED (6) [verb] (of a male) to procreate; to father, beget, impregnate. SIREE (5) [noun] (used as an intensifier, emphatically, after yes or no) Sir. SIREN (5) [noun] One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks. | [noun] One who sings sweetly and charms. | [noun] A dangerously seductive woman. SIRES (5) [noun] A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign. | [noun] A male animal; a stud, especially a horse or dog, that has fathered another. | [noun] A father; the head of a family; the husband. SIRRA (5) SIRUP (7) [noun] Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavouring. | [noun] (by extension) Any viscous liquid. | [noun] (shortened from "syrup of figs") A wig. SISAL (5) [noun] A Central American plant, Agave sisalana, cultivated for its sword-shaped leaves that yield fibers used for rope. | [noun] The fibre of the plant. | [noun] A sisal mat. SISES (5) SISSY (8) [noun] An effeminate boy or man. | [noun] A timid, unassertive or cowardly person. | [noun] (BDSM) A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours. | [noun] Urination; urine. SITAR (5) [noun] A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber. SITED (6) [verb] To situate or place a building. SITES (5) [noun] Sorrow, grief. | [noun] The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position | [noun] A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation SITUP (7) SITUS (5) [noun] The position, especially the usual, normal position, of a body part or part of a plant. | [noun] The method in which the parts of a plant are arranged. | [noun] The location of a property as used for taxation or other legal purposes. SIVER (8) SIXES (12) [noun] The digit or figure 6. | [noun] (by ellipsis of six o'clock) Rear, behind (rear side of something). | [noun] An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team. SIXMO (14) SIXTE (12) [noun] The sixth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at eye level. SIXTH (15) [noun] (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position. | [noun] One of six equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale, for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth. (Note that the interval covers six notes counting inclusively, for example C-D-E-F-G-A.) SIXTY (15) [numeral] The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60. SIZAR (14) [noun] At certain universities, e.g. Cambridge and Dublin, a student who receives an allowance for his college expenses (a study grant), originally in return for serving other (paying) students. SIZED (15) [verb] To adjust the size of; to make a certain size. | [verb] To classify or arrange by size. | [verb] To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of. SIZER (14) SIZES (14) [noun] (obsolete outside dialectal) An assize. | [noun] A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc. | [noun] A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink. SKEIN (9) [noun] A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel. | [noun] A web, a weave, a tangle. | [noun] The membrane of a fish ovary. SKIDS (10) [noun] An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car. | [noun] A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan. | [noun] (by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose. SKIED (10) [verb] To move on skis | [verb] To travel over (a slope etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport) | [verb] To hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high. SKIER (9) [noun] One who skis. | [noun] A ball hit high in the air, often leading to a catch. SKIES (9) [noun] The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the ground during the day. | [noun] The part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its condition, climate etc. | [noun] Heaven. | [verb] To move on skis SKIEY (12) SKIFF (15) [noun] Term used in tea gardens and denotes the act of cutting/pruning the bushes as per the specific norms. Various types of skiff are used viz Light Skiff (LS), Medium Skiff (MS), Deep Skiff (DS) and Level Of Skiff (LOS). | [noun] A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern. | [noun] Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person. | [noun] (Nova Scotia) a deep blanket of snow covering the ground SKILL (9) [noun] Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate. | [noun] Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause. | [noun] Knowledge; understanding. | [verb] To set apart; separate. SKIMO (11) SKIMP (13) [verb] To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of. | [noun] A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing. | [noun] (in the plural) Underwear. SKIMS (11) [verb] To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface. | [verb] To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of. | [verb] To hasten along with superficial attention. SKINK (13) [noun] A shin of beef. | [noun] A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef. | [noun] (by extension) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients. | [noun] A lizard of the family Scincidae, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed. | [noun] A drink. SKINS (9) [noun] The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human. | [noun] The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant. | [noun] The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc. SKINT (9) [adjective] Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke. | [adjective] Skinned SKIPS (11) [noun] A leaping, jumping or skipping movement. | [noun] The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. | [noun] A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. SKIRL (9) [noun] A shrill sound, as of bagpipes. | [verb] To make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes. SKIRR (9) [noun] A tern. | [verb] To leave hastily; to flee, especially with a whirring sound | [verb] To make a whirring sound. SKIRT (9) [noun] An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body. | [noun] The part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist. | [noun] A loose edging to any part of a dress. SKITE (9) [noun] A sudden hit or blow; a glancing blow. | [noun] A trick. | [noun] A contemptible person. | [noun] A kind of hermitage SKITS (9) [noun] A short comic performance. | [noun] A jeer or sally; a brief satire. | [noun] A wanton girl; a wench. SKIVE (12) [noun] Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty. | [noun] An act of avoiding lessons or work. | [verb] To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk. | [noun] A rotating iron disk coated with oil and diamond dust used to polish the facets of a diamond. SLAIN (5) [noun] (with "the") Those who have been killed. | [verb] To kill, murder. | [verb] To eradicate or stamp out. SLICE (7) [noun] That which is thin and broad. | [noun] A thin, broad piece cut off. | [noun] An amount of anything. SLICK (11) [noun] A covering of liquid, particularly oil. | [noun] Someone who is clever and untrustworthy. | [noun] A tool used to make something smooth or even. | [noun] The finer portion of crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes. SLIDE (6) [noun] An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again. | [noun] A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke. | [noun] The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche. SLIER (5) SLILY (8) [adverb] In a sly manner, cunningly. SLIME (7) [noun] Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. | [noun] Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs. | [noun] A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball. SLIMS (7) [noun] A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes. | [noun] A potato farl. | [noun] AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages. SLIMY (10) [noun] A ponyfish. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to slime | [adjective] Resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime SLING (6) [noun] An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. | [noun] A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported. | [noun] A loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby or other such load. | [noun] A young or infant spider, such as one raised in captivity. SLINK (9) [noun] A furtive sneaking motion. | [noun] The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf. | [noun] The meat of such a prematurely born animal. SLIPE (7) SLIPS (7) [noun] A thin, slippery mix of clay and water. | [noun] Mud, slime. | [noun] A twig or shoot; a cutting. SLIPT (7) SLITS (5) [noun] A narrow cut or opening; a slot. | [noun] The opening of the vagina. | [noun] A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute. SLOID (6) SMILE (7) [noun] A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement or anxiety. | [noun] Favour; propitious regard. | [noun] A drink bought by one person for another. SMIRK (11) [noun] An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied or scornful | [noun] A forced or affected smile; a simper | [verb] To smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous. SMITE (7) [verb] To hit, to strike. | [verb] To strike down or kill with godly force. | [verb] To injure with divine power. SMITH (10) [noun] A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith. | [noun] (by extension) One who makes anything; wright. | [noun] An artist. | [verb] To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding. SNAIL (5) [noun] Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell. | [noun] (by extension) A slow person; a sluggard. | [noun] A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. SNIBS (7) [noun] A latch or fastening for a door, window etc. | [noun] A reprimand; a snub. SNICK (11) [noun] A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch | [noun] A small cut or mark. | [noun] A knot or irregularity in yarn. | [noun] A sharp clicking sound. | [verb] To latch, to lock. SNIDE (6) [noun] An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a cheat. | [noun] Counterfeit money | [adjective] Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way. SNIFF (11) [noun] An instance of sniffing. | [noun] A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose | [noun] A brief perception, or tiny amount. SNIPE (7) [noun] Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. | [noun] A fool; a blockhead. | [noun] A shot fired from a concealed place. | [noun] A cigarette butt. | [noun] A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm. SNIPS (7) [noun] The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something. | [noun] A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool. | [noun] Something acquired for a low price; a bargain. SNITS (5) [noun] A temper; a lack of patience; a bad mood. | [noun] A U.S. unit of volume for liquor equal to 2 jiggers, 3 U.S. fluid ounces, or 88.7 milliliters. | [noun] A beer chaser commonly served in three-ounce servings in highball or juice glasses with a Bloody Mary cocktail in the upper midwest states of United States including Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois. SODIC (8) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing sodium. SOILS (5) [noun] A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth. | [noun] The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants. | [noun] The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics. SOLDI (6) [noun] An Italian coin, formerly one-twentieth of a lira. SOLEI (5) [noun] A broad, flat muscle that extends behind the gastrocnemius along the back of the calf. SOLID (6) [noun] A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas). | [noun] A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve). | [noun] A favor. SONIC (7) [adjective] Of or relating to sound. | [adjective] Having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air. SOZIN (14) SPAHI (10) [noun] (history) An Ottoman (Turkish empire) cavalryman, especially as recruited under a land-based system. | [noun] (history) A soldier in a mainly Arab-recruited cavalry (originally horse, later light armored) regiment in French colonial service in (former/ in name still) Ottoman North African provinces SPAIL (7) SPAIT (7) SPEIL (7) SPEIR (7) SPICA (9) [noun] A spike. | [noun] A spur. | [noun] A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns. SPICE (9) [noun] Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food. | [noun] Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging. | [noun] A synthetic cannabinoid drug. SPICK (13) SPICS (9) [noun] A Spanish-speaking person, someone with a Central American or Latino accent. SPICY (12) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or containing spice. | [adjective] (of flavors) Provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of chilis or similar hot spices | [adjective] (of flavors or odors) Tangy, zesty, or pungent. SPIED (8) [verb] To act as a spy. | [verb] To spot; to catch sight of. | [verb] To search narrowly; to scrutinize. SPIEL (7) [noun] A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade. | [noun] An early form of rap music. | [verb] To talk at length. | [noun] A game of curling. SPIER (7) SPIES (7) [noun] A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage). | [verb] To act as a spy. | [verb] To spot; to catch sight of. SPIFF (13) [noun] Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner. | [noun] A well-dressed man. | [noun] A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer. SPIKE (11) [noun] In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument. | [noun] The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument. | [noun] A sort of very large nail. SPIKS (11) SPIKY (14) [adjective] Having spikes, spiny. | [adjective] Hostile; standoffish | [adjective] Of hair, erect, resembling spikes. SPILE (7) [noun] A splinter. | [noun] A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask. | [noun] A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap. | [noun] A pile; a post or girder. | [verb] Spoil. SPILL (7) [noun] A mess of something that has been dropped. | [noun] A fall or stumble. | [noun] A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire. SPILT (7) [verb] To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour. | [verb] To spread out or fall out, as above. | [verb] To drop something that was intended to be caught. SPINE (7) [noun] The series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a person, or from the head to the tail of an animal; backbone, vertebral column. | [noun] Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate. | [noun] A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant. SPINS (7) [noun] Rapid circular motion. | [noun] A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment. | [noun] A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation. SPINY (10) SPIRE (7) [noun] The stalk or stem of a plant. | [noun] A young shoot of a plant; a spear. | [noun] Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc. | [verb] To breathe. | [noun] One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil. SPIRT (7) [verb] To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet. | [verb] To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet. | [verb] To make a strong effort for a short period of time. SPIRY (10) SPITE (7) [noun] Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice | [noun] Vexation; chagrin; mortification. | [verb] To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart. | [preposition] Notwithstanding; despite. SPITS (7) [noun] A sudden impact or blow. | [noun] The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object. | [noun] A slam dunk. SPITZ (16) [noun] Any of several Nordic breeds of dog such as the Pomeranian or Samoyed SPIVS (10) [noun] A smartly dressed person who trades in illicit, black-market or stolen goods. | [noun] A flashy con artist, often homeless, who lives by his wits. | [noun] In Scotland Yard usage, a low and common thief. SPLIT (7) [noun] A crack or longitudinal fissure. | [noun] A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division. | [noun] A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment. SPOIL (7) [noun] (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim. | [noun] Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. | [verb] To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour. SPRIG (8) [noun] A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray. | [noun] An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig. | [noun] One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace. SPRIT (7) [noun] A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats. | [noun] A shoot; a sprout. | [verb] To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt. | [verb] To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out. SQUIB (16) [noun] A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode. | [noun] A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc. | [noun] A kind of slow match or safety fuse. SQUID (15) [noun] Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles | [noun] A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid. | [noun] (mildly) A sailor in the Navy. | [noun] A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear. STAID (6) [adjective] Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober. | [adjective] Always fixed in the same location; stationary. STAIG (6) STAIN (5) [noun] A discoloured spot or area. | [noun] A blemish on one's character or reputation. | [noun] A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it. STAIR (5) [noun] A single step in a staircase. | [noun] A series of steps; a staircase. STEIN (5) [noun] A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass. STICH (10) STICK (11) [noun] An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. | [noun] Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance. | [noun] Material or objects attached to a stick or the like. | [noun] The traction of tires on the road surface. | [noun] Criticism or ridicule. STIED (6) [verb] To place in, or as if in, a sty | [verb] To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place | [verb] To ascend, rise up, climb. STIES (5) [noun] A pen or enclosure for swine. | [noun] A messy, dirty or debauched place. | [verb] To place in, or as if in, a sty STIFF (11) [noun] An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff. | [noun] A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle. | [noun] A cadaver; a dead person. STILE (5) [noun] A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow gate or contrived passage through a fence or wall, which in either case allows people but not livestock to pass. | [noun] A vertical component of a frame or panel, such as that of a door, window, or ladder. | [noun] Senses relating to a thin, pointed object. STILL (5) [noun] A period of calm or silence. | [noun] A photograph, as opposed to movie footage. | [noun] A resident of the Falkland Islands. | [noun] A device for distilling liquids. | [verb] To calm down, to quiet | [verb] To trickle, drip. STILT (5) [noun] Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers. | [noun] A tall pillar or post used to support some structure; often above water. | [noun] Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills. STIME (7) STIMY (10) STING (6) [noun] A bump left on the skin after having been stung. | [noun] A bite by an insect. | [noun] A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack. | [verb] To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both. STINK (9) [noun] A strong bad smell. | [noun] A complaint or objection. | [verb] To have a strong bad smell. STINT (5) [noun] A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell. | [noun] Limit; bound; restraint; extent. | [noun] Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted. | [noun] Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling. STIPE (7) [noun] The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc. | [noun] The trunk of a tree. | [noun] The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower STIRK (9) [noun] A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer. STIRP (7) STIRS (5) [noun] The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.) | [noun] Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. | [noun] Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar. STOAI (5) STOIC (7) [noun] Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering. | [noun] A person indifferent to pleasure or pain. | [adjective] Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas. STRIA (5) [noun] A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes. | [noun] One of the fillets between the flutes of columns, etc. | [noun] A stretch mark. STRIP (7) [noun] A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area. | [noun] (usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively. | [noun] A comic strip. | [noun] The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease. STYLI (8) [noun] Senses relating to a thin, pointed object. | [noun] (by extension from sense 1.1) A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good. | [noun] A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art. SUING (6) [verb] To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action. | [verb] To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead. | [verb] (of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.). | [noun] The act of one who sues for something. SUINT (5) [noun] A substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters. SUITE (5) [noun] A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage | [noun] A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together | [noun] A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access. SUITS (5) [noun] A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman. | [noun] (by extension) A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit. | [noun] (metonym) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor. SULCI (7) [noun] A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue. | [noun] Any of the grooves that mark the convolutions of the surface of the brain. | [noun] A region of subparallel grooves or ditches formed by a geological process. SUSHI (8) [noun] A Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavored with vinegar, usually wrapped in seaweed and filled or topped with fish, vegetables or meat. | [noun] Raw fish, especially as a Japanese dish. SWAIL (8) SWAIN (8) [noun] A young man or boy in service; a servant. | [noun] A knight's servant; an attendant. | [noun] A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic. SWAMI (10) [noun] (used as a title) A Hindu ascetic or religious teacher. SWIFT (11) [noun] A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight. | [noun] Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus. | [noun] A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth. SWIGS (9) [noun] Drink, liquor. | [noun] (by extension) A long draught from a drink. | [noun] A person who drinks deeply. SWILL (8) [noun] (collective) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose. | [noun] (by extension) Any disgusting or distasteful liquid. | [noun] (by extension) Anything disgusting or worthless. SWIMS (10) [noun] An act or instance of swimming. | [noun] The sound, or air bladder, of a fish. | [noun] A part of a stream much frequented by fish. SWINE (8) [noun] (plural swine) A pig (the animal). | [noun] A contemptible person (plural swines). | [noun] A police officer; a "pig". | [noun] A female pig. SWING (9) [noun] The manner in which something is swung. | [noun] The sweep or compass of a swinging body. | [noun] A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing. SWINK (12) SWIPE (10) [noun] A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep. | [noun] A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club. | [noun] An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it. SWIRL (8) [noun] A whirling eddy. | [noun] A twist or coil of something. | [noun] The upward rushing of a fish through the water to take the bait. SWISH (11) [noun] A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction. | [noun] A hissing, sweeping movement through the air, as of an animal's tail. | [noun] A sound of liquid flowing inside a container. SWISS (8) [verb] To prepare (meat, fabric, etc.) by rolling or pounding in order to soften it. SWITH (11) SWIVE (11) [verb] To copulate with (a woman). | [verb] To cut a crop in a sweeping or rambling manner, hence to reap; cut for harvest. SYLIS (8) TABID (8) TACIT (7) [adjective] Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent. | [adjective] Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction. TAFIA (8) [noun] A variety of rum. TAIGA (6) [noun] A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere. TAILS (5) [noun] The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus. | [noun] An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails. | [noun] The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything. TAINS (5) TAINT (5) [noun] A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food | [noun] A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish | [noun] Tincture; hue; colour | [noun] A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. | [noun] The perineum. TAKIN (9) [noun] A goat-antelope, species Budorcas taxicolor. TAMIS (7) TAPIR (7) [noun] Any one of the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus. TAPIS (7) [noun] A tapestry. | [noun] Carpeting. | [noun] The cover of a council table. TARSI (5) [noun] The part of the foot between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus. | [noun] Any of the seven bones in this part of the foot. | [noun] A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control. TAWIE (8) TAXIS (12) [noun] The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus. | [noun] The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after injury. | [noun] The arrangement of the parts of a topic. | [noun] A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver. TEIID (6) TEIND (6) TELIA (5) TELIC (7) [adjective] Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end. | [adjective] (grammar) That expresses an end or purpose. | [adjective] That expresses the perfective aspect. TELOI (5) [noun] The aim or goal. TEMPI (9) [noun] A frequency or rate. | [noun] A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another. | [noun] The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side. TENIA (5) [noun] A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece. | [noun] (Doric architecture) A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order. | [noun] Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue. TEPID (8) [adjective] Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool. | [adjective] Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness. TERAI (5) [noun] A belt of marshy land, which lies between the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains. | [noun] A terai hat. THEIN (8) THEIR (8) THICK (14) [noun] The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something. | [noun] A thicket. | [noun] A stupid