11 Letter Countdown Words Containing O

ABO (5) [noun] An aborigine; aboriginal. ADO (4) [noun] Trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion AGO (4) [adjective] Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away. | [adjective] Nearly gone; dead (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century) | [adverb] Before AVO (6) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca. | [noun] The large, usually yellowish-green or black, pulpy fruit of the avocado tree. | [noun] The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family. AZO (12) [adjective] Azote, nitrogen | [adjective] Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc. | [adjective] Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group (-N=N-) uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene etc. BIO (5) [noun] Biographical sketch | [noun] Bioscope; cinema | [adjective] Biological. BOA (5) [noun] Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico, and the chevalier boa of Peru. | [noun] (plural "boas") A type of scarf typically made from feathers. BOB (7) [noun] A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement. | [noun] A curtsy. | [noun] A bobber (buoyant fishing device). | [noun] A bob haircut. | [noun] (Kenya) A shilling. | [noun] A dish made of small pieces of meat, with or without vegetables, which are skewered on a wooden or metal stick and roasted in an oven or over an open fire. | [noun] A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers. BOD (6) [noun] The body. | [noun] A person. BOG (6) [noun] An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp. | [noun] Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas. | [noun] The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland. | [noun] An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”). | [noun] Puffery, boastfulness. | [verb] (usually with "off") To go away. BOO (5) [noun] A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval. | [verb] To shout extended boos derisively. | [verb] To shout extended boos at, as a form of derision. | [noun] A close acquaintance or significant other. | [noun] Cannabis. BOP (7) [noun] A very light smack, blow or punch. | [verb] To strike gently or playfully. | [noun] A style of improvised jazz from the 1940s. BOS (5) [noun] Plural of "bo," a long wooden staff used as a weapon in martial arts. BOT (5) [noun] The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses. | [verb] To bugger | [verb] To ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting the thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes. | [noun] A physical robot. BOW (8) [noun] A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows. | [noun] A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow). | [noun] A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments. | [noun] A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence | [noun] The front of a boat or ship. | [noun] A firm branch of a tree. BOX (12) [noun] Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. | [noun] Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space | [verb] To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes. | [noun] Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus, especially the common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary. | [noun] A blow with the fist. | [noun] A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye. BOY (8) [noun] A young male. | [noun] (diminutive) A male child: a son of any age. | [noun] (diminutive) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker. BRO (5) [noun] Brother; a male sibling | [noun] Brother; a male comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals. | [noun] Brother; usually used to address a male COB (7) [noun] A male swan. | [noun] A corncob. | [noun] A round, often crusty roll or loaf of bread. | [verb] To beat with a flat instrument; to paddle. | [noun] Initialism of contingency operating base. COD (6) [noun] A small bag or pouch. | [noun] A husk or integument; a pod. | [noun] The scrotum (also in plural). | [noun] The Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua. | [noun] A joke or an imitation. COG (6) [noun] A tooth on a gear. | [noun] A gear; a cogwheel. | [noun] An unimportant individual in a greater system. | [noun] A ship of burden, or war with a round, bulky hull. | [noun] A trick or deception; a falsehood. | [noun] A small fishing boat. COL (5) [noun] A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks. | [noun] A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions. 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. COO (5) [noun] The murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon. | [noun] (by extension) An expression of pleasure made by a person. | [verb] To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon. | [adjective] Cool. | [interjection] An expression of approval, fright, surprise, etc. COP (7) [noun] A spider. | [verb] To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take. | [verb] To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing. | [noun] (law enforcement) A police officer or prison guard. | [noun] (crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine. COR (5) [interjection] Expression of surprise. | [noun] Various former units of volume, particularly: COS (5) [noun] A variety of lettuce with long, crisp leaves. | [conjunction] Because | [noun] A cousin, cuz. | [noun] A team; a group of people who work together professionally. COT (5) [noun] A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes. | [noun] A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides. | [noun] A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks. | [noun] A cottage or small homestead. | [noun] A small, crudely-formed boat. | [noun] A cover or sheath; a fingerstall. COW (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. | [verb] (chiefly in the passive voice) To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of. | [noun] A chimney cowl. COX (12) [noun] A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew. | [verb] To act as coxswain for. COY (8) [verb] To caress, pet; to coax, entice. | [verb] To calm or soothe. | [verb] To allure; to decoy. | [noun] A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted. | [noun] A company COZ (14) [noun] Cousin (usually as a term of address) | [conjunction] Because DOC (6) [noun] A doctor. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A document, especially (in professional jargon) a piece of technical documentation or legal evidence. | [noun] A documentary. DOE (4) [noun] A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope, (less commonly goat as nanny is also used). | [noun] A female rabbit. | [noun] A female hare. | [verb] (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. | [adverb] Though DOG (5) [noun] A mammal, Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding. | [noun] Any member of the Family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid. | [noun] A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen. DOL (4) [noun] The unit of measurement for pain. DOM (6) [noun] A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. | [noun] A title formerly borne by member of the high nobility of Portugal and Brazil 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. DOR (4) [noun] A large European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius, that makes a droning noise while flying | [noun] Any flying insect which makes a loud humming noise, such as the June bug or a bumblebee | [noun] A trick, joke, or deception DOS (4) [noun] A party, celebration, social function. | [noun] A hairdo. | [noun] Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts). | [noun] A party, celebration, social function. DOT (4) [noun] A small, round spot. | [noun] (grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period. | [noun] A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ. | [noun] A dowry. DOW (7) DUO (4) [noun] Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially, those who perform music together. | [noun] Any pair of two people. | [noun] Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur. EGO (4) [noun] The self, especially with a sense of self-importance. | [noun] (Freudian) The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings. EON (3) [noun] Eternity. | [noun] A period of 1,000,000,000 years. | [noun] The longest time period used in geology. FOB (8) [noun] A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold a pocketwatch; a watch pocket. | [noun] A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch. | [noun] A small ornament attached to such a chain. (See Usage Notes below) | [verb] To cheat, to deceive, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone. FOE (6) [noun] An enemy. | [adjective] Hostile. | [noun] A unit of energy equal to 1044 joules. FOG (7) [noun] A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud. | [noun] A mist or film clouding a surface. | [noun] A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion. | [noun] A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed. FOH (9) FON (6) [noun] A fool or idiot. | [noun] A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon. FOP (8) [noun] A vain man; a dandy. FOR (6) FOU (6) [adjective] Drunk. FOX (13) [noun] A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail. | [noun] Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox). | [noun] The fur of a fox. FOY (9) FRO (6) [adverb] From; away; back or backward. | [noun] A hairstyle characterized by a tightly curled locks and a rounded shape. GOA (4) GOB (6) [noun] A lump of soft or sticky material. | [noun] The mouth. | [noun] Saliva or phlegm. GOD (5) [noun] A being such as a monotheistic God: a single divine creator and ruler of the universe. | [proper noun] The single deity of various monotheistic religions, especially the deity of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. | [proper noun] The single male deity of various bitheistic or duotheistic religions. GOO (4) [noun] Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery; frequently of vague or unknown composition, slime or a bodily fluid. | [noun] Excessive, showy sentimentality. | [verb] To apply goo to something. | [noun] An example of baby talk. GOR (4) GOT (4) [verb] (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire. | [verb] To receive. | [verb] (in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes. GOX (11) GOY (7) [noun] A non-Jew, a gentile. (See usage notes) HAO (6) HOB (8) [noun] A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear. | [noun] The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm. | [noun] The top cooking surface on a cooker; a cooktop. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'. | [noun] A fairy; a sprite; an elf; a bogey. HOD (7) [verb] To bob up and down on horseback; jog. | [noun] A three-sided box for carrying bricks or other construction materials, often mortar. It bears a long handle and is carried over the shoulder. | [noun] A receptacle for carrying coal, particularly one designed to facilitate loading coal or coke through the door of a firebox. HOE (6) [noun] An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows. | [noun] The horned or piked dogfish. | [verb] To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool. | [noun] A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality. | [noun] A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory. HOG (7) [noun] Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar. | [noun] (specifically) An adult swine (contrasted with a pig, a young swine). | [noun] A greedy person; one who refuses to share. | [verb] To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel. | [noun] A quahog (clam) 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 HOP (8) [noun] A short jump. | [noun] A jump on one leg. | [noun] A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that take place on private plane. | [noun] The plant (Humulus lupulus) from whose flowers, beer or ale is brewed. HOT (6) [verb] (with up) To heat; to make or become hot. | [verb] (with up) To become lively or exciting. | [adjective] (of an object) Having a high temperature. HOW (9) [noun] The means by which something is accomplished. | [adverb] To what degree. | [adverb] In what manner. | [noun] An artificial barrow or tumulus. | [interjection] A greeting, used in representations of Native American speech. HOY (9) [noun] A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port. | [verb] To incite; to drive onward. | [interjection] Ho!, hallo!, stop! | [verb] To throw. ION (3) [noun] An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution. JOB (12) [noun] A task. | [noun] An economic role for which a person is paid. | [noun] (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery. JOE (10) [noun] A male; a guy; a fellow. | [noun] Coffee. | [noun] Darling, sweetheart. JOG (11) [noun] An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise. | [noun] A sudden push or nudge. | [noun] A flat placed perpendicularly to break up a flat surface. JOT (10) [noun] Iota; the smallest letter or stroke of any writing. | [noun] A small amount, bit; the smallest amount. | [noun] Moment, instant. JOW (13) JOY (13) [noun] A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good. | [noun] Anything that causes such a feeling. | [noun] Luck or success; a positive outcome. | [verb] To feel joy, to rejoice. KOA (7) [noun] Acacia koa, a species of large tree in the family Fabaceae which is endemic to and common on the islands of Hawaii; or the wood of this tree. KOB (9) [noun] An African antelope closely related to the lechwe and the waterbuck, Kobus kob. | [noun] Any of several large game fish of the family Sciaenidae, especially the kabeljou (Dusky Kob or Great Kob), or perhaps the smaller Squaretail Kob. KOI (7) [noun] Ornamental domesticated varieties of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio), of Japan and eastern Asia with red-gold or white coloring. KOP (9) [noun] A hill or mountain. KOR (7) KOS (7) LOB (5) [noun] (ball sports) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air. | [verb] To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch. | [verb] To throw. | [noun] A lump. | [noun] A fish, the European pollock. | [verb] To cob (chip off unwanted pieces of stone). LOG (4) [noun] The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches. | [noun] Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc. | [noun] A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree. | [noun] A logbook, or journal of a vessel (or aircraft)'s progress | [verb] To move to and fro; to rock. | [noun] A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 1/3 liter). | [noun] Logarithm. LOO (3) [verb] (used with at, upon or infinitive) To urge on with cries of loo or by other shouting or outcry. | [interjection] A cry to urge on hunting dogs. | [noun] A meaningless chant or refrain. | [noun] A half-mask, particularly those velvet half-masks fashionable in the 17th century as a means of protecting women's complexion from the sun. | [noun] A hot dust-bearing wind found in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and the Punjab. | [noun] A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation. | [noun] Lieutenant. LOP (5) [noun] That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree. | [verb] (usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone. | [verb] To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side. | [noun] A flea. | [noun] (usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple. LOT (3) [noun] A large quantity or number; a great deal. | [noun] A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively. | [noun] One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items. LOW (6) [noun] Something that is low; a low point. | [noun] The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period. | [noun] A depressed mood or situation. | [verb] To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter. | [verb] To moo. | [noun] A flame; fire; blaze. | [noun] Barrow, mound, tumulus. LOX (10) [noun] Salmon