11 Letter Countdown Words Containing N

AIN (3) [noun] A Scottish word for "one." | [noun] An eye, in Scottish dialect. ANA (3) [noun] A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table | [adverb] (in prescriptions) Of each; an equal quantity. | [noun] Anorexia (used especially by the pro-ana movement). | [adverb] In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension. | [noun] A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or 1/16 rupee. AND (4) [noun] In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | [conjunction] As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. | [conjunction] (heading) Expressing a condition. | [noun] Breath. | [verb] To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine. ANE (3) [noun] A Scottish word for "one." | [noun] A hydrocarbon suffix used in chemistry to denote saturated compounds. 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. ANT (3) [noun] Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females. | [noun] A Web spider. | [verb] To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers. ANY (6) [adverb] To even the slightest extent, at all. | [pronoun] Any thing(s) or person(s). AWN (6) [noun] The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. BAN (5) [noun] Prohibition. | [noun] A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms. | [noun] The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word. | [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu. | [noun] A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit. | [noun] A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century. BEN (5) [noun] A prayer; a petition. | [noun] Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but). | [adjective] Inner, interior. | [noun] A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben. | [noun] (usually capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames). | [noun] A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak. | [adjective] Good. 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. BUN (5) [noun] A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced. | [noun] A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head. | [noun] A cupcake. | [noun] A rabbit or sometimes a squirrel. | [noun] Marijuana cigarette, joint | [noun] A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm. CAN (5) [verb] (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to. | [verb] (modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to. | [verb] (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible. | [noun] A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top. CON (5) [verb] To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart. | [verb] To know, understand, acknowledge. | [noun] A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros). | [noun] A convicted criminal, a convict. | [noun] A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain. | [noun] The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the." | [noun] An organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress. | [noun] The conversion of part of a building. | [noun] Consumption; pulmonary tuberculosis. DEN (4) [noun] A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment. | [noun] A squalid or wretched place; a haunt. | [noun] A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining. | [noun] An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou. | [adverb] (temporal location) At that time. 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. DON (4) [noun] A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge. | [noun] An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents. | [noun] A mafia boss. | [verb] (clothing) To put on, to dress in. DUN (4) [noun] A brownish grey colour. | [adjective] Of a brownish grey colour. | [noun] A collector of debts. | [noun] A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago. | [noun] An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland. | [verb] (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. | [verb] To cure, as codfish, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with saltgrass or a similar substance. | [noun] A mound or small hill. | [interjection] Imitating suspenseful music. END (4) [noun] The terminal point of something in space or time. | [noun] (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion. | [noun] (by extension) Death. ENG (4) [adjective] Narrow. | [noun] Roman alphabet ŋ: The Latin-based letter formed by combining the letters n and g, used in the IPA, Saami, Mende, and some Australian aboriginal languages. In the IPA, it represents the voiced velar nasal, the ng sound in running and rink. ENS (3) [noun] An entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute. | [noun] Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; an essence, an active principle. | [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter N. EON (3) [noun] Eternity. | [noun] A period of 1,000,000,000 years. | [noun] The longest time period used in geology. ERN (3) [noun] A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) | [noun] An eagle. | [verb] To run; flow. | [verb] To stir with strong emotion; grieve; mourn. FAN (6) [noun] A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself. | [noun] An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc. | [noun] The action of fanning; agitation of the air. | [noun] A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport. FEN (6) [noun] A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline. | [noun] Unit of currency in China, one-hundredth of a yuan | [noun] Fans; a plural form used by enthusiasts of science fiction, fantasy, and anime, partly from whimsy and partly to distinguish themselves from fans of sport, etc. | [noun] A kind of mildew that grows on hops. 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. FON (6) [noun] A fool or idiot. | [noun] A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon. FUN (6) [noun] Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure | [noun] Playful, often noisy, activity. | [verb] To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of. GAN (4) [noun] (thieves') Mouth. | [verb] To begin. | [verb] (obsolete outside Northumbria) To go. GEN (4) [noun] Information | [noun] Information about the location of a bird. | [noun] Fan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex. | [noun] A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement. | [noun] A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy). | [verb] To genetically engineer. | [noun] A shilling. | [noun] A specific version of something in a chronological sequence. 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. GNU (4) [noun] A large antelope of the genus Connochaetes, native to Africa, having curved horns. GUN (4) [noun] A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon. | [noun] A device operated by a trigger and acting in a manner similar to a firearm. | [noun] A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower). | [verb] Nonstandard spelling of going to. HEN (6) [noun] A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for its eggs. | [noun] A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl. | [noun] A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean. | [adverb] Hence. | [verb] To throw. 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). HON (6) [noun] (used only to address someone) Honey, sweetheart, a term of endearment; a friendly term of address. | [interjection] ; cheering a sports team, especially a GAA team; exhortation or encouragement come on; congratulations well done, bravo HUN (6) [noun] (used only to address someone) Honey, sweetheart, a term of endearment; a friendly term of address. | [noun] A grey partridge. 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. JIN (10) JUN (10) [noun] A monetary unit of North Korea and formerly of South Korea, equal to one hundredth of a won. KEN (7) [verb] To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life). | [noun] Knowledge, perception, or sight. | [noun] Range of sight. | [noun] (thieves' cant) A house, especially a den of thieves. | [noun] A Japanese unit of length equal to six shakus 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. LIN (3) MAN (5) [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.) | [verb] To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex). MEN (5) [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.) MON (5) [noun] The former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen. | [noun] The badge or emblem a Japanese family, especially a family of the ancient feudal nobility; typically circular and consists of conventionalized forms from nature. | [noun] (used in the vocative) A colloquial means of address of man in places such as Jamaica and Shropshire in England. | [noun] A creature in a video game, usually one which is captured, trained up and used in battles. MUN (5) [verb] (Northern English, modal auxiliary, defective) Must. | [noun] The mouth, jaw. | [noun] Man | [noun] The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one. NAB (5) [verb] To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive). | [verb] To grab or snatch something. | [noun] The summit of an eminence. NAE (3) NAG (4) [noun] A small horse; a pony. | [noun] An old useless horse. | [noun] A paramour. | [noun] Someone or something that nags. NAH (6) [interjection] No NAM (5) NAN (3) [noun] A mother of someone's parent. | [noun] A female ancestor or progenitor. | [noun] A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden. | [noun] A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine. NAP (5) [noun] A short period of sleep, especially one during the day. | [verb] To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day. | [verb] To be off one's guard. | [noun] A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather. | [noun] A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips. | [verb] To grab; to nab. | [verb] To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive). | [noun] (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A cup, bowl. NAW (6) [interjection] Pronunciation spelling of no. | [interjection] (1990s) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. NAY (6) [noun] A vote against. | [noun] A person who voted against. | [noun] A denial; a refusal. https//books.google.com/books?id=uysQzJy9IwMC&pg=PA818&dq=%22word+nay+a+denial+refusal%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwij_5CHi-3cAhWJ2FMKHWjCDdMQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=%22word%20nay%20a%20denial%20refusal%22&f=false NEB (5) [noun] A bird's beak or bill. | [noun] A person's mouth. | [noun] A person's nose. NEE (3) [adjective] Used when giving the maiden name of a woman. | [adjective] Used when giving a former name. Originally known as. | [interjection] No, used to express no as a quantity, i.e. not any, like German kein/Dutch geen/French rien. Compare with na. NET (3) NEW (6) [noun] Things that are new. | [noun] A kind of light beer. | [noun] A naval cadet who has just embarked on training. 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. NOB (5) [noun] The head. | [noun] A jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer. (See also nibs.) | [noun] The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. (Also spelled knob.) NOD (4) [noun] An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting. | [noun] A reference or allusion to something. | [noun] A nomination. NOG (4) [noun] A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork. | [noun] One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine. | [noun] A treenail to fasten the shores. | [noun] Short for noggin. | [noun] A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas. | [noun] A dark-skinned person; nig-nog. NOH (6) [noun] A form of classical Japanese music drama. NOM (5) [verb] To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office. | [verb] To entitle, confer a name upon. | [noun] An act or instance of nominating. | [verb] To eat with noisy enjoyment. NOO (3) NOR (3) [conjunction] And not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one). | [conjunction] A function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true. | [conjunction] Used to introduce a further negative statement. | [noun] A binary operator composite of NOT OR; negation of OR function. NOS (3) [noun] A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval | [noun] A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition | [noun] An abstract entity used to describe quantity. NOT (3) [noun] A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true. | [adverb] Negates the meaning of the modified verb. | [adverb] To no degree. NOW (6) [noun] The present time. | [noun] (often with "the") The state of not paying attention to the future or the past. | [noun] (chiefly in phenomenology) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant. NTH (6) [noun] The item at position n in a sequence. | [noun] The item in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series. | [adjective] Occurring at position n in a sequence. NUB (5) NUN (3) [noun] A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (specifically) those living together in a cloister. | [noun] (by extension) A member of a similar female community in other confessions. | [noun] A prostitute. | [noun] The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). NUS (3) NUT (3) [noun] A hard-shelled seed. | [noun] A piece of metal, usually square or hexagonal in shape, with a hole through it having machined internal threads, intended to be screwed onto a bolt or other threaded shaft. | [noun] A crazy person. | [interjection] No. ONE (3) [noun] The digit or figure 1. | [noun] The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring. | [noun] A one-dollar bill. ONS (3) OWN (6) [adjective] Belonging to; possessed; proper to. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence. | [adjective] Not shared | [adjective] Peculiar, domestic. | [verb] To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to. | [verb] To grant; give. PAN (5) [noun] A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking. | [noun] The contents of such a receptacle. | [noun] A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home. | [verb] Of a camera, etc.: to turn horizontally. | [noun] A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf. | [verb] To join or fit together; to unite. | [noun] A part; a portion. | [adjective] Pansexual. PEN (5) [noun] An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle. | [noun] A prison cell. | [noun] The bullpen. | [verb] To enclose in a pen. | [noun] A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks. | [noun] A female swan. | [noun] Penalty. 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. PUN (5) [noun] A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused. | [verb] To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize. | [verb] To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words. | [noun] A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm. RAN (3) [verb] To run. | [verb] To move swiftly. | [verb] (fluids) To flow. | [noun] Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch. | [noun] Open robbery. RIN (3) RUN (3) [verb] To run. | [noun] Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet. | [noun] Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip. SEN (3) [noun] A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen. | [noun] A coin of this value. | [noun] Self | [noun] A unit of length equal 20 wa, 40 meters 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. SON (3) [noun] One's male offspring. | [noun] A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents. | [noun] A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person. | [verb] To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son. SUN (3) [noun] A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system. | [noun] The light and warmth which is received from the sun. | [noun] Something like the sun in brightness or splendor. | [noun] A traditional Japanese unit of length, approximately 30.3 millimetres (1.193 inches). | [noun] Crotalaria juncea, an East Indian leguminous plant yielding a fiber. SYN (6) [adjective] That has a torsion angle between 0° and 90°. TAN (3) [noun] A yellowish-brown colour. | [noun] A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources. | [noun] The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained. | [verb] To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun. | [numeral] The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting. | [noun] An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh | [noun] A traditional South and East Asian unit of weight, based upon the load of a shoulder pole and varying by place and over time but usually standardized at about 60 kg. | [noun] A twig or small switch. TEN (3) [noun] A set or group with ten elements. | [noun] A card in a given suit with a value of ten. | [noun] A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units. See also tenner. 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. TON (3) [noun] A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton). | [noun] A unit of volume; register ton. | [noun] In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C). | [noun] Fashion, the current style, the vogue. | [noun] The common tunny, or horse mackerel. TUN (3) [noun] A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. | [noun] A fermenting vat. | [noun] An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes. | [noun] A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days. UNS (3) URN (3) [noun] A vase with a footed base. | [noun] A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee. | [noun] A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person. VAN (6) [noun] A covered vehicle used for carrying goods or people, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but smaller than a truck/lorry. | [noun] An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods. | [noun] A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods. | [noun] The leading units at the front of an army or fleet. | [noun] A shovel used in cleansing ore. | [noun] A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain. WAN (6) [noun] The quality of being wan; wanness. | [adjective] Pale, sickly-looking. | [adjective] Dim, faint. | [noun] The digit or figure 1. | [verb] To conquer, defeat. WEN (6) [noun] A cyst on the skin. | [noun] A runic letter later replaced by w | [noun] The time at which something happens. 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. WON (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.). | [verb] To live, remain. | [noun] The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea. WYN (9) [noun] A letter of the Old English alphabet, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w. | [noun] A kind of timber truck, or carriage. YEN (6) [noun] The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen. | [noun] A coin or note worth one yen. | [noun] A strong desire, urge, or yearning. | [noun] Opium. 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 YON (6) [adjective] That (thing) over there; of something distant, but within sight. | [adverb] Yonder. | [pronoun] That one or those over there. ZIN (12)

ACNE (6) [noun] A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection. | [noun] A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition. AEON (4) [noun] (preferred spelling, with æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead. | [noun] (Cosmology) Each universe in a series of universes, according to conformal cyclic cosmology. | [noun] Eternity. 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. AGON (5) [noun] A struggle or contest, especially in ancient Greek drama between the protagonist and antagonist. | [noun] In ancient Greece, a public competition or athletic contest. 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. 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. ALAN (4) AMEN (6) [noun] An instance of saying ‘amen’. | [noun] A title of Christ; the Faithful One (especially with reference to Revelation 3:14) | [verb] To say amen. AMIN (6) [noun] An organic compound derived from ammonia by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon groups. ANAL (4) [noun] Any of the anal scales of a reptile. | [noun] Anal sex. | [adjective] Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. ANAS (4) [noun] Plural of ana, a collection of someone's memorable sayings or literary pieces. | [noun] A genus of dabbling ducks. ANDS (5) [noun] In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | [noun] Breath. | [noun] Sea smoke; steam fog. ANES (4) [noun] Plural of "ane," a hydrocarbon suffix used in chemistry, or plural of "an," a Scottish word for "one." ANEW (7) [adverb] Again, once more; afresh, in a new way, newly. ANGA (5) 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. ANKH (11) [noun] A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the Egyptian triliteral ꜥnḫ and often used as an amulet or charm for this concept. | [noun] Tau cross ANNA (4) [noun] A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or 1/16 rupee. ANOA (4) [noun] Any of either Bubalus quarlesi or Bubalus depressicornis, being species of small Indonesian water buffalo similar in appearance to a deer. ANON (4) [adverb] Straight away; at once. | [adverb] Soon; in a little while. | [adverb] At another time; then; again. | [noun] An anonymous person, especially an author. ANSA (4) [noun] A loop-shaped anatomical structure, such as a handle-like projection or curved part of an organ. ANTA (4) [noun] A pilaster or pier formed at the corner of a building or at the end of a wall. ANTE (4) [noun] A price or cost, as in up the ante. | [noun] In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards. | [verb] To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up. 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° ANTS (4) [noun] Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females. | [noun] A Web spider. | [verb] To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers. ANUS (4) [noun] The lower orifice of the alimentary canal, through which feces and flatus are ejected. AUNT (4) [noun] The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. | [noun] The female cousin of one’s parent. | [noun] A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin. AWNS (7) [noun] The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. AWNY (10) AXON (11) [noun] A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse. AYIN (7) [noun] The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. | [noun] An eye or spring of water in desert regions. AZAN (13) [noun] The call to prayer, which originally consisted of simply four takbirs followed by the statement لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلله (أَشْهَدُ أَنْ). | [noun] A staining technique involving azocarmine and aniline dyes. AZON (13) [noun] A guided aerial bomb used during World War II that was controlled by radio signals. BAND (7) [noun] A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling. | [noun] A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area. | [noun] A strip of decoration. | [noun] A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist. | [verb] To tie; to confine by any ligature. BANE (6) [noun] A cause of misery or death. | [noun] Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants. | [noun] A killer, murderer, slayer. | [noun] Bone BANG (7) [noun] A sudden percussive noise. | [noun] A strike upon an object causing such a noise. | [noun] An explosion. | [noun] Cannabis, especially as used in the Indian subcontinent. 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. BANK (10) [noun] An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs. | [noun] A branch office of such an institution. | [noun] An underwriter or controller of a card game; also banque. | [noun] An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse. | [noun] A row or panel of items stored or grouped together. | [noun] A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars. BANS (6) [noun] Prohibition. | [noun] A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms. | [noun] The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word. BARN (6) [noun] A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle. | [noun] A unit of surface area equal to 10−28 square metres. | [noun] An arena. | [noun] A child. BEAN (6) [noun] A reusable software component written in Java. | [noun] Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods. | [noun] The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean or garbanzo bean). BEEN (6) [noun] A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey. BEND (7) [noun] A curve. | [noun] Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines. | [noun] (in the plural, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness. BENE (6) BENS (6) [noun] A prayer; a petition. | [noun] Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but). | [noun] A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben. | [noun] (job advertisements) benefits BENT (6) [verb] To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means. | [verb] To become curved. | [verb] To cause to change direction. | [noun] Any of various stiff or reedy grasses. 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. BLIN (6) [noun] Cessation; end. | [verb] To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up. | [noun] A blintz. BOND (7) [noun] Evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds. | [noun] A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture. | [noun] A partial payment made to show a provider that the customer is sincere about buying a product or a service. If the product or service is not purchased the customer then forfeits the bond. | [noun] A peasant; churl. BONE (6) [noun] A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. | [noun] Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone. | [noun] A bone of a fish; a fishbone. | [verb] To apprehend, steal. | [verb] To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line. | [noun] A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭). BONG (7) [noun] The clang of a large bell. | [noun] Doorbell chimes. | [verb] To pull a bell. | [noun] A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances; especially marijuana or pot. | [noun] A very wide piton. | [noun] (thieves' cant) A purse. | [noun] An Australian Aboriginal person. BONK (10) [noun] A bump on the head. | [noun] Any minor collision or random meeting. | [noun] An act of sexual intercourse. BONY (9) [adjective] Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous. | [adjective] Full of bones | [adjective] With little flesh; skinny, thin BOON (6) [noun] A prayer; petition. | [noun] That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction. | [noun] A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for. | [adjective] Good; prosperous. | [noun] The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching. BORN (6) [verb] To carry or convey, literally or figuratively. | [verb] To support, sustain, or endure. | [verb] To support, keep up, or maintain. | [noun] A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. BRAN (6) [noun] The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain. | [noun] The European carrion crow. BREN (6) [verb] To burn (to set ablaze). BRIN (6) [noun] A single stalk or blade of grass. | [noun] A single strand or fiber. BUND (7) [noun] A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states. | [noun] A secondary enclosure, typically consisting of a wall or berm, which surrounds a tank or fluid-handling mechanism, intended to contain any spills or leaks. | [noun] A perennial ("wet") or seasonal ("dry") pond constructed in a depression and in which fish are stored, typically for breeding. BUNG (7) [noun] A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc. | [noun] A cecum or anus, especially of a slaughter animal. | [noun] A bribe. | [adjective] Broken, not in working order. | [noun] (thieves' cant) A purse. BUNK (10) [noun] One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers. | [noun] A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other. | [noun] A cot. | [noun] Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense. | [verb] To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off'). BUNN (6) [noun] A small bread roll, typically slightly sweet. | [noun] Hair arranged in a coil or knot at the back of the head. BUNS (6) [noun] A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced. | [noun] A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head. | [noun] A cupcake. BUNT (6) [noun] The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. | [noun] A push or shove; a butt. | [noun] A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved. BURN (6) [noun] A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. | [noun] A sensation resembling such an injury. | [noun] The act of burning something with fire. | [noun] A stream. CAIN (6) CANE (6) [noun] A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof | [noun] The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool | [noun] A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane CANS (6) [noun] A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top. | [noun] A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can). | [noun] A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish. CANT (6) [noun] An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup. | [noun] A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group. | [noun] A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta. | [noun] Side, edge, corner, niche. | [noun] A parcel, a division. | [adjective] Lively, lusty. CARN (6) [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. | [interjection] Come on. CENT (6) [noun] (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢. | [noun] A small sum of money. | [noun] (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro. 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. CHON (9) 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. CLAN (6) [noun] A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief. | [noun] A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain | [noun] Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity. CLON (6) 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. CONE (6) [noun] A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line. | [noun] A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes. | [noun] A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point. CONI (6) [noun] A cone. CONK (10) [noun] A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell. | [noun] The shell of this sea animal. | [noun] A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet. | [noun] A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and styling of kinky hair. | [verb] (often with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down, become unconscious. CONN (6) [noun] The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the." | [verb] To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction). CONS (6) [noun] A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros). | [noun] (abbreviation) conservative | [noun] A convicted criminal, a convict. | [noun] A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists. | [verb] To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart. CONY (9) [noun] A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus). | [noun] Rabbit fur. | [noun] Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps). COON (6) [noun] (racial slur) A black person. | [noun] A raccoon. | [noun] A member of a colourfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations. CORN (6) [noun] The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales. | [noun] Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays. | [noun] A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop. | [noun] A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands. | [noun] Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion. | [noun] A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring conditions. CUNT (6) [noun] The female genitalia, especially the vulva. | [noun] An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand more usually a man). | [noun] An objectionable object or item. CURN (6) CYAN (9) [noun] A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light. | [adjective] Of the colour cyan. DAMN (7) [noun] The use of "damn" as a curse. | [noun] A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot. | [noun] The smallest amount of concern or consideration. DANG (6) [noun] A damn, a negligible quantity, minimal consideration. | [verb] Damn. | [adjective] Damn. | [verb] To hit or strike. | [verb] To dash. DANK (9) [noun] Moisture; humidity; water. | [adjective] Dark, damp and humid. | [adjective] (of marijuana) Highly potent. | [verb] To moisten, dampen; used of mist, dew etc. | [noun] A small silver coin formerly used in Persia. DARN (5) [verb] Euphemism of damn. | [adjective] Damn. | [adverb] (degree) Damned. | [noun] A place mended by darning. DAWN (8) [noun] The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise. | [noun] The rising of the sun. | [noun] The time when the sun rises. DEAN (5) [noun] A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students). | [noun] A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons. | [noun] The senior member of some group of people. | [noun] (chiefly in place names) A hill. DENE (5) [noun] A valley, especially the deep valley of a stream or rivulet | [noun] A sand dune by the seashore DENS (5) [noun] A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment. | [noun] A squalid or wretched place; a haunt. | [noun] A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining. | [noun] The strong odontoid process of the axis. DENT (5) [noun] A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact. | [noun] A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel. | [noun] (by extension) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action | [noun] A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. DENY (8) [verb] To disallow or reject. | [verb] To assert that something is not true. | [verb] (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone. 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. DJIN (12) DONA (5) DONE (5) [verb] (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. | [verb] To perform; to execute. | [verb] To cause, make (someone) (do something). | [noun] A synthetic opioid analgesic, used to wean addicts off heroin or other opiate based narcotics, and in chronic pain management. DONG (6) [noun] The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫ | [noun] A penis. | [noun] (by extension) A dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis. | [noun] Onomatopoeia for the ringing sound made by a bell with a low pitch. | [noun] A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea. DONS (5) [noun] A title formerly borne by member of the high nobility of Portugal and Brazil | [noun] A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge. | [noun] An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents. DOWN (8) [noun] A negative aspect; a downer. | [noun] A grudge (on someone). | [noun] An act of swallowing an entire drink at once. | [noun] (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland | [noun] Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets. DUNE (5) [noun] A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind. DUNG (6) [noun] Manure; animal excrement. | [noun] A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal. | [verb] To fertilize with dung. | [verb] To hit or strike. | [verb] To discard (especially rubbish); to chuck out. DUNK (9) DUNS (5) [noun] A brownish grey colour. | [noun] A collector of debts. | [noun] An urgent request or demand of payment. DUNT (5) [noun] A stroke; a dull-sounding blow. | [verb] To strike; give a blow to; knock. | [noun] The disease gid or sturdy in sheep. DURN (5) [adjective] Darn; damn. | [adverb] Darn; damned; extremely. | [interjection] Darn; damn | [verb] Rhoticized pronunciation of doing. | [noun] A secret; secrecy. DYNE (8) [noun] A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn. EARN (4) [verb] To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work. | [verb] To receive payment for work. | [verb] To receive payment for work. | [verb] To curdle, as milk. | [verb] To long; to yearn. | [noun] A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) EBON (6) [noun] (now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree. | [adjective] Made of ebony. | [adjective] Black in colour. ELAN (4) [noun] Ardor or zeal inspired by passion or enthusiasm. ENDS (5) [noun] The terminal point of something in space or time. | [noun] (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion. | [noun] (by extension) Death. ENGS (5) ENOL (4) ENOW (7) ENVY (10) [noun] Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). | [noun] An object of envious notice or feeling. | [noun] Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling. EONS (4) [noun] Eternity. | [noun] A period of 1,000,000,000 years. | [noun] The longest time period used in geology. ERNE (4) [noun] A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) | [noun] An eagle. | [verb] To long; to yearn. ERNS (4) ETNA (4) EVEN (7) [noun] (diminutive) An even number. | [verb] To make flat and level. | [verb] To equal. | [noun] Evening. EXON (11) [noun] An officer of the Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. | [noun] A region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule. EYEN (7) EYNE (7) 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. FANE (7) [noun] A weathercock, a weather vane. | [noun] A banner, especially a military banner. | [noun] A temple or sacred place. FANG (8) [noun] A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh | [noun] (in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom | [verb] To strike or attack with the fangs. | [verb] To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of. | [noun] A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold. FANO (7) FANS (7) [noun] A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself. | [noun] An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc. | [noun] The action of fanning; agitation of the air. FAUN (7) [noun] A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis. FAWN (10) [noun] A young deer. | [noun] A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn. | [noun] The young of an animal; a whelp. | [noun] A servile cringe or bow. FEND (8) [noun] Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being. | [verb] To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being. | [verb] (except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off). | [noun] An enemy; fiend; the Devil. FENS (7) [noun] A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline. | [noun] Unit of currency in China, one-hundredth of a yuan FERN (7) [noun] Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations. 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. 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. FLAN (7) [noun] Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. (Compare quiche.) | [noun] (Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries. | [noun] A coin die. (Compare planchet.) | [noun] A fan of the U.S. TV series Firefly. FOHN (10) [noun] A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland. | [noun] A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain. FOIN (7) FOND (8) [verb] To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of. | [verb] To caress; to fondle. | [adjective] (chiefly with of) Having a liking or affection (for). | [noun] The background design in lace-making. FONS (7) [noun] A fool or idiot. | [noun] A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon. FONT (7) [noun] A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism. | [noun] A receptacle for oil in a lamp. | [noun] Spring, source, fountain. | [noun] A set of glyphs of unified design, belonging to one typeface (e.g., Helvetica), style (e.g., italic), and weight (e.g., bold). Usually representing the letters of an alphabet and its supplementary characters. | [noun] A source, wellspring, fount. FUND (8) [noun] A sum or source of money. | [noun] An organization managing such money. | [noun] A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund. FUNK (11) [noun] Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor. | [noun] A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the one, and much syncopation. | [verb] To emit an offensive smell; to stink. | [noun] Spark. | [noun] Mental depression. FUNS (7) [verb] To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of. GAEN (5) 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. GANE (5) GANG (6) [verb] To go; walk; proceed. | [noun] A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose. | [noun] A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad. | [verb] (obsolete outside Northumbria) To go. | [verb] To participate in a gangbang. | [noun] The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore. GAUN (5) GENE (5) [noun] A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color. | [noun] A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus. GENS (5) [noun] A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing the same nomen gentilicium. | [noun] A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line. | [noun] A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement. GENT (5) [noun] A gentleman. | [adjective] Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful. | [adjective] Neat; pretty; elegant | [noun] Short for gentamicin. GENU (5) [noun] Knee | [noun] A knee-like bend. GIEN (5) 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. GIRN (5) [noun] A vocalization similar to a cat's purring. | [verb] To grimace; to snarl. | [verb] To whinge, moan, complain. GLEN (5) [noun] A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills. GNAR (5) GNAT (5) [noun] Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera. GNAW (8) [verb] To bite something persistently, especially something tough. | [verb] To produce excessive anxiety or worry. | [verb] To corrode; to fret away; to waste. GNUS (5) [noun] A large antelope of the genus Connochaetes, native to Africa, having curved horns. GONE (5) [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). GONG (6) [noun] A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer. | [noun] A medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor. | [verb] To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong. | [noun] An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. | [noun] A kind of cultivation energy, more powerful than qi. GOON (5) [noun] A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon'). | [noun] A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish. | [noun] An enforcer or fighter. | [noun] A wine flagon or cask. GOWN (8) [noun] A loose, flowing upper garment. | [noun] A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown. | [noun] The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc. GRAN (5) [noun] (usually affectionate) a grandmother | [noun] A grandfather 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. GUAN (5) [noun] Any (member) of several species of birds in the genera Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina and Pipile, of the family Cracidae, limited to the Americas. GUNK (9) [noun] Dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance | [noun] A subculture of 21st century American males, combining elements of modern gothic culture with punk rock. | [noun] A member of the gunk subculture. GUNS (5) [noun] A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon. | [noun] A device operated by a trigger and acting in a manner similar to a firearm. | [noun] A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower). HAEN (7) HAND (8) [noun] The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals. | [noun] That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand. | [noun] In linear measurement: HANG (8) [noun] The way in which something hangs. | [noun] A grip, understanding. | [noun] An instance of ceasing to respond to input. | [noun] Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches. | [noun] Name and trademark of a musical instrument invented and built by PANArt Hangbau AG. HANK (11) [noun] A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope. | [noun] A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down. | [noun] Doubt, difficulty. HANT (7) HENS (7) [noun] A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for its eggs. | [noun] A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl. | [noun] A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean. HENT (7) HERN (7) HEWN (10) [verb] To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down. | [verb] To shape; to form. | [verb] To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to. 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. HISN (7) HONE (7) [noun] A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool. | [noun] A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores. | [verb] To sharpen with a hone; to whet. | [noun] A kind of swelling in the cheek. | [verb] To grumble. HONG (8) HONK (11) [noun] The sound produced by a typical car horn. | [noun] The cry of a goose. | [noun] A bad smell. | [noun] (racial slur) A Caucasian person. HONS (7) HORN (7) [noun] A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired. | [noun] Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar. | [noun] An antler. HUNG (8) [verb] To be or remain suspended. | [verb] To float, as if suspended. | [verb] (of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground. HUNH (10) HUNK (11) [noun] A large or dense piece of something. | [noun] A sexually attractive boy or man, especially one who is muscular. | [noun] A record of differences between almost contiguous portions of two files (or other sources of information). Differences that are widely separated by areas which are identical in both files would not be part of a single hunk. Differences that are separated by small regions which are identical in both files may comprise a single hunk. Patches are made up of hunks. | [noun] A goal or base in children's games. HUNS (7) [noun] (used only to address someone) Honey, sweetheart, a term of endearment; a friendly term of address. | [noun] A grey partridge. HUNT (7) [noun] The act of hunting. | [noun] A hunting expedition. | [noun] An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it. HWAN (10) HYMN (12) [noun] A song of praise or worship. | [verb] To sing a hymn. | [verb] To praise or extol in hymns. 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. 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. 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. 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. JANE (11) [noun] A silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century. | [noun] A woman, often specifically a girlfriend. | [noun] A silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century. JEAN (11) [noun] Denim. JEON (11) [noun] A fried, filled pancake-like food eaten in Korea | [noun] A monetary unit of North Korea and formerly of South Korea, equal to one hundredth of a won. 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. JOHN (14) [noun] A prostitute's client. | [noun] A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also a chamber pot or outhouse. | [noun] A Western man traveling in East Asia. 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. JUNK (15) [noun] Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash. | [noun] A collection of miscellaneous items of little value. | [noun] Any narcotic drug, especially heroin. | [noun] A Chinese sailing vessel. KAIN (8) KANA (8) [noun] The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji. | [noun] A hiragana or katakana character. KANE (8) KAON (8) [noun] Any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark KARN (8) KEEN (8) [verb] To make cold, to sharpen. | [adjective] Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested. | [adjective] Fierce, intense, vehement. | [noun] A prolonged wail for a deceased person. KENO (8) [noun] A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered. KENS (8) [verb] To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life). | [verb] To know, perceive or understand. | [verb] To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry. KENT (8) [verb] To know, perceive or understand. | [verb] To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry. | [noun] A shepherd's staff. KERN (8) [noun] A corn; grain; kernel. | [noun] The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest. | [noun] The harvest home. | [noun] Any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter. | [noun] A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; in archaic contexts often used as a term of contempt. | [noun] A mill for grinding corn, especially a hand-mill made of two circular stones. | [noun] A churn. KHAN (11) [noun] A ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages. | [noun] An Ottoman sultan. | [noun] A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan. | [noun] A caravanserai; a resting-place for a travelling caravan. 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. 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. KIRN (8) KNAP (10) [noun] A sharp blow or slap. | [verb] To shape a brittle material having conchoidal fracture, usually a mineral (flint, obsidian, chert etc.), by breaking away flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point. | [verb] To rap or strike sharply. | [noun] A protuberance; a swelling; a knob. KNAR (8) [noun] A knot or burl in a tree; a knurl, a gnarl. KNEE (8) [noun] In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. | [noun] In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans. | [noun] The part of a garment that covers the knee. KNEW (11) [verb] To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that. | [verb] To be aware of; to be cognizant of. | [verb] To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered. 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. KNOB (10) [noun] A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle. | [noun] A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers. | [noun] A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand. KNOP (10) [noun] A knob, usually ornamental KNOT (8) [noun] A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops. | [noun] (of hair, etc) A tangled clump. | [noun] A maze-like pattern. | [noun] One of a variety of shore birds; the red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus). KNOW (11) [noun] Knowledge; the state of knowing. | [verb] To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that. | [verb] To be aware of; to be cognizant of. KNUR (8) [noun] A knurl. | [noun] The small wooden ball in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell. KOAN (8) [noun] A story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, may unlock mechanisms in the Zen student’s mind leading to satori. | [noun] A riddle with no solution, used to provoke reflection on the inadequacy of logical reasoning, and to lead to enlightenment. KONK (12) 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. LAND (5) [noun] The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water. | [noun] Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected. | [noun] A country or region. | [noun] Lant; urine LANE (4) [noun] (used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare. | [noun] A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees. | [noun] A narrow road, as in the country. LANG (5) LANK (8) [verb] To become lank. | [adjective] Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. | [adjective] Meagre, paltry, scant in quantity. LAWN (7) [noun] An open space between woods. | [noun] Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown. | [noun] An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists. | [noun] A type of thin linen or cotton. LEAN (4) [noun] (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical. | [verb] To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. | [verb] To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. | [noun] Meat with no fat on it. | [verb] To conceal. | [noun] A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States. LEND (5) [noun] The lumbar region; loin. | [noun] (of a person or animal) The loins; flank; buttocks. | [verb] To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. LENO (4) [noun] A type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains. LENS (4) [noun] An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it. | [noun] A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams. | [noun] A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune. LENT (4) [noun] A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures. | [noun] The second term of the academic year at some British schools. | [verb] To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. 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. LIMN (6) [verb] To draw or paint; to delineate. | [verb] To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour. 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. LOAN (4) [noun] An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use. | [noun] A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest). | [noun] The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan. | [noun] A lonnen. 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 LONE (4) [adjective] Solitary; having no companion. | [adjective] Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship. | [adjective] Sole; being the only one of a type. LONG (5) [noun] A long vowel. | [noun] A long syllable. | [noun] A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. | [adverb] Over a great distance in space. | [verb] To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true) | [verb] To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to. | [noun] Longitude | [verb] To belong. LOON (4) [noun] An idler, a lout. | [noun] A boy, a lad. | [noun] A harlot; mistress. | [noun] Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry. LORN (4) [adjective] Doomed; lost. | [adjective] Abandoned, forlorn, lonely. LOWN (7) LUNA (4) LUNE (4) [noun] A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak. | [noun] A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles. | [noun] Anything crescent-shaped. | [noun] (hawking) A leash for a hawk. LUNG (5) [noun] A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood. | [noun] (plural) Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath. | [noun] That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place. LUNK (8) [noun] A fool; an idiot; a lunkhead. LUNT (4) LUNY (7) LYNX (14) [noun] Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx. 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. MANA (6) [noun] Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people. | [noun] Magical power. | [noun] A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver. | [noun] Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus. MANE (6) [noun] Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion | [noun] Long or thick hair of a person's head. MANO (6) MANS (6) [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.) MANY (9) [noun] A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd. | [noun] A considerable number. | [adjective] A large number of; numerous. MAUN (6) [verb] To have to; must. MAWN (9) MEAN (6) [verb] To lament. | [verb] To intend. | [verb] To convey (a meaning). | [adjective] Common; general. | [noun] (now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result. MEND (7) [noun] A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending. | [noun] The act of repairing. | [verb] To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement. MENO (6) MENU (6) [noun] The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. | [noun] A list of dishes offered in a restaurant. | [noun] A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a keyboard, mouse, or controller under a graphical user interface MIEN (6) [noun] Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer. | [noun] A specific facial expression. 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. MOAN (6) [noun] A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure | [verb] To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn. | [verb] To grieve. MONK (10) [noun] A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service. | [noun] In earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally. | [noun] A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit. | [noun] A monkey. MONO (6) [noun] A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes. | [noun] A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding | [adjective] Monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel. | [adjective] Monochrome. | [noun] An injective homomorphism | [noun] A monogamous person. | [adjective] Monosexual. MONS (6) [noun] One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a mount. | [noun] The pubic mound or mons pubis. In human anatomy or in mammals in general, the mons pubis (Latin for "pubic mound"), also known as the mons veneris (Latin, mound of Venus) or simply the mons, is the adipose tissue lying above the pubic bone of adult females, anterior to the pubic symphysis. The mons pubis forms the anterior portion of the vulva. | [noun] A mountain or extinct volcano on a planet or a moon. MONY (9) [noun] A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply. | [noun] A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value. | [noun] A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union). MOON (6) [proper noun] The Earth's moon Luna; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾. | [proper noun] The god of the Moon in Heathenry. | [proper noun] A surname. MORN (6) [noun] Morning. MOWN (9) [verb] To cut down grass or crops. | [verb] To cut down or slaughter in great numbers. 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 MUNS (6) MUON (6) [noun] An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater. MYNA (9) [noun] One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae. NAAN (4) [noun] A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine. NABE (6) [noun] Neighborhood. | [noun] (frequently plural) Neighborhood theater, neighborhood cinema. NABS (6) [verb] To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive). | [verb] To grab or snatch something. | [noun] A single-serving package of crackers, usually filled with peanut butter. Snack crackers. NADA (5) [pronoun] Nothing. NAGS (5) [noun] A small horse; a pony. | [noun] An old useless horse. | [noun] A paramour. 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. NAME (6) [noun] Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing. | [noun] Reputation. | [noun] An abusive or insulting epithet. | [verb] (ditransitive) To give a name to. | [noun] Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking. NANA (4) [noun] A banana | [noun] A fool | [noun] (term of endearment) one's grandmother NANS (4) [noun] A mother of someone's parent. | [noun] A female ancestor or progenitor. | [noun] A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden. 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. NAOS (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. NAPE (6) [noun] The back part of the neck. | [noun] The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head. | [noun] A tablecloth. | [noun] Napalm. NAPS (6) [noun] A short period of sleep, especially one during the day. | [verb] To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day. | [verb] To be off one's guard. NARC (6) [noun] A narcotics squad police officer. | [noun] A police spy or informer. | [noun] An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others. | [verb] (underwater diving) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (for example, while scuba diving). | [noun] A narcissist. NARD (5) [noun] Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine. | [noun] A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized. | [noun] American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root. | [noun] (1980s, usually plural) Testicles. NARK (8) [noun] A police spy or informer. | [noun] An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others. | [verb] To watch; to observe. | [noun] A narcotics squad police officer. NARY (7) [adjective] Not, never. NAVE (7) [noun] The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances. | [noun] A hub of a wheel. | [noun] The navel. NAVY (10) [noun] A country's entire sea force, including ships and personnel. | [noun] A governmental department in charge of a country's sea force. | [noun] A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue. NAYS (7) [noun] A vote against. | [noun] A person who voted against. | [noun] A denial; a refusal. https//books.google.com/books?id=uysQzJy9IwMC&pg=PA818&dq=%22word+nay+a+denial+refusal%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwij_5CHi-3cAhWJ2FMKHWjCDdMQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=%22word%20nay%20a%20denial%20refusal%22&f=false 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) NEAP (6) [noun] The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. | [noun] A neap tide. | [verb] To trap a ship (or ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides. | [noun] The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland. NEAR (4) [noun] The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc. | [verb] To come closer to; to approach. | [adjective] Physically close. NEAT (4) [noun] An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy. | [adjective] Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities. | [adjective] Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below. | [noun] A bull or cow. NEBS (6) [noun] A bird's beak or bill. | [noun] A person's mouth. | [noun] A person's nose. NECK (10) [noun] The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals. | [noun] The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts. | [noun] The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck. NEED (5) [noun] A requirement for something; something needed. | [noun] Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution. | [verb] To have an absolute requirement for. NEEM (6) [noun] Azadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield the insecticide azadirachtin. NEEP (6) [noun] The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland. NEIF (7) NEMA (6) NENE (4) [noun] The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957. NEON (4) [noun] The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The lightest of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas. | [noun] A form or sample of the element. | [noun] Neon signs or lights, collectively. NERD (5) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something. | [noun] An unattractive, socially awkward, annoying, undesirable, and/or boring, person; a dork. NESS (4) [noun] A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.) NEST (4) [noun] A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. | [noun] A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young. | [noun] A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation. NETS (4) [noun] A mesh of string, cord or rope. | [noun] A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc. | [noun] A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something. NETT (4) [noun] The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit. | [adjective] Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear. | [adjective] Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat. NEUK (8) NEUM (6) [noun] Any of a set of signs used in early musical notation. | [noun] A sequence of notes to be sung to one syllable. NEVE (7) [noun] Nephew. | [noun] A male cousin. | [noun] A grandson. NEVI (7) [noun] Any of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal lesions of the skin. NEWS (7) [noun] New information of interest. | [noun] Information about current events disseminated via media. | [noun] Posts published on newsgroups NEWT (7) [noun] A small lizard-like amphibian in the family Salamandridae that lives in the water as an adult. NEXT (11) [noun] The one that follows after this one. | [adjective] Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining. | [adjective] Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order. 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) NOBS (6) [noun] The head. | [noun] A jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer. (See also nibs.) | [noun] The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. (Also spelled knob.) NOCK (10) [noun] Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring. | [noun] The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring. | [noun] The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail. NODE (5) [noun] A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling. | [noun] The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋. | [noun] A leaf node. NODI (5) [noun] A difficulty. | [noun] In the Odonata, a prominent crossvein near the centre of the leading edge of a wing. NODS (5) [verb] To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement. | [verb] To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting. | [verb] To sway, move up and down. NOEL (4) [noun] Christmas | [noun] A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol. NOES (4) [noun] A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval | [noun] A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition NOGG (6) NOGS (5) [noun] A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas. | [noun] A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork. | [noun] One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine. 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 NOLO (4) NOMA (6) [noun] A gangrenous disease leading to tissue destruction of the face, especially the mouth and cheek. NOME (6) [noun] A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece. | [noun] A territorial division of ancient Egypt. | [noun] A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece. | [interjection] Contraction of no ma'am | [noun] A special function with which elliptic functions and modular forms can be described. NOMS (6) [verb] To eat with noisy enjoyment. | [verb] To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office. | [verb] To entitle, confer a name upon. | [verb] To eat with noisy enjoyment. NONA (4) NONE (4) [noun] A person without religious affiliation. | [adverb] To no extent, in no way. | [adverb] Not at all, not very. | [noun] Those without any religious affiliation: atheists and others outside any organized religion. NOOK (8) [noun] A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove. | [noun] A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat. | [noun] A recess, cove or hollow. NOON (4) [noun] The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon. | [noun] Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. | [noun] The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight. | [noun] The letter ن in the Arabic script. NOPE (6) [noun] A negative reply, no. | [noun] An intensely undesirable thing, such as a circumstance or an animal, eliciting immediate repulsion without possibility of further consideration. | [noun] (except near Staffordshire) A bullfinch | [noun] A blow to the head. 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. NORM (6) [noun] That which is normal or typical. | [noun] A rule that is enforced by members of a community. | [noun] A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission or prohibition. | [verb] To endow (a vector space, etc) with a norm. NOSE (4) [noun] A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell. | [noun] A snout, the nose of an animal. | [noun] The tip of an object. NOSH (7) [noun] Food; a light meal or snack. | [noun] Fellatio. | [verb] (usually with on) To eat a snack or light meal. NOSY (7) [noun] A look at something to satisfy one's curiosity. | [adjective] Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle. | [adjective] Having a large or elongated nose. NOTA (4) [noun] The back; the dorsal aspect of the thorax in insects. NOTE (4) [noun] (heading) A symbol or annotation. | [noun] (heading) A written or printed communication or commitment. | [noun] (heading) A sound. | [noun] That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work. NOUN (4) [noun] (grammar, narrow sense) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English. | [noun] (grammar, now rare, broad sense) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun. | [verb] To convert a word to a noun. NOUS (4) [noun] The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional | [noun] In Neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation. | [noun] Common sense; practical intelligence. NOVA (7) [noun] Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star. NOWS (7) NOWT (7) [noun] Naught, nothing. | [adverb] Naught, nothing. | [pronoun] Naught, nothing. | [noun] An ox. NUBS (6) NUDE (5) [noun] A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress. | [noun] (with article, "the nude") The state of total nudity. | [noun] A color that resembles or evokes bare flesh; a paint, dye, etc. of such color. NUKE (8) [noun] A nuclear weapon. | [noun] (by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale. | [noun] A nuclear power station. | [noun] A nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony. | [noun] The spinal cord. | [noun] A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove. NUMB (8) [verb] To cause to become numb (physically or emotionally). | [verb] To cause (a feeling) to be less intense. | [verb] To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute. NUNS (4) [noun] A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (specifically) those living together in a cloister. | [noun] (by extension) A member of a similar female community in other confessions. | [noun] A prostitute. NURD (5) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something. | [noun] An unattractive, socially awkward, annoying, undesirable, and/or boring, person; a dork. NURL (4) NUTS (4) [noun] A hard-shelled seed. | [noun] A piece of metal, usually square or hexagonal in shape, with a hole through it having machined internal threads, intended to be screwed onto a bolt or other threaded shaft. | [noun] A crazy person. 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. OMEN (6) [noun] Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury. | [noun] A thing of prophetic significance. | [verb] To be an omen of. ONCE (6) [adverb] (frequency) One and only one time. | [adverb] (temporal location) Formerly; during some period in the past. | [adverb] Multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one. ONES (4) [noun] The digit or figure 1. | [noun] The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring. | [noun] A one-dollar bill. ONLY (7) [noun] An only child. | [adjective] Alone in a category. | [adjective] Singularly superior; the best. ONTO (4) [adjective] (of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain. | [preposition] Upon; on top of. | [preposition] Aware of. ONUS (4) [noun] A legal obligation. | [noun] Burden of proof, onus probandi | [noun] Stigma. ONYX (14) [noun] A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz. | [noun] A jet-black color, named after the gemstone. | [noun] Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Horaga. OPEN (6) [adjective] Not closed | [adjective] Not physically drawn together, closed, folded or contracted; extended | [adjective] Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business. | [verb] To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position. | [noun] (with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location. OVEN (7) [noun] A chamber used for baking or heating. OWNS (7) [verb] To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to. | [verb] To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership. | [verb] To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm. OXEN (11) [noun] An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus). | [noun] Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or resembling an ox; oxlike 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. PANE (6) [noun] An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc. | [noun] A layer in the build-up of a GUI. | [noun] A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface. PANG (7) [noun] (often in the plural) A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe. | [noun] (often in the plural) A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow. | [verb] To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture. PANS (6) [noun] A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking. | [noun] The contents of such a receptacle. | [noun] A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home. PANT (6) [noun] A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. | [noun] Eager longing. | [noun] A violent palpitation of the heart. | [noun] A pair of pants (trousers or underpants). | [noun] (Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain. PAWN (9) [noun] The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant. | [noun] Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end. | [noun] The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge. | [noun] A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf. | [noun] A gallery. | [verb] (originally leet) To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game). PEAN (6) [noun] A heraldic fur of gold spots on a black field. | [adjective] : In blazon, a heraldic fur of a black field. with gold spots | [noun] A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle. | [noun] The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end. PEEN (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. | [noun] Penis. 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. PEND (7) PENS (6) [noun] An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle. | [noun] A prison cell. | [noun] The bullpen. PENT (6) [verb] To enclose in a pen. | [noun] Confinement; concealment. | [adjective] Confined in a pen, imprisoned. | [noun] A pentatonic scale. | [noun] A pentacle or pentagram. PEON (6) [noun] A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work. | [noun] A person of low rank or importance. | [noun] A messenger, foot soldier, or native policeman. PHON (9) [noun] (acoustics) A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured. PIAN (6) 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. PIRN (6) PLAN (6) [noun] A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc. | [noun] A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal. | [noun] A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation. POND (7) [noun] An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake. | [noun] An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river. | [noun] The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond. | [verb] To ponder. PONE (6) [noun] A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts. | [noun] A writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities. | [noun] A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs. | [noun] The last player to bet or play in turn. PONG (7) [noun] A stench, a bad smell. | [verb] To stink, to smell bad. | [verb] To deliver a line of a play in an arch, suggestive or unnatural way, so as to draw undue attention to it. | [noun] A packet sent in reply to a ping, thereby indicating the presence of a host. | [noun] A set of three identical tiles. PONS (6) [noun] A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ. | [noun] A band of nerve fibres, from the Latin term pōns Varoliī, within the brain stem. PONY (9) [noun] A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers. | [noun] A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer. | [noun] (New South Wales, Victoria) A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint. | [noun] Crap; rubbish, nonsense. POON (6) [noun] Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc. | [noun] Poontang, the vagina, or, intercourse with a woman. | [noun] A wimp; a pussy. PORN (6) [noun] Pornography. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A pornographic work. | [noun] Material, usually visual, presenting something desirable in a sensational manner. PUNA (6) [noun] An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in which short, coarse grass supports a Native American population. PUNG (7) PUNK (10) [noun] A person used for sex, particularly: | [noun] A worthless person, particularly: | [noun] Short for punk rock, a genre known for short, loud, energetic songs with electric guitars and strong drums. | [noun] Any material used as tinder for lighting fires, such as agaric, dried wood, or touchwood, but especially wood altered by certain fungi. PUNS (6) [noun] A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm. | [noun] A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused. | [verb] To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize. PUNT (6) [noun] A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole. | [verb] To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole. | [noun] A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground. | [noun] A point in the game of faro. | [noun] The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002. PUNY (9) [noun] (Oxford University slang) A new pupil at a school etc.; a junior student. | [noun] A younger person. | [noun] A beginner, a novice. PYIN (9) QUIN (13) [noun] A quintuplet. | [noun] A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food. 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. RAND (5) [noun] The border of an area of land, especially marshland. | [noun] A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak. | [noun] A border, edge or rim. | [noun] A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand | [verb] To rant; to storm. RANG (5) [verb] Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound. | [verb] To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound. | [verb] To produce (a sound) by ringing. RANI (4) [noun] The wife of a rajah. | [noun] A Hindu princess or female ruler in India. RANK (8) [adjective] Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter (used of negative things). | [adjective] Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross. | [adjective] Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric. | [noun] A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"]. RANT (4) [noun] A criticism done by ranting. | [noun] A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation. | [noun] A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop. 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. REND (5) [noun] A violent separation of parts. | [verb] To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst | [verb] To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate. RENT (4) [noun] A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property. | [noun] A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service. | [noun] A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business. | [verb] To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst 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) ROAN (4) [noun] An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in. | [noun] The color of such an animal. | [noun] A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco. | [noun] Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan. 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. RUNE (4) [noun] A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons. | [noun] A Finnish or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala. | [noun] A letter or mark used as mystical or magic symbol. RUNG (5) [noun] A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round. | [noun] A crosspiece between legs of a chair. | [noun] A position in a hierarchy. | [verb] Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound. RUNS (4) [noun] Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet. | [noun] Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip. | [noun] A pleasure trip. RUNT (4) [noun] The smallest animal of a litter. | [noun] (by extension) The smallest child in the family. | [noun] Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person. RYND (8) SAIN (4) SAND (5) [noun] Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction. | [noun] (often in the plural) A beach or other expanse of sand. | [noun] (circa 1920) Personal courage. | [verb] To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it. | [noun] A sandpiper. SANE (4) [adjective] Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally. | [adjective] Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner. | [adjective] Rational; reasonable; sensible. SANG (5) [verb] To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. | [verb] To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization. | [verb] To soothe with singing. | [noun] A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass). SANK (8) [verb] (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something. | [verb] (heading, social) To diminish or be diminished. | [verb] To conceal and appropriate. SANS (4) [adjective] Short for sans serif. | [preposition] Without; lacking | [noun] A letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ) that came after pi and before qoppa. SAWN (7) [verb] To cut (something) with a saw. | [verb] To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw. | [verb] To be cut with a saw. SCAN (6) [noun] Close investigation. | [noun] An instance of scanning. | [noun] The result or output of a scanning process. SEEN (4) [verb] (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight. | [verb] To form a mental picture of. | [verb] (social) To meet, to visit. | [noun] The letter س in the Arabic script. SEND (5) [noun] The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement. | [noun] An operation in which data is transmitted. | [noun] A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride. SENE (4) [noun] Senna. | [noun] A unit of currency equivalent to a hundredth of a Samoan tala. SENT (4) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Estonian kroon. | [noun] A distinctive odour or smell. | [noun] An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing. SEWN (7) [verb] To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together. | [verb] To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together. | [verb] Followed by into: to enclose by sewing. 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) SHUN (7) [verb] To avoid, especially persistently. | [verb] To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc). | [verb] To screen, hide. 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 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. 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. SNAG (5) [noun] A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch. | [noun] A dead tree that remains standing. | [noun] A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk. | [noun] A light meal. | [noun] A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons). SNAP (6) [noun] A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound. | [noun] A sudden break. | [noun] An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab. SNAW (7) SNED (5) [verb] To lop. 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. SNOB (6) [noun] A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. | [noun] A cobbler or shoemaker. | [noun] A member of the lower classes; a commoner. SNOG (5) [noun] A passionate kiss. | [verb] To kiss passionately. SNOT (4) [noun] Mucus, especially mucus from the nose. | [noun] A contemptible child. | [noun] A mean fellow. SNOW (7) [noun] The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation. | [noun] Any similar frozen form of a gas or liquid. | [noun] A snowfall; a blanket of frozen, crystalline water. | [noun] A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted. SNUB (6) [noun] A deliberate affront or slight. | [noun] A sudden checking of a cable or rope. | [noun] A knot; a protuberance; a snag. | [verb] To sob with convulsions. SNUG (5) [noun] A small, comfortable back room in a pub. | [noun] A lug. | [verb] To make secure or snug. SNYE (7) SONE (4) [noun] (acoustics) a subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing SONG (5) [noun] A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing. | [noun] (by extension) Any musical composition. | [noun] Poetical composition; poetry; verse. SONS (4) [noun] One's male offspring. | [noun] A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents. | [noun] A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person. SOON (4) [adjective] Short in length of time from the present. | [adjective] Early | [adverb] Immediately, instantly. SORN (4) SOWN (7) [verb] To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds). | [verb] To spread abroad; to propagate. | [verb] To scatter over; to besprinkle. SPAN (6) [noun] The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; an eighth of a fathom. | [noun] (by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time. | [noun] A portion of something by length; a subsequence. | [verb] To extend through the distance between or across. | [verb] To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. 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. SPUN (6) [verb] To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. | [verb] To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together. | [verb] To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance. STUN (4) [noun] The condition of being stunned. | [noun] That which stuns; a shock; a stupefying blow. | [noun] A person who lacks intelligence. SUNG (5) [verb] To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. | [verb] To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization. | [verb] To soothe with singing. SUNK (8) [verb] (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something. | [verb] (heading, social) To diminish or be diminished. | [verb] To conceal and appropriate. SUNN (4) [noun] Crotalaria juncea, an East Indian leguminous plant yielding a fiber. SUNS (4) [noun] A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system. | [noun] The light and warmth which is received from the sun. | [noun] Something like the sun in brightness or splendor. SWAN (7) [noun] Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage. | [noun] One whose grace etc. suggests a swan. | [noun] This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire). | [verb] To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions). SYNC (9) [noun] Harmony. | [noun] A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films. | [verb] To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video. SYNE (7) [adverb] Subsequently; then. | [adverb] Before now; ago. | [adverb] Late TAIN (4) TANG (5) [noun] A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor. | [noun] A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself. | [noun] A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. | [noun] A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang. | [noun] Knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed) | [noun] The vagina. TANK (8) [noun] A closed container for liquids or gases. | [noun] An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids. | [noun] A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial. | [noun] A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight. | [verb] To stand; to tolerate. TANS (4) [noun] A traditional South and East Asian unit of weight, based upon the load of a shoulder pole and varying by place and over time but usually standardized at about 60 kg. | [noun] A yellowish-brown colour. | [noun] A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources. TARN (4) [noun] A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England. | [noun] (chiefly Montana) One of many small mountain lakes or ponds. TEEN (4) [noun] A teenager. | [adjective] Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage | [noun] Grief; sorrow; trouble. | [verb] To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure. | [verb] (provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose. TEND (5) [verb] (Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender. | [verb] (followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning. | [verb] To contribute to or toward some outcome. | [verb] (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.) | [verb] To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn. TENS (4) [noun] A set or group with ten elements. | [noun] A card in a given suit with a value of ten. | [noun] A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units. See also tenner. TENT (4) [noun] A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather. | [noun] The representation of a tent used as a bearing. | [noun] A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church. | [noun] Attention; regard, care. | [noun] A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges. | [noun] A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta. TERN (4) [noun] Any of various sea birds of the family Sternidae that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail. | [noun] That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together. | [noun] A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw. THAN (7) [adverb] At that time; then. | [preposition] Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates. | [conjunction] Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison. THEN (7) [conjunction] Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison. | [conjunction] (obsolete outside dialectal, usually used with for) Because; for. | [noun] That time 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. 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. TONE (4) [noun] A specific pitch. | [noun] (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second. | [noun] (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody. | [pronoun] The one (of two) TONG (5) [noun] An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands. | [verb] To use tongs. | [verb] To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs. | [noun] A Chinese secret society or gang. | [noun] The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech. TONS (4) [noun] A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton). | [noun] A unit of volume; register ton. | [noun] In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C). TONY (7) [adjective] Stylish, high-toned, upscale. | [noun] A simpleton. TOON (4) [noun] A cartoon, especially an animated television show. | [noun] A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. | [noun] A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye. | [noun] A town. | [noun] A melody. TORN (4) [verb] To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. | [verb] To injure as if by pulling apart. | [verb] To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional. TOWN (7) [noun] A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city. | [noun] Any more urbanized center than the place of reference. | [noun] A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week. TUNA (4) [noun] Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae. | [noun] The edible flesh of the tuna. | [noun] The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia. TUNE (4) [noun] A melody. | [noun] A song, or short musical composition. | [noun] The act of tuning or maintenance. TUNG (5) TUNS (4) [noun] A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. | [noun] A fermenting vat. | [noun] An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes. TURN (4) [verb] (heading) to make a non-linear physical movement. | [verb] (heading) To change condition or attitude. | [verb] To change one's course of action; to take a new approach. | [noun] A change of direction or orientation. 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 TYNE (7) ULAN (4) ULNA (4) [noun] The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate. UNAI (4) UNAU (4) UNBE (6) UNCI (6) UNCO (6) [adjective] Strange, weird. | [adverb] Very. | [adjective] Uncoordinated. UNDE (5) UNDO (5) [noun] An operation that reverses a previous action. | [verb] To reverse the effects of an action. | [verb] To unfasten. UNDY (8) [adjective] Waving or wavy; applied to ordinaries, or division lines. 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. UNTO (4) [preposition] Up to, indicating a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it. | [preposition] To, indicating an indirect object. | [conjunction] Up to the time or degree that; until. UPON (6) [adverb] Being the target of an action. | [preposition] Physically above and in contact with. | [preposition] Physically directly supported by. URNS (4) [noun] A vase with a footed base. | [noun] A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee. | [noun] A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person. 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. VANE (7) [noun] A weather vane | [noun] Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid | [noun] The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft VANG (8) [verb] To take; undertake for. | [verb] (as a godparent) To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to. | [noun] A line extended down from the end of a yard or a gaff, used to regulate its position VANS (7) [noun] A covered vehicle used for carrying goods or people, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but smaller than a truck/lorry. | [noun] An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods. | [noun] A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods. 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. VENA (7) VEND (8) [noun] The act of vending or selling; a sale. | [noun] The total sales of coal from a colliery. | [verb] To hawk or to peddle merchandise. | [noun] The letter Ꝩ/ꝩ, used in Old Norse, related to the rune wynn (ᚹ, whence also Latin-script Ƿ/ƿ) but with the bowl open at the top, like a y. VENT (7) [noun] An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass. | [noun] A small aperture. | [noun] The opening of a volcano from which lava flows. | [noun] Ventriloquism. | [noun] Sale; opportunity to sell; market | [noun] A baiting place; an inn. | [noun] Ventilation or ventilator. 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) 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. WAND (8) [noun] A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority. | [noun] (by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand. | [noun] A magic wand. WANE (7) [noun] A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc. | [noun] The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth. | [noun] The end of a period. | [noun] A child. | [noun] A house or dwelling. WANS (7) [noun] The digit or figure 1. | [noun] The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring. | [noun] A one-dollar bill. WANT (7) [noun] A desire, wish, longing. | [noun] (often followed by of) Lack, absence. | [noun] Poverty. WANY (10) WARN (7) [verb] To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially: | [verb] To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour. | [verb] (chiefly with "off", "away", and similar words) To advise or order to go or stay away. WEAN (7) WEEN (7) [noun] Doubt; conjecture. | [verb] To suppose, imagine; to think, believe. | [verb] To expect, hope or wish. | [verb] To weep or cry. WEND (8) [noun] A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit. | [verb] To turn; change. | [verb] To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way. WENS (7) [noun] A cyst on the skin. | [noun] A runic letter later replaced by w WENT (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). WHEN (10) [noun] The time at which something happens. | [adverb] (interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time. | [adverb] At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances. WHIN (10) [noun] Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.). | [noun] The plant woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria). | [noun] Whinstone. 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) WONK (11) [noun] An overly studious person, particularly student. | [noun] (by extension) A policy wonk or other intellectual expert. WONS (7) WONT (7) [noun] One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice. | [verb] To make (someone) used to; to accustom. | [verb] To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something). WORN (7) [verb] To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc. | [verb] To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner. | [verb] To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance. WREN (7) [noun] Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; true wren. | [noun] Small bird of similar appearance to a true wren. WYND (11) [noun] A narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses. | [noun] A stack of hay. WYNN (10) [noun] A letter of the Old English alphabet, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w. | [noun] A kind of timber truck, or carriage. WYNS (10) [noun] A letter of the Old English alphabet, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w. | [noun] A kind of timber truck, or carriage. YANG (8) [noun] A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world. | [noun] The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided into 100 pun. | [noun] The cry of the wild goose; a honk. YANK (11) [noun] A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force). | [noun] A masturbation session. | [verb] To pull (something) with a quick, strong action. | [noun] A Yankee. YARN (7) [noun] A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving. | [noun] Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope. | [noun] A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible. YAWN (10) [noun] The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored. | [noun] A particularly boring event. | [verb] To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation. YEAN (7) [verb] (of goats or sheep) To give birth to. YENS (7) [noun] A strong desire, urge, or yearning. | [verb] To have a strong desire for. | [noun] Opium. | [pronoun] You, you all; used in referring to a group that includes one's audience. YINS (7) YOND (8) [adjective] Further; more distant | [adjective] Yonder | [adverb] Yonder | [adjective] Furious; mad; angry; fierce. 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. YUAN (7) [noun] The basic unit of money in China. ZANY (16) [noun] A fool or clown, especially one whose business on the stage is to imitate foolishly the actions of the principal clown. | [verb] To mimic foolishly. | [adjective] Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish. ZEIN (13) [noun] A protein derived from corn/maize, having many industrial applications. 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) ZONE (13) [noun] Each of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tropics and the polar circles), and two frigid zones (within the polar circles). | [noun] Any given region or area of the world. | [noun] A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc. ZONK (17) [noun] An unfavorable card or token, or undesirable or worthless item used as a prize in a contest or game show (such as Let's Make a Deal). | [noun] A feeling of a drug taking hold. | [verb] To hit hard . ZOON (13)