person; a fool. THIEF (11) [noun] One who carries out a theft. | [noun] One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence. | [noun] A waster in the snuff of a candle. THIGH (12) [noun] The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee. | [noun] That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect. THILL (8) [noun] One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft. | [noun] The shallow stratum of underclay that lies under a seam of coal; the bottom of a coal-seam. THINE (8) [pronoun] Singular second person possessive pronoun; yours THING (9) [noun] That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept. | [noun] A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity. | [noun] An individual object or distinct entity. THINK (12) [noun] An act of thinking; consideration (of something). | [verb] To ponder, to go over in one's head. | [verb] To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem. | [verb] To seem, to appear. THINS (8) [noun] A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole. | [noun] Any food produced or served in thin slices. | [verb] To make thin or thinner. THIOL (8) [noun] A univalent organic radical (-SH) containing a sulphur and a hydrogen atom; a compound containing such a radical. THIRD (9) [noun] The person or thing in the third position. | [noun] One of three equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The third gear of a gearbox. THIRL (8) THRIP (10) [noun] Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera. THYMI (13) [noun] A ductless gland, consisting mainly of lymphatic tissue, located behind the top of the breastbone. It is most active during puberty, after which it shrinks in size. It plays an important role in the development of the immune system and produces lymphocytes. TIARA (5) [noun] The papal crown. | [noun] An ornamental coronet. TIBIA (7) [noun] The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone | [noun] The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus. | [noun] The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus. TICAL (7) TICKS (11) [noun] A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. | [noun] A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery. | [noun] A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement. TIDAL (6) [adjective] Relating to tides TIDED (7) [verb] To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream. | [verb] To pour a tide or flood. | [verb] To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse. TIDES (6) [noun] The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon. | [noun] A stream, current or flood. | [noun] (chronology, except in liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast. TIERS (5) [noun] One who ties (knots, etc). | [noun] Something that ties. | [noun] A child's apron. TIFFS (11) [noun] A small argument; a petty quarrel. | [noun] Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. | [verb] To quarrel. TIGER (6) [noun] Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. | [noun] A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms. | [noun] A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress. | [noun] A final shouted phrase, accompanied by a jump or outstretched arms, at the end of a cheer. TIGHT (9) TIGON (6) [noun] A cross between a male tiger and a lioness. TIKES (9) [noun] A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. | [noun] A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery. | [noun] A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement. TIKIS (9) [noun] Carved talisman in humanoid form, common to the cultures of the Pacific Ocean. TILAK (9) [noun] A mark or symbol worn on the forehead by Hindus, ornamentally or as an indication of status. TILDE (6) [noun] The grapheme of character ~. | [noun] The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬. TILED (6) [verb] To cover with tiles. | [verb] To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface). | [verb] To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique. TILER (5) [noun] A person who sets tiles. | [noun] A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons. TILES (5) [noun] A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc. | [noun] A rectangular graphic. | [noun] Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong. TILLS (5) [noun] A cash register. | [noun] A removable box within a cash register containing the money. | [noun] The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift. TILTH (8) [noun] Agricultural labour; husbandry. | [noun] The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture. | [noun] Rich cultivated soil. TILTS (5) [noun] A slope or inclination. | [noun] The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc. | [noun] The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this. TIMED (8) [verb] To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of. | [verb] To choose when something begins or how long it lasts. | [verb] To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time. TIMER (7) [noun] Someone or something which times. | [noun] A device used to measure amounts of time. | [noun] Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time. TIMES (7) [noun] The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events. | [noun] A duration of time. | [noun] An instant of time. TIMID (8) [adjective] Lacking in courage or confidence. TINCT (7) TINEA (5) [noun] A fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm. TINED (6) TINES (5) [noun] A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb. | [noun] A small branch, especially on an antler or horn. | [noun] A wild vetch or tare. TINGE (6) [noun] A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing. | [noun] The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint. | [verb] To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing. TINGS (6) [noun] The sound made when a small bell is struck. | [noun] An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid. | [noun] The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept. TINNY (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to or resembling tin. | [adjective] Pertaining to the thinness and cheapness of tin or similar-looking metals, in contrast to a heavier, more valuable metal. | [adjective] Pertaining to a thin, unpleasant sound recalling that of tin being rapped. | [noun] A can of beer. TINTS (5) [noun] A slight coloring. | [noun] A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade) | [noun] A color considered with reference to other very similar colors. TIPIS (7) [noun] Alternative form of teepee TIPPY (12) [noun] A dandy. | [adjective] Fashionable, tip-top. | [adjective] (absolute, with the) In the height of fashion, excellent, cool. | [adjective] Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable. TIPSY (10) [adjective] Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages | [adjective] (metonymy) unsteady, askew TIRED (6) [verb] To become sleepy or weary. | [verb] To make sleepy or weary. | [verb] To become bored or impatient (with). TIRES (5) [verb] To become sleepy or weary. | [verb] To make sleepy or weary. | [verb] To become bored or impatient (with). TIRLS (5) TIROS (5) [noun] A newly recruited soldier. TITAN (5) [noun] Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness. TITER (5) [noun] The concentration of a substance as determined by titration. | [verb] To measure a concentration, especially by means of titration TITHE (8) [noun] A tenth. | [noun] The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. | [noun] A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church) | [noun] A boon (a grant or concession). TITIS (5) [noun] A New World monkey of the genus Callicebus, native to South America, distinguished by their long soft fur. | [noun] Mutton bird. | [noun] A tree of the southern United States (Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes. TITLE (5) [noun] A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also | [noun] Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this. | [noun] In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice. TITRE (5) [noun] The strength or concentration of a solution that has been determined by titration. | [verb] To determine a titre, especially by titration TITTY (8) [noun] A breast | [noun] A nipple | [noun] A kitten TIZZY (26) [noun] A state of nervous excitement, confusion, or distress; a dither. | [noun] A sixpence; a tester. TOILE (5) [noun] Plain or simple twilled fabric TOILS (5) [noun] Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature. | [noun] Trouble, strife. | [noun] (usually in plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey. TOITS (5) TONDI (6) [noun] A round picture or other work of art. TONIC (7) [noun] A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate. | [noun] Tonic water. | [noun] (Massachusetts) Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop. | [noun] The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote. TOPHI (10) [noun] A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood. TOPIC (9) [noun] Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest. | [noun] Discussion thread. | [noun] A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre. TOPIS (7) [noun] An antelope of the species Damaliscus korrigum. | [noun] A taqiyah (skullcap worn by Muslims etc.) TOPOI (7) [noun] A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula. | [noun] An elementary topos | [noun] A Grothendieck topos TORIC (7) [adjective] Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal. TORII (5) [noun] A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred. TORSI (5) [noun] The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs. TOWIE (8) TOXIC (14) [adjective] Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities. | [adjective] Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems. | [adjective] Severely negative or harmful. TOXIN (12) [noun] A toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms. TRAGI (6) [noun] The small piece of thick cartilage of the external ear that is immediately in front of the ear canal. TRAIK (9) TRAIL (5) [noun] The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky. | [noun] A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc. | [noun] A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme. TRAIN (5) [noun] Elongated portion. | [noun] Connected sequence of people or things. | [verb] To practice an ability. | [noun] Treachery; deceit. TRAIT (5) [noun] An identifying characteristic, habit or trend. | [noun] An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface. TRIAC (7) [noun] A three-terminal electronic component that conducts current in either direction when triggered; a bidirectional triode thyristor. TRIAD (6) [noun] A grouping of three. | [noun] A word of three syllables. | [noun] A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong. TRIAL (5) [noun] An opportunity to test something out; a test. | [noun] Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined. | [noun] A difficult or annoying experience. | [adjective] Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components. TRIBE (7) [noun] A socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people. | [noun] A society larger than a band but smaller than a state. | [noun] A group of apes who live and work together. TRICE (7) [verb] To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply. | [verb] To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope. | [noun] Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; an instant, a moment. | [noun] A pulley, a windlass. TRICK (11) [noun] Something designed to fool or swindle. | [noun] A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick. | [noun] An entertaining difficult physical action. TRIED (6) [adjective] Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable. | [adjective] Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt. | [verb] To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive. TRIER (5) [noun] One who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard. | [noun] An instrument used for sampling something. | [noun] One who tries judicially. TRIES (5) [noun] An ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys are usually strings. | [noun] An attempt. | [noun] An act of tasting or sampling. TRIGO (6) TRIGS (6) [noun] A dandy; coxcomb. | [noun] Trigonometry. | [noun] A trigonometric point, trig point. TRIKE (9) [noun] A tricycle. | [noun] A three-wheeled motorbike. | [noun] A kind of railroad maintenance vehicle: a speeder or jigger. | [noun] A triceratops. TRILL (5) [noun] A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff. | [noun] A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish rr. | [noun] A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats. | [verb] To trickle. | [verb] To twirl. TRIMS (7) [noun] Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders. | [noun] A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style. | [noun] Dress; gear; ornaments. TRINE (5) [noun] A group of three things. | [noun] An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart. | [verb] To put in the aspect of a trine. TRIOL (5) TRIOS (5) [noun] A group of three people or things. | [noun] A group of three musicians. | [noun] A piece of music written for three musicians. TRIPE (7) [noun] The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food. | [noun] The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural. | [noun] (chiefly plural) Something disparaged as valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television). TRIPS (7) [noun] A journey; an excursion or jaunt | [noun] A stumble or misstep | [noun] An error; a failure; a mistake TRITE (5) [adjective] Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed. | [adjective] So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law. | [noun] A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater. TROIS (5) TSADI (6) TULIP (7) [noun] A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa. | [noun] The flower of this plant. TUMID (8) [adjective] Swollen, enlarged, bulging | [adjective] Cancerous, unhealthy | [adjective] Pompous, bombastic TUNIC (7) [noun] A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles. | [noun] Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane. TUPIK (11) [noun] A tent or other building made from animal skins, used by the Inuit during the summer. TUTTI (5) [noun] A passage in which all members of an orchestra are playing | [adjective] All together; with all playing at once. | [adverb] All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices. TWAIN (8) [noun] Pair, couple | [adjective] Twofold | [numeral] Two | [verb] To part in twain; divide; sunder. TWICE (10) [adverb] Two times. | [adverb] (usually with "as", of a specified quality) Doubled in quantity, intensity, or degree. TWIER (8) TWIGS (9) [noun] A small thin branch of a tree or bush. | [verb] To beat with twigs. | [verb] To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something. TWILL (8) [noun] A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving. | [noun] A cloth or portion of cloth woven in such a pattern. | [verb] To weave (cloth, etc.) so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface. TWINE (8) [noun] A twist; a convolution. | [noun] A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string. | [noun] The act of twining or winding round. | [verb] To weave together. | [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide. TWINS (8) [noun] Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling. | [noun] Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc. | [noun] A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room. TWINY (11) [adjective] Tending to twine; twisting around. | [adjective] Made of twine; having the appearance of twine. | [adjective] (North Country) fretful; uneasy TWIRL (8) [noun] A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette. | [noun] Any rotating movement; a spin. | [noun] A little twist of some substance; a swirl. TWIRP (10) [interjection] An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn. | [noun] A fool, a twit. | [noun] A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible. TWIST (8) [noun] A twisting force. | [noun] Anything twisted, or the act of twisting. | [noun] The form given in twisting. TWITS (8) [noun] A reproach, gibe or taunt. | [noun] A foolish or annoying person. | [noun] A euphemism for "twat", a contemptible or stupid person. TWIXT (15) [preposition] Betwixt, between TYING (9) [verb] To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely. | [verb] To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like. | [verb] To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like. TYPIC (12) UMIAC (9) UMIAK (11) [noun] A large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame that is propelled by paddles; used by the Eskimos for transportation. UMIAQ (16) UNAIS (5) UNBID (8) UNCIA (7) UNDID (7) [verb] To reverse the effects of an action. | [verb] To unfasten. | [verb] To impoverish or ruin, as in reputation; to cause the downfall of. UNFIT (8) [verb] To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify. | [adjective] Not fit; not having the correct requirements. | [adjective] Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor. UNFIX (15) UNHIP (10) [adjective] Not hip; uncool, unfashionable. UNIFY (11) [verb] Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine. | [verb] Become one. UNION (5) [noun] The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one. | [noun] The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony. | [noun] That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league. UNITE (5) [noun] A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, first produced during the reign of King James I, and bearing a legend indicating the king's intention of uniting the kingdoms of England and Scotland. | [verb] To bring together as one. | [verb] To come together as one. UNITS (5) [noun] A particular, minute unit of mass, defined differently for different