cured in brine and then smoked in low temperature so that the flesh remains uncooked. | [noun] Liquid oxygen. MHO (8) [noun] A former unit of electric conductance, equivalent to and superseded by the siemens. MOA (5) [noun] Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world. MOB (7) [noun] A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action. | [noun] A group of animals such as horses or cattle. | [noun] A flock of emus. | [noun] A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute. | [noun] Mobile phone MOC (7) [noun] Moccasin (type of shoe) MOD (6) [noun] An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses. | [noun] A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker. | [noun] A modification. | [noun] A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod. MOG (6) [noun] A young cow or bull. | [noun] Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding. | [noun] A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals). | [verb] To move away; to go off. | [verb] (pickup community) To assert one's dominance over. MOL (5) [noun] In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.) as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12. Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. MOM (7) [noun] (familiar) mother. | [noun] An adult female owner of a pet. | [verb] To care in a motherly way. 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. MOO (5) [noun] The characteristic lowing sound made by cattle. | [noun] A foolish woman. | [verb] Of a cow or bull, to make its characteristic lowing sound. MOP (7) [noun] An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle. | [noun] A wash with a mop; the act of mopping | [noun] A dense head of hair. MOR (5) MOS (5) [noun] Singular of mores | [noun] (abbreviation) month | [noun] A homosexual MOT (5) [noun] A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot. | [noun] A word or a motto; a device. | [noun] A note or brief strain on a bugle. | [noun] A woman; a wife. MOW (8) [noun] The act of mowing (a garden, grass etc.) | [noun] A shot played with a sweeping or scythe-like motion. | [verb] To cut down grass or crops. | [noun] A scornful grimace; a wry face. | [noun] A stack of hay, corn, beans or a barn for the storage of hay, corn, beans. | [noun] A gull, seagull. 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. OAF (6) [noun] A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton. | [noun] An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child. OAK (7) [noun] A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus. | [noun] The wood of the oak. | [noun] A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood. OAR (3) [noun] A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat . | [noun] An oarsman; a rower. | [noun] An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates. OAT (3) [noun] Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa. | [noun] Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena. | [noun] (usually as plural) The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop. OBE (5) [noun] A particular subdivision of ancient Laconia. | [noun] A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean. | [noun] A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft. OBI (5) [noun] A sash worn with a kimono. | [noun] A strip of paper looped around a book or other product. | [noun] A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean. OCA (5) [noun] Any of certain species of Oxalis (Oxalis crenata, and Oxalis tuberosa) which bear edible tubers. ODD (5) [noun] (diminutive) An odd number. | [noun] Something left over, not forming part of a set. | [adjective] Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected. ODE (4) [noun] A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style. ODS (4) [interjection] (used in oaths etc.) God's OES (3) [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter O. | [noun] A zero (used in reading out numbers). OFF (9) [noun] (usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point. | [verb] To kill. | [verb] To switch off. OFT (6) [adverb] (and in combination) often; frequently; not rarely OHM (8) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical resistance; the electrical resistance of a device across which a potential difference of one volt causes a current of one ampere. Symbol: Ω OHO (6) [interjection] Expressing surprise or gloating realisation; aha. OHS (6) [noun] An utterance of oh; a spoken expression of surprise, acknowledgement, etc. | [verb] To utter the interjection oh; to express surprise, etc. | [noun] The letter O, o (more commonly spelled o) OIL (3) [noun] Liquid fat. | [noun] Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant. | [noun] An oil painting. | [verb] To lubricate with oil. OKA (7) [noun] A former Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian, and Romanian unit of weight, usually of a little more than a kilogram. | [noun] A unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres. OKE (7) [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] A former Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian, and Romanian unit of weight, usually of a little more than a kilogram. | [noun] Man; guy; bloke. | [noun] A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus. OLD (4) [noun] (with the, invariable plural only) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group. | [noun] (in combination) One of a specified age. | [noun] A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager. OLE (3) [interjection] An interjection used to stir up excitement. | [adjective] Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time. | [adjective] Having been used and thus no longer new or unused. OMS (5) [noun] A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation. | [verb] To chant the sacred syllable om. 