ABOON (7) 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. ACNED (8) ACNES (7) [noun] Plural of acne, a skin condition characterized by pimples and inflammation. ACORN (7) [noun] The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule. | [noun] A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. | [noun] See acorn-shell. 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. ADMAN (8) [noun] A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements. ADMEN (8) [noun] A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements. ADORN (6) [noun] Adornment | [verb] To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate. | [adjective] Adorned; ornate ADOWN (9) [adverb] Down or in a downward direction; archaic or poetic form of "down." ADUNC (8) [adjective] Hooked or curved inward; having a hooked shape. AEONS (5) [noun] (preferred spelling, with æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead. | [noun] (Cosmology) Each universe in a series of universes, according to conformal cyclic cosmology. | [noun] Eternity. 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. AGENE (6) [noun] A chemical compound used in flour bleaching and bread improvement, now largely banned due to health concerns. AGENT (6) [noun] One who exerts power, or has the power to act | [noun] One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; someone entrusted to do the business of another | [noun] A person who looks for work for another person 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. AGONE (6) [adjective] Ago; in the past (archaic or poetic form). AGONS (6) [noun] Plural of agon, meaning a struggle or contest, especially a debate or conflict in ancient Greek drama. | [noun] Plural of agon, referring to the central conflict or dramatic struggle in a literary work. AGONY (9) [noun] Extreme pain. | [noun] The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane. | [noun] Violent contest or striving. 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. AKENE (9) [noun] A type of fruit or seed vessel, especially a dry, one-seeded fruit that does not open naturally at maturity. ALAND (6) ALANE (5) [noun] A chemical compound, aluminum hydride (AlH₃), used as a reducing agent and rocket fuel. | [adjective] Solitary or alone (archaic/poetic usage). ALANG (6) ALANS (5) [noun] Plural of alan, a type of large hunting dog or mastiff, particularly those used in medieval times. | [noun] Members of a nomadic Iranian people who inhabited the Caucasus region. ALANT (5) ALGIN (6) 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. 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. 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 ALOIN (5) ALONE (5) [adjective] By oneself, solitary. | [adjective] Apart from, or exclusive of, others. | [adjective] Considered separately. ALONG (6) [adverb] In company; together. | [adverb] Onward, forward, with progressive action. | [preposition] By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to. AMAIN (7) AMEND (8) [noun] (usually in the plural) An act of righting a wrong; compensation. | [verb] To make better; improve. | [verb] To become better. AMENS (7) [noun] An instance of saying ‘amen’. | [noun] A title of Christ; the Faithful One (especially with reference to Revelation 3:14) | [verb] To say amen. AMENT (7) [noun] A catkin or amentum. | [noun] A congenital idiot. 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. 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) AMONG (8) [preposition] Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.) | [preposition] Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group. | [preposition] Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group. ANCON (7) [noun] The corner of a wall or rafter. | [noun] A console that appears to support a cornice. | [noun] The elbow. ANEAR (5) [preposition] Near or close to. | [verb] To approach or draw near to. ANELE (5) [verb] To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil. ANENT (5) [preposition] Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as., apropos | [preposition] In the opinion or judgment of. | [preposition] Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side. ANGAS (6) ANGEL (6) [noun] An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes. | [noun] (Abrahamic tradition) One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues. | [noun] A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness. | [noun] A person who has Angelman syndrome. ANGER (6) [noun] A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm. | [noun] Pain or stinging. | [verb] To cause such a feeling of antagonism in. ANGLE (6) [noun] A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). | [noun] The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere. | [noun] A corner where two walls intersect. | [noun] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. ANGRY (9) [adjective] Displaying or feeling anger. | [adjective] (said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful. | [adjective] (said about the elements, like the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing. ANGST (6) [noun] Emotional turmoil; painful sadness. | [noun] A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety. | [verb] To suffer angst; to fret. 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. ANKHS (12) [noun] A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the Egyptian triliteral ꜥnḫ and often used as an amulet or charm for this concept. | [noun] Tau cross ANKLE (9) [noun] The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint. | [verb] To walk. | [verb] To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution. ANKUS (9) [noun] The hooked goad that is used in India to control elephants. ANLAS (5) ANNAL (5) [noun] The record of a single event or item. ANNAS (5) [noun] A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or 1/16 rupee. ANNEX (12) [noun] An addition, an extension. | [noun] An appendix to a book or document. | [noun] An addition or extension to a building. | [verb] To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate. ANNOY (8) [noun] A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes. | [noun] That which causes such a feeling. | [verb] To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. ANNUL (5) [verb] To formally revoke the validity of. | [verb] To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid. ANOAS (5) [noun] Any of either Bubalus quarlesi or Bubalus depressicornis, being species of small Indonesian water buffalo similar in appearance to a deer. ANODE (6) [noun] An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage. | [noun] (by extension) The electrode at which chemical oxidation of anions takes place, usually resulting in the erosion of metal from the electrode. | [noun] The electrode which collects electrons emitted by the cathode in a vacuum tube or gas-filled tube. ANOLE (5) [noun] Any of the Anolis genus of arboreal American lizards (such as the American chameleon) from the iguana family which feature a brightly colored dewlap and color-changing ability. ANOMY (10) [noun] Alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values. ANSAE (5) [noun] Plural of ansa, a loop-shaped anatomical structure or archaeological artifact. ANTAE (5) [noun] Plural of anta, which are pilasters or square columns at the corners of a building or doorway in classical architecture. ANTAS (5) [noun] Plural of anta, which is a pilaster or pier formed at the corner of a wall in classical architecture. ANTED (6) [verb] To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up. | [verb] To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances. | [verb] To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers. ANTES (5) [noun] A price or cost, as in up the ante. | [noun] In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards. | [verb] To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up. 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. ANTRA (5) [noun] A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses. ANTRE (5) [noun] A cave or cavern. ANTSY (8) [adjective] Restless, apprehensive and fidgety 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. 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. APNEA (7) [noun] The cessation of breathing. APRON (7) [noun] An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion. | [noun] The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops. | [noun] A hard surface bordering a structure or area. ARENA (5) [noun] An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America). | [noun] The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts. | [noun] The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome. ARGON (6) [noun] The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas. | [noun] A single atom of this element. ARPEN (7) ARSON (5) [noun] The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage. | [verb] To illegally set fire to; to burn down in a criminal manner ASANA (5) [noun] A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga. | [noun] Any of certain trees of genus Pterocarpus | [noun] The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany. ASHEN (8) [adjective] Made from the wood of the ash-tree. | [adjective] Of or resembling ashes. | [adjective] Ash-colored; pale; anemic, anaemic. | [verb] To turn into ash; make or become ashy ASPEN (7) [adjective] Pertaining to the asp or aspen tree. | [adjective] Tremulous, trembling. | [adjective] Of a woman's tongue: wagging, gossiping. | [noun] The asp tree; a kind of poplar tree (genus Populus sect. Populus). A medium-size tree with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color. ATMAN (7) [noun] (Vedanta) The true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman. ATONE (5) [verb] To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. | [verb] To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement. | [verb] To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony. ATONY (8) [noun] Lack of muscle tone or strength; absence of normal tension or responsiveness in a body part or organ. AUNTS (5) [noun] The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. | [noun] The female cousin of one’s parent. | [noun] A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin. AUNTY (8) [noun] The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. | [noun] The female cousin of one’s parent. | [noun] A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin. 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. AVANT (8) [noun] The front of an army; the vanguard. AVENS (8) [noun] A plant of the genus Geum, especially Geum urbanum, or herb bennet. | [noun] A plant of the genus Dryas. 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) AWING (9) [adverb] On the wing; flying; fluttering. | [verb] To inspire fear and reverence in. | [verb] To control by inspiring dread. AWNED (9) [adjective] Having awns; furnished with awns (bristle-like appendages on grain or grass). 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). AXION (12) [noun] A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force. AXMAN (14) [noun] A man who wields an axe. | [noun] A musician who plays a guitar or saxophone. AXMEN (14) [noun] A man who wields an axe. | [noun] A musician who plays a guitar or saxophone. AXONE (12) [noun] A variant spelling of axon, the long slender projection of a nerve cell that conducts electrical impulses away from the cell body. AXONS (12) [noun] A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse. AYINS (8) [noun] The plural of ayin, the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. AZANS (14) [noun] The call to prayer, which originally consisted of simply four takbirs followed by the statement لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلله (أَشْهَدُ أَنْ). 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. AZLON (14) [noun] A synthetic fiber made from cellulose, used in textiles and clothing. AZONS (14) BACON (9) [noun] Cured meat from the sides, belly or back of a pig. | [noun] Thin slices of the above in long strips. | [noun] The police or spies. BAIRN (7) [noun] A child or baby. BANAL (7) [adjective] Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh. | [adjective] (history) Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service. BANCO (9) [noun] A bank, especially that of Venice; formerly used to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money when it has become depreciated. | [adjective] Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges. Quite often, the Banco Court is an appeals court. BANDS (8) [noun] A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling. | [noun] A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area. | [noun] A strip of decoration. BANDY (11) [verb] To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. | [verb] To use or pass about casually. | [verb] To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports. | [adjective] Bowlegged, or bending outward at the knees; as in bandy-legged. | [noun] A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed. | [noun] A carriage or cart used in India, especially one drawn by bullocks. BANED (8) [verb] Past tense of bane, meaning to cause harm, ruin, or distress to something or someone. BANES (7) [noun] A cause of misery or death. | [noun] Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants. | [noun] A killer, murderer, slayer. BANGS (8) [noun] A sudden percussive noise. | [noun] A strike upon an object causing such a noise. | [noun] An explosion. | [noun] Brucellosis, a bacterial disease. BANJO (14) [noun] A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings. | [noun] Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard. | [noun] An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel. BANKS (11) [noun] An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs. | [noun] A branch office of such an institution. | [noun] An underwriter or controller of a card game; also banque. BANNS (7) [noun] The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a church wedding in England and Wales and read on the three Sundays preceding the marriage). | [noun] Historically, any public announcement of a coming event. BANTY (10) [noun] A small domestic chicken or other animal of diminutive size. | [adjective] Small or undersized. BARNS (7) [noun] A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle. | [noun] A unit of surface area equal to 10−28 square metres. | [noun] An arena. BARNY (10) BARON (7) [noun] The male ruler of a barony. | [noun] A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord). | [noun] A particular cut of beef, made up of a double sirloin. 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 BATON (7) [noun] A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes | [noun] The stick of a conductor in musical performances. | [noun] An object transferred by runners in a relay race. BEANO (7) [noun] A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party. | [noun] Any home-made gas or indigestion remedy. BEANS (7) [noun] A reusable software component written in Java. | [noun] Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods. | [noun] The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean or garbanzo bean). BEGAN (8) [verb] To start, to initiate or take the first step into something. | [verb] To be in the first stage of some situation | [verb] To come into existence. 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 BEGUN (8) [verb] To start, to initiate or take the first step into something. | [verb] To be in the first stage of some situation | [verb] To come into existence. 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). BENCH (12) [noun] A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools. | [noun] The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary. | [noun] The place where the judges sit. | [noun] The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed. | [verb] To recite the Birkat Hamazon. BENDS (8) [noun] A curve. | [noun] Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines. | [noun] (in the plural, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness. BENDY (11) [noun] A field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour. | [noun] A bendy bus. | [adjective] Having the ability to be bent easily. BENES (7) BENNE (7) [noun] Sesame. BENNI (7) BENNY (10) [noun] An amphetamine tablet. | [noun] A tantrum; a fit of furious or erratic behaviour. | [verb] (usually with "up") To take amphetamines. | [noun] A benefit. | [noun] An overcoat. | [noun] (originally United States) A dish consisting of slices of English muffins with poached eggs, ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce. BENTS (7) [noun] An inclination or talent. | [noun] A predisposition to act or react in a particular way. | [noun] The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity. BETON (7) [noun] Concrete, especially reinforced concrete used in construction. BHANG (11) [noun] Cannabis, especially as used in the Indian subcontinent. 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. BIONT (7) BISON (7) [noun] A wild ox, Bison bonasus. | [noun] A similar North American animal, Bison bison. BLAIN (7) [noun] A skin swelling or sore; a blister; a blotch. BLAND (8) [adjective] Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating. | [adjective] Lacking in taste, flavor, or vigor. | [adjective] Lacking interest; boring; dull. | [verb] To mix; blend; mingle. | [noun] Mixture; union. BLANK (11) [noun] A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence . | [noun] A nonplus . | [noun] The white spot in the centre of a target; hence the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim . BLAWN (10) [verb] Past participle of blow, especially in Scottish or dialectal English. | [adjective] Blown or swollen. BLEND (8) [noun] A mixture of two or more things. | [noun] A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word. | [verb] To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. BLENT (7) [verb] To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. | [verb] To be mingled or mixed. | [verb] To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. 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. BLOND (8) [noun] A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color. | [noun] A person with this hair color. | [verb] To color or dye blond BLOWN (10) [verb] To produce an air current. | [verb] To propel by an air current. | [verb] To be propelled by an air current. BLUNT (7) [noun] A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip. | [noun] A short needle with a strong point. | [noun] (smoking) A marijuana cigar. | [verb] To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. BOGAN (8) [noun] (derogatory stereotype) An unsophisticated person from a working class background. | [noun] An Anglo-Celtic member of a lower socioeconomic group, stereotypically classified as wearing black jumpers or black concert T-shirts. | [noun] A petrolhead. | [noun] Any narrow water or creek, particularly a tranquil backwater. 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. BONDS (8) [noun] Evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds. | [noun] A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture. | [noun] A partial payment made to show a provider that the customer is sincere about buying a product or a service. If the product or service is not purchased the customer then forfeits the bond. BONED (8) [verb] To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from. | [verb] To fertilize with bone. | [verb] To put whalebone into. BONER (7) [noun] An erect penis. | [noun] One who or that which bones (removes bones). | [noun] A blunder; a silly mistake. BONES (7) [noun] A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. | [noun] Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone. | [noun] A bone of a fish; a fishbone. BONEY (10) [adjective] Resembling or containing bones; having prominent bones. | [adjective] Thin or skinny in appearance. BONGO (8) [noun] A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus. | [noun] Either of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands. | [verb] To play the bongo drums. BONGS (8) [noun] The clang of a large bell. | [noun] Doorbell chimes. | [verb] To pull a bell. BONKS (11) [noun] A bump on the head. | [noun] Any minor collision or random meeting. | [noun] An act of sexual intercourse. BONNE (7) [noun] A French nursemaid. BONNY (10) [adjective] Merry; happy. | [adjective] Beautiful; pretty; attractive. | [adjective] Fine, good (often used ironically). | [noun] A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein. BONUS (7) [noun] Something extra that is good; an added benefit. | [noun] An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder. | [noun] An addition to the player's score based on performance, e.g. for time remaining. BONZE (16) [noun] A Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia. BOONS (7) [noun] A prayer; petition. | [noun] That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction. | [noun] A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for. BORNE (7) [verb] To carry or convey, literally or figuratively. | [verb] To support, sustain, or endure. | [verb] To support, keep up, or maintain. BORON (7) [noun] The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder. | [noun] A single atom of this element. BOSON (7) [noun] A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion. | [noun] A boatswain. BOSUN (7) [noun] A warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship. BOUND (8) [verb] To tie; to confine by any ligature. | [verb] To cohere or stick together in a mass. | [verb] To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction. | [adjective] Ready, prepared. | [noun] (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory. | [verb] To surround a territory or other geographical entity. | [noun] A sizeable jump, great leap. BOURN (7) [noun] A small stream or brook. | [noun] Destination. | [noun] Limit. 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. BRAND (8) [noun] A conflagration; a flame. | [noun] A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder. | [noun] A torch used for signaling. BRANK (11) [noun] A scold's bridle; an iron framework fitted over the head as a punishment for gossip or slander. | [verb] To restrain or silence with a brank. BRANS (7) [noun] The hard outer layers of cereal grains that are separated during milling. | [noun] Plural of bran, referring to multiple types or quantities of bran. BRANT (7) [noun] Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla. | [adjective] Steep, precipitous. | [adjective] Smooth; unwrinkled BRAWN (10) [noun] Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb. | [noun] Physical strength; muscularity. | [noun] Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat. BRENS (7) [verb] To burn (to set ablaze). BRENT (7) [noun] A type of goose with a dark plumage, found in northern regions. | [noun] A crude oil variety from the North Sea. 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. BRONC (9) [noun] A bronco. BROWN (10) [noun] A colour like that of chocolate or coffee. | [noun] One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points. | [noun] Black tar heroin. BRUIN (7) [noun] A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos. BRUNT (7) [noun] The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event. | [noun] The major part of something; the bulk. | [verb] To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand. BUNCH (12) [noun] A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together. | [noun] The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race. | [noun] An informal body of friends. BUNCO (9) [noun] A swindle or confidence trick. | [noun] A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century. | [noun] A brigand. BUNDS (8) [verb] To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within. BUNDT (8) [noun] A baking pan with a hollow, circular, raised area in the middle. BUNGS (8) [noun] A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc. | [noun] A cecum or anus, especially of a slaughter animal. | [noun] A bribe. BUNKO (11) [noun] A swindle or confidence trick. | [noun] A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century. | [noun] A brigand. BUNKS (11) [noun] One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers. | [noun] A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other. | [noun] A cot. BUNNS (7) BUNNY (10) [noun] A rabbit, especially a juvenile. | [noun] A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail. | [noun] In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed. | [noun] A swelling from a blow; a bump. | [noun] A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches. | [noun] Bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry. | [adjective] Resembling a bun (small bread roll). BUNTS (7) [noun] The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. | [noun] A push or shove; a butt. | [noun] A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved. | [noun] Money BUNYA (10) [noun] The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland. | [noun] A banyan, a member of a specific Hindu caste. BURAN (7) [noun] A violent cold northeasterly wind that blows across central Asia and Russia. BURIN (7) [noun] A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver. | [noun] A prehistoric flint tool BURNS (7) [noun] A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. | [noun] A sensation resembling such an injury. | [noun] The act of burning something with fire. BURNT (7) [verb] To cause to be consumed by fire. | [verb] To be consumed by fire, or in flames. | [verb] To overheat so as to make unusable. BWANA (10) [noun] Big boss, important person. 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. CAINS (7) 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. CAJON (14) [noun] A wooden box-shaped percussion instrument played by striking its front panel with hands, originating from Latin America. CANAL (7) [noun] An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation. | [noun] A tubular channel within the body. | [noun] One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars. CANDY (11) [noun] Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors. | [noun] A piece of confectionery of this kind. | [noun] (slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine. | [noun] A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally. CANED (8) [verb] To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement | [verb] To destroy; to comprehensively defeat | [verb] To do something well, in a competent fashion | [adjective] Filled with white flakes; mothery; said of vinegar when containing mother. CANER (7) [noun] One who canes, or a person who makes or works with canes. | [noun] A tool or implement used for caning. CANES (7) [noun] A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof | [noun] The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool | [noun] A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane CANID (8) [noun] Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals. CANNA (7) [noun] Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers. | [noun] A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. CANNY (10) [adjective] Careful, prudent, cautious. | [adjective] Knowing, shrewd, astute. | [adjective] Frugal, thrifty. | [adjective] (especially of sound) Sounding as if it is coming through a tin can. CANOE (7) [noun] A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends. | [noun] An oversize, usually older, luxury car. | [noun] Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats. CANON (7) [noun] A generally accepted principle; a rule. | [noun] A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field. | [noun] The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic. | [noun] A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church. | [noun] A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges. CANSO (7) CANST (7) [verb] (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to. | [verb] (modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to. | [verb] (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible. CANTO (7) [noun] One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book. | [noun] The treble or leading melody. CANTS (7) [noun] An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup. | [noun] A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group. | [noun] A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta. CANTY (10) [adjective] Cheerful, lively, or pleasant in disposition or manner. CAPON (9) [noun] A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table. | [verb] To castrate; to make a capon of. CARNS (7) CARNY (10) [noun] A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). | [noun] The jargon used by carnival workers. | [noun] A carnival. | [noun] Flattery. CENSE (7) [verb] To perfume with incense. | [noun] A census. | [noun] A public rate or tax. CENTO (7) [noun] A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems. CENTS (7) [noun] (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢. | [noun] A small sum of money. | [noun] (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro. 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. CHANG (11) [noun] A type of beer brewed in Tibet and other Himalayan regions. CHANT (10) [noun] Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony. | [noun] A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music. | [noun] Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. 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. CHUNK (14) [noun] A part of something that has been separated. | [noun] A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular. | [noun] A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster. CHURN (10) [noun] A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter. | [noun] Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company. | [noun] The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider. 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. CLANG (8) [noun] A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other. | [noun] Quality of tone. | [noun] The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose. CLANK (11) [noun] A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal. | [verb] To make a clanking sound | [verb] To cause to sound with a clank. CLANS (7) [noun] A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief. | [noun] A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain | [noun] Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity. CLEAN (7) [noun] Removal of dirt. | [noun] The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders. | [verb] To remove dirt from a place or object. 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. CLONE (7) [noun] A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical. | [noun] A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.http//www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2754 | [noun] A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it. CLONK (11) [noun] The abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact. | [noun] A stick-like tool used to strike the surface of the water and produce a sound that causes nearby fish to attack the bait. | [verb] To make such a sound. CLONS (7) CLOWN (10) [noun] A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig. | [noun] A person who acts in a silly fashion. | [noun] A stupid person. CLUNG (8) [verb] To hold very tightly, as to not fall off. | [verb] To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films. | [verb] To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing. CLUNK (11) [noun] A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact. | [noun] The sound of liquid coming out of a bottle, etc.; a glucking sound. | [verb] To make such a sound CODEN (8) CODON (8) [noun] A handbell used for summoning monks. | [noun] The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet. | [noun] A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation. COGON (8) [noun] Any of several perennial rhizomatous grasses of genus Imperata, especially Imperata cylindrica. COIGN (8) [noun] A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone. | [noun] The keystone of an arch. | [noun] A wedge used in typesetting. 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. COLIN (7) [noun] A young rabbit or hare. | [noun] A column or pillar. COLON (7) [noun] The punctuation mark ":". | [noun] The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon). | [noun] A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete. | [noun] Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus. | [noun] A husbandman. CONCH (12) [noun] A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell. | [noun] The shell of this sea animal. | [noun] A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet. CONDO (8) [noun] Joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more countries. | [noun] A region or territory under such rule. | [noun] A building in which each unit is owned by an individual but the grounds, structure etc are owned jointly. CONED (8) [verb] To fashion into the shape of a cone. | [verb] To form a cone shape. | [verb] (frequently followed by "off") To segregate or delineate an area using traffic cones CONES (7) [noun] A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line. | [noun] A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes. | [noun] A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point. CONEY (10) [noun] A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus). | [noun] Rabbit fur. | [noun] Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps). CONGA (8) [noun] A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin | [noun] A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain | [verb] To dance the conga. CONGE (8) [noun] An ancient Roman unit of volume in liquid measure consisting of six sextarii or one-eighth amphora (about 118 fluid ounces). | [noun] An ancient Roman unit of weight under Vespasian equal to the weight of a congius of water. | [noun] A curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns. CONGO (8) [noun] A Latin American dance of African origin, typically performed in a line with a distinctive rhythmic pattern. | [noun] A large drum used in Latin American music, played with the hands. CONIC (9) [noun] A conic section. | [adjective] Of or relating to a cone or cones. | [adjective] Shaped like a cone. CONIN (7) CONKS (11) [noun] A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell. | [noun] The shell of this sea animal. | [noun] A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet. CONKY (14) [adjective] Shaky, unsteady, or unreliable in condition or structure. CONNS (7) [verb] To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction). CONTE (7) [noun] A short story or tale, especially one that is fictional or imaginative. CONTO (7) CONUS (7) [noun] A cone. COONS (7) [noun] (racial slur) A black person. | [noun] A raccoon. | [noun] A member of a colourfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations. COPEN (9) CORNS (7) [noun] The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales. | [noun] Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays. | [noun] A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop. CORNU (7) [noun] A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn. CORNY (10) [adjective] Boring and unoriginal. | [adjective] Hackneyed or excessively sentimental. | [adjective] Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn. | [adjective] Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn. COTAN (7) [noun] The reciprocal of the tangent function; the ratio of the adjacent side to the opposite side in a right triangle. COUNT (7) [noun] The act of counting or tallying a quantity. | [noun] The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted. | [noun] A countdown. | [noun] The male ruler of a county. COVEN (10) [noun] A formal group or assembly of witches. | [noun] A family, group or assembly of vampires. | [noun] A clique that shares common interests or activities. COVIN (10) [noun] Fraud, deception. COZEN (16) [verb] To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or familiar with. | [verb] To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. CRANE (7) [noun] Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight. | [noun] Ardea herodias, the great blue heron. | [noun] A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes. | [noun] The cranium. CRANK (11) [noun] A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. | [noun] The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft. | [noun] Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage. CRONE (7) [noun] An old woman. | [noun] An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman. | [noun] An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag. CRONY (10) [noun] (originally Cambridge University) Close friend. | [noun] Trusted companion or partner in a criminal organization. | [noun] An old woman; a crone. CROON (7) [noun] A soft or sentimental hum or song. | [verb] To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner. | [verb] To say softly or gently CROWN (10) [noun] A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem. | [noun] A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor. | [noun] (by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor. | [verb] To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance. CUING (8) 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. CUNTS (7) [noun] The female genitalia, especially the vulva. | [noun] An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand more usually a man). | [noun] An objectionable object or item. CURNS (7) CUTIN (7) [noun] A waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle. CYANO (10) [noun] (especially in combination) a univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a nitrogen atom joined with a triple bond; organic compounds containing a cyano group are nitriles CYANS (10) 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) CYTON (10) DAMAN (8) DAMNS (8) [noun] The use of "damn" as a curse. | [noun] A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot. | [noun] The smallest amount of concern or consideration. DANCE (8) [noun] A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. | [noun] A social gathering where dancing is the main activity. | [noun] A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister. DANDY (10) [noun] A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance. | [noun] A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl. | [noun] A dandy roller. DANGS (7) [verb] Damn. | [verb] To dash. DANIO (6) [noun] (chiefly in combination) Any of various fish of the genera Danio and Devario. DARNS (6) [verb] Euphemism of damn. | [verb] To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric. DAUNT (6) [verb] To discourage, intimidate. | [verb] To overwhelm. DAVEN (9) [verb] To recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray DAWEN (9) DAWNS (9) [noun] The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise. | [noun] The rising of the sun. | [noun] The time when the sun rises. DEANS (6) [noun] A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students). | [noun] A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons. | [noun] The senior member of some group of people. 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. DEMON (8) [noun] An evil supernatural spirit. | [noun] A neutral supernatural spirit. | [noun] Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast. DENES (6) [noun] A valley, especially the deep valley of a stream or rivulet | [noun] A sand dune by the seashore DENIM (8) [noun] A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern. DENSE (6) [noun] A thicket. | [adjective] Having relatively high density. | [adjective] Compact; crowded together. DENTS (6) [noun] A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact. | [noun] A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel. | [noun] (by extension) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action DEVON (9) [noun] (Eastern Australia) A type of processed meat sausage. DEWAN (9) [noun] A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic) countries, usually some sort of councillor. DIENE (6) [noun] An organic compound, especially a hydrocarbon, containing two double bonds. 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. 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. DIWAN (9) [noun] A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic) countries, usually some sort of councillor. DIZEN (15) 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) 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. DONAS (6) DONEE (6) [noun] Someone who receives a gift from a donor. DONGA (7) [noun] A usually dry, eroded watercourse running only in times of heavy rain. | [noun] A transportable building with single rooms, often used on remote work sites or as tourist accommodation. DONGS (7) [noun] The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫ | [noun] A penis. | [noun] (by extension) A dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis. DONNA (6) [noun] A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy. DONNE (6) DONOR (6) [noun] One who makes a donation. | [noun] A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor. DONSY (9) DONUT (6) [noun] A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape, and mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, sometimes filled with jelly, custard or cream. | [noun] Anything in the shape of a torus. | [noun] (automobile) A peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of donut; a 360-degree skid. DOVEN (9) DOWNS (9) [noun] A negative aspect; a downer. | [noun] A grudge (on someone). | [noun] An act of swallowing an entire drink at once. DOWNY (12) [adjective] Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair. | [adjective] Sharp-witted, perceptive. | [noun] A blanket filled with down; a duvet. DOYEN (9) [noun] A commander in charge of ten men. | [noun] The senior, or eldest male member of a group. | [noun] A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement. DOZEN (15) [noun] A set of twelve. | [noun] (as plural only, always followed by of) A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many. | [noun] An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight. 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. DRANK (10) [noun] Dextromethorphan | [noun] A drink, usually alcoholic | [verb] To consume (a liquid) through the mouth. | [noun] Wild oats, or darnel grass. DRAWN (9) [verb] To move or develop something. | [verb] To exert or experience force. | [verb] (fluidic) To remove or separate or displace. 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. DRONE (6) [noun] A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee. | [noun] Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler. | [noun] One who performs menial or tedious work. | [noun] A low-pitched hum or buzz. DROWN (9) [verb] To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid. | [verb] To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid. | [verb] To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed. DRUNK (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. DUNAM (8) [noun] An Ottoman Turkish unit of surface area nominally equal to 1,600 square (Turkish) paces but actually varied at a provincial and local level according to land quality to accommodate its colloquial sense of the amount of land able to be plowed in a day, roughly equivalent to the Byzantine stremma or English acre. | [noun] A modern Turkish unit of surface area equal to a decare (1000 m2), equivalent to the modern Greek stremma. | [noun] Various other units in other areas of the former Ottoman Empire, usually equated to the decare but sometimes varying (as in Iraq, where it is 2500 m2). DUNCE (8) [noun] An unintelligent person. DUNCH (11) DUNES (6) [noun] A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind. DUNGS (7) [noun] Manure; animal excrement. | [noun] A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal. | [verb] To fertilize with dung. DUNGY (10) DUNKS (10) DUNTS (6) [noun] A stroke; a dull-sounding blow. DURNS (6) [noun] A secret; secrecy. | [noun] A secret place; hiding. | [noun] An obscure language. 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. DYNEL (9) DYNES (9) [noun] A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn. EARNS (5) [verb] To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work. | [verb] To receive payment for work. | [verb] To receive payment for work. EATEN (5) [verb] To ingest; to be ingested. | [verb] To use up. | [verb] To cause (someone) to worry. EBONS (7) EBONY (10) [noun] A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros. | [noun] A tree that yields such wood. | [noun] A deep, dark black colour. 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) ELAND (6) [noun] A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh. ELANS (5) 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. ELINT (5) ELOIN (5) EMEND (8) [verb] To correct and revise (text or a document). ENACT (7) [noun] Purpose; determination | [verb] To make (a bill) into law | [verb] To act the part of; to play ENATE (5) ENDED (7) [verb] To come to an end | [verb] To finish, terminate. | [adjective] (in combination) Having (a specified kind or number of) ends. ENDER (6) ENDOW (9) [verb] To provide with a dower or a dowry. | [verb] To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits. | [verb] Followed by with, or rarely by of: to enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality. ENDUE (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). ENEMA (7) [noun] An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes. | [noun] The fluid so injected. | [noun] A device for administering such an injection. ENEMY (10) [noun] Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else. | [noun] A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation. | [noun] Something harmful or threatening to another ENJOY (15) [verb] To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something | [verb] To have the use or benefit of something. | [verb] To be satisfied or receive pleasure. 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. ENOLS (5) ENORM (7) ENOWS (8) ENROL (5) [verb] To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list | [verb] To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of | [verb] To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something) ENSKY (12) ENSUE (5) [verb] To follow (a leader, inclination etc.). | [verb] To follow (in time), to be subsequent to. | [verb] To occur afterwards, as a result or effect. ENTER (5) [noun] The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard. | [noun] A stroke of the Enter key. | [verb] To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space. ENTIA (5) ENTRY (8) [noun] The act of entering. | [noun] Permission to enter. | [noun] A doorway that provides a means of entering a building. ENURE (5) [verb] To inure; to make accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant due to constant exposure. | [verb] To take effect, to be operative; used with to. 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. ENVOY (11) [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. | [noun] A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador. | [noun] A representative. ENZYM (19) EOSIN (5) [noun] A red, acidic dye commonly used in histological stains. ERNES (5) [noun] A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) | [noun] An eagle. ETNAS (5) EVENS (8) [noun] (diminutive) An even number. | [verb] To make flat and level. | [verb] To equal. EVENT (8) [noun] An occurrence; something that happens. | [noun] A prearranged social activity (function, etc.) | [noun] One of several contests that combine to make up a competition. | [verb] To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate. EXINE (12) [noun] The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exosporium EXONS (12) [noun] An officer of the Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. | [noun] A region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule. EYING (9) [verb] To observe carefully or appraisingly. | [verb] To appear; to look. FAENA (8) FAGIN (9) 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). FANCY (13) [noun] The imagination. | [noun] An image or representation of anything formed in the mind. | [noun] An opinion or notion formed without much reflection. | [verb] To appreciate without jealousy or greed. FANES (8) [noun] A weathercock, a weather vane. | [noun] A banner, especially a military banner. | [noun] A temple or sacred place. FANGA (9) FANGS (9) [noun] A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh | [noun] (in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom | [verb] To strike or attack with the fangs. FANNY (11) [noun] The female genitalia. | [noun] The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms. | [noun] Sexual intercourse with a woman. | [noun] (naval slang) Mess kettle or cooking pot. FANON (8) FANOS (8) FANUM (10) FAUNA (8) [noun] Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. | [noun] A book, cataloguing the animals of a country. FAUNS (8) [noun] A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis. FAWNS (11) [noun] A young deer. | [noun] A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn. | [noun] The young of an animal; a whelp. FAWNY (14) 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. FELON (8) [noun] A person who has committed a felony. | [noun] A person who has been tried and convicted of a felony. | [noun] A wicked person. | [noun] A bacterial infection at the end of a finger or toe. FENCE (10) [noun] A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter. | [noun] Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods. | [noun] Skill in oral debate. FENDS (9) [verb] To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being. | [verb] (except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off). FENNY (11) FERNS (8) [noun] Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations. FERNY (11) FICIN (10) 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. 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. FIRNS (8) FLANK (12) [noun] The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side. | [noun] A cut of meat from the flank of an animal. | [noun] The extreme left or right edge of a military formation, army etc. FLANS (8) [noun] Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. (Compare quiche.) | [noun] (Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries. | [noun] A coin die. (Compare planchet.) 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. FLONG (9) FLOWN (11) [adjective] Suspended in the flies. | [verb] To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface. | [verb] To flee, to escape (from). FLUNG (9) [verb] To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash. | [verb] To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl. | [verb] To throw; to wince; to flounce. FLUNK (12) [verb] Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass. | [verb] Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade. | [verb] To shirk (a task or duty). FOEHN (11) [noun] A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland. | [noun] A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain. FOHNS (11) [noun] A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland. | [noun] A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain. FOINS (8) FONDS (9) FONDU (9) [noun] The graded shift from one color into another. | [noun] Involving a lowering of the body by bending the knee of the supporting leg. | [noun] A dish made of melted cheese, chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped. FONTS (8) [noun] A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism. | [noun] A receptacle for oil in a lamp. | [noun] Spring, source, fountain. FOUND (9) [verb] To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. | [verb] To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate. | [verb] (ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end. | [verb] To start (an institution or organization). | [verb] To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting. | [noun] A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers. FOUNT (8) [noun] Something from which water flows. | [noun] A device from which poultry may drink. | [noun] That from which something flows or proceeds; a source. | [noun] A typographic font. FRANC (10) [noun] A former unit of currency of France, Belgium and Luxembourg, replaced by the euro. | [noun] Any of several units of currency, some of which are multi-national (West African CFA Franc (XOF), Central African CFA Franc (XAF), the Swiss franc (CHF)) while others are national currencies. FRANK (12) [noun] Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article). | [noun] The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found. | [verb] To place a frank on an envelope. | [noun] A hot dog or sausage. | [noun] The grey heron. | [noun] A pigsty. FRENA (8) FROND (9) [noun] The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf. | [noun] Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf. FRONS (8) [noun] In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex. | [noun] The front part of the epicranium or head capsule of many insects; generally speaking the frons is the area below or between the antennae and above the clypeus. Generally it lies between the genal or "cheek" areas on either side of the head. | [noun] (of Diptera) the postfrons FRONT (8) [noun] The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. | [noun] The side of a building with the main entrance. | [noun] A field of activity. FROWN (11) [noun] A facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often confusion or concentration. | [noun] A facial expression in which the corners of the mouth are pointed down. | [verb] To have a frown on one's face. FUNDI (9) [noun] (Zimbabwe) expert, guru, maven | [noun] The large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially FUNDS (9) [noun] A sum or source of money. | [noun] An organization managing such money. | [noun] A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund. 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). FUNGO (9) [noun] A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught. | [noun] A fungo bat. FUNKS (12) [noun] Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor. | [noun] A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the one, and much syncopation. | [verb] To emit an offensive smell; to stink. FUNKY (15) [adjective] Offbeat, unconventional or eccentric. | [adjective] Not quite right; of questionable quality; not appropriate to the context. | [adjective] Cool; great; excellent. FUNNY (11) [noun] A joke. | [noun] A comic strip. | [adjective] Amusing; humorous; comical. | [noun] A narrow clinker-built boat for sculling. FURAN (8) [noun] Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms, two double bonds and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, C4H4O. FUTON (8) [noun] A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed. | [noun] A round cushion used for Zen meditation, traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves. GAINS (6) [noun] The act of gaining; acquisition. | [noun] What is gained. | [noun] The factor by which a signal is multiplied. GAMIN (8) [noun] A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy. GANEF (9) [noun] A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. GANEV (9) GANGS (7) [verb] To go; walk; proceed. | [noun] A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose. | [noun] A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad. GANJA (13) [noun] Marijuana, as used for smoking. GANOF (9) GARNI (6) GAUNT (6) [adjective] Lean, angular and bony | [adjective] Haggard, drawn and emaciated | [adjective] Bleak, barren and desolate GENES (6) [noun] A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color. | [noun] A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus. GENET (6) [noun] Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta in the family Viverridae, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail. | [noun] The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it. | [noun] A group of genetically identical individuals (plants, fungi, bacteria etc.) that have grown in a given location, all originating from asexual reproduction of a single ancestor; a group of ramets. | [noun] A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet. 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. GENOA (6) [noun] A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast. | [noun] Genoa cake GENOM (8) GENRE (6) [noun] A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks. GENRO (6) GENTS (6) [noun] A gentleman. | [noun] A men's room: a lavatory intended for use by men. | [adjective] Men's: intended for use by men. GENUA (6) [noun] Knee | [noun] A knee-like bend. GENUS (6) [noun] A rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank. | [noun] A group with common attributes. | [noun] A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph. 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. GINKS (10) [noun] (originally United States slang) A guy, a fellow, especially a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man. GINNY (9) GIPON (8) 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) 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. GLAND (7) [noun] An organ that synthesizes a substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland). | [noun] A secretory structure on the surface of an organ. | [noun] A compressable cylindrical case and its contents around a shaft where it passes through a barrier, intended to prevent the passage of a fluid past the barrier, such as: GLANS (6) [noun] The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis. | [noun] The vascular body which forms the extremity of the clitoris. | [noun] The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits. GLEAN (6) [noun] A collection made by gleaning. | [verb] To collect (grain, grapes, etc.) left behind after the main harvest or gathering. | [verb] To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard). | [noun] Cleaning; afterbirth GLENS (6) [noun] A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills. 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. GLUON (6) [noun] A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force. GNARL (6) [noun] A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree. | [noun] Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs. | [verb] To knot or twist something. | [verb] To snarl or growl; to gnar. GNARR (6) GNARS (6) GNASH (9) [noun] A sudden snapping of the teeth. | [verb] To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger. | [verb] To grind between the teeth. GNATS (6) [noun] Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera. GNAWN (9) GNAWS (9) [verb] To bite something persistently, especially something tough. | [verb] To produce excessive anxiety or worry. | [verb] To corrode; to fret away; to waste. GNOME (8) [noun] A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying. | [noun] (magic, Rosicrucianism) An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth. | [noun] (fantasy literature) One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.; in modern fantasy literature, when distinguished from dwarves, gnomes are usually even smaller than dwarves and more focussed on engineering than mining. GOBAN (8) 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). GONAD (7) [noun] A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) The testicles. GONEF (9) GONER (6) [noun] Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case. GONGS (7) [noun] A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer. | [noun] A medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor. | [verb] To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong. GONIA (6) GONIF (9) [noun] A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. GONOF (9) GONZO (15) [noun] Gonzo journalism or a journalist who produces such journalism. | [noun] A wild or crazy person. | [adjective] Using an unconventional, exaggerated and highly subjective style, often when the reporter takes part in the events of the story. GOONS (6) [noun] A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon'). | [noun] A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish. | [noun] An enforcer or fighter. GOONY (9) GOWAN (9) [noun] The common daisy. | [noun] Decomposed granite. GOWNS (9) [noun] A loose, flowing upper garment. | [noun] A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown. | [noun] The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc. 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. GRANA (6) [noun] A stack-like structure in plant chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll; the site of photosynthesis. GRAND (7) [noun] (plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.) | [noun] (plural "grands") A grand piano | [adjective] Of a large size or extent; great. | [noun] A grandparent or grandchild. GRANS (6) [noun] (usually affectionate) a grandmother | [noun] A grandfather GRANT (6) [noun] The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission. | [noun] The yielding or admission of something in dispute. | [noun] The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon. GREEN (6) [adjective] Having green as its color. | [adjective] (of people) Sickly, unwell. | [adjective] Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen. | [noun] The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters. | [verb] To make (something) green, to turn (something) green. 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. GROAN (6) [noun] A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief. | [noun] A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration, disapproval, or ecstasy. | [noun] (of an object) A low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight. 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. GROWN (9) [verb] To become larger, to increase in magnitude. | [verb] To appear or sprout. | [verb] To develop, to mature. GRUNT (6) [noun] A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak. | [noun] The snorting cry of a pig. | [noun] Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae. GUANO (6) [noun] Dung from a sea bird or from a bat. | [noun] A variety of seabird. GUANS (6) [noun] Any (member) of several species of birds in the genera Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina and Pipile, of the family Cracidae, limited to the Americas. GUNKS (10) GUNKY (13) [adjective] Greasy, messy or dirty. GUNNY (9) [noun] A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp. | [noun] A gunny sack. | [noun] A gunnery sergeant. GYRON (9) [noun] A triangular form having an angle at the fess point and the opposite side at the edge of the escutcheon. HANCE (10) HANDS (9) [noun] The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals. | [noun] That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand. | [noun] In linear measurement: HANDY (12) [adjective] Easy to use, useful. | [adjective] Nearby, within reach. | [adjective] Of a person: dexterous, skilful. | [noun] A hand job. | [noun] A handgun. HANGS (9) [verb] To be or remain suspended. | [verb] To float, as if suspended. | [verb] (of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground. HANKS (12) [noun] A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope. | [noun] A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down. | [noun] Doubt, difficulty. HANKY (15) [noun] A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands. | [noun] A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth. HANSA (8) HANSE (8) [noun] A merchant guild, particularly the Fellowship of London Merchants (the "Old Hanse") given a monopoly on London's foreign trade by the Normans or its successor, the Company of Merchant Adventurers (the "New Hanse"), incorporated in 1497 and chartered under Henry VII and Elizabeth I. | [noun] The rights and privileges of such guilds, particularly their trade monopolies. | [noun] A commercial association of Scottish free burghs in the Middle Ages. | [noun] That part of an elliptical or many-centred arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost. HANTS (8) [noun] A ghost; a supernatural being. HAUNT (8) [noun] A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout. | [noun] A ghost. | [noun] A feeding place for animals. HAVEN (11) [noun] A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea. | [noun] (by extension) A place of safety; a refuge or sanctuary. | [noun] (by extension) A peaceful place. HAZAN (17) HEMIN (10) HENCE (10) [adverb] From here, from this place, away | [adverb] From the living or from this world | [adverb] (of a length of time) in the future from now HENNA (8) [noun] A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers | [noun] A reddish plant substance, prepared from the dried leaves of this plant, used for temporary tattoos and hair coloring. Hair colorings range from bright red to earth brown to near black. | [noun] A rich reddish-brown colour. HENRY (11) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H | [noun] A turd. | [noun] A quantity of marijuana weighing one-eighth of an ounce. HENTS (8) HERNS (8) HERON (8) [noun] A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae. 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. HOGAN (9) [noun] A one-room Navajo dwelling or ceremonial lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud. HONAN (8) HONDA (9) HONED (9) [verb] To sharpen with a hone; to whet. | [verb] To use a hone to produce a precision bore. | [verb] To refine or master (a skill). HONER (8) HONES (8) [noun] A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool. | [noun] A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores. | [verb] To sharpen with a hone; to whet. HONEY (11) [noun] A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods. | [noun] A variety of this substance. | [noun] Nectar. HONGS (9) HONKS (12) [noun] The sound produced by a typical car horn. | [noun] The cry of a goose. | [noun] A bad smell. HONKY (15) [noun] (racial slur) A Caucasian person. | [noun] A factory hand or general unskilled worker. HONOR (8) [noun] Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful) | [noun] The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity | [noun] A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen HORNS (8) [noun] A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired. | [noun] Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar. | [noun] An antler. HORNY (11) [adjective] Hard or bony, like an animal's horn. | [adjective] Having horns. | [adjective] Sexually aroused. HOSEN (8) HOUND (9) [noun] A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals. | [noun] Any canine animal. | [noun] (by extension) Someone who seeks something. | [verb] To persistently harass. | [noun] (in the plural) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on. HUMAN (10) [noun] A human being, whether man, woman or child. | [verb] To behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human. | [adjective] (notcomp) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives. HUNCH (13) [noun] A hump; a protuberance. | [noun] A stooped or curled posture; a slouch. | [noun] A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen. HUNKS (12) [noun] A crotchety or surly person. | [noun] A stingy man; a miser. | [noun] A large or dense piece of something. HUNKY (15) [adjective] Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty. | [adjective] Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky. | [adjective] All right; in good condition. | [noun] A lower-class person of Hungarian, Romanian, or Slavic, especially Ruthenian, descent. HUNTS (8) [noun] The act of hunting. | [noun] A hunting expedition. | [noun] An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it. HYENA (11) [noun] Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaeninae (genera Hyaena and Crocuta), native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited. | [noun] (Sub-Saharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls. HYING (12) [verb] To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry. | [verb] To hurry (oneself). | [noun] Haste HYMEN (13) [noun] A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females. | [noun] Marriage. HYMNS (13) [noun] A song of praise or worship. | [verb] To sing a hymn. | [verb] To praise or extol in hymns. HYSON (11) [noun] A Chinese green tea. 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. 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. 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. IMINE (7) [noun] Any of a class of organic nitrogen compounds having the general formula R2C=NR; they are tautomeric with enamines. IMINO (7) 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. IODIN (6) IONIC (7) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing ions IRING (6) 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. JANES (12) [noun] A woman, often specifically a girlfriend. | [noun] A silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century. | [noun] A female client of a prostitute. JANTY (15) JAPAN (14) [noun] A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt. | [noun] Lacquerware. | [verb] To varnish with japan. JAUNT (12) [noun] A wearisome journey. | [noun] A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey. | [verb] To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion. JAWAN (15) [noun] An infantryman; a soldier. JEANS (12) [noun] Denim. | [noun] A pair of trousers made from denim cotton. JENNY (15) [noun] A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny). | [noun] A female creature of certain kinds, such as wren and donkey. | [noun] A catmill. JETON (12) 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. JNANA (12) JOHNS (15) [noun] A prostitute's client. | [noun] A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also a chamber pot or outhouse. | [noun] A Western man traveling in East Asia. 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. JONES (12) [noun] Heroin. | [noun] An addiction or intense craving. | [verb] Have an intense craving. JUNCO (14) [noun] Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American sparrow. | [noun] The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), a bird found in Europe and much of the Palearctic. JUNKS (16) [verb] To throw away. | [verb] To find something for very little money (meaning derived from the term junk shop) | [noun] A Chinese sailing vessel. JUNKY (19) [noun] A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user. | [noun] (by extension) An enthusiast of something. | [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality. JUNTA (12) [noun] A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain. | [noun] The ruling council of a military dictatorship. JUNTO (12) [noun] A group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal. JUPON (14) KAINS (9) KANAS (9) KANES (9) KANJI (16) [noun] The system of writing Japanese using Chinese characters. | [noun] Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language. KAONS (9) [noun] Any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark KARNS (9) KEENS (9) [verb] To make cold, to sharpen. | [noun] A prolonged wail for a deceased person. | [verb] To utter a keen. KENAF (12) [noun] Hibiscus cannabinus, an annual or biennial herbaceous plant found mainly in Asia. | [noun] The fibre obtained from this plant, similar to jute. KENCH (14) KENDO (10) [noun] A Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo. KENOS (9) KERNE (9) [noun] Any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter. | [noun] A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; in archaic contexts often used as a term of contempt. | [noun] A boor; a low person. KERNS (9) [noun] A corn; grain; kernel. | [noun] The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest. | [noun] The harvest home. KHANS (12) [noun] A ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages. | [noun] An Ottoman sultan. | [noun] A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan. KIANG (10) [noun] A large wild ass, Equus kiang, native to the Tibetan Plateau. 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. 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) KIRNS (9) KLONG (10) [noun] A canal on the central plain of Thailand. KNACK (15) [noun] A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something. | [noun] A petty contrivance; a toy. | [noun] Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity. KNAPS (11) [verb] To shape a brittle material having conchoidal fracture, usually a mineral (flint, obsidian, chert etc.), by breaking away flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point. | [verb] To rap or strike sharply. | [verb] To bite; to bite off; to break short. KNARS (9) [noun] A knot or burl in a tree; a knurl, a gnarl. KNAUR (9) KNAVE (12) [noun] A boy; especially, a boy servant. | [noun] Any male servant; a menial. | [noun] A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person. KNEAD (10) [noun] The act of kneading something. | [verb] To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc. | [verb] To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat. KNEED (10) [verb] To kneel to. | [verb] To poke or strike with the knee. | [verb] To move on the knees; to use the knees to move. KNEEL (9) [verb] To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position. | [verb] To cause to kneel. | [verb] To rest on (one's) knees KNEES (9) [noun] In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. | [noun] In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans. | [noun] The part of a garment that covers the knee. KNELL (9) [noun] The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death). | [noun] A sign of the end or demise of something or someone. | [verb] To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll. KNELT (9) [verb] To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position. | [verb] To cause to kneel. | [verb] To rest on (one's) knees 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. KNOBS (11) [noun] A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle. | [noun] A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers. | [noun] A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand. KNOCK (15) [noun] Sudden fatigue as a result of glycogen depletion from not having taken in enough nutrition. | [noun] An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood. | [noun] A sharp impact. KNOLL (9) [noun] A small mound or rounded hill. | [noun] A knell. | [verb] To ring (a bell) mournfully; to knell. | [verb] To arrange related objects in parallel or at 90 degree angles. KNOPS (11) [noun] A knob, usually ornamental KNOSP (11) KNOTS (9) [noun] A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops. | [noun] (of hair, etc) A tangled clump. | [noun] A maze-like pattern. KNOUT (9) [noun] A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia. | [verb] To flog or beat with a knout. KNOWN (12) [verb] To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that. | [verb] To be aware of; to be cognizant of. | [verb] To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered. KNOWS (12) [noun] Knowledge; the state of knowing. | [verb] To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that. | [verb] To be aware of; to be cognizant of. KNURL (9) [noun] A contorted knot in wood. | [noun] A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection. | [noun] A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip. KNURS (9) [noun] A knurl. | [noun] The small wooden ball in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell. KOANS (9) [noun] A story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, may unlock mechanisms in the Zen student’s mind leading to satori. | [noun] A riddle with no solution, used to provoke reflection on the inadequacy of logical reasoning, and to lead to enlightenment. KOINE (9) [noun] A lingua franca. | [noun] A regional language that becomes standard over time. KONKS (13) KORUN (9) KRONA (9) [noun] The official currency of Sweden. KRONE (9) [noun] The currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar. KROON (9) [noun] The former currency of Estonia, divided into 100 senti LADEN (6) [verb] To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment). | [verb] To weigh down, oppress, or burden. | [verb] To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water). LAGAN (6) [noun] Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership. LANAI (5) [noun] (Florida) A Hawaiian-style roofed patio. LANCE (7) [noun] A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. | [noun] A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour. | [noun] A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. LANDS (6) [noun] The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water. | [noun] Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected. | [noun] A country or region. LANES (5) [noun] (used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare. | [noun] A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees. | [noun] A narrow road, as in the country. LANKY (12) [adjective] Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward. LAPIN (7) LATEN (5) LAUAN (5) LAWNS (8) [noun] An open space between woods. | [noun] Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown. | [noun] An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists. LAWNY (11) LEANS (5) [noun] (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical. | [verb] To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. | [verb] To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. LEANT (5) [verb] To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. | [verb] To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. | [verb] Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc. LEARN (5) [noun] The act of learning something | [verb] To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something. | [verb] To attend a course or other educational activity. | [verb] To teach. LEBEN (7) LEMAN (7) [noun] One beloved; a lover, a sweetheart of either sex (especially a secret lover, gallant, or mistress). | [noun] (often negative) A paramour. LEMON (7) [noun] A yellowish citrus fruit. | [noun] A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits. | [noun] A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons. LENDS (6) [verb] To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. | [verb] To make a loan. | [verb] To be suitable or applicable, to fit. LENES (5) 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. LENOS (5) [noun] A trough used in ancient winemaking. LENSE (5) LENTO (5) [noun] A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly. | [adjective] Very slow. | [adverb] Very slowly. LEONE (5) [noun] A unit of currency of Sierra Leone, divided into 100 cents. LEVIN (8) [noun] Lightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light. LIANA (5) [noun] A climbing woody vine, usually tropical. LIANE (5) [noun] A climbing woody vine, usually tropical. LIANG (6) 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. LIGAN (6) LIKEN (9) [verb] (followed by to or unto) To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else). LIMAN (7) LIMEN (7) [noun] A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response. LIMNS (7) [verb] To draw or paint; to delineate. | [verb] To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour. 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. LIPIN (7) 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. LLANO (5) [noun] A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America. LOANS (5) [noun] An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use. | [noun] A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest). | [noun] The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan. LODEN (6) [noun] A thick waterproof cloth used for garments. | [noun] A dark green colour, like that of loden cloth. | [adjective] Of a dark green colour, like that of loden cloth. LOGAN (6) [noun] A rocking or balanced stone. | [noun] A marsh. 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. LONER (5) [noun] One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others. LONGE (6) [noun] A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a longe line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while longeing. | [noun] A lunge; a thrust. | [noun] The training ground for a horse. | [noun] A musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes. LONGS (6) [noun] A long vowel. | [noun] A long syllable. | [noun] A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. LOONS (5) [noun] An idler, a lout. | [noun] A boy, a lad. | [noun] A harlot; mistress. LOONY (8) [noun] An insane or very foolish person. | [adjective] (of a person) Insane. | [adjective] (of a thing) Very silly, absurd. LORAN (5) LUMEN (7) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm. | [noun] The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ. | [noun] The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall. LUNAR (5) [noun] The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus in the wrist, which is shaped like a half-moon. | [noun] An observation of a lunar distance, especially for establishing the longitude of a ship at sea. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon); Lunar. LUNAS (5) LUNCH (10) [noun] A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day. | [noun] A break in play between the first and second sessions. | [noun] (Minnesota) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering. LUNES (5) [noun] A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak. | [noun] A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles. | [noun] Anything crescent-shaped. LUNET (5) LUNGE (6) [noun] A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword. | [noun] A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing. | [noun] An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position. LUNGI (6) [noun] A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan. LUNGS (6) [noun] A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood. | [noun] (plural) Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath. | [noun] That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place. LUNKS (9) [noun] A fool; an idiot; a lunkhead. LUNTS (5) 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. 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. LYNCH (13) [verb] To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob. | [noun] A ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet. | [noun] An acclivity; a small hill or hillock. LYSIN (8) [noun] Any substance or antibody that can cause the destruction (by lysis) of blood cells, bacteria etc MACON (9) 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. MANAS (7) MANED (8) MANES (7) [noun] The souls or spirits of dead ancestors, conceived as deities or the subjects of reverence, or of other deceased relatives. | [noun] Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion | [noun] Long or thick hair of a person's head. MANGE (8) [noun] A skin disease of mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.). MANGO (8) [noun] A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica. | [noun] The fruit of the mango tree. | [noun] A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed. MANGY (11) [adjective] Afflicted with mange. | [adjective] (by extension) Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit. 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. MANLY (10) [adjective] Having the characteristics of a man. | [adjective] Having qualities befitting a man; courageous, resolute, noble. MANNA (7) [noun] Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus. | [noun] (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck. | [noun] The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.http//www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html MANOR (7) [noun] A landed estate. | [noun] The main house of such an estate or a similar residence; a mansion. | [noun] A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe. MANOS (7) MANSE (7) [verb] To excommunicate; curse. | [noun] A house inhabited by the minister of a parish. | [noun] A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house. MANTA (7) [noun] A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States. | [noun] Any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head. MANUS (7) [noun] A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a human, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates. | [noun] (Roman law) The power over other people, especially that of a man over his wife. MASON (7) [noun] A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick | [noun] One who prepares stone for building purposes. | [noun] A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason. MATIN (7) [noun] Morning | [adjective] Of or relating to matins MAUND (8) [noun] A wicker basket. | [noun] A unit of capacity with various specific local values. | [noun] A handbasket with two lids. | [noun] A unit of weight in southern and western Asia, whose value varied widely by location. Two maunds made one chest of opium in East India. One maund equalled 136 pounds of opium in Turkey. | [noun] Begging MAVEN (10) [noun] An expert in a given field. MAVIN (10) MAYAN (10) MEANS (7) [verb] To lament. | [verb] To intend. | [verb] To convey (a meaning). MEANT (7) [verb] To intend. | [verb] To convey (a meaning). | [verb] To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says). MEANY (10) [noun] A mean (unkind or miserly) person; a killjoy. | [noun] A villain. MEINY (10) MELON (7) [noun] Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. | [noun] The fruit of such plants. | [noun] A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh. | [noun] The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link. MENAD (8) MENDS (8) [noun] A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending. | [noun] The act of repairing. | [verb] To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement. MENSA (7) MENSE (7) MENTA (7) MENUS (7) [noun] The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. | [noun] A list of dishes offered in a restaurant. | [noun] A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a keyboard, mouse, or controller under a graphical user interface MESNE (7) [noun] A mesne lord. | [adjective] Intermediate. MESON (7) [noun] (rare outside entomology) The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves. | [noun] A member of a group of subatomic particles having a mass intermediate between electrons and protons. (The most easily detected mesons fit this definition.) | [noun] (now specifically) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.) MIENS (7) [noun] Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer. | [noun] A specific facial expression. 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. MIZEN (16) [noun] Mizzenmast. | [noun] A fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast. MOANS (7) [noun] A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure | [verb] To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn. | [verb] To grieve. MONAD (8) [noun] An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible. | [noun] A single individual (such as a pollen grain) that is free from others, not united in a group. | [noun] A monoid object in the category of endofunctors of a fixed category. MONAS (7) MONDE (8) MONDO (8) [noun] A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth. | [adjective] Big, large; major, significant. | [adverb] Very, extremely, really. MONEY (10) [noun] A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply. | [noun] A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value. | [noun] A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union). MONGO (8) [noun] Still-usable things salvaged (by sanmen) from garbage. MONIE (7) MONKS (11) [noun] A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service. | [noun] In earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally. | [noun] A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit. MONOS (7) [noun] A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding | [noun] A monogamous person. | [noun] An injective homomorphism MONTE (7) [noun] A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt. | [noun] (Latin America) A wood or forest; timberland. MONTH (10) [noun] A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon. | [noun] A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof. | [noun] (in the plural) A woman's period; menstrual discharge. MOONS (7) [noun] (by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet. | [noun] A month, particularly a lunar month. | [noun] A crescent-like outwork in a fortification. MOONY (10) [noun] The act of mooning, flashing the buttocks. | [noun] A silly person. | [adjective] Resembling the moon. MORNS (7) [noun] Morning. MORON (7) [noun] A stupid person; an idiot; a fool. | [noun] A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70. MOUND (8) [noun] An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense | [noun] A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll. | [noun] Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch. MOUNT (7) [noun] A hill or mountain. | [noun] Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies. | [noun] A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound. | [noun] An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on, unlike a draught horse MOURN (7) [noun] Sorrow, grief. | [noun] A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting. | [verb] To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death). MUCIN (9) [noun] Any of several glycoproteins found in mucus MUNCH (12) [noun] A location or restaurant where good eating can be expected. | [noun] An act of eating. | [noun] Food. MUNGO (8) [noun] A material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woollen rags or the remnants of woollen goods, specifically those of felted, milled, or hard-spun woollen cloth, as distinguished from shoddy, or the deviled product of loose-textured woollen goods or worsted. 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 MUONS (7) [noun] An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater. MUTON (7) [noun] A unit of mutation forming part of a recon. MYNAH (13) [noun] One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae. MYNAS (10) [noun] One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae. NAANS (5) [noun] A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine. NABES (7) [noun] Neighborhood. | [noun] (frequently plural) Neighborhood theater, neighborhood cinema. NABIS (7) NABOB (9) [noun] An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire. | [noun] (by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance. | [noun] (by extension) A person with a grandiose style or manner. NACHO (10) [noun] A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos. NACRE (7) [noun] A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl. | [noun] A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl. NADAS (6) 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. NAGGY (10) 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. NAKED (10) [adjective] Bare, not covered by clothing. | [adjective] Lacking some clothing; clothed only in underwear. | [adjective] Glib, without decoration, put bluntly. | [verb] To make naked; to bare. NALED (6) NAMED (8) [verb] (ditransitive) To give a name to. | [verb] To mention, specify. | [verb] To identify as relevant or important NAMER (7) NAMES (7) [noun] Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing. | [noun] Reputation. | [noun] An abusive or insulting epithet. NANAS (5) [noun] A banana | [noun] A fool | [noun] (term of endearment) one's grandmother NANCE (7) [verb] To move in a prissy or stereotypically gay way. | [noun] An effeminate man, especially a homosexual. | [noun] A large shrub or small tree of subtropical and tropical areas of the Americas, Byrsonima crassifolia, bearing a small, sweet, yellow fruit. NANCY (10) [noun] An effeminate man, especially a homosexual. NANNY (8) [noun] A child's nurse. | [noun] A grandmother. | [noun] A godmother. NAPES (7) [noun] The back part of the neck. | [noun] The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head. | [noun] A tablecloth. NAPPE (9) [noun] The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop. | [noun] Either of the two parts of a double cone. | [noun] A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata. NAPPY (12) [noun] An absorbent garment worn by a baby who does not yet have voluntary control of his or her bladder and bowels or by someone who is incontinent; a diaper. | [verb] To put a nappy on. | [adjective] Having a nap (of cloth etc.); downy; shaggy. | [noun] A shallow, flat-bottomed earthenware or glass bowl with sloping sides. | [noun] A kind of strong ale; nappy ale. | [adjective] Brittle NARCO (7) [noun] Narcotics. | [noun] A South American drug baron. | [noun] A police officer specializing in drug crimes | [noun] Someone suffering from narcolepsy NARCS (7) [noun] A narcotics squad police officer. | [verb] (underwater diving) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (for example, while scuba diving). | [noun] A narcissist. NARDS (6) [noun] Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine. | [noun] A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized. | [noun] American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root. NARES (5) [noun] A nostril | [noun] A nostril NARIC (7) NARIS (5) [noun] A nostril NARKS (9) [noun] A narcotics squad police officer. | [noun] A narcissist. | [noun] A police spy or informer. NARKY (12) [adjective] Irritated, in a bad mood; disparaging. NASAL (5) [noun] A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine. | [noun] A vowel or consonant (such as [m] or [n]) articulated with air flowing through the nose. | [noun] Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard. NASTY (8) [noun] Something nasty. | [noun] (preceded by "the") Sexual intercourse. | [noun] A video nasty. NATAL (5) [adjective] Of or relating to birth. | [adjective] Of or relating to the buttocks. NATCH (10) [adverb] Naturally; of course. | [noun] The rump of beef, especially the lower and back part of the rump. | [noun] A notch. NATES (5) [noun] The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes. | [noun] The buttocks. | [noun] The umbones of a bivalve shell. NATTY (8) [adjective] Smart and fashionable. | [adjective] Knotty. | [noun] Someone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids. NAVAL (8) [adjective] Of or relating to a navy. | [adjective] Of or relating to ships in general. NAVAR (8) NAVEL (8) [noun] The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth. | [noun] The central part or point of anything; the middle. | [noun] A navel orange. NAVES (8) [noun] The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances. | [noun] A hub of a wheel. | [noun] The navel. NAVVY (14) [noun] A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad. | [verb] To carry out physical labor on a civil engineering project. NAWAB (10) [noun] A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura. 