substances, but so that varying substances of the same general type have the property that one international unit of the one has the same effect on the human body as one international unit of the other. | [noun] Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. | [noun] A standard measure of a quantity. UNITY (8) [noun] Oneness; the state or fact of being one undivided entity. | [noun] Agreement; harmony. | [noun] A single undivided thing, seen as complete in itself. UNLIT (5) [adjective] Not lit UNMIX (14) UNPIN (7) [verb] To unfasten by removing a pin. | [verb] To detach (an icon, application, etc.) from the place where it was previously pinned. | [verb] To get out of a pin UNRIG (6) [verb] To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.). | [verb] To disable. | [verb] To undress (someone). UNRIP (7) [verb] To open something by ripping/tearing. UNTIE (5) [verb] To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of. | [verb] To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind. | [verb] To resolve; to unfold; to clear. UNTIL (5) [preposition] Up to the time of (something happening). | [preposition] Up to (a certain place) | [preposition] Before (a time). UNWIT (8) UNZIP (16) [verb] To open something using a zipper. | [verb] To come open by means of a zipper. | [verb] To decompress (a zip file). UPLIT (7) URAEI (5) [noun] A representation of the sacred asp, symbolising supreme power in ancient Egypt. URARI (5) URBIA (7) UREIC (7) URIAL (5) [noun] A bearded reddish sheep, subspecies of Ovis orientalis (including Ovis orientalis vignei), previously classified as Ovis vignei, being endemic to southern Asia and believed to be a wild ancestor of domestic sheep. URINE (5) [noun] Liquid waste consisting of water, salts and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra. | [verb] To urinate. USING (6) [verb] To utilize or employ. | [verb] To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.) | [verb] (except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.) UTERI (5) [noun] The womb, an organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth. UTILE (5) [noun] A theoretical unit of measure of utility, for indicating a supposed quantity of satisfaction derived from an economic transaction. | [adjective] Useful. VAILS (8) [noun] Profit; return; proceeds. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale. | [noun] Submission. VAIRS (8) VAKIL (12) [noun] A lawyer or advocate mainly a representative in the court of law and a vakil can be a representative, especially of a political figure; an official or ambassador. VALID (9) [adjective] Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent. | [adjective] Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules. | [adjective] Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant. VAPID (11) [adjective] Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging. | [adjective] Lifeless, dull, or banal. | [adjective] Tasteless, bland, or insipid. VARIA (8) VARIX (15) [noun] A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein | [noun] In mollusks, a particular ridge on the shell, corresponding to a former position of the aperture. VATIC (10) [adjective] Pertaining to a prophet; prophetic, oracular. VEGIE (9) [noun] A vegetable. | [noun] A vegetarian. VEILS (8) [noun] Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. | [noun] A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. | [noun] The calyptra of mosses. VEINS (8) [noun] A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. | [noun] (in plural) The entrails of a shrimp. | [noun] In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle. VEINY (11) VENIN (8) VEXIL (15) VIALS (8) [noun] A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical. | [verb] To put or keep in, or as in, a vial. VIAND (9) [noun] An item of food eaten with rice. VIBES (10) [noun] A vibraphone. | [noun] Vibration. | [noun] A vibrator (sex toy). VICAR (10) [noun] In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes. | [noun] In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy. | [noun] A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person. VICED (11) VICES (10) [noun] A bad habit. | [noun] Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs. | [noun] A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness. VICHY (16) VIDEO (9) [noun] Television, television show, movie. | [noun] A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube). | [noun] Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format. VIERS (8) VIEWS (11) [noun] (physical) Visual perception. | [noun] A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch. | [noun] (psychological) Opinion, judgement, imagination. VIEWY (14) VIGAS (9) [noun] A roughly-made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village VIGIL (9) [noun] An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray. | [noun] A period of observation or surveillance at any hour. | [noun] The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions. VIGOR (9) [noun] Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy. | [noun] Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action. | [noun] Strength; efficacy; potency. VILER (8) [adjective] Morally low; base; despicable. | [adjective] Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid. VILLA (8) [noun] (plural "villas") A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat. | [noun] (plural "villas") A family house, often semi-detached, in a middle class street. | [noun] (plural "villae") A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard. VILLI (8) [noun] A small projection from a membrane, particularly those found in the mucous membranes of the intestines. | [noun] One of the fine soft hairs on fruits, flowers, and other parts of plants. VILLS (8) [noun] The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish. | [noun] A villa; a country residence. VIMEN (10) VINAL (8) VINAS (8) [noun] A plucked stringed instrument with five or seven steel strings stretched on a long fretted finger-board over two gourds, used mostly in Carnatic Indian classical music. VINCA (10) [noun] Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle VINED (9) VINES (8) [noun] The climbing plant that produces grapes. | [noun] Any plant of the genus Vitis. | [noun] (by extension) Any similar climbing or trailing plant. VINIC (10) VINOS (8) VINYL (11) [noun] The univalent radical CH2=CH−, derived from ethylene. | [noun] Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics. | [noun] Phonograph records as a medium. VIOLA (8) [noun] A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone. | [noun] An organ stop having a similar tone. | [noun] A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music. | [noun] (botany) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies. | [interjection] Lo, there it is; see here; ta-da; presto; behold! VIOLS (8) [noun] A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold. VIPER (10) [noun] A venomous snake in the family Viperidae. | [noun] A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person. | [noun] A person who smokes marijuana. VIRAL (8) [noun] A video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes. | [adjective] Of or relating to a biological virus. | [adjective] Caused by a virus. VIREO (8) [noun] Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage. | [noun] Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireo, greenlets and peppershrikes. | [noun] (in plural) The family Vireonidae. VIRES (8) VIRGA (9) [noun] A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail and representing a single tone. | [noun] A streak of rain or snow that is dissipated in falling and does not reach the ground, commonly appearing descending from a cloud layer. | [noun] (measurement) A unit of length: a rod, pole or perch (5½ yards); or a unit of area: a square rod, pole or perch. VIRID (9) VIRLS (8) VIRTU (8) [noun] The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities. | [noun] Objets d'art collectively. | [noun] Especially with reference to the writings of Machiavelli (1469–1527): the requisite qualities for political or military success; vitality, determination; power. VIRUS (8) [noun] A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism. | [noun] A disease caused by these organisms. | [noun] Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc. VISAS (8) [noun] A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited. | [verb] To endorse (a passport, etc.). VISED (9) VISES (8) [noun] An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing. | [verb] To clamp with or as with a vise. | [verb] To examine and endorse (a passport, etc.); to visa. VISIT (8) [noun] A single act of visiting. | [noun] A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home. | [verb] To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) VISOR (8) [noun] A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. | [noun] A mask for the face. | [noun] The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes. VISTA (8) [noun] A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage. | [noun] A site offering such a view. | [noun] A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination. VITAE (8) VITAL (8) [adjective] Relating to, or characteristic of life. | [adjective] Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends. | [adjective] Invigorating or life-giving. VITTA (8) [noun] A fillet, or garland for the head. | [noun] A longitudinal stripe. | [noun] An oil tube in the fruit of some plants. VIVAS (11) [noun] A shout of applause. | [noun] An oral examination, typically for an academic qualification. VIVID (12) [noun] A felt-tipped permanent marker. | [adjective] (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful. | [adjective] (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful. VIXEN (15) [noun] A female fox. | [noun] A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman. | [noun] A racy or salacious woman. VIZIR (17) VIZOR (17) [noun] A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. | [noun] A mask for the face. | [noun] The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes. VOGIE (9) VOICE (10) [noun] Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character | [noun] Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants. | [noun] The tone or sound emitted by an object | [verb] To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce VOIDS (9) [noun] An empty space; a vacuum. | [noun] An extended region of space containing no galaxies | [noun] A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice. VOILA (8) [interjection] Lo, there it is; see here; ta-da; presto; behold! VOILE (8) [noun] A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses. VOLTI (8) VOMIT (10) [noun] The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus. | [noun] The act of regurgitating. | [noun] That which causes vomiting; an emetic. VYING (12) [verb] To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. | [verb] To rival (something), etc. | [verb] To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy. WADIS (9) [noun] A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season. WAIFS (11) [noun] A castaway; a homeless child. | [noun] (of a plant outside its native range) A plant that has been introduced but is not persistently naturalized. | [noun] Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice. WAILS (8) [noun] A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish. | [noun] Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl. | [noun] A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster. WAINS (8) [noun] A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen. | [noun] (Derry) A collective word usually for children. WAIRS (8) WAIST (8) [noun] The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach. | [noun] A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist. | [noun] The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps). WAITS (8) [noun] A delay. | [noun] An ambush. | [noun] One who watches; a watchman. WAIVE (11) [verb] To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego. | [verb] To put aside, avoid. | [verb] To outlaw (someone). | [verb] To move from side to side; to sway. | [noun] A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman. WEIGH (12) [verb] To determine the weight of an object. | [verb] Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale. | [verb] To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate. WEIRD (9) [noun] Fate; destiny; luck. | [noun] A prediction. | [noun] A spell or charm. WEIRS (8) [noun] An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream. | [noun] A fence placed across a river to catch fish. WHICH (16) [pronoun] (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied). | [pronoun] The/Any ones that; whichever. | [pronoun] (relative) Introduces a relative clause giving further information about something previously mentioned. WHIDS (12) WHIFF (17) [noun] A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air | [noun] An odour carried briefly through the air | [noun] A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe. | [verb] To fish with a handline. WHIGS (12) [noun] Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage. | [noun] Buttermilk | [verb] Urge forward; drive briskly. WHILE (11) [noun] An uncertain duration of time, a period of time. | [verb] To pass (time) idly. | [verb] To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass. WHIMS (13) [noun] A fanciful impulse, or whimsical idea | [noun] A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes | [noun] A bird, the Eurasian wigeon. WHINE (11) [noun] A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound | [noun] A complaint or criticism | [verb] To utter a high-pitched cry. WHINS (11) [noun] Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.). | [noun] The plant woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria). WHINY (14) [adjective] Whining; tending to whine or complain. WHIPS (13) [noun] A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals. | [noun] A blow administered with a whip. | [noun] A whipper-in. WHIPT (13) WHIRL (11) [noun] An act of whirling. | [noun] Something that whirls. | [noun] A confused tumult. WHIRR (11) [noun] A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion. | [noun] A bustle of noise and excitement. | [verb] To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound. WHIRS (11) [noun] A sibilant buzz or vibration; the sound of something in rapid motion. | [noun] A bustle of noise and excitement. WHISH (14) WHISK (15) [noun] A quick, light sweeping motion. | [noun] A kitchen utensil, made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle, used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function). | [noun] A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush. | [noun] The card game whist. WHIST (11) [noun] Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge. | [noun] A session of playing this card game. | [interjection] (Irish and British) Shush, silence, be quiet! WHITE (11) [noun] The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths. | [noun] A person of European descent with light-coloured skin. | [noun] Any butterfly of the family Pieridae. WHITS (11) [noun] The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota. WHITY (14) [noun] A white person, a person of European descent. | [noun] A state or bout of sickness, especially induced by cannabis use. | [adjective] Close to white in colour. WHIZZ (29) [noun] A whirring or hissing sound (as above). | [noun] Someone who is remarkably skilled at something. | [noun] (especially with the verb "take") An act of urination. WICKS (14) [noun] A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions. | [noun] Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain. | [noun] A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones. WIDDY (13) WIDEN (9) [verb] To become wide or wider. | [verb] To make wide or wider. | [verb] To let out clothes to a larger size. WIDER (9) [adjective] Having a large physical extent from side to side. | [adjective] Large in scope. | [adjective] Operating at the side of the playing area. WIDES (9) [noun] A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score WIDOW (12) [noun] A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower. | [noun] A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried). | [noun] (in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc. WIDTH (12) [noun] The state of being wide. | [noun] The measurement of the extent of something from side to side. | [noun] A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric. WIELD (9) [verb] To command, rule over; to possess or own. | [verb] To control, to guide or manage. | [verb] To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool. WIFED (12) WIFES (11) WIFTY (14) WIGAN (9) WIGGY (13) [adjective] Crazy. | [adjective] Uninhibited. | [adjective] Wiglike. WIGHT (12) [noun] A living creature, especially a human being. | [noun] A being of one of the Nine Worlds of Heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor. | [noun] A ghost, deity or other supernatural entity. | [adjective] (except in dialects) Brave, valorous, strong. WILCO (10) [interjection] (radio communications) Used to indicate agreement and compliance. | [noun] A species of South American tree, Anadenanthera colubrina. WILDS (9) [noun] A wood or forest | [noun] An open country | [noun] The undomesticated state of a wild animal WILED (9) [verb] To pass (time) idly. | [verb] To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass. | [verb] To loiter. WILES (8) [noun] (usually in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice WILLS (8) [noun] One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. | [noun] One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands. | [noun] The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition. WILLY (11) [adjective] Willing; favourable; ready; eager. | [adjective] Self-willed; willful. | [noun] Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere. | [noun] A willow