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) OOH (6) [noun] An exclamation of ooh. | [verb] To exclaim ooh. | [interjection] An expression of surprise. OOT (3) OPE (5) [interjection] (Midwest) an exclamation of surprise; oops | [interjection] (Midwest) an exclamation of surprise; oops | [verb] To open. OPS (5) [noun] An operation. | [noun] An amateur radio operator. | [noun] An operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc. OPT (5) [verb] To choose; select. ORA (3) [noun] A mouth; an opening. | [noun] In particular, either end of the cervix, internal (to the uterus) or external (to the vagina). | [noun] A unit of money among the Anglo-Saxons. ORB (5) [noun] A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star | [noun] One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions | [noun] A circle; especially, a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit | [noun] A blank window or panel. ORC (5) [noun] Any of several large, ferocious sea creatures, now especially the killer whale. | [noun] A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green. | [noun] A porcine humanoid monster larger than humans, sometimes pink. (found in Japanese pop-culture and called "orc" when imported to the West) ORE (3) [noun] Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed. ORS (3) ORT (3) [noun] (usually in plural) A fragment; a scrap of leftover food; any remainder; a piece of refuse. | [verb] To turn away from with disgust; refuse. OSE (3) OUD (4) [noun] A short-necked and fretless plucked stringed instrument of the lute family, of Arab and Turkish origin. | [noun] (perfume) Agarwood. OUR (3) OUT (3) [noun] A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc. | [noun] A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc. | [noun] A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball. OVA (6) [noun] The female gamete in animals; the egg cell. OWE (6) [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. OWL (6) [noun] Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. | [noun] (by extension) A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active. | [noun] The owl pigeon. 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. OXO (10) [noun] (in combination) A substituent oxygen atom connected to another atom by a double bond | [noun] The game noughts and crosses OXY (13) [noun] The bivalent R-O-R functional group found in ethers. | [noun] A mixture of oxygen and acetylene; burns at a high temperature and is used for cutting and welding metals. | [noun] A synthetic analgesic drug (trademark OxyContin) that is similar to morphine in its effects. POD (6) [noun] A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod. | [noun] A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations. | [noun] A bag; a pouch. POH (8) POI (5) [noun] The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment. | [noun] A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream. | [noun] A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string; also, a traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball. POL (5) [noun] A politician. POM (7) [noun] An Englishman, a Briton; a person of British descent. | [noun] (cocktail) An American alcoholic drink containing vodka and pomegranate juice. POP (7) [noun] A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle. | [noun] (Midwest US) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop. | [noun] (Midwest US) A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop. | [noun] Affectionate form of father. | [noun] Pop music. | [noun] (Russian Orthodoxy) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson. POT (5) [noun] A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food. | [noun] Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly | [noun] Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave e.g. Rowten Pot | [noun] Marijuana | [noun] A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc. | [noun] A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical. POW (8) [noun] A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. | [noun] A formal election. | [noun] A polling place (usually as plural, polling places) POX (12) [noun] A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks. | [noun] Syphilis. | [noun] A curse. PRO (5) [noun] An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons). | [noun] A person who supports a concept or principle. | [preposition] In favor of. | [noun] A professional sportsman. | [noun] A prostitute. | [noun] A proproctor. RHO (6) [noun] The seventeenth letter of the Modern Greek and Classical alphabets and the nineteenth letter of Old and Ancient. | [noun] The sensitivity of the option value to the risk-free interest rate. ROB (5) [verb] To steal from, especially using force or violence. | [verb] To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud. | [verb] (used with "of") To deprive (of). | [noun] The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire until it reaches a syrupy consistency. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. ROC (5) [noun] An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend. | [noun] Rocuronium. ROD (4) [noun] A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff. | [noun] A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent. | [noun] A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod. ROE (3) [noun] The eggs of fish. | [noun] The sperm of certain fish. | [noun] The ovaries of certain crustaceans. | [noun] Short for roe deer. ROM (5) [adjective] (of type) upright, as opposed to italic | [adjective] (of text) of or related to the Latin alphabet ROT (3) [noun] The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction. | [noun] Decaying matter. | [noun] Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs. ROW (6) [noun] A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc. | [noun] A line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom. | [noun] An act or instance of rowing. | [noun] A noisy argument. SOB (5) [noun] A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath. | [noun] Sound of sob | [verb] To weep with convulsive gasps. | [verb] To soak. SOD (4) [noun] That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward. | [noun] Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns. | [verb] To cover with sod. | [noun] Sodomite; bugger. | [verb] To boil. | [noun] The rock dove. SOL (3) [noun] The fifth step in the solfège scale of C (Ut), preceded by fa and followed by la. | [noun] A solar day on Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds). | [noun] A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value. | [noun] A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid. | [noun] An old French coin worth 12 deniers. 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. SOP (5) [noun] Something entirely soaked. | [noun] A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food. | [noun] Something given or done to pacify or bribe. SOS (3) [noun] A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale. SOT (3) [noun] Stupid person; fool | [noun] Drunkard | [verb] To drink until one becomes drunk SOU (3) [noun] An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers; one sou is to the livre as one shilling is to the pound. | [noun] Cent; pocket money. | [noun] A thing of the smallest value; a whit; a jot. SOW (6) [noun] A female pig. | [noun] A female bear, she-bear. | [noun] A female guinea pig. | [verb] To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds). SOX (10) [noun] A knitted or woven covering for the foot. | [noun] A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors. | [noun] A color pattern (usually white) on a cat's or dog's lower leg that is different from the color pattern on the rest of the animal. SOY (6) [noun] A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water. | [noun] Soybeans, or the protein derived from them. TAO (3) [proper noun] In Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life. | [noun] The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution | [noun] The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area. THO (6) [pronoun] Those; they. | [adverb] Then; thereupon. | [conjunction] When. | [adverb] Despite that; however. TOD (4) [noun] A fox. | [noun] Someone like a fox; a crafty person. | [noun] A bush, especially of ivy. TOE (3) [noun] Each of the five digits on the end of the foot. | [noun] An equivalent part in an animal. | [noun] That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe. TOG (4) [noun] A cloak. | [noun] A coat. | [noun] A unit of thermal resistance, being ten times the temperature difference (in °C) between the two surfaces of a material when the flow of heat is equal to one watt per square metre | [adverb] At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity. TOM (5) [noun] A flat gong (without knob) that is struck with a felt-covered hammer. | [noun] The male of the domesticated cat. | [noun] The male of the turkey. | [noun] A tomato (the fruit). | [noun] Jewellery | [verb] (of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority. | [verb] To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability. 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. TOO (3) [adverb] (focus) Likewise. | [adverb] Also; in addition. | [adverb] (degree) To an excessive degree; over; more than enough. TOP (5) [noun] The highest or uppermost part of something. | [noun] A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top. | [noun] (heading) Someone who is eminent. TOR (3) [noun] A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock. | [noun] (South-West England) A hill with such rock formation. | [noun] A tower; a turret. | [adjective] Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious. TOT (3) [noun] A small child. | [noun] A measure of spirits, especially rum. | [noun] Tater tot. | [noun] A total, an addition of a long column of figures. TOW (6) TOY (6) [noun] Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child. | [noun] A thing of little importance or value; a trifle. | [noun] A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal. TWO (6) [noun] The digit/figure 2. | [noun] A two-dollar bill. | [noun] A child aged two. UDO (4) UPO (5) VOE (6) [noun] A narrow sea inlet, particularly in the Shetland Islands