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) NEAPS (7) [noun] The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. | [noun] A neap tide. | [verb] To trap a ship (or ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides. NEARS (5) [noun] The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc. | [verb] To come closer to; to approach. NEATH (8) [preposition] Beneath. NEATS (5) [noun] An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy. NECKS (11) [noun] The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals. | [noun] The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts. | [noun] The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck. NEEDS (6) [adverb] Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; used with an auxiliary verb (often must), and equivalent to "of need". | [noun] A requirement for something; something needed. | [noun] Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution. | [verb] To have an absolute requirement for. NEEDY (9) [adjective] In need; poor. | [adjective] Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence. | [adjective] Needful; necessary. NEEMS (7) [noun] Azadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield the insecticide azadirachtin. NEEPS (7) [noun] The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland. NEGUS (6) [noun] A drink of wine, lemon, sugar, nutmeg and hot water. | [noun] A ruler of Ethiopia or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the supreme ruler of Ethiopia before 1974. 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) NELLY (8) [noun] A person's life. | [noun] An effeminate homosexual man. | [noun] A silly person. NEMAS (7) NEONS (5) [noun] The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The lightest of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas. | [noun] A form or sample of the element. | [noun] Neon signs or lights, collectively. NERDS (6) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something. | [noun] An unattractive, socially awkward, annoying, undesirable, and/or boring, person; a dork. NERDY (9) [adjective] (of a person) Being or like a nerd. | [adjective] (of a quality or interest) Of, pertaining to, in the style of, or appealing to nerds. NEROL (5) NERTS (5) NERTZ (14) NERVE (8) [noun] A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics. | [noun] A neuron. | [noun] A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood NERVY (11) [adjective] Having nerve; bold; brazen. | [adjective] Feeling nervous, anxious or agitated. | [adjective] Strong; sinewy. NESTS (5) [noun] A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. | [noun] A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young. | [noun] A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation. NETOP (7) NETTS (5) [noun] The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit. NETTY (8) [adjective] Neat, well-groomed, natty. | [adjective] Netted: made of or employing a net. | [adjective] Netlike. | [noun] An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. NEUKS (9) NEUME (7) [noun] Any of a set of signs used in early musical notation. | [noun] A sequence of notes to be sung to one syllable. NEUMS (7) [noun] Any of a set of signs used in early musical notation. | [noun] A sequence of notes to be sung to one syllable. NEVER (8) [adverb] At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance. | [adverb] Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously. | [adverb] Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely). NEVES (8) NEVUS (8) [noun] Any of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal lesions of the skin. NEWEL (8) [noun] A central pillar around which a staircase spirals. | [noun] A sturdy pillar at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting the handrail. | [noun] A novelty; a new thing. NEWER (8) [adjective] Recently made, or created. | [adjective] Additional; recently discovered. | [adjective] Current or later, as opposed to former. NEWIE (8) [noun] Something newly released, such as a song or film. NEWLY (11) [adverb] Very recently; in the immediate past. NEWSY (11) [noun] A distributor of news; a newsagent. | [noun] A journalist. | [adjective] Containing lots of news; informative. NEWTS (8) [noun] A small lizard-like amphibian in the family Salamandridae that lives in the water as an adult. NEXUS (12) [noun] A form of connection. | [noun] A connected group. | [noun] The centre of something. NGWEE (9) [noun] A currency of Zambia, one hundredth of a kwacha. 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. NOBBY (12) NOBLE (7) [noun] An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. | [noun] A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d. | [adjective] Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character. NOBLY (10) [adverb] In a noble manner. NOCKS (11) [verb] To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow. (See also notch.) | [verb] To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow). NODAL (6) [adjective] Of the nature of, or relating to, a node. | [adjective] Of or relating to the nodus. NODDY (10) [noun] A stupid or silly person. | [noun] Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genera Anous and Procelsterna, found in tropical seas. | [noun] A small two-wheeled vehicle drawn by a single horse. | [noun] A cutaway scene of a television interviewer nodding, used to cover an editing gap in an interview. NODES (6) [noun] A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling. | [noun] The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋. | [noun] A leaf node. NODUS (6) [noun] A difficulty. | [noun] In the Odonata, a prominent crossvein near the centre of the leading edge of a wing. NOELS (5) [noun] Christmas | [noun] A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol. NOGGS (7) NOHOW (11) [adverb] In no way; not at all; by no available means. 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 NOLOS (5) NOMAD (8) [noun] A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home. | [noun] A person who changes residence frequently. | [noun] A player who changes teams frequently. NOMAS (7) NOMEN (7) [noun] The name of a citizen of Ancient Rome, designating them as a member of a gens. | [noun] The birth name of a pharaoh, the fifth of the five names of the royal titulary, traditionally encircled by a cartouche and preceded by the title zꜣ-rꜥ. NOMES (7) [noun] A prefecture or unit of regional government in Greece. | [noun] A territorial division of ancient Egypt. | [noun] A type of musical composition in Ancient Greece. NOMOI (7) NOMOS (7) NONAS (5) NONCE (7) [noun] The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce). | [noun] A nonce word. | [noun] A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks. | [noun] (prisons) A sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children. NONES (5) [noun] A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day. | [noun] A break in play between the first and second sessions. | [noun] (Minnesota) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering. | [noun] Those without any religious affiliation: atheists and others outside any organized religion. NONET (5) [noun] A composition for nine instruments or nine voices. | [noun] A group of nine nuclear or subatomic particles. | [noun] A byte of nine bits. NONYL (8) [noun] Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C9H19, formally derived from nonane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. NOOKS (9) [noun] A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove. | [noun] A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat. | [noun] A recess, cove or hollow. NOOKY (12) [noun] Sexual intercourse or other sexual activity, especially if illicit. | [noun] A pacifier. | [adjective] Like a nook; small and secluded or cosy. NOONS (5) [adverb] At noontimes. | [noun] The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon. | [noun] Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. NOOSE (5) [noun] An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso. | [verb] To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare. NOPAL (7) [noun] A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera; the edible pads (fleshy leaves) of the cactus, considered as food. 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) NORMS (7) [noun] That which is normal or typical. | [noun] A rule that is enforced by members of a community. | [noun] A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission or prohibition. NORTH (8) [noun] One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N. | [noun] The up or positive direction. | [noun] The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole). NOSED (6) [verb] To move cautiously by advancing its front end. | [verb] To snoop. | [verb] To detect by smell or as if by smell. NOSES (5) [noun] A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell. | [noun] A snout, the nose of an animal. | [noun] The tip of an object. NOSEY (8) [noun] A look at something to satisfy one's curiosity. | [adjective] Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle. | [adjective] Having a large or elongated nose. NOTAL (5) NOTCH (10) [noun] A V-shaped cut. | [noun] An indentation. | [noun] A mountain pass; a defile. NOTED (6) [verb] To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed. | [verb] To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. | [verb] To denote; to designate. NOTER (5) NOTES (5) [noun] (heading) A symbol or annotation. | [noun] (heading) A written or printed communication or commitment. | [noun] (heading) A sound. NOTUM (7) [noun] The back; the dorsal aspect of the thorax in insects. NOUNS (5) [noun] (grammar, narrow sense) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English. | [noun] (grammar, now rare, broad sense) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun. | [verb] To convert a word to a noun. NOVAE (8) [noun] Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star. NOVAS (8) [noun] Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star. NOVEL (8) [adjective] Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new. | [adjective] Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type. | [noun] A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. | [noun] A novelty; something new. | [noun] A new legal constitution in ancient Rome. NOWAY (11) [adverb] In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise; no way. NOWTS (8) NUBBY (12) [adjective] Knobbly; covered with small knobs. | [adjective] Nub-like, resembling a small bump or protrusion; stubby. NUBIA (7) NUCHA (10) NUDER (6) NUDES (6) [noun] A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress. | [noun] (with article, "the nude") The state of total nudity. | [noun] A color that resembles or evokes bare flesh; a paint, dye, etc. of such color. NUDGE (7) [noun] A gentle push. | [noun] A feature of instant messaging software used to get the attention of another user, as by shaking the conversation window or playing a sound. | [noun] The rotation by one step of a fruit machine reel of the player's choice. NUDIE (6) [noun] Entertainment involving naked people, especially women. NUDZH (18) NUKED (10) [verb] To use a nuclear weapon on a target. | [verb] To destroy or erase completely. | [verb] (by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user). NUKES (9) [noun] A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove. | [noun] A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat. | [noun] A recess, cove or hollow. NULLS (5) [noun] A non-existent or empty value or set of values. | [noun] Zero quantity of expressions; nothing. | [noun] Something that has no force or meaning. NUMBS (9) [verb] To cause to become numb (physically or emotionally). | [verb] To cause (a feeling) to be less intense. | [verb] To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute. NUMEN (7) [noun] A divinity, especially a local or presiding god. | [noun] An influence or phenomenon at once mystical and transcendant. NURDS (6) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something. | [noun] An unattractive, socially awkward, annoying, undesirable, and/or boring, person; a dork. NURLS (5) NURSE (5) [noun] A wet nurse. | [noun] A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young. | [noun] A person trained to provide care for the sick. NUTSY (8) [adjective] Crazy NUTTY (8) [adjective] Containing nuts. | [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of nuts. | [adjective] Barmy, crazy, mad. NYALA (8) [noun] A southern African antelope, Tragelaphus angasii (syn. Nyala angasii), with thin white stripes in the grey or brown coat, a ridge of tufted hair running all along the spine, and long horns with a spiral twist. NYLON (8) [noun] Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer. | [noun] (in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs. NYMPH (15) [noun] (Greek, Roman) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc. | [noun] A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful. | [noun] The larva of certain insects. OAKEN (9) [adjective] Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness. OATEN (5) [adjective] Made of oats OCEAN (7) [noun] One of the large bodies of water separating the continents. | [noun] Water belonging to an ocean. | [noun] An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits. OCTAN (7) ODEON (6) [noun] An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry. | [noun] A theatre or concert hall. OFTEN (8) [adjective] Frequent. | [adverb] Frequently, many times. OHING (9) 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. OLDEN (6) [adjective] From or relating to a previous era. | [adjective] Old; ancient. | [verb] To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age. OLEIN (5) OMENS (7) [noun] Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury. | [noun] A thing of prophetic significance. | [verb] To be an omen of. ONERY (8) 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) ONSET (5) [noun] An attack; an assault especially of an army. | [noun] The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent. | [noun] The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus. ONTIC (7) [adjective] Ontological. | [adjective] Pertaining to being generally, as opposed to some theory of it (which would be ontology). OPENS (7) [verb] To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position. | [verb] To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility. | [verb] To bring up, broach. 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. OPSIN (7) [noun] Any of a group of light-sensitive proteins in the retina. ORANG (6) [noun] An orangutan. ORCIN (7) [noun] The organic compound 3,5-dihydroxytoluene, found in many lichens and synthesizable from toluene. ORGAN (6) [noun] A larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions. | [noun] (by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions. | [noun] A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such. 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. OUNCE (7) [noun] An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams. | [noun] A troy ounce, weighing 1/12 of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams. | [noun] A US fluid ounce, with a volume of 1/16 of a US pint, 1.8047 cubic inches or 29.5735 millilitres. | [noun] A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar. OVENS (8) [noun] A chamber used for baking or heating. 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 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. OWNED (9) [verb] To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to. | [verb] To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership. | [verb] To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm. OWNER (8) [noun] One who owns something. | [noun] The captain of a ship. OWSEN (8) OZONE (14) [noun] An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a blue gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge. | [noun] Fresh air, especially that breathed at the seaside and smelling of seaweed. | [verb] To treat with ozone. PAEAN (7) [noun] A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle. | [noun] (by extension) Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. | [noun] (by extension) An enthusiastic expression of praise. PAEON (7) [noun] A foot containing any pattern of three short syllables and one long syllable. PAGAN (8) [noun] A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion. | [noun] (by extension) An uncivilized or unsocialized person. | [noun] (by extension) An unruly, badly educated child. 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. PANDA (8) [noun] The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail. | [noun] Short for giant panda. | [noun] (law enforcement) Short for panda car. | [noun] A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual. PANDY (11) PANED (8) PANEL (7) [noun] A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc. | [noun] A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example. | [noun] An individual frame or drawing in a comic. PANES (7) [noun] An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc. | [noun] A layer in the build-up of a GUI. | [noun] A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface. PANGA (8) [noun] A large broad-bladed knife. | [noun] Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus. | [noun] A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia. | [noun] A small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America. PANGS (8) [noun] (often in the plural) A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe. | [noun] (often in the plural) A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow. | [verb] To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture. 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. PANNE (7) [noun] A lustrous finish applied to velvet and satin. | [noun] A fabric resembling velvet, but having the nap flat and less close. | [noun] A wetland consisting of a small depression, with or without standing water, often in a salt marsh or other coastal wetland. PANSY (10) [noun] A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor. | [noun] A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Junonia. Also called arguses. PANTO (7) [noun] A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid. | [noun] By extension, a structure of crosswise bars linked in such a way that it can extend and compress like an accordion, such as in a pantograph mirror or a scissor lift. | [noun] A pattern printed on a document to reduce the ease of photocopying. PANTS (7) [noun] (Manchester) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. | [noun] An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. | [noun] Rubbish; something worthless. | [verb] To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants. | [noun] A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. | [verb] To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. PANTY (10) [noun] (in the plural) Short trousers for men, or more usually boys. | [noun] (usually in the plural, or in compounds) An article of clothing worn as underpants by women. | [noun] A helmet cover. PATEN (7) [noun] The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist. | [noun] Any shallow dish found in an archaeological site. PATIN (7) PAVAN (10) [noun] A native or inhabitant of Padua. | [noun] An imitation coin resembling old Roman bronze coins, made at Padua in the 16th century. | [noun] A stately Spanish dance. PAVIN (10) PAWNS (10) [noun] A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf. | [noun] The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant. | [noun] Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end. PEANS (7) PECAN (9) [noun] A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts. | [noun] A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree. | [noun] A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut. PEENS (7) [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. | [noun] Penis. PEINS (7) PEKAN (11) [noun] The fisher cat, the fisher (Martes pennanti), or the marten (Martes americana). PEKIN (11) PELON (7) PENAL (7) [adjective] Of or relating to punishment. | [adjective] Subject to punishment; punishable. | [adjective] Serving as a place of punishment. PENCE (9) [noun] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d. | [noun] In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling. Abbreviation: p. | [noun] In Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p. PENDS (8) PENES (7) [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. | [noun] Penis. PENGO (8) [noun] The monetary unit of Hungary from January, 1927 to July, 1946, divided into 100 fillér. 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). PENNA (7) [noun] A contour feather PENNE (7) [noun] A type of short, diagonally cut pasta. PENNI (7) [noun] A former Finnish currency unit, worth 1/100 of the markka. PENNY (10) [noun] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d. | [noun] In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling. Abbreviation: p. | [noun] In Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p. PEONS (7) [noun] A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work. | [noun] A person of low rank or importance. | [noun] A messenger, foot soldier, or native policeman. PEONY (10) [noun] A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers. | [noun] A dark red colour. PHONE (10) [noun] A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc. | [verb] To call (someone) using a telephone. | [noun] A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language. PHONO (10) [noun] A phonograph. PHONS (10) [noun] (acoustics) A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured. PHONY (13) [noun] A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own. | [noun] A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold. | [noun] Anything fraudulent or fake. 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) PIING (8) 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. PIRNS (7) 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. PLAIN (7) [adjective] Flat, level. | [adjective] Simple. | [adjective] Obvious. | [noun] A lamentation. | [noun] A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country. PLANE (7) [noun] A level or flat surface. | [noun] A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane). | [noun] A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane) | [noun] A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface. | [noun] An airplane; an aeroplane. | [noun] A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus. PLANK (11) [noun] A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick. | [noun] A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue. | [noun] Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time. PLANS (7) [noun] A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc. | [noun] A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal. | [noun] A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation. PLANT (7) [noun] An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree. | [noun] An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism. | [noun] Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall. PLENA (7) 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. PLONK (11) [noun] The sound of something solid landing. | [verb] To set or toss (something) down carelessly. | [verb] To automatically ignore a particular poster. | [noun] Cheap or inferior everyday wine. | [noun] A female police constable. PLUNK (11) [noun] The dull thud of something landing on a surface. | [noun] A large sum of money. | [noun] A dollar. 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. PONCE (9) [noun] A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's. | [verb] To act as a pimp. | [verb] Hence, to try to get rid of or proactively sell something. PONDS (8) [noun] An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake. | [noun] An inland body of standing water of any size that is fed by springs rather than by a river. | [noun] The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond. PONES (7) PONGS (8) [noun] A stench, a bad smell. | [verb] To stink, to smell bad. | [verb] To deliver a line of a play in an arch, suggestive or unnatural way, so as to draw undue attention to it. POONS (7) [noun] Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, yielding a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc. | [noun] Poontang, the vagina, or, intercourse with a woman. | [noun] A wimp; a pussy. PORNO (7) [noun] Pornography. | [noun] A pornographic film. | [adjective] Pornographic PORNS (7) PORNY (10) [adjective] Reminiscent of pornography; somewhat pornographic. POUND (8) [noun] A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight. | [noun] A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of weight when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere. | [noun] The symbol # (octothorpe, hash) | [noun] A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals. An animal shelter. | [noun] A hard blow. PRANG (8) [noun] An aeroplane crash. | [noun] A bombing raid. | [noun] An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties. | [noun] A type of tower or spire featured in some Buddhist temples of Thailand and Cambodia. PRANK (11) [noun] A practical joke or mischievous trick. | [noun] An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception. | [verb] To perform a practical joke on; to trick. PRAWN (10) [noun] A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata. | [noun] A crustacean sometimes confused with shrimp. | [noun] A woman with a very toned body, but an unattractive face. | [noun] Pornography. PREEN (7) [noun] A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth. | [noun] (dialectal) pin | [noun] (dialectal) bodkin; brooch | [verb] (of birds) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers. 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. PRONE (7) [adjective] Lying face downward. | [adjective] Having a downward inclination or slope. | [adjective] Predisposed, liable, inclined. PRONG (8) [noun] A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine. | [noun] A branch; a fork. | [noun] The penis. PRUNE (7) [noun] A plum. | [noun] The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum. | [noun] An old woman, especially a wrinkly one. | [verb] To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive. PUNAS (7) [noun] An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in which short, coarse grass supports a Native American population. PUNCH (12) [noun] A hit or strike with one's fist. | [noun] Power, strength, energy. | [noun] Impact. | [noun] A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface. | [noun] A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic. | [noun] Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia. PUNGS (8) PUNKA (11) PUNKS (11) [noun] A person used for sex, particularly: | [noun] A worthless person, particularly: | [noun] Short for punk rock, a genre known for short, loud, energetic songs with electric guitars and strong drums. PUNKY (14) [noun] A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; the biting midge; sandfly. | [noun] A fish, Lepomis gibbosus. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to punk (touchwood) - soft or rotted. PUNNY (10) [noun] A punishment. | [adjective] (of a pun) Funny. | [adjective] Involving the use of a pun. PUNTO (7) PUNTS (7) [noun] A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole. | [verb] To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole. | [noun] A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground. PUNTY (10) [noun] A metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. It often leaves an irregular or ring-shaped scar on the base when removed called the "pontil mark". PURIN (7) PUTON (7) PYINS (10) PYLON (10) [noun] A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple. | [noun] A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables. | [noun] A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage. PYRAN (10) QANAT (14) [noun] An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley QUANT (14) [noun] A quantitative analyst. | [noun] Short for quantity. | [noun] Short for quantifier. | [noun] A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole. QUEAN (14) [noun] A woman, now especially an impudent or disreputable woman; a prostitute. | [noun] A young woman, a girl; a daughter. QUEEN (14) [noun] A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria. | [noun] The wife or widow of a king. | [noun] The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. QUERN (14) [noun] A mill for grinding corn, especially a hand-mill made of two circular stones. | [verb] To grind; to use a quern. 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 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. RACON (7) [noun] A beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, responds by transmitting a coded navigation signal. RADON (6) [noun] The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas. 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 RANCE (7) RANCH (10) [noun] A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock. | [noun] A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States. | [noun] A house or property on a plot of ranch land. RANDS (6) [noun] The border of an area of land, especially marshland. | [noun] A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak. | [noun] A border, edge or rim. RANDY (9) [noun] Impudent beggar | [noun] Boisterous, coarse, loose woman | [noun] Virago RANEE (5) [noun] The wife of a rajah. | [noun] A Hindu princess or female ruler in India. RANGE (6) [noun] A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc. | [noun] A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates. | [noun] Selection, array. RANGY (9) [adjective] Slender and long of limb; lanky | [adjective] Prone to roaming around. | [adjective] Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious. RANID (6) RANIS (5) [noun] The wife of a rajah. | [noun] A Hindu princess or female ruler in India. RANKS (9) [noun] A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"]. | [noun] In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal. | [noun] One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality RANTS (5) [noun] A criticism done by ranting. | [noun] A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation. | [noun] A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop. RATAN (5) RAVEN (8) [noun] Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax. | [noun] A jet-black colour. | [adjective] Of the color of the raven; jet-black | [noun] Rapine; rapacity. 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) RAYON (8) [noun] A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber. | [noun] An administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states. | [noun] A ray or beam. RECON (7) [noun] Reconnaissance. | [verb] Reconnoiter. | [noun] The smallest genetic unit that is capable of undergoing recombination. REDAN (6) [noun] A defensive fortification work in the shape of a V. REDON (6) REGNA (6) 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. REMAN (7) [verb] To supply with new personnel. | [adjective] Having the property of having undergone remanufacture RENAL (5) [adjective] Pertaining to the kidneys. RENDS (6) [verb] To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst | [verb] To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate. | [verb] To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split. RENEW (8) [verb] To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition. | [verb] To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of. | [verb] To make new spiritually; to regenerate. 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. RENTE (5) RENTS (5) [noun] A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property. | [noun] A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service. | [noun] A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business. REPIN (7) RERAN (5) [verb] To run (a previously broadcast television program) again. | [verb] To run (a race) again. | [verb] To run (a computer program) again. RERUN (5) [noun] A television program shown after its initial presentation — particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat. | [noun] Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc. | [noun] A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office. 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. REWAN (8) REWIN (8) REWON (8) RHINO (8) [noun] A rhinoceros. | [noun] Money RIANT (5) RICIN (7) [noun] An extremely toxic protein extracted from the castor bean. 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. 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 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. 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. ROANS (5) [noun] An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in. | [noun] The color of such an animal. | [noun] A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco. 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. ROMAN (7) [noun] One of the main three types used for the Latin alphabet (the others being italics and blackletter), in which the ascenders are mostly straight. | [noun] A novel. | [adjective] (of type) upright, as opposed to italic RONDO (6) [noun] A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains. | [noun] A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy. | [noun] A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others. 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. ROUEN (5) ROUND (6) [adverb] So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof. | [adverb] So as to surround or be near. | [adverb] Nearly; approximately; about. | [verb] To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel. | [noun] A whisper; whispering. ROVEN (8) ROWAN (8) [noun] Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan. | [noun] Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries. | [noun] A second crop of hay; aftermath. ROWEN (8) [noun] A second crop of hay; aftermath. | [noun] A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it can be cropped by cattle. RUANA (5) 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. RUMEN (7) [noun] The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants. RUNES (5) [noun] A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons. | [noun] A Finnish or Scandinavian epic poem, or a division of one, especially a division of the Kalevala. | [noun] A letter or mark used as mystical or magic symbol. RUNGS (6) [noun] A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round. | [noun] A crosspiece between legs of a chair. | [noun] A position in a hierarchy. RUNIC (7) RUNNY (8) [adjective] Fluid; capable of flowing. | [adjective] Liable to run or drip. RUNTS (5) [noun] The smallest animal of a litter. | [noun] (by extension) The smallest child in the family. | [noun] Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person. RUNTY (8) RUTIN (5) [noun] A flavonoid, found in many plants, that is a glycoside of quercetin and rutinose. RYNDS (9) SABIN (7) 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. SALON (5) [noun] A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests. | [noun] A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting. | [noun] An art gallery or exhibition; especially the Paris salon or autumn salon. SANDS (6) [noun] Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction. | [noun] (often in the plural) A beach or other expanse of sand. | [noun] (circa 1920) Personal courage. SANDY (9) [adjective] Covered with sand. | [adjective] Sprinkled with sand. | [adjective] Containing sand. SANED (6) SANER (5) [adjective] Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally. | [adjective] Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner. | [adjective] Rational; reasonable; sensible. SANES (5) SANGA (6) [noun] Sandwich. SANGH (9) SANTO (5) SARAN (5) [noun] A plastic resin used to make packaging films. SARIN (5) [noun] The neurotoxin O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate, used as a chemical weapon. 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. SAUNA (5) [noun] A room or a house designed for heat sessions. | [noun] The act of using a sauna. | [noun] A public sauna; a front for a brothel in some countries. 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. SCANS (7) [noun] Close investigation. | [noun] An instance of scanning. | [noun] The result or output of a scanning process. SCANT (7) [adjective] Very little, very few. | [adjective] Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough. | [adjective] Sparing; parsimonious; chary. | [verb] To limit in amount or share; to stint. | [noun] A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. | [noun] Scarcity; lack. SCENA (7) [noun] A scene in an opera. | [noun] An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria. | [noun] The stage of an ancient theatre. SCEND (8) [noun] The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement. | [verb] To heave upward. SCENE (7) [noun] The location of an event that attracts attention. | [noun] The stage. | [noun] The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set SCENT (7) [noun] A distinctive odour or smell. | [noun] An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing. | [noun] The sense of smell. SCION (7) [noun] A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family. | [noun] The heir to a throne. | [noun] A guardian. SCONE (7) [noun] A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle. | [noun] (Utah) Frybread served with honey butter spread on it. | [noun] The head. SCORN (7) [noun] Contempt or disdain. | [noun] A display of disdain; a slight. | [noun] An object of disdain, contempt, or derision. SEDAN (6) [noun] An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair. | [noun] An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggage space. | [noun] A handbarrow for transporting fish. SEGNI (6) SEGNO (6) 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. SEMEN (7) [noun] A sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells. SENDS (6) [verb] To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another. | [verb] To excite, delight, or thrill (someone). | [verb] To bring to a certain condition. SENGI (6) SENNA (5) [noun] Any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the genera Cassia and Senna, whose leaves and pods are used as a purgative and laxative. | [noun] The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of Senna alexandrina, syn. Cassia angustifolia or Cassia acutifolia), used medicinally. | [noun] Senna glycoside, a laxative. SENOR (5) [noun] A Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or an older man. SENSA (5) SENSE (5) [noun] Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste. | [noun] Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness. | [noun] Sound practical or moral judgment. SENTE (5) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lesotho loti. | [noun] (Go) first move, initiative SENTI (5) SERIN (5) [noun] Any of various small finches in the genus Serinus, with largely yellow plumage. SETON (5) [noun] A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen etc., introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to induce suppuration; also, the issue so formed. SEVEN (8) [noun] The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof. | [noun] A card bearing seven pips. | [numeral] A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••). SEWAN (8) SHANK (12) [noun] The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle. | [noun] Meat from that part of an animal. | [noun] A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs. SHARN (8) SHAWN (11) SHEEN (8) [noun] Splendor; radiance; shininess. | [noun] A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface. | [verb] To shine; to glisten. | [noun] The letter ش in the Arabic script. SHEND (9) SHENT (8) SHEWN (11) 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. SHONE (8) [verb] To emit light. | [verb] To reflect light. | [verb] To distinguish oneself; to excel. SHOON (8) SHORN (8) [verb] To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears. | [verb] To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping. | [verb] To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions. SHOWN (11) [verb] To display, to have somebody see (something). | [verb] To bestow; to confer. | [verb] To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate. SHULN (8) SHUNS (8) [verb] To avoid, especially persistently. | [verb] To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc). | [verb] To screen, hide. SHUNT (8) [noun] An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove. | [noun] A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit. | [noun] The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun. 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. 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. 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. SKEAN (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. | [noun] A double-edged, leaf-shaped, typically bronze dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland. SKEEN (9) 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. SKENE (9) [noun] An element of ancient Greek theater: the structure at the back of the stage. | [noun] A double-edged, leaf-shaped, typically bronze dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland. | [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. 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 SKUNK (13) [noun] Any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure. | [noun] A despicable person. | [noun] A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Compare shutout. | [noun] A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture. | [noun] Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish. SLAIN (5) [noun] (with "the") Those who have been killed. | [verb] To kill, murder. | [verb] To eradicate or stamp out. SLANG (6) [noun] Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register. | [noun] Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon. | [noun] The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant. | [verb] To throw with a circular or arcing motion. | [noun] Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. | [noun] A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. | [verb] To sell (especially illegal drugs). SLANK (9) SLANT (5) [noun] A slope; an incline, inclination. | [noun] A sloped surface or line. | [noun] A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam. 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. SLUNG (6) [verb] To throw with a circular or arcing motion. | [verb] To throw with a sling. | [verb] To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle. SLUNK (9) [verb] To sneak about furtively. | [verb] To give birth to an animal prematurely. | [noun] An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely or abortively. SNACK (11) [noun] A light meal. | [noun] An item of food eaten between meals. | [noun] A very sexy and attractive person. | [noun] A share; a part or portion. SNAFU (8) [noun] A ridiculously chaotic situation. | [noun] A major glitch or breakdown. | [verb] To screw up or foul up. SNAGS (6) [noun] A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch. | [noun] A dead tree that remains standing. | [noun] A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk. 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. SNAKE (9) [noun] A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue. | [noun] A treacherous person. | [noun] Somebody who acts deceitfully for social gain. SNAKY (12) [adjective] Resembling or relating to snakes. | [adjective] Windy; winding; twisty; sinuous, wavy. | [adjective] Sly; cunning; deceitful. SNAPS (7) [noun] A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound. | [noun] A sudden break. | [noun] An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab. SNARE (5) [noun] A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather). | [noun] A mental or psychological trap. | [noun] A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal. SNARK (9) [noun] Snide remarks. | [verb] To express oneself in a snarky fashion. | [verb] To snort. | [noun] A graph in which every node has three branches, and the edges cannot be coloured in fewer than four colours without two edges of the same colour meeting at a point. SNARL (5) [noun] A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle. | [noun] An intricate complication; a problematic difficulty; a knotty or tangled situation. | [noun] A slow-moving traffic jam. | [noun] The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention. SNASH (8) [noun] Verbal abuse; insolence; guff. | [verb] To talk impudently. SNATH (8) SNAWS (8) SNEAK (9) [noun] One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information. | [noun] A cheat; a con artist. | [noun] An informer; a tell-tale. SNEAP (7) SNECK (11) [noun] A latch or catch. | [noun] The nose. | [noun] A cut. SNEDS (6) [verb] To lop. SNEER (5) [noun] A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn. | [noun] A display of contempt; scorn. | [verb] To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn SNELL (5) [adjective] Quick, smart; sharp, active, brisk or nimble; lively. | [adjective] Quick-witted; witty. | [adjective] Harsh; severe. | [noun] A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook or lure is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line. 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. SNOBS (7) [noun] A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. | [noun] A cobbler or shoemaker. | [noun] A member of the lower classes; a commoner. SNOGS (6) [noun] A passionate kiss. | [verb] To kiss passionately. SNOOD (6) [noun] A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women. | [noun] A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place. | [noun] The flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey. SNOOK (9) [noun] A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes. | [noun] Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families. | [verb] To fish for snook. | [noun] (as a gesture) A disrespectful gesture, performed by placing the tip of a thumb on one's nose with the fingers spread, and typically while wiggling the fingers back and forth. SNOOL (5) [noun] An abject, cowardly person who submits tamely to others. | [verb] To submit tamely to others. SNOOP (7) [noun] The act of snooping | [noun] One who snoops | [noun] A private detective SNOOT (5) [noun] An elitist individual; one who looks down upon lower social classes. | [noun] A language pedant or snob; one who practices linguistic elitism. | [noun] A nose or snout, especially in derogatory use. SNORE (5) [noun] The act of snoring, and the noise produced. | [noun] An extremely boring person or event. | [verb] To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate. SNORT (5) [noun] The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose. | [noun] A dose of a drug to be snorted. Here, "drug" includes snuff (i.e., pulverized tobacco). | [noun] A consumed portion of alcoholic drink. SNOTS (5) [noun] Mucus, especially mucus from the nose. | [noun] A contemptible child. | [noun] A mean fellow. SNOUT (5) [noun] The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs. | [noun] The front of the prow of a ship or boat. | [noun] A person's nose. SNOWS (8) [noun] The frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation. | [noun] Any similar frozen form of a gas or liquid. | [noun] A snowfall; a blanket of frozen, crystalline water. SNOWY (11) [adjective] Marked by snow, characterized by snow. | [adjective] Covered with snow, snow-covered, besnowed. | [adjective] Snow-white in color, white as snow. SNUBS (7) [noun] A deliberate affront or slight. | [noun] A sudden checking of a cable or rope. | [noun] A knot; a protuberance; a snag. SNUCK (11) [verb] To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen. | [verb] To take something stealthily without permission. | [verb] (ditransitive) To stealthily bring someone something. SNUFF (11) [noun] Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose. | [noun] Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue; see also snus. | [noun] A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco. | [noun] The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed). | [verb] To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated. SNUGS (6) [noun] A small, comfortable back room in a pub. | [noun] A lug. | [verb] To make secure or snug. SNYES (8) SOLAN (5) [noun] Solan goose SOLON (5) SONAR (5) [noun] Echolocation | [noun] A device that uses hydrophones (in the same manner as radar) to locate objects underwater. SONDE (6) [noun] Probe; sound. | [noun] (physical sciences) Any of various devices for testing physical conditions, often for remote or underwater locations. SONES (5) [noun] (acoustics) a subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing SONGS (6) [noun] A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing. | [noun] (by extension) Any musical composition. | [noun] Poetical composition; poetry; verse. SONIC (7) [adjective] Of or relating to sound. | [adjective] Having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air. SONLY (8) SONNY (8) [noun] A familiar form of address for a boy | [noun] Form of address to a boy or man, to express contempt, warning etc. SONSY (8) [adjective] Lucky; fortunate; thriving; plump SORNS (5) SOUND (6) [adjective] Healthy. | [adjective] Complete, solid, or secure. | [adjective] Having the property of soundness. | [noun] A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium. | [noun] A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean. | [noun] An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde. SOZIN (14) SPANG (8) [noun] A shiny ornament or object; a spangle | [verb] To set with bright points: star or spangle. | [verb] To hitch; fasten. | [verb] (of a flying object such as a bullet) To strike or ricochet with a loud report | [noun] A bound or spring; a leap. | [noun] A span. SPANK (11) [noun] An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap. | [noun] A slapping sound, as produced by spanking. | [verb] To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction. SPANS (7) [noun] The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; an eighth of a fathom. | [noun] (by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time. | [noun] A portion of something by length; a subsequence. SPAWN (10) [verb] To produce or deposit (eggs) in water. | [verb] To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers. | [verb] To bring forth in general. | [noun] The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism. SPEAN (7) SPEND (8) [noun] Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure. | [noun] (in the plural) Expenditures; money or pocket money. | [noun] Discharged semen. SPENT (7) [verb] To pay out (money). | [verb] To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon. | [verb] To squander. 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) SPOON (7) [noun] An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle. | [noun] An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon. | [noun] A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful. | [verb] To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted. SPUNK (11) [noun] A spark. | [noun] Touchwood; tinder. | [noun] A piece of tinder, sometimes impregnated with sulphur; a match. SPURN (7) [noun] An act of spurning; a scornful rejection. | [noun] A kick; a blow with the foot. | [noun] Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. 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. STAND (6) [noun] The act of standing. | [noun] A defensive position or effort. | [noun] A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition. STANE (5) STANG (6) STANK (9) [verb] To have a strong bad smell. | [verb] To be greatly inferior; to perform badly. | [verb] To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth. | [adjective] Foul-smelling, stinking, unclean. | [noun] Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water. | [adjective] Weak; worn out | [verb] To sigh. STEIN (5) [noun] A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass. STENO (5) [noun] A stenographer, someone whose job is to take dictation in shorthand | [noun] Stenography STERN (5) [adjective] Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner. | [adjective] Grim and forbidding in appearance. | [noun] The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel. | [noun] A bird, the black tern. 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. STONE (5) [noun] A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks. | [noun] A small piece of stone, a pebble. | [noun] A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond. STONY (8) [adjective] As hard as stone. | [adjective] Containing or made up of stones. | [adjective] Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion. STUNG (6) [verb] To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both. | [verb] (of an insect) To bite. | [verb] (sometimes figurative) To hurt, to be in pain. STUNK (9) [verb] To have a strong bad smell. | [verb] To be greatly inferior; to perform badly. | [verb] To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth. STUNS (5) [noun] The condition of being stunned. | [noun] That which stuns; a shock; a stupefying blow. | [noun] A person who lacks intelligence. STUNT (5) [noun] A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills. | [noun] Skill | [noun] A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line. | [noun] A check in growth. 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. SUNNA (5) SUNNS (5) SUNNY (8) [noun] A sunfish. | [adjective] (of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine. | [adjective] (of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine. SUNUP (7) [noun] The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon. | [noun] The change in color of the sky at sunup. 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. SWANG (9) SWANK (12) [noun] A fashionably elegant person. | [noun] Ostentation; bravado. | [verb] To swagger, to show off. SWANS (8) [noun] Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage. | [noun] One whose grace etc. suggests a swan. | [noun] This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire). 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) SWOON (8) [noun] A faint. | [noun] An infatuation. | [verb] To faint, to lose consciousness. SWORN (8) [verb] To take an oath, to promise. | [verb] To use offensive, profane, or obscene language. | [adjective] Given or declared under oath. SWOUN (8) SWUNG (9) [verb] To rotate about an off-centre fixed point. | [verb] To dance. | [verb] To ride on a swing. SYNCH (13) [noun] Harmony. | [noun] A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films. | [verb] To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video. SYNCS (10) [noun] Harmony. | [noun] A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films. | [verb] To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video. SYNOD (9) [noun] An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters. | [noun] An administrative division of churches, either the entire denomination, as in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, or a mid-level division (middle judicatory, district) as in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | [noun] An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body. SYNTH (11) [noun] A musical synthesizer. | [verb] To play on a musical synthesizer. SYREN (8) TABUN (7) [noun] An extremely toxic nerve agent; a clear, tasteless liquid, molecular formula C5H11N2O2P. | [noun] A clay oven, shaped like a truncated cone, with an opening at the bottom for stoking the fire. 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. TAKEN (9) [verb] To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force. | [verb] To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc). | [verb] To remove. TAKIN (9) [noun] A goat-antelope, species Budorcas taxicolor. TALON (5) [noun] A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal. | [noun] One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth. | [noun] A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.) TANGO (6) [noun] A Standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango. | [noun] A piece of music suited to such a dance. | [noun] The letter T in the ICAO spelling alphabet. TANGS (6) [noun] A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor. | [noun] A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself. | [noun] A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. TANGY (9) [adjective] Having a sharp, pungent flavor TANKA (9) [noun] A form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 morae. | [noun] A strong, forceful expression | [noun] A Tibetan painting of the Buddha on fabric. | [noun] An ethnic group of boat people in the Canton area. | [noun] A coin and unit of currency of varying value, formerly used in parts of India and Central Asia. TANKS (9) [noun] A closed container for liquids or gases. | [noun] An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids. | [noun] A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial. | [interjection] Thanks TANSY (8) [noun] A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare. | [noun] A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs (including tansy), baked with butter in a shallow dish. "Originally flavoured with tansy, but by Pepys's time generally having spinach as its predominant flavouring." TANTO (5) [noun] A common type of Japanese dagger or knife. Alternative spelling of tantō | [adverb] So much; too much. TARNS (5) [noun] A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England. | [noun] (chiefly Montana) One of many small mountain lakes or ponds. TAUNT (5) [noun] A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery | [verb] To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner. | [adjective] Very high or tall. TAWNY (11) [noun] A light brown to brownish orange colour. | [adjective] Of a light brown to brownish orange color. | [adjective] A sweet, fortified wine which is blended and matured in wood. TAXON (12) [noun] A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. TEENS (5) [noun] A teenager. | [noun] Grief; sorrow; trouble. | [noun] Vexation; anger; hate. TEENY (8) [adjective] Very small; tiny. | [adjective] Fretful; peevish; cross TEIND (6) TENCH (10) [noun] A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca. TENDS (6) [verb] (Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender. | [verb] (followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning. | [verb] To contribute to or toward some outcome. TENET (5) [noun] An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization. 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. TENON (5) [noun] A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame. | [verb] To make into a tenon. | [verb] To fit with tenons. TENOR (5) [noun] A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto. | [noun] A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range. | [noun] A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies. TENSE (5) [noun] (grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. | [noun] (grammar) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense. | [noun] The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists. | [verb] To make or become tense. TENTH (8) [noun] The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position. | [noun] One of ten equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third. TENTS (5) [noun] A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather. | [noun] The representation of a tent used as a bearing. | [noun] A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church. TENTY (8) TERNE (5) [noun] An alloy coating made of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin) and used to cover steel. TERNS (5) [noun] Any of various sea birds of the family Sternidae that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail. | [noun] That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together. | [noun] A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw. THANE (8) [noun] A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron. THANK (12) [noun] An expression of appreciation; a thought. | [verb] To express gratitude or appreciation toward. | [verb] To feel gratitude or appreciation toward. THEGN (9) [noun] A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron. THEIN (8) THENS (8) 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. THONG (9) [noun] A strip of leather. | [noun] (usually in the plural) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour. | [noun] An undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more. THORN (8) [noun] A sharp protective spine of a plant. | [noun] Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn. | [noun] That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome. THUNK (12) [verb] To strike against something, without breakage, making a "thunk" sound. | [interjection] Representing the dull sound of the impact of a heavy object striking another and coming to an immediate standstill, with neither object being broken by the impact. | [noun] (functional programming) A delayed computation. TIGON (6) [noun] A cross between a male tiger and a lioness. 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. TITAN (5) [noun] Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness. TOKEN (9) [noun] Something serving as an expression of something else. | [noun] A keepsake. | [noun] A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services. TOLAN (5) TOMAN (7) TONAL (5) [adjective] Of or relating to tones or tonality. | [adjective] Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something. | [adjective] Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic. | [noun] An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death. TONDI (6) [noun] A round picture or other work of art. TONDO (6) [noun] A round picture or other work of art. TONED (6) [verb] To give a particular tone to | [verb] To change the colour of | [verb] To make (something) firmer TONER (5) [noun] Powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper. | [noun] Cosmetic lotion designed to cleanse the skin and shrink pores, usually used on the face. | [noun] A musician, particularly one that plays a wind instrument. TONES (5) [noun] A specific pitch. | [noun] (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second. | [noun] (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody. TONEY (8) TONGA (6) [noun] A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. | [noun] A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum. TONGS (6) [noun] An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips. | [noun] (by extension) A large scissors-like two-piece center-hinged forged-iron implement with oval-loop handles and with pointed tips turned inward (in the same plane as and perpendicular to the handles) to facilitate lifting and carrying a block of ice. Often called ice tongs. | [noun] An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands. | [verb] To use tongs. | [noun] An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands. 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. TONNE (5) [noun] A metric unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. Symbol: t | [noun] A score of 100. TONUS (5) [noun] Tonicity; tone TOONS (5) [noun] A cartoon, especially an animated television show. | [noun] A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. | [noun] A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye. TOWNS (8) [noun] A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city. | [noun] Any more urbanized center than the place of reference. | [noun] A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week. TOWNY (11) [noun] A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university. | [noun] A person born and raised in an area of Massachusetts who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage. | [noun] A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways. TOXIN (12) [noun] A toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms. TOYON (8) [noun] A chiefly Californian ornamental evergreen shrub (Heteromeles arbutifolia) of the rose family having white flowers succeeded by red berries. TRAIN (5) [noun] Elongated portion. | [noun] Connected sequence of people or things. | [verb] To practice an ability. | [noun] Treachery; deceit. TRANK (9) [noun] An oblong piece of skin from which the pieces for a glove are cut. | [noun] A tranquilizer. | [verb] To tranquilize. TRANQ (14) [noun] A tranquilizer. | [verb] To tranquilize. TRANS (5) [verb] To cross from one side to another of (gender, sex or something in that vein). | [adjective] In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond. | [adjective] Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum. | [noun] (sometimes offensive, sometimes humorous) A trans person. | [noun] The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans). | [noun] (sometimes offensive, sometimes humorous) A trans person. TREEN (5) [noun] Fast growing function based on Kruskal's tree theorem. | [noun] A perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but differentiated from a shrub by its larger size (typically over a few meters in height) or growth habit, usually having a single (or few) main axis or trunk unbranched for some distance above the ground and a head of branches and foliage. | [noun] Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree (in any botanical sense). | [noun] Household articles made of wood. | [noun] A territorial division in the Isle of Man. TREND (6) [noun] An inclination in a particular direction. | [noun] A tendency. | [noun] A fad or fashion style. | [noun] Clean wool. 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. TRONA (5) [noun] A saline evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, Na3HCO3CO3·2H2O. TRONE (5) TRUNK (9) [noun] (heading, biological) Part of a body. | [noun] (heading) A container. | [noun] (heading) A channel for flow of some kind. TUNAS (5) [noun] Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae. | [noun] The edible flesh of the tuna. | [noun] The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia. TUNED (6) [verb] To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches. | [verb] To adjust or modify (esp. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally. | [verb] To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel. TUNER (5) [noun] A person who tunes a piano or organ. | [noun] A device, electronic or mechanical, that helps a person tune a musical instrument by showing the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch. | [noun] On a musical instrument, a peg or mechanical device that changes the tension, and hence pitch, of a string. | [noun] (entertainment industry) A musical. TUNES (5) [noun] A melody. | [noun] A song, or short musical composition. | [noun] The act of tuning or maintenance. TUNGS (6) 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. TUNNY (8) [noun] Tuna. TURNS (5) [verb] (heading) to make a non-linear physical movement. | [verb] (heading) To change condition or attitude. | [verb] To change one's course of action; to take a new approach. TWAIN (8) [noun] Pair, couple | [adjective] Twofold | [numeral] Two | [verb] To part in twain; divide; sunder. TWANG (9) [noun] The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument. | [noun] A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars. | [noun] A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice. TWEEN (8) [noun] An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of frames generated by tweening. | [verb] To generate intermediate frames in an animated sequence so as to give the appearance of smooth movement. | [noun] A person in their twenties, between 20 and 29 years old. Possibly including 30-32. | [noun] A child, usually a girl, in the age range between young childhood and adolescence, normally between eight and thirteen years of age. 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 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. TYNED (9) TYNES (8) UHLAN (8) [noun] A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian/German, Austrian, and Russian armies. ULANS (5) ULNAD (6) ULNAE (5) [noun] The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate. ULNAR (5) ULNAS (5) [noun] The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate. ULPAN (7) UNAIS (5) UNAPT (7) [adjective] Not apt, inappropriate, unsuited. | [adjective] Unaccustomed. UNARM (7) [verb] To disarm, to remove the armour and weapons from. | [verb] To remove one's armour. UNARY (8) [noun] The unary numeral system; the bijective base-1 numeral system. | [noun] Unary coding, an entropy encoding for natural numbers. | [adjective] Consisting of or involving a single element or component. UNAUS (5) UNBAN (7) [verb] To lift a ban against. UNBAR (7) [verb] To remove an impediment that obstructs the passage of (someone or something). | [verb] To remove a prohibition. | [verb] To unlock or unbolt a door that had been locked or bolted with a bar. UNBID (8) UNBOX (14) [verb] To remove from a box. | [verb] To retrieve (a value of a primitive type) from the object in which it is boxed. UNCAP (9) [verb] To remove a cap or cover from. | [verb] To take off one's cap. UNCIA (7) UNCLE (7) [noun] The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent. | [noun] The male cousin of one’s parent. | [noun] A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother. UNCOS (7) UNCOY (10) UNCUS (7) UNCUT (7) [adjective] Not cut. | [adjective] (of a gemstone) Not cut or ground to the desired shape. | [adjective] (of a book) Not having the page edges trimmed. UNDEE (6) UNDER (6) [adjective] Being lower; being beneath something. | [adjective] Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated. | [adverb] In a way lower or less than. 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. UNDUE (6) [adjective] Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient. | [adjective] That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified. | [adjective] (of a payment etc) Not owing or payable. UNFED (9) [noun] A mosquito that has not had a blood meal. | [adjective] Not fed. | [adjective] Unsupported. 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) UNGOT (6) UNHAT (8) 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. UNLAY (8) [verb] To untwist. UNLED (6) UNLET (5) [adjective] (of property) Not let (not in temporary possession in return for rent) UNLIT (5) [adjective] Not lit UNMAN (7) [verb] To castrate; to remove the manhood of. | [verb] To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation. | [verb] To deprive of men. UNMET (7) [adjective] Not met; unfulfilled; not achieved UNMEW (10) UNMIX (14) UNPEG (8) [verb] To remove from a peg. UNPEN (7) 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. UNSAY (8) [verb] To withdraw, retract (something said). | [verb] To not have said (since this is physically impossible, usually in the subjunctive). UNSET (5) [verb] To make not set. | [adjective] Not set; not fixed or appointed. | [adjective] Not mounted or placed in a setting. UNSEW (8) UNSEX (12) [verb] To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics. | [verb] To sterilize (deprive of the ability to procreate); to castrate. 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). UNWED (9) [noun] One who is not married; a bachelor or a spinster. | [verb] To annul the marriage of. | [verb] To separate. UNWIT (8) UNWON (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). UPEND (8) [verb] To end up; to set on end. | [verb] To tip or turn over. | [verb] To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat. URBAN (7) [adjective] Related to the (or any) city. | [adjective] Characteristic of city life. | [adjective] Relating to contemporary African American culture. 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.) USNEA (5) VANDA (9) VANED (9) VANES (8) [noun] A weather vane | [noun] Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid | [noun] The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft VANGS (9) [noun] A line extended down from the end of a yard or a gaff, used to regulate its position VARNA (8) [noun] Any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes VAUNT (8) [noun] A boast; an instance of vaunting. | [verb] To speak boastfully. | [verb] To speak boastfully about. | [noun] The first part. VEENA (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. VEGAN (9) [noun] A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products | [noun] A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism. | [adjective] (of a product or practice, especially food) Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use. 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) VENAE (8) VENAL (8) [adjective] Venous; pertaining to veins. | [adjective] For sale; available for purchase. | [adjective] Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than assigned on merit. VENDS (9) [verb] To hawk or to peddle merchandise. | [verb] To sell wares through a vending machine. VENGE (9) VENIN (8) VENOM (10) [noun] A poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging. | [noun] Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol. | [verb] To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. VENTS (8) [noun] An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass. | [noun] A small aperture. | [noun] The opening of a volcano from which lava flows. VENUE (8) [noun] A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events. | [noun] A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid, or the district from which a jury comes. | [noun] A bout; a hit; a turn. See venew. VIAND (9) [noun] An item of food eaten with rice. 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. VIXEN (15) [noun] A female fox. | [noun] A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman. | [noun] A racy or salacious woman. VODUN (9) [noun] Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana. | [noun] The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo. | [noun] Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem. 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. WAGON (9) [noun] A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads. | [noun] A four-wheeled child's riding toy, pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front. | [noun] An enclosed vehicle for carrying goods or people; (by extension) a lorry, a truck. 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. WAKEN (12) [verb] To wake or rouse from sleep. | [verb] To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir. WANDS (9) [noun] A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority. | [noun] (by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand. | [noun] A magic wand. WANED (9) [verb] To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline. | [verb] Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength. | [verb] Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible. WANES (8) [noun] A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc. | [noun] The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth. | [noun] The end of a period. WANEY (11) WANLY (11) WANTS (8) [noun] A desire, wish, longing. | [noun] (often followed by of) Lack, absence. | [noun] Poverty. WARNS (8) [verb] To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially: | [verb] To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour. | [verb] (chiefly with "off", "away", and similar words) To advise or order to go or stay away. WAXEN (15) [adjective] Grown. | [verb] To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny. | [verb] To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply. | [adjective] Made of wax; covered with wax. WEANS (8) WEENS (8) [verb] To suppose, imagine; to think, believe. | [verb] To expect, hope or wish. | [verb] To weep or cry. WEENY (11) [adjective] Minuscule. | [noun] A wiener, a hot dog. | [noun] A penis, from the resemblance to a wiener, sometimes thought of as small by influence from teeny weeny WENCH (13) [noun] (possibly offensive) A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one. | [noun] Used as a term of endearment for a female person, especially a wife, daughter, or girlfriend: darling, sweetheart. | [noun] A woman servant; a maidservant. WENDS (9) [verb] To turn; change. | [verb] To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way. | [verb] To turn; make a turn; go round; veer. WENNY (11) WHANG (12) [noun] A blow; a whack. | [noun] A large piece or slice; a chunk. | [noun] A house-cleaning party. WHEEN (11) [noun] A little; a small number. | [noun] A quantity; a goodly number. WHENS (11) 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. WIDEN (9) [verb] To become wide or wider. | [verb] To make wide or wider. | [verb] To let out clothes to a larger size. WIGAN (9) 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. WITAN (8) [noun] The Anglo-Saxon national council or witenagemot. 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. WOKEN (12) [verb] (often followed by up) To stop sleeping. | [verb] (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep. | [verb] To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite. WOMAN (10) [noun] An adult female human. | [noun] (collective) All females collectively; womankind. | [noun] A female person, usually an adult; a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc. WOMEN (10) [noun] An adult female human. | [noun] (collective) All females collectively; womankind. | [noun] A female person, usually an adult; a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc. WONKS (12) [noun] An overly studious person, particularly student. | [noun] (by extension) A policy wonk or other intellectual expert. WONKY (15) [noun] A subgenre of electronic music employing unstable rhythms, complex time signatures, and mid-range synths. | [adjective] Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre. | [adjective] Feeble, shaky or rickety. | [adjective] Technically worded, in the style of jargon. WONTS (8) [verb] To make (someone) used to; to accustom. | [verb] To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something). WOUND (9) [noun] An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body. | [noun] A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc. | [noun] An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken. | [verb] To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. WOVEN (11) [verb] To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another. | [verb] To spin a cocoon or a web. | [verb] To unite by close connection or intermixture. WRANG (9) WRENS (8) [noun] Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; true wren. | [noun] Small bird of similar appearance to a true wren. 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. WRONG (9) [noun] Something that is immoral or not good. | [noun] An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer). | [noun] The incorrect or unjust position or opinion. WRUNG (9) [verb] To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out. | [verb] To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it. | [verb] To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force. WYNDS (12) [noun] A narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses. | [noun] A stack of hay. WYNNS (11) [noun] A letter of the Old English alphabet, borrowed from the futhark and used to represent the sound of w; replaced in Middle English times by the digraph uu, which later developed into the letter w. | [noun] A kind of timber truck, or carriage. XENIA (12) XENIC (14) XENON (12) [noun] The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology. XYLAN (15) YAMEN (10) YAMUN (10) YANGS (9) YANKS (12) [noun] A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force). | [noun] A masturbation session. | [verb] To pull (something) with a quick, strong action. YAPON (10) YARNS (8) [noun] A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving. | [noun] Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope. | [noun] A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible. YAWNS (11) [noun] The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored. | [noun] A particularly boring event. | [verb] To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation. YEANS (8) [verb] (of goats or sheep) To give birth to. YEARN (8) [verb] To long, have a strong desire (for something). | [verb] To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically. | [verb] To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone). | [verb] To curdle, as milk. | [noun] Yearning; yen. YENTA (8) [noun] A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger. | [noun] (Jewish) A matchmaker; a woman who specializes in finding spouses. YENTE (8) YINCE (10) YOGIN (9) 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. YOUNG (9) [noun] People who are young; young people, collectively; youth. | [noun] Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal). | [noun] (possibly nonstandard) An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism. YOURN (8) [pronoun] (obsolete outside Britain and United States dialectal) Yours. YUANS (8) YULAN (8) [noun] Magnolia denudata, a species of magnolia with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. YUPON (10) ZANZA (23) ZAYIN (17) [noun] The seventh letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). ZAZEN (23) [noun] A form of seated meditation in Zen Buddhism. ZEINS (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) ZONAL (14) [adjective] Divided into zones. | [adjective] Related to, associated with, or similar to zones. | [adjective] (of air or ocean currents) roughly longitudinal (east to west, or west to east) ZONED (15) [verb] To divide into or assign sections or areas. | [verb] To define the property use classification of an area. | [verb] To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off. ZONER (14) ZONES (14) [noun] Each of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tropics and the polar circles), and two frigid zones (within the polar circles). | [noun] Any given region or area of the world. | [noun] A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc. ZONKS (18) [verb] To hit hard . | [verb] To make (someone) sleepy or delirious, to put into a stupor . | [verb] (usually followed by “out”) To become exhausted, sleepy or delirious. ZOONS (14)

AAHING (10) ABLINS (8) ABOUND (9) [verb] To be full to overflowing. | [verb] To be wealthy. | [verb] To be highly productive. ABSENT (8) [noun] (with definite article) Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there. | [noun] An absentee; a person who is not there. | [adjective] Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing. | [verb] To keep (oneself) away. ABYING (12) ACCENT (10) [noun] A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it. | [noun] Emphasis or importance in general. | [noun] A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked. | [verb] To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent. ACETIN (8) [noun] A colorless liquid compound derived from acetic acid, used as a solvent and in organic synthesis. ACHENE (11) [noun] A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup. ACHING (12) [verb] To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. | [verb] To cause someone or something to suffer pain. | [noun] The feeling of an ache; a dull pain. ACINAR (8) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or located in an acinus. ACINIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or resembling an acinus (a small sac or cavity in a gland or plant structure). | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the berry-like fruit of plants in the bramble family. ACINUS (8) [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. ACNODE (9) [noun] An isolated point on a curve that is not connected to any other part of the curve. ACORNS (8) [noun] The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule. | [noun] A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. | [noun] See acorn-shell. ACTING (9) [verb] To do something. | [verb] To do (something); to perform. | [verb] To perform a theatrical role. ACTINS (8) [noun] Plural of actin, a globular protein that forms thin filaments in muscle cells and is involved in cell movement and structure. ACTION (8) [noun] Something done so as to accomplish a purpose. | [noun] A way of motion or functioning. | [noun] Fast-paced activity. ACUMEN (10) [noun] Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination. | [noun] A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant. | [noun] A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium. ADDEND (9) [noun] Any one of two or more numbers or other terms that are to be added together. | [noun] A moiety added to another molecule. | [verb] To furnish with an addendum. ADDING (9) [verb] To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. | [verb] To sum up; to put together mentally. | [verb] To combine elements of (something) into one quantity. ADENYL (10) [noun] A chemical group or radical derived from adenine, consisting of an adenine base bonded to a ribose sugar, found in adenosine and related nucleotides. ADJOIN (14) [verb] To be in contact or connection with. | [verb] To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element). ADNATE (7) [adjective] Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate. | [adjective] Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals. in fish, having the eyes fused and unable to rotate independently ADNEXA (14) [noun] The appendages of an organ, such as the fallopian tubes of the uterus. ADNOUN (7) ADONIS (7) [noun] A handsome young man. | [noun] A type of butterfly or plant of the genus Adonis. ADORNS (7) [verb] To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate. ADVENT (10) [noun] Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears AEDINE (7) AENEUS (6) AEONIC (8) [adjective] Relating to or lasting for an aeon; eternal or immeasurably long in duration. AFFINE (12) [noun] (genealogy) A relative by marriage, an in-law. | [verb] To refine. | [adjective] Assigning finite values to finite quantities. AFGHAN (13) [noun] A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted. | [noun] A type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut. AGEING (8) [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. AGENCY (12) [noun] The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power. | [noun] The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices. | [noun] A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved. AGENDA (8) [noun] A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to. | [noun] A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting). | [noun] A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner. AGENES (7) AGENTS (7) [noun] One who exerts power, or has the power to act | [noun] One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; someone entrusted to do the business of another | [noun] A person who looks for work for another person AGINGS (8) [noun] The plural of aging; the process of growing older or the period during which something matures. | [noun] In wine or spirits production, the processes of maturing beverages in storage. AGNAIL (7) [noun] A corn or sore on the toe or finger. | [noun] Torn skin near a toenail or fingernail. AGNATE (7) [noun] A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family. | [noun] Any paternal male relative. | [adjective] Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family. AGNIZE (16) [verb] To recognise; to acknowledge. AGONAL (7) [adjective] Relating to or resembling agony or the final struggle before death. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to an agon (a struggle or contest in ancient Greek drama). AGONES (7) [noun] Plural of agone, an archaic or dialectal word meaning "ago" or past events. | [noun] Plural of agon, meaning contests or struggles, particularly in ancient Greek drama. AGONIC (9) [adjective] Having no magnetic declination; relating to a line on Earth's surface where magnetic north and true north coincide. AIDING (8) [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. | [noun] The act of one who aids or assists. AIDMAN (9) [noun] A medical corpsman or soldier trained to provide first aid and emergency medical treatment on the battlefield. AIDMEN (9) [noun] Plural of aidman; military medical personnel who provide first aid on the battlefield. AILING (7) [verb] To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.) | [verb] To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled. | [noun] An ailment. AIMING (9) [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 AIRING (7) [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. AIRMAN (8) [noun] A pilot of an aircraft. | [noun] A member of an air force. | [noun] A person of a rank in the U.S. Air Force above airman basic and below airman first class. AIRMEN (8) [noun] A pilot of an aircraft. | [noun] A member of an air force. | [noun] A person of a rank in the U.S. Air Force above airman basic and below airman first class. AJOWAN (16) [noun] A plant in the family Apiaceae (Trachyspermum ammi), and its seed, which is used (especially in South Asian cooking) for its thyme-like flavor. AKENES (10) [noun] Plural of akene, a type of simple dry fruit that does not open to release its seed, similar to an achene. ALANDS (7) ALANIN (6) ALANTS (6) ALANYL (9) [noun] A chemical radical or group derived from the amino acid alanine, used in biochemistry and organic chemistry. ALBINO (8) [noun] A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism. | [adjective] Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism. ALDRIN (7) [noun] An insecticide and persistent organic pollutant containing a naphthalene-derived compound. ALEVIN (9) [noun] Newly hatched fish, especially salmon. ALEXIN (13) ALGINS (7) ALIENS (6) [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. ALIGNS (7) [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. ALINED (7) ALINER (6) ALINES (6) ALKANE (10) [noun] Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (e.g., methane, ethane, etc.). ALKENE (10) [noun] An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds ALKINE (10) ALKYNE (13) [noun] A hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon triple bond. ALMNER (8) ALMOND (9) [noun] A type of tree nut. | [noun] A small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus dulcis, that produces predominantly sweet almonds. | [noun] Other plants that produce almond-like nuts: ALNICO (8) ALOINS (6) ALPINE (8) [noun] Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in a rock garden | [adjective] Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timber line | [adjective] Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing. (Compare Nordic.) ALUMIN (8) ALUMNA (8) [noun] A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college). | [noun] A female graduate. ALUMNI (8) [noun] An individual alumnus or alumna. | [noun] A male pupil or student. | [noun] A male graduate. ALVINE (9) AMARNA (8) AMAZON (17) [noun] A tall, strong, athletic woman. AMEBAN (10) AMENDS (9) [noun] (usually in the plural) An act of righting a wrong; compensation. | [verb] To make better; improve. | [verb] To become better. AMENTS (8) [noun] A catkin or amentum. | [noun] A congenital idiot. AMIDIN (9) AMINES (8) [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. AMINIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or containing an amine group; of or pertaining to amines in chemistry. AMMINE (10) [noun] A coordination compound formed by the combination of ammonia with a metal salt or other compound. AMMINO (10) AMMONO (10) AMNION (8) [noun] The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended. AMOUNT (8) [noun] The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English). | [noun] A quantity or volume. | [noun] (sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set. ANABAS (8) [noun] A freshwater fish of Southeast Asia that can breathe air and travel short distances over land. ANADEM (9) [noun] A wreath or garland, especially one worn on the head as a crown or decoration. ANALLY (9) [adverb] In a manner relating to or involving the anus. | [adverb] In a way that is obsessively detailed or meticulous about procedure and rules. ANALOG (7) [noun] Something that bears an analogy to something else | [noun] An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin | [noun] A structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element ANANKE (10) [noun] In Greek mythology, the goddess of necessity and inevitability; also used to denote an inescapable force or necessity. ANARCH (11) [noun] The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. ANATTO (6) [noun] A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree. | [noun] The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking. | [noun] An orange-red dye obtained from this seed. ANCHOR (11) [noun] A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement. | [noun] An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501). | [noun] The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.) | [verb] To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point. | [noun] A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity. ANCONE (8) [noun] A projecting corner stone or bracket used in architecture to support a cornice or vault. ANEARS (6) [verb] To approach or draw near to; to come close to. ANELED (7) [verb] To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil. ANELES (6) [verb] To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil. ANEMIA (8) [noun] A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue. | [noun] A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom. | [noun] (obsolete) Ischemia. ANEMIC (10) [noun] An individual who has anemia. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia. | [adjective] (by extension) Weak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness. ANENST (6) [preposition] Against; opposite to; facing. ANERGY (10) [noun] Dilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work. | [noun] Deficiency of energy. | [noun] Lack of immunity to an antigen. ANGARY (10) [noun] The right of one belligerent (government) in a conflict to seize, use or destroy the property of another belligerent or neutral state, or the private citizens thereof, provided compensation is paid. ANGELS (7) [noun] An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes. | [noun] (Abrahamic tradition) One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues. | [noun] A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness. ANGERS (7) [noun] A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm. | [noun] Pain or stinging. | [verb] To cause such a feeling of antagonism in. ANGINA (7) [noun] An inflammatory infection of the throat, particularly quinsy. | [noun] Short for angina pectoris. | [noun] A chest pain or shortness of breath occurring with lesser degrees of arterial blockage. ANGLED (8) [verb] (often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle. | [verb] To change direction rapidly. | [verb] To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint. ANGLER (7) [noun] A person who fishes with a hook and line. | [noun] An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius. | [noun] Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive. ANGLES (7) [noun] A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). | [noun] The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere. | [noun] A corner where two walls intersect. ANGORA (7) [noun] An angora cat. | [noun] A goat of a domesticated breed that produces mohair. | [noun] A rabbit belonging to the Angora rabbit breed, one of the oldest domestic breeds of rabbits in the world, raised chiefly in Europe for its silky and long hair (a subspecies of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus) ANGSTS (7) [noun] Plural of angst; feelings of anxiety, apprehension, or existential dread. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of angst; to feel or express angst. ANILIN (6) [noun] An oily liquid organic compound, C6H5NH2, derived from benzene and used in manufacturing dyes, drugs, and other organic compounds; also called phenylamine. ANIMAL (8) [noun] In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants). | [noun] In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human. | [noun] In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.). | [adjective] Of or relating to animals. ANIMAS (8) [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. ANIMES (8) [noun] Plural of anime; Japanese animated films or television series, typically characterized by colorful graphics and often featuring science fiction or fantasy themes. ANIMIS (8) [noun] Plural of animus; the rational soul or life principle in ancient philosophy. | [noun] Hostile feelings or animosity toward someone. ANIMUS (8) [noun] The basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions. | [noun] A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will. | [noun] The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality. ANIONS (6) [noun] A negatively charged ion. ANISES (6) [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. ANISIC (8) [adjective] Of or relating to anise, a plant whose seeds are used for flavoring. | [adjective] Containing or derived from anisic acid, an organic compound. ANKLED (11) [verb] To walk. | [verb] To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution. | [adjective] (in combination) Having some specific type of ankle. ANKLES (10) [noun] The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint. | [verb] To walk. | [verb] To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution. ANKLET (10) [noun] A piece of jewelry/jewellery, resembling a bracelet but worn around the ankle. | [noun] An ankle sock. ANKUSH (13) [noun] A pointed stick or rod used to guide and control an elephant. ANLACE (8) [noun] A medieval dagger or short sword worn at the belt. ANLAGE (7) [noun] A primordium, the initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a body part develops. | [noun] An allele, a specific version of a gene (as used by Gregor Mendel). | [noun] Temperament, the predominant personality type. ANNALS (6) [noun] The record of a single event or item. | [noun] A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened. | [noun] Historical records; chronicles; history. ANNEAL (6) [noun] An act of annealing. | [verb] To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen. | [verb] To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress. ANNEXE (13) [noun] An addition, an extension. | [noun] An appendix to a book or document. | [noun] An addition or extension to a building. ANNOYS (9) [noun] A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes. | [noun] That which causes such a feeling. | [verb] To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. ANNUAL (6) [noun] An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication. | [noun] An annual plant; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturally germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Compare biennial, perennial. | [noun] A medical checkup taking place once a year. ANNULI (6) [noun] A ring- or donut-shaped area or structure. | [noun] The region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radii. | [noun] Any topological space homeomorphic to the region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radius. ANNULS (6) [verb] To formally revoke the validity of. | [verb] To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid. ANODAL (7) [adjective] Of or relating to an anode, the positive electrode in an electrical device. ANODES (7) [noun] An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage. | [noun] (by extension) The electrode at which chemical oxidation of anions takes place, usually resulting in the erosion of metal from the electrode. | [noun] The electrode which collects electrons emitted by the cathode in a vacuum tube or gas-filled tube. ANODIC (9) [adjective] Relating to or functioning as an anode, the positive electrode in an electrical device or electrochemical cell. ANOINT (6) [verb] To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. | [verb] To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration. | [verb] To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor. ANOLES (6) [noun] Any of the Anolis genus of arboreal American lizards (such as the American chameleon) from the iguana family which feature a brightly colored dewlap and color-changing ability. ANOMIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by anomie, a state of normlessness or social instability. | [adjective] Relating to anomia, a condition of being unable to name objects. ANOMIE (8) [noun] Alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values. ANONYM (11) [noun] An anonymous person. | [noun] An assumed or false name; a pseudonym. | [noun] A mere name; a name resting upon no diagnosis or other recognized basis. ANOPIA (8) [noun] A condition of partial or complete loss of vision in one or both eyes. ANORAK (10) [noun] A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater. | [noun] A geek or nerd, possibly originally either a train spotter or a fan of off-shore pirate radio. ANOXIA (13) [noun] A condition in which a tissue or environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen, severe hypoxia. ANOXIC (15) [adjective] Characterized by or relating to a severe deficiency of oxygen in body tissues or the environment. ANSATE (6) [adjective] Having a handle or loop-shaped projection, especially describing an architectural feature or design element such as an ansate cross. ANSWER (9) [noun] A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question. | [noun] A solution to a problem. | [noun] A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints. | [verb] To make a reply or response to. ANTEED (7) [verb] Past tense of "ante," meaning to put up a stake or payment, especially in poker or other games. ANTHEM (11) [noun] Antiphon. | [noun] A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric. | [noun] A hymn of praise or loyalty. ANTHER (9) [noun] The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower. ANTIAR (6) ANTICK (12) [adjective] Grotesque or bizarre in appearance or behavior; fantastical or absurd. | [noun] A grotesque figure or clown; a performer of antics. ANTICS (8) [noun] A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle. | [noun] A caricature. | [noun] (often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper. ANTING (7) [noun] The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites. ANTLER (6) [noun] A branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs. They are grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.) ANTRAL (6) [adjective] Relating to or affecting an antrum, a cavity or chamber in the body, particularly in the stomach or sinuses. ANTRES (6) [noun] Plural of antre, meaning caves or caverns. ANTRUM (8) [noun] A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses. ANURAL (6) [adjective] Lacking a tail or taillike appendage. | [adjective] Of or relating to frogs and toads, which lack tails in their adult form. ANURAN (6) [noun] (batrachology) Any amphibian of the order Anura; a frog, a toad. | [adjective] (batrachology) Of or relating to the order Anura. ANURIA (6) [noun] A condition in which the kidneys do not produce urine. ANURIC (8) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by anuria, a medical condition in which the kidneys fail to produce urine. ANUSES (6) [noun] The lower orifice of the alimentary canal, through which feces and flatus are ejected. ANVILS (9) [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. ANYHOW (15) [adverb] (manner) In any way or manner whatever. | [adverb] In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. ANYONE (9) [pronoun] Any person; anybody. ANYWAY (15) [adverb] Regardless; anyhow. | [adverb] Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow and at least. | [adverb] Used to indicate a change of subject. APNEAL (8) APNEAS (8) [noun] Plural of apnea; temporary cessations of breathing, especially during sleep. APNEIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by apnea, a temporary cessation of breathing during sleep or other conditions. APNOEA (8) [noun] A temporary cessation of breathing, especially during sleep. APPEND (11) [noun] An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file. | [verb] To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended | [verb] To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex APRONS (8) [noun] An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion. | [noun] The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops. | [noun] A hard surface bordering a structure or area. ARCANA (8) [noun] Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated. | [noun] A mystery or deep secret. | [noun] An elixir or secret remedy. ARCANE (8) [adjective] Understood by only a few. | [adjective] (by extension) Obscure, mysterious. | [adjective] Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand. ARCHON (11) [noun] A chief magistrate of ancient Athens. | [noun] A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings. | [noun] A ruler, head of state or other leader. ARCING (9) [verb] To move following a curved path. | [verb] To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc. | [verb] To form an electrical arc. ARDENT (7) [adjective] Full of ardor; fervent, passionate. | [adjective] Burning; glowing; shining. ARENAS (6) [noun] An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America). | [noun] The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts. | [noun] The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome. ARGENT (7) [noun] The metal silver. | [noun] The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms. | [noun] Whiteness; anything that is white. ARGONS (7) [noun] Plural of argon, a colorless, odorless noble gas that is inert and used in lighting and welding. ARISEN (6) [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. ARMING (9) [verb] To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. | [verb] To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons. | [verb] To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate. ARNICA (8) [noun] Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana. AROINT (6) [verb] To drive away or begone; a command to depart (archaic). AROUND (7) [adjective] (with the verb "to be") Present in the vicinity. | [adjective] (with the verb "to be") Alive; existing. | [adverb] So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof. AROYNT (9) [verb] To drive away or begone; an archaic command to depart or go away. ARPENS (8) [noun] A unit of land area formerly used in France and French-speaking regions, equal to approximately one acre. ARPENT (8) [noun] A pre-metric French unit of length, having various official measures. | [noun] A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures. ARRANT (6) [adjective] Utter; complete (with a negative sense). | [adjective] Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits. | [adjective] Wandering; roving around. ARSENO (6) ARSHIN (9) [noun] A unit of length used in Russia and some other countries, equal to about 28 inches or 71 centimeters. ARSINE (6) [noun] A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic. | [noun] Any organic derivative of this compound, or of diarsane, triarsane etc. ARSINO (6) ARSONS (6) [noun] Plural of arson; instances of the crime of deliberately setting fire to property. ASANAS (6) [noun] A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga. | [noun] Any of certain trees of genus Pterocarpus | [noun] The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany. ASCEND (9) [verb] To move upward, to fly, to soar. | [verb] To slope in an upward direction. | [verb] To go up. ASCENT (8) [noun] The act of ascending; a motion upwards. | [noun] The way or means by which one ascends. | [noun] An eminence, hill, or high place. ASHCAN (11) [noun] A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere. A dustbin. | [noun] A kind of large firecracker. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art. ASHING (10) [verb] The act of reducing something to ashes by burning. | [verb] Coating or covering with ash. ASHMAN (11) [noun] A person whose job is to collect and remove ashes, especially from fireplaces or furnaces. ASHMEN (11) [noun] Plural of ashman, a person whose job is to collect and remove ashes. ASKANT (10) [adjective] Aslant, or sloping. | [adverb] Aslant, or askance, or sideways ASKING (11) [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). ASLANT (6) [adjective] Slanting | [adverb] At a slant | [preposition] Diagonally over or across ASPENS (8) [noun] The asp tree; a kind of poplar tree (genus Populus sect. Populus). A medium-size tree with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color. | [noun] The wood of such a tree; usually pale, lightweight and soft. ASSENT (6) [noun] Agreement; act of agreeing | [verb] To agree; to give approval. | [verb] To admit a thing as true. ASSIGN (7) [noun] An assignee. | [noun] A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance. | [noun] An assignment or appointment. ASTERN (6) [adjective] Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead. | [adverb] Behind (a vessel); in the rear. | [adverb] In the direction of the stern; backward (motion); to the rear. ASTONY (9) ASWOON (9) [adjective] In a swoon; fainting or swooning. ATAMAN (8) [noun] A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves. ATMANS (8) [noun] (Vedanta) The true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman. ATONAL (6) [adjective] Lacking a tonal center or key. | [adjective] Not tonal, lacking tones. ATONED (7) [verb] To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. | [verb] To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement. | [verb] To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony. ATONER (6) [noun] One who atones; a person who makes amends or reparation for wrongdoing. ATONES (6) [verb] To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. | [verb] To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement. | [verb] To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony. ATONIC (8) [adjective] (of a sound or syllable) unstressed | [adjective] Not having tone (pitch) | [adjective] Lacking muscle tone. ATTAIN (6) [verb] To gain (an object or desired result). | [verb] To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.). | [verb] To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc. ATTEND (7) [verb] To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed. | [verb] To listen (to, unto). | [verb] To turn one's consideration (to); to deal with (a task, problem, concern etc.), to look after. | [verb] To set on fire; kindle. ATTENT (6) ATTORN (6) [verb] To transfer one's obligations from a person to another person. | [verb] To consent to the transfer of one's obligations as tenant under a lease to a new landlord. | [verb] To acknowledge the jurisdiction of (a particular court) over one's dispute. ATTUNE (6) [verb] To bring into musical accord. | [verb] To tune (an instrument). | [verb] To bring into harmony or accord. ATWAIN (9) [adverb] In two; into two parts. | [adjective] Separated into two parts; divided. ATWEEN (9) [preposition] Between; in the space separating two things or people. AUBURN (8) [noun] A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour. | [adjective] Of a reddish-brown colour. AUDING (8) [verb] The present participle of "audi," meaning to listen or hear; used in some contexts related to audio or auditory processes. AUGEND (8) [noun] A quantity to which another is added. AUNTIE (6) [noun] The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. | [noun] The female cousin of one’s parent. | [noun] A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin. AUNTLY (9) AUTUMN (8) [noun] Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere. | [noun] (by extension) The time period when someone or something is past its prime. | [noun] A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing. AUXINS (13) [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. AVAUNT (9) [noun] A vaunt; a boast. | [verb] To advance; to move forward; to elevate. | [verb] To depart; to move away. AVENGE (10) [noun] An act of vengeance; a revenge. | [verb] To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. | [verb] To take vengeance. AVENUE (9) [noun] A broad street, especially one bordered by trees. | [noun] A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit. | [noun] The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered. AVIANS (9) [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. AVIDIN (10) [noun] A tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs. AVIONS (9) [noun] Plural of avion, a French word for airplane that is used in English in certain contexts, particularly in aviation and historical discussions. | [noun] Aircraft or planes collectively. AWAKEN (13) [verb] To become conscious after having slept. | [verb] To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping. | [verb] To excite or to stir up something latent. AWEING (10) [verb] Present participle of "awe," meaning to inspire wonder, astonishment, or reverence in someone. AWNING (10) [noun] A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind. | [noun] That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin. AWOKEN (13) [verb] To become conscious after having slept. | [verb] To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping. | [verb] To excite or to stir up something latent. AXEMAN (15) [noun] A man who wields an axe. | [noun] A musician who plays a guitar or saxophone. AXEMEN (15) [noun] A man who wields an axe. | [noun] A musician who plays a guitar or saxophone. AXENIC (15) [adjective] Containing only a single species of microorganism. For example, an "axenic culture" is a pure grown sample of the organism in question. | [adjective] Isolated from organisms of any other species. AXIONS (13) [noun] A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force. AXONAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or affecting an axon, the long projection of a nerve cell that transmits electrical signals. AXONES (13) [noun] Plural of axon, the long slender projection of a nerve cell that conducts electrical impulses away from the cell body. AXONIC (15) [adjective] Of or relating to an axon, the long projection of a nerve cell that transmits electrical signals. AZINES (15) [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. AZLONS (15) [noun] Synthetic fibers made from regenerated cellulose or protein, used in textiles. AZONAL (15) [adjective] Of a soil, remaining immature and mainly composed of the parent material, as for example where sloping land causes fine-grained material to slide away. AZONIC (17) [adjective] Not restricted to or characteristic of any particular zone; not showing the typical characteristics of a specific geographical zone. BAAING (9) [verb] To make the characteristic cry of a sheep. | [noun] The bleating of a sheep. BABOON (10) [noun] An Old World monkey of the genus Papio, having dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. | [noun] A foolish or boorish person. BACONS (10) [noun] Cured meat from the sides, belly or back of a pig. | [noun] Thin slices of the above in long strips. | [noun] The police or spies. BADMAN (11) [noun] A criminal or violent person, especially in Jamaican English or dancehall culture. | [noun] In gaming contexts, a skilled or formidable player or character. BADMEN (11) [noun] Plural of badman; criminals, gangsters, or tough individuals, particularly in Caribbean English and reggae culture. BAGMAN (11) [noun] A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments. | [noun] An assistant to a police detective, most commonly in the British police force. | [noun] A bookmaker. BAGMEN (11) [noun] A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments. | [noun] An assistant to a police detective, most commonly in the British police force. | [noun] A bookmaker. BAGNIO (9) [noun] A brothel. | [noun] A building for bathing, sweating. | [noun] In Turkey, a prison for slaves. BAIRNS (8) [noun] A child or baby. BAKING (13) [verb] (with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven. | [verb] (with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven. | [verb] To be warmed to drying and hardening. BALEEN (8) [noun] The bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry | [noun] A baleen whale BALING (9) [verb] To remove water from a boat with buckets etc. | [noun] A collection of material packaged into a bale. BALLON (8) [noun] The quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair BANANA (8) [noun] An elongated curved tropical fruit that grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. | [noun] The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, usually of the genus Musa but sometimes also including plants from Ensete, has large, elongated leaves and is related to the plantain. | [noun] A yellow colour, like that of a banana's skin. BANCOS (10) BANDED (10) [verb] To fasten with a band. | [verb] To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird). | [verb] To group together for a common purpose; to confederate. BANDER (9) [noun] One who bands together with others. | [verb] Third person singular of "band," meaning to unite or gather together. BANDIT (9) [noun] One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group. | [noun] An outlaw. | [noun] One who cheats others. BANDOG (10) [noun] A dog that has been tied up; a mastiff or other kind of guard dog. | [noun] (specifically) A type of large, ferocious dog, bred by crossing American pit bull terriers with Neapolitan mastiffs. | [noun] A bailiff or prison guard. BANGED (10) [verb] To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something. | [verb] To hit hard. | [verb] To engage in sexual intercourse. BANGER (9) [noun] A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. | [noun] : A firework that makes a bang. | [noun] A woman's breast. BANGLE (9) [noun] A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp. | [verb] To beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind. | [verb] To waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away). | [noun] The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs BANIAN (8) [noun] An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. | [noun] A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots. | [noun] A type of loose gown worn in India. BANING (9) BANISH (11) [verb] (heading) To send someone away and forbid that person from returning. | [verb] To expel, especially from the mind. BANJAX (22) [noun] A mess or undesirable situation made as a result of incompetence. | [verb] (originally Ireland) To ruin or destroy. BANJOS (15) [noun] A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings. | [noun] Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard. | [noun] An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel. BANKED (13) [verb] To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client. | [verb] To put into a bank. | [verb] To conceal in the rectum for use in prison. BANKER (12) [noun] One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc. | [noun] A money changer. | [noun] The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house. | [noun] A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland. | [noun] A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline. BANNED (9) [verb] To summon; to call out. | [verb] To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban. | [verb] To curse; to execrate. BANNER (8) [noun] A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation. | [noun] (by extension) The military unit under such a flag or standard. | [noun] (by extension) A military or administrative subdivision. | [noun] One who bans something. BANNET (8) [noun] A Scottish flat cap or bonnet. | [noun] A woman's close-fitting hat. BANTAM (10) [noun] Any of several small chickens, especially of a breed that is a miniature version of another breed. | [noun] A competitor in an age division between peewee and midget. | [adjective] Small or miniature. BANTER (8) [noun] Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation. | [verb] To engage in banter or playful conversation. | [verb] To play or do something amusing. BANYAN (11) [noun] An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. | [noun] A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots. | [noun] A type of loose gown worn in India. BANZAI (17) [noun] A cry or cheer of "banzai", to express enthusiasm or celebrate victory. | [noun] A short form of banzai attack or banzai charge. | [adjective] Thrill-seeking; wild. BARING (9) [verb] To uncover; to reveal. | [noun] The act by which something is laid bare. BARMAN (10) [noun] A man who works in a bar. BARMEN (10) [noun] A man who works in a bar. BARONG (9) [noun] A cutting weapon similar to a cleaver, with a thick back and thin razor-like edge, used by the Moros of the Philippines. BARONS (8) [noun] The male ruler of a barony. | [noun] A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord). | [noun] A particular cut of beef, made up of a double sirloin. BARONY (11) [noun] The domain of a baron or baroness, usually as part of a larger kingdom or empire. | [noun] The baronage: the body of barons in a realm. | [noun] Baronship, the rank or position of a baron. BARREN (8) [noun] An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place. | [adjective] Unable to bear children; sterile. | [adjective] Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation. BARYON (11) [noun] A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus. BASING (9) [verb] To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of. | [verb] To be located (at a particular place). | [verb] (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer. BASINS (8) [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 BASION (8) [noun] The midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum in the skull, used as a reference point in anthropology and anatomy. BATING (9) [verb] To reduce the force of something; to abate. | [verb] To restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation | [verb] (sometimes figurative) To cut off, remove, take away. BATMAN (10) [noun] A servant or valet to an army officer. | [noun] (by extension) A personal assistant or supporter. | [verb] To act as a batman. | [noun] A unit of weight established in 1931 equal to 10 kg. | [verb] (mountaineering) To climb up or down a rope free hand (i.e. as Batman does). BATMEN (10) [noun] A servant or valet to an army officer. | [noun] (by extension) A personal assistant or supporter. BATONS (8) [noun] A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes | [noun] The stick of a conductor in musical performances. | [noun] An object transferred by runners in a relay race. BATTEN (8) [verb] To become better; improve in condition, especially by feeding. | [verb] To feed (on); to revel (in). | [verb] To thrive by feeding; grow fat; feed oneself gluttonously. | [noun] A thin strip of wood used in construction to hold members of a structure together or to provide a fixing point. BAYING (12) [verb] To howl. | [verb] To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay. | [verb] To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds. BAYMAN (13) BAYMEN (13) [noun] Plural of bayman; men who work in or around bays, particularly those engaged in fishing or oystering in coastal bay areas. BEACON (10) [noun] A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning. | [noun] A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners. | [noun] A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers. BEANED (9) [verb] To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head. BEANIE (8) [noun] A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool. | [noun] A head-hugging brimless cap, with or without a visor, made from triangular sections of cloth, leather, or silk joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides. | [noun] A Beanie Baby, a small soft toy filled with beans or similar stuffing. BEANOS (8) [noun] A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party. | [noun] Any home-made gas or indigestion remedy. BEATEN (8) [verb] To hit; strike | [verb] To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm. | [verb] To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly. BECKON (14) [noun] A sign made without words; a beck. | [noun] A children's game similar to hide and seek in which children who have been "caught" may escape if they see another hider beckon to them. | [verb] To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer. BEDAMN (11) [verb] To curse or damn; to condemn or express anger at. BEDPAN (11) [noun] A pan used for urination and defecation while in bed, now usually for reasons of medical necessity or convenience. BEDUIN (9) [noun] A member of a nomadic Arab people of the desert regions of North Africa and Southwest Asia; also spelled Bedouin. BEGINS (9) [verb] To start, to initiate or take the first step into something. | [verb] To be in the first stage of some situation | [verb] To come into existence. BEGONE (9) [interjection] Expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away. | [verb] To go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun. | [verb] To clothe, dress. BEHIND (12) [noun] The rear, back-end | [noun] Butt, the buttocks, bottom | [noun] A one-point score. BEINGS (9) [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). BEKNOT (12) BELONG (9) [verb] To have its proper place. | [verb] (followed by to) To be part of, or the property of. | [verb] (followed by to) To be the spouse or partner of. | [preposition] (Australian Aboriginal, optionally followed by to) Of, belonging to. BEMEAN (10) [verb] To degrade, demean, or lower in rank or dignity. BEMOAN (10) [verb] To moan or complain about (something). | [verb] To be dismayed or worried about (someone), particularly because of their situation or what has happened to them. BENAME (10) [verb] To name or call by a particular name. | [verb] To suit or befit. BENDAY (12) [noun] A printing technique using dots or lines to create shading or color effects in illustrations. | [verb] To apply the Benday process to an image. BENDED (10) [verb] Past tense and past participle of bend, meaning to curve or flex something. | [adjective] Curved or formed into a bend. BENDEE (9) BENDER (9) [noun] One who, or that which, bends. | [noun] A device to aid bending of pipes to a specific angle. | [noun] A bout of heavy drinking. BENDYS (12) [adjective] Flexible; capable of bending without breaking. | [noun] Plural of bendy, referring to flexible objects or articulated buses. BENIGN (9) [adjective] Kind; gentle; mild. | [adjective] (of a climate or environment) mild and favorable | [adjective] (in combination) Not harmful to the environment. BENNES (8) [noun] Plural of benne, an alternative name for sesame plant or its seeds, particularly used in African and Southern American contexts. BENNET (8) [noun] A grass or herb, especially one of various plants in the genus Carex or similar vegetation. | [noun] A type of small kangaroo found in Australia. BENNIS (8) BENUMB (12) [verb] To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic. | [verb] To deaden, dull (the mind, faculties, etc.). BENZAL (17) [adjective] Relating to or containing benzal, a chemical compound derived from benzene; used in chemistry to describe compounds containing the benzal group (C6H5CH2-). BENZIN (17) [noun] Gasoline or petrol, used as a fuel for internal combustion engines. BENZOL (17) [noun] An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C6H6 whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds. | [noun] (in combination) Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group. | [noun] An impure benzene (mixed with toluene etc), used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes. BENZYL (20) [noun] (especially in combination) The univalent radical C6H5-CH2- related to toluene and benzoic acid BERLIN (8) BESNOW (11) [verb] To cover with snow. BETONS (8) [noun] Plural of beton, a type of reinforced concrete or concrete construction material. | [verb] Third person singular of the verb "beton," meaning to construct with or apply concrete/beton. BETONY (11) [noun] Any plant of the genus Stachys. | [noun] Any plant of the genus Pedicularis (louseworts). BEYOND (12) [noun] The unknown. | [noun] The hereafter. | [noun] Something that is far beyond. BEZANT (17) [noun] (history) A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe. | [noun] The heraldic representation of a gold coin. BHANGS (12) [noun] Cannabis or a preparation made from cannabis, especially bhang, a drink or paste made from cannabis leaves and flowers used in India. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of "bhang," to prepare or consume bhang. BICORN (10) [noun] A hat with two corners or peaks. | [adjective] Having two horns or horn-like projections. BICRON (10) BIDDEN (10) [verb] To issue a command; to tell. | [verb] To invite; to summon. | [verb] To utter a greeting or salutation. BIDING (10) [noun] An awaiting; expectation. | [noun] Residence; habitation. | [verb] To bear; to endure; to tolerate. BIFFIN (14) [noun] A deep-red cooking apple native to Britain. | [noun] Such an apple baked and flattened as a snack, popular in Norfolk. BIGGIN (10) [noun] A close-fitting cap worn by babies or young children in historical contexts. | [noun] A coffee pot or brewing vessel. BIKING (13) [verb] To ride a bike. | [verb] To travel by bike. | [verb] To transport by bicycle BIKINI (12) [noun] A brief two-piece bathing suit worn by women, especially one that exposes the midriff and navel. | [noun] A brief bathing suit worn by men. BILLON (8) [noun] Any of several alloys of precious metals and base metals that are used (where legal) to make coins, medals etc. BINARY (11) [noun] A thing which can have only (one or the other of) two values. | [noun] The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1. | [noun] An executable computer file. BINATE (8) [verb] To perform bination; to hold Mass twice on the same day. | [adjective] Double; growing in pairs or couples. BINDER (9) [noun] Someone who binds | [noun] A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages etc. | [noun] Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book. BINDIS (9) [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. BINDLE (9) [noun] A bundle carried by a hobo, typically containing personal belongings tied in cloth and carried on a stick. BINGED (10) [verb] To go; walk; come; run | [verb] Making the sound of a bounce | [verb] To bounce BINGER (9) [noun] A person who binges, especially on food or drink. | [noun] In Scrabble, a player who uses all seven tiles in a single turn to form a word on the board. BINGES (9) [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. BINGOS (9) [noun] A score in Scrabble achieved by using all seven tiles in a single turn. | [noun] Plural of bingo, the game or the exclamation. BINITS (8) BINNED (9) [verb] To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin. | [verb] To throw away, reject, give up. | [verb] To convert continuous data into discrete groups. BINOCS (10) [noun] Binoculars BIOGEN (9) BIONIC (10) [adjective] Related to bionics. | [adjective] Of a biological organism, having been enhanced by electronic or mechanical parts; cyborg. | [adjective] Superhuman BIONTS (8) [noun] Living organisms considered as individual units; the plural of biont, referring to a single living entity or organism. BIOTIN (8) [noun] A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex, 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid, found in liver, egg yolk, milk and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems. BISONS (8) [noun] Plural of bison, large shaggy-haired wild oxen native to North America and Europe. BITING (9) [verb] To cut into something by clamping the teeth. | [verb] To hold something by clamping one's teeth. | [verb] To attack with the teeth. BITTEN (8) [verb] To cut into something by clamping the teeth. | [verb] To hold something by clamping one's teeth. | [verb] To attack with the teeth. BIZONE (17) [noun] A region divided into two zones, specifically referring to the combined American and British occupation zones in Germany after World War II. BLAINS (8) [noun] A skin swelling or sore; a blister; a blotch. BLANCH (13) [verb] To grow or become white | [verb] To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach | [verb] To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water. | [verb] To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed. BLANKS (12) [noun] A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence . | [noun] A nonplus . | [noun] The white spot in the centre of a target; hence the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim . BLAZON (17) [noun] A verbal or written description of a coat of arms. | [noun] A formalized language for describing a coat of arms. | [noun] A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms. BLENCH (13) [noun] A deceit; a trick. | [noun] A sidelong glance. | [verb] To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off. | [verb] To blanch. BLENDE (9) [noun] Sphalerite (a naturally-occurring sulfide of zinc) BLENDS (9) [noun] A mixture of two or more things. | [noun] A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word. | [verb] To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. BLENNY (11) [noun] A true blenny, any of various marine fishes from the suborder Blennioidei or order Blenniiformes that are generally small and elongated which dwell on the sea floor, including scaled and scaleless forms and dramatically divergent appearance, in several families. | [noun] A number of fish of similar appearance not closely related. BLINDS (9) [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. BLINIS (8) [noun] A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon. BLINKS (12) [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. BLINTZ (17) [noun] A thin blini (pancake), filled (often with sweet cheese) and folded, then fried and often served with sour cream, fruit, or a sweet sauce. BLONDE (9) [noun] A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color. | [noun] A person with this hair color. | [adjective] Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour. BLONDS (9) [noun] A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color. | [noun] A person with this hair color. | [verb] To color or dye blond BLUING (9) [verb] To make or become blue. | [verb] To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust. | [verb] (laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid) BLUNGE (9) [verb] To mix clay and water. BLUNTS (8) [noun] A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip. | [noun] A short needle with a strong point. | [noun] (smoking) A marijuana cigar. BOBBIN (12) [noun] A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled. | [noun] In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread. | [noun] The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch. BODING (10) [verb] To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell. | [verb] (followed by "well", "ill", "no good", etc.) To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future. | [noun] An omen, a prediction of disaster, a portent. BODKIN (13) [noun] A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather. | [noun] A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing. | [noun] A hairpin. BOFFIN (14) [noun] An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research. | [noun] (by extension) A person with specialized knowledge or skills, especially one who is socially awkward; (in a weaker sense) an intellectual; a smart person. BOGANS (9) [noun] (derogatory stereotype) An unsophisticated person from a working class background. | [noun] An Anglo-Celtic member of a lower socioeconomic group, stereotypically classified as wearing black jumpers or black concert T-shirts. | [noun] A petrolhead. BOHUNK (15) [noun] An immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated. | [noun] A brawny or coarse person. BOLSON (8) [noun] A desert basin or valley, typically in the southwestern United States, that has no external drainage outlet. BONACI (10) BONBON (10) [noun] A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy. | [noun] A small, spherical savory snack or canapé. | [noun] A Christmas cracker. BONDED (10) [verb] To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind. | [verb] To cause to adhere (one material with another). | [verb] To form a chemical compound with. BONDER (9) [noun] One who bonds; a person or thing that creates or strengthens a bond. | [noun] In construction, a worker who applies bonding agents or works with bonded materials. BONDUC (11) [noun] A tropical climbing plant with prickly seed pods, also known as the nicker nut or fever nut. BONERS (8) [noun] An erect penis. | [noun] One who or that which bones (removes bones). | [noun] A blunder; a silly mistake. BONGED (10) [verb] To pull a bell. | [verb] To ring a doorbell. BONGOS (9) [noun] A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus. | [noun] Either of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands. BONIER (8) [adjective] Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous. | [adjective] Full of bones | [adjective] With little flesh; skinny, thin BONING (9) [verb] To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from. | [verb] To fertilize with bone. | [verb] To put whalebone into. BONITA (8) [noun] A large Atlantic food and game fish with an iridescent body, also called a bonito. BONITO (8) [noun] Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda, that are related to and resemble the tuna. | [noun] A large tropical fish, the skipjack tuna, allied to the tunny, Katsuwonus pelamis. | [noun] The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies. BONKED (13) [verb] To strike or collide with something. | [verb] To have sexual intercourse. | [verb] To hit something with the front of the board, especially in midair. BONNES (8) [noun] A French nursemaid. BONNET (8) [noun] A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin. | [noun] A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet. | [noun] (by extension) The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool. BONNIE (8) [adjective] Merry; happy. | [adjective] Beautiful; pretty; attractive. | [adjective] Fine, good (often used ironically). BONSAI (8) [noun] A tree or plant that has been miniaturized by planting it in a small pot, restricting its roots, and by careful pruning. | [noun] The art of planting and growing trees or plants in such a manner. | [verb] To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning. BONZER (17) [noun] An excellent person or thing. | [adjective] Remarkable; wonderful; excellent; terrific. BONZES (17) [noun] A Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia. BOOING (9) [verb] To shout extended boos derisively. | [verb] To shout extended boos at, as a form of derision. | [noun] A disapproving exclamation by a member of an audience. BORANE (8) [noun] Any binary compound of boron and hydrogen. BOREEN (8) [noun] A narrow, frequently unpaved, rural road in Ireland. BORING (9) [verb] To inspire boredom in somebody. | [verb] To make a hole through something. | [verb] To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool. BORONS (8) [noun] Plural of boron, a chemical element with atomic number 5. BOSONS (8) [noun] A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion. | [noun] A boatswain. BOSTON (8) BOSUNS (8) [noun] A warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship. BOTANY (11) [noun] The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant. | [noun] The plant life of a geographical area; flora. | [noun] The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group. BOUNCE (10) [noun] A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle. | [noun] A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly. | [noun] An email return with any error. BOUNCY (13) [adjective] Easily bounced. | [adjective] Lively, exuberant, energetic. BOUNDS (9) [noun] (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory. | [noun] A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values. | [verb] To surround a territory or other geographical entity. BOUNTY (11) [noun] Generosity; also an act of generosity. | [noun] Something given liberally; a gift. | [noun] A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government. BOURNE (8) [noun] A boundary. | [noun] A goal or destination. | [noun] A stream or brook in which water flows only seasonally. BOURNS (8) [noun] A small stream or brook. | [noun] Destination. | [noun] Limit. BOUTON (8) [noun] A bud-like swelling, especially one at the end of an axon BOVINE (11) [noun] An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to cattle. | [adjective] Belonging to the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cows, buffalo, and bison. BOWFIN (14) [noun] A voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva, the last survivor of the order Amiiformes, found in the fresh waters of the United States. BOWING (12) [verb] To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow. | [verb] To become bent or curved. | [verb] To make something bend or curve. BOWMAN (13) [noun] A man who uses a bow; an archer. | [noun] The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow. BOWMEN (13) [noun] A man who uses a bow; an archer. | [noun] The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow. BOXING (16) [verb] To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes. | [verb] Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in. | [verb] To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical. | [verb] To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes. BRAINS (8) [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. BRAINY (11) [adjective] Very intellectually capable. BRANCH (13) [noun] The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing. | [noun] Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree. | [noun] A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. (compare Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia run, and New York and New England brook.) BRANDS (9) [noun] A conflagration; a flame. | [noun] A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder. | [noun] A torch used for signaling. BRANDY (12) [noun] An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice. | [noun] Any variety of brandy. | [noun] A glass of brandy. BRANKS (12) [noun] A punishment device, especially for scolding women, consisting of a cage to enclose the head, with a metal gag for the mouth; a scold's bridle. BRANNY (11) [adjective] Resembling or containing bran; having the characteristics of bran. BRANTS (8) [noun] Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla. BRAWNS (11) [noun] Muscular strength or physical power. | [noun] Plural of brawn, a jellied loaf of seasoned meat. BRAWNY (14) [adjective] Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong. | [adjective] Calloused; hardened. BRAZEN (17) [verb] To turn a brass color. | [verb] Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc. | [adjective] Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass (in color or strength). BRENTS (8) [noun] Plural of brent, a small dark goose found in northern regions. | [noun] Plural of brent, a type of herring. BRINED (9) [verb] To preserve food in a salt solution. | [verb] To prepare and flavor food (especially meat) for cooking by soaking in a salt solution. BRINER (8) [noun] One who brines; a person or container that brines food. | [noun] A device or vessel used for brining. BRINES (8) [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. BRINGS (9) [verb] (ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere. | [verb] To supply or contribute. | [verb] To occasion or bring about. BRINKS (12) [noun] The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge. | [noun] The edge or border BRIONY (11) [noun] A climbing or trailing plant of the gourd family, native to Europe and North Africa, with white flowers and red berries. | [noun] The dried root of this plant, formerly used in medicine. BROGAN (9) [noun] A heavy working shoe; a brogue BROKEN (12) [verb] To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly. | [verb] To divide (something, often money) into smaller units. | [verb] To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of. BROMIN (10) BRONCO (10) [noun] A horse of western North America that is wild or not fully broken. BRONCS (10) [noun] A bronco. BRONZE (17) [noun] A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals. | [noun] A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze. | [noun] A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture. BRONZY (20) [adjective] Resembling or containing bronze in color or appearance. | [adjective] Made of or containing bronze metal. BROWNS (11) [noun] A colour like that of chocolate or coffee. | [noun] One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points. | [noun] Black tar heroin. BROWNY (14) BRUCIN (10) [noun] A bitter alkaloid compound found in the seeds of nux vomica and related plants, used historically in medicine and as a poison. BRUINS (8) [noun] A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos. BRUNCH (13) [noun] A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals. | [verb] To eat brunch. BRUNET (8) [noun] A man or boy with brown or black hair. | [adjective] Of a man's or boy's hair: brown or black. | [adjective] Of a man or boy, having brown or black hair. BRUNTS (8) [noun] Plural of brunt, meaning the main force or impact of something. | [noun] The burnt surface or charred part of something. BRYONY (14) [noun] A perennial herb, of genus Bryonia, especially the common wild species, Bryonia dioica. BUMKIN (14) [noun] A projecting beam or spar extending from the side of a ship, used to secure rigging or extend the sail. | [noun] A country person; a rustic or unsophisticated person. BUNCHY (16) [adjective] Growing or gathered in bunches or clusters. | [adjective] Thick and shapeless in form. BUNCOS (10) [noun] A swindle or confidence trick. | [noun] A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century. | [noun] A brigand. BUNDLE (9) [noun] A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying. | [noun] A package wrapped or tied up for carrying. | [noun] A group of products or services sold together as a unit. BUNDTS (9) [noun] Plural of bundt, referring to a type of ring-shaped cake pan or the cake baked in such a pan. BUNGED (10) [verb] To plug, as with a bung. | [verb] To put or throw somewhere without care; to chuck. | [verb] To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell. BUNGEE (9) [noun] An elastic fabric-bound strap with a hook at each end, used for securing luggage. | [noun] An elastic cord tied to the ankles of the jumper in bungee jumping. | [noun] A rubber eraser. BUNGLE (9) [noun] A botched or incompetently handled situation. | [verb] To botch up, bumble or incompetently perform a task; to make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly. BUNION (8) [noun] A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin. | [noun] (by extension) Hallux valgus, deviation of the big toe from its normal position towards the other toes, the prime cause for the swelling of its first joint. BUNKED (13) [verb] To occupy a bunk. | [verb] To provide a bunk. | [verb] To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off'). BUNKER (12) [noun] A hardened shelter, often buried partly or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks. | [noun] A large container or bin for storing coal, often built outside in the yard of a house. Now rare, as different types of fuels and energy sources are being used. | [noun] A container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's engine. [Also, by extension] the quantity of fuel needed to replenish that container. BUNKOS (12) [verb] To swindle (someone). BUNKUM (14) [noun] Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense. | [noun] (Washington, DC) Bombastic political posturing or oratorical display designed only for show or public applause. BUNTED (9) [verb] To push with the horns; to butt. | [verb] To spring or rear up. | [verb] To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance. BUNTER (8) [noun] A person who bunts in baseball. | [noun] In British slang, a promiscuous person or someone of loose morals. BUNYAS (11) [noun] The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland. | [noun] A banyan, a member of a specific Hindu caste. BURANS (8) [noun] Plural of buran, a violent cold northeasterly wind that occurs in Russia and Central Asia. BURDEN (9) [noun] A heavy load. | [noun] A responsibility, onus. | [noun] A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive. | [noun] A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad. BURINS (8) [noun] A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver. | [noun] A prehistoric flint tool BURNED (9) [verb] To cause to be consumed by fire. | [verb] To be consumed by fire, or in flames. | [verb] To overheat so as to make unusable. BURNER (8) [noun] A participant in the Burning Man festival. | [noun] Someone or something which burns. | [noun] An element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking. BURNET (8) [noun] Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium, including | [noun] Any of several species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, typically having black forewings with red spots. BURNIE (8) BURTON (8) [noun] An arrangement of blocks and pulleys, especially for tightening rigging on a ship. | [noun] Storage of cargo athwartships. BUSING (9) [verb] To transport via a motor bus. | [verb] To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration. | [verb] To travel by bus. BUSKIN (12) [noun] A half-boot. | [noun] A type of half-boot with a high heel, worn by the ancient Athenian tragic actors. | [noun] (by extension) Tragic drama; tragedy. BUSMAN (10) [noun] A person employed to drive buses. BUSMEN (10) [noun] A person employed to drive buses. BUTANE (8) [noun] A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10 n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions. | [noun] The n-butane isomer only. BUTENE (8) [noun] A hydrocarbon gas with four carbon atoms and one double bond, used in the production of plastics and other chemicals. BUTTON (8) [noun] One who adjusts, especially for the insurance industry's employment title "loss adjuster" (or "claims adjuster" in the United States). | [noun] A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. | [noun] A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism. | [verb] To fasten with a button. BUYING (12) [verb] To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods | [verb] To obtain by some sacrifice. | [verb] To bribe. BWANAS (11) [noun] Big boss, important person. BYGONE (12) [noun] (usually plural) An event that happened in the past. | [adjective] Having been or happened in the distant past. BYLINE (11) [noun] A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name. | [noun] A touchline. | [verb] To provide (an article) with a byline. BYNAME (13) [noun] A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname. | [noun] A nickname. | [noun] A pseudonym; nom-de-plume. BYRNIE (11) [noun] A short chain mail shirt, covering from the upper arms to the upper thighs. BYZANT (20) CABANA (10) [noun] A cabin or hut for relaxing. | [noun] A shelter on a beach or at a swimming pool. CABINS (10) [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. CABMAN (12) [noun] The driver of a hackney cab. | [noun] The driver of a taxi. CABMEN (12) [noun] The driver of a hackney cab. | [noun] The driver of a taxi. CADENT (9) [adjective] Having a rhythmic fall or cadence; falling or sinking. | [adjective] (archaic) Decaying or declining. CAFTAN (11) [noun] A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. | [noun] A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. CAGING (10) [verb] To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage. | [verb] To restrict someone's movement or creativity. | [verb] To track individual responses to direct mail, either to maintain and develop mailing lists or to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses. CAIMAN (10) [noun] Any of the relatively small crocodilians of genus Caiman, within family Alligatoridae. | [noun] A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America. To differentiate from caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards. CAIRNS (8) [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. CAIRNY (11) CAKING (13) [verb] Coat (something) with a crust of solid material. | [verb] To form into a cake, or mass. | [verb] To cackle like a goose. CALKIN (12) [noun] A metal projection on a horse's shoe to prevent slipping on ice or hard ground. CALLAN (8) CAMION (10) [noun] A large truck or lorry, used for carrying heavy loads. CANALS (8) [noun] An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation. | [noun] A tubular channel within the body. | [noun] One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars. CANAPE (10) [noun] An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish. | [noun] A piece of furniture similar to a couch or settee, an elegant sofa. CANARD (9) [noun] A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so. | [noun] A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing. | [noun] Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization. CANARY (11) [noun] A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands. | [noun] Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour. | [noun] A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour. CANCAN (10) [noun] A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France. | [noun] (motocross) A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side. | [verb] To dance the cancan. CANCEL (10) [noun] A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English). | [noun] An enclosure; a boundary; a limit. | [noun] The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages. CANCER (10) [noun] A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation. | [noun] Something damaging that spreads throughout something else. CANCHA (13) [noun] A playing field or court, especially for ball games like polo or jai alai. CANDID (10) [noun] A spontaneous or unposed photograph. | [adjective] Impartial and free from prejudice. | [adjective] Straightforward, open and sincere. CANDLE (9) [noun] A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin. | [noun] The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter. | [noun] A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela. CANDOR (9) [noun] Whiteness; brilliance; purity. | [noun] The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. | [noun] Impartiality. CANERS (8) [noun] Plural of caner; people or things that cane. | [noun] People who work with cane or make items from cane. CANFUL (11) [noun] The amount that a can will hold; the capacity of a can. CANGUE (9) [noun] A wooden collar or frame formerly used as an instrument of punishment or torture in China and other parts of Asia. CANIDS (9) [noun] Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals. CANINE (8) [noun] Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae. | [noun] Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like. | [noun] In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid. CANING (9) [verb] To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement | [verb] To destroy; to comprehensively defeat | [verb] To do something well, in a competent fashion CANKER (12) [noun] A plant disease marked by gradual decay. | [noun] A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease. | [noun] A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm. | [verb] To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume. CANNAS (8) [noun] Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers. | [noun] A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. CANNED (9) [verb] To seal in a can. | [verb] To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can. | [verb] To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.). CANNEL (8) [noun] A type of coal that is rich in volatile matter and burns with a bright flame. | [noun] A groove or channel, especially one carved in a surface. CANNER (8) [noun] A person who cans food or operates a canning machine. | [noun] A large marble used in the game of marbles. CANNIE (8) CANNON (8) [noun] A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages. | [noun] Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube. | [noun] A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock. CANNOT (8) [noun] Something that cannot be done. | [verb] Can not (be unable to). | [verb] Be forbidden or not permitted to CANOED (9) [verb] To ride or paddle a canoe. CANOES (8) [noun] A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends. | [noun] An oversize, usually older, luxury car. | [noun] Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats. CANOLA (8) [noun] Any of a number of cultivars of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and closely related field mustard (Brassica rapa), which have a lower erucic acid and glucosinolate content than traditional rapeseed. CANONS (8) [noun] A generally accepted principle; a rule. | [noun] A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field. | [noun] The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic. CANOPY (13) [noun] A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed. | [noun] Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors. | [noun] The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest. CANSOS (8) CANTED (9) [verb] To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup. | [verb] To speak in set phrases. | [verb] To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner. CANTER (8) [noun] A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals. | [noun] A ride on a horse at such speed. | [verb] To move at such pace. | [noun] One who cants or whines; a beggar. CANTHI (11) [noun] Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet. CANTIC (10) CANTLE (8) [noun] A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something. | [noun] The raised back of a saddle. | [noun] The top of the head. CANTON (8) [noun] A division of a political unit. | [noun] A small community or clan. | [noun] A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side (e.g., the stars of the US national flag are in a canton). | [noun] A song or canto. CANTOR (8) [noun] Singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony. | [noun] A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan. CANTOS (8) [noun] One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book. | [noun] The treble or leading melody. CANTUS (8) [noun] The highest singing voice in a piece of choral music, or the melody or soprano part in a musical composition. CANULA (8) [noun] A small tube inserted into a vein or body cavity for administering medication or draining fluids; also spelled cannula. CANVAS (11) [noun] A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings. | [noun] A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint. | [noun] A basis for creative work. CANYON (11) [noun] A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river. CAPLIN (10) [noun] Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. | [noun] The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass that connect the handle and swingel. CAPONS (10) [noun] A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table. CAPTAN (10) [noun] A particular phthalimide fungicide. | [noun] Ethyl mercaptan CARBON (10) [noun] The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material. | [noun] An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it. | [noun] A sheet of carbon paper. CAREEN (8) [noun] The position of a ship laid on one side. | [verb] To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line. | [verb] To tilt on one side. CARINA (8) [noun] A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat. | [noun] Part of a papilionaceous flower consisting of two petals, commonly united, which encloses the organs of fructification. | [noun] The keel of the breastbone of birds. CARING (9) [verb] To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about). | [verb] (polite) To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards. | [verb] (with for) To look after or look out for. CARLIN (8) [noun] An old woman. | [noun] A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried. CARMAN (10) [noun] A person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart. CARMEN (10) [noun] A person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart. CARNAL (8) [adjective] Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites. | [adjective] Worldly or earthly; temporal. | [adjective] Of or relating to the body or flesh. CARNET (8) [noun] A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets. | [noun] A customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article | [noun] An admission pass. CARNEY (11) [noun] A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). | [noun] The jargon used by carnival workers. | [noun] A carnival. CARNIE (8) [noun] A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). | [noun] The jargon used by carnival workers. | [noun] A carnival. | [noun] A proponent of carnism; one who supports the practice of eating meat and using other animal products. CARTON (8) [noun] An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material. | [noun] A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box. | [noun] A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans. CARVEN (11) [verb] To cut. | [verb] To cut meat in order to serve it. | [verb] To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work. CASEIN (8) [noun] A protein present in both milk and in the seeds of leguminous plants CASERN (8) [noun] A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near the rampart; barracks. CASING (9) [verb] To propose hypothetical cases. | [verb] To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment. | [verb] To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose. CASINI (8) CASINO (8) [noun] A public building or room for entertainment, especially gambling. | [noun] A card game for two to four players. CATENA (8) [noun] A series of related items. | [noun] A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope. CATION (8) [noun] A positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis. CATKIN (12) [noun] A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar. CATLIN (8) CATNAP (10) [noun] A brief, light sleep. | [verb] To take a catnap, to take a short sleep or nap. | [verb] To kidnap a cat. CATNIP (10) [noun] Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities. | [noun] Something that causes excitement or interest. CAVERN (11) [noun] A large cave. | [noun] An underground chamber. | [verb] To form a cavern or deep depression in. CAVING (12) [verb] To surrender. | [verb] To collapse. | [verb] To hollow out or undermine. CAWING (12) [verb] To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven. | [noun] The act of producing a caw sound. CAYMAN (13) [noun] Any of the relatively small crocodilians of genus Caiman, within family Alligatoridae. | [noun] A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America. To differentiate from caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards. CEDARN (9) [adjective] Constituted of or covered with cedar trees; made of cedar wood. CEDING (10) [verb] To give up; yield to another. | [verb] To give way. CEMENT (10) [noun] A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete. | [noun] The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries. | [noun] Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout. CENOTE (8) [noun] A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings. CENSED (9) [verb] To perfume with incense. CENSER (8) [noun] An ornamental container for burning incense, especially during religious ceremonies. | [noun] A person who censes, a person who perfumes with incense CENSES (8) [noun] A census. | [noun] A public rate or tax. | [noun] Condition; rank CENSOR (8) [noun] One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality. | [noun] An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media. | [noun] A college or university official whose duties vary depending on the institution. | [noun] A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious mind. CENSUS (8) [noun] An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals. | [noun] Count, tally. | [verb] To conduct a census on. CENTAL (8) [noun] A unit of weight equal to 100 pounds in the US or 112 pounds in Britain. | [noun] A unit of weight for grain equal to 100 kilograms in some countries. CENTER (8) [noun] The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference. | [noun] The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference. | [noun] The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges. CENTOS (8) [noun] A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems. CENTRA (8) [noun] A center. | [noun] The central body of a vertebra; the solid piece to which the arches and some other parts are or may be attached. | [noun] The basis or fundamental portion of one of the cranial segments, regarded as analogous to vertebrae. CENTRE (8) [noun] The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference. | [noun] The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference. | [noun] The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges. CENTUM (10) [noun] A group or division of one hundred, especially a Roman military unit of about one hundred soldiers. | [noun] In ancient Rome, a political subdivision of citizens organized for voting purposes. CERING (9) [verb] Present participle of "cere," meaning to wrap (a dead body) in a cerecloth or winding sheet for burial. | [noun] A waxy covering at the base of a bird's upper beak. CETANE (8) [noun] The aliphatic hydrocarbon C16H34 (hexadecane) used as a standard for diesel fuel. CHAINE (11) [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. CHAINS (11) [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. CHANCE (13) [noun] An opportunity or possibility. | [noun] Random occurrence; luck. | [noun] The probability of something happening. | [verb] To happen by chance, to occur. CHANCY (16) [adjective] Uncertain, risky, hazardous | [adjective] Subject to chance; random | [adjective] Lucky; bringing good luck CHANGE (12) [noun] The process of becoming different. | [noun] Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination. | [noun] A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes CHANGS (12) [noun] Plural of chang, a type of alcoholic beverage made from grain in Tibet and other Himalayan regions. CHANTS (11) [noun] Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony. | [noun] A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music. | [noun] Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. CHANTY (14) [noun] A roughly-built hut or cabin. | [noun] A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned. | [noun] An unlicensed pub. CHAUNT (11) [verb] To sing or chant, especially in a rhythmic or monotonous manner. CHAZAN (20) [noun] A cantor or official who leads liturgical prayer and singing in a Jewish synagogue. CHINAS (11) [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. CHINCH (16) [noun] The bedbug (Cimex lectularius). CHINED (12) [adjective] Pertaining to, or having, a chine, or backbone; used in composition. | [adjective] Broken in the back. CHINES (11) [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. CHINKS (15) [noun] A person of perceived Chinese ethnicity. | [noun] A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack. | [noun] A chip or dent in something metallic. CHINKY (18) [noun] (possibly offensive) A Chinese takeaway restaurant. | [noun] (possibly offensive) A meal of Chinese food. | [noun] A Chinese person. CHINOS (11) [noun] Trousers made from chino CHINTS (11) [noun] Plural of chint, a variant or informal spelling of chintz (a printed cotton fabric). | [noun] Third person singular present tense of the verb "to chint," though this verb usage is non-standard or archaic. CHINTZ (20) [noun] A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs. CHITIN (11) [noun] A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans. CHITON (11) [noun] A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece. | [noun] Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton. CHOANA (11) [noun] An opening at the back of the nasal cavity that leads to the nasopharynx. CHOPIN (13) CHOSEN (11) [verb] To pick; to make the choice of; to select. | [verb] To elect. | [verb] To decide to act in a certain way. CHUNKS (15) [noun] A part of something that has been separated. | [noun] A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular. | [noun] A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster. CHUNKY (18) [adjective] Having chunks. | [adjective] (of a person) Fat. | [adjective] Of a cat: having a large, solid bodyline. | [noun] A sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to land the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible. CHURNS (11) [noun] A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter. | [noun] Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company. | [noun] The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider. CINDER (9) [noun] Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc. | [noun] An ember. | [noun] Slag from a metal furnace. CINEMA (10) [noun] A movie theatre, a movie house | [noun] Films collectively. | [noun] The film and movie industry. CINEOL (8) [noun] A colorless liquid compound found in eucalyptus oil and other essential oils, used in medicine and as a flavoring agent. CINQUE (17) [noun] A card, die, or domino with five spots or pips. CITING (9) [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. CITRIN (8) [noun] A yellow or greenish variety of quartz, often used as a gemstone. | [adjective] Of or resembling the color of a citrine gemstone; yellow or golden. CITRON (8) [noun] A greenish yellow colour. | [noun] A small citrus tree, Citrus medica. | [noun] The fruit of a citron tree. CLANGS (9) [noun] A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other. | [noun] Quality of tone. | [noun] The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose. CLANKS (12) [noun] A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal. | [verb] To make a clanking sound | [verb] To cause to sound with a clank. CLAXON (15) [noun] A loud electronic horn or alarm used to signal warning or alert. CLEANS (8) [noun] Removal of dirt. | [noun] The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders. | [verb] To remove dirt from a place or object. CLENCH (13) [noun] Tight grip. | [noun] A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings. | [noun] A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion. CLIENT (8) [noun] A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services. | [noun] The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server. | [noun] One who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant. CLINAL (8) [adjective] Relating to or exhibiting a cline, which is a gradual change in characteristics of a species over a geographic area. CLINCH (13) [noun] Any of several fastenings. | [noun] The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip or grasp. | [noun] A pun. CLINES (8) [noun] A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group. | [noun] Any graduated continuum. | [noun] (inversive geometry) A generalized circle. CLINGS (9) [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. CLINGY (12) [adjective] Having a tendency to cling. | [adjective] (usually derogatory) Pathetically attached to, or possessive of someone, usually a significant other. CLINIC (10) [noun] A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients. | [noun] (by extension) A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients. | [noun] A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils. CLINKS (12) [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. CLONAL (8) [adjective] Relating to, or created by asexual reproduction (cloning) | [adjective] That lives with others of the same kind CLONED (9) [verb] To create a clone of. CLONER (8) [noun] One that clones, especially a device or person that makes identical copies of something. | [noun] An organism that is genetically identical to another. CLONES (8) [noun] A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical. | [noun] A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.http//www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2754 | [noun] A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it. CLONIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by clones or cloning. | [adjective] Of or relating to clonus, a series of involuntary muscular contractions and relaxations. CLONKS (12) [noun] The abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact. | [noun] A stick-like tool used to strike the surface of the water and produce a sound that causes nearby fish to attack the bait. | [verb] To make such a sound. CLONUS (8) [noun] A muscular spasm with regular contractions. CLOVEN (11) [verb] To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument. | [verb] To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces. | [verb] To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting. CLOWNS (11) [noun] A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig. | [noun] A person who acts in a silly fashion. | [noun] A stupid person. CLUING (9) [verb] Providing hints or information to help someone guess or solve something. | [verb] In crossword puzzles, giving clues that lead to puzzle answers. CLUNKS (12) [noun] A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact. | [noun] The sound of liquid coming out of a bottle, etc.; a glucking sound. | [verb] To make such a sound CLUNKY (15) [adjective] Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome. | [adjective] Being or making a clunk sound. COBNUT (10) [noun] The nut of the common hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut. | [noun] A specific cultivated variety of hazelnut, also known as the Kentish cobnut. | [noun] A game played by children with nuts. COCAIN (10) COCHIN (13) [noun] A breed of large domestic chicken with feathered legs, originally from Cochin China. | [noun] A city in India, also known as Kochi. COCOON (10) [noun] The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa. | [noun] Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical. | [verb] To envelop in a protective case CODEIN (9) [noun] An alkaloid drug derived from opium, used as a painkiller and cough suppressant. CODENS (9) CODING (10) [verb] To write software programs. | [verb] To add codes to a dataset. | [verb] To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes. CODLIN (9) [noun] A small or inferior apple. | [noun] A type of moth larva that infests apple trees. CODONS (9) [noun] A handbell used for summoning monks. | [noun] The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet. | [noun] A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation. COFFIN (14) [noun] A rectangular closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial. | [noun] The eighth Lenormand card. | [noun] A basket. COGENT (9) [adjective] Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence. | [adjective] Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning. | [adjective] Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent. COGNAC (11) [noun] A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France. COGONS (9) [noun] A coarse tropical grass with sharp-edged leaves, native to Southeast Asia and used for thatching and fodder. COHUNE (11) [noun] A species of palm, Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts. COIGNE (9) [noun] A corner or angle, especially an external angle of a wall or building. | [noun] A cornerstone or quoin. COIGNS (9) [noun] A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone. | [noun] The keystone of an arch. | [noun] A wedge used in typesetting. COINED (9) [verb] To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal. | [verb] (by extension) To make or fabricate. | [verb] To acquire rapidly, as money; to make. COINER (8) [noun] A person who makes coins (often counterfeit coins). | [noun] A person who invents words or phrases. | [noun] A person who invents or fabricates (stories, lies, etc.). COJOIN (15) COKING (13) [verb] To produce coke from coal. | [verb] To turn into coke. | [verb] To add deleterious carbon deposits as a byproduct of combustion. COLINS (8) [noun] Plural of colin, a type of small game bird in the quail family, particularly the bobwhite. | [noun] Plural of colin, a colorful tropical marine fish. COLONE (8) COLONI (8) [noun] Plural of colonus, a tenant farmer in ancient Rome who was bound to the land. | [noun] Plural of colonus, a settler or inhabitant of a colony. COLONS (8) [noun] The punctuation mark ":". | [noun] The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon). | [noun] A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete. COLONY (11) [noun] A governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country. | [noun] A settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their place of origin | [noun] Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country. COLUMN (10) [noun] A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration. | [noun] A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom. | [noun] A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road. COMING (11) [verb] To move from further away to nearer to. | [verb] To arrive. | [verb] To appear, to manifest itself. | [noun] The act of arriving; an arrival COMMON (12) [noun] Mutual good, shared by more than one. | [noun] A tract of land in common ownership; common land. | [noun] The people; the community. CONCHA (13) [noun] Any shell-shaped structure. | [noun] The deepest indentation of the cartilage of the human ear, attaching to the mastoid bone. | [noun] Any of the nasal conchae. CONCHS (13) [noun] A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell. | [noun] The shell of this sea animal. | [noun] A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet. CONCHY (16) [noun] A conscientious objector. CONCUR (10) [verb] To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond. | [verb] To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect. | [verb] To run together; to meet. CONDOM (11) [noun] A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STDs. CONDOR (9) [noun] Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California. | [noun] A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of one of these vultures. | [noun] An Argentinian short range ballistic missile. CONDOS (9) [noun] Joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more countries. | [noun] A region or territory under such rule. | [noun] A building in which each unit is owned by an individual but the grounds, structure etc are owned jointly. CONEYS (11) [noun] A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus). | [noun] Rabbit fur. | [noun] Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps). CONFAB (13) [noun] A casual conversation; a chat. | [noun] A fabricated memory believed to be true. | [verb] To speak casually with; to chat. CONFER (11) [verb] To grant as a possession; to bestow. | [verb] To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. | [verb] To compare. CONFIT (11) [noun] Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation. | [verb] To prepare (food) in this manner. CONGAS (9) [noun] A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin | [noun] A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain | [verb] To dance the conga. CONGEE (9) [noun] Leave, formal permission for some action, : | [noun] Formal dismissal; any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony. | [noun] Formal leavetaking; any farewell. | [noun] A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat. CONGER (9) [noun] Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters | [noun] A chain of booksellers. CONGES (9) [noun] A curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns. | [noun] Leave, formal permission for some action, : | [noun] Formal dismissal; any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony. CONGII (9) [noun] An ancient Roman unit of volume in liquid measure consisting of six sextarii or one-eighth amphora (about 118 fluid ounces). | [noun] An ancient Roman unit of weight under Vespasian equal to the weight of a congius of water. CONGOS (9) [noun] Plural of congo, a type of drum used in Latin music and percussion ensembles. | [noun] Plural of congo, a lively group dance or the line formed by people dancing it. CONGOU (9) [noun] A type of Chinese black tea, also known as congou tea or lapsang souchong. CONICS (10) [noun] That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections. CONIES (8) [noun] Plural of cony, a rabbit or a rabbit-like animal; also small rabbits or hyraxes. CONINE (8) [noun] A poisonous alkaloid found in hemlock plants, used historically as a poison and in chemical research. CONING (9) [verb] To fashion into the shape of a cone. | [verb] To form a cone shape. | [verb] (frequently followed by "off") To segregate or delineate an area using traffic cones CONINS (8) CONIUM (10) [noun] A poisonous plant, also known as hemlock, of the genus Conium with spotted stems and small white flowers. CONKED (13) [verb] To hit, especially on the head. | [verb] To chemically straighten tightly curled hair. | [verb] (often with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down, become unconscious. CONKER (12) [noun] A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers. CONNED (9) [verb] To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart. | [verb] To know, understand, acknowledge. | [verb] To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain. CONNER (8) CONOID (9) [noun] Anything shaped like a cone. | [noun] A Catalan surface all of whose rulings intersect some fixed line. | [noun] A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis. CONSOL (8) [noun] A decorative wall bracket or table with a front leg or support, typically used for holding objects. | [noun] A panel or cabinet containing controls or instruments for operating a machine or system. CONSUL (8) [noun] Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires. | [noun] Any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804. | [noun] A count or earl. CONTES (8) [noun] Plural of conte, a short narrative or story, particularly a short tale or anecdote. CONTOS (8) [noun] Plural of conto, a unit of account formerly used in Portugal and Brazil, equal to 1,000 escudos or a large sum of money. CONTRA (8) [noun] A deal to swap goods or services. | [noun] A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries. | [noun] An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account). CONVEX (18) [noun] Any convex body or surface. | [adjective] Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle | [adjective] (of a set in Euclidean space) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set. CONVEY (14) [verb] To move (something) from one place to another. | [verb] To take or carry (someone) from one place to another. | [verb] To communicate; to make known; to portray. CONVOY (14) [noun] One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels. | [noun] A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort. | [noun] The act of convoying; protection. COOING (9) [verb] To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon. | [verb] To speak in an admiring fashion, to be enthusiastic about. | [noun] A coo; a cooing sound. COPENS (10) COPING (11) [verb] To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult. | [verb] To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal. | [verb] To clip the beak or talons of a bird. CORBAN (10) [noun] A gift or offering to God in Jewish tradition, or something devoted to sacred use that cannot be used for ordinary purposes. CORDON (9) [noun] A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc. | [noun] A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it. | [noun] The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman - the slips and gully. CORING (9) [verb] To remove the core of an apple or other fruit. | [verb] To extract a sample with a drill. | [noun] The production of a core by means of drilling | [noun] The dual of a ring. CORNEA (8) [noun] The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber. CORNED (9) [verb] To granulate; to form a substance into grains | [verb] To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef | [verb] To provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed CORNEL (8) [noun] Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel. | [noun] The cherry-like fruit of such plants, certain of which are edible. CORNER (8) [noun] The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal. | [noun] An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies. | [noun] A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook. CORNET (8) [noun] A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat. | [noun] A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container. | [noun] A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence an ice cream cone. | [noun] The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity. CORNUA (8) [noun] A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn. CORNUS (8) [noun] A genus of woody plants commonly known as dogwood, having small flowers and berries. | [noun] The horn or horn-like projection on an animal. CORONA (8) [noun] The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse. | [noun] A circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object, especially the Sun or the Moon, attributable to an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of its light by small water droplets or tiny ice crystals. | [noun] (by extension) Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person. | [noun] A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2. | [noun] A series of sonnets linked together in a particular manner. | [noun] A long, straight-sided cigar with a roundly blunt end. CORTIN (8) [noun] A hormone extract from the adrenal cortex, used in medicine. COSIGN (9) [noun] The promotion of one musical artist (usually less successful) by another. | [verb] To sign a document jointly with another person, sometimes as an endorsement. | [verb] To agree with or endorse COSINE (8) [noun] In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos COTANS (8) [noun] Plural of cotan, the reciprocal of the tangent function (cotangent) in trigonometry. COTING (9) [verb] Present participle of "cote," meaning to pass by or overtake. | [noun] A shelter or coop for birds or animals, such as a dovecote. COTTON (8) [noun] Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber. | [noun] Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth. | [noun] Any fiber similar in appearance and use to Gossypium fiber. | [verb] To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone. COUNTS (8) [noun] The act of counting or tallying a quantity. | [noun] The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted. | [noun] A countdown. COUNTY (11) [noun] The land ruled by a count or a countess. | [noun] An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 48 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska and Louisiana). | [noun] A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions. COUPON (10) [noun] A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc. | [noun] A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product. | [noun] A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant. COUSIN (8) [noun] The child of a person's uncle or aunt; a first cousin. | [noun] Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of one's extended family; one more distantly related than an uncle, aunt, granduncle, grandaunt, nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, etc. | [noun] A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl. COVENS (11) [noun] A formal group or assembly of witches. | [noun] A family, group or assembly of vampires. | [noun] A clique that shares common interests or activities. COVING (12) [noun] A concave surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall. | [noun] The vertical sides connecting the jambs with the breast of a fireplace. COVINS (11) [noun] Plural of covin; a secret agreement or conspiracy, especially one involving fraud or deceit. COWING (12) [verb] (chiefly in the passive voice) To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of. COWMAN (13) [noun] Cattle rancher | [noun] Cattleman COWMEN (13) [noun] Cattle rancher | [noun] Cattleman COXING (16) [verb] To act as coxswain for. COYING (12) COZENS (17) [verb] To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or familiar with. | [verb] To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. CRANCH (13) CRANED (9) [verb] To extend (one's neck). | [verb] To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane. | [verb] To pull up before a jump. CRANES (8) [noun] Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight. | [noun] Ardea herodias, the great blue heron. | [noun] A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes. CRANIA (8) [noun] The braincase or neurocranium; that part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw. | [noun] The upper portion of the skull, including the neurocranium and facial bones, but not including the jawbone (mandible). | [noun] The skull. CRANKS (12) [noun] A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. | [noun] The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft. | [noun] Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage. CRANKY (15) [adjective] Weak, unwell. | [adjective] (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition. | [adjective] Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset. CRANNY (11) [noun] A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance. | [noun] A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc. | [verb] To break into, or become full of, crannies. | [adjective] Quick; giddy; thoughtless CRATON (8) [noun] A part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents. CRAVEN (11) [noun] A coward. | [verb] To make craven. | [adjective] Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly. CRAYON (11) [noun] A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing. | [noun] A colored pencil, a colouring pencil | [noun] A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines. CRENEL (8) [noun] The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement. CREPON (10) [noun] A thin fabric made from silk or fine wool CRETIN (8) [noun] A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. | [noun] (by extension) An idiot. CRINGE (9) [noun] A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling. | [noun] A servile obeisance. | [noun] A crick. CRINUM (10) CRONES (8) [noun] An old woman. | [noun] An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman. | [noun] An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag. CROONS (8) [verb] To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner. | [verb] To say softly or gently | [verb] To soothe by singing softly. CROTON (8) [noun] Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil. | [noun] A tropical evergreen shrub, Codiaeum variegatum, having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant. CROWNS (11) [noun] A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem. | [noun] A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor. | [noun] (by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor. CRUNCH (13) [noun] A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching. | [noun] A critical moment or event. | [noun] A problem that leads to a crisis. CRYING (12) [verb] To shed tears; to weep. | [verb] To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly. | [verb] To shout, scream, yell. CUBING (11) [verb] To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice. | [verb] To form into the shape of a cube. | [verb] To cut into cubes. CUEING (9) CUMINS (10) CUMMIN (12) [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. CUNDUM (11) CUNEAL (8) CUNNER (8) [noun] A marine European fish (Symphodus melops). | [noun] The related American conner (Tautogolabrus adspersus). CURING (9) [verb] To restore to health. | [verb] To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end. | [verb] To cause to be rid of (a defect). | [noun] The act by which something is cured. CURRAN (8) CUTINS (8) [noun] A waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle. CYANIC (13) [adjective] Of cyanogen or its derivatives | [adjective] Azure-blue | [adjective] (of a flower) Containing an anthocyanin CYANID (12) CYANIN (11) CYGNET (12) [noun] The young of a swan. CYMENE (13) CYMLIN (13) CYNICS (13) [noun] A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness. | [noun] A person whose outlook is scornfully negative. CYTONS (11) DAEMON (9) [noun] An evil supernatural spirit. | [noun] A neutral supernatural spirit. | [noun] Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast. | [noun] A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal. DAHOON (10) DAIKON (11) [noun] An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper. | [noun] Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish. DAIMEN (9) DAIMON (9) [noun] An evil supernatural spirit. | [noun] A neutral supernatural spirit. | [noun] Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast. DAINTY (10) [noun] A delicacy (in taste). | [noun] Esteem, honour. | [noun] (Prairies and northwestern Ontario) A fancy cookie, pastry, or square, typically homemade, served at a social event (usually plural). DALTON (7) [noun] The atomic mass unit DAMANS (9) DAMNED (10) [verb] To condemn to hell. | [verb] To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment. | [verb] To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively. DAMNER (9) DAMPEN (11) [verb] To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet. | [verb] To become damp or moist. | [verb] To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen. DAMSON (9) [noun] A subspecies of plum tree, Prunus domestica subsp. insititia, native to Eurasia. | [noun] The edible fruit of this tree. | [adjective] The color of the fruit of this tree, a very deep purple. DANCED (10) [verb] To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music. | [verb] To leap or move lightly and rapidly. | [verb] To perform the steps to. DANCER (9) [noun] A person who dances, usually as a job or profession. | [noun] A stripper. DANCES (9) [noun] A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. | [noun] A social gathering where dancing is the main activity. | [noun] A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister. DANDER (8) [noun] Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp. | [noun] Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals. | [noun] Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs. | [noun] A cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace | [verb] To wander about. DANDLE (8) [verb] To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant. | [verb] To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet. | [verb] To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. DANGED (9) [verb] Damn. | [verb] To dash. | [adjective] Damned; accursed; objectionable DANGER (8) [noun] Exposure to likely harm; peril. | [noun] An instance or cause of likely harm. | [noun] Mischief. DANGLE (8) [noun] An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group. | [noun] The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style. | [noun] A dangling ornament or decoration. DANIOS (7) [noun] (chiefly