basket. | [noun] (hypocoristic) the penis. | [noun] A person who is manipulated into serving as a useful agent without knowing it. WILTS (8) [noun] The act of wilting or the state of being wilted. | [noun] Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting. | [verb] To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower). WIMPS (12) [noun] Acronym of window, icon, menu, pointer. (a graphical interface paradigm) | [noun] Acronym of window-icon-mouse program. | [noun] A hypothetical class of particle, proposed to explain the dark matter problem. WIMPY (15) [adjective] Having the characteristics of a wimp; feeble, indecisive, cowardly. WINCE (10) [noun] A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away. | [noun] A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment at will. | [verb] To flinch as if in pain or distress. WINCH (13) [noun] A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope or cable. | [noun] A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501). | [noun] A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth). | [verb] To wince; to shrink WINDS (9) [noun] Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. | [noun] Air artificially put in motion by any force or action. | [noun] The ability to breathe easily. | [verb] To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. WINDY (12) [noun] Fart | [adjective] Accompanied by wind. | [adjective] Unsheltered and open to the wind. | [adjective] (of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous. WINED (9) [verb] To entertain with wine. | [verb] To drink wine. WINES (8) [noun] An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of grapes. | [noun] An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable; for example, "dandelion wine". | [noun] A serving of wine. WINEY (11) WINGS (9) [noun] An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly; a similar fin at the side of a ray or similar fish | [noun] Human arm. | [noun] Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air. WINGY (12) WINKS (12) [noun] An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking. | [noun] A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks. | [noun] A brief time; an instant. WINOS (8) [noun] A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; a drunk or drunkard. | [noun] A wine enthusiast; an oenophile. | [noun] A hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the W boson. WINZE (17) [noun] A steep shaft in a mine which joins two levels. WIPED (11) [verb] To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.) | [verb] To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out. | [verb] To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out. WIPER (10) [noun] Someone who wipes. | [noun] Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping. | [noun] Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping. WIPES (10) [noun] The act of wiping something. | [noun] A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping. | [noun] A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape. WIRED (9) [verb] To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing. | [verb] To string on a wire. | [verb] To equip with wires for use with electricity. WIRER (8) WIRES (8) [noun] Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die. | [noun] A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable. | [noun] A metal conductor that carries electricity. WIRRA (8) [interjection] Exclamation of dismay. WISED (9) [verb] To become wise. | [verb] Usually with "up", to inform or learn. | [verb] To instruct. WISER (8) [adjective] Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience. | [adjective] Disrespectful. | [adjective] Aware, informed. WISES (8) [noun] Way, manner, method. WISHA (11) WISPS (10) [noun] A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group. | [noun] A whisk, or small broom. | [noun] A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus. WISPY (13) [adjective] Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle. WISTS (8) WITAN (8) [noun] The Anglo-Saxon national council or witenagemot. WITCH (13) [noun] A person who practices witchcraft; a woman or man who practices witchcraft. | [noun] An ugly or unpleasant woman. | [noun] One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person. | [noun] A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper. WITED (9) WITES (8) WITHE (11) [noun] A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy. | [noun] A band of twisted twigs. | [noun] An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows. WITHY (14) [noun] The osier (Salix viminalis), a type of willow. | [noun] A long flexible twig of the osier; a withe. | [adjective] Flexible, like a withe. WITTY (11) [adjective] Wise, having good judgement. | [adjective] Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious. | [adjective] Clever; amusingly ingenious. WIVED (12) [verb] To marry (a woman). | [verb] To provide (someone) with a wife. WIVER (11) WIVES (11) [noun] A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse. | [noun] The female of a pair of mated animals. | [noun] An adult female human. WIZEN (17) [verb] To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness. | [adjective] Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. WIZES (17) WRICK (14) WRIED (9) WRIER (8) [adjective] Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). | [adjective] Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. | [adjective] Twisted, bent, crooked. WRIES (8) WRING (9) [noun] A powerful squeezing or twisting action. | [noun] Pain or distress. | [verb] To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out. | [noun] A device for pressing or compressing, especially for cider. WRIST (8) [noun] The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense. | [noun] A stud or pin which forms a journal. | [verb] To hit a wrist shot WRITE (8) [noun] The act or style of writing. | [noun] The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk. | [verb] To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate. WRITS (8) [noun] A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something. | [noun] Authority, power to enforce compliance. | [noun] That which is written; writing. XENIA (12) XENIC (14) XERIC (14) [adjective] Extremely dry, lacking humidity and water. | [adjective] Adapted to live in a very dry habitat. XYSTI (15) [noun] (in Ancient Greece) A long and open portico within the gymnasium. YAGIS (9) YAIRD (9) YETIS (8) [noun] An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas YIELD (9) [verb] To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite. | [verb] To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. | [verb] To give way; to allow another to pass first. | [noun] Payment; tribute. YIKES (12) [interjection] Expression of shock and alarm. | [interjection] Expression of empathy with unpleasant or undesirable circumstances. YILLS (8) YINCE (10) YIPES (10) [interjection] Expression of shock and alarm. | [interjection] Expression of empathy with unpleasant or undesirable circumstances. YIRDS (9) YIRRS (8) YIRTH (11) YOGIC (11) YOGIN (9) YOGIS (9) [noun] A devotee or adherent of yoga. | [verb] To turn (someone) into a yogi; to lead into practicing yoga. | [verb] (thru-hiker slang) To persuade someone to give you food or other favors without actually begging. YOMIM (12) YONIC (10) YONIS (8) [noun] The vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures. YOWIE (11) ZAIRE (14) [noun] The unit of currency of Zaire. ZAMIA (16) [noun] Any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia ZAYIN (17) [noun] The seventh letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). ZEINS (14) ZIBET (16) ZILCH (19) [noun] A nobody: a person who is worthless in importance or character. | [noun] Nothing, zero. | [verb] To cause to score nothing, to thoroughly defeat. ZILLS (14) ZINCS (16) [noun] A chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a slightly brittle blue-silvery metal. | [noun] A single atom of this element. | [noun] A zinc countertop. ZINCY (19) ZINEB (16) [noun] An organic fungicide and insecticide sprayed on cereal grasses, fruit trees, etc. ZINGS (15) [noun] A short high-pitched humming sound, such as that made by a bullet or vibrating string. | [noun] A witty insult or derogatory remark. | [noun] Zest or vitality. ZINGY (18) ZINKY (21) ZIPPY (21) [adjective] Energetic and lively. | [adjective] Quick, speedy. ZIRAM (16) ZITIS (14) ZIZIT (23) ZOMBI (18) ZOOID (15) [noun] An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid. | [noun] An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation. | [noun] One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Bryozoa; — sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed. ZORIL (14) ZORIS (14) [noun] A Japanese sandal made from rice straw or lacquered wood, worn with a kimono for formal occasions. | [noun] (especially Southeast US) A sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour, a flip-flop ZOWIE (17) [interjection] An indication of astonishment or admiration.