in combination) Any of various fish of the genera Danio and Devario. DANISH (10) [noun] Danish pastry, light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruit or cheese. DANKER (11) [adjective] Dark, damp and humid. | [adjective] (of marijuana) Highly potent. | [adjective] (often ironic) Great, awesome. DANKLY (14) DAPHNE (12) [noun] Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals. DARING (8) [verb] To have enough courage (to do something). | [verb] To defy or challenge (someone to do something) | [verb] To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to DARKEN (11) [verb] To make dark or darker by reducing light. | [verb] To become dark or darker (having less light). | [verb] To get dark (referring to the sky, either in the evening or as a result of cloud). DARNED (8) [verb] Euphemism of damn. | [verb] To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric. | [adjective] A minced oath for damned. DARNEL (7) [noun] A species of ryegrass, Lolium temulentum, often found in wheat fields and often host to a fungus intoxicating to humans and animals. | [noun] Various species of Lolium, especially as a weed in wheat fields. DARNER (7) [noun] One who darns. | [noun] Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a hawker. DATING (8) [verb] To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution. | [verb] To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of. | [verb] To determine the age of something. DAUNTS (7) [verb] To discourage, intimidate. | [verb] To overwhelm. DAVENS (10) [verb] To recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray DAWING (11) DAWNED (11) [verb] To begin to brighten with daylight. | [verb] To start to appear or be realized. | [verb] To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. DAZING (17) [verb] To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear DEACON (9) [noun] (Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6). | [noun] (Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work. | [noun] Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor. DEADEN (8) [verb] To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle. | [verb] To become less lively; to diminish (by itself). | [verb] To make soundproof. DEAFEN (10) [verb] To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently. | [verb] To make soundproof. | [verb] (sometimes figurative) To stun, as with noise. DEANED (8) DEBONE (9) [verb] To remove the bones from. DEBUNK (13) [verb] To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something. DECANE (9) [noun] Any of the seventy-five isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C10H22 DECANT (9) [verb] To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment. | [verb] To pour from one vessel into another. | [verb] To flow. DECENT (9) [adjective] Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances. | [adjective] (of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness. | [adjective] Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen. DECERN (9) DEDANS (8) [noun] (court tennis) A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators. DEEPEN (9) [verb] To make deep or deeper | [verb] To make darker or more intense; to darken | [verb] To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree DEEWAN (10) DEFANG (11) [verb] To remove the fangs from (something). | [verb] To render harmless. DEFEND (11) [verb] To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard. | [verb] To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of. | [verb] To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused). DEFINE (10) [noun] A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs. | [verb] To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly. | [verb] To settle, decide (an argument etc.) DEFUND (11) [verb] To cancel funding for. DEHORN (10) [verb] To remove the horns from. DEIGNS (8) [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. DEKING (12) [verb] To avoid, go around, or dodge an object, person, or conversation topic; often by using trickery. | [verb] To execute a deke in ice hockey or other sports. DEMAND (10) [noun] The desire to purchase goods and services. | [noun] The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price. | [noun] A forceful claim for something. DEMEAN (9) [verb] To debase; to lower; to degrade. | [verb] To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate. | [verb] To mortify. | [noun] Management; treatment. | [noun] Demesne. | [verb] To subtract the mean from (a value, or every observation in a dataset). DEMENT (9) [noun] An insane person, or one afflicted with dementia | [verb] To drive mad; to craze | [adjective] Insane, demented DEMONS (9) [noun] An evil supernatural spirit. | [noun] A neutral supernatural spirit. | [noun] Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast. DENARY (10) [noun] An ancient coin, the denarius. | [adjective] Containing ten parts. | [adjective] Based on the number ten. DENGUE (8) [noun] An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain. DENIAL (7) [noun] The negation in logic. | [noun] A refusal to comply with a request. | [noun] An assertion of untruth. DENIED (8) [verb] To disallow or reject. | [verb] To assert that something is not true. | [verb] (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone. DENIER (7) [noun] An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou. | [noun] A unit of linear density which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery. Originally equal to the weight of a denier coin per 9600 aunes. | [noun] Person who denies something. DENIES (7) [verb] To disallow or reject. | [verb] To assert that something is not true. | [verb] (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone. DENIMS (9) [noun] Jeans made of denim. DENNED (8) [verb] To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den. DENOTE (7) [verb] To indicate; to mark. | [verb] To make overt. | [verb] To refer to literally; to convey as meaning. DENSER (7) [adjective] Having relatively high density. | [adjective] Compact; crowded together. | [adjective] Thick; difficult to penetrate. DENTAL (7) [noun] Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth. | [noun] A dental sound. | [adjective] Of or concerning the teeth, as in dental care. DENTED (8) [verb] To impact something, producing a dent. | [verb] To develop a dent or dents. DENTIL (7) [noun] Any one of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice. DENTIN (7) [noun] The hard, dense calcareous material that makes up the bulk of a tooth DENUDE (8) [verb] To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip. DEPEND (10) [verb] (followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on. | [verb] (followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely. | [verb] To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. DEPONE (9) [verb] To testify, especially in the form of a deposition. | [verb] To take the deposition of; to depose. | [verb] To lay, as a stake; to wager. DESAND (8) DESIGN (8) [noun] A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem. | [noun] A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system. | [noun] A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture. DESMAN (9) [noun] Either of two species, Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus, of aquatic or semi-aquatic insectivore of the mole family, Talpidae, found in Europe. DETAIN (7) [verb] To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention. | [verb] To put under custody. | [verb] To keep back or from; to withhold. DETENT (7) [noun] That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking. | [verb] The action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock movement. DEVEIN (10) [verb] To remove the vein-like colon from (shrimp). DEVONS (10) [noun] (Eastern Australia) A type of processed meat sausage. DEWANS (10) [noun] A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic) countries, usually some sort of councillor. DEWING (11) [verb] To wet with, or as if with, dew; to moisten. | [noun] A contributor to corrosion? DEZINC (18) DHARNA (10) [noun] A nonviolent sit-in protest. | [noun] (specifically) A fast undertaken at the door of an offender, especially a debtor. DHURNA (10) DIAMIN (9) DIAZIN (16) DICING (10) [verb] To play dice. | [verb] To cut into small cubes. | [verb] To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes. DIEING (8) DIENES (7) [noun] An organic compound, especially a hydrocarbon, containing two double bonds. DIKING (12) [noun] The process of building a dike. DINARS (7) [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. DINDLE (8) DINERO (7) DINERS (7) [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. DINGED (9) [verb] To hit or strike. | [verb] To dash; to throw violently. | [verb] To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking. DINGER (8) [noun] A bell or chime. | [noun] The suspended clapper of a bell. | [noun] One who rings a bell. DINGES (8) [noun] A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor. | [noun] A fool or incompetent person. | [noun] Penis DINGEY (11) DINGHY (14) [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. | [verb] To travel by dinghy. DINGLE (8) [noun] A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley. DINGUS (8) [noun] A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor. | [noun] A fool or incompetent person. | [noun] Penis DINING (8) [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. DINKED (12) [verb] To play a soft drop shot. | [verb] To chip lightly, to play a light chip shot. | [verb] To carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar. DINKEY (14) DINKLY (14) DINKUM (13) [noun] Hard work. | [noun] Truth. | [adjective] Genuine, true, honest, on the level. DINNED (8) [verb] To make a din, to resound. | [verb] (of a place) To be filled with sound, to resound. | [verb] To assail (a person, the ears) with loud noise. DINNER (7) [noun] A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea). | [noun] The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening. | [noun] An evening meal. DINTED (8) [verb] To dent. DIOXAN (14) DIOXIN (14) [noun] Any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides. | [noun] The parent compound, dibenzo-p-dioxin, in which two benzene rings are connected vio two oxygen atoms; oxanthrene. | [noun] The unsaturated six-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, two oxygen atoms and two double bonds. DIPNET (9) [verb] To catch (fish) in a hand net. | [noun] A small net that is equipped with a handle and attached to a rim so that the net forms a pouch. This kind of net is used, eg, for trapping butterflies or individual fish. DIRNDL (8) [noun] A traditional Alpine women's dress having a tight bodice and full skirt DISOWN (10) [verb] To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own. | [verb] To repudiate any connection to; to renounce. | [verb] To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session. DIURON (7) DIVANS (10) [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. DIVINE (10) [noun] One skilled in divinity; a theologian. | [noun] A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman. | [noun] (often capitalized, with 'the') God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept. | [verb] To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination. DIVING (11) [verb] To swim under water. | [verb] To jump into water head-first. | [verb] To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance. DIWANS (10) [noun] A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic) countries, usually some sort of councillor. DIZENS (16) DJINNI (14) DJINNS (14) [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. DJINNY (17) DOBBIN (11) [noun] An old jaded horse. | [noun] Sea gravel mixed with sand. | [noun] Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus. DOBLON (9) DOBSON (9) DOCENT (9) [noun] A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.) | [noun] A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc. | [adjective] Instructive; that teaches. DOGNAP (10) [verb] To abduct (a dog). DOINGS (8) [noun] A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it. DOLING (8) [verb] To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource. | [noun] The act of one who doles. DOLMAN (9) [noun] A long, loose garment with narrow sleeves and an opening in the front, generally worn by Turks. | [noun] A short, close-fitting, heavily braided military jacket, usually worn under a pelisse, originally by hussars. | [noun] A woman's garment with wide capelike sleeves. DOLMEN (9) [noun] A prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow. | [noun] More generally, any megalithic tomb, including passage graves and wedge tombs. DOMAIN (9) [noun] A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization. | [noun] A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise. | [noun] A group of related items, topics, or subjects. DOMINE (9) DOMING (10) DOMINO (9) [noun] A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. | [noun] A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect. | [noun] A masquerade costume consisting of a hooded robe and a mask covering the upper part of the face. DONATE (7) [verb] To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another. DONEES (7) [noun] Someone who receives a gift from a donor. DONGAS (8) [noun] A usually dry, eroded watercourse running only in times of heavy rain. | [noun] A transportable building with single rooms, often used on remote work sites or as tourist accommodation. DONJON (14) [noun] The fortified tower of a motte or early castle; a keep. DONKEY (14) [noun] A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse | [noun] A stubborn person | [noun] A fool DONNAS (7) DONNED (8) [verb] (clothing) To put on, to dress in. DONNEE (7) DONORS (7) [noun] One who makes a donation. | [noun] A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor. DONSIE (7) DONUTS (7) [noun] A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape, and mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, sometimes filled with jelly, custard or cream. | [noun] Anything in the shape of a torus. | [noun] (automobile) A peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of donut; a 360-degree skid. DONZEL (16) DOPANT (9) [noun] A substance added in small amounts to a pure material, such as semiconductor, to alter its original electrical or optical properties; a doping agent DOPING (10) [verb] To affect with drugs. | [verb] To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.). | [verb] To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon). DORMIN (9) DOSING (8) [noun] The administration of a dose DOTING (8) [verb] (usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody. | [verb] To act in a foolish manner; to be senile. | [noun] Excessive fondness; reverence. DOVENS (10) DOWING (11) DOWNED (11) [verb] To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down, to fell. | [verb] To lower; to put (something) down. | [verb] To defeat; to overpower. DOWNER (10) [noun] A negative drug trip. | [noun] A drug that has depressant qualities. | [noun] Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy. DOYENS (10) [noun] A commander in charge of ten men. | [noun] The senior, or eldest male member of a group. | [noun] A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement. DOZENS (16) [noun] A set of twelve. | [noun] (as plural only, always followed by of) A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many. | [noun] An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight. DOZING (17) [verb] To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze. | [verb] To make dull; to stupefy. | [verb] To bulldoze. DRAGON (8) [noun] A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature. | [noun] An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance: | [noun] (with definite article, often capitalized) The constellation Draco. | [noun] A transvestite man, or more broadly a male-to-female transgender person. DRAINS (7) [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. DRENCH (12) [noun] A draught administered to an animal. | [noun] A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging. | [verb] To soak, to make very wet. | [noun] A military vassal, mentioned in the Domesday Book. DRINKS (11) [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. DRIVEN (10) [verb] To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto. | [verb] To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind. | [verb] To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force. DROMON (9) DRONED (8) [verb] To kill with a missile fired by unmanned aircraft. | [verb] To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz. | [verb] To speak in a monotone way. DRONER (7) DRONES (7) [noun] A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee. | [noun] Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler. | [noun] One who performs menial or tedious work. DRONGO (8) [noun] Any bird of the family Dicruridae. | [noun] A fool, an idiot, a stupid fellow. DROWND (11) DROWNS (10) [verb] To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid. | [verb] To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid. | [verb] To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed. DRUNKS (11) [noun] One who is intoxicated with alcohol. | [noun] A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated. | [noun] A drinking-bout; a period of drunkenness. DRYING (11) [verb] To lose moisture. | [verb] To remove moisture from. | [verb] To be thirsty. DUBBIN (11) [noun] A mixture of tallow and oil used to soften leather, and make it waterproof. | [verb] To apply dubbin to DUDEEN (8) [noun] A short-stemmed Irish pipe made out of clay. DUDING (9) [verb] To address someone as dude. | [verb] To take a vacation in a dude ranch. | [verb] Usually followed by up: to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes. DUENDE (8) [noun] A small, mischievous humanoid creature in Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese), Latin American, and Philippine folklore/mythology; an imp. | [noun] Personal charm. DUENNA (7) [noun] A chaperon of a young lady, usually an older woman. | [noun] A governess or nanny. DUGONG (9) [noun] A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the genus Dugong, found in tropical regions. DUKING (12) [verb] To hit or beat with the fists. | [verb] To give cash to; to give a tip to. DUNAMS (9) [noun] An Ottoman Turkish unit of surface area nominally equal to 1,600 square (Turkish) paces but actually varied at a provincial and local level according to land quality to accommodate its colloquial sense of the amount of land able to be plowed in a day, roughly equivalent to the Byzantine stremma or English acre. | [noun] A modern Turkish unit of surface area equal to a decare (1000 m2), equivalent to the modern Greek stremma. | [noun] Various other units in other areas of the former Ottoman Empire, usually equated to the decare but sometimes varying (as in Iraq, where it is 2500 m2). DUNCES (9) [noun] An unintelligent person. DUNGED (9) [verb] To fertilize with dung. | [verb] (calico printing) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung, done to remove the superfluous mordant. | [verb] To release dung: to defecate. DUNITE (7) [noun] A type of igneous rock with a coarse-grained or phaneritic texture. DUNKED (12) DUNKER (11) [noun] Someone who dunks. | [noun] A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks. | [noun] A biscuit that is suitable for dunking in a cup of tea. DUNLIN (7) [noun] A small wading bird, Calidris alpina, found along the coast and having a distinctive black belly patch in its breeding plumage. A type of stint. DUNNED (8) [verb] To ask or beset a debtor for payment. | [verb] To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request. | [verb] To cure, as codfish, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with saltgrass or a similar substance. DUNNER (7) DUNTED (8) [verb] To strike; give a blow to; knock. DUPING (10) [verb] To swindle, deceive, or trick. | [verb] To duplicate. DURIAN (7) [noun] Any of several trees, genus Durio, of Southeast Asia. | [noun] The spiky edible fruit of this tree, known for its strong taste and very strong, unpleasant odor. | [noun] A yellow colour, like that of durian flesh (also called durian yellow). DURING (8) [verb] To last, continue, endure. | [preposition] For all of a given time interval. | [preposition] At any time or period within a given time interval. DURION (7) DURNED (8) [adjective] Darned. DWINED (11) DWINES (10) DYEING (11) [verb] To colour with dye, or as if with dye. | [noun] The act by which something is dyed. DYINGS (11) DYKING (15) [noun] The process of building a dike. DYNAMO (12) [noun] An electricity generator, a dynamo-electric machine. | [noun] An energetic person. DYNAST (10) [noun] A ruler or governor, especially a hereditary ruler or someone who founded or is part of a dynasty. DYNEIN (10) DYNELS (10) DYNODE (11) [noun] Any of a series of electrodes within a photomultiplier tube. EARING (7) EARNED (7) [verb] To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work. | [verb] To receive payment for work. | [verb] To receive payment for work. EARNER (6) [noun] One who earns money. | [noun] A profitable product or scheme. EASING (7) [verb] To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc. | [verb] To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain). | [verb] To give respite to (someone). EATING (7) [verb] To ingest; to be ingested. | [verb] To use up. | [verb] To cause (someone) to worry. | [noun] The act of ingesting food. EBBING (11) [verb] To flow back or recede | [verb] To fall away or decline | [verb] To fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb ECHING (12) ECHINI (11) EDENIC (9) [adjective] Of or suggesting Eden, the paradise of the Bible. EDGING (9) [verb] To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction. | [verb] To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction. | [verb] (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin. EGGING (9) [verb] To throw eggs at. | [verb] To dip in or coat with beaten egg. | [verb] To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally. EGGNOG (9) [noun] A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas. EIKONS (10) ELAINS (6) ELANDS (7) [noun] A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh. ELEVEN (9) [noun] A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc. | [noun] A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup. | [noun] Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points. ELEVON (9) [noun] A moveable surface at the trailing edge of a tailless airplane (such as the space shuttle) that provides pitch and roll control. ELFINS (9) [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. ELINTS (6) ELOIGN (7) ELOINS (6) ELUANT (6) [noun] The product of elution | [noun] In chromatography, a solvent used in order to effect separation by elution. ELUENT (6) [noun] In chromatography, a solvent used in order to effect separation by elution. EMBANK (14) [verb] To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone EMENDS (9) [verb] To correct and revise (text or a document). EMETIN (8) EMODIN (9) ENABLE (8) [verb] To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to. | [verb] To affirm; to make firm and strong. | [verb] To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for. ENACTS (8) [verb] To make (a bill) into law | [verb] To act the part of; to play | [verb] To do; to effect ENAMEL (8) [noun] An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects. | [noun] A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish. | [noun] The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth. | [verb] To coat or decorate with enamel. ENAMOR (8) [verb] (mostly in the passive, followed by "of" or "with") To cause to be in love. | [verb] (mostly in the passive) To captivate. ENATES (6) ENATIC (8) ENCAGE (9) [verb] To lock inside a cage; to imprison. ENCAMP (12) [verb] To establish a camp or temporary shelter. | [verb] To form into a camp. ENCASE (8) [verb] To enclose, as in a case. ENCASH (11) [verb] To convert a financial instrument or funding source into cash. ENCINA (8) ENCODE (9) [verb] To convert (plain text) into code. | [verb] (communication) To convert source information into another form. | [verb] To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material. ENCORE (8) [noun] A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete. | [noun] A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance. | [verb] To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by. ENCYST (11) [verb] To enclose within a cyst. | [verb] To be enclosed within a cyst. ENDEAR (7) [verb] To make (something) more precious or valuable. | [verb] To make (something) more expensive; to increase the cost of. | [verb] To stress (something) as important; to exaggerate. ENDERS (7) ENDING (8) [noun] A termination or conclusion. | [noun] The last part of something. | [noun] (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending"). | [verb] To come to an end ENDITE (7) [noun] One of the mouthparts of a spider or other arachnids, specifically the lobe of the palpal coxa lateral to the labium. | [verb] To physically make letters and words on a writing surface; to inscribe. | [verb] To write, especially a literary or artistic work; to compose. ENDIVE (10) [noun] A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus). ENDOWS (10) [verb] To provide with a dower or a dowry. | [verb] To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits. | [verb] Followed by with, or rarely by of: to enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality. ENDRIN (7) [noun] A toxic chlorinated polycyclic epoxide previously used as a pesticide and now considered a persistent organic pollutant. ENDUED (8) [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). ENDUES (7) [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). ENDURE (7) [verb] To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist. | [verb] To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant. | [verb] To last. ENDURO (7) [noun] A motorcycle sport run on predominantly off-road courses, with many obstacles and challenges. | [noun] A particular race or event in the sport of enduro. ENEMAS (8) [noun] An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes. | [noun] The fluid so injected. | [noun] A device for administering such an injection. ENERGY (10) [noun] The impetus behind all motion and all activity. | [noun] The capacity to do work. | [noun] A quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance²/time² (ML²/T²) or the equivalent. ENFACE (11) ENFOLD (10) [verb] To fold something around; to envelop | [verb] To embrace ENGAGE (8) [verb] (heading) To interact socially. | [verb] (heading) To interact antagonistically. | [verb] (heading) To interact contractually. ENGILD (8) ENGINE (7) [noun] A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc. | [noun] A tool; a utensil or implement. | [noun] A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. ENGIRD (8) [verb] To gird around; to ingirt. ENGIRT (7) ENGLUT (7) ENGRAM (9) [noun] A postulated physical or biochemical change in neural tissue that represents a memory. | [noun] A painful, negative mental image representing a past event. ENGULF (10) [verb] To overwhelm. | [verb] To surround; to cover. | [verb] To cast into a gulf. ENHALO (9) ENIGMA (9) [noun] Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable. | [noun] A riddle, or a difficult problem. ENISLE (6) [verb] To make into an island. | [verb] (by extension) To isolate. ENJOIN (13) [verb] To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge. | [verb] To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. ENJOYS (16) [verb] To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something | [verb] To have the use or benefit of something. | [verb] To be satisfied or receive pleasure. ENLACE (8) [verb] To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace | [verb] (by extension) To entangle. ENLIST (6) [noun] One who is enlisted, usually in a military service. | [verb] To enter on a list; to enroll; to register. | [verb] To join a cause or organization, especially military service. ENMESH (11) [verb] To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh or net like manner. | [verb] To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult | [verb] To involve in difficulties. ENMITY (11) [noun] The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition. | [noun] A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity. ENNEAD (7) [noun] The number nine. | [noun] Any grouping or system containing nine objects. ENNUIS (6) ENNUYE (9) ENOKIS (10) [noun] An enoki mushroom, Flammulina velutipes. ENOLIC (8) ENOSIS (6) ENOUGH (10) [adverb] Sufficiently. | [adverb] Fully; quite; used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very. | [pronoun] A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc. ENRAGE (7) [verb] To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious. ENRAPT (8) [adjective] Fascinated, enraptured ENRICH (11) [verb] To enhance. | [verb] To make (someone or something) rich or richer. | [verb] To adorn, ornate more richly. ENROBE (8) [verb] To invest or adorn with a robe or vestment; to attire. | [verb] To coat or cover. ENROLL (6) [verb] To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list | [verb] To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of | [verb] To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something) ENROLS (6) [verb] To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list | [verb] To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of | [verb] To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something) ENROOT (6) ENSERF (9) ENSIGN (7) [noun] A badge of office, rank, or power. | [noun] The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade. | [noun] A flag or banner carried by military units; a standard or color/colour. ENSILE (6) [verb] To preserve (forage) in a silo. ENSOUL (6) [verb] To give a soul or place in the soul. ENSUED (7) [verb] To follow (a leader, inclination etc.). | [verb] To follow (in time), to be subsequent to. | [verb] To occur afterwards, as a result or effect. ENSUES (6) [verb] To follow (a leader, inclination etc.). | [verb] To follow (in time), to be subsequent to. | [verb] To occur afterwards, as a result or effect. ENSURE (6) [verb] To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure. | [verb] To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). ENTAIL (6) [verb] To imply or require. | [verb] To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage. | [verb] To appoint hereditary possessor. | [noun] That which is entailed. Hence: ENTERA (6) ENTERS (6) [noun] The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard. | [noun] A stroke of the Enter key. | [verb] To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space. ENTICE (8) [verb] To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope. ENTIRE (6) [noun] The whole of something; the entirety. | [noun] An uncastrated horse; a stallion. | [noun] A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted. ENTITY (9) [noun] That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form. | [noun] The existence of something considered apart from its properties. | [noun] Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, an organised array or set of individual elements or parts. ENTOIL (6) ENTOMB (10) [verb] To deposit in a tomb. | [verb] To confine in restrictive surroundings. ENTRAP (8) [verb] To catch in a trap or snare. | [verb] To lure (someone), either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act. ENTREE (6) [noun] (French Canada) A smaller dish served before the main course of a meal. | [noun] The main course or main dish of a meal. | [noun] The act of entering somewhere, or permission to enter; admittance. ENURED (7) [verb] To inure; to make accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant due to constant exposure. | [verb] To take effect, to be operative; used with to. ENURES (6) [verb] To inure; to make accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant due to constant exposure. | [verb] To take effect, to be operative; used with to. ENVIED (10) [adjective] That is the object of envy. | [verb] To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions. | [verb] To have envious feelings (at). ENVIER (9) ENVIES (9) [noun] Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). | [noun] An object of envious notice or feeling. | [noun] Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling. ENVOIS (9) [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. ENVOYS (12) [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. | [noun] A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador. | [noun] A representative. ENWIND (10) ENWOMB (13) ENWRAP (11) [verb] To wrap around, surround; to envelop | [verb] To absorb completely or engross ENZYME (20) [noun] A globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction. | [noun] Leavened bread, as opposed to azyme ENZYMS (20) EOLIAN (6) [adjective] Of, or relating to the wind. | [adjective] Carried, deposited or eroded by the wind. | [adjective] Aeolian mode EONIAN (6) EONISM (8) EOSINE (6) EOSINS (6) EPIGON (9) EPONYM (13) [noun] A real or fictitious person's name that has given rise to the name of a particular item. | [noun] A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name. | [noun] (by extension) A word formed from a real or fictive place or thing. EQUINE (15) [noun] Any horse or horse-like animal, especially one of the genus Equus. | [adjective] Of or relating to a horse or horses. | [adjective] Of or relating to any member or members of the genus Equus. ERENOW (9) ERINGO (7) ERMINE (8) [noun] A weasel, Mustela erminea, found in northern latitudes; its dark brown fur turns white in winter (apart from the black tip of the tail). | [noun] The white fur of this animal, traditionally seen as a symbol of purity and used for judges' robes. | [noun] (by extension) The office of a judge. ERRAND (7) [noun] A journey undertaken to accomplish some task. | [noun] The purpose of such a journey. | [noun] An oral message trusted to a person for delivery. ERRANT (6) [noun] A knight-errant. | [adjective] Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits. | [adjective] Wandering; roving around. ERRING (7) [verb] To make a mistake. | [verb] To sin. | [verb] To stray. | [verb] To utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found in the phrase um and er. ERYNGO (10) [noun] The root of sea holly, Eryngium maritimum, formerly candied and taken as confectionery and held to have aphrodisiac properties. | [noun] Any other plant of the same genus, Eryngium. ESSOIN (6) ESTRIN (6) ETALON (6) [noun] An optical device containing parallel mirrors, used as a narrow band filter, often in laser design. ETAMIN (8) ETERNE (6) ETHANE (9) [noun] An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas. | [noun] The same compound, subjected to modification by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms with other radicals. ETHENE (9) [noun] (IUPAC name) The organic chemical compound ethylene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4 | [noun] Any alkene derived from ethylene ETHION (9) ETHNIC (11) [noun] An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community. | [noun] An ethnic minority. | [noun] A heathen, a pagan. ETHNOS (9) ETHYNE (12) [noun] (official IUPAC name) The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H2. ETYMON (11) [noun] The source word, or words, of a given word or expression. EUNUCH (11) [noun] A castrated human male. | [noun] Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials. | [noun] (in translations of ancient texts) A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate. EUPNEA (8) EVENED (10) [verb] To make flat and level. | [verb] To equal. | [verb] To be equal. | [verb] To occur; to happen; to come to pass. EVENER (9) [noun] One who, or that which, makes even. | [noun] In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast. | [noun] A raddle (instrument used by weavers). EVENLY (12) [adverb] So as to form a flat surface. | [adverb] In a fair manner of distribution, giving the same amount or number to each; equally. | [adverb] In a manner that leaves no remainder. EVENTS (9) [noun] An occurrence; something that happens. | [noun] A prearranged social activity (function, etc.) | [noun] One of several contests that combine to make up a competition. EVINCE (11) [verb] To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest. EVZONE (18) [noun] A member of the Greek presidential guard. | [noun] An infantryman of a select corps of the Greek army. EXAMEN (15) [noun] Examination; inquiry EXEUNT (13) [noun] A stage direction for more than one actor to leave the stage. | [noun] An act of one or more actors leaving the stage. | [verb] They leave the stage (a stage direction to two or more actors, the plural counterpart of exit). EXINES (13) [noun] The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exosporium EXOGEN (14) EXONIC (15) EXPAND (16) [verb] To change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open. | [verb] To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something). | [verb] To express (something) at length and/or in detail. EXPEND (16) [verb] To consume, exhaust (some resource) | [verb] (of money) to spend, disburse EXTANT (13) [adjective] Still in existence. | [adjective] Currently existing; not having disappeared. | [adjective] Still alive; not extinct. EXTEND (14) [verb] To increase in extent. | [verb] To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space. | [verb] To cause to increase in extent. EXTENT (13) [noun] A range of values or locations. | [noun] The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends. | [noun] A contiguous area of storage in a file system. EXTERN (13) [noun] A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate. | [noun] Outward form or part; exterior. | [adjective] External; outward; not inherent | [noun] In the C and C++ programming languages, a variable that can be separately declared in many places, all of them referring to the same variable. EYEING (10) [verb] To observe carefully or appraisingly. | [verb] To appear; to look. FACING (12) [verb] (of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something). | [verb] (of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else). | [verb] To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction. FADING (11) [verb] To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. | [verb] To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. | [verb] To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. FAENAS (9) FAGINS (10) FAINER (9) FAINTS (9) [noun] The act of fainting, syncope. | [noun] The state of one who has fainted; a swoon. | [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). FAKING (14) [verb] To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob. | [verb] To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is | [verb] To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify. FALCON (11) [noun] Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey. | [noun] A female such bird, a male being a tiercel. | [noun] A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet. FALLEN (9) [verb] (heading) To be moved downwards. | [verb] To move downwards. | [verb] To happen, to change negatively. FAMINE (11) [noun] Extreme shortage of food in a region. | [noun] A period of extreme shortage of food in a region. | [noun] Starvation or malnutrition. FAMING (12) FANDOM (12) [noun] The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group. | [noun] The subculture of fans. | [noun] The state, quality, or condition of being a fan. FANEGA (10) FANGAS (10) FANGED (11) [verb] To strike or attack with the fangs. | [verb] To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. | [verb] To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of. FANION (9) FANJET (16) [noun] A turbofan engine. | [noun] An airplane powered by turbofan engines. FANNED (10) [verb] To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise. | [verb] To slap (a behind, especially). | [verb] (usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan. FANNER (9) FANONS (9) FANTOD (10) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A state of worry or nervous anxiety, irritability. | [noun] An irritable outburst. FANTOM (11) FANUMS (11) FARINA (9) [noun] A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery. FARING (10) [noun] A structure on various parts of a vehicle, for example an aircraft, automobile, or motorcycle, that produces a smooth exterior and reduces drag | [noun] A present; originally, one given or purchased at a fair. | [noun] Something edible; fare. FASTEN (9) [verb] To attach or connect in a secure manner. | [verb] To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land. FATING (10) [verb] To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable. FATTEN (9) [verb] To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter. | [verb] (of a person or animal) To become fat or fatter. | [verb] To make thick or thicker (something containing paper, often money). FAUNAE (9) [noun] Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. | [noun] A book, cataloguing the animals of a country. FAUNAL (9) FAUNAS (9) [noun] Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. | [noun] A book, cataloguing the animals of a country. FAWNED (13) [verb] To give birth to a fawn. | [verb] To exhibit affection or attempt to please. | [verb] To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on or upon). FAWNER (12) [noun] One who fawns; a sycophant. FAXING (17) [verb] To send a document via a fax machine. FAYING (13) FAZING (19) [verb] To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb. FECUND (12) [adjective] Highly fertile; able to produce offspring. | [adjective] Leading to new ideas or innovation. FEEING (10) [verb] To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe. | [noun] The hiring of servants for a fee FEIGNS (10) [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. FEINTS (9) [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 FELINE (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to cats. | [adjective] Catlike (resembling a cat) | [noun] A cat; member of the cat family Felidae. FELONS (9) [noun] A person who has committed a felony. | [noun] A person who has been tried and convicted of a felony. | [noun] A wicked person. FELONY (12) [noun] A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death. FENCED (12) [verb] To enclose, contain or separate by building fence. | [verb] To defend or guard. | [verb] To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods. FENCER (11) FENCES (11) [noun] A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter. | [noun] Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods. | [noun] Skill in oral debate. FENDED (11) [verb] To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being. | [verb] (except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off). FENDER (10) [noun] Panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels | [noun] A shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water | [noun] Any shaped cushion-like object normally made from polymers, rubber or wood that is placed along the sides of a boat to prevent damage when moored alongside another vessel or jetty, or when using a lock, etc. Modern variations are cylindrical although older wooden version and rubbing strips can still be found; old tyres are used as a cheap substitute FENNEC (11) [noun] A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears. FENNEL (9) [noun] A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor. | [noun] The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable. | [noun] The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking. FERINE (9) FETING (10) [verb] (usually in the passive) To celebrate (a person). FEUING (10) [verb] To bring (land) under the system of feudal tenure. FIANCE (11) [verb] To betroth; to affiance. | [noun] A man who is engaged to be married. | [noun] A person engaged to be married. FIBRIN (11) [noun] A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood. | [noun] An elastic, insoluble, whitish protein produced by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen and forming an interlacing fibrous network in the coagulation of blood. | [noun] An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin. FICINS (11) FIENDS (10) [noun] A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit. | [noun] A very evil person. | [noun] An enemy; a foe. FIFING (13) [verb] To play this instrument. FILING (10) [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. FINALE (9) [noun] The grand end of something, especially a show or piece of music. | [noun] The chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works. FINALS (9) [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.). FINDER (10) [noun] One who finds or discovers something. | [noun] An optical device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest FINELY (12) [adverb] So as to produce a fine texture. | [adverb] In a fine, handsome or attractive way; very well. FINERY (12) [noun] Fineness; beauty. | [noun] Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels. | [noun] (ironworking) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling. FINEST (9) [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. FINGER (10) [noun] A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, exclusive of the thumb. | [noun] Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly: | [noun] Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly: FINIAL (9) [noun] The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture. | [noun] Any decorative fitting at the peak of a gable, or on the top of a flagpole, fence post or staircase newel post. FINING (10) [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. FINISH (12) [noun] An end; the end of anything. | [noun] A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces. | [noun] The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth. FINITE (9) [adjective] Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number. | [adjective] (grammar, as opposed to infinite or nonfinite) limited by person or number. FINKED (14) [verb] To betray a trust; to inform on. FINNED (10) [verb] To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc. | [verb] (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water. | [verb] To swim in the manner of a fish. FIRING (10) [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. FIRKIN (13) [noun] A varying measure of capacity, usually being a quarter of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons. | [noun] A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, used for butter, lard, etc. | [noun] A weight measure for butter, equalling 56 pounds. FIRMAN (11) [noun] A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey. FIXING (17) [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. FLACON (11) [noun] A small stoppered glass bottle, often used for keeping perfume. FLAGON (10) [noun] A large bottle for drinks such as wine, cider or beer. | [noun] The amount that such a bottle holds, about 1.13 litres. | [noun] A large vessel usually with a handle, spout and lid, for drinks such as wine or cider. FLAMEN (11) [noun] A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis. FLANES (9) FLANGE (10) [noun] An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place. | [noun] The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component. | [noun] An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees. FLANKS (13) [verb] To attack the flank(s) of. | [verb] To defend the flank(s) of. | [verb] To place to the side(s) of. FLAUNT (9) [noun] Anything displayed for show. | [verb] To wave or flutter smartly in the wind. | [verb] To parade, display with ostentation. | [verb] To flout. FLAVIN (12) [noun] Any of a class of tricyclic heterocyclic compounds derived from riboflavin; found especially as the adenine dinucleotide (FAD) FLAXEN (16) [adjective] Made of or resembling flax fibers. | [adjective] A pale yellow brown; the colour of dried flax stalks and of the fiber obtained therefrom. FLENCH (14) [verb] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. FLENSE (9) [verb] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. FLINCH (14) [noun] A reflexive jerking away. | [noun] The slipping of the foot from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet. | [verb] To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe. | [verb] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. FLINGS (10) [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. FLINTS (9) [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. FLINTY (12) [adjective] Resembling or containing flint. | [adjective] Siliceous (including basanite). | [adjective] Showing a lack of emotion. FLONGS (10) FLORIN (9) [noun] The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ. | [noun] A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence. | [noun] A guilder (former currency unit of the Netherlands). FLUENT (9) [noun] A continuous variable, especially one with respect to time in Newton's Method of Fluxions. | [adjective] That flows; flowing, liquid. | [adjective] Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way. FLUNKS (13) [verb] Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass. | [verb] Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade. | [verb] To shirk (a task or duty). FLUNKY (16) [noun] An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) | [noun] One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob. | [noun] One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber. FLYING (13) [verb] To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb). | [verb] To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface. | [verb] To flee, to escape (from). | [noun] An act of flight. FLYMAN (14) [noun] Someone who drives the type of coach called a fly. | [noun] Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre. FLYMEN (14) [noun] Someone who drives the type of coach called a fly. | [noun] Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre. FOEHNS (12) [noun] A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland. | [noun] A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain. FOEMAN (11) FOEMEN (11) FOINED (10) FOISON (9) FOMENT (11) [noun] Fomentation. | [verb] To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate. | [verb] To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge. FONDED (11) FONDER (10) [adjective] (chiefly with of) Having a liking or affection (for). | [adjective] Affectionate. | [adjective] Indulgent. FONDLE (10) [verb] To touch or stroke lovingly. | [verb] To grasp. FONDLY (13) [adverb] In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly. | [adverb] Foolishly. FONDUE (10) [noun] A dish made of melted cheese, chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped. | [verb] To prepare or serve as a fondue. FONDUS (10) FONTAL (9) FORINT (9) [noun] The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér. FORNIX (16) [noun] An archlike structure or fold. | [noun] Specifically, the arched bundle of fibres or axons at the base of the brain. FOUNDS (10) [verb] To start (an institution or organization). | [verb] To begin building. | [verb] To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting. FOUNTS (9) [noun] Something from which water flows. | [noun] A device from which poultry may drink. | [noun] That from which something flows or proceeds; a source. FOXING (17) [verb] To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity. | [verb] To confuse or baffle (someone). | [verb] To act slyly or craftily. FRAENA (9) FRANCS (11) [noun] A former unit of currency of France, Belgium and Luxembourg, replaced by the euro. | [noun] Any of several units of currency, some of which are multi-national (West African CFA Franc (XOF), Central African CFA Franc (XAF), the Swiss franc (CHF)) while others are national currencies. FRANKS (13) [noun] Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article). | [noun] The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found. | [verb] To place a frank on an envelope. FRENCH (14) [verb] To prepare food by cutting it into strips. | [verb] To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth. | [verb] To kiss in this manner. FRENUM (11) [noun] A frenulum. FRENZY (21) [noun] A state of wild activity or panic. | [noun] A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage. | [verb] To render frantic. FRIEND (10) [noun] A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection. | [noun] An associate who provides assistance. | [noun] A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted. FRINGE (10) [noun] Hair hanging over the forehead. | [noun] A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead. | [noun] Brucellosis, a bacterial disease. FRINGY (13) FRONDS (10) [noun] The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf. | [noun] Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf. FRONTS (9) [noun] The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. | [noun] The side of a building with the main entrance. | [noun] A field of activity. FROWNS (12) [noun] A facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often confusion or concentration. | [noun] A facial expression in which the corners of the mouth are pointed down. | [verb] To have a frown on one's face. FROZEN (18) [verb] Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. | [verb] To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard. | [verb] To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice. FRYING (13) [verb] A method of cooking food. | [verb] To be affected by extreme heat or current. | [noun] The action of the verb fry. FRYPAN (14) [noun] A frying pan. FUMING (12) [verb] To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints. | [verb] To apply or offer incense to. | [verb] To emit fumes. FUNDED (11) [verb] To pay for. | [verb] To place (money) in a fund. | [verb] To form a debt into a stock charged with interest. FUNDIC (12) FUNDUS (10) [noun] The large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially FUNEST (9) FUNGAL (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi. FUNGIC (12) FUNGUS (10) [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. FUNKED (14) [verb] To emit an offensive smell; to stink. | [verb] To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. | [verb] To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear. FUNKER (13) FUNKIA (13) [noun] Any of the plants of the genus Funkia (now Hosta). FUNNED (10) [verb] To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of. FUNNEL (9) [noun] A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening. | [noun] A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like. | [verb] To use a funnel. | [noun] A hinny; hybrid of male horse and female donkey. FUNNER (9) [adjective] Enjoyable, amusing | [adjective] Whimsical, flamboyant FURANE (9) FURANS (9) [noun] Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms, two double bonds and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, C4H4O. FUSAIN (9) [noun] Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement. | [noun] A drawing made with it. FUSING (10) [verb] To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably. | [verb] To melt together. | [verb] To furnish with or install a fuse. FUSION (9) [noun] The act of merging separate elements, or the result thereof. | [verb] To combine; to fuse FUTONS (9) [noun] A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed. | [noun] A round cushion used for Zen meditation, traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves. FUZING (19) [verb] (professional usage) To attach a fuze to. GABION (9) [noun] A cylindrical basket or cage of wicker which was filled with earth or stones and used in fortifications and other engineering work (a precursor to the sandbag). | [noun] A woven wire mesh unit, sometimes rectangular, made from a continuous mesh panel and filled with stones sometimes coated with polyvinyl chloride. | [noun] A porous metal cylinder filled with stones and used in a variety of civil engineering contexts, especially in the construction of retaining walls, the reinforcing of steep slopes, or in the prevention of erosion in river banks. GABOON (9) [noun] A receptacle for spit; a spittoon, a spitbox; a spit bucket. GAEING (8) GAGING (9) [verb] To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn. | [verb] To wager, to bet. | [verb] To bind by pledge, or security; to engage. GAGMAN (10) GAGMEN (10) GAIJIN (14) [noun] (from the perspective of a Japanese person) A non-Japanese person. GAINED (8) [verb] To acquire possession of. | [verb] To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress. | [verb] To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition. GAINER (7) GAINLY (10) [adjective] Proper; suitable; becoming. | [adjective] Ready to help; kindly; gracious. | [adjective] (of conduct) Graceful; tactful GAINST (7) [preposition] Against GALENA (7) [noun] A mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead. | [noun] A remedy or antidote for poison; theriac. GALLON (7) [noun] A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints | [noun] Exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon | [noun] 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon") GAMINE (9) [noun] A (usually female) street urchin; a homeless girl. | [noun] A mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman. | [adjective] (of a girl) Having a boyish, mischievous charm; tomboyish. GAMING (10) [verb] To gamble. | [verb] To play card games, board games, or video games. | [verb] To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable. GAMINS (9) [noun] A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy. GAMMON (11) [noun] A cut of quick-cured pork leg. | [verb] To cure bacon by salting. | [noun] A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone. | [noun] A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning). | [noun] Chatter, ridiculous nonsense. | [noun] A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively. GANDER (8) [noun] A male goose. | [noun] A fool, simpleton. | [noun] (used only with “have”, “get” and “take”) A glance, look. GANEFS (10) [noun] A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. GANEVS (10) GANGED (9) [verb] To go; walk; proceed. | [verb] To attach similar items together to form a larger unit. | [verb] To participate in a gangbang. GANGER (8) [noun] One who or that which walks or goes; a goer; a walker. | [noun] A horse that goes quickly. | [noun] One who oversees a gang of workmen. GANGLY (11) [adjective] Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness. GANGUE (8) [noun] The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore. GANJAH (17) GANJAS (14) GANNET (7) [noun] Any of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater. | [noun] A voracious eater; a glutton. GANOFS (10) GANOID (8) [noun] One of the Ganoidei, a disused taxonomic grouping of fishes, including the bowfin, gars, and sturgeons. | [adjective] Having a smooth, shining surface, as if polished or enameled: specifically applied to those scales or plates of fishes which are generally of an angular form and composed of a bony or hard horny tissue overlaid with enamel. | [adjective] Having ganoid scales or plates, as a fish; specifically, of or pertaining to the Ganoidei. GANTRY (10) [noun] A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something. | [noun] A supporting framework for a barrel. | [noun] A gantry crane or gantry scaffold. GAPING (10) [verb] To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise. | [verb] To stare in wonder. | [verb] To open wide; to display a gap. | [noun] The act of one who gapes. GARCON (9) [noun] A male waiter (especially at a French restaurant). GARDEN (8) [noun] An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes. | [noun] The grounds at the front or back of a house. | [noun] The twentieth Lenormand card. GARNER (7) [noun] A granary; a store of grain. | [noun] An accumulation, supply, store, or hoard of something. | [verb] To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary. GARNET (7) [noun] A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives. | [noun] A dark red color, like that of the gemstone. | [adjective] Of a dark red colour. | [noun] A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out. | [verb] To shred (twisted wool fiber, rags, etc.) so that it can be reused. GARRON (7) [noun] A small and usually disdained type of horse, typically bred in Scotland and Ireland. GASCON (9) GASKIN (11) [noun] (in the plural) Trousers, hose. | [noun] Part of the hind leg of a horse, between the stifle and the hock. | [noun] A gasket. GASMAN (9) [noun] A worker for a company that supplies gas (in the sense of the gaseous fuel), especially one who visits premises to read the meter, test appliances etc. | [noun] A man employed in the manufacture of gas. | [noun] The man who controls the lights of the stage. GASMEN (9) [noun] A worker for a company that supplies gas (in the sense of the gaseous fuel), especially one who visits premises to read the meter, test appliances etc. | [noun] A man employed in the manufacture of gas. | [noun] The man who controls the lights of the stage. GATING (8) [verb] To keep something inside by means of a closed gate. | [verb] To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out. | [verb] To open a closed ion channel. GAZING (17) [verb] To stare intently or earnestly. | [verb] To stare at. | [noun] The act by which somebody gazes. GEEING (8) [verb] Of a horse, pack animal, etc.: to move forward; go faster; or turn in a direction away from the driver, typically to the right. | [verb] To cause an animal to move in this way. | [verb] To agree; to harmonize. GELANT (7) GENDER (8) [noun] Class; kind. | [noun] (grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate. | [noun] (now sometimes proscribed) Sex (a category such as "male" or "female" into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species). | [verb] To engender. GENERA (7) [noun] A rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank. | [noun] A group with common attributes. | [noun] A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph. GENETS (7) [noun] Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta in the family Viverridae, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail. | [noun] The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it. | [noun] A group of genetically identical individuals (plants, fungi, bacteria etc.) that have grown in a given location, all originating from asexual reproduction of a single ancestor; a group of ramets. GENEVA (10) GENIAL (7) [adjective] Friendly and cheerful. | [adjective] (especially of weather) Pleasantly mild and warm. | [adjective] Marked by genius. | [adjective] Relating to the chin; genian. GENIES (7) [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. GENIPS (9) [noun] A succulent berry with a thick rind, the fruit of plants in the genus Genipa. GENIUS (7) [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. GENOAS (7) [noun] A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast. | [noun] Genoa cake GENOME (9) [noun] The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism. GENOMS (9) GENRES (7) [noun] A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks. GENROS (7) GENTES (7) [noun] A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing the same nomen gentilicium. | [noun] A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line. GENTIL (7) GENTLE (7) [noun] A person of high birth. | [noun] A maggot used as bait by anglers. | [noun] A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil. GENTLY (10) [adverb] In a gentle manner GENTOO (7) GENTRY (10) [noun] Birth; condition; rank by birth. | [noun] Courtesy; civility; complaisance. | [noun] People of education and good breeding. GERENT (7) GERMAN (9) [noun] A near relative. | [adjective] Having the same mother and father; a full (brother or sister). | [adjective] Being born to one’s blood aunt or uncle, a first (cousin). | [noun] An elaborate round dance, often with a waltz movement. GERMEN (9) GERUND (8) [noun] (grammar) A verbal form that functions as a verbal noun. (In English, a gerund has the same spelling as a present participle, but functions differently; however, this distinction may be ambiguous or unclear and so is no longer made in some modern texts such as A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language and The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language) | [noun] (grammar) In some languages such as Dutch, Italian or Russian, a verbal form similar to a present participle, but functioning as an adverb to form adverbial phrases or continuous tense. These constructions have various names besides gerund, depending on the language, such as conjunctive participles, active participles, adverbial participles, transgressives, etc. GIANTS (7) [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. GIBBON (11) [noun] A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which it uses to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch. GIBING (10) [verb] Alternative spelling of gybe | [verb] Alternative spelling of jibe | [noun] A gibe. GIBSON (9) GIEING (8) GINGAL (8) GINGER (8) [noun] The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative. | [noun] The plant that produces this rhizome. | [noun] Other species belonging to the same family, Zingiberaceae, especially those of the genus Zingiber | [verb] To move gingerly, very careful and cautious. | [noun] A homosexual. GINGKO (12) [noun] Ginkgo biloba, a tree native to China with small, fan-shaped leaves and edible seeds. | [noun] The seed of the ginkgo tree. GINKGO (12) [noun] Ginkgo biloba, a tree native to China with small, fan-shaped leaves and edible seeds. | [noun] The seed of the ginkgo tree. GINNED (8) [verb] To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin. | [verb] To trap something in a gin. | [adjective] Drunk GINNER (7) GIPONS (9) GIRNED (8) [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. GIRONS (7) GITANO (7) GITTIN (7) GIVENS (10) [noun] A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation. GIVING (11) [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. GLANCE (9) [noun] A brief or cursory look. | [noun] A deflection. | [noun] A stroke in which the ball is deflected to one side. GLANDS (8) [noun] An organ that synthesizes a substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland). | [noun] A secretory structure on the surface of an organ. | [noun] A compressable cylindrical case and its contents around a shaft where it passes through a barrier, intended to prevent the passage of a fluid past the barrier, such as: GLEANS (7) [verb] To collect (grain, grapes, etc.) left behind after the main harvest or gathering. | [verb] To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard). | [verb] To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit. GLINTS (7) [noun] A short flash of light. GLOBIN (9) GLUCAN (9) [noun] Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of glucose GLUING (8) [verb] To join or attach something using glue. | [verb] To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively. | [noun] The act of attaching something with glue. GLUNCH (12) GLUONS (7) [noun] A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force. GLUTEN (7) [noun] Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours"). | [noun] Any gluey, sticky substance. | [noun] The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread. GLYCAN (12) [noun] (cabrohydrate) Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid. GLYCIN (12) GNARLS (7) [noun] A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree. | [noun] Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs. | [verb] To knot or twist something. GNARLY (10) [adjective] Having or characterized by gnarls; gnarled. | [adjective] Excellent; attractive. | [adjective] Dangerous; difficult. GNARRS (7) GNATTY (10) GNAWED (11) [verb] To bite something persistently, especially something tough. | [verb] To produce excessive anxiety or worry. | [verb] To corrode; to fret away; to waste. GNAWER (10) GNEISS (7) [noun] A common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock having bands or veins, but not schistose. GNOMES (9) [noun] A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying. | [noun] (magic, Rosicrucianism) An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth. | [noun] (fantasy literature) One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.; in modern fantasy literature, when distinguished from dwarves, gnomes are usually even smaller than dwarves and more focussed on engineering than mining. GNOMIC (11) [adjective] Of, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings). | [adjective] (of a saying or aphorism) Mysterious and often incomprehensible yet seemingly wise. | [adjective] (grammar) Expressing general truths or aphorisms. GNOMON (9) [noun] An object such as a pillar or a rod that is used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it, especially the pointer on a sundial. | [noun] An object such as a pillar used by an observer to calculate the meridian altitude of the sun (that is, the altitude of the sun when it reaches the observer's meridian), for the purpose of determining the observer's latitude. | [noun] The index of the hour circle of a globe. GNOSES (7) GNOSIS (7) [noun] (gnosticism) an immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics | [noun] Act or process of knowing | [noun] An altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective GOANNA (7) [noun] Any of various monitor lizards native to Australia. GOBANG (10) GOBANS (9) GOBLIN (9) [noun] One of various hostile supernatural creatures, now especially (fantasy literature) a malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid. GOBONY (12) [adjective] Compony GODOWN (11) [noun] A warehouse. GODSON (8) [noun] A male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent. GOINGS (8) [noun] A departure. | [noun] The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc. | [noun] Progress. GOLDEN (8) [noun] Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia. | [adjective] Made of, or relating to, gold. | [adjective] Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold. | [verb] To become gold or golden (in colour). GONADS (8) [noun] A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) The testicles. GONEFS (10) GONERS (7) [noun] Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case. GONGED (9) [verb] To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong. | [verb] To send a signal to, using a gong or similar device. | [verb] To give an award or medal to. GONIFF (13) [noun] A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. GONIFS (10) [noun] A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. GONION (7) GONIUM (9) GONOFS (10) GONOPH (12) GOONEY (10) GOONIE (7) GORGON (8) [noun] A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale | [noun] An intimidating, ugly, or disgusting woman; anything hideous or horrid. | [adjective] Like a gorgon; very ugly or terrifying. GORHEN (10) GORING (8) [verb] (of an animal) To pierce with the horn. | [verb] To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear. | [verb] To cut in a triangular form. GOSSAN (7) [noun] Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein GOTTEN (7) [verb] (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire. | [verb] To receive. | [verb] (in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes. GOVERN (10) [noun] The act of governing | [verb] To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in. | [verb] To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain. GOWANS (10) [noun] The common daisy. | [noun] Decomposed granite. GOWANY (13) GOWNED (11) [verb] To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown. GRABEN (9) [noun] An elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has dropped relative to the surrounding area. GRADIN (8) [noun] Any of a series of terraced steps or seats, as in an arena or an altar. GRAINS (7) [noun] Pigeons' dung used in tanning. See grainer. | [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. GRAINY (10) [adjective] Resembling grains; granular. | [adjective] Coarsely ground or gritty. GRANDS (8) [noun] (plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.) | [noun] (plural "grands") A grand piano | [noun] A grandparent or grandchild. GRANGE (8) [noun] A granary. | [noun] A farm, with its associated buildings; a farmhouse or manor. | [noun] A lodge of the Patrons of Husbandry, a fraternal organization. GRANNY (10) [noun] A grandmother. | [noun] An elderly woman. | [noun] (knots) A granny knot. GRANTS (7) [noun] The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission. | [noun] The yielding or admission of something in dispute. | [noun] The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon. GRANUM (9) [noun] A stack-like structure in plant chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll; the site of photosynthesis. GRATIN (7) [noun] The top crust of a dish, consisting of breadcrumbs or grated cheese heated under a grill; the dish itself. GRAVEN (10) [verb] To dig. | [verb] To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave. | [verb] To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture. | [verb] To make graven or engraved | [verb] To make or become grave (serious or sombre) GREENS (7) [noun] The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters. | [noun] (sometimes capitalised) A member of a green party; an environmentalist. | [noun] A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole. | [verb] To make (something) green, to turn (something) green. GREENY (10) [noun] An environmentalist; someone who shows concern for the environment. | [noun] (by extension) A member of the Green Party. | [noun] (Wyoming) A person from Colorado; after the color of the Colorado license plate. GRINCH (12) [noun] A grouch or killjoy. | [noun] A person who aggressively sets out to ruin the Christmas holidays for others. GRINDS (8) [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. GRINGO (8) [noun] A white person from an English-speaking country, particularly the United States. GRISON (7) [noun] A small, carnivorous South American mammal, of the genus Galictis, somewhat resembling a weasel. GROANS (7) [noun] A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief. | [noun] A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration, disapproval, or ecstasy. | [noun] (of an object) A low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight. GROINS (7) [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 GROUND (8) [noun] The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground. | [noun] Terrain. | [noun] Soil, earth. | [verb] To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion. GROYNE (10) [noun] An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater. GRUNGE (8) [noun] Dirt or filth, especially when difficult to clean. | [noun] The state of being filthy; grubbiness. | [noun] A subgenre of alternative rock, originating from Seattle, Washington, which melds punk and metal. GRUNGY (11) [adjective] Dirty; shabby; in disrepair. | [adjective] Of or relating to grunge music. GRUNTS (7) [noun] A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak. | [noun] The snorting cry of a pig. | [noun] Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae. GUANAY (10) GUANIN (7) GUANOS (7) [noun] Dung from a sea bird or from a bat. | [noun] A variety of seabird. GUENON (7) [noun] An Old World monkey of the genus Cercopithecus. GUIDON (8) [noun] A small pennant or banner carried by infantry soldiers to direct troop movement. | [noun] A soldier assigned to carry such a banner. GUINEA (7) [noun] A person of Italian descent. | [noun] A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings. | [noun] Any of several African birds of the family Numididae (6 species) resembling partridges. GULDEN (8) [noun] An old currency of the Netherlands (and its overseas territory the Netherlands Antilles). GUNDOG (9) [noun] A breed of dog used by hunters to find, flush out and retrieve birds and other game. GUNITE (7) [noun] A form of shotcrete in which a dry cementitious mixture is blown through a hose to the nozzle, with water injected only at the point of application. GUNMAN (9) [noun] A criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer. GUNMEN (9) [noun] A criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer. GUNNED (8) [verb] (with “down”) To shoot someone or something, usually with a firearm. | [verb] To speed something up. | [verb] To offer vigorous support to a person or cause. GUNNEL (7) [noun] A small eel-shaped marine fish of the family Pholidae, especially Pholis gunnellus. | [noun] The top edge of the hull of a nautical vessel, where it meets the deck. GUNNEN (7) GUNNER (7) [noun] Artillery soldier, or such who holds private rank. Abbreviated Gnr. | [noun] A person who operates a gun. | [noun] An excessive go-getter; one exhibiting over-ambition. | [noun] (Cebu) The person designated to pour drinks in a drinking session. GUNSEL (7) [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. | [noun] A gun-carrying hoodlum or other criminal. GURNET (7) GURNEY (10) [noun] A stretcher having wheeled legs. GUYING (11) [verb] To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November. | [verb] To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo. | [verb] To play in a comedic manner. GYBING (13) [verb] To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind. | [verb] Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly, from one side of a sailing vessel to the other. | [verb] Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel. GYRENE (10) GYRING (11) [verb] To whirl GYRONS (10) [noun] A triangular form having an angle at the fess point and the opposite side at the edge of the escutcheon. GYVING (14) HADING (11) [verb] To slope or incline from the vertical. HADRON (10) [noun] A composite particle that comprises two or more quarks held together by the strong force and (consequently) can interact with other particles via said force; a meson or a baryon. HAEING (10) HAEMIN (11) HAGDON (11) HALING (10) [verb] To drag or pull, especially forcibly. HANCES (11) HANDED (11) [verb] To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively. | [verb] To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct. | [verb] To manage. HANDLE (10) [noun] The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved. | [noun] An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext. | [noun] The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments. | [verb] To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s). HANGAR (10) [noun] A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept. | [noun] A covered shed for carriages. | [verb] To store (an aircraft) in a hangar. HANGED (11) [verb] To be or remain suspended. | [verb] To float, as if suspended. | [verb] (of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground. HANGER (10) [noun] One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc. | [noun] A person who attempts suicide by hanging. | [noun] That by which a thing is suspended. | [noun] Hunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger. HANGUL (10) HANGUP (12) [noun] An emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition; a complex. | [noun] An unforeseen obstacle to progress; a hitch. HANIWA (12) HANKED (14) HANKER (13) [verb] To crave, want or desire. HANKIE (13) [noun] (abbreviation, short) A handkerchief HANSAS (9) HANSEL (9) [noun] A lucky omen. | [noun] A gift given at New Year, or at the start of some enterprise or new situation, meant to ensure good luck. | [noun] Price, payment; especially the first installment of a series. HANSES (9) [noun] A merchant guild, particularly the Fellowship of London Merchants (the "Old Hanse") given a monopoly on London's foreign trade by the Normans or its successor, the Company of Merchant Adventurers (the "New Hanse"), incorporated in 1497 and chartered under Henry VII and Elizabeth I. | [noun] The rights and privileges of such guilds, particularly their trade monopolies. | [noun] A commercial association of Scottish free burghs in the Middle Ages. HANSOM (11) [noun] A Hansom cab; a carriage HANTED (10) HANTLE (9) HAPPEN (13) [verb] To occur or take place. | [verb] To happen to; to befall. | [verb] (with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly. HAPTEN (11) [noun] Any small molecule that can elicit an immune response only when attached to a large carrier such as a protein. HARDEN (10) [verb] To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure). | [verb] To make something hard or harder (tough, resistant to pressure). | [verb] To strengthen. | [noun] A coarse kind of linen made from hurds. HARING (10) [verb] To move swiftly. | [verb] To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry. HARKEN (13) [verb] To hark back, to return or revert (to a subject, etc.), to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for (a past event or era). | [verb] (obsolete except poetic) To hear (something) with attention; to have regard to (something). | [verb] To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience. HARMIN (11) HARPIN (11) HASTEN (9) [verb] To move or act in a quick fashion. | [verb] To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker. | [verb] To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier. HATING (10) [verb] To dislike intensely or greatly. | [verb] To experience hatred. HATPIN (11) [noun] A long straight pin, often with a decorative head, used to secure a woman's hat to her hair. HAUNCH (14) [noun] The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters. | [noun] The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food. | [noun] A squat vertical support structure. HAUNTS (9) [noun] A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout. | [noun] A ghost. | [noun] A feeding place for animals. HAUSEN (9) HAVENS (12) [verb] To put into, or provide with a haven. HAVING (13) [verb] To possess, own. | [verb] To hold, as something at someone's disposal. | [verb] Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject. HAWING (13) HAYING (13) [verb] To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder. | [verb] To lay snares for rabbits. | [noun] The act of gathering hay. HAZANS (18) HAZING (19) [verb] To be or become hazy, or thick with haze. | [verb] To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college or military unit. | [verb] To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work. HAZZAN (27) [noun] A Jewish cantor in a synagogue. HEAVEN (12) [noun] The sky, specifically: | [noun] The abode of God or the gods, traditionally conceived as beyond the sky; especially: | [noun] The afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust (compare hell); specifically: HEINIE (9) [noun] The buttocks. HEMINS (11) HEMPEN (13) [adjective] Made of hemp | [adjective] Related to hempen ropes, i.e., to hanging as capital punishment. HENBIT (11) [noun] Lamium amplexicaule, an annual plant with pink or purple flowers and deeply crenate leaves. HENNAS (9) [noun] A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers | [noun] A reddish plant substance, prepared from the dried leaves of this plant, used for temporary tattoos and hair coloring. Hair colorings range from bright red to earth brown to near black. | [noun] A rich reddish-brown colour. HENRYS (12) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H HENTED (10) HEREIN (9) [adverb] Within this content, context, or thing. HEREON (9) HERNIA (9) [noun] A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen. HEROIN (9) [noun] A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world. HERONS (9) [noun] A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae. HETMAN (11) [noun] (history) A Cossack headman or general. | [noun] Title used by the second-highest military commander in Poland and Lithuania (15th to 18th century). HEWING (13) [verb] To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down. | [verb] To shape; to form. | [verb] To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to. HEXANE (16) [noun] Any of five isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons, C6H14. They are colorless, volatile liquids. HEXING (17) [verb] To cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch. | [noun] The act of casting a hex or curse. HEXONE (16) HIDDEN (11) [adjective] Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent. | [adjective] Obscure. | [verb] To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight. HIDING (11) [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. | [verb] To beat with a whip made from hide. | [noun] A beating or spanking. HIEING (10) [verb] To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry. | [verb] To hurry (oneself). HIKING (14) [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. HINDER (10) [verb] To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate. | [verb] To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent. | [verb] To cause harm. | [adjective] Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts). HINGED (11) [verb] To attach by, or equip with a hinge. | [verb] (with on or upon) To depend on something. | [verb] The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break. HINGER (10) HINGES (10) [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. HINTED (10) [verb] To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue. | [verb] To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner. | [verb] To develop and add hints to a font. HINTER (9) HIRING (10) [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. HIVING (13) [verb] To enter or possess a hive. | [verb] To form a hive-like entity. | [verb] To collect into a hive. HOBNOB (13) [noun] A toast made while touching glasses together. | [noun] A drinking together. | [noun] An informal chat. HODDEN (11) [noun] A coarse woollen fabric. HODDIN (11) HOEING (10) [verb] To care, be anxious, long. | [verb] To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool. | [verb] To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe. HOGANS (10) [noun] A one-room Navajo dwelling or ceremonial lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud. HOGNUT (10) [noun] The pignut or hickory (Carya glabra of family Juglandaceae). | [noun] Conopodium majus, a tuberous plant of the Apiaceae. | [noun] Bunium bulbocastanum (black cumin) of the Apiaceae. HOIDEN (10) HOKING (14) [verb] To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc. | [verb] To scrounge, to grub. HOLDEN (10) HOLING (10) [verb] To make holes in (an object or surface). | [verb] (by extension) To destroy. | [verb] To go into a hole. | [noun] Undercutting in a bed of coal in order to bring down the upper mass HOLPEN (11) HOMING (12) [verb] (of animals) To return to its owner. | [verb] (always with "in on") To seek or aim for something. HOMINY (14) [noun] A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits. HONANS (9) HONCHO (14) [noun] Boss, leader | [verb] To lead or manage. HONDAS (10) HONDLE (10) HONERS (9) HONEST (9) [verb] To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable. | [adjective] (of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright. | [adjective] (of a statement) True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased. HONEYS (12) [noun] A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods. | [noun] A variety of this substance. | [noun] Nectar. HONIED (10) [adjective] Sweetened, with, or as if with, honey. | [adjective] Sugary, syrupy. | [adjective] Dulcet or mellifluous. HONING (10) [verb] To sharpen with a hone; to whet. | [verb] To use a hone to produce a precision bore. | [verb] To refine or master (a skill). HONKED (14) [verb] To use a car horn. | [verb] To make a loud, harsh sound like a car horn. | [verb] To make the vocal sound of a goose. HONKER (13) [noun] One who honks. | [noun] A large nose. | [noun] A wild goose. HONKEY (16) HONKIE (13) HONORS (9) [noun] Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful) | [noun] The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity | [noun] A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen HONOUR (9) [noun] Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful) | [noun] The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity | [noun] A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen HOPING (12) [verb] To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. | [verb] To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes. | [verb] To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in. HORNED (10) [adjective] Having horns. | [adjective] Cuckolded | [verb] (of an animal) To assault with the horns. HORNET (9) [noun] A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting. | [noun] A person who pesters with petty but ceaseless attacks. HOSING (10) [verb] To water or spray with a hose. | [verb] To deliver using a hose. | [verb] To provide with hose (garment) | [noun] A spraying or washing with a hose. | [noun] Material used for making hosiery. HOUNDS (10) [noun] A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals. | [noun] Any canine animal. | [noun] (by extension) Someone who seeks something. HOYDEN (13) [noun] A rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman. | [verb] To behave in a hoydenish manner. | [adjective] Like a hoyden: high-spirited and boisterous; saucy, tomboyish. HUMANE (11) [adjective] (notcomp) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives. | [adjective] Having the nature or attributes of a human being. | [adjective] Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate. HUMANS (11) [noun] A human being, whether man, woman or child. HUNGER (10) [noun] A need or compelling desire for food. | [noun] (by extension) Any strong desire. | [verb] To be in need of food. HUNGRY (13) [adjective] Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food. | [adjective] Causing hunger | [adjective] Eager, having an avid desire (‘appetite’) for something. HUNKER (13) [verb] To crouch or squat close to the ground or lie down | [verb] To apply oneself to a task | [noun] A political conservative. HUNTED (10) [verb] To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport. | [verb] To try to find something; search (for). | [verb] To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc. HUNTER (9) [noun] One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman. | [noun] A dog used in hunting. | [noun] A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting. HYAENA (12) [noun] Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaeninae (genera Hyaena and Crocuta), native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited. | [noun] (Sub-Saharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls. HYALIN (12) [noun] Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky. | [noun] A clear translucent substance in tissues. | [noun] The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation. HYENAS (12) [noun] Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaeninae (genera Hyaena and Crocuta), native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited. | [noun] (Sub-Saharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls. HYENIC (14) HYMENS (14) [noun] A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females. | [noun] Marriage. HYMNAL (14) [noun] A collection of hymns; a hymn book. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to hymns. HYMNED (15) [verb] To sing a hymn. | [verb] To praise or extol in hymns. HYPHEN (17) [noun] The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line. | [noun] Something that links two more consequential things. | [noun] An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings. HYPING (15) [verb] To throw (an opponent) using this technique. | [verb] To promote heavily; to advertise or build up. HYPNIC (16) HYSONS (12) ICEMAN (10) [noun] A person who trades in ice. | [noun] A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers. | [noun] An assassin. ICEMEN (10) [noun] A person who trades in ice. | [noun] A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers. | [noun] An assassin. ICINGS (9) [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. ICONES (8) ICONIC (10) [adjective] Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon. | [adjective] Famously and distinctively representative of its type. | [adjective] Representing something; symbolic. IDLING (8) [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. IGNIFY (13) IGNITE (7) [verb] To set fire to (something), to light (something) | [verb] To spark off (something), to trigger | [verb] To commence burning. IGNORE (7) [verb] To deliberately not listen or pay attention to. | [verb] To pretend to not notice someone or something. | [verb] Fail to notice. IGUANA (7) [noun] A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet | [noun] In zoology, any member of the genus Iguana | [noun] Colloquially, in America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae. IMINES (8) IMMANE (10) IMMUNE (10) [noun] A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease | [verb] To make immune. | [adjective] (usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to. IMPAWN (13) IMPEND (11) [verb] To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang. | [verb] Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger. | [verb] To threaten to happen; to be about to happen, to be imminent. IMPING (11) [verb] To plant or engraft. | [verb] To graft, implant; to set or fix. | [verb] To engraft (feathers) into a bird's wing. IMPONE (10) IMPUGN (11) [verb] To assault, attack. | [verb] To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of. INANER (6) INANES (6) INARCH (11) [verb] To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete. INARMS (8) INBORN (8) [adjective] Innate, possessed by an organism at birth. | [adjective] Inherited or hereditary. INBRED (9) [noun] An inbred individual. | [adjective] Bred within; innate. | [adjective] Having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding. INCAGE (9) INCANT (8) [verb] To state solemnly, to chant. | [verb] To recite an incantation. INCASE (8) [verb] To enclose, as in a case. INCEPT (10) [verb] To take in or ingest. | [verb] To begin. | [verb] To begin a Master of Arts degree at a university. INCEST (8) [noun] Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and first cousins, usually considered taboo; in many jurisdictions, close relatives are not allowed to marry, and incest is a crime. | [verb] To engage in incestuous sexual intercourse. INCHED (12) [verb] (followed by a preposition) To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction). | [verb] To drive by inches, or small degrees. | [verb] To deal out by inches; to give sparingly. INCHES (11) [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. INCISE (8) [verb] To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave. INCITE (8) [verb] To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action. INCLIP (10) INCOGS (9) INCOME (10) [noun] Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others. | [noun] Money coming in to a fund, account, or policy. | [noun] A coming in; arrival; entrance; introduction. INCONY (11) INCUBI (10) [noun] An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep. | [noun] A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare. | [noun] (by extension) Any oppressive thing or person; a burden. INCULT (8) INCURS (8) [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 INCUSE (8) [noun] An impression hammered or pressed (onto a coin) | [verb] To hammer or press (usually onto a coin) | [adjective] Hammered or pressed in (usually on a coin) INDABA (9) [noun] A tribal conference held by Nguni leaders. | [noun] A problem, a concern. | [noun] An international conference of Scout leaders. INDEED (8) [adverb] (modal) Truly; in fact; actually. | [adverb] (degree, after the adjective modified) In fact. | [interjection] Indicates emphatic agreement. INDENE (7) [noun] The bicyclic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring fused to one of cyclopentadiene INDENT (7) [noun] A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch. | [noun] A stamp; an impression. | [noun] A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt. INDICT (9) [verb] To accuse of wrongdoing; charge. | [verb] To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury. INDIES (7) [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. INDIGN (8) INDIGO (8) [noun] A purplish-blue colour | [noun] An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (the indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye. | [noun] An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush). INDITE (7) [verb] To physically make letters and words on a writing surface; to inscribe. | [verb] To write, especially a literary or artistic work; to compose. | [verb] To dictate; to prompt. | [noun] An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral. INDIUM (9) [noun] A chemical element (symbol In) with an atomic number of 49: a soft silvery-white metal. | [noun] A single atom of this element. INDOLE (7) [noun] An organic compound, C8H7N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications. | [noun] Any of the derivatives of indole1. | [adjective] Guileless INDOLS (7) INDOOR (7) [adjective] Situated in, or designed to be used in, or carried on within, the interior of a building. INDOWS (10) INDRIS (7) [noun] One of the largest living lemurs (Indri indri), native to Madagascar. INDUCE (9) [verb] To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon. | [verb] To cause, bring about, lead to. | [verb] To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction. INDUCT (9) [verb] To bring in as a member; to make a part of. | [verb] To formally or ceremoniously install in an office, position, etc. | [verb] To introduce into (particularly if certain knowledge or experience is required, such as ritual adulthood or cults). INDUED (8) [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). INDUES (7) [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). INDULT (7) [noun] A permission or privilege granted by the church authority that excepts an individual from what is otherwise a norm of church law, such as a release from monastic vows. INERTS (6) INFALL (9) [noun] The act or process of falling in. | [noun] An incursion; an inroad. | [noun] The area where water, storm runoff, etc., enters a storm drain. INFAMY (14) [noun] The state of being infamous. | [noun] A reputation as being evil. | [noun] A reprehensible occurrence or situation. INFANT (9) [noun] A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention. | [noun] A minor. | [noun] A noble or aristocratic youth. INFARE (9) INFECT (11) [verb] To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen). | [verb] To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion. | [adjective] Infected. INFERS (9) [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. INFEST (9) [noun] Hostility. | [verb] To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass. | [verb] (of a parasite) To invade a host plant or animal. INFIRM (11) [verb] To contradict, to provide proof that something is not. | [adjective] Weak or ill, not in good health. | [adjective] Irresolute; weak of mind or will. INFLOW (12) [noun] The act or process of flowing in or into | [noun] Anything which flows in or into | [noun] Influence from outside. INFLUX (16) [noun] A flow inward or into something; a coming in. | [noun] That which flows or comes in. | [noun] Influence; power. INFOLD (10) [verb] To fold inwards. | [verb] To wrap up or inwrap; involve; inclose; enfold or envelop. | [verb] To clasp with the arms; embrace. INFORM (11) [verb] To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge). | [verb] To communicate knowledge to. | [verb] To impart information or knowledge. | [adjective] Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. INFUSE (9) [verb] To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill. | [verb] To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal). | [verb] To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with). INGATE (7) INGEST (7) [noun] The process of importing data or other material into a system. | [verb] To take a substance (e.g. food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract. | [verb] To bring or import into a system. INGLES (7) [noun] An open fireplace. | [noun] A catamite. | [noun] A paramour; a favourite; a sweetheart. INGOTS (7) [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. INGULF (10) [verb] To overwhelm. | [verb] To surround; to cover. | [verb] To cast into a gulf. INHALE (9) [noun] An inhalation. | [verb] To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm. | [verb] To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form of aerosols/smoke -sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm. INHAUL (9) [noun] A rope used to haul in the clew of a sail, or a jib boom INHERE (9) [verb] To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something INHUME (11) [verb] To bury in a grave. INJECT (15) [verb] To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage. | [verb] To introduce (something) suddenly or violently. | [verb] To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs. INJURE (13) [verb] To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature. | [verb] To damage or impair. | [verb] To do injustice to. INJURY (16) [noun] Damage to the body of a human or animal. | [noun] The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests. | [noun] Injustice. INKERS (10) INKIER (10) [adjective] Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark. | [adjective] Spattered or stained with ink. | [adjective] Dark-skinned; black. INKING (11) [verb] To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink. | [verb] To sign (a contract or similar document). | [verb] To apply a tattoo to (someone). INKJET (17) INKLES (10) INKPOT (12) [noun] A pot for holding ink; inkwell. INLACE (8) INLAID (7) [adjective] (of a design) Set into a surface in a decorative pattern. | [adjective] (of the surface of an item) Having an inset decorative pattern. | [verb] To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design. INLAND (7) [noun] The interior part of a country. | [adjective] Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior | [adjective] Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea INLAYS (9) [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 INLETS (6) [noun] A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary. | [noun] A passage that leads into a cavity. INLIER (6) [noun] An area of older rocks surrounded by younger rocks, typically formed by erosion of part of the younger rock. | [noun] A value that fits a pattern, rather than being an outlier. INMATE (8) [noun] A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient). | [noun] A person who shares a residence, such as a lodger, a hotel guest, or a student living on campus. INMESH (11) INMOST (8) [noun] That which is innermost; the core. | [adjective] The very deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part; innermost INNATE (6) [verb] To cause to exist; to call into being. | [adjective] Inborn; existing or having existed since birth. | [adjective] Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience. INNERS (6) [noun] An inner part. | [noun] A duvet, excluding the cover. | [noun] A forward who plays in or near the center of the field. INNING (7) [noun] A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game. | [noun] A similar period of play. | [noun] A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul. | [verb] To house; to lodge. INPOUR (8) INPUTS (8) [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. INROAD (7) [noun] An advance into enemy territory, an incursion, an attempted invasion | [noun] (usually plural) progress made toward accomplishing a goal or solving a problem | [verb] To make an inroad into; to invade. INRUSH (9) [noun] A crowding or flooding in. | [noun] The initial flow of electricity into a component when it is switched on. | [verb] To rush in. INSANE (6) [adjective] Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad | [adjective] Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons | [adjective] Causing insanity or madness. INSEAM (8) [noun] The seam of a trouser up the inside of the leg. | [verb] To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix. INSECT (8) [noun] An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton. | [noun] Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc | [noun] A contemptible or powerless person. INSERT (6) [noun] An image inserted into text. | [noun] A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc. | [noun] A mechanical component inserted into another. INSETS (6) [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. INSIDE (7) [noun] The interior or inner part. | [noun] The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right. | [noun] The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference. INSIST (6) [verb] (with on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically. | [verb] (sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done. | [verb] To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon). INSOLE (6) [noun] The inside sole of a shoe or other footwear. INSOUL (6) INSPAN (8) [verb] To yoke (oxen). | [verb] To bring or force into service. INSTAL (6) [verb] To pay by instalments. | [verb] To connect, set up or prepare something for use. | [verb] To admit formally into an office, rank or position. INSTAR (6) [noun] Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity. | [noun] An arthropod at a specified one of these stages of development. | [noun] (by extension) A stage in development. | [verb] To stud or adorn with stars or other brilliants; to star. INSTEP (8) [noun] The arched part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle. | [noun] A section of any footwear covering that part of the foot. | [noun] In horses, the hind leg from the ham to the pastern joint. INSTIL (6) [verb] To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature. | [verb] To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop. INSULT (6) [noun] Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; a particular act or statement having this effect. | [noun] Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality). | [noun] Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused. INSURE (6) [verb] To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure. | [verb] To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). | [verb] To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event. INTACT (8) [adjective] Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied or otherwise damaged | [adjective] Of animals, not castrated: an intact bull. | [adjective] Uncircumcised; commonly used to describe a penis with a foreskin in intactivism. INTAKE (10) [noun] The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet. | [noun] The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder. | [noun] The quantity taken in. INTEND (7) [verb] (usually followed by the particle "to") To hope; to wish (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon | [verb] To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard. | [verb] To stretch to extend; distend. INTENT (6) [noun] A purpose; something that is intended. | [noun] The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence. | [adjective] Firmly fixed or concentrated on something. INTERN (6) [noun] A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily. | [verb] To imprison somebody, usually without trial. | [verb] To internalize. | [noun] A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field INTERS (6) [verb] To bury in a grave. | [verb] To confine, as in a prison. INTIMA (8) [noun] The innermost part of an anatomical structure, particularly a tubular one INTIME (8) INTINE (6) INTOMB (10) INTONE (6) [verb] To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize. | [verb] To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant. | [verb] To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound. INTORT (6) INTOWN (9) INTRON (6) [noun] A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded. INTROS (6) [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. INTUIT (6) [verb] To know intuitively or by immediate perception. INTURN (6) INULIN (6) [noun] A polysaccharide found in the roots and tubers of certain plants, especially the Compositae; it is mostly a polymer of fructose. INURED (7) [verb] To cause someone to become accustomed to something (usually) unpleasant. | [verb] To take effect, to be operative. | [verb] To commit. INURES (6) [verb] To cause someone to become accustomed to something (usually) unpleasant. | [verb] To take effect, to be operative. | [verb] To commit. INURNS (6) [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). INVADE (10) [verb] To move into. | [verb] To enter by force in order to conquer. | [verb] To infest or overrun. INVARS (9) INVENT (9) [verb] To design a new process or mechanism. | [verb] To create something fictional for a particular purpose. | [verb] To come upon; to find; to discover. INVERT (9) [noun] A homosexual. | [noun] An inverted arch (as in a sewer). * | [noun] The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch. INVEST (9) [verb] To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in. | [verb] To clothe or wrap (with garments). | [verb] To put on (clothing). | [noun] An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system. INVITE (9) [verb] To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something. | [verb] To request formally. | [verb] To encourage. | [noun] An invitation. INVOKE (13) [verb] To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance. | [verb] To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude. | [verb] To call to mind (something) for some purpose. INWALL (9) INWARD (10) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) That which is inward or within; the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) The mental faculties. | [noun] A familiar friend or acquaintance. INWIND (10) INWOVE (12) INWRAP (11) [verb] To wrap around, surround; to envelop | [verb] To absorb completely or engross IODINE (7) [noun] A chemical element (symbol: I) with an atomic number of 53; one of the halogens. | [noun] An antiseptic incorporating the element. | [noun] An iodide. IODINS (7) IONICS (8) IONISE (6) [verb] To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated. IONIUM (8) IONIZE (15) [verb] To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated. IONONE (6) IRENIC (8) [adjective] (in extended usage) Promoting or fitted to promote peace; conciliatory, non-confrontational; peaceful. IRKING (11) [verb] To irritate; annoy; bother IRONED (7) [verb] To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases. | [verb] To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff. | [verb] To furnish or arm with iron. IRONER (6) IRONES (6) IRONIC (8) [adjective] Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony. | [adjective] Given to the use of irony; sarcastic. | [adjective] Contrary or opposite to what may be expected. ISATIN (6) [noun] The indole derivative 1H-indole-2,3-dione, used in the synthesis of dyes. ISLAND (7) [noun] A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water. | [noun] An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself. | [noun] A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck. ISLING (7) ISOGON (7) JACANA (15) [noun] Any of a group of wading birds in the family Jacanidae, usually having long toes and claws, and found throughout the world. JADING (15) JANGLE (14) [noun] A rattling metallic sound. | [noun] Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble. | [verb] To make a rattling metallic sound. JANGLY (17) JAPANS (15) [noun] A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt. | [noun] Lacquerware. | [verb] To varnish with japan. JAPING (16) [verb] To jest; play tricks. | [verb] To mock; deride. | [verb] To have sexual intercourse with. JARGON (14) [noun] A technical terminology unique to a particular subject. | [noun] Language characteristic of a particular group. | [noun] Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish. | [noun] A variety of zircon. JARINA (13) JASMIN (15) JAUNCE (15) JAUNTS (13) [noun] A wearisome journey. | [noun] A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey. | [verb] To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion. JAUNTY (16) [noun] A master-at-arms onboard a Royal Navy ship | [adjective] Airy; showy; finical. | [adjective] (by extension) Characterized by an affected or fantastical manner. JAWANS (16) [noun] An infantryman; a soldier. JAWING (17) [verb] To assail or abuse by scolding. | [verb] To scold; to clamor. | [verb] To talk; to converse. JEEING (14) JEJUNA (20) [noun] The central of the three divisions of the small intestine which lies between the duodenum and the ileum JEJUNE (20) [adjective] (now rare) Not nutritious. | [adjective] (by extension, of a speech or an argument) Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance. | [adjective] Naive; simplistic. JENNET (13) [noun] A female ass or donkey; a jenny. | [noun] A small Spanish horse. JERKIN (17) [noun] A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves. | [noun] A sleeveless jacket, usually leather; a long waistcoat. | [noun] A male gyrfalcon. JETONS (13) JETTON (13) [noun] A metal counter used in card games. JEWING (17) JIBING (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. JIMINY (18) JINGAL (14) JINGKO (18) JINGLE (14) [noun] The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself. | [noun] A small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument, such as a tambourine, so as to make a jangling sound when the instrument is played. | [noun] A memorable short song, or in some cases a snippet of a popular song with its lyrics modified, used for the purposes of advertising a product or service in a TV or radio commercial. JINGLY (17) JINKED (18) [verb] To make a quick evasive turn. | [verb] To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn. | [verb] In the games of spoilfive and forty-five, to win the game by taking all five tricks; also, to attempt to win all five tricks, losing what has been already won if unsuccessful. JINKER (17) [noun] A high wheeled wagon designed to carry lumber suspended under the body of the vehicle. JINNEE (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. JINXED (21) [verb] To cast a spell on. | [verb] To bring bad luck to. | [verb] To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically. JINXES (20) [noun] A hex; an evil spell. | [noun] A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck. JITNEY (16) [noun] A small bus or minibus which typically operates service on a fixed route, sometimes scheduled. | [noun] An unlicensed taxi cab. | [noun] A shared-ride taxi. JIVING (17) [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. JNANAS (13) JOCUND (16) [adjective] Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness. JOHNNY (19) [noun] A prostitute's client. | [noun] A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also a chamber pot or outhouse. | [noun] A Western man traveling in East Asia. JOINED (14) [verb] To connect or combine into one; to put together. | [verb] To come together; to meet. | [verb] To come into the company of. JOINER (13) [noun] A maker of wooden furniture or fittings. | [noun] A woodworking machine used to prepare edges of wooden elements to join to other wood pieces. | [noun] A thing that joins two separate items, e.g. software to connect video or music clips. JOINTS (13) [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. JOKING (18) [verb] To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously. | [verb] (intransitive, followed by with) To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with. | [verb] To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally. JORDAN (14) JOUNCE (15) [noun] The fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time; the time derivative of jerk. | [verb] To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions. JOUNCY (18) [adjective] Bumpy or bouncy JOWING (17) JOYING (17) [verb] To feel joy, to rejoice. | [verb] To enjoy. | [verb] To give joy to; to congratulate. JUKING (18) [verb] To play dance music, or to dance, in a juke | [verb] To hit | [verb] To stab JUNCOS (15) [noun] Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American sparrow. | [noun] The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), a bird found in Europe and much of the Palearctic. JUNGLE (14) [noun] A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest. | [noun] Any uncultivated tract of forest or scrub habitat. | [noun] A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality. JUNGLY (17) [adjective] Overgrown with jungle. JUNIOR (13) [noun] A younger person. | [noun] A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun.). | [noun] A third-year student at a high school or university. JUNKED (18) [verb] To throw away. | [verb] To find something for very little money (meaning derived from the term junk shop) JUNKER (17) [noun] A young German noble or squire, especially a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia, stereotyped with narrow-minded militaristic and authoritarian attitudes. | [noun] A beat-up automobile. JUNKET (17) [noun] A basket. | [noun] A type of cream cheese, originally made in a rush basket; later, a food made of sweetened curds or rennet. | [noun] A delicacy. JUNKIE (17) [noun] A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user. | [noun] (by extension) An enthusiast of something. JUNTAS (13) [noun] A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain. | [noun] The ruling council of a military dictatorship. JUNTOS (13) [noun] A group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal. JUPONS (15) JURANT (13) KAFTAN (13) [noun] A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. | [noun] A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. KAHUNA (13) [noun] A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion. | [noun] A great surfer. KAINIT (10) KALIAN (10) [adjective] Describing minerals containing potassium | [noun] A hookah. KALONG (11) [noun] A fruit bat, especially the Indian edible fruit bat or black-eared flying fox (Pteropus melanotus). KAMSIN (12) KANBAN (12) [noun] A card containing a set of manufacturing specifications and requirements, used to regulate the supply of components. | [noun] A coordinated manufacturing system using such cards. KANJIS (17) KANTAR (10) KAOLIN (10) [noun] A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc. KATION (10) KEENED (11) [verb] To make cold, to sharpen. | [verb] To utter a keen. | [verb] To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry. KEENER (10) [adjective] Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested. | [adjective] Fierce, intense, vehement. | [adjective] Having a fine edge or point; sharp. KEENLY (13) [adverb] In a keen manner. KELSON (10) [noun] A longitudinal beam fastened on top of the keel of a vessel for strength and stiffness. KELVIN (13) [noun] In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Shown as "K". | [noun] A unit interval on the Kelvin scale. | [noun] (usually as postpositioned adjective) A unit for a specific temperature on the Kelvin scale. KENAFS (13) KENDOS (11) KENNED (11) [verb] To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life). | [verb] To know, perceive or understand. | [verb] To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry. KENNEL (10) [noun] A house or shelter for a dog. | [noun] A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded. | [noun] (collective) The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds. | [noun] The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain. KEPPEN (14) KERNED (11) [adjective] Having part of the face projecting beyond the body or shank; -- said of type. | [verb] (chiefly proportional font printing) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters (characters or glyphs); to perform such adjustments to a portion of text, according to preset rules. KERNEL (10) [noun] The core, center, or essence of an object or system. | [noun] The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed. | [noun] A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat. KERNES (10) [noun] Any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter. | [noun] A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; in archaic contexts often used as a term of contempt. | [noun] A boor; a low person. KETENE (10) [noun] Any of a class of unsaturated ketones, having a general formula R1R2C=C=O, that react as if they were inner acid anhydrides | [noun] The parent compound of this class, CH2=C=O, an unstable, reactive colourless gas KETONE (10) [noun] A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule. KEYING (14) [verb] To fit (a lock) with a key. | [verb] To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them. | [verb] To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class. KHAZEN (22) KIANGS (11) [noun] A large wild ass, Equus kiang, native to the Tibetan Plateau. KIDNAP (13) [noun] The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping. | [verb] To seize and detain a person unlawfully; sometimes for ransom. KIDNEY (14) [noun] An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine. | [noun] This organ (of an animal) cooked as food. | [noun] Constitution, temperament, nature, type, character, disposition. (usually used of people) KILNED (11) KIMONO (12) [noun] A traditional Japanese robe-like garment which wraps around the body and is now generally worn only on formal occasions. | [noun] A yukata. | [noun] A long robe-like garment in Western fashion, which may be open at the front, loosely inspired by the Japanese garment. KINASE (10) [noun] Any of a group of enzymes that transfer phosphate groups from high-energy donor molecules, such as ATP, to specific target molecules (substrates), in a process termed phosphorylation. KINDER (11) [adjective] Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others. | [adjective] Affectionate. | [adjective] Favorable. | [adverb] Kind of; somewhat | [noun] Children. KINDLE (11) [verb] To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.). | [verb] To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc). | [verb] To begin to grow or take hold. | [noun] (collective) A group of kittens. KINDLY (14) [adjective] Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic. | [adjective] Favourable, gentle, pleasant, tidy, auspicious, beneficent. | [adjective] Lawful. | [adverb] In a kind manner, out of kindness. KINEMA (12) KINGED (12) [verb] To crown king, to make (a person) king. | [verb] To rule over as king. | [verb] To perform the duties of a king. KINGLY (14) [adjective] Of or belonging to a king or kings; exercised by a king. | [adjective] Characteristic of kings, majestic, regal. | [adverb] In a royal manner. KININS (10) [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. KINKED (15) [verb] To laugh loudly. | [verb] To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing. | [verb] To form a kink or twist. KIPPEN (14) KIRNED (11) KITING (11) [noun] The act of writing a check on an account with insufficient funds, expecting that funds will become available by the time the check clears. | [noun] The act of tampering with a medical prescription, increasing the number of pills or other item. KITTEN (10) [noun] A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months). | [noun] A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver, badger, etc. | [noun] A moth of the genus Furcula. KLAXON (17) [noun] A loud electric alarm or horn. | [verb] To produce a loud, siren-like wail. KLONGS (11) [noun] A canal on the central plain of Thailand. KNACKS (16) [noun] A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something. | [noun] A petty contrivance; a toy. | [noun] Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity. KNARRY (13) KNAURS (10) KNAVES (13) [noun] A boy; especially, a boy servant. | [noun] Any male servant; a menial. | [noun] A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person. KNAWEL (13) [noun] A low, spreading weed of the genus Scleranthus, especially KNEADS (11) [verb] To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc. | [verb] To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat. | [verb] (of cats) To make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws. KNEELS (10) [verb] To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position. | [verb] To cause to kneel. | [verb] To rest on (one's) knees KNELLS (10) [noun] The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death). | [noun] A sign of the end or demise of something or someone. | [verb] To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll. KNIFED (14) [verb] To cut with a knife. | [verb] To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon. | [verb] To cut through as if with a knife. KNIFER (13) KNIFES (13) [verb] To cut with a knife. | [verb] To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon. | [verb] To cut through as if with a knife. KNIGHT (14) [noun] A young servant or follower; a trained military attendant in service of a lord. | [noun] A minor nobleman with an honourable military rank who had served as a page and squire. | [noun] (by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages. | [verb] To confer knighthood upon. KNIVES (13) [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. KNOBBY (17) KNOCKS (16) [noun] Sudden fatigue as a result of glycogen depletion from not having taken in enough nutrition. | [noun] An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood. | [noun] A sharp impact. KNOLLS (10) [noun] A small mound or rounded hill. | [noun] A knell. | [verb] To ring (a bell) mournfully; to knell. KNOLLY (13) KNOSPS (12) KNOTTY (13) [adjective] Full of knots. | [adjective] Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult. KNOUTS (10) [noun] A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia. | [verb] To flog or beat with a knout. KNOWER (13) KNOWNS (13) KNUBBY (17) KNURLS (10) [noun] A contorted knot in wood. | [noun] A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection. | [noun] A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip. KNURLY (13) KOINES (10) [noun] A lingua franca. | [noun] A regional language that becomes standard over time. KONKED (15) KORUNA (10) [noun] The currency of the former Czechoslovakia, divided into 100 hellers. | [noun] The currency of the Czech Republic, divided into 100 hellers. | [noun] The former currency of Slovakia, divided into 100 haliers. KORUNY (13) KRAKEN (14) [noun] Alternative form of Kraken KRONEN (10) KRONER (10) [noun] The currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar. KRONOR (10) [noun] The official currency of Sweden. KRONUR (10) [noun] The official currency of Sweden. KROONI (10) [noun] The former currency of Estonia, divided into 100 senti KROONS (10) [noun] The former currency of Estonia, divided into 100 senti KUCHEN (15) [noun] Any of several types of cake, typically eaten with coffee. KURGAN (11) [noun] A prehistoric burial mound once used by peoples in Siberia and Central Asia. KWANZA (22) [noun] The currency of Angola, divided into a hundred cêntimos. LACING (9) [verb] To fasten (something) with laces. | [verb] To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink). | [verb] To interweave items. LACUNA (8) [noun] A small opening; a small pit or depression. | [noun] A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. | [noun] An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar. LACUNE (8) LADENS (7) LADING (8) [verb] To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment). | [verb] To weigh down, oppress, or burden. | [verb] To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water). LADINO (7) [noun] A person in Latin America whose culture or ancestry is a mixture of European Spanish and Native American, especially one who speaks Spanish; a mestizo. | [noun] (Southeastern US) A cunningly vicious, wild or unmanagable horse. | [noun] Trifolium repens (white clover). LADRON (7) LAGANS (7) LAGEND (8) LAGOON (7) [noun] A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar. LAGUNA (7) LAGUNE (7) LAKING (11) LALLAN (6) LAMENT (8) [noun] An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret. | [noun] A song expressing grief. | [verb] To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn. LAMINA (8) [noun] A very thin layer of material. | [noun] A thin plate or scale, such as the arch of a vertebra. | [noun] The flat part of a leaf or leaflet; the blade. LAMING (9) [noun] The act or process of rendering lame | [verb] To cause (a person or animal) to become lame. | [verb] To shine. LANAIS (6) [noun] (Florida) A Hawaiian-style roofed patio. LANATE (6) LANCED (9) [verb] To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon. | [verb] To open with a lancet; to pierce | [verb] To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch. LANCER (8) [noun] A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon LANCES (8) [noun] A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. | [noun] A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour. | [noun] A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. | [noun] A platter or dish for serving food in Ancient Rome. LANCET (8) [noun] A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc. | [noun] A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer. | [noun] An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. LANDAU (7) [noun] A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other. | [noun] (by extension) A style of automobile based around the design of landau carriages. LANDED (8) [verb] To descend to a surface, especially from the air. | [verb] To alight, to descend from a vehicle. | [verb] To come into rest. LANDER (7) [noun] One who lands, or who lands something. | [noun] A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body. | [noun] A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore. LANELY (9) LANGUE (7) [noun] Language as a system rather than language in use, including the formal rules, structures, and limitations of language. LANGUR (7) [noun] Any of the Old World monkeys of the subfamily Colobinae, in the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs), Presbytis, (surilis), and Semnopithecus, (gray langurs). | [noun] A gibbon of the genus Hoolock. LANKER (10) LANKLY (13) LANNER (6) [noun] The lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus. LANOSE (6) LANUGO (7) [noun] Soft down or fine hair, specifically that covering the human foetus or a tumorous area. LAPINS (8) LARDON (7) [noun] A meat strip used for larding, especially salted pork. LARINE (6) LARYNX (16) [noun] An organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus (or esophagus). It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production. LASING (7) [verb] To use a laser beam on, as for cutting. | [verb] To operate as a laser, to release coherent light due to stimulation. | [noun] The application of a laser beam. LATEEN (6) [noun] A triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail. LATENS (6) LATENT (6) [noun] (forensics) The residue left by a person's finger that can be made visible by a process such as powder dusting; a latent fingerprint. | [noun] An underlying cause that can be inferred from statistical correlations; factor. | [noun] Anything that is latent. LATINO (6) [noun] (chiefly US) A person, especially and usually (interpreted as) a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. (Compare Latina.) LATTEN (6) [noun] An alloy of copper and tin, similar to bronze, with a sufficient portion of tin to make it a pewter-like color with yellowish tinge (rather than the brownish-gold color of bronze of higher copper content), once used in thin sheets and for domestic utensils and light-duty tools. | [noun] Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets. LATTIN (6) LAUANS (6) LAUNCE (8) [noun] A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. | [noun] A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour. | [noun] A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. | [noun] A balance. LAUNCH (11) [noun] The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.) | [noun] The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.). | [noun] An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party. | [noun] The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch". LAVING (10) [verb] To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out. | [verb] To draw, as water; drink in. | [verb] To give bountifully; lavish. LAWINE (9) LAWING (10) LAWMAN (11) [noun] A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law. | [noun] One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households. | [noun] The presiding justice of the supreme court. LAWMEN (11) [noun] A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law. | [noun] One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households. | [noun] The presiding justice of the supreme court. LAYING (10) [verb] To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position. | [verb] To cause to subside or abate. | [verb] To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle). LAYMAN (11) [noun] Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy. | [noun] (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field. | [noun] A common person. LAYMEN (11) [noun] Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy. | [noun] (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field. | [noun] A common person. LAZING (16) [verb] To be lazy, waste time. | [verb] To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge. LEADEN (7) [verb] To make or become dull or overcast. | [adjective] Made of lead. | [adjective] Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish. LEANED (7) [verb] To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. | [verb] To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. | [verb] Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc. LEANER (6) [adjective] (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy. | [adjective] (of meat) Having little fat. | [adjective] Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre. LEANLY (9) LEARNS (6) [verb] To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something. | [verb] To attend a course or other educational activity. | [verb] To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve. LEARNT (6) [verb] To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something. | [verb] To attend a course or other educational activity. | [verb] To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve. LEAVEN (9) [noun] Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods. | [noun] Anything that makes a general assimilating change in the mass. | [verb] To add a leavening agent. LEBENS (8) LECTIN (8) [noun] Any of a class of proteins that bind specific carbohydrates. LEGEND (8) [noun] An unrealistic story depicting past events. | [noun] A person related to a legend or legends. | [noun] A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc. LEGGIN (8) LEGION (7) [noun] The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops. | [noun] A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery | [noun] A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia. LEGMAN (9) [noun] (originally United States) A person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand boy or errand girl, a runner. | [noun] (originally United States) A reporter who frequently travels to conduct research, interview witnesses, etc., and then conveys the information to a rewriteman who writes up the story. LEGMEN (9) [noun] (originally United States) A person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand boy or errand girl, a runner. | [noun] (originally United States) A reporter who frequently travels to conduct research, interview witnesses, etc., and then conveys the information to a rewriteman who writes up the story. LEGONG (8) LEMANS (8) [noun] One beloved; a lover, a sweetheart of either sex (especially a secret lover, gallant, or mistress). | [noun] (often negative) A paramour. LEMONS (8) [noun] A yellowish citrus fruit. | [noun] A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits. | [noun] A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons. LEMONY (11) LENDER (7) [noun] One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans. LENGTH (10) [noun] The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object. | [noun] Duration. | [noun] The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race. LENITY (9) [noun] Leniency | [noun] Mercy | [noun] Forgiveness LENSED (7) LENSES (6) [noun] An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it. | [noun] A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams. | [noun] A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune. LENTEN (6) LENTIC (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to, or living in still waters (such as lakes, ponds, or wetlands). LENTIL (6) [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods. | [noun] The seed of these plants, used as food. LENTOS (6) [noun] A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly. LEONES (6) [noun] A unit of currency of Sierra Leone, divided into 100 cents. LEPTON (8) [noun] A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent). | [noun] A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century B.C.E., considered by some to be the widow's mite. | [noun] An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon. LESION (6) [noun] A wound or injury. | [noun] An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin. | [noun] Any compound formed from damage to a nucleic acid. LESSEN (6) [verb] To make less; to diminish; to reduce. | [verb] To become less. LESSON (6) [noun] A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. | [noun] A learning task assigned to a student; homework. | [noun] Something learned or to be learned. LEUCIN (8) LEUKON (10) LEVANT (9) [noun] A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet. | [verb] To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts. | [adjective] Rising, of an animal. LEVINS (9) LIANAS (6) [noun] A climbing woody vine, usually tropical. LIANES (6) [noun] A climbing woody vine, usually tropical. LIANGS (7) LICHEN (11) [noun] Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc. | [noun] Something which gradually spreads across something else, causing damage. LIENAL (6) LIERNE (6) [noun] A cross-shaped rib of an ogival vault. LIGAND (8) [noun] An ion, molecule, or functional group that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex. | [noun] A letter that orthography requires to be ligated with one or more other letters. LIGANS (7) LIGNIN (7) [noun] A complex non-carbohydrate aromatic polymer present in all wood. LIKENS (10) [verb] (followed by to or unto) To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else). LIKING (11) [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. | [noun] A like; a predilection. LIMANS (8) LIMENS (8) [noun] A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response. LIMINA (8) [noun] A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response. LIMING (9) [verb] To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime). | [verb] To smear with birdlime. | [verb] To apply limewash. LIMNED (9) [verb] To draw or paint; to delineate. | [verb] To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour. | [adjective] Described or represented in a lifelike manner LIMNER (8) [noun] Someone who limns. LIMNIC (10) LINACS (8) [noun] A linear particle accelerator. LINAGE (7) [noun] Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. | [noun] A number of lines of text in a column. LINDEN (7) [noun] Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves. | [noun] The soft wood of such trees. | [adjective] Made of lime-wood. LINEAL (6) [adjective] (family) Of a family relationship that includes mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, grandparents, grandchildren, etc., but not siblings; as opposed to collateral. | [adjective] Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to). | [adjective] Composed of lines; delineated. LINEAR (6) [adjective] Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course. | [adjective] Of or relating to lines. | [adjective] Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner. LINENS (6) [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. LINENY (9) LINERS (6) [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 LINEUP (8) [noun] A physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime, allowing a witness to identify them | [noun] A line of people or vehicles, in which the individual at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and in which newcomers join at the end; a queue. | [noun] Collectively, the members of a team. LINGAM (9) [noun] (Shaivism) The aniconic representation traditionally worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva. LINGAS (7) [noun] (Shaivism) The aniconic representation traditionally worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva. LINGER (7) [verb] To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter. | [verb] To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually. | [verb] (often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion. LINGUA (7) LINIER (6) LINING (7) [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. LININS (6) LINKED (11) [verb] To connect two or more things. | [verb] (of a Web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page. | [verb] To supply (somebody) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link. LINKER (10) [noun] That which links. | [noun] A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program. | [noun] A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments. LINKUP (12) [noun] A connection. | [noun] The act of connecting. LINNET (6) [noun] A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. | [noun] A house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), of North America. LINSEY (9) LINTEL (6) [noun] A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above. LINTER (6) [noun] The short fibres that cling to cottonseeds after the first ginning. | [noun] A machine for removing these fibres. | [noun] A program or algorithm that performs linting. LINTOL (6) LINUMS (8) LIPINS (8) LIPPEN (10) LISTEN (6) [noun] An instance of listening. | [verb] To pay attention to a sound or speech. | [verb] To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal. LITANY (9) [noun] A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation. | [noun] A prolonged or tedious list. LITTEN (6) LIVENS (9) [verb] To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively. LIVING (10) [verb] To be alive; to have life. | [verb] To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside. | [verb] To survive; to persevere; to continue. LLANOS (6) [noun] A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America. LOANED (7) [verb] To lend (something) to (someone). LOANER (6) LOCHAN (11) [noun] A small loch. LODENS (7) LOGANS (7) [noun] A rocking or balanced stone. | [noun] A marsh. LOGION (7) [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. LOMEIN (8) LOMENT (8) [noun] A type of modified legume that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between the segments of the seeds. LONELY (9) [adjective] Unhappy because of feeling isolated from contact with other people. | [adjective] (of a place or time) Unfrequented by people; desolate. | [adjective] (of a person) Without companions; solitary. LONERS (6) [noun] One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others. LONGAN (7) [noun] An evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China. | [noun] The fruit from the longan tree. LONGED (8) [verb] To take a long position in. | [verb] To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true) | [verb] To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to. LONGER (7) [adjective] Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below). | [adjective] Having great duration. | [adjective] Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring. | [noun] One who longs or yearns for something. LONGES (7) [noun] A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a longe line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while longeing. | [noun] A lunge; a thrust. | [noun] The training ground for a horse. LONGLY (10) LOOING (7) LOONEY (9) LOOSEN (6) [verb] To make loose. | [verb] To become loose. | [verb] To disengage (a device that restrains). LOPING (9) [verb] To travel an easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To jump, leap. LORANS (6) LOSING (7) [verb] To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons. | [verb] To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from. | [verb] To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc). LOTION (6) [noun] A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin. | [noun] A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of beautification. | [verb] To cover or treat with a lotion. LOUDEN (7) [verb] To become louder. LOUNGE (7) [noun] A waiting room in an office, airport etc. | [noun] A domestic living room. | [noun] An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television. LOUNGY (10) LOUPEN (8) LOVING (10) [verb] (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something). | [verb] To need, thrive on. | [verb] To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like. LOWING (10) [verb] To depress; to lower. | [verb] To moo. | [verb] To burn; to blaze. LOXING (14) LUCENT (8) [adjective] Emitting light; shining, luminous. | [adjective] Translucent; clear, lucid. LUCERN (8) [noun] A lamp. | [noun] Alfalfa. | [noun] A sort of hunting dog. LUMENS (8) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm. | [noun] The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ. | [noun] The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall. LUMINA (8) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm. | [noun] The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ. | [noun] The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall. LUMPEN (10) [adjective] Of or relating to social outcasts. | [adjective] Of or relating to the lumpenproletariat. | [adjective] Plebeian. | [adjective] Lump-like. | [verb] To make or become like lumps; make or become lumpy LUNACY (11) [noun] (of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity | [noun] Something deeply misguided. LUNARS (6) LUNATE (6) [noun] A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period | [noun] The lunate bone | [adjective] Shaped like a crescent. LUNETS (6) LUNGAN (7) LUNGED (8) [verb] To (cause to make) a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging). | [verb] To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing). | [adjective] Having lungs (breathing organs). LUNGEE (7) LUNGER (7) LUNGES (7) [noun] A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword. | [noun] A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing. | [noun] An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position. LUNGIS (7) [noun] A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan. | [noun] A lingerer; a dull, drowsy fellow. LUNGYI (10) LUNIER (6) LUNIES (6) LUNKER (10) [noun] Anything, especially a sport fish, that is especially large for its type; a whopper. LUNTED (7) LUNULA (6) [noun] Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail. LUNULE (6) [noun] Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune. | [noun] A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells, sometimes shaped like a double crescent, but more often heart-shaped. LUPINE (8) [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. | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to, the wolf. LUPINS (8) [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. LURDAN (7) [noun] A lazy, stupid person; a sluggard. LURING (7) [verb] To attract by temptation etc.; to entice | [verb] To recall a hawk with a lure | [noun] Allurement LUTEIN (6) [noun] A yellow carotenoid pigment, widely distributed in both plants and animals. LUTING (7) [verb] To play on a lute, or as if on a lute. | [verb] To fix or fasten something with lute. | [noun] Lute (a kind of sticky clay or cement) LYINGS (10) [noun] The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground. | [noun] An act of telling a lie or falsehood. LYNXES (16) [noun] Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx. LYSINE (9) [noun] An essential amino acid, C6H14N2O2. LYSING (10) [verb] To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis. | [verb] To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis. LYSINS (9) [noun] Any substance or antibody that can cause the destruction (by lysis) of blood cells, bacteria etc MACING (11) [verb] To hit someone or something with a mace. | [verb] To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device. | [verb] To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can. MACONS (10) MACRON (10) [noun] A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (¯) placed over any of various letters, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long. MADDEN (10) [verb] To make angry. | [verb] To make insane; to inflame with passion. | [verb] To become furious. MADMAN (11) [noun] A male who is insane or mentally disturbed. MADMEN (11) [noun] A male who is insane or mentally disturbed. MAENAD (9) [noun] A female follower of Dionysus, associated with intense reveling. | [noun] An excessively wild or emotional woman. MAGIAN (9) MAGNET (9) [noun] A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism. | [noun] (preceded by a noun) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun. MAGNUM (11) [noun] A bottle of wine containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard bottle. | [noun] A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet. | [noun] A handgun that fires a cartridge of this calibre; chiefly a revolver, but rarely an autoloader firing an unusually powerful calibre. MAIDEN (9) [noun] One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a girl or a young woman | [noun] A girl or an unmarried young woman. | [noun] A female virgin. MAINLY (11) [adverb] Forcefully, vigorously. | [adverb] Of the production of a sound: loudly, powerfully. | [adverb] To a great degree; very much. MAKING (13) [noun] The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction. | [noun] Process of growth or development. | [verb] To create. MALIGN (9) [verb] To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce. | [verb] To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong. | [adjective] Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence. MALINE (8) MALKIN (12) MAMMON (12) [noun] The desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit or a malign influence. | [noun] Often mammon: wealth, material avarice, profit. MANAGE (9) [noun] The act of managing or controlling something. | [noun] (horseriding) Manège. | [verb] To direct or be in charge of. MANANA (8) [adverb] Tomorrow. | [adverb] Sometime in the future. Usually to say in a satirical sense 'sometime in the unspecified future, despite the fact that we were told tomorrow without fail'. MANCHE (13) MANEGE (9) [noun] The art of training and riding horses; dressage. | [noun] A riding school. | [noun] A riding arena (enclosed, but usually unroofed area, in contradistinction to a riding hall). MANFUL (11) [adjective] Showing the characteristics considered typical of a man; macho or manly | [adjective] (by extension) Courageous; noble; high-minded. MANGEL (9) [noun] The sugar beet, which can be refined to equal cane sugar in all manners save for botanical origin. | [noun] A mangelwurzel, a plant of the beet family raised as cattle feed. MANGER (9) [noun] A trough for animals to eat from. MANGES (9) MANGEY (12) [adjective] Afflicted with mange. | [adjective] (by extension) Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit. MANGLE (9) [verb] To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc. | [verb] To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc. | [noun] A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry. | [noun] Mangrove (tree) MANGOS (9) [noun] A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica. | [noun] The fruit of the mango tree. | [noun] A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed. MANIAC (10) [noun] An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania. | [noun] A fanatic, a person with an obsession. MANIAS (8) [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. MANICS (10) MANILA (8) [noun] Fiber made from abaca (Manila hemp), used to make ropes and manila paper. | [noun] The yellow-brown colour of manila. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to Manila, the capital of the Philippines; made in, or exported from, that city. MANIOC (10) [noun] The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which cassava and tapioca are prepared. | [noun] Cassava root, eaten as a food. | [noun] A food starch prepared from the root. MANITO (8) MANITU (8) MANNAN (8) MANNAS (8) MANNED (9) [verb] To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex). | [verb] To take up position in order to operate (something). | [verb] (possibly obsolete) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.) MANNER (8) [noun] Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything | [noun] Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing | [noun] One's customary method of acting; habit. MANORS (8) [noun] A landed estate. | [noun] The main house of such an estate or a similar residence; a mansion. | [noun] A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe. MANQUE (17) [adjective] Unable to fully realise one's ambitions; would-be MANSES (8) [noun] A house inhabited by the minister of a parish. | [noun] A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house. | [noun] A large house, a mansion. MANTAS (8) [noun] A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States. | [noun] Any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head. MANTEL (8) [noun] The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney. | [noun] A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. Also called a mantelshelf. | [verb] To surmount a ledge by pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. MANTES (8) MANTIC (10) [noun] A soothsayer, a seer. | [adjective] Relating to divination; prophetic. MANTID (9) [noun] Mantis (insect) MANTIS (8) [noun] Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs. | [noun] A green colour, like that of many mantises. MANTLE (8) [noun] The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney. | [noun] A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. Also called a mantelshelf. | [noun] A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. (Compare mantum.) MANTRA (8) [noun] The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer. | [noun] (originally Hinduism) A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation. | [noun] (by extension) A slogan or phrase often repeated. MANTUA (8) [noun] An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France. | [noun] A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy. | [noun] A woman's cloak or mantle. MANUAL (8) [noun] A handbook. | [noun] A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product. | [noun] A drill in the use of weapons, etc. | [adjective] Performed with the hands (of an activity). | [noun] Mechanical transmission which shifts gears by the action of the driver's hand on the gearstick or gear lever, rather than automatically; a manual gearbox. MANURE (8) [noun] Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens. | [noun] Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not; fertiliser. | [noun] Rubbish; nonsense; bullshit. MARGIN (9) [noun] The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc. | [noun] The edge or border of any flat surface. | [noun] The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group. MARINA (8) [noun] A harbour for small boats. MARINE (8) [noun] A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship | [noun] Capitalised in the plural A marine corps. | [noun] A painting representing some marine subject. MARLIN (8) [noun] Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira. Every such species has a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw. MAROON (8) [noun] An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves. | [noun] A castaway; a person who has been marooned. | [verb] To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island. | [noun] A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color. | [noun] A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (e.g. to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid). | [noun] An idiot; a fool. MARRON (8) [noun] A sweet chestnut. | [noun] Cherax tenuimanus, a type of freshwater crayfish from Western Australia. MARTEN (8) [noun] Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes in the family Mustelidae. | [noun] Any of various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying. | [noun] A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding. MARTIN (8) [noun] Any of various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying. | [noun] A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding. MASCON (10) [noun] A region within a solid astronomical body that is of higher density than the surrounding material. | [noun] A lunar mare that has a greater density of rock than the surrounding area. | [noun] Mass concentration MASONS (8) [noun] A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick | [noun] One who prepares stone for building purposes. | [noun] A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason. MATING (9) [verb] To put the king of an opponent into checkmate. | [verb] (by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape. | [verb] To match, fit together without space between. MATINS (8) [noun] Together with lauds, the earliest of the canonical hours; normally at sunrise, but often earlier | [noun] Morning prayers MATRON (8) [noun] A mature or elderly woman. | [noun] A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children. | [noun] A woman of staid or motherly manners. MATTIN (8) MAUNDS (9) [noun] A wicker basket. | [noun] A unit of capacity with various specific local values. | [noun] A handbasket with two lids. MAUNDY (12) [noun] A commandment. | [noun] The sacrament of the Lord's supper. | [noun] The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the Last Supper. MAVENS (11) [noun] An expert in a given field. MAVINS (11) MAWING (12) MAYING (12) [verb] To gather may, or flowers in general. | [verb] To celebrate May Day. | [noun] The celebrations traditionally held to celebrate May Day. MAYVIN (14) MAZING (18) [verb] To amaze, astonish, bewilder | [verb] To daze, stupefy, or confuse MEANER (8) [adjective] Common; general. | [adjective] Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble. | [adjective] Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby. MEANIE (8) [noun] A mean (unkind or miserly) person; a killjoy. | [noun] A villain. MEANLY (11) MEDIAN (9) [noun] A central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm. | [noun] A line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side. | [noun] The number separating the higher half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values. MEDINA (9) [noun] The traditional, older or non-European area of a North African town. MEINIE (8) MELONS (8) [noun] Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. | [noun] The fruit of such plants. | [noun] A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh. MELTON (8) [noun] A tough, short-napped material used for making overcoats. MENACE (10) [noun] A perceived threat or danger. | [noun] The act of threatening. | [noun] An annoying and bothersome person or thing. | [verb] To make threats against (someone); to intimidate. MENADS (9) MENAGE (9) [noun] A household; a domestic situation. | [noun] A type of cooperative society whereby all members pay a regular sum of savings, or through which goods can be paid for in installments. | [noun] A group of people living together in a sexual relationship. MENDED (10) [verb] To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement. | [verb] To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace. | [verb] To help, to advance, to further; to add to. MENDER (9) MENHIR (11) [noun] A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially of prehistoric times. MENIAL (8) [noun] A servant, especially a domestic servant. | [noun] A person who has a subservient nature. | [adjective] Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant. MENINX (15) [noun] A membrane, especially one of the three membranes enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates MENSAE (8) MENSAL (8) MENSAS (8) MENSCH (13) [noun] A person (chiefly male) of strength, integrity and honor or compassion. | [noun] A gentleman. MENSED (9) MENSES (8) [noun] The discharge of blood mixed with pieces of cellular tissue from the uterus out through the vagina, which occurs roughly every month in uninseminated women; menstrual flow. MENTAL (8) [adjective] Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process. | [adjective] Insane, mad, crazy. | [adjective] Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way. | [noun] A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile. MENTOR (8) [noun] A wise and trusted counselor or teacher | [verb] To act as someone's mentor MENTUM (10) [noun] The chin. | [noun] A chin-like projection below the mouth of certain mollusks. | [noun] The central part of the labium in insects. MERINO (8) [noun] A sheep of a Spanish breed with long, fine hair. | [noun] The wool of this sheep. | [noun] The fabric made from this wool (or from any similar yarn). MERLIN (8) [noun] A small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe, and Asia. | [noun] A cytoskeletal protein active in the suppression of tumors. MERLON (8) [noun] Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons. | [noun] A small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe, and Asia. MERMAN (10) [noun] A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down. MERMEN (10) [noun] A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down. MESIAN (8) MESNES (8) MESONS (8) [noun] (rare outside entomology) The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves. | [noun] A member of a group of subatomic particles having a mass intermediate between electrons and protons. (The most easily detected mesons fit this definition.) | [noun] (now specifically) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.) MESSAN (8) METING (9) [verb] To measure. | [verb] (usually with “out”) To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.). | [noun] The act of one who metes; a distribution or handing out. MEWING (12) [verb] To shut away, confine, lock up. | [verb] (of a bird) To moult. | [verb] (of a bird) To cause to moult. MICRON (10) [noun] The thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter. | [noun] A very tiny amount. | [noun] A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short. MIDDEN (10) [noun] A dungheap. | [noun] A refuse heap usually near a dwelling. | [noun] A prehistoric pile of bones and shells. MIGNON (9) MIKING (13) [verb] To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on. | [verb] To measure using a micrometer. MIKRON (12) MILDEN (9) MILNEB (10) MIMING (11) [verb] To mimic. | [verb] To act without words. | [verb] To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound. MINCED (11) [adjective] Finely chopped. | [adjective] Minutely subdivided. | [adjective] Weakened, extenuated. | [verb] To make less; make small. MINCER (10) MINCES (10) [noun] Finely chopped meat. | [noun] Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat. | [noun] An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait. MINDED (10) [verb] (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by. | [verb] To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time. | [verb] (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that). MINDER (9) [noun] One who minds, tends, or watches something such as a child, a machine, or cattle; a keeper | [noun] A personal bodyguard. | [noun] A guide assigned by the authorities to foreign visitors so as to exercise control over their contacts with the populace. MINERS (8) [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. MINGLE (9) [noun] A mixture. | [noun] The act of informally meeting numerous people in a group | [verb] To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product MINIFY (14) MINIMA (10) [noun] The lowest limit. | [noun] The smallest amount. | [noun] A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star). MINIMS (10) [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. MINING (9) [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). MINION (8) [noun] The lowest limit. | [noun] The smallest amount. | [noun] A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star). MINISH (11) MINIUM (10) MINKES (12) [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. MINNOW (11) [noun] A small freshwater fish of the carp family, Phoxinus phoxinus. | [noun] Any small fish. | [noun] A relatively small and insignificant person or organization. MINORS (8) [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 MINTED (9) [verb] To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence. | [verb] To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion. | [verb] (provincial) To try, attempt; take aim. MINTER (8) [noun] One who mints | [noun] An item in mint condition (especially a motor car) MINUET (8) [noun] A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance. | [noun] A tune or air to regulate the movements of the minuet dance: it has the dance form, and is commonly in 3/4, sometimes 3/8, measure. | [noun] A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name. MINUTE (8) [noun] A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour). | [noun] A short but unspecified time period. | [noun] A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree. | [adjective] Very small. MINXES (15) [noun] A mink. MINYAN (11) [noun] The minimum number of ten (male) adult Jews required for a communal religious service. | [noun] (by extension) A Jewish prayer service. | [noun] A member of the Minyan race of Greek mythology MIRING (9) [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. MISPEN (10) MITTEN (8) [noun] A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered. | [noun] A cat's or dog's paw that is a different colour from the main body. | [noun] (as "the mitten") A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover. MIXING (16) [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. MIZENS (17) [noun] Mizzenmast. | [noun] A fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast. MIZZEN (26) [noun] Mizzenmast. | [noun] A fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast. | [adjective] Hindmost; nearest the stern. MOANED (9) [verb] To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn. | [verb] To grieve. | [verb] To distress (someone); to sadden. MOANER (8) MODERN (9) [noun] Someone who lives in modern times. | [adjective] Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient. | [adjective] (history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography. MOLINE (8) [noun] The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind. MOLTEN (8) [verb] To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat. | [verb] To dissolve, disperse, vanish. | [verb] To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken. MOMENT (10) [noun] A brief, unspecified amount of time. | [noun] The smallest portion of time; an instant. | [noun] Weight or importance. MONADS (9) [noun] An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible. | [noun] A single individual (such as a pollen grain) that is free from others, not united in a group. | [noun] A monoid object in the category of endofunctors of a fixed category. MONDES (9) MONDOS (9) MONEYS (11) [noun] A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply. | [noun] A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value. | [noun] A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union). MONGER (9) [noun] (chiefly in combination) A dealer in a specific commodity. | [noun] (in combination) A person promoting something undesirable. | [noun] A small sea vessel. MONGOE (9) MONGOL (9) [noun] A person from Mongolia; a Mongolian. | [noun] A member of any of the various Mongol ethnic groups living in The Mongolian People's Republic, the (former) USSR, Tibet and Nepal. | [noun] (usually mongol) A person with Down's syndrome. MONGOS (9) MONGST (9) MONIED (9) [adjective] Affluent; rich | [adjective] Paid for; funded MONIES (8) [noun] A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply. | [noun] A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value. | [noun] A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union). MONISH (11) MONISM (10) [noun] The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world. MONIST (8) MONKEY (15) [noun] Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, from which they are usually, but not universally, distinguished by smaller size, a tail, and cheek pouches. | [noun] Any nonhuman simian primate, including apes. | [noun] A mischievous child. MONODY (12) [noun] An ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a mournful song or dirge. | [noun] Any poem mourning the death of someone; an elegy. | [noun] A monotonous or mournful noise. MONTES (8) [noun] One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a mount. | [noun] The pubic mound or mons pubis. In human anatomy or in mammals in general, the mons pubis (Latin for "pubic mound"), also known as the mons veneris (Latin, mound of Venus) or simply the mons, is the adipose tissue lying above the pubic bone of adult females, anterior to the pubic symphysis. The mons pubis forms the anterior portion of the vulva. | [noun] A mountain or extinct volcano on a planet or a moon. MONTHS (11) [noun] A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon. | [noun] A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof. | [noun] (in the plural) A woman's period; menstrual discharge. MOOING (9) [verb] Of a cow or bull, to make its characteristic lowing sound. | [noun] The action of the verb moo; a mooing sound. | [adjective] (of a steak) very rare MOONED (9) [verb] To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest. | [verb] (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone. | [verb] To spend time idly, absent-mindedly. MOPING (11) [verb] To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk. | [verb] To make spiritless and stupid. | [noun] The act of one who mopes. MOREEN (8) [noun] A thick woollen fabric, watered or with embossed figures, used in upholstery, for curtains, etc. MORGAN (9) [noun] A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome. MORGEN (9) [noun] A unit of measurement of land in the Netherlands and the Dutch colonies and parts of the United States, where it was equivalent to about two acres; and in Denmark, Norway, and Germany, where it was equivalent to about two-thirds of an acre. Now used informally in Germany to mean one quarter of a hectare. MORION (8) [noun] A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bever. | [noun] A brown or black variety of quartz. MORONS (8) [noun] A stupid person; an idiot; a fool. | [noun] A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70. MOTION (8) [noun] A state of progression from one place to another. | [noun] A change of position with respect to time. | [noun] A change from one place to another. MOULIN (8) [noun] A cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier’s surface. MOUNDS (9) [noun] An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense | [noun] A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll. | [noun] Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch. MOUNTS (8) [noun] A hill or mountain. | [noun] Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies. | [noun] A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound. MOURNS (8) [verb] To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death). | [verb] To utter in a sorrowful manner. | [verb] To wear mourning. MOUTON (8) [noun] A 14th-century French gold coin, weighing about 70 grains. MOVING (12) [verb] To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another. | [verb] To act; to take action; to begin to act | [verb] To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in. MOWING (12) [verb] To cut down grass or crops. | [verb] To cut down or slaughter in great numbers. | [verb] To make grimaces, mock. MUCINS (10) [noun] Any of several glycoproteins found in mucus MUFFIN (14) [noun] A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten. | [noun] A type of individual bread such as corn, bran, banana or zucchini bread often sliced and spread with butter, etc before being eaten. | [noun] (especially US) (informally) A cupcake without frosting, but sometimes glazed. MULING (9) MULLEN (8) MUNGOS (9) MUNTIN (8) [noun] One of the separators between panes of glass in a composite window. MUONIC (10) MUREIN (8) MURINE (8) [noun] Any murine mammal. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the mouse, rat or (more generally) any mammal of the family Muridae. MURING (9) [verb] To wall in or fortify | [verb] To enclose or imprison within walls. MUSING (9) [verb] To become lost in thought, to ponder. | [verb] To say (something) with due consideration or thought. | [verb] To think on; to meditate on. MUSLIN (8) [noun] Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth. | [noun] Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven. | [noun] Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen. MUTANT (8) [noun] Something which has mutated, which has one or more new characteristics from a mutation. | [noun] Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre. | [adjective] Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation. MUTINE (8) MUTING (9) [verb] To silence, to make quiet. | [verb] To turn off the sound of. | [verb] Of a bird: to defecate. MUTINY (11) [noun] An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers. | [noun] Violent commotion; tumult; strife. | [verb] To commit mutiny. MUTONS (8) [noun] A unit of mutation forming part of a recon. MUTTON (8) [noun] The flesh of sheep used as food. | [noun] The flesh of goat used as food. | [noun] A sheep. MYELIN (11) [noun] A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves. MYNAHS (14) [noun] One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae. MYOSIN (11) [noun] Any of a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues, allowing mobility in muscles. | [noun] An albuminous body present in dead muscle formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis. NABBED (11) [verb] To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive). | [verb] To grab or snatch something. NABBER (10) NABOBS (10) [noun] An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire. | [noun] (by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance. | [noun] (by extension) A person with a grandiose style or manner. NACHAS (11) NACHES (11) [noun] (usually Jewish) Feeling of contentment at another's successes. NACHOS (11) [noun] A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos. | [noun] A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, sometimes covered in melted cheese. | [noun] (usually Jewish) Feeling of contentment at another's successes. NACRED (9) NACRES (8) NADIRS (7) [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. NAEVUS (9) [noun] A pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal area on the skin. Naevi may be congenital or acquired, and are always benign. NAGANA (7) [noun] A disease of vertebrates in southern Africa, characterised by swelling and lethargy and caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies. NAGGED (9) [verb] To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters. | [verb] To bother with persistent thoughts or memories. | [verb] To bother or disturb persistently in any way. NAGGER (8) NAIADS (7) [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. NAILED (7) [verb] To fix (an object) to another object using a nail. | [verb] To drive a nail. | [verb] To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails. NAILER (6) [noun] One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker. | [noun] One who fastens with, or drives, nails. | [noun] A nailgun. NAIVER (9) NAIVES (9) NALEDS (7) NAMELY (11) [adverb] Specifically; that is to say. | [adverb] Especially, above all. NAMERS (8) NAMING (9) [verb] (ditransitive) To give a name to. | [verb] To mention, specify. | [verb] To identify as relevant or important NANCES (8) [noun] A large shrub or small tree of subtropical and tropical areas of the Americas, Byrsonima crassifolia, bearing a small, sweet, yellow fruit. | [noun] An effeminate man, especially a homosexual. NANDIN (7) NANISM (8) NANKIN (10) NANNIE (6) NAPALM (10) [noun] A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas. | [verb] To spray or attack with this substance. NAPERY (11) [noun] Household linen, especially table linen. NAPKIN (12) [noun] A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating. | [noun] A nappy (UK), a diaper (American). | [noun] A small scarf worn on the head by Christian women (chiefly Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) when entering a church, as a token of modesty. NAPPED (11) [verb] To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day. | [verb] To be off one's guard. | [verb] To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather). NAPPER (10) [noun] A person who takes a nap | [noun] A sheep stealer | [noun] The head NAPPES (10) [noun] The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop. | [noun] Either of the two parts of a double cone. | [noun] A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata. NAPPIE (10) NARCOS (8) [noun] Narcotics. | [noun] A South American drug baron. | [noun] A police officer specializing in drug crimes NARIAL (6) NARINE (6) NARKED (11) [verb] To watch; to observe. | [verb] To serve or behave as a spy or informer. | [verb] To annoy or irritate. NARROW (9) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water. | [adjective] Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth. | [adjective] Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed. | [verb] To reduce in width or extent; to contract. NARWAL (9) NASALS (6) [noun] A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine. | [noun] A vowel or consonant (such as [m] or [n]) articulated with air flowing through the nose. | [noun] Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard. NASIAL (6) NASION (6) NASTIC (8) [adjective] Relating to the response of a plant to a stimulus that does not depend on the location of the stimulus. NATANT (6) [adjective] Floating or swimming (in water) | [adjective] In a horizontal position, as if swimming NATION (6) [noun] A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. | [noun] A sovereign state. | [noun] An association of students based on its members' birthplace or ethnicity. | [noun] Damnation. NATIVE (9) [noun] An aboriginal inhabitant of a region colonized by English-speaking people; in particular: | [adjective] Aboriginal inhabitant of a region colonized by English-speaking people; in particular: | [noun] A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place. NATRON (6) [noun] A crystalline mixture of hydrous sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, with the chemical formula Na2CO3·10H2O. NATTER (6) [noun] Mindless and irrelevant chatter. | [verb] To talk casually; to discuss unimportant matters. | [verb] To nag. NATURE (6) [noun] The natural world; that which consists of all things unaffected by or predating human technology, production, and design. (Compare ecosystem.) | [noun] The innate characteristics of a thing. What something will tend by its own constitution, to be or do. Distinct from what might be expected or intended. | [noun] The summary of everything that has to do with biological, chemical and physical states and events in the physical universe. NAUGHT (10) [noun] Nothingness. | [numeral] (old-fashioned) Alternative spelling of nought | [pronoun] Nothing. NAUSEA (6) [noun] A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit. | [noun] Strong dislike or disgust. | [noun] Motion sickness. NAUTCH (11) [noun] A dance in South Asia, performed by professional dancing girls. NAVAID (10) [noun] Any form of aid to navigation, particularly applying to shipping and aviation. Examples: lighthouse, or ILS (instrument landing system) NAVARS (9) NAVELS (9) [noun] The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth. | [noun] The central part or point of anything; the middle. | [noun] A navel orange. NAVIES (9) [noun] A country's entire sea force, including ships and personnel. | [noun] A governmental department in charge of a country's sea force. | [noun] A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue. NAWABS (11) [noun] A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura. NAZIFY (21) NEARBY (11) [adjective] Adjacent, near, close by | [adverb] Next to, close to NEARED (7) [verb] To come closer to; to approach. NEARER (6) [adjective] Physically close. | [adjective] Close in time. | [adjective] Closely connected or related. NEARLY (9) [adverb] With great scrutiny; carefully. | [adverb] With close relation; intimately. | [adverb] Closely, in close proximity. NEATEN (6) [verb] To make neat; arrange in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy. NEATER (6) [adjective] Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities. | [adjective] Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below. | [adjective] Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent. NEATLY (9) [adverb] In a neat manner. NEBULA (8) [noun] A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes). | [noun] A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea. | [noun] A cloudy appearance in the urine NEBULE (8) NEBULY (11) [adjective] Edged in a deeply wavy line, intended to represent clouds. NECKED (13) [verb] To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate | [verb] To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle. | [verb] To drink rapidly. NECKER (12) NECTAR (8) [noun] The drink of the gods. | [noun] (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice. | [noun] The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. NEEDED (8) [verb] To have an absolute requirement for. | [verb] To want strongly; to feel that one must have something. | [verb] (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something). NEEDER (7) NEEDLE (7) [noun] A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc. | [noun] Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. | [noun] A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle. NEGATE (7) [verb] To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict. | [verb] To nullify or cause to be ineffective. | [verb] To be negative; bring or cause negative results. NEIGHS (10) [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. NEKTON (10) [noun] All organisms in the ocean that are capable of swimming independently of currents. NELLIE (6) NELSON (6) [noun] A score of 111, sometimes considered to be unlucky. | [noun] A wrestling hold in which a wrestler's arm is locked behind his back. NEONED (7) NEPHEW (14) [noun] A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew). | [noun] A son of one's child. NEREID (7) [noun] One of 50 sea nymphs who were attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish. | [noun] A worm of the genus Nereis, having sharp retractable jaws and an annelid body. NEREIS (6) NEROLI (6) [noun] More fully neroli oil or oil of neroli: an essential oil distilled from the blossoms of the bitter orange or Seville orange (Citrus × aurantium subsp. amara) used to make perfumes. NEROLS (6) NERVED (10) [verb] To give courage. | [verb] To give strength; to supply energy or vigour. | [adjective] Vigorous, strong; courageous. NERVES (9) [noun] A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics. | [noun] A neuron. | [noun] A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood NESSES (6) [noun] A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.) NESTED (7) [verb] (of animals) To build or settle into a nest. | [verb] To settle into a home. | [verb] To successively neatly fit inside another. NESTER (6) [noun] One who nests. | [noun] A person who intends to settle in an area without permanent residents; a settler, as distinct from an explorer or pioneer. NESTLE (6) [verb] To settle oneself comfortably and snugly. | [verb] To press oneself against another affectionately. | [verb] To lie half-hidden or in shelter. NESTOR (6) NETHER (9) [adjective] Lower; under. | [adjective] Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface. | [adverb] Down; downward. | [noun] Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence. NETOPS (8) NETTED (7) [verb] To catch by means of a net. | [verb] To catch in a trap, or by stratagem. | [verb] To enclose or cover with a net. NETTER (6) [noun] One who nets (in any sense), or who uses a net. | [noun] An Internet user. NETTLE (6) [noun] Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. | [noun] Certain plants that have spines or prickles: | [noun] Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica: NETTLY (9) NEUMES (8) [noun] Any of a set of signs used in early musical notation. | [noun] A sequence of notes to be sung to one syllable. NEUMIC (10) NEURAL (6) [adjective] Of, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system. | [adjective] Modelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain. NEURON (6) [noun] A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses. | [noun] A nervure of an insect's wing. | [noun] An artificial neuron (mathematical function serving as an essential unit of an artificial neural network) NEUTER (6) [noun] An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers. | [noun] A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral. | [noun] (grammar) The neuter gender. NEVOID (10) NEWELS (9) [noun] A central pillar around which a staircase spirals. | [noun] A sturdy pillar at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting the handrail. | [noun] A novelty; a new thing. NEWEST (9) [adjective] Recently made, or created. | [adjective] Additional; recently discovered. | [adjective] Current or later, as opposed to former. NEWIES (9) [noun] Something newly released, such as a song or film. NEWISH (12) NEWSIE (9) [noun] A distributor of news; a newsagent. | [noun] A journalist. NEWTON (9) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second. Symbol: N. NIACIN (8) [noun] A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism. NIBBED (11) NIBBLE (10) [noun] A small, quick bite taken with the front teeth. | [noun] (in the plural, nibbles) Small snacks such as crisps/potato chips or nuts, often eaten to accompany drinks. | [verb] To eat with small, quick bites. | [noun] A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or four bits. NICADS (9) [noun] Rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery NICELY (11) [adverb] Fastidiously; carefully. | [adverb] Precisely; with fine discernment or judgement. | [adverb] Pleasantly; satisfactorily. NICEST (8) [adjective] Pleasant, satisfactory. | [adjective] Of a person: friendly, attractive. | [adjective] Respectable; virtuous. NICETY (11) [noun] A small detail or distinction. | [noun] Subtlety or precision of use. | [noun] Delicacy of character or feeling usually from excessive refinement; fastidiousness NICHED (12) [adjective] In a niche. NICHES (11) [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. NICKED (13) [verb] To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way. | [verb] To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. | [verb] To make a cut at the side of the face. NICKEL (12) [noun] A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni. | [noun] A coin worth 5 cents. | [noun] (by extension) Five dollars. NICKER (12) [noun] Pound sterling. | [noun] A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse. | [noun] A snigger or suppressed laugh. | [noun] One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence. NICKLE (12) NICOLS (8) NIDGET (8) NIDIFY (13) NIDING (8) NIECES (8) [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"). NIELLI (6) NIELLO (6) [noun] Any of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals. | [noun] An impression on paper taken from the engraved or incised surface before the niello alloy has been inlaid. | [verb] To decorate (a surface) using this technique. NIEVES (9) NIFFER (12) NIGGER (8) [noun] (see usage notes) A black person; a person of black African descent. | [noun] (see usage notes) A member of another typically dark-skinned people (now especially in combinations, e.g. prairie nigger, sand nigger). | [noun] An informal term of address. NIGGLE (8) [noun] A minor complaint or problem. | [noun] Small, cramped handwriting. | [verb] To trifle with; to deceive; to mock. NIGHED (11) NIGHER (10) NIGHTS (10) [adverb] At night. | [adverb] Every night. | [noun] The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark. NIGHTY (13) NIHILS (9) NILGAI (7) [noun] A large antelope, of the genus Boselaphus, from northern India; the blue bull. NILGAU (7) NILLED (7) NIMBLE (10) [adjective] Adept at taking or grasping | [adjective] Quick and light in movement or action. | [adjective] Quick-witted and alert. NIMBLY (13) [adverb] In a nimble manner NIMBUS (10) [noun] A circle of light; a halo. | [noun] A gray rain cloud. NIMMED (11) NIMROD (9) [noun] A foolish person; an idiot. NINETY (9) [numeral] The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90. NINJAS (13) [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.) NINONS (6) NINTHS (9) [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). NIOBIC (10) NIPPED (11) [verb] To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon. | [verb] To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip. | [verb] To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy. NIPPER (10) [noun] One who, or that which, nips. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping. | [noun] A child. NIPPLE (10) [noun] The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. | [noun] A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner. | [noun] An artificial nipple (definition 1) used for bottle-feeding infants. NISEIS (6) [noun] An American or Canadian whose parents were Japanese immigrants NITERS (6) NITERY (9) NITONS (6) NITRES (6) NITRIC (8) [noun] Nitric acid | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen. NITRID (7) NITRIL (6) NITROS (6) [noun] The univalent NO2 functional group. | [noun] Nitroglycerin, especially as medication. | [noun] A beer that is nitrogenated to give it a more creamy head. NITWIT (9) [noun] A scatterbrained or stupid person. NIXIES (13) [noun] A female nix, a water-spirit. | [noun] A piece of mail returned as undeliverable. NIXING (14) [verb] To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. | [verb] To destroy or eradicate. NIZAMS (17) [noun] The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India. | [noun] The Turkish regular army; a soldier in the Turkish army. NOBBLE (10) [verb] To injure or obstruct intentionally. | [verb] To gain influence by corrupt means or intimidation. | [verb] To steal. NOBLER (8) [adjective] Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character. | [adjective] Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid. | [adjective] Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn. NOBLES (8) [noun] An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. | [noun] A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d. NOBODY (12) [noun] Someone who is not important or well-known. | [pronoun] Not any person; the logical negation of somebody. NOCENT (8) NOCKED (13) [verb] To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow. (See also notch.) | [verb] To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow). NODDED (9) [verb] To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement. | [verb] To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting. | [verb] To sway, move up and down. NODDER (8) NODDLE (8) [noun] The head; the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs. | [noun] The head as the seat of mental capacity or intellect. | [noun] The back of the head; nape. | [verb] To think or ponder. NODOSE (7) [adjective] Knot-like; swollen NODOUS (7) NODULE (7) [noun] A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump. NOESIS (6) NOETIC (8) [noun] The science of the intellect. | [noun] A purely intellectual entity. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the mind or intellect. NOGGED (9) NOGGIN (8) [noun] A small mug, cup or ladle. | [noun] (obsolete outside dialectal) A small measure of spirits equivalent to a gill. | [noun] The head. NOISED (7) [verb] To make a noise; to sound. | [verb] To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip. NOISES (6) [noun] Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant. | [noun] Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations. | [noun] Unwanted part of a signal. NOMADS (9) [noun] A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home. | [noun] A person who changes residence frequently. | [noun] A player who changes teams frequently. NOMINA (8) NOMISM (10) NONAGE (7) [noun] The state of being under legal age; minority, the fact of being a minor. | [noun] A payment formerly made to the parish clergy upon the death of a parishioner, consisting of a ninth of the movable goods. NONART (6) [noun] That which is not art NONCES (8) [noun] The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce). | [noun] A nonce word. | [noun] A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks. NONCOM (10) [noun] A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy). NONEGO (7) NONETS (6) [noun] A composition for nine instruments or nine voices. | [noun] A group of nine nuclear or subatomic particles. | [noun] A byte of nine bits. NONFAN (9) NONFAT (9) [adjective] Containing no fat; fat-free. NONGAY (10) NONMAN (8) NONMEN (8) NONPAR (8) NONTAX (13) NONUSE (6) [noun] The failure to make use of something. NONWAR (9) NONYLS (9) NOODGE (8) NOODLE (7) [noun] (usually in the plural) a string or strip of pasta | [noun] A person with poor judgement; a fool | [noun] The brain, the head NOOSED (7) [verb] To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare. | [adjective] (of rope) having a noose NOOSER (6) NOOSES (6) [noun] An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso. NOPALS (8) NORDIC (9) [adjective] Of or relating to the Nordic countries. | [adjective] Of or relating to the light colouring and tall stature of Nordic peoples. | [adjective] Of or relating to the family of North Germanic languages. NORIAS (6) [noun] A water wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water. | [noun] Any machine using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct. NORITE (6) [noun] A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (such as labradorite) and hypersthene. NORMAL (8) [noun] A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane. | [noun] A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles. | [noun] The usual state. NORMED (9) [adjective] Of a mathematical structure, endowed with a norm. | [adjective] Of a data set that has been adjusted to a norm. NORTHS (9) NOSHED (10) [verb] (usually with on) To eat a snack or light meal. | [verb] To perform fellatio (on); to blow. NOSHER (9) NOSHES (9) [noun] Food; a light meal or snack. | [noun] Fellatio. | [verb] (usually with on) To eat a snack or light meal. NOSIER (6) [adjective] Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle. | [adjective] Having a large or elongated nose. NOSILY (9) NOSING (7) [verb] To move cautiously by advancing its front end. | [verb] To snoop. | [verb] To detect by smell or as if by smell. NOSTOC (8) [noun] Any member of the genus Nostoc of cyanobacteria, found in a variety of environmental niches, that form colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath. NOTARY (9) [noun] A lawyer of noncontentious private civil law who drafts, takes, and records legal instruments for private parties, and provides legal advice, but does not appear in court on clients' behalf. | [noun] (common law) A notary public, a legal practitioner who prepares, attests to, and certifies documents, witnesses affidavits, and administers oaths. | [noun] A lay notary public, who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law. NOTATE (6) [verb] To mark with spots or lines, which are often colored. | [verb] To add notes to; to annotate | [verb] To create notation (i.e. music); to record/put down in the form of notation NOTERS (6) [noun] One who takes notice. | [noun] An annotator. | [noun] A small rod, usually made of wood, pressed against the melody course of a lap dulcimer to change the pitches. NOTHER (9) [adjective] (obsolete outside Britain and Caribbean dialectal) Neither. | [pronoun] (obsolete outside Britain and Caribbean dialectal) Neither. | [adjective] (largely obsolete outside the United States phrase a whole nother) Different, other. NOTICE (8) [noun] The act of observing; perception. | [noun] A written or printed announcement. | [noun] A formal notification or warning. NOTIFY (12) [verb] To give (someone) notice (of some event). | [verb] To make (something) known. | [verb] To make note of (something). NOTING (7) [verb] To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed. | [verb] To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. | [verb] To denote; to designate. NOTION (6) [noun] Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept. | [noun] A sentiment; an opinion. | [noun] Sense; mind. NOUGAT (7) [noun] A confection of honey or sugar and roasted nuts, often with other ingredients. NOUGHT (10) [noun] Nothing; something which does not exist. | [noun] A thing or person of no worth or value; nil. | [noun] Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game. NOUNAL (6) NOUSES (6) NOVELS (9) [noun] A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. | [noun] A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work. | [noun] A novelty; something new. NOVENA (9) [noun] A recitation of prayers and devotions for nine consecutive days, especially one to a saint to ask for their intercession. NOVICE (11) [noun] A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject. | [noun] A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation. NOWAYS (12) [adverb] In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise; no way. NOWISE (9) [adverb] (In) no way, (in) no manner, definitely not. NOYADE (10) [noun] A murder by drowning, especially one of those carried out during the French Reign of Terror. | [verb] To murder by drowning, especially during the French Reign of Terror. NOZZLE (24) [noun] A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe. | [noun] A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler. | [noun] The nose of an animal; muzzle. NUANCE (8) [noun] A minor distinction. | [noun] Subtlety or fine detail. | [verb] To apply a nuance to; to change or redefine in a subtle way. NUBBIN (10) [noun] A stub, especially a stub of undeveloped corn or fruit or nipple. | [noun] A small protuberance, bud, bump or knob. | [noun] The clitoris. NUBBLE (10) [noun] A small knob or lump. | [verb] To beat or bruise with the fist. NUBBLY (13) [adjective] Rough or lumpy NUBIAS (8) NUBILE (8) [noun] A young sexually attractive woman. | [adjective] Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). | [adjective] Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman). NUCHAE (11) NUCHAL (11) [noun] The back of the neck. | [noun] Short for nuchal translucency scan. | [noun] A neck scale, especially of a lizard. NUCLEI (8) [noun] The core, central part of something, around which other elements are assembled. | [noun] An initial part or version that will receive additions. | [noun] The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons. NUDELY (10) NUDEST (7) NUDGED (9) [verb] To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal. | [verb] To near or come close to something. NUDGER (8) NUDGES (8) [verb] To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal. | [verb] To near or come close to something. NUDIES (7) [noun] Entertainment involving naked people, especially women. NUDISM (9) NUDIST (7) [noun] A person who practices nudism. | [adjective] (usually attributive) Relating to nudists and nudism. NUDITY (10) [noun] The state or quality of being without clothing on the body; specifically, the quality of being without clothing on the genitals. | [noun] Something or someone without clothes. NUDNIK (11) [noun] A person who is very annoying; a pest, a nag, a jerk. (Also used attributively.) NUGGET (8) [noun] A small, compact chunk or clump. | [noun] A chicken nugget. | [noun] A tidbit of something valuable. NUKING (11) [verb] To use a nuclear weapon on a target. | [verb] To destroy or erase completely. | [verb] (by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user). NULLAH (9) [noun] A stream-bed, ravine, or other watercourse; a drain for rain or floodwater. NULLED (7) [verb] To nullify; to annul. | [verb] To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe. | [verb] To crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software). NUMBAT (10) [noun] A small marsupial carnivore, Myrmecobius fasciatus, endemic to western Australia, that eats almost exclusively termites. NUMBED (11) [verb] To cause to become numb (physically or emotionally). | [verb] To cause (a feeling) to be less intense. | [verb] To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute. NUMBER (10) [noun] An abstract entity used to describe quantity. | [noun] A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer. | [noun] An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc. | [adjective] Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation. NUMBLY (13) NUMINA (8) [noun] A divinity, especially a local or presiding god. | [noun] An influence or phenomenon at once mystical and transcendant. NUNCIO (8) [noun] The ecclesiastic title of a permanent diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church to a sovereign state or international organization, who is accorded a rank equivalent to an accredited ambassador, and may also be given additional privileges including recognition as Dean in a country's diplomatic corps. | [noun] (by extension) One who bears a message; a messenger. | [noun] Any member of any Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Galicia (of the Austrian Partition), Duchy of Warsaw, Congress Poland, or Grand Duchy of Posen. NUNCLE (8) [noun] Uncle. | [verb] To blench; cheat; deceive. NURLED (7) NURSED (7) [verb] To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle. | [verb] To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast. | [verb] To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to. NURSER (6) NURSES (6) [noun] A wet nurse. | [noun] A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young. | [noun] A person trained to provide care for the sick. NUTANT (6) NUTATE (6) NUTLET (6) [noun] A small nut. NUTMEG (9) [noun] An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds. | [noun] The aromatic seed of this tree, used as a spice. | [noun] A grey-brown colour. NUTRIA (6) [noun] The coypu, Myocastor coypus. | [noun] The fur of the coypu. NUTTED (7) [verb] (mostly in the form "nutting") To gather nuts. | [verb] To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt. | [verb] (mildly) To orgasm; to ejaculate. NUTTER (6) [noun] A person who gathers nuts. | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) An eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person. | [noun] Nut butter NUZZLE (24) [verb] (of animals, lovers, etc) To touch someone or something with the nose. | [verb] To nurse; to foster; to bring up. | [verb] To nestle; to house, as in a nest. NYALAS (9) NYLONS (9) [noun] Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer. | [noun] (in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs. | [noun] Stockings made from nylon NYMPHA (16) NYMPHO (16) [verb] To become obsessed about sex. | [noun] A woman with an excessive libido. NYMPHS (16) [noun] (Greek, Roman) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc. | [noun] A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful. | [noun] The larva of certain insects. OARING (7) [verb] To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars. OBLONG (9) [noun] Something with an oblong shape. | [noun] A rectangle having length greater than width or width greater than length. | [adjective] Longer than wide or wider than long; not square. OBTAIN (8) [verb] To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way. | [verb] To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached. | [verb] To prevail, be victorious; to succeed. OBTUND (9) [verb] To reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull. OCEANS (8) [noun] One of the large bodies of water separating the continents. | [noun] Water belonging to an ocean. | [noun] An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits. OCHONE (11) OCTANE (8) [noun] Any of the eighteen isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons (C8H18) found in petroleum, especially an iso-octane 2,2,4 trimethyl-pentane; they are used as fuels and solvents. OCTANS (8) OCTANT (8) [noun] The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees. | [noun] The aspect of two planets that are 45°, or one-eighth of a circle, apart. | [noun] The eighth part of a disc; a sector of 45 degrees; half a quadrant. ODEONS (7) [noun] An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry. | [noun] A theatre or concert hall. OFFEND (13) [verb] To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. | [verb] To feel or become offended; to take insult. | [verb] To physically harm, pain. OFFING (13) [verb] To kill. | [verb] To switch off. | [noun] The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground. OGLING (8) [verb] To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously. | [noun] Action of the verb to ogle. OILCAN (8) [noun] A container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for lubrication. OILING (7) [verb] To lubricate with oil. | [verb] To grease with oil for cooking. | [noun] An application of oil. OILMAN (8) [noun] Somebody involved in the production, refinement or delivery of oil; such as an oil field worker or executive, or the owner of an oil well. | [noun] A retailer who sells vegetable oils, and food preserved in oil OILMEN (8) [noun] Somebody involved in the production, refinement or delivery of oil; such as an oil field worker or executive, or the owner of an oil well. | [noun] A retailer who sells vegetable oils, and food preserved in oil OINKED (11) [verb] Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound. OLEFIN (9) [noun] Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond. OLEINE (6) OLEINS (6) OMENED (9) OMENTA (8) [noun] Either of two folds of the peritoneum that support the viscera. ONAGER (7) [noun] The Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus onager). | [noun] A military engine acting like a sling which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket powered by the torsion from a bundle of ropes or sinews operated by machinery; a torsion catapult. ONAGRI (7) ONIONS (6) [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. ONIONY (9) ONRUSH (9) [noun] A forceful rush or flow forward. | [noun] An aggressive assault. | [verb] To rush or flow forward forcefully. ONSETS (6) [noun] An attack; an assault especially of an army. | [noun] The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent. | [noun] The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus. ONSIDE (7) [noun] The portion of the playing area where one can legally play the ball, puck, etc. | [noun] The side of a vehicle on which the driver primarily propels it. | [adjective] Not in an offside position; In the part of the playing area where one can legally play the ball, puck, etc. ONUSES (6) [noun] A legal obligation. | [noun] Burden of proof, onus probandi | [noun] Stigma. ONWARD (10) [verb] To keep going; to progress or persevere. | [adjective] Moving forward. | [adjective] Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end. ONYXES (16) [noun] A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz. | [noun] A jet-black color, named after the gemstone. | [noun] Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Horaga. OOGENY (10) OOHING (10) [verb] To exclaim ooh. | [noun] An ooh sound. OOLONG (7) [noun] A partially fermented tea, often roasted, which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea. OOZING (16) [verb] To be secreted or slowly leak. | [verb] To give off a strong sense of (something); to exude. | [noun] Something that oozes; a seepage. OPENED (9) [verb] To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position. | [verb] To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility. | [verb] To bring up, broach. OPENER (8) [noun] A person who opens something. | [noun] A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener. | [noun] (in combination) An establishment that opens. OPENLY (11) [adverb] In an open manner, visibly, not covertly. OPERON (8) [noun] A unit of genetic material that functions in a coordinated manner by means of an operator, a promoter, and structural genes that are transcribed together. OPINED (9) [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). OPINES (8) [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). OPPUGN (11) [verb] To contradict or controvert; to oppose; to challenge or question the truth or validity of a given statement. OPSINS (8) OPTING (9) [verb] To choose; select. OPTION (8) [noun] One of a set of choices that can be made. | [noun] The freedom or right to choose. | [noun] A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile. ORANGE (7) [noun] An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis. | [noun] The fruit of an orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour. | [noun] The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow. ORANGS (7) [noun] An orangutan. ORANGY (10) ORBING (9) ORCEIN (8) [noun] A dye, related to litmus, that is extracted from the lichen Rocella tinctoria; used as a microscopic stain and as a food colouring ORCINS (8) ORDAIN (7) [verb] To prearrange unalterably. | [verb] To decree. | [verb] To admit into the ministry of a religion, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi. ORGANA (7) [noun] A type of medieval polyphony which builds upon an existing plainsong. | [noun] A method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted. ORGANS (7) [noun] A larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions. | [noun] (by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions. | [noun] A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such. ORGONE (7) [noun] In the psychoanalytic theory of Wilhelm Reich, a form of sexual energy or life force distributed throughout the universe and available for collection, storage, and further use. ORIENT (6) [proper noun] Usually preceded by the: a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia). | [proper noun] The countries east of the Mediterranean. | [proper noun] A city and town in Illinois. ORIGAN (7) ORIGIN (7) [noun] The beginning of something. | [noun] The source of a river, information, goods, etc. | [noun] The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect. ORISON (6) [noun] A prayer. | [noun] Mystical contemplation or communion. ORNATE (6) [verb] To adorn; to honour. | [adjective] Elaborately ornamented, often to excess. | [adjective] Flashy, flowery or showy ORNERY (9) [adjective] Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable. | [adjective] Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way. | [adjective] Commonplace, inferior. ORPHAN (11) [noun] A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died. | [noun] A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them. | [noun] A young animal with no mother. ORPINE (8) [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. ORPINS (8) OSCINE (8) [noun] Any bird of the suborder Passeri (the songbirds), which have better vocal control than other birds. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the songbirds (suborder Passeri). OSMUND (9) OSSEIN (6) [noun] The collagen component of bone OUNCES (8) [noun] An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams. | [noun] A troy ounce, weighing 1/12 of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams. | [noun] A US fluid ounce, with a volume of 1/16 of a US pint, 1.8047 cubic inches or 29.5735 millilitres. OURANG (7) OUTGUN (7) [verb] To defeat in terms of firepower. OUTING (7) [verb] To eject; to expel. | [verb] To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc). | [verb] To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective. OUTMAN (8) [verb] To have more people than (one's competitor); to outnumber in men. | [verb] To outdo in manliness. OUTRAN (6) [verb] To run faster than. | [verb] To exceed or overextend. OUTRUN (6) [noun] (sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them. | [verb] To run faster than. | [verb] To exceed or overextend. OUTSIN (6) OVINES (9) OVONIC (11) OWNERS (9) [noun] One who owns something. | [noun] The captain of a ship. OWNING (10) [verb] To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to. | [verb] To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership. | [verb] To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm. OXYGEN (17) [noun] The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas. | [noun] Molecular oxygen (O2), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature, also called dioxygen. | [noun] A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help them breathe. OZONES (15) OZONIC (17) PACING (11) [verb] To walk back and forth in a small distance. | [verb] To set the speed in a race. | [verb] To measure by walking. PADNAG (10) PAEANS (8) [noun] A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle. | [noun] (by extension) Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. | [noun] (by extension) An enthusiastic expression of praise. PAEONS (8) [noun] A foot containing any pattern of three short syllables and one long syllable. PAESAN (8) PAGANS (9) [noun] A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion. | [noun] (by extension) An uncivilized or unsocialized person. | [noun] (by extension) An unruly, badly educated child. PAGING (10) [verb] To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript. | [verb] (often with “through”) To turn several pages of a publication. | [verb] To furnish with folios. PAINCH (13) PAINED (9) [verb] To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture. | [verb] To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve. | [verb] To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish. PAINTS (8) [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. PAINTY (11) PAISAN (8) [noun] (Alternate spelling of paesano, from Neapolitan language "paisano," often shortened to "paisan" or "paesan") among Italian Americans and Americans of Italian descent, a fellow Italian or Italian-American; a fellow ethnic Italian. | [noun] A native, especially a native of California of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry. | [noun] Roadrunner. PALING (9) [verb] To turn pale; to lose colour. | [verb] To become insignificant. | [verb] To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. PANADA (9) [noun] A thick paste made by mixing breadcrumbs, flour, etc. with water, milk, stock, butter or sometimes egg yolks | [noun] Any of several soups made using this paste PANAMA (10) PANDAS (9) [noun] The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail. | [noun] Short for giant panda. | [noun] (law enforcement) Short for panda car. PANDER (9) [noun] A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer. | [noun] An offer of illicit sex with a third party. | [noun] An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt. PANDIT (9) [noun] (Nepal) An honorary title for a learned man or scholar. PANELS (8) [noun] A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc. | [noun] A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example. | [noun] An individual frame or drawing in a comic. PANFRY (14) PANFUL (11) PANGAS (9) [noun] A large broad-bladed knife. | [noun] Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus. | [noun] A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia. PANGED (10) PANGEN (9) PANICS (10) [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. PANIER (8) PANNED (9) [verb] To wash in a pan (of earth, sand etc. when searching for gold). | [verb] To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to criticise severely. | [verb] With "out" (to pan out), to turn out well; to be successful. PANNES (8) PANTED (9) [verb] To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. | [verb] To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. | [verb] To long for (something); to be eager for (something). PANTIE (8) PANTOS (8) [noun] A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid. | [noun] By extension, a structure of crosswise bars linked in such a way that it can extend and compress like an accordion, such as in a pantograph mirror or a scissor lift. | [noun] A pattern printed on a document to reduce the ease of photocopying. PANTRY (11) [noun] A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage and/or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller. PANZER (17) [noun] A tank, especially a German one of World War II. | [noun] (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to the armoured units employed by the German forces in World War II. PAPAIN (10) [noun] A proteolytic enzyme in papaya fruit which can be used to tenderize meat. PARANG (9) [noun] A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon. | [noun] A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music. PARDON (9) [noun] Forgiveness for an offence. | [noun] An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed. | [verb] To forgive (a person). PARENT (8) [noun] One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father. | [noun] A surrogate mother | [noun] A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material PARIAN (8) PARING (9) [verb] To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife | [verb] (often with down or back) to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off | [verb] To trim the hoof of a horse PARSON (8) [noun] An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector. | [noun] A Protestant minister. PARTAN (8) PARTON (8) PATENS (8) [noun] The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist. | [noun] Any shallow dish found in an archaeological site. PATENT (8) [noun] A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent. | [noun] A specific grant of ownership of a piece of property; a land patent. | [noun] License; formal permission. | [adjective] Open, unobstructed, expanded. PATINA (8) [noun] A paten, flat type of dish | [noun] The colour or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals. | [noun] A green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina. PATINE (8) PATINS (8) PATRON (8) [noun] One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate. | [noun] An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble. | [noun] A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant. PATTEN (8) [noun] Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs. | [noun] One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground. | [noun] A circular wooden plank attached to a horse's foot to prevent it from sinking into a bog while plowing. | [noun] The plate used to hold the host during the Eucharist. PAULIN (8) PAUNCH (13) [noun] The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen. | [noun] The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one. | [noun] A paunch mat. PAVANE (11) [noun] A musical style characteristic of the 16th and 17th centuries. | [noun] A moderately slow, courtly processional dance in duple time/meter. PAVANS (11) [noun] A native or inhabitant of Padua. | [noun] An imitation coin resembling old Roman bronze coins, made at Padua in the 16th century. | [noun] A stately Spanish dance. PAVING (12) [verb] To cover something with paving slabs. | [verb] To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel. | [verb] To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth. PAVINS (11) PAWING (12) [verb] (of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws. | [verb] (of an animal) To gently push on something with a paw. | [verb] (of an animal) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. PAWNED (12) [verb] To pledge; to stake or wager. | [verb] To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop. | [verb] (originally leet) To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game). PAWNEE (11) [noun] One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn. PAWNER (11) PAWNOR (11) PAYING (12) [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. PAYNIM (13) [noun] A pagan or heathen, especially a Muslim, or a Jew. PEAHEN (11) [noun] A female peafowl. PEANUT (8) [noun] A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea. | [noun] A very small clam. | [verb] To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten. PEASEN (8) PECANS (10) [noun] A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts. | [noun] A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree. | [noun] A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut. PECHAN (13) PECTEN (10) [noun] The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers. | [noun] The pubic bone. | [noun] A comb structure. PECTIN (10) [noun] A polysaccharide extracted from the cell walls of plants, especially of fruits; under acidic conditions it forms a gel. It is often used in processed foods, especially jellies and jams where it causes thickening (setting). PEDANT (9) [noun] A teacher or schoolmaster. | [noun] A person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar. | [noun] A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning. PEEING (9) [verb] To urinate. | [verb] (mildly vulgar) To drizzle. PEENED (9) [verb] To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. PEINED (9) [verb] To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. PEKANS (12) [noun] The fisher cat, the fisher (Martes pennanti), or the marten (Martes americana). PEKINS (12) PENANG (9) PENCEL (10) PENCIL (10) [noun] A paintbrush. | [noun] A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. | [noun] An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point. PENDED (10) PENGOS (9) [noun] The monetary unit of Hungary from January, 1927 to July, 1946, divided into 100 fillér. PENIAL (8) PENILE (8) [adjective] Pertaining to the penis. PENMAN (10) [noun] A scribe, or person who copies texts | [noun] A journalist or other author PENMEN (10) [noun] A scribe, or person who copies texts | [noun] A journalist or other author PENNAE (8) PENNED (9) [verb] To enclose in a pen. | [verb] To write (an article, a book, etc.). | [adjective] Winged; having plumes PENNER (8) PENNIA (8) PENNIS (8) PENNON (8) [noun] A thin, often triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear. | [noun] A long pointed streamer or flag on a vessel. | [noun] A wing (appendage of an animal's body enabling it to fly); any of the outermost primary feathers on a wing. PENSEE (8) PENSIL (8) PENTAD (9) [noun] A group or series of five things. | [noun] A mean average value of temperature, etc., taken every five days. | [noun] Any element, atom, or radical having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad. PENTYL (11) [noun] Any of several isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C5H11, formally derived from pentane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. PENULT (8) [noun] The next-to-last syllable of a word. | [noun] The next to the last in a series. PENURY (11) [noun] Extreme want; poverty; destitution. | [noun] A lack of something; a dearth. PEONES (8) PEPSIN (10) [noun] A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids. PEREON (8) PERRON (8) [noun] A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc. | [noun] A platform outside the raised entrance to a church or large building, or the steps leading to such a platform. PERSON (8) [noun] An individual; usually a human being. | [noun] The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc. | [noun] Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts. PETNAP (10) PHENIX (18) PHENOL (11) [noun] A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C6H5OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic; once called carbolic acid. | [noun] Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring. PHENOM (13) [noun] Someone or something that is phenomenal, especially a young player in sports like baseball, American football, basketball, tennis, and golf. | [noun] One who is hip and fashionable. PHENYL (14) [noun] A univalent hydrocarbon radical (C6H5) formally derived from benzene by the removal of a hydrogen atom, and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives. PHONAL (11) PHONED (12) [verb] To call (someone) using a telephone. PHONES (11) [noun] A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc. | [verb] To call (someone) using a telephone. | [noun] A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language. PHONEY (14) [noun] A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own. | [noun] A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold. | [noun] Anything fraudulent or fake. PHONIC (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic. PHONON (11) [noun] The quantum of acoustic or vibrational energy (sound), considered a discrete particle rather than a wave. | [noun] A unit of phonemics. PHONOS (11) [noun] A phonograph. PHOTON (11) [noun] The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson. PHYLON (14) PHYTON (14) PIANIC (10) PIANOS (8) [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 PICNIC (12) [noun] An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink. | [noun] The meal eaten at such a gathering. | [noun] An easy or pleasant task. PIDGIN (10) [noun] An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers. | [noun] A person's business, occupation, work, or trade. PIEING (9) PIGEON (9) [noun] One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species. | [noun] The meat from this bird. | [noun] A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game. PIGGIN (10) PIGNUS (9) PIGNUT (9) [noun] The edible tuber of Conopodium majus, native to western Europe. | [noun] Any of various types of hickory or their fruits; a hognut. | [noun] Simmondsia chinensis, jojoba. PIGPEN (11) [noun] A pigsty; an enclosure where pigs are kept. | [noun] Something extremely dirty or messy. | [noun] The pigpen cipher PIKING (13) [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. PILING (9) [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. PINANG (9) PINATA (8) [noun] (Latin American culture) A doll or other decorated container that is filled with candy and hit with a hammer or a stick by blindfolded children during birthday parties or other celebrations until the candy falls out. | [verb] To hit something or someone with sticks after having filled them with candy. PINCER (10) [noun] Any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers. | [verb] (sometimes figurative) To surround with a pincer attack. PINDER (9) PINEAL (8) [noun] The pineal gland. | [adjective] In the shape of a pine cone. | [adjective] Pertaining to the pineal gland. PINENE (8) [noun] Either of two isomeric bicyclic monoterpene hydrocarbons that are the principal components of pine resin PINERY (11) PINETA (8) [noun] An arboretum, or part of an arboretum or garden, devoted to growing conifers PINGED (10) [verb] To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound. | [verb] (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects. | [verb] To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility. PINGER (9) [noun] A device that emits a short, high-pitched sound burst, such as in sonar or other echo location systems. | [noun] A device that periodically emits a signal that can be monitored to permit movement tracking. | [noun] A computer program that sends a ping message over a network. PINGOS (9) [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). PINIER (8) PINING (9) [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. PINION (8) [noun] A wing. | [noun] The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body. | [noun] Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing. | [noun] The smallest gear in a gear train. PINITE (8) PINKED (13) [verb] To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe. | [verb] To prick with a sword. | [verb] To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule. PINKEN (12) PINKER (12) [adjective] Having a colour between red and white; pale red. | [adjective] Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet. | [adjective] Having conjunctivitis. PINKEY (15) PINKIE (12) [noun] A little finger, the finger furthest on a hand from the thumb. | [noun] (less commonly) A little toe, the toe furthest on a foot from the big toe. | [noun] Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals. | [noun] (South Australia) A bilby. PINKLY (15) PINKOS (12) [noun] A socialist who is not wholly communist. PINNAE (8) [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. PINNAL (8) PINNAS (8) PINNED (9) [verb] To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. | [verb] (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin. | [verb] (usually in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin. PINNER (8) PINOLE (8) [noun] A coarse flour made from ground toasted maize kernels, often mixed with herbs, which may be eaten by itself or incorporated into drinks. PINONS (8) [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. PINOTS (8) PINTAS (8) [noun] A pint of milk. PINTLE (8) [noun] (now dialectal) The penis, or tarse. | [noun] A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder. | [noun] (gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves. PINTOS (8) [noun] A horse with a patchy coloration that includes white. PINUPS (10) [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. PINYIN (11) [noun] A phonetic script or romanization system for a language spoken in the People's Republic of China. | [proper noun] A system of romanization for Standard Mandarin, used in the People’s Republic of China, and more recently in other Chinese-speaking areas as well. | [proper noun] A Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon. PINYON (11) [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. PIONIC (10) PIPING (11) [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. PIPKIN (14) [noun] A small earthen pot. PIPPIN (12) [noun] A seed | [noun] Any of several varieties of eating apple that have a yellow or green skin with patches of red | [noun] Any of several roundish or oblate apple varieties PIRANA (8) PISTON (8) [noun] A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump) | [noun] A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch | [verb] To move up and down like a piston. PITMAN (10) [noun] (plural "pitmen") One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc. | [noun] (plural "pitmen" or "pitmans") A connecting rod in machinery, especially in a sawmill. PITMEN (10) [noun] (plural "pitmen") One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc. | [noun] (plural "pitmen" or "pitmans") A connecting rod in machinery, especially in a sawmill. PITONS (8) [noun] A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber). PLAINS (8) [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. PLAINT (8) [noun] A lament or woeful cry. | [noun] A complaint. | [noun] A sad song. PLANAR (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a plane. | [adjective] Flat, two-dimensional. | [adjective] (of a graph) Able to be embedded in the plane with no edges intersecting. PLANCH (13) PLANED (9) [verb] To smooth (wood) with a plane. | [verb] To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water. | [verb] To glide or soar. PLANER (8) [adjective] Of a surface: flat or level. | [noun] A woodworking tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed. | [noun] A large machine tool in which the workpiece is traversed linearly (by means of a reciprocating bed) beneath a single-point cutting tool. (Analogous to a shaper but larger and with the workpiece moving instead of the tool.) Planers can generate various shapes, but were most especially used to generate large, accurate flat surfaces. The planer is nowadays obsolescent, having been mostly superseded by large milling machines. PLANES (8) [noun] A level or flat surface. | [noun] A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane). | [noun] A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane) PLANET (8) [noun] Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. | [noun] A body which orbits the Sun directly and is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (effectively meaning a spheroid) and to dominate its orbit; specifically, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. (Pluto was considered a planet until 2006 and has now been reclassified as a dwarf planet.) | [noun] A large body which directly orbits any star (or star cluster) but which has not attained nuclear fusion. PLANKS (12) [noun] A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick. | [noun] A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue. | [noun] Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time. PLANTS (8) [noun] An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree. | [noun] An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism. | [noun] Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall. PLATAN (8) [noun] A planetree. PLATEN (8) [noun] The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made. | [noun] The part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression. | [noun] The movable table of a planer or other machine tool, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool. PLENCH (13) PLENTY (11) [noun] A more-than-adequate amount. | [adjective] Plentiful | [adverb] More than sufficiently. PLENUM (10) [noun] A space that is completely filled with matter. | [noun] A state of fullness, a great quantity (of something). | [noun] A legislative meeting (especially of the Communist Party) in which all members are present. PLIANT (8) [adjective] Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking | [adjective] Easily influenced; tractable. PLINKS (12) [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. PLINTH (11) [noun] A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based. | [noun] The bottom course of stones or bricks supporting a wall. | [noun] A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet. PLONKS (12) [noun] The sound of something solid landing. | [verb] To set or toss (something) down carelessly. | [verb] To automatically ignore a particular poster. PLUNGE (9) [noun] The act of plunging or submerging | [noun] A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water) | [noun] A swimming pool PLUNKS (12) [verb] To drop or throw something heavily onto or into something else, so that it makes a dull sound. | [verb] To land suddenly or heavily; to plump down. | [verb] To intentionally hit the batter with a pitch. PLUTON (8) [noun] A body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magma PLYING (12) [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. PNEUMA (10) [noun] A neume. | [noun] The spirit or soul. | [noun] One of three levels of a human being, the spirit, along with the body and soul. POINDS (9) [noun] A seizure of property etc in lieu of a debt; the animal or property so seized POINTE (8) [noun] The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe. POINTS (8) [noun] A discrete division of something. | [noun] A sharp extremity. | [noun] One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. POINTY (11) [noun] Any pointed object. | [adjective] Pointed in shape; having a point or points. | [adjective] In the Raku programming language: being a block or subroutine that acts as a closure accepting a list of parameters (denoted by the pointed arrow symbol ->). POISON (8) [noun] A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism. | [noun] Something that harms a person or thing. | [noun] A drink; liquor. POKING (13) [verb] To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick. | [verb] To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning. | [verb] To rummage; to feel or grope around. POLEYN (11) POLING (9) [verb] To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole. | [verb] To identify something quite precisely using a telescope. | [verb] To furnish with poles for support. POLLEN (8) [noun] A fine granular substance produced in flowers. Technically a collective term for pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants. (This specific usage dating from mid 18th century.) | [noun] Fine powder in general, fine flour. (16th-century usage documented by the OED.) | [verb] To cover with, or as if with, pollen. POMPON (12) [noun] A bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc. tied in the middle and left loose at the ends, so as to form a puff or ball, as for decoration or a showy prop for cheerleading. | [noun] A hardy garden chrysanthemum with button-like flower heads. | [noun] Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose. PONCED (11) [verb] To act as a pimp. | [verb] Hence, to try to get rid of or proactively sell something. | [verb] To behave in a posh or effeminate manner. PONCES (10) [noun] A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's. | [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. PONCHO (13) [noun] A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head. | [noun] A similar waterproof garment, today typically of rubber with a hood. PONDED (10) [verb] To block the flow of water so that it can escape only through evaporation or seepage; to dam. | [verb] To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming. | [verb] To form a pond; to pool. PONDER (9) [noun] A period of deep thought. | [verb] To wonder, think of deeply | [verb] To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly; to chew over, mull over PONENT (8) PONGED (10) [verb] To stink, to smell bad. | [verb] To deliver a line of a play in an arch, suggestive or unnatural way, so as to draw undue attention to it. PONGEE (9) [noun] A soft unbleached silk, from China or India, from silkworms that feed on oak leaves. PONGID (10) [noun] Any primate once considered to belong in the family Pongidae; the great apes excluding humans PONIED (9) [verb] To lead (a horse) from another horse. | [verb] To use a crib or cheat-sheet in translating. PONIES (8) [noun] Horsepower | [noun] (with the) horse racing | [noun] A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers. PONTES (8) [noun] A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ. | [noun] A band of nerve fibres, from the Latin term pōns Varoliī, within the brain stem. PONTIL (8) [noun] A punty; a metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. PONTON (8) POPGUN (11) [noun] A toy gun that emits a loud pop by firing a cork from a barrel in which a piston slides, compressing the air and forcing the cork out. The cork is traditionally attached to the toy by a piece of string. | [noun] A firearm of unimpressive appearance. POPLIN (10) [noun] A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted; used especially for women's dresses. PORING (9) [verb] To study meticulously; to go over again and again. | [verb] To meditate or reflect in a steady way. | [noun] The act of one who pores. PORNOS (8) [noun] Pornography. | [noun] A pornographic film. POSING (9) [verb] To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect. | [verb] To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.). | [verb] To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.). POSTIN (8) POTEEN (8) [noun] Illegally produced Irish whiskey; moonshine. | [noun] (by extension) An unlicensed drinking establishment selling illegally produced Irish whiskey. POTENT (8) [noun] A heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white T shapes. | [noun] A prince; a potentate. | [noun] A staff or crutch. POTION (8) [noun] A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical. | [verb] To drug. POTMAN (10) [noun] A man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses; a waiter in a similar establishment POTMEN (10) [noun] A man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses; a waiter in a similar establishment POUNCE (10) [noun] A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface. | [noun] Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc. | [verb] To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder. | [noun] A sudden leaping attack. POUNDS (9) [noun] A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight. | [noun] A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of weight when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere. | [noun] The symbol # (octothorpe, hash) POXING (16) PRANCE (10) [noun] A prancing movement. | [verb] (of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs. | [verb] To strut about in a showy manner. PRANGS (9) [noun] An aeroplane crash. | [noun] A bombing raid. | [noun] An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties. PRANKS (12) [noun] A practical joke or mischievous trick. | [noun] An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception. | [verb] To perform a practical joke on; to trick. PRAWNS (11) [noun] Pornography. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A pornographic work. | [noun] Material, usually visual, presenting something desirable in a sensational manner. PREENS (8) [verb] To pin; fasten. | [verb] (of birds) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers. | [verb] To show off, posture, or smarm. PREMAN (10) PREMEN (10) PRINCE (10) [noun] A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch. | [noun] A female monarch. | [noun] Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person. PRINKS (12) [verb] To give a wink; to wink. | [verb] To look, gaze. | [verb] To dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up. PRINTS (8) [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. PRIONS (8) [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. PRISON (8) [noun] A place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government. | [noun] Confinement in prison. | [noun] Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home. PROLAN (8) PRONGS (9) [noun] A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine. | [noun] A branch; a fork. | [noun] The penis. PRONTO (8) [adverb] Quickly, very soon, promptly. PROTON (8) [noun] A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark. PROVEN (11) [verb] To proofread. | [verb] To make resistant, especially to water. | [verb] To allow yeast-containing dough to rise. PRUNED (9) [verb] To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water. | [verb] To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive. | [verb] To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material). PRUNER (8) PRUNES (8) [noun] A plum. | [noun] The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum. | [noun] An old woman, especially a wrinkly one. PRUNUS (8) [noun] A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume. PRYING (12) [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). PTERIN (8) PTISAN (8) PUFFIN (14) [noun] The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food. | [noun] The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak. | [noun] Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses. PUISNE (8) [adjective] Younger; junior. | [adjective] Insignificant, petty; ineffectual. | [adjective] Inferior in rank, as designation of any justice, judge etc. other than the most senior. PUKING (13) [verb] To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach. | [verb] To sell securities or investments at a loss, often under duress or pressure, in order to satisfy liquidity or margin requirements, or out of a desire to exit a deteriorating market. | [noun] The act of one who pukes or vomits. PULING (9) [verb] To whimper or whine. | [verb] To pipe or chirp. PUNCHY (16) [adjective] Having a punch; effective; forceful; spirited; vigorous. | [adjective] Behaving or appearing punch drunk. | [adjective] (of a person) Being over-reactive to routine events. PUNDIT (9) [noun] An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic. | [noun] A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. | [noun] A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders. PUNGLE (9) PUNIER (8) [adjective] Of inferior size, strength or significance; small, weak, ineffective. PUNILY (11) PUNISH (11) [verb] To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action. | [verb] To treat harshly and unfairly. | [verb] To handle or beat severely; to maul. PUNKAH (15) [noun] A fan, especially made of leaf or cloth and hung from the ceiling; in the past often operated by a servant. PUNKAS (12) PUNKER (12) [noun] A person used for sex, particularly: | [noun] A worthless person, particularly: | [noun] Short for punk rock, a genre known for short, loud, energetic songs with electric guitars and strong drums. PUNKEY (15) PUNKIE (12) PUNKIN (12) PUNNED (9) [verb] To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize. | [verb] To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words. PUNNER (8) PUNNET (8) [noun] A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries. PUNTED (9) [verb] To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole. | [verb] To dropkick; to kick something a considerable distance. | [verb] To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc). PUNTER (8) [noun] One who bets (punts) against the bank. | [noun] One who oars or poles a punt (pontoon). | [noun] One who punts a football. PUNTOS (8) PURANA (8) PURINE (8) [noun] Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids. PURINS (8) PURLIN (8) [noun] A longitudinal structural member bridging two or more rafters of a roof. PUTONS (8) PYKNIC (17) [noun] A short, thickset person characterised by thick neck, large abdomen and relatively short limbs; a endomorph. | [adjective] Short and stout; endomorphic PYLONS (11) [noun] A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple. | [noun] A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables. | [noun] A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage. PYRANS (11) PYRENE (11) [noun] A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing four fused benzene rings; first isolated from coal tar | [noun] The stone of a drupe PYRONE (11) PYTHON (14) [noun] A type of large constricting snake. | [noun] Penis QANATS (15) [noun] An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley QINDAR (16) QINTAR (15) [noun] (plural: qindarka or qintars) An Albanian coin equal to one hundredth of a lek. | [noun] (plural: qintars) A unit of measure, which varies in value depending upon the product measured; for example, a qintar of cotton might be 160 kg of cotton, 50 kg of cotton lint; a qintar of lime, 65 kg. QUAINT (15) [adjective] Of a person: cunning, crafty. | [adjective] Cleverly made; artfully contrived. | [adjective] Strange or odd; unusual. | [noun] The vulva. QUANGO (16) [noun] An organization that, although financed by a government, acts independently of it. QUANTA (15) [noun] The total amount of something; quantity. | [noun] The amount or quantity observably present, or available. | [noun] The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. QUANTS (15) [noun] A quantitative analyst. | [noun] Short for quantity. | [noun] Short for quantifier. QUEANS (15) [noun] A woman, now especially an impudent or disreputable woman; a prostitute. | [noun] A young woman, a girl; a daughter. QUEENS (15) [noun] A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria. | [noun] The wife or widow of a king. | [noun] The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. QUENCH (20) [noun] The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state. | [noun] A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system. | [verb] To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst. QUERNS (15) [noun] A mill for grinding corn, especially a hand-mill made of two circular stones. QUINCE (17) [noun] The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga. | [noun] The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia. | [noun] A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince. QUINIC (17) QUININ (15) QUINOA (15) [noun] A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds. | [noun] The high-protein dried fruits and seeds of this plant, used as a food staple and ground into flour. QUINOL (15) [noun] The diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a mild reducing agent in photographic developing; isomeric with catechol and resorcinol. QUINSY (18) [noun] A peritonsillar abscess; a painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues, usually a complication of tonsillitis, caused by bacterial infection and often accompanied by fever. QUINTA (15) [noun] A country house in Madeira. QUINTE (15) [noun] The fifth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee height. QUINTS (15) [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 QUOINS (15) [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. RABBIN (10) RACING (9) [verb] To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest). | [verb] To compete against in such a race. | [verb] To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed. RACONS (8) [noun] A beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, responds by transmitting a coded navigation signal. RACOON (8) [noun] A nocturnal omnivore native to North America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail; Procyon lotor. | [noun] Any mammal of the genus Procyon. | [noun] Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine. RADIAN (7) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angular measure of angle equal to the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle. Symbol: rad RADONS (7) RAGING (8) [verb] To act or speak in heightened anger. | [verb] (sometimes figurative) To move with great violence, as a storm etc. | [verb] To enrage. RAGLAN (7) [noun] An overcoat with sleeves of this type. | [adjective] (of a sleeve) Being or having a kind of sleeve that continues in one piece up to the neck of a garment, without a shoulder seam. RAGMAN (9) [noun] A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man. | [noun] A statute issued by Edward I in 1276. | [noun] A document having many names or seals, such as a papal bull. RAGMEN (9) [noun] A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man. RAINED (7) [verb] To have rain fall from the sky. | [verb] To fall as or like rain. | [verb] To issue (something) in large quantities. RAISIN (6) [noun] A dried grape. | [verb] Of grapes: to dry out; to become like raisins. RAKING (11) [verb] To walk; to roam, to wander. | [verb] Of animals (especially sheep): to graze. | [verb] To roam or wander through (somewhere). RAMSON (8) RANCES (8) RANCHO (11) RANCID (9) [adjective] Rank in taste or smell. | [adjective] Offensive. RANCOR (8) [noun] The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred. RANDAN (7) [noun] Riotous or disorderly behaviour. | [noun] A rowdy celebration; a spree. | [noun] The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran. RANDOM (9) [noun] A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance. | [noun] Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force. | [noun] The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range. RANEES (6) [noun] The wife of a rajah. | [noun] A Hindu princess or female ruler in India. RANGED (8) [verb] To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander. | [verb] To rove over or through. | [verb] To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit to, over. RANGER (7) [noun] One who ranges; a rover. | [noun] A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law. | [noun] That which separates or arranges; a sieve. RANGES (7) [noun] A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc. | [noun] A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates. | [noun] Selection, array. RANIDS (7) RANKED (11) [verb] To place abreast, or in a line. | [verb] To have a ranking. | [verb] To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify. RANKER (10) [adjective] Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter (used of negative things). | [adjective] Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross. | [adjective] Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric. RANKLE (10) [verb] To cause irritation or deep bitterness. | [verb] To fester. RANKLY (13) RANSOM (8) [noun] Money paid for the freeing of a hostage. | [noun] The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration. | [noun] A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment. RANTED (7) [verb] To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger. | [verb] To criticize by ranting. | [verb] To speak extravagantly, as in merriment. RANTER (6) [noun] One who rants; a noisy, boisterous speaker or declaimer. | [noun] A jovial fellow. RANULA (6) RAPINE (8) [noun] The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage, plunder. | [verb] To plunder. RAPING (9) RAPINI (8) [noun] A vegetable native to China, Brassica rapa subsp. rapa, with green spiky leaves and a bitter taste. RAPPEN (10) [noun] A unit of currency in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, equal to one-hundredth of a Swiss franc. RARING (7) [verb] To rear, rise up, start backwards. | [verb] To rear, bring up, raise. | [adjective] Eager. RASING (7) [verb] To rub along the surface of; to graze | [verb] To rub or scratch out; to erase | [verb] To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze RATANS (6) RATANY (9) RATINE (6) RATING (7) [verb] To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level. | [verb] To evaluate or estimate the value of. | [verb] To consider or regard. RATION (6) [noun] A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group. | [verb] To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something. | [verb] To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to. RATLIN (6) [noun] The rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship. | [noun] Any of the cross ropes between the shrouds, which form a net like ropework, allowing sailors to climb up towards the top of the mast. RATOON (6) [noun] A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane. | [noun] A rattan cane. | [verb] (of a plant) To sprout ratoons. RATTAN (6) [noun] Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus. | [noun] The plant used as a material for making furniture, baskets etc. | [noun] (by extension) A cane made from this material. RATTEN (6) RATTON (6) [noun] A rat. RAUNCH (11) [noun] Low class condition or content; inferiority; inadequacy. | [noun] Dishonorable, base, and vulgar expression. | [noun] Socially unacceptable sexual behavior. RAVENS (9) [noun] Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax. | [noun] A jet-black colour. | [noun] Rapine; rapacity. RAVINE (9) [noun] A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water. | [noun] Rapine; rapacity. | [noun] Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence. RAVING (10) [verb] To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging. | [verb] To speak or write wildly or incoherently. | [verb] To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; followed by about, of, or (formerly) on. RAVINS (9) RAWINS (9) RAXING (14) RAYING (10) [verb] To emit something as if in rays. | [verb] To radiate as if in rays. | [verb] To arrange. RAYONS (9) RAZING (16) [verb] To demolish; to level to the ground. | [verb] To scrape as if with a razor. REAGIN (7) [noun] An antibody. | [noun] A substance elaborated by the spirochetes of syphilis and yaws, having the property of uniting with lipoids, and of fixing complement. REASON (6) [noun] A cause: | [noun] Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition. | [noun] Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice. REBIND (9) [verb] To bind again. | [verb] To associate a command with a different key. REBORN (8) [noun] A manufactured vinyl doll that has been transformed to resemble a human baby with as much realism as possible. | [adjective] Revived or regenerated, especially emotionally or spiritually. | [adjective] Reincarnated. RECANE (8) RECANT (8) [verb] To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly. RECENT (8) [adjective] Having happened a short while ago. | [adjective] Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated. | [adjective] Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called. RECKON (12) [verb] To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. | [verb] To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute. | [verb] To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. RECOIN (8) RECONS (8) [noun] Reconnaissance. | [noun] The smallest genetic unit that is capable of undergoing recombination. REDANS (7) [noun] A defensive fortification work in the shape of a V. REDDEN (8) [verb] To become red or redder. | [verb] To make red or redder. REDENY (10) REDFIN (10) REDING (8) [verb] To govern, protect. | [verb] To discuss, deliberate. | [verb] To advise. REDONE (7) [verb] To do again. REDONS (7) REEARN (6) REFIND (10) REFINE (9) [verb] To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities. | [verb] To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter. | [verb] To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish. REFUND (10) [noun] An amount of money returned. | [verb] To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse. | [verb] To supply again with funds. REGAIN (7) [verb] To get back; to recover possession of. REGENT (7) [noun] A ruler. | [noun] One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. | [noun] A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities. REGINA (7) REGION (7) [noun] Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons. | [noun] An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country. | [noun] The inhabitants of a region or district of a country. REGNAL (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch (or pope) | [adjective] Describing the year of a monarch's reign starting from the date of accession | [adjective] Relating to a regnum REGNUM (9) REHANG (10) [verb] To hang again. REHUNG (10) [verb] To hang again. REIGNS (7) [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. REINED (7) [verb] To direct or stop a horse by using reins. | [verb] To restrain; to control; to check. | [verb] To obey directions given with the reins. REINKS (10) REJOIN (13) [verb] To join again; to unite after separation. | [verb] To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again. | [verb] To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause. REKNIT (10) RELEND (7) RELENT (6) [noun] Stay; stop; delay. | [noun] A relenting. | [verb] To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to soften in temper RELINE (6) [verb] To add new lines to. | [verb] To add a new lining to. RELINK (10) [verb] To link again or anew. RELOAN (6) REMAIN (8) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder. | [noun] (in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. | [noun] Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works. REMAND (9) [noun] The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial. | [noun] The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal. | [verb] To send a prisoner back to custody. REMANS (8) [verb] To supply with new personnel. REMEND (9) REMIND (9) [verb] To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person). REMINT (8) RENAIL (6) RENAME (8) [noun] An instance of renaming. | [verb] To give a new name to. RENDED (8) RENDER (7) [noun] Stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls). | [noun] A digital image produced by rendering a model. | [noun] A surrender. | [noun] One who rends. RENEGE (7) [verb] To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word. | [verb] In a card game, to break one's commitment to follow suit when capable. | [verb] To deny; to renounce RENEST (6) RENEWS (9) [verb] To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition. | [verb] To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of. | [verb] To make new spiritually; to regenerate. RENIGS (7) RENINS (6) RENNET (6) [noun] An enzyme used as the first step in making cheese, to curdle the milk and coagulate the casein in it, derived by soaking the fourth stomach of a milk-fed calf in brine. | [noun] Any of various kinds of apple, mostly of French origin, characterized by russeting. RENNIN (6) [noun] A proteolytic enzyme, obtained from the gastric juice of the abomasum of calves, used to coagulate milk and make cheese. RENOWN (9) [noun] Fame; celebrity; wide recognition. | [noun] Reports of nobleness or exploits; praise. | [verb] To make famous. RENTAL (6) [noun] Something that is rented. | [noun] The payment made to rent something. | [noun] A business that rents out something to its customers. RENTED (7) [verb] To occupy premises in exchange for rent. | [verb] To grant occupation in return for rent. | [verb] To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money. RENTER (6) [noun] A male prostitute, typically young and gay. | [noun] One who rents property or other goods from another. | [noun] One who owns or controls property and rents that property to another. | [verb] To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw. RENTES (6) RENVOI (9) [noun] A situation in which a court, tasked with deciding which state's law should apply to a case, decides to apply the law of the forum, based on the determination that a court from another involved state would also apply the law of the forum. | [noun] Cross-reference in text; a sign that refers to something introduced earlier in a text. REOPEN (8) [verb] To open (something) again. | [verb] To open again. REPAND (9) REPENT (8) [verb] To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of". | [verb] To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love. | [verb] To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. | [adjective] Creeping along the ground. REPINE (8) [verb] To fail; to wane. | [verb] To complain; to regret. REPINS (8) REPLAN (8) [verb] To plan again; to make a different plan. REPUGN (9) REQUIN (15) RERUNS (6) [noun] A television program shown after its initial presentation — particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat. | [noun] Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc. | [noun] A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office. RESAWN (9) RESEEN (6) RESEND (7) [noun] The act of sending again. | [verb] To send again. | [verb] To send back. RESENT (6) [verb] To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront. | [verb] To express displeasure or indignation at. | [verb] To be sensible of; to feel. | [verb] To send again. RESEWN (9) RESIGN (7) [verb] To give up; to relinquish ownership of. | [verb] To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another. | [verb] To quit (a job or position). | [verb] To sign again; to provide one's signature again. RESINS (6) [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. RESINY (9) RESOWN (9) RETAIN (6) [verb] To keep in possession or use. | [verb] To keep in one's pay or service. | [verb] To employ by paying a retainer. RETENE (6) RETINA (6) [noun] The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball where light is converted into neural signals sent to the brain. RETINE (6) RETINT (6) RETORN (6) RETUNE (6) [verb] To tune again. RETURN (6) [noun] The act of returning. | [noun] A return ticket. | [noun] An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it. REWIND (10) [noun] The act of rewinding. | [noun] A button or other mechanism for rewinding. | [verb] To wind (something) again. REWINS (9) REZONE (15) [verb] To change the zoning assigned to a piece of property by the planning and zoning commission of a government that determines proper and legal use for land. RHINAL (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the nose; nasal | [adjective] Of or pertaining to those parts of the brain concerned with the sense of smell RHINOS (9) [noun] A rhinoceros. RHYTON (12) [noun] A container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having one handle and usually a base in the form of a head. | [noun] A Thracian drinking horn. RIBAND (9) [noun] A narrow diminutive of the bend, thinner than a bendlet. | [noun] A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position and give rigidity to the framework. | [noun] A ribbon. RIBBON (10) [noun] A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position and give rigidity to the framework. | [noun] A ribbon. | [noun] A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping. RICHEN (11) [verb] To make or render rich or richer. | [verb] To become rich or richer; become superior in quality, condition or effectiveness. | [verb] (of a colour) To gain richness; become heightened or intensified in brilliancy. RICING (9) [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). RICINS (8) RIDDEN (8) [adjective] Full of. | [adjective] Oppressed, dominated or plagued by. | [verb] To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. | [verb] To free (something) from a hindrance or annoyance. RIDENT (7) RIDING (8) [verb] To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. | [verb] To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger. | [verb] (chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle. | [noun] Any of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties of England. RILING (7) [verb] To make angry | [verb] To stir or move from a state of calm or order RIMING (9) [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. | [adjective] That rimes (i.e., covers with rime or hoar frost) something. | [noun] (done to wool or yarn) The action or process of dying red-brown by steeping in water with alder twigs. | [noun] The process of riming (i.e., covering with rime or hoar frost). RINDED (8) [verb] To remove the rind from. | [adjective] Having a rind (hard, tough outer layer) RINGED (8) [verb] To enclose or surround. | [verb] To make an incision around; to girdle. | [verb] To attach a ring to, especially for identification. RINGER (7) [noun] Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer. | [noun] A crowbar. | [noun] (games) In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole. | [noun] A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team. | [noun] A top performer. | [noun] Any person or thing that is fraudulent; a fake or impostor. | [noun] (in combination) An officer having the specified number of rings (denoting rank) on the uniform sleeve. RINSED (7) [verb] To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap. | [verb] To remove soap from (something) using water. | [verb] To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition. RINSER (6) RINSES (6) [noun] The action of rinsing. | [noun] A liquid used to rinse, now particularly a hair dye. RIPENS (8) [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 RIPING (9) RISING (7) [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. RIVING (10) [verb] To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave. | [verb] To pierce or cleave with a weapon. | [noun] A strip of a townfield. ROBAND (9) ROBBIN (10) ROBING (9) [verb] To clothe; to dress. | [verb] To put on official vestments. | [noun] The act of putting on ceremonial clothing. ROBINS (8) [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. RODENT (7) [noun] A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing. | [noun] (bulletin board system slang, leet) A person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence; lamer. | [adjective] Gnawing; biting; corroding; applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer. RODMAN (9) RODMEN (9) ROMANO (8) [noun] A hard, sharp cheese served grated as a garnish ROMANS (8) RONDEL (7) [noun] A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two. | [noun] The verse form rondeau. | [noun] A rondelle, (small) circular object. RONDOS (7) [noun] A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains. | [noun] A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy. | [noun] A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others. RONION (6) RONNEL (6) RONYON (9) ROPING (9) [verb] To tie (something) with rope. | [verb] To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something). | [verb] To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread. ROSING (7) [verb] To make rose-coloured; to redden or flush. | [verb] To perfume, as with roses. | [noun] The process of imparting a pink tint to raw white silk. ROSINS (6) [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. ROSINY (9) ROTTEN (6) [adjective] Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents. | [adjective] In a state of decay. | [adjective] Cruel, mean or immoral. ROTUND (7) [adjective] Having a round or spherical shape; circular; orbicular. | [adjective] Having a round body shape; portly or plump; podgy. | [adjective] (of a sound) Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned. ROUENS (6) ROUNDS (7) [noun] A circular or spherical object or part of an object. | [noun] A circular or repetitious route. | [noun] A general outburst from a group of people at an event. ROVING (10) [verb] To shoot with arrows (at). | [verb] To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area. | [verb] To roam or wander through. ROWANS (9) [noun] Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan. | [noun] Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries. | [noun] A second crop of hay; aftermath. ROWENS (9) [noun] A second crop of hay; aftermath. | [noun] A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it can be cropped by cattle. ROWING (10) [verb] To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars. | [verb] To transport in a boat propelled with oars. | [verb] To be moved by oars. RUANAS (6) RUINED (7) [verb] To cause the fiscal ruin of. | [verb] To destroy or make something no longer usable. | [verb] To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business. RUINER (6) RULING (7) [verb] To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over. | [verb] To excel. | [verb] To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines). RUMENS (8) [noun] The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants. RUMINA (8) [noun] The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants. RUNDLE (7) RUNKLE (10) RUNLET (6) [noun] A small stream or brook. | [noun] A wine measure, equivalent to 18 gallons. RUNNEL (6) [noun] A small stream, a rivulet. | [verb] To create channels for directing the flow of liquid. RUNNER (6) [noun] Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet. | [noun] Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip. | [noun] A pleasure trip. RUNOFF (12) [noun] That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area. | [noun] Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water. | [noun] A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated. RUNOUT (6) [noun] Something that has been run out. | [noun] A run out, a running out. The method of getting out in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball. | [noun] A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails. RUNWAY (12) [noun] A defined, narrow section of land or an artificial structure used for access. | [noun] The usual path taken by deer or other wild animals, such as from a forest to a water source. | [noun] A narrow walkway (often on a platform) extending from a stage on which people walk, especially one used by models during fashion shows. RURBAN (8) RUSINE (6) RUTINS (6) RYKING (14) RYOKAN (13) [noun] A traditional Japanese inn with communal baths and other public areas. SABINE (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. SABINS (8) SADDEN (8) [verb] To make sad or unhappy. | [verb] To become sad or unhappy. | [verb] To darken a color during dyeing. SAIMIN (8) SAINED (7) SAINTS (6) [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. SALINA (6) [noun] A salt marsh, or salt pond, enclosed from the sea. SALINE (6) [noun] Water containing dissolved salt. | [noun] A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth. | [adjective] Containing salt; salty. SALMON (8) [noun] One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn. | [noun] (plural salmons) A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon. | [noun] The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat. SALONS (6) [noun] A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests. | [noun] A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting. | [noun] An art gallery or exhibition; especially the Paris salon or autumn salon. SALOON (6) [noun] A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests. | [noun] A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting. | [noun] An art gallery or exhibition; especially the Paris salon or autumn salon. SAMPAN (10) [noun] A flat-bottomed Chinese wooden boat propelled by two oars. SANCTA (8) SANDAL (7) [noun] A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot | [noun] Sandalwood | [noun] A long narrow boat used on the Barbary coast. SANDED (8) [verb] To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it. | [verb] To cover with sand. | [verb] To blot ink using sand. SANDER (7) [noun] A person employed to sand wood. | [noun] A machine to mechanize the process of sanding. | [noun] A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy or icy conditions to improve traction. SANDHI (10) [noun] Any of a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries, such as the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words. SANELY (9) SANEST (6) [adjective] Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally. | [adjective] Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner. | [adjective] Rational; reasonable; sensible. SANGAR (7) [noun] A stone breastwork; a fortified niche or look-out post. SANGAS (7) [noun] Sandwich. SANGER (7) [noun] A sandwich. | [noun] A stone breastwork; a fortified niche or look-out post. SANGHS (10) SANIES (6) [noun] A thin mixture of pus and blood serum discharged from a wound; ichor SANING (7) SANITY (9) [noun] The condition of being sane. | [noun] Reasonable and rational behaviour. SANJAK (17) [noun] An administrative region under the Ottoman Empire, a subdivision of a vilayet. | [noun] The governor of a sanjak; a sanjakbeg. SANNOP (8) SANNUP (8) SANSAR (6) SANSEI (6) [noun] A US- or Canadian-born grandchild of a Japanese immigrant to America. SANTIR (6) SANTOL (6) SANTOS (6) SANTUR (6) SARANS (6) SARINS (6) SARONG (7) [noun] A garment made of a length of printed cloth wrapped about the waist that is commonly worn by men and women in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, and the Pacific islands. SARSEN (6) [noun] Any of various blocks of sandstone found in various locations in southern England. SASINS (6) [noun] Indian antelope; blackbuck SATANG (7) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Thai baht. SATEEN (6) [noun] A type of cotton cloth with a shiny surface and dull back, woven using the technique that, when applied to silk or nylon, results in cloth called satin. SATING (7) [verb] To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up. SATINS (6) SATINY (9) [adjective] Like satin, smooth and shiny, glossy. SAUNAS (6) [noun] A room or a house designed for heat sessions. | [noun] The act of using a sauna. | [noun] A public sauna; a front for a brothel in some countries. SAVANT (9) [noun] A person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science. | [noun] A person who is considered eminent because of their achievements. | [noun] A person with significant mental disabilities who is very gifted in one area of activity, such as playing the piano or mental arithmetic. SAVINE (9) [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. SAVING (10) [verb] To prevent harm or difficulty. | [verb] To put aside, to avoid. | [noun] A reduction in cost or expenditure. SAVINS (9) [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. SAWING (10) [verb] To cut (something) with a saw. | [verb] To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw. | [verb] To be cut with a saw. SAWNEY (12) SAXONY (16) SAYING (10) [verb] To pronounce. | [verb] To recite. | [verb] To tell, either verbally or in writing. SCANTS (8) [noun] A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. | [noun] A sheet of stone. | [noun] (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size. SCANTY (11) [adjective] Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent. | [adjective] Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious; stingy. SCENAS (8) [noun] A scene in an opera. | [noun] An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria. | [noun] The stage of an ancient theatre. SCENDS (9) [noun] The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement. SCENES (8) [noun] The location of an event that attracts attention. | [noun] The stage. | [noun] The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set SCENIC (10) [noun] A depiction of scenery | [noun] A scenic artist; a person employed to design backgrounds for theatre etc. | [adjective] Having beautiful scenery; picturesque SCENTS (8) [noun] A distinctive odour or smell. | [noun] An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing. | [noun] The sense of smell. SCHNOZ (20) [noun] Nose. SCHULN (11) SCIONS (8) [noun] A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family. | [noun] The heir to a throne. | [noun] A guardian. SCONCE (10) [noun] A fixture for a light. | [noun] A head or a skull. | [noun] A poll tax; a mulct or fine. | [noun] A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford. SCONES (8) [noun] A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle. | [noun] (Utah) Frybread served with honey butter spread on it. | [noun] The head. SCORNS (8) [verb] To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise. | [verb] To reject, turn down. | [verb] To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself. SCREEN (8) [noun] A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous. | [noun] A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass. | [noun] (by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening SEAMAN (8) [noun] A mariner or sailor, one who mans a ship. Opposed to landman or landsman. | [noun] A person of the lowest rank in the Navy, below able seaman. | [noun] An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice. SEAMEN (8) [noun] A mariner or sailor, one who mans a ship. Opposed to landman or landsman. | [noun] A person of the lowest rank in the Navy, below able seaman. | [noun] An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice. SEANCE (8) [noun] A ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium. | [noun] The sitting of an assembly to discuss a matter. | [verb] To hold a séance (communication with spirits). SEASON (6) [noun] Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter | [noun] A part of a year when something particular happens | [noun] That which gives relish; seasoning. | [verb] To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt. SEAWAN (9) SECANT (8) [noun] A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points. | [noun] In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec | [adjective] That cuts or divides. SECERN (8) SECOND (9) [noun] Something that is number two in a series. | [noun] Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority. | [noun] The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest. | [noun] One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest. | [noun] One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant. SECUND (9) [adjective] Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk; unilateral. SEDANS (7) [noun] An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair. | [noun] An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggage space. | [noun] A handbarrow for transporting fish. SEEING (7) [verb] (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight. | [verb] To form a mental picture of. | [verb] (social) To meet, to visit. | [conjunction] Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that. SEGNOS (7) SEINED (7) [verb] To use a seine, to fish with a seine. SEINER (6) SEINES (6) [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. SEISIN (6) [noun] (common law) An entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession; dates from feudal times but is still used in technical discussions of real property law today. | [noun] The act of taking possession. | [noun] The thing possessed; property. SEIZIN (15) [noun] (common law) An entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession; dates from feudal times but is still used in technical discussions of real property law today. | [noun] The act of taking possession. | [noun] The thing possessed; property. SEJANT (13) [adjective] Seated, sitting. SELSYN (9) SEMENS (8) SEMINA (8) SENARY (9) [noun] The numeral system which uses six as the base. | [adjective] Of sixth rank or order. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or based on six. SENATE (6) [noun] In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber. | [noun] A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age and male. SENDAL (7) [noun] A light silk cloth. SENDED (8) SENDER (7) [noun] Someone who sends. | [noun] A device or component that transmits, as in telegraphy or computer networks. SENDUP (9) [noun] A satirical imitation of a work of art or a genre. SENECA (8) SENEGA (7) SENHOR (9) [noun] A Portuguese gentleman. | [noun] A Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or an older man. SENILE (6) [noun] A person who is senile. | [adjective] Of, or relating to old age. | [adjective] Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering. SENIOR (6) [noun] An old person. | [noun] Someone older than someone else (with possessive). | [noun] Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age. SENITI (6) [noun] A Tongan unit of currency equivalent to a hundredth of a pa'anga. SENNAS (6) [noun] Any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the genera Cassia and Senna, whose leaves and pods are used as a purgative and laxative. | [noun] The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of Senna alexandrina, syn. Cassia angustifolia or Cassia acutifolia), used medicinally. | [noun] Senna glycoside, a laxative. SENNET (6) [noun] A signal call given on a cornet or trumpet for entrance or exit on a theatrical stage | [noun] The barracuda. | [noun] Braided cord or fabric of such small stuff as plaited rope yarns SENNIT (6) [noun] Braided cord or fabric of such small stuff as plaited rope yarns | [noun] Plaited or braided straw or grass which is used for making hats and for a variety of ornamental crafts SENORA (6) [noun] A Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married, divorced or widowed woman SENORS (6) SENRYU (9) SENSED (7) [verb] To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel. | [verb] To instinctively be aware. | [verb] To comprehend. SENSES (6) [noun] Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste. | [noun] Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness. | [noun] Sound practical or moral judgment. SENSOR (6) [noun] A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner. SENSUM (8) SENTRY (9) [noun] A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base. | [noun] Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry. | [noun] A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface. SEQUIN (15) [noun] Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey. | [noun] A sparkling spangle used for the decoration of ornate clothing. SEREIN (6) SERENE (6) [noun] Serenity; clearness; calmness. | [noun] Evening air; night chill. | [verb] To make serene. | [noun] A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset. SERINE (6) [noun] A nonessential amino acid, CH2OH.CH(NH2)COOH, found in most animal proteins, especially silk. SERING (7) SERINS (6) [noun] Any of various small finches in the genus Serinus, with largely yellow plumage. SERMON (8) [noun] Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter. | [noun] A lengthy speech of reproval. | [verb] To discourse to or of, as in a sermon. SETONS (6) [noun] A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen etc., introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to induce suppuration; also, the issue so formed. SEVENS (9) [noun] The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof. | [noun] A card bearing seven pips. | [noun] Rugby sevens. SEWANS (9) SEWING (10) [verb] To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together. | [verb] To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together. | [verb] Followed by into: to enclose by sewing. | [noun] The action of the verb to sew. SEXING (14) [verb] To determine the sex of an animal. | [verb] To have sex with. | [noun] The determination of the sex of a young bird (typically poultry) SEXTAN (13) SEXTON (13) [noun] A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer. | [noun] A sexton beetle. SHAIRN (9) SHAKEN (13) [verb] To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. | [verb] To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance or disapproval. | [verb] To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion. SHAMAN (11) [noun] A traditional (prescientific) faith healer. | [noun] A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds. SHANDY (13) [noun] A drink made by mixing beer and lemonade. | [noun] A glass of this drink. | [adjective] Wild, energetic, romping, boisterous, rambunctious SHANKS (13) [noun] The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle. | [noun] Meat from that part of an animal. | [noun] A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs. SHANNY (12) [noun] A fish, the prickleback. SHANTI (9) SHANTY (12) [noun] A roughly-built hut or cabin. | [noun] A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned. | [noun] An unlicensed pub. | [noun] A song a sailor sings, especially in rhythm to his work. | [adjective] Jaunty; showy. SHAPEN (11) SHARNS (9) SHARNY (12) SHAVEN (12) [verb] To make bald or shorter by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin. | [verb] To cut anything in this fashion. | [verb] To remove hair from one's face by this means. SHEENS (9) [verb] To shine; to glisten. SHEENY (12) [noun] A Jew. | [noun] A cheat or fraudster. | [adjective] Having a sheen; glossy SHENDS (10) SHINDY (13) [noun] A shindig. | [noun] An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. | [noun] Hockey; shinney SHINED (10) [verb] To emit light. | [verb] To reflect light. | [verb] To distinguish oneself; to excel. SHINER (9) [noun] One who shines; a luminary. | [noun] One who causes things to shine; a polisher. | [noun] A black eye. SHINES (9) [noun] Brightness from a source of light. | [noun] Brightness from reflected light. | [noun] Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour. SHINNY (12) [verb] To climb in an awkward manner. | [noun] An informal game of pickup hockey played with minimal equipment: skates, sticks and a puck or ball. | [noun] Street hockey. | [noun] Moonshine (illegal alcohol) SHNAPS (11) SHNOOK (13) [noun] A person who is easily taken advantage of. SHOGUN (10) [noun] The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan. SHORAN (9) SHRANK (13) [verb] To cause to become smaller. | [verb] To become smaller; to contract. | [verb] To cower or flinch. | [noun] (Pennsylvania Dutch English) A large highly decorative German/Dutch-style piece of furniture, which combines aspects of a clothing wardrobe, curio, and cabinet. SHRINE (9) [noun] A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped. | [noun] A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint. | [noun] A place or object hallowed from its history or associations. SHRINK (13) [noun] Shrinkage; contraction; recoil. | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist. | [noun] Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date. SHRUNK (13) [verb] To cause to become smaller. | [verb] To become smaller; to contract. | [verb] To cower or flinch. SHUNTS (9) [noun] An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove. | [noun] A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit. | [noun] The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun. SHYING (13) [verb] To avoid due to timidness or caution. | [verb] To jump back in fear. | [verb] To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling SICCAN (10) SICKEN (12) [verb] To make ill. | [verb] To become ill. | [verb] To fill with disgust or abhorrence. SIDING (8) [noun] A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building. | [verb] To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with" | [verb] To lean on one side. | [noun] A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for loading or unloading freight, storing trains or other rail vehicles; or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction) (the latter sense is probably an American definition). SIENNA (6) [noun] A form of clay containing iron and manganese. | [noun] A pigment with a reddish-brown colour. | [noun] A light reddish-brown colour. SIGNAL (7) [noun] A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel. | [noun] Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection. | [noun] A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action. SIGNED (8) [verb] To make a mark | [verb] To make the sign of the cross | [verb] To indicate SIGNEE (7) [noun] One who signs a contract, especially in athletic contexts SIGNER (7) SIGNET (7) [noun] An object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin SIGNOR (7) [noun] A courtesy title for a man of Italian origin. SILANE (6) [noun] Any of a group of silicon hydrides that are analogous to alkanes (the paraffin hydrocarbons); especially the parent compound SiH4 | [noun] Monosilane (SiH₄) | [noun] Any organic derivative of monosilane SILENI (6) SILENT (6) [noun] That which is silent; a time of silence. | [noun] A silent movie | [adjective] Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. SILKEN (10) [verb] To render silken or silklike. | [adjective] Made of silk. | [adjective] Having a smooth, soft, or light texture, like that of silk; suggestive of silk. SILVAN (9) [adjective] Pertaining to the forest, or woodlands. | [adjective] Residing in a forest or wood. | [adjective] Wooded, or covered in forest. | [noun] Tellurium SIMIAN (8) [noun] An ape or monkey, especially an anthropoid. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to apes; apelike. | [adjective] Bearing resemblance to an ape. SIMLIN (8) SIMNEL (8) SIMONY (11) [noun] The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices, pardons, or consecrated objects. SIMOON (8) [noun] A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains. SINEWS (9) [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. SINEWY (12) [adjective] Tough; having strong sinews. | [adjective] Having or showing nervous strength. | [adjective] (of a person or animal) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. SINFUL (9) [adjective] Constituting a sin; being morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil | [adjective] Decadent (luxuriously self-indulgent) SINGED (8) [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. | [verb] To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame. SINGER (7) [noun] A person who sings, often professionally. | [noun] (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure. | [noun] A person who, or device which, singes. SINGES (7) [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. SINGLE (7) [noun] A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B. | [noun] A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track. | [noun] One who is not married or does not have a romantic partner. SINGLY (10) [adverb] In a single or unaccompanied manner; without a companion. | [adverb] Individually; particularly; severally. | [adverb] Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed. SINKER (10) [noun] One who sinks something. | [noun] A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink. | [noun] Any of several high speed pitches that have a downward motion near the plate; a two-seam fastball, a split-finger fastball, or a forkball. SINNED (7) [verb] To commit a sin. SINNER (6) [noun] A person who sins or has sinned. | [noun] A person who sins or has sinned by the action or identity indicated or previously mentioned | [noun] An unregenerate person. SINTER (6) [noun] An alluvial sediment deposited by a mineral spring. | [noun] A mass formed by sintering. | [noun] A mixture of iron ore and fluxes added to a blast furnace. SIPHON (11) [noun] A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another. | [noun] A soda siphon. | [noun] A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants. SIPING (9) SIRENS (6) [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. SIRING (7) [verb] (of a male) to procreate; to father, beget, impregnate. | [noun] An act of procreation, especially between animals. SISKIN (10) [noun] A small green and yellow European finch, Carduelis spinus spinus or Carduelis spinus, now Spinus spinus. | [noun] Any of various similar birds in subfamily Carduelinae, principally in the genus Spinus. SITING (7) [verb] To situate or place a building. | [noun] The act of finding a site for something. SITTEN (6) SIZING (16) [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. SKEANE (10) SKEANS (10) [noun] A double-edged, leaf-shaped, typically bronze dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland. | [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. SKEENS (10) SKEINS (10) [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. SKENES (10) SKIING (11) [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) | [noun] A group of sports utilizing skis as primary equipment. SKINKS (14) [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. SKINNY (13) [noun] The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor. | [noun] A state of nakedness; nudity. | [noun] A low-fat serving of coffee. SKLENT (10) SKUNKS (14) [noun] Any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure. | [noun] A despicable person. | [noun] A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Compare shutout. SKYING (14) [verb] To hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high. | [verb] To clear (a hurdle, high jump bar, etc.) by a large margin. | [verb] To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot be well seen. SKYMAN (15) SKYMEN (15) SLANGS (7) [noun] Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register. | [noun] Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon. | [noun] The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant. SLANGY (10) [adjective] Including or given to slang. SLANTS (6) [noun] A slope; an incline, inclination. | [noun] A sloped surface or line. | [noun] A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam. SLANTY (9) SLINGS (7) [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. SLINKS (10) [verb] To sneak about furtively. | [verb] To give birth to an animal prematurely. SLINKY (13) [noun] A three-dimensional curve — a spiral wound around a helix. | [adjective] Furtive, stealthy or catlike. | [adjective] Thin; lank; lean. SLOGAN (7) [noun] A catch phrase associated with the product or service being advertised. | [noun] A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people. | [noun] A battle cry among the ancient highlanders of Scotland. SLOVEN (9) [noun] A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut. | [noun] A low, base, lewd person. | [noun] An immoral woman. SLUING (7) [verb] To rotate something on an axis. | [verb] To turn something sharply. | [verb] To rotate on an axis; to pivot. SNACKS (12) [noun] A light meal. | [noun] An item of food eaten between meals. | [noun] A very sexy and attractive person. SNAFUS (9) [noun] A ridiculously chaotic situation. | [noun] A major glitch or breakdown. SNAGGY (11) [adjective] Covered in snags, or similar sharp projections. SNAILS (6) [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. SNAKED (11) [verb] To follow or move in a winding route. | [verb] To steal slyly. | [verb] To clean using a plumbing snake. SNAKES (10) [noun] A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue. | [noun] A treacherous person. | [noun] Somebody who acts deceitfully for social gain. SNAKEY (13) [adjective] Resembling or relating to snakes. | [adjective] Windy; winding; twisty; sinuous, wavy. | [adjective] Sly; cunning; deceitful. SNAPPY (13) [adjective] Rapid and without delay. | [adjective] Irritable. | [adjective] Tidy; well-dressed; sharp. SNARED (7) [verb] To catch or hold, especially with a loop. | [verb] To ensnare. SNARER (6) SNARES (6) [noun] A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather). | [noun] A mental or psychological trap. | [noun] A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal. SNARKS (10) [noun] A graph in which every node has three branches, and the edges cannot be coloured in fewer than four colours without two edges of the same colour meeting at a point. | [noun] A fluke or unrepeatable result or detection in an experiment. SNARKY (13) [adjective] Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation, often humorously. | [adjective] Irritable, irritated. SNARLS (6) [noun] A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle. | [noun] An intricate complication; a problematic difficulty; a knotty or tangled situation. | [noun] A slow-moving traffic jam. SNARLY (9) [adjective] Given to snarling or growling. | [adjective] Full of snarls. SNATCH (11) [noun] A quick grab or catch. | [noun] A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. | [noun] A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation. SNATHE (9) SNATHS (9) SNAWED (10) SNAZZY (27) [adjective] Elegant in manner of dress; stylish, modern or appealing in appearance; flashy. | [adjective] Excellent; clever, ingenious, or adept in behavior, operation, or execution. SNEAKS (10) [noun] One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information. | [noun] A cheat; a con artist. | [noun] An informer; a tell-tale. SNEAKY (13) [noun] Any device used for covert surveillance. | [adjective] Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries | [adjective] Dishonest; deceitful. SNEAPS (8) SNECKS (12) [noun] A latch or catch. | [noun] The nose. | [noun] A cut. SNEERS (6) [verb] To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn | [verb] To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly. SNEESH (9) SNEEZE (15) [noun] An act of sneezing. | [verb] To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose. | [verb] To expel air as if the nose were irritated. SNEEZY (18) SNELLS (6) [noun] A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook or lure is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line. SNICKS (12) [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. SNIDER (7) SNIFFS (12) [noun] An instance of sniffing. | [noun] A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose | [noun] A brief perception, or tiny amount. SNIFFY (15) [adjective] Disdainful; haughty. | [adjective] Characterised by sniffing. SNIPED (9) [verb] To hunt snipe. | [verb] To shoot at individuals from a concealed place. | [verb] (by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle. SNIPER (8) [noun] A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position. | [noun] Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position. | [noun] One who shoots from a concealed position. SNIPES (8) [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. SNIPPY (13) [adjective] Fragmentary; snipped. | [adjective] Irritable; impatient; short-tempered. | [adjective] Stingy. SNITCH (11) [noun] A thief. | [noun] An informer, usually one who betrays his group. | [noun] A nose. SNIVEL (9) [noun] The act of snivelling. | [noun] Nasal mucus; snot. | [verb] To breathe heavily through the nose while it is congested with nasal mucus. SNOBBY (13) [adjective] Characteristic of a snob. SNOODS (7) [noun] A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women. | [noun] A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place. | [noun] The flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey. SNOOKS (10) [noun] A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes. | [noun] Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families. | [noun] (as a gesture) A disrespectful gesture, performed by placing the tip of a thumb on one's nose with the fingers spread, and typically while wiggling the fingers back and forth. SNOOLS (6) [noun] An abject, cowardly person who submits tamely to others. SNOOPS (8) [noun] The act of snooping | [noun] One who snoops | [noun] A private detective SNOOPY (11) SNOOTS (6) [noun] An elitist individual; one who looks down upon lower social classes. | [noun] A language pedant or snob; one who practices linguistic elitism. | [noun] A nose or snout, especially in derogatory use. SNOOTY (9) [adjective] Pompous; snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose | [adjective] Elite; exclusive SNOOZE (15) [noun] A brief period of sleep; a nap. | [noun] The snooze button on an alarm clock. | [noun] Something boring. SNOOZY (18) SNORED (7) [verb] To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate. SNORER (6) SNORES (6) [noun] The act of snoring, and the noise produced. | [noun] An extremely boring person or event. | [verb] To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate. SNORTS (6) [noun] The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose. | [noun] A dose of a drug to be snorted. Here, "drug" includes snuff (i.e., pulverized tobacco). | [noun] A consumed portion of alcoholic drink. SNOTTY (9) [noun] The lion's mane jellyfish, which secretes a mucus that can foul fishing nets. | [adjective] Running or dirtied with snot. | [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of snot, especially in texture. SNOUTS (6) [noun] The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs. | [noun] The front of the prow of a ship or boat. | [noun] A person's nose. SNOUTY (9) SNOWED (10) [verb] To have snow fall from the sky. | [verb] To hoodwink someone, especially by presenting confusing information. | [verb] To bluff in draw poker by refusing to draw any cards. SNUBBY (13) SNUFFS (12) [verb] To inhale through the nose. | [verb] To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence. | [verb] To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated. SNUFFY (15) [adjective] Soiled with snuff. | [adjective] Sulky; angry; vexed. SNUGLY (10) [adverb] Tightly, with limited space to move, in a snug manner. SOCMAN (10) SOCMEN (10) SODDEN (8) [verb] To drench, soak or saturate. | [verb] To become soaked. | [adjective] Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated. SOFTEN (9) [verb] To make something soft or softer. | [verb] To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up). | [verb] To make less harsh SOIGNE (7) [adjective] Fashionable and elegant, well-groomed. SOLAND (7) SOLANO (6) SOLANS (6) [noun] Solan goose SOLDAN (7) SOLEMN (8) [adjective] Deeply serious and somber. | [adjective] Somberly impressive. | [adjective] Performed with great ceremony. SOLING (7) [verb] To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug. | [verb] To put a sole on (a shoe or boot) SOLION (6) SOLONS (6) SONANT (6) SONARS (6) [noun] Echolocation | [noun] A device that uses hydrophones (in the same manner as radar) to locate objects underwater. SONATA (6) [noun] A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo. SONDER (7) SONDES (7) [noun] Probe; sound. | [noun] (physical sciences) Any of various devices for testing physical conditions, often for remote or underwater locations. SONICS (8) [noun] The science and technology of sound. SONNET (6) [noun] A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes. | [verb] To compose sonnets. | [verb] To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about. SONSIE (6) [adjective] Lucky; fortunate; thriving; plump SOONER (6) [adjective] Short in length of time from the present. | [adjective] Early | [adverb] Immediately, instantly. SORING (7) SORNED (7) SORNER (6) SOUDAN (7) SOUNDS (7) [noun] A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium. | [noun] A vibration capable of causing such sensations. | [noun] A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc SOVRAN (9) SOWANS (9) SOWENS (9) SOWING (10) [verb] To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds). | [verb] To spread abroad; to propagate. | [verb] To scatter over; to besprinkle. SOZINE (15) SOZINS (15) SPANKS (12) [noun] An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap. | [noun] A slapping sound, as produced by spanking. | [verb] To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction. SPAVIN (11) [noun] A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones. SPAWNS (11) [verb] To produce or deposit (eggs) in water. | [verb] To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers. | [verb] To bring forth in general. SPEANS (8) SPENCE (10) [noun] A buttery or pantry SPENDS (9) [noun] Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure. | [noun] (in the plural) Expenditures; money or pocket money. | [noun] Discharged semen. SPENSE (8) SPHENE (11) [noun] Titanite SPHINX (18) [noun] A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal (commonly a lion). | [noun] A person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic person. | [noun] A mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx, formerly classified a baboon, and called sphinx baboon. SPINAL (8) [noun] A spinal anesthesia. | [adjective] Of or relating to the spine. | [adjective] (of a frog, or other experimental animal) Having a pithed brain, but an intact spinal cord. SPINED (9) SPINEL (8) [noun] Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours. | [noun] Any crystalline material, not necessarily an oxide, that possesses the same crystal structure as this mineral. | [noun] Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle. SPINES (8) [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. SPINET (8) [noun] A short, compact harpsichord or piano. | [noun] A spinney. SPINNY (11) [noun] A small copse or wood, especially one planted as a shelter for game birds. | [adjective] Associated with spinning; moving with a spinning motion. | [adjective] Thin and long; slim; slender SPINOR (8) SPINTO (8) SPLEEN (8) [noun] In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes. | [noun] (except in the set phrase "to vent one's spleen") A bad mood; spitefulness. | [noun] A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim. SPLENT (8) SPLINE (8) [noun] Long thin piece of metal or wood. | [noun] A rectangular piece that fits grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together. | [noun] A flexible strip of metal or other material, that may be bent into a curve and used in a similar manner to a ruler to draw smooth curves between points. SPLINT (8) [noun] An inferior kind of cannel coal from Scottish collieries, having a slaty structure. | [noun] A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece. | [noun] A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia. SPOKEN (12) [verb] To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud. | [verb] To have a conversation. | [verb] (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions. SPONGE (9) [noun] Any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica. | [noun] A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic). | [noun] A porous material such as sponges consist of. SPONGY (12) [adjective] Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous. | [adjective] Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy. | [adjective] Drunk. SPOONS (8) [verb] To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted. | [noun] An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle. | [noun] An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon. SPOONY (11) [noun] A foolish, simple, or silly person. | [noun] A foolishly amorous person. | [adjective] Enamored in a silly or sentimental way. SPRAIN (8) [noun] The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining | [verb] To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation SPRANG (9) [verb] To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation | [verb] To burst forth. | [verb] (of beards) To grow. SPRENT (8) SPRING (9) [verb] To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation | [noun] An act of springing: a leap, a jump. | [noun] The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life, variously reckoned as SPRINT (8) [noun] A short race at top speed. | [noun] A burst of speed or activity. | [noun] In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings. SPRUNG (9) [verb] To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation | [verb] To burst forth. | [verb] (of beards) To grow. SPUING (9) SPUNKS (12) [verb] To catch fire; flame up. | [verb] To ejaculate. SPUNKY (15) [adjective] Spirited or plucky. | [adjective] Pertaining to or like spunk (semen). | [adjective] Stained with semen. SPURNS (8) [noun] An act of spurning; a scornful rejection. | [noun] A kick; a blow with the foot. | [noun] Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. SPYING (12) [verb] To act as a spy. | [verb] To spot; to catch sight of. | [verb] To search narrowly; to scrutinize. SQUINT (15) [noun] An expression in which the eyes are partly closed. | [noun] The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus. | [noun] A quick or sideways glance. STAINS (6) [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. STAMEN (8) [noun] In flowering plants, the structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament. STANCE (8) [noun] The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands. | [noun] One's opinion or point of view. | [noun] A place to stand; a position, a site, a station. STANCH (11) [noun] That which stanches or checks a flow. | [noun] A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. | [verb] To stop the flow of. STANDS (7) [noun] The act of standing. | [noun] A defensive position or effort. | [noun] A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition. STANED (7) STANES (6) STANGS (7) STANKS (10) STANZA (15) [noun] A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse. | [noun] An apartment or division in a building. | [noun] An XML element which acts as basic unit of meaning in XMPP. STEINS (6) [noun] A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass. STENCH (11) [noun] A strong foul smell; a stink. | [noun] A foul quality. | [noun] A smell or odour, not necessarily bad. STENOS (6) [noun] A stenographer, someone whose job is to take dictation in shorthand | [noun] Stenography STERNA (6) [noun] The breastbone | [noun] The sclerotized plate of spiders, between the coxae, marking the floor of the cephalothorax STERNS (6) [noun] The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel. | [noun] The post of management or direction. | [noun] The hinder part of anything. STINGO (7) STINGS (7) [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. STINGY (10) [adjective] Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean | [adjective] Small, scant, meager, insufficient | [adjective] Stinging; able to sting. STINKO (10) [adjective] Drunk STINKS (10) [noun] A strong bad smell. | [noun] A complaint or objection. | [verb] To have a strong bad smell. STINKY (13) [adjective] Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking. | [adjective] Bad, undesirable. STINTS (6) [noun] A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell. | [noun] Limit; bound; restraint; extent. | [noun] Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted. STOLEN (6) [verb] To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else. | [verb] (of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement. | [verb] To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully. STOLON (6) [noun] A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner. | [noun] A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding, found in bryozoans, pterobranchs, some corals, and other invertebrates. | [noun] A hypha that acts as a runner, connecting sporangiophores. STONED (7) [verb] To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones. | [verb] To wall with stones. | [verb] To remove a stone from (fruit etc.). STONER (6) [noun] One who stones. | [noun] A machine to remove the stones (pits) from fruit. | [noun] A habitual user of cannabis. STONES (6) [noun] A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks. | [noun] A small piece of stone, a pebble. | [noun] A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond. STONEY (9) STOUND (7) STRAIN (6) [noun] Treasure. | [noun] The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg. | [noun] Race; lineage, pedigree. | [noun] The act of straining, or the state of being strained. | [verb] To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world. STRAND (7) [noun] The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach. | [noun] The shore or beach of a lake or river. | [noun] A small brook or rivulet. | [noun] Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord. STRANG (7) STREWN (9) [verb] (archaic except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner. | [verb] (archaic except strewn) To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered. | [verb] To spread abroad; to disseminate. STRING (7) [noun] A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses. | [noun] (metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner. | [noun] A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers. STRONG (7) [adjective] Capable of producing great physical force. | [adjective] Capable of withstanding great physical force. | [adjective] (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power. STROWN (9) [verb] (archaic except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner. | [verb] (archaic except strewn) To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered. | [verb] To spread abroad; to disseminate. STRUNG (7) [verb] To put (items) on a string. | [verb] To put strings on (something). | [verb] To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc. STRUNT (6) STUNTS (6) [noun] A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills. | [noun] Skill | [noun] A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line. STYING (10) [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. SUBNET (8) [noun] The abstraction of a sequence. | [noun] A portion of a network that shares a network address in which each component is identified by a number. | [verb] To break (a network) into subnets. SUBORN (8) [verb] To induce to commit an unlawful or malicious act, or to commit perjury | [verb] To procure privately, or by collusion; to incite secretly; to instigate. SUDDEN (8) [noun] An unexpected occurrence; a surprise. | [adjective] Happening quickly and with little or no warning. | [adjective] Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid. SUINTS (6) SULDAN (7) SULLEN (6) [noun] One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit. | [noun] (chiefly in plural) Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness. | [adjective] Having a brooding ill temper; sulky. SULTAN (6) [noun] The holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph. | [noun] A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Indonesia and in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire. | [noun] A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards. SUMMON (10) [noun] Call, command, order | [verb] To call people together; to convene. | [verb] To ask someone to come; to send for. SUNBOW (11) [noun] A bow or arc of prismatic colors like a rainbow, caused by refraction through a spray of water from a cataract, waterfall, fountain, etc., rather than through droplets of rain. SUNDAE (7) [noun] A dessert consisting of ice cream with various toppings. | [noun] A Korean dish made of the boiled or steamed intestines of a cow or pig, stuffed with various ingredients. SUNDER (7) [adjective] Sundry; separate; different. | [noun] A separation into parts; a division or severance | [verb] To break or separate or to break apart, especially with force. SUNDEW (10) [noun] Any of a group of insectivorous plants in the genus Drosera that catch insects by sticky droplets ("dew") at the end of hairs on the leafs and grow in boggy ground all over the world. SUNDOG (8) [noun] Either of two bright spots, caused by the refraction of sunlight through ice crystals, sometimes seen on the parhelic circle. SUNDRY (10) [noun] (usually in the plural) A minor miscellaneous item. | [noun] (in the plural) A category for irregular or miscellaneous items not otherwise classified. | [noun] (usually in the plural) An extra. SUNKEN (10) [verb] (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something. | [verb] (heading, social) To diminish or be diminished. | [verb] To conceal and appropriate. SUNKET (10) SUNLIT (6) [adjective] Illuminated by sunlight. SUNNAH (9) SUNNAS (6) SUNNED (7) [verb] To expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun. | [verb] To warm or dry in the sunshine. | [verb] To be exposed to the sun. SUNSET (6) [noun] The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon. | [noun] The changes in color of the sky at sunset. | [noun] The final period of the life of a person or thing. SUNTAN (6) [noun] In humans a brown or darkened coloration of the skin caused by exposure to ultraviolet light. | [verb] To obtain a suntan by exposure to ultraviolet light. | [verb] To attempt to obtain a suntan. SUNUPS (8) [noun] The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon. | [noun] The change in color of the sky at sunup. SUPINE (8) [noun] (grammar) In Latin and other languages: a type of verbal noun used in the ablative and accusative cases, which shares the same stem as the passive participle. | [noun] (grammar) In Swedish: a verb form that combines with an inflection of ha to form the present perfect and pluperfect tenses. | [adjective] Lying on its back. SWAINS (9) [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. SWANKS (13) [verb] To swagger, to show off. SWANKY (16) [noun] An active and clever young fellow. | [noun] Poor thin beer or any sloppy drink, even sweetened water and vinegar. | [adjective] Rather posh, elegant, ritzy. SWEENY (12) SWEVEN (12) SWINGE (10) [noun] A swinging blow. | [noun] Power; sway; influence. | [verb] To singe. SWINGS (10) [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. SWINGY (13) [adjective] Having a swinging motion. | [adjective] Characteristic of swing music. | [adjective] Having many swing voters. SWINKS (13) SWOONS (9) [verb] To faint, to lose consciousness. | [verb] (by extension) To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation. | [verb] To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection. SWOUND (10) SWOUNS (9) SYLVAN (12) [noun] One who resides in the woods. | [noun] A fabled deity of the wood; a faun, a satyr. | [adjective] Pertaining to the forest, or woodlands. SYLVIN (12) SYNCED (12) [verb] To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video. | [verb] To flush all pending I/O operations to disk. SYNCHS (14) [noun] Harmony. | [noun] A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films. | [noun] The state or property of being synchronized. SYNCOM (13) SYNDET (10) SYNDIC (12) [noun] A government official, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva. | [noun] An agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee. SYNGAS (10) [noun] Synthesis gas or coal gas SYNODS (10) [noun] An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters. | [noun] An administrative division of churches, either the entire denomination, as in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, or a mid-level division (middle judicatory, district) as in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | [noun] An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body. SYNTAX (16) [noun] A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences. | [noun] The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language. | [noun] The study of the structure of phrases, sentences and language. SYNTHS (12) [noun] A musical synthesizer. | [verb] To play on a musical synthesizer. SYNURA (9) SYPHON (14) [noun] A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another. | [noun] A soda siphon. | [noun] A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants. SYRENS (9) SYRINX (16) [noun] A set of panpipes. | [noun] A narrow channel cut in rock, especially in ancient Egyptian tombs. | [noun] The voice organ in birds. TABUNS (8) TAENIA (6) [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. TAHINI (9) [noun] A paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc. TAINTS (6) [noun] A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food | [noun] A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish | [noun] Tincture; hue; colour TAIPAN (8) [noun] A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon. | [noun] Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea. TAKING (11) [verb] To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force. | [verb] To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc). | [verb] To remove. TAKINS (10) [noun] A goat-antelope, species Budorcas taxicolor. TALENT (6) [noun] A marked natural ability or skill. | [noun] A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East. | [noun] A desire or inclination for something. TALION (6) TALONS (6) [noun] A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal. | [noun] One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth. | [noun] A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.) TAMEIN (8) TAMING (9) [verb] To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate. | [verb] To become tame or domesticated. | [verb] To make gentle or meek. TAMPAN (10) TAMPON (10) [noun] A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation. | [noun] A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum. | [noun] An inking pad used in lithographic printing. TANDEM (9) [noun] A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing the pulling power but only the animal in front able to steer. | [noun] (transferred sense) A bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front able to steer. | [noun] A group of two or more people, machines etc. working together; close collaboration. TANGED (8) [verb] To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper. | [verb] To make a ringing sound; to ring. | [adjective] Having a tang. TANGLE (7) [noun] A tangled twisted mass. | [noun] A complicated or confused state or condition. | [noun] An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight. | [noun] Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria. TANGLY (10) TANGOS (7) [noun] A Standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango. | [noun] A piece of music suited to such a dance. | [noun] The letter T in the ICAO spelling alphabet. TANIST (6) [noun] The heir presumptive to the chieftainship or kingship of a Celtic clan in ancient Ireland, Scotland or Mann. TANKAS (10) [noun] An ethnic group of boat people in the Canton area. | [noun] A kind of boat used in Canton, about 25 feet long and often rowed by tanka women; junk. | [noun] A coin and unit of currency of varying value, formerly used in parts of India and Central Asia. TANKED (11) [verb] To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet. | [verb] To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently. | [verb] To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank. TANKER (10) [noun] A tank ship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid. | [noun] A tank truck. | [noun] A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker. TANNED (7) [verb] To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun. | [verb] To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner. | [verb] To spank or beat. TANNER (6) [noun] A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan. | [noun] A former British coin, worth six old pence | [adjective] Of a yellowish-brown. TANNIC (8) [adjective] Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin. TANNIN (6) [noun] Tannic acid or any of its derivatives. TANREC (8) TANTRA (6) [noun] A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text. TANUKI (10) TAPING (9) [verb] To bind with adhesive tape. | [verb] To record, particularly onto magnetic tape. | [verb] (passive) To understand, figure out. TARING (7) TARNAL (6) TARPAN (8) [noun] An extinct Northern European wild horse, Equus ferus ferus. TARPON (8) [noun] Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish. TARTAN (6) [noun] A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans having their own distinctive patterns. | [noun] The pattern associated with such material. | [noun] An individual or a group wearing tartan; a Highlander or Scotsman in general. | [noun] A type of one-masted vessel used in the Mediterranean. TARZAN (15) TAUNTS (6) [noun] A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery | [verb] To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner. TAUTEN (6) TAVERN (9) [noun] A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, and usually offering accommodation; an inn. TAWING (10) [verb] To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew. | [verb] (by extension) To beat; to scourge. | [verb] To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them. TAWNEY (12) TAXING (14) [verb] To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company). | [verb] To impose and collect a tax on (something). | [verb] To make excessive demands on. TAXMAN (15) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A tax collector. | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A tax-collecting organ, personified. TAXMEN (15) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A tax collector. | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A tax-collecting organ, personified. TAXONS (13) TEEING (7) [verb] To draw; lead. | [verb] To draw away; go; proceed. | [verb] To place a ball on a tee TEENER (6) TEENSY (9) [adjective] Tiny TEGMEN (9) [noun] A covering or integument, usually referring to a thin layer or membrane in an organism. | [noun] An integument such as the inner membrane of the coat of a seed. | [noun] A covering such as the thin layer of bone in the roof of the middle ear of mammals. TEINDS (7) TELSON (6) [noun] The part of an arthropod or crustacean posterior to the last segment. TENACE (8) [noun] An interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen. TENAIL (6) TENANT (6) [noun] One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others. | [noun] One who has possession of any place. | [noun] One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership. TENDED (8) [verb] (Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender. | [verb] (followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning. | [verb] To contribute to or toward some outcome. TENDER (7) [noun] Care, kind concern, regard. | [noun] The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry. | [adjective] Sensitive or painful to the touch. | [adverb] Tenderly | [verb] To make tender or delicate; to weaken. | [noun] Someone who tends or waits on someone. | [noun] Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply. TENDON (7) [noun] A tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment. | [noun] A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete. TENETS (6) [noun] An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization. TENIAE (6) TENIAS (6) [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. TENNER (6) [noun] A monetary note (bill) whose face value is ten basic units of currency. Originally, a ten-shilling (half pound) note. | [noun] A kind of 10-kilowatt lamp. | [noun] A tennis shoe. TENNIS (6) [noun] A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets. | [noun] A match in this sport. | [noun] An earlier game in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racquet or with the open hand. TENONS (6) [noun] A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame. | [verb] To make into a tenon. | [verb] To fit with tenons. TENORS (6) [noun] A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto. | [noun] A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range. | [noun] A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies. TENOUR (6) TENPIN (8) [noun] Any of the bottle-shaped targets used in tenpin bowling. | [noun] The game of ten-pin bowling. TENREC (8) [noun] Any of several diverse small mammals, of the family Tenrecidae, many native to Madagascar. TENSED (7) [verb] (grammar) To apply a tense to. | [verb] To make or become tense. TENSER (6) [adjective] Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed. | [adjective] Pulled taut, without any slack. TENSES (6) [noun] (grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. | [noun] (grammar) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense. | [noun] The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists. TENSOR (6) [noun] A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense. | [noun] A mathematical object that describes linear relations on scalars, vectors, matrices and other tensors, and is represented as a multidimensional array. | [noun] A norm operation on the quaternion algebra. TENTED (7) [verb] To go camping. | [verb] To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven. | [verb] To form into a tent-like shape. TENTER (6) [noun] A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried. | [noun] One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman. | [noun] A kind of governor, or regulating device. TENTHS (9) [noun] The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position. | [noun] One of ten equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third. TENTIE (6) TENUES (6) TENUIS (6) TENURE (6) [noun] A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency. | [noun] A period of time during which something is possessed. | [noun] A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution. TENUTI (6) [noun] A tempo mark directing that a note or passage is to be held for the full time | [noun] A passage having this mark TENUTO (6) [noun] A tempo mark directing that a note or passage is to be held for the full time | [noun] A passage having this mark | [adjective] Describing a passage having this mark TEOPAN (8) TERNES (6) TESTON (6) TETANY (9) [noun] A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism TEWING (10) THANES (9) [noun] A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron. THANKS (13) [noun] An expression of appreciation; a thought. | [verb] To express gratitude or appreciation toward. | [verb] To feel gratitude or appreciation toward. THEGNS (10) [noun] A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron. THEINE (9) [noun] Caffeine when present in tea. THEINS (9) THENAL (9) THENAR (9) [noun] The palm of the hand or sole of the foot. | [noun] The ball of the thumb, or the muscle controlling it. | [adjective] Relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot. THENCE (11) [adverb] From there, from that place or from that time. | [adverb] Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom. | [adverb] From that time; thenceforth; thereafter THINGS (10) [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. THINKS (13) [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. THINLY (12) [adverb] In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly. THONGS (10) [noun] A strip of leather. | [noun] (usually in the plural) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour. | [noun] An undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more. THORNS (9) [noun] A sharp protective spine of a plant. | [noun] Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn. | [noun] That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome. THORNY (12) [adjective] Having thorns or spines | [adjective] Troublesome or vexatious | [adjective] Aloof and irritable THORON (9) THRAWN (12) THRONE (9) [noun] An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions. | [noun] Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch. | [noun] The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope. THRONG (10) [noun] A group of people crowded or gathered closely together. | [noun] A group of things; a host or swarm. | [verb] To crowd into a place, especially to fill it. THROWN (12) [verb] To change place. | [verb] To change in state or status | [verb] To move through time. THUNKS (13) [noun] (functional programming) A delayed computation. | [noun] In the Scheme programming language, a function or procedure taking no arguments. | [noun] A mapping of machine data from one system-specific form to another, usually for compatibility reasons, such as from 16-bit addresses to 32-bit to allow a 16-bit program to run on a 32-bit operating system. TIDING (8) [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. TIEING (7) TIEPIN (8) [noun] A tie tack, a pin or stud used to secure a tie to the shirt. TIFFIN (12) [noun] A (light) midday meal or snack; luncheon. | [noun] A container used to carry a tiffin; tiffin box, tiffin carrier, tiffin container. | [verb] To eat a (light) midday meal or snack. TIGLON (7) [noun] A fertile hybrid cross between a male tiger (Panthera tigris) and a lioness (Panthera leo). TIGONS (7) [noun] A cross between a male tiger and a lioness. TILING (7) [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. TIMING (9) [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. TINCAL (8) TINCTS (8) TINDER (7) [noun] Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire. | [verb] To set fire to; torch. TINEAL (6) TINEAS (6) TINEID (7) TINFUL (9) TINGED (8) [verb] To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing. | [verb] To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing. | [verb] To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing. | [verb] To make a high sharp sound like a small bell being struck. TINGES (7) [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. TINGLE (7) [noun] A prickling or mildly stinging sensation. | [verb] To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. | [verb] To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. TINGLY (10) [adjective] Producing or feeling tingles. TINIER (6) [adjective] Very small. TINILY (9) TINING (7) TINKER (10) [noun] An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal. | [noun] A member of the Irish Traveller community. A gypsy. | [noun] (usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster. TINKLE (10) [noun] A light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes. | [noun] A telephone call. | [noun] An act of urination. TINKLY (13) TINMAN (8) TINMEN (8) TINNED (7) [verb] To place into a tin in order to preserve. | [verb] To cover with tin. | [verb] To coat with solder in preparation for soldering. TINNER (6) [noun] A tinsmith. | [noun] A worker in a tin mine. TINSEL (6) [noun] A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like. | [noun] Very thin strips of a glittering, metallic material used as a decoration, and traditionally draped at Christmas time over streamers, paper chains and the branches of Christmas trees. | [noun] Anything shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more pretty than valuable. TINTED (7) [verb] To shade, to color. | [adjective] Slightly colored, having tint. TINTER (6) TIRING (7) [verb] To become sleepy or weary. | [verb] To make sleepy or weary. | [verb] To become bored or impatient (with). TISANE (6) [noun] A medicinal drink, originally made from barley soaked in water. TITANS (6) [noun] Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness. TITIAN (6) [noun] A bright auburn colour, tinted with gold. | [adjective] Of a bright auburn colour, tinted with gold, especially in reference to hair. TITMAN (8) TITMEN (8) TOCSIN (8) [noun] An alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, originally especially with reference to France. | [noun] A bell used to sound an alarm. TOEING (7) [verb] To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe. | [verb] To touch, tap or kick with the toes. | [verb] To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to. TOKENS (10) [noun] Something serving as an expression of something else. | [noun] A keepsake. | [noun] A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services. TOKING (11) [verb] To give a gratuity to. | [verb] To smoke marijuana. | [verb] To inhale a puff of marijuana TOLANE (6) TOLANS (6) TOLING (7) TOMANS (8) TONDOS (7) TONEME (8) [noun] A phoneme in a language that uses different tones for different meanings. TONERS (6) [noun] Powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper. | [noun] Cosmetic lotion designed to cleanse the skin and shrink pores, usually used on the face. | [noun] A musician, particularly one that plays a wind instrument. TONGAS (7) [noun] A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. TONGED (8) [verb] To use tongs. | [verb] To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs. TONGER (7) TONGUE (7) [noun] The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech. | [noun] This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).− | [noun] (metonym) A language. TONICS (8) [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. TONIER (6) [adjective] Stylish, high-toned, upscale. TONING (7) [verb] To give a particular tone to | [verb] To change the colour of | [verb] To make (something) firmer TONISH (9) TONLET (6) TONNER (6) TONNES (6) [noun] A metric unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. Symbol: t | [noun] A score of 100. TONSIL (6) [noun] Either of a pair of small masses of lymphoid tissue that lie on each side of the throat and that help protect the body against infection; palatine tonsil. | [noun] Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues, including palatine tonsils, adenoids and lingual tonsils. TOPING (9) [verb] To drink excessively; to get drunk. TORTEN (6) TOTING (7) [verb] To carry or bear. | [verb] To add up; to calculate a total. TOUCAN (8) [noun] Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak. TOWING (10) [noun] The act by which something is towed. TOWNEE (9) [noun] A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university. | [noun] A person born and raised in an area of Massachusetts who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage. | [noun] A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways. TOWNIE (9) [noun] A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university. | [noun] A person born and raised in an area of Massachusetts who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage. | [noun] A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways. TOXINE (13) TOXINS (13) [noun] A toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms. TOYING (10) [verb] To play (with) in an idle or desultory way. | [verb] To ponder or consider. | [verb] To stimulate with a sex toy. TOYONS (9) [noun] A chiefly Californian ornamental evergreen shrub (Heteromeles arbutifolia) of the rose family having white flowers succeeded by red berries. TRAINS (6) [noun] Elongated portion. | [noun] Connected sequence of people or things. | [verb] To practice an ability. TRANCE (8) [noun] A dazed or unconscious condition. | [noun] A state of awareness, concentration, and/or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being). | [noun] A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis. | [noun] (obsolete outside Britain) A tedious journey. TRANKS (10) [noun] An oblong piece of skin from which the pieces for a glove are cut. | [noun] A tranquilizer. TRANQS (15) [noun] A tranquilizer. TRAPAN (8) TREENS (6) [noun] Household articles made of wood. | [noun] A large wooden platter. | [noun] A territorial division in the Isle of Man. TRENCH (11) [noun] A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground. | [noun] A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces. | [noun] A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation. TRENDS (7) [noun] An inclination in a particular direction. | [noun] A tendency. | [noun] A fad or fashion style. TRENDY (10) [noun] A trendy person. | [adjective] Of, or in accordance with the latest trend, fashion or hype. TREPAN (8) [noun] A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts. | [noun] A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine. | [verb] To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means. | [noun] A trickster. TRIENE (6) [noun] Any alkene that has three double bonds TRIENS (6) TRIGON (7) [noun] A triangle. | [noun] An ancient triangular harp of Oriental origin which had four strings and was often used for banquet music. Also called sabbeka, sackbut, sambuca. | [noun] A division consisting of three signs. TRINAL (6) TRINED (7) [verb] To put in the aspect of a trine. | [verb] To hang; To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck. | [verb] To go. TRINES (6) [noun] A group of three things. | [noun] An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart. TRITON (6) [noun] The atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons | [noun] Any of several marine gastropods of the family Ranellidae, which have a pointed spiral shell. TRIUNE (6) [adjective] Threefold, having three components that are both separate and united. | [adjective] (specifically, of the Trinity) Having three hypostases that are perfectly united but distinct. TROGON (7) [noun] A bird of a species in the family Trogonidae, most of which live in Central and South America, have colorful feathers, and nest in holes in trees. TRONAS (6) TRONES (6) TROPIN (8) TRUANT (6) [noun] One who is absent without permission, especially from school. | [verb] To play truant. | [verb] To idle away; to waste. TRUING (7) [verb] To straighten. | [verb] To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust. | [noun] The alignment (and cutting) of a wheel (especially a grinding wheel) such that its surface is concentric with its axis. TRUNKS (10) [noun] (heading, biological) Part of a body. | [noun] (heading) A container. | [noun] (heading) A channel for flow of some kind. TRYING (10) [verb] To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive. | [verb] To divide; to separate. | [verb] To test, to work out. TSKING (11) TUBING (9) [verb] To supply with, or enclose in, a tube. | [verb] To ride an inner tube. | [verb] To intubate. TUCHUN (11) TUNDRA (7) [noun] A flat and treeless Arctic biome. TUNERS (6) [noun] A person who tunes a piano or organ. | [noun] A device, electronic or mechanical, that helps a person tune a musical instrument by showing the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch. | [noun] On a musical instrument, a peg or mechanical device that changes the tension, and hence pitch, of a string. TUNEUP (8) [noun] A series of adjustments to an engine in order to improve its performance | [noun] A series of preparations for vigorous exercise; a warm-up | [noun] A match or race (frequently one exhibition in nature) contested as preparation for a match or race of high stakes. TUNICA (8) TUNICS (8) [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. TUNING (7) [verb] To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches. | [verb] To adjust or modify (esp. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally. | [verb] To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel. TUNNED (7) [verb] To put into tuns, or casks. TUNNEL (6) [noun] An underground or underwater passage. | [noun] A passage through or under some obstacle. | [noun] A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow. TURBAN (8) [noun] A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head. | [noun] A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim. | [noun] The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell. TUREEN (6) [noun] A broad, deep serving dish used for serving soup or stew. TURNED (7) [verb] (heading) to make a non-linear physical movement. | [verb] (heading) To change condition or attitude. | [verb] To change one's course of action; to take a new approach. TURNER (6) [noun] One who or that which turns. | [noun] A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe | [noun] A kitchen utensil used for turning food. | [noun] A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises. | [noun] An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI. TURNIP (8) [noun] The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle. | [noun] The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus. | [noun] A large, heavy pocket watch, so called because its profile resembled the vegetable. TURNUP (8) TWAINS (9) TWANGS (10) [noun] The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument. | [noun] A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars. | [noun] A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice. TWANGY (13) TWANKY (16) TWEENY (12) [noun] A shot played between the legs; a tweener. | [noun] A between-maid, or maidservant who helps the cook as well as the housemaid. | [adjective] Characteristic of a typical tween (a child not quite old enough to be a teenager). TWENTY (12) [noun] A banknote with a denomination of 20. | [noun] 10-20 (location). | [noun] An old English division of infantry. TWINED (10) [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide. | [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart. | [verb] (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries). TWINER (9) TWINES (9) [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide. | [verb] (obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart. | [verb] (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries). TWINGE (10) [noun] A pinch; a tweak; a twitch. | [noun] A sudden sharp pain. | [verb] To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak. TYCOON (11) [noun] A wealthy and powerful business person. TYMPAN (13) [noun] A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed. | [noun] The stretched membrane of a drum. | [noun] A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end. TYNING (10) TYPHON (14) TYPING (12) [verb] To put text on paper using a typewriter. | [verb] To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard. | [verb] To determine the blood type of. TYRANT (9) [noun] A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession. | [noun] Any monarch or governor. | [noun] A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly. TYRING (10) UHLANS (9) [noun] A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian/German, Austrian, and Russian armies. UMPING (11) [verb] To act as an umpire. UNABLE (8) [adjective] Not able; lacking a certain ability. | [verb] To render unable; disable UNAGED (8) UNAKIN (10) UNARMS (8) [verb] To disarm, to remove the armour and weapons from. | [verb] To remove one's armour. UNAWED (10) [adjective] Not awed; not afraid, impressed or in awe. UNBANS (8) [verb] To lift a ban against. UNBARS (8) [verb] To remove an impediment that obstructs the passage of (someone or something). | [verb] To remove a prohibition. | [verb] To unlock or unbolt a door that had been locked or bolted with a bar. UNBEAR (8) UNBELT (8) [verb] To remove a belt | [verb] To relax, unwind UNBEND (9) [verb] To remove a bend so as to make, or allow to become, straight | [verb] To release (a load) from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax. | [verb] To unfasten sails from the spars or stays to which are attached for use. UNBENT (8) [verb] To remove a bend so as to make, or allow to become, straight | [verb] To release (a load) from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax. | [verb] To unfasten sails from the spars or stays to which are attached for use. UNBIND (9) [verb] To take bindings off. | [verb] To set free from a debt, contract or promise. | [verb] To disable some kind of connection in software, such as a key binding. UNBOLT (8) [verb] To unlock by undoing the bolts of. UNBORN (8) [noun] A single unborn offspring at any stage of gestation. | [noun] Unborn offspring collectively. | [adjective] Not yet born; yet to come; future. UNBRED (9) UNBUSY (11) UNCAGE (9) [verb] To take out of or release from a cage. | [verb] (by extension) To unleash; to remove from restraints. UNCAKE (12) UNCAPS (10) [verb] To remove a cap or cover from. | [verb] To take off one's cap. UNCASE (8) [verb] To take out of a case or covering; to uncover. | [verb] To strip; to flay. | [verb] To display, or spread to view, as a flag, or the colors of a military body. UNCHIC (13) UNCIAE (8) UNCIAL (8) [adjective] Of or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high. | [noun] A style of writing using uncial letters. | [noun] A letter in this style. UNCINI (8) UNCLAD (9) [adjective] Without clothing or other covering. UNCLES (8) [noun] The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent. | [noun] The male cousin of one’s parent. | [noun] A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother. UNCLIP (10) [verb] To release something by removing a clip. UNCLOG (9) [verb] To remove a blockage from. | [verb] To have a blockage removed. UNCOCK (14) UNCOIL (8) [verb] To unwind or untwist (something). | [verb] To unwind or untwist oneself. UNCOOL (8) [adjective] Not in accord with the current fashion, standards or mores of a particular group; not cool UNCORK (12) [verb] To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from. | [verb] To release. UNCUFF (14) UNCURB (10) UNCURL (8) [verb] To straighten out from being curled up. UNCUTE (8) UNDEAD (8) [noun] (horror fiction) A creature that is undead; that is, dead but still animate. | [noun] (horror fiction) Those creatures which are undead; that is, dead yet still animate. | [adjective] Pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life. UNDIES (7) [verb] To come back to life after having died. | [verb] To become undead. | [noun] Underwear, underpants UNDINE (7) [noun] A female water-sprite or nymph. | [noun] The elemental being of water. | [noun] A small flask used to apply lotions to the eye. UNDOCK (13) [verb] To remove (a ship) from a dock. | [verb] To remove from a docking station. | [verb] To drag (a user interface element, such as a toolbar) away from its fixed position so that it floats freely. UNDOER (7) UNDOES (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. UNDONE (7) [adjective] Not done. | [verb] To reverse the effects of an action. | [verb] To unfasten. UNDRAW (10) UNDREW (10) UNDULY (10) [adverb] Undeservedly; in a way that is not warranted. UNDYED (11) [verb] To remove dye from. | [adjective] Not dyed; in its natural colour UNEASE (6) [noun] Trouble; misery; a feeling of disquiet or concern. | [verb] To make uneasy or uncomfortable UNEASY (9) [adjective] Not easy; difficult. | [adjective] Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety | [adjective] Not easy in manner; constrained UNEVEN (9) [verb] To make uneven. | [adjective] Not even | [adjective] Not level or smooth UNFAIR (9) [verb] To make ugly | [adjective] Not beautiful; uncomely; unattractive | [adjective] Sorrowful; sad UNFELT (9) [adjective] Not felt or experienced; without feeling or sensing. | [adjective] Insincere. UNFITS (9) [verb] To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify. UNFIXT (16) UNFOLD (10) [noun] In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold. | [verb] To undo a folding. | [verb] To turn out; to happen; to develop. UNFOND (10) UNFREE (9) [adjective] Not free; especially of a tenant who was bound to a manor. UNFURL (9) [verb] To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag. | [verb] To roll out or debut anything. | [verb] To open up by unrolling. UNGIRD (8) [verb] To loosen the girdle or band of. | [verb] To unbind or unload. UNGIRT (7) UNGLUE (7) UNGUAL (7) [noun] A modified toe bone, typically ending in a hoof or claw. | [adjective] Pertaining to or resembling a creature's nail, claw or hoof; unguinal. UNGUES (7) [noun] The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage. | [noun] One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect. | [noun] The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; an ungula. UNGUIS (7) [noun] The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage. | [noun] One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect. | [noun] The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; an ungula. UNGULA (7) UNHAIR (9) UNHAND (10) [verb] To release from the hand; to let go. UNHANG (10) [verb] Hypothetically, to undo the execution of (a person) by hanging. | [verb] To take down something (such as a picture) from a hanging position UNHATS (9) UNHELM (11) UNHEWN (12) UNHOLY (12) [adjective] Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted. | [adjective] Dreadful, terrible, or otherwise atrocious. UNHOOD (10) [verb] To remove the hood from. UNHOOK (13) [verb] To remove from a hook. | [verb] To unfasten by means of hooks. | [verb] To unfasten the bra of (its wearer). UNHUNG (10) [adjective] (of a person) Not (yet) executed by hanging; unhanged. | [adjective] (of a painting) Not selected for exhibition. | [adjective] (of game) Cooked without being hung to mature. UNHURT (9) [adjective] Not hurt; unharmed or unscathed UNHUSK (13) [verb] To remove the husk of. UNIFIC (11) UNIONS (6) [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. UNIPOD (9) [noun] Monopod UNIQUE (15) [noun] A thing without a like; something unequalled or unparallelled. | [adjective] Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched. | [adjective] Of a feature, such that only one holder has it. UNISEX (13) [adjective] Designed to be suitable for any sex or gender. | [adjective] Not distinguished on the basis of sex or gender. UNISON (6) [noun] (acoustics) Identical pitch between two notes or sounds; the simultaneous playing of notes of identical pitch (or separated by one or more octaves). | [noun] (acoustics) A sound or note having the same pitch as another, especially when used as the base note for an interval; a unison string. | [noun] The state of being in harmony or agreement; harmonious agreement or togetherness, synchronisation. UNITED (7) [verb] To bring together as one. | [verb] To come together as one. | [adjective] Joined into a single entity. UNITER (6) UNITES (6) [verb] To bring together as one. | [verb] To come together as one. UNJUST (13) [adjective] Not fair, just or right. UNKEND (11) UNKENT (10) UNKEPT (12) [adjective] Not kept (especially of promises). UNKIND (11) [adjective] Lacking kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or similar; cruel, harsh or unjust; ungrateful. | [adjective] Not kind; contrary to nature or type; unnatural. | [adjective] Having no race or kindred; childless. UNKINK (14) [verb] To remove the kinks from. UNKNIT (10) [verb] To unravel. | [verb] To undo knitted stitches by reversing the knitting motion. UNKNOT (10) [noun] In knot theory, a loop that is not knotted. | [verb] To unfasten (a knot). UNLACE (8) [verb] To remove the knot from laces; to undo laces. | [verb] To loosen the clothing of (a person). | [verb] To remove (film) from a projector. UNLADE (7) [verb] To unload. | [verb] To disburden; take the burden from; relieve. | [verb] To discharge the cargo from. UNLAID (7) [adjective] Not laid, not placed | [adjective] Not laid by exorcism | [adjective] (of a person) not having had sexual intercourse UNLASH (9) [verb] To unfasten. UNLAYS (9) [verb] To untwist. UNLEAD (7) UNLESS (6) [conjunction] Except on a specified condition; if not. | [conjunction] If not; used with counterfactual conditionals. | [conjunction] Except if; used with hypothetical conditionals. UNLIKE (10) [noun] Something that is not like something else; something different. | [adjective] Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance. | [adjective] Unequal. | [noun] The act of withdrawing one's like from a post on social media. UNLINK (10) [noun] (knot theory) A link that is equivalent (under ambient isotopy) to finitely many disjoint circles in the plane. | [verb] To decouple; to remove a link from, or separate the links of. | [verb] To delete (a file). UNLIVE (9) UNLOAD (7) [verb] To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.). | [verb] To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc. | [verb] To deposit one's load or cargo. UNLOCK (12) [noun] The act of unlocking something. | [verb] To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination. | [verb] To obtain access to something. UNMADE (9) [adjective] Not (yet) made | [adjective] Existing without having been made | [verb] To destroy or take apart; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature. UNMAKE (12) [verb] To destroy or take apart; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature. UNMANS (8) [verb] To castrate; to remove the manhood of. | [verb] To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation. | [verb] To deprive of men. UNMASK (12) [verb] To remove a mask from someone. | [verb] To expose, or reveal the true character of someone. | [verb] To remove one's mask. UNMEET (8) UNMESH (11) UNMEWS (11) UNMIXT (15) UNMOLD (9) UNMOOR (8) [verb] To unfix or unsecure (a moored boat). | [verb] To weigh anchor. UNMOWN (11) [adjective] Not mown; unmowed. UNNAIL (6) [verb] To remove the nails from. UNOPEN (8) UNPACK (14) [verb] To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack. | [verb] To empty containers that had been packed. | [verb] To analyze a concept or a text. UNPAID (9) [adjective] Not paid for. | [adjective] Of work: done without agreed payment, usually voluntarily. UNPEGS (9) [verb] To remove from a peg. UNPENS (8) UNPENT (8) UNPICK (14) [verb] To undo sewing stitches. | [verb] To undo knitting in order to reuse the wool. | [verb] To unravel or untangle the threads of a rope etc. UNPILE (8) UNPINS (8) [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 UNPLUG (9) [verb] To disconnect from a supply, especially an electrical socket. | [verb] To stop using electronic devices, especially for relaxation or to reduce stress. | [verb] To remove a blockage from (especially a water pipe or drain). UNPURE (8) UNREAD (7) [verb] To undo the process of reading. | [verb] To flag (a previously read e-mail or similar message) as not having been read. | [adjective] Not having been read. UNREAL (6) [adjective] Fake; not real | [adjective] Very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life. UNREEL (6) [verb] To remove or uncoil from a reel. UNRENT (6) UNREST (6) [noun] A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests. UNRIGS (7) [verb] To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.). | [verb] To disable. | [verb] To undress (someone). UNRIPE (8) [adjective] Not ripe. | [adjective] Developing too early; premature. UNRIPS (8) [verb] To open something by ripping/tearing. UNROBE (8) [verb] To disrobe, to undress. UNROLL (6) [verb] To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled. | [verb] To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold. | [verb] To replace (a loop in a program) with a repetitive sequence of the individual instructions that the loop would carry out, sometimes used as an optimization. UNROOF (9) [verb] To remove a roof from, e.g. a building. UNROOT (6) [verb] To tear up by the roots; to uproot. UNROVE (9) UNRULY (9) [adjective] Wild; uncontrolled. UNSAFE (9) [adjective] Not safe (various senses); dangerous. UNSAID (7) [adjective] Unspoken. | [verb] To withdraw, retract (something said). | [verb] To not have said (since this is physically impossible, usually in the subjunctive). UNSAWN (9) UNSAYS (9) [verb] To withdraw, retract (something said). | [verb] To not have said (since this is physically impossible, usually in the subjunctive). UNSEAL (6) [verb] To break the seal of (something) in order to open it. | [verb] To open by having a seal broken. UNSEAM (8) UNSEAT (6) [verb] To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat. | [verb] To deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election, or simply by defeating them in an election. UNSEEN (6) [adjective] Not seen or discovered; invisible. | [adjective] Unskilled; inexperienced. | [adjective] Not hitherto noticed; unobserved. | [verb] To undo the act of seeing something; to erase the memory of having seen something, or otherwise reverse the effect of having seen something. UNSELL (6) UNSENT (6) [adjective] Not yet sent or transmitted. UNSETS (6) [verb] To make not set. UNSEWN (9) [adjective] Not sewn. UNSEWS (9) UNSEXY (16) [adjective] Not sexy. | [adjective] (of research etc) Perceived as not having wide contemporary interest; plodding. UNSHED (10) [adjective] That has not been shed. UNSHIP (11) [verb] To unload cargo from a ship or other vessel | [verb] To remove an oar or mast from its normal position | [verb] To throw from a horse; to unseat UNSHOD (10) [adjective] Not shod; without shoes. | [adjective] Of a vehicle, not fitted with tyres on the wheels. | [verb] To remove a shoe (especially a horseshoe) from. UNSHUT (9) UNSNAP (8) [verb] To unfasten (something held by snaps). UNSOLD (7) [adjective] Not sold UNSOWN (9) [adjective] Not sown. UNSPUN (8) UNSTEP (8) [verb] To remove (the mast) from a sailing vessel. UNSTOP (8) [verb] To remove a stoppage; to clear a blockage. | [verb] To unplug or uncork a container. | [verb] To draw out the stops of (an organ). UNSUNG (7) [adjective] Which has not been lauded or appreciated. | [adjective] Not sung. UNSUNK (10) UNSURE (6) [adjective] Uncertain | [adjective] Unstable or precarious UNTACK (12) [verb] To unfasten (something tacked). | [verb] To remove the tack from. UNTAME (8) UNTIDY (10) [verb] To make untidy, to make a mess | [adjective] Sloppy. | [adjective] Disorganized. UNTIED (7) [adjective] Not tied; undone | [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. UNTIES (6) [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. UNTOLD (7) [adjective] Not told; not related; not revealed; secret. | [adjective] Not numbered or counted. | [adjective] Not able to be counted, measured, told, expressed in words, or described; extremely large in scale, number, quantity, suffering, damage, etc.; uncountable, unmeasurable, immeasurable, indescribable, inexpressible. UNTORN (6) UNTRIM (8) UNTROD (7) UNTRUE (6) [adjective] False; not true. | [adjective] Not faithful or loyal. UNTUCK (12) [verb] To remove something from a relatively hidden location or position where it is tucked. UNTUNE (6) UNUSED (7) [adjective] Not used. | [adjective] Not accustomed (to), unfamiliar with. UNVEIL (9) [verb] To remove a veil from; to uncover; to reveal something hidden. | [verb] To remove a veil; to reveal oneself. UNVEXT (16) UNWARY (12) [adjective] Lacking caution as a result of naïveté or inexperience | [adjective] Unprepared; not watchful UNWELL (9) [adjective] Not in good health; not feeling well; somewhat ill | [adjective] Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant. UNWEPT (11) [adjective] Not wept. | [adjective] Unmourned. UNWIND (10) [noun] Any mechanism or operation that unwinds something. | [verb] To separate (something that is wound up) | [verb] To disentangle UNWISE (9) [adjective] Not wise; lacking wisdom UNWISH (12) UNWITS (9) UNWORN (9) [adjective] Not having been worn, as clothing. | [adjective] Not worn away or eroded. UNWOVE (12) UNWRAP (11) [verb] To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded. | [verb] To become unwrapped. | [verb] To remove word wrap from. UNYOKE (13) [verb] To release something from a yoke or harness. | [verb] To disconnect, unlink. | [verb] To liberate, deliver from oppression. UNZIPS (17) [verb] To open something using a zipper. | [verb] To come open by means of a zipper. | [verb] To decompress (a zip file). UPBIND (11) UPENDS (9) [verb] To end up; to set on end. | [verb] To tip or turn over. | [verb] To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat. UPLAND (9) [noun] The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation; often hilly, but not generally mountainous (compare highlands). | [noun] The country, as against the town. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or situated in the uplands. UPLINK (12) [noun] The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from an Earth terminal to a satellite or to an airborne platform. An uplink is the converse of a downlink. An uplink or downlink is distinguished from reverse link or forward link. | [noun] (by analogy, less formally) The communication path from a mobile device to a base station, a consumer to the network backbone, a client device to a server etc. | [noun] Data transmission from a data station to the headend. UPPING (11) [verb] To increase or raise. | [verb] To promote. | [verb] (usually in combination with another verb) To act suddenly. UPSEND (9) UPSENT (8) UPTORN (8) UPTOWN (11) [noun] The residential part of a city, away from the commercial center | [adjective] In the upper part of a town. | [adjective] (by extension) Of or relating to an affluent area or population. UPTURN (8) [noun] An upward turn or trend, especially in business activity or profit | [verb] To turn (something) up or over UPWIND (12) [adjective] Exposed to the wind | [adverb] In the direction from which the wind is blowing | [verb] To wind upwards. URANIA (6) URANIC (8) URANYL (9) [noun] The divalent radical UO22+, conveniently regarded as a residue of many uranium compounds. URBANE (8) [adjective] (of a man) Courteous, polite, refined, and suave. URCHIN (11) [noun] A mischievous child. | [noun] A street urchin, a child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets. | [noun] A sea urchin. URGENT (7) [adjective] Requiring immediate attention. URGING (8) [verb] To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. | [verb] To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity. | [verb] To provoke; to exasperate. URINAL (6) [noun] A device or fixture used for urination, particularly: | [noun] Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal. | [noun] A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory. URINES (6) URSINE (6) [noun] A bear. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the bear subfamily Ursinae. USANCE (8) [noun] The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange. | [noun] Use. | [noun] Customary or habitual usage. USNEAS (6) VACANT (11) [adjective] Not occupied; empty. | [adjective] Showing no intelligence or interest. VAGINA (10) [noun] The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and childbirth in female mammals. | [noun] A similar part in some invertebrates. | [noun] A sheath-like structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem. VAHINE (12) VAINER (9) [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. VAINLY (12) [adverb] In a vain pursuit; to no avail; She searched vainly for her reflection in the shattered mirror. | [adverb] With a vain attitude; in a self-approving manner; She stared vainly at her reflection in the mirror. VALINE (9) [noun] An essential amino acid 2-amino-3-methylbutanoic acid found in most animal proteins. VANDAL (10) [noun] A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages other people's property. VANDAS (10) VANISH (12) [noun] The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part. | [noun] A magic trick in which something seems to disappear. | [verb] To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed. VANITY (12) [noun] That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit. | [noun] Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance or achievements. | [noun] A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair. The table is normally quite low and similar to a desk, with drawers and one or more mirrors on top. Either a chair or bench is used to sit upon. VANMAN (11) VANMEN (11) VANNED (10) VANNER (9) VARNAS (9) [noun] Any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes VAUNTS (9) [noun] A boast; an instance of vaunting. | [verb] To speak boastfully. | [verb] To speak boastfully about. VAUNTY (12) VEENAS (9) [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. VEGANS (10) [noun] A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products | [noun] A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism. VEINAL (9) VEINED (10) [verb] To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern. | [adjective] (sometimes in combination) Having veins or veinlike markings. VEINER (9) VENDED (11) [verb] To hawk or to peddle merchandise. | [verb] To sell wares through a vending machine. VENDEE (10) [noun] The person to whom something is sold; a purchaser. VENDER (10) [noun] A person or a company that vends or sells. | [noun] A vending machine. VENDOR (10) [noun] A person or a company that vends or sells. | [noun] A vending machine. | [verb] To bundle third-party dependencies with the source code for one's own program. VENDUE (10) [noun] A public auction. VENEER (9) [noun] A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material. | [noun] An attractive appearance that covers or disguises true nature or feelings. | [verb] To apply veneer to. VENERY (12) [noun] The hunting of wild animals. | [noun] Game animals. | [noun] The pursuit of sexual pleasure or indulgence. VENGED (11) VENGES (10) VENIAL (9) [adjective] Pardonable; able to be forgiven. | [adjective] Excusable; trifling VENINE (9) VENINS (9) VENIRE (9) VENOMS (11) [noun] A poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging. | [noun] Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol. | [verb] To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. VENOSE (9) VENOUS (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to veins. | [adjective] Possessing veins. | [adjective] Having numerous veins. VENTED (10) [verb] To allow gases to escape. | [verb] To allow to escape through a vent. | [verb] To express a strong emotion. VENTER (9) [noun] A vendor. | [noun] A woman with offspring | [noun] A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably: | [noun] One who vents, who is vocal about feelings or problems. VENUES (9) [noun] A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events. | [noun] A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid, or the district from which a jury comes. | [noun] A bout; a hit; a turn. See venew. VENULE (9) [noun] A small vein, especially one that connects capillaries to a larger vein. VERDIN (10) [noun] A small, yellow-headed passerine bird, Auriparus flaviceps, endemic to desert areas of the southwestern United States, that is the only species of family Remizidae found in the New World. VERMIN (11) [noun] Any one of various common types of small insects or animals which cause harm and annoyance. | [noun] Animals that prey on game, such as foxes or weasels. | [noun] Obnoxious, or mean and offensive person or people. VERNAL (9) [adjective] Pertaining to or occurring in spring. | [adjective] Having characteristics like spring; fresh, young, youthful. VERNIX (16) [noun] Vernix caseosa; a fatty deposit covering the skin of newborn babies. VEXING (17) [verb] To trouble aggressively, to harass. | [verb] To annoy, irritate. | [verb] To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress. VIANDS (10) [noun] An item of food eaten with rice. VICING (12) VICUNA (11) [noun] A South American mammal, Vicugna vicugna, closely related to the alpaca, llama, and guanaco. VIKING (14) [noun] One of the Scandinavian or other Northern European seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8th to the 11th centuries and, according to many historians, were the first Europeans to reach North America. | [noun] (by extension) A stock character common in the fantasy genre, namely a barbarian, generally equipped with an axe or sword and a helmet adorned with horns. | [noun] A Norseman (mediaeval Scandinavian). VIMINA (11) VINALS (9) VINCAS (11) [noun] Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle VINEAL (9) VINERY (12) [noun] A vineyard. | [noun] A structure, usually enclosed with glass, for rearing and protecting vines; a grapery. VINIER (9) VINIFY (15) [verb] To convert the juice of a fruit (especially that of the grape) into wine by fermentation. VINING (10) [noun] A twisting, twining pattern or motion. | [adjective] Growing in the manner of a vine; twisting and entwining. VINOUS (9) [adjective] Pertaining to or having the characteristics of wine. | [adjective] Tending to drink wine excessively. | [adjective] Affected by the drinking of wine. VINYLS (12) [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. VIOLIN (9) [noun] A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string, with the pitch set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; also any instrument of the violin family. | [noun] A violinist. | [verb] To play on, or as if on, a violin. VIRGIN (10) [noun] A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all. | [noun] (early Christian Church) a woman noted for religious piety who has never been married. | [noun] One who has never used or experienced a specified thing. VIRION (9) [noun] A single individual particle of a virus (the viral equivalent of a cell). VISING (10) VISION (9) [noun] The sense or ability of sight. | [noun] Something seen; an object perceived visually. | [noun] Something imaginary one thinks one sees. VIXENS (16) [noun] A female fox. | [noun] A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman. | [noun] A racy or salacious woman. VODOUN (10) VODUNS (10) VOLANT (9) [adjective] Having extended wings as if flying. | [adjective] Represented as unsupported in the air. | [adjective] Flying, or able to fly. VOLING (10) VOTING (10) [verb] To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election | [verb] To choose or grant by means of a vote, or by general consent | [noun] Action of the verb to vote VOWING (13) [verb] To make a vow; to promise. | [verb] To make a vow regarding (something). | [verb] To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation. WADING (11) [verb] To walk through water or something that impedes progress. | [verb] To progress with difficulty | [verb] To walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading WAGGON (11) [noun] A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads. | [noun] A four-wheeled child's riding toy, pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front. | [noun] An enclosed vehicle for carrying goods or people; (by extension) a lorry, a truck. WAGING (11) [verb] To wager, bet. | [verb] To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard. | [verb] To employ for wages; to hire. WAGONS (10) [noun] A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads. | [noun] A four-wheeled child's riding toy, pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front. | [noun] An enclosed vehicle for carrying goods or people; (by extension) a lorry, a truck. WAHINE (12) [noun] A Polynesian or Maori woman. | [noun] A female surfer. WAKENS (13) [verb] To wake or rouse from sleep. | [verb] To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir. WAKING (14) [verb] (often followed by up) To stop sleeping. | [verb] (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep. | [verb] To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite. WALING (10) WALNUT (9) [noun] A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans. | [noun] A nut of the walnut tree. | [noun] Wood of the walnut tree. WANDER (10) [noun] The act or instance of wandering. | [noun] The situation where a value or signal etc. deviates from the correct or normal value. | [verb] To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood. WANDLE (10) WANGAN (10) WANGLE (10) [noun] The act of wangling | [verb] To obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods. | [verb] To falsify, as records. WANGUN (10) WANIER (9) WANING (10) [verb] To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline. | [verb] Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength. | [verb] Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible. | [noun] The fact or act of becoming less or less intense. WANION (9) WANNED (10) WANNER (9) [adjective] Pale, sickly-looking. | [adjective] Dim, faint. | [adjective] Bland, uninterested. WANTED (10) [verb] To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand. | [verb] (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with. | [verb] To desire (to experience desire); to wish. WANTER (9) WANTON (9) [noun] A pampered or coddled person. | [noun] An overly playful person; a trifler. | [noun] A self-indulgent person, fond of excess. WARDEN (10) [noun] A guard or watchman. | [noun] A chief administrative officer of a prison. | [noun] An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air-raid warden WARING (10) [verb] To be ware or mindful of something. | [verb] To protect or guard (especially oneself); to be on guard, be wary. | [verb] To wear, or veer. WARNED (10) [verb] To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially: | [verb] To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour. | [verb] (chiefly with "off", "away", and similar words) To advise or order to go or stay away. WARNER (9) WARREN (9) [noun] The system of burrows where rabbits live. | [noun] An enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding game, especially rabbits. | [noun] A mazelike place of dark alleys etc in which it's easy to lose oneself; especially one that may be overcrowded. WAVING (13) [verb] To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego. | [verb] To put aside, avoid. | [verb] To outlaw (someone). WAXING (17) [verb] To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny. | [verb] To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply. | [verb] To defeat utterly. WEAKEN (13) [verb] To make weaker or less strong. | [verb] To become weaker or less strong. WEANED (10) WEANER (9) [noun] An animal that has been recently weaned. | [noun] A device used to help wean a young animal by keeping it from suckling. WEAPON (11) [noun] An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords. | [noun] An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another. | [noun] A tool of any kind. WEASON (9) WEDELN (10) WEENED (10) [verb] To suppose, imagine; to think, believe. | [verb] To expect, hope or wish. | [verb] To weep or cry. WEENIE (9) [noun] Someone weak and unimportant. | [noun] A geek or nerd, especially a computer user with a deficient social life. | [noun] (collectible card games) A small creature which has a low cost to put into play, often used in a swarm with other such creatures. WEENSY (12) WEINER (9) WELKIN (13) [noun] The sky, the region of clouds; the upper air; aether; the heavens. WENDED (11) [verb] To turn; change. | [verb] To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way. | [verb] To turn; make a turn; go round; veer. WHANGS (13) [verb] (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air. | [verb] To throw with a rapid slamming motion. | [verb] To whack or beat. WHEENS (12) WHENAS (12) WHENCE (14) [adverb] From where; from which place or source. | [conjunction] Used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated. WHINED (13) [verb] To utter a high-pitched cry. | [verb] To make a sound resembling such a cry. | [verb] To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine. WHINER (12) WHINES (12) [noun] A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound | [noun] A complaint or criticism WHINEY (15) [adjective] Whining; tending to whine or complain. WHINGE (13) [noun] A cry. | [noun] A peevish complaint. | [verb] To complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner. WHINNY (15) [noun] A gentle neigh. | [verb] (of a horse) To make a gentle neigh. WHITEN (12) [verb] (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch. WIDENS (10) [verb] To become wide or wider. | [verb] To make wide or wider. | [verb] To let out clothes to a larger size. WIENER (9) [noun] A sausage made from beef, chicken or pork. | [noun] A frankfurter, a hot dog. | [noun] A penis. WIENIE (9) [noun] A wiener. | [noun] The penis. WIFING (13) WIGANS (10) WIGEON (10) [noun] Any of three freshwater dabbling ducks. | [noun] A fool. WILING (10) [verb] To pass (time) idly. | [verb] To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass. | [verb] To loiter. WINCED (12) [verb] To flinch as if in pain or distress. | [verb] To wash (cloth), dip it in dye, etc., with the use of a wince. | [verb] To kick or flounce when unsteady or impatient. WINCER (11) WINCES (11) [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. WINCEY (14) [noun] Linsey-woolsey WINDED (11) [verb] To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. | [verb] To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc. | [verb] To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed. WINDER (10) [noun] A winding plant. | [noun] A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth | [noun] A spool around which something is wound | [noun] A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath. | [verb] To fan; to clean grain with a fan. | [noun] The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant. WINDLE (10) WINDOW (13) [noun] The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant. | [noun] Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. | [noun] Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless. WINDUP (12) [noun] The act of ending or concluding something. | [noun] The last part of something; a conclusion. | [noun] A practical joke or tease. WINERY (12) [noun] A place where wine is made, or a company that makes wine. WINGED (11) [adjective] Having wings. | [adjective] Flying or soaring as if on wings. | [adjective] Swift. | [verb] To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm. | [verb] To complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner. WINGER (10) [noun] One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships. | [noun] An offensive player who plays on either side of the center. WINIER (9) WINING (10) [verb] To entertain with wine. | [verb] To drink wine. | [noun] A session of drinking wine socially. WINISH (12) WINKED (14) [verb] To close one's eyes in sleep. | [verb] To close one's eyes. | [verb] Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye. WINKER (13) WINKLE (13) [noun] A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae. | [noun] Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculata and Busycon carica. | [noun] The penis, especially that of a boy rather than that of a man. WINNED (10) WINNER (9) [noun] One who has won or often wins. | [noun] A point or goal that wins a competition. WINNOW (12) [noun] That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain. | [verb] To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff. | [verb] To separate, sift, analyze, or test by separating items having different values. WINOES (9) WINTER (9) [noun] Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December 23 to March 20 in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region. | [noun] The period of decay, old age, death, or the like. | [noun] Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing. WINTLE (9) WINTRY (12) [adjective] Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy. | [adjective] Of precipitation, containing sleet or snow. | [adjective] Aged, white-haired. WINZES (18) [noun] A steep shaft in a mine which joins two levels. WIPING (12) [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. WIRING (10) [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. WISENT (9) [noun] The European bison, Bison bonasus. WISING (10) [verb] To become wise. | [verb] Usually with "up", to inform or learn. | [verb] To instruct. WITHIN (12) [adjective] In the context of which the present document or ruling is made. | [adverb] In or into the interior; inside. | [preposition] In the inner part, spatially; physically inside. WITING (10) WITNEY (12) WIVERN (12) [noun] A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail. WIVING (13) [verb] To marry (a woman). | [verb] To provide (someone) with a wife. WIZENS (18) WIZZEN (27) WOMANS (11) WONDER (10) [noun] Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel. | [noun] Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable. | [noun] Someone very talented at something, a genius. WONNED (10) WONNER (9) WONTED (10) [adjective] Usual, customary, habitual, or accustomed. WONTON (9) [noun] A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables. | [noun] Ovary. WOODEN (10) [adjective] Made of wood. | [adjective] As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion. WOOING (10) [verb] To endeavor to gain someone's support. | [verb] (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with | [verb] To court solicitously; to invite with importunity. WOOLEN (9) [noun] An item of clothing made from wool | [adjective] Made of wool. | [adjective] Of or relating to wool or woolen cloths. WORSEN (9) [verb] To make worse; to impair. | [verb] To become worse; to get worse. | [verb] To get the better of; to worst. WOUNDS (10) [noun] An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body. | [noun] A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc. | [noun] An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken. WOVENS (12) WOWING (13) [verb] To amaze or awe. WRANGS (10) WRENCH (14) [noun] A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. | [noun] An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. | [noun] A trick or artifice. | [verb] To violently move in a turn or writhe. WRINGS (10) [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. WRONGS (10) [noun] Something that is immoral or not good. | [noun] An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer). | [noun] The incorrect or unjust position or opinion. WRYING (13) WYLING (13) WYTING (13) WYVERN (15) [noun] A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail. XENIAL (13) XENIAS (13) XENONS (13) XYLANS (16) XYLENE (16) [noun] Any of a group of three isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, found in coal and wood tar. YAMENS (11) YAMUNS (11) YANKED (14) [verb] To pull (something) with a quick, strong action. | [verb] To remove from distribution. YANQUI (18) [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A citizen of the United States of America, as opposed to a Latin American. YANTRA (9) [noun] A geometrical diagram used as a meditation aid in tantric worship. | [noun] Any object used as a meditation aid in tantric worship. | [noun] An equipment, instrument, machine or device. YAPONS (11) YARNED (10) [verb] To tell a story or stories. YARNER (9) YAUPON (11) [noun] The yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States. | [noun] A tea-like drink, "black drink", brewed from the leaves of this holly (or, sometimes, Ilex cassine). YAWING (13) [verb] To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course. | [verb] To swerve off course to port or starboard. | [verb] To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course. YAWNED (13) [verb] To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation. | [verb] To say while yawning. | [verb] To present a wide opening. YAWNER (12) [noun] A person who yawns. | [noun] (entertainment) Something unexciting or boring that causes yawns, as a book, sporting event, or performance. YEANED (10) [verb] (of goats or sheep) To give birth to. YEARNS (9) [verb] To long, have a strong desire (for something). | [verb] To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically. | [verb] To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone). YEELIN (9) YENNED (10) [verb] To have a strong desire for. YENTAS (9) [noun] A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger. | [noun] (Jewish) A matchmaker; a woman who specializes in finding spouses. YENTES (9) YEOMAN (11) [noun] An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page. Especially, a Yeoman of the Guard, a member of a ceremonial bodyguard to the UK monarch (not to be confused with a Yeoman Warder). | [noun] A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service. | [noun] A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing. YEOMEN (11) [noun] An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page. Especially, a Yeoman of the Guard, a member of a ceremonial bodyguard to the UK monarch (not to be confused with a Yeoman Warder). | [noun] A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service. | [noun] A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing. YOGINI (10) [noun] A female yogi YOGINS (10) YOKING (14) [verb] To link or to join. | [verb] To unite, to connect. | [verb] To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine. YONDER (10) [adverb] To that place. | [adverb] To that point, end, or result. | [noun] The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest. YONKER (13) YOUNGS (10) YOUPON (11) YOWING (13) YULANS (9) [noun] Magnolia denudata, a species of magnolia with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. YUPONS (11) ZANANA (15) ZANDER (16) [noun] A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca. | [noun] Any fish of the genus Sander that live in freshwater. ZANIER (15) [adjective] Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish. | [adjective] Ludicrously or incongruously comical. ZANIES (15) [noun] A fool or clown, especially one whose business on the stage is to imitate foolishly the actions of the principal clown. | [verb] To mimic foolishly. ZANILY (18) ZANZAS (24) ZAYINS (18) [noun] The seventh letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). ZAZENS (24) ZEATIN (15) ZECHIN (20) ZENANA (15) [noun] A harem on the Indian subcontinent; a part of the house reserved for high-caste women; a system of segregating women into harems. | [noun] An effeminate or crossdressing male in northern India or Pakistan. (Also spelled zanána.) ZENITH (18) [noun] The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir. | [noun] The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body. | [noun] (by extension) Highest point or state; peak. ZINCED (18) [verb] To electroplate with zinc. | [verb] To coat with sunblock incorporating zinc oxide. ZINCIC (19) ZINCKY (24) ZINEBS (17) ZINGED (17) [verb] To move very quickly, especially while making a high-pitched hum. ZINGER (16) [noun] A very rapidly moving object, especially one that is thrown. | [noun] A surprising or unusually pointed, humorous and impressive insult or insulting quip. | [noun] An event that when experienced leaves the witness dazed, either physically or metaphorically. ZINNIA (15) [noun] Any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid ZIRCON (17) [noun] A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or grey colour and consisting of silica and zirconia. | [noun] A crystal of zircon, sometimes used as a false gemstone. ZONARY (18) ZONATE (15) ZONERS (15) ZONING (16) [verb] To divide into or assign sections or areas. | [verb] To define the property use classification of an area. | [verb] To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off. ZONKED (20) [adjective] Extremely fatigued. | [adjective] Deeply asleep. | [adjective] Drunk. ZONULA (15) ZONULE (15) [noun] A little zone, or girdle; a zonula. | [noun] The zonule of Zinn. ZOONAL (15) ZOUNDS (16) [interjection] (minced oath) Expressing anger, surprise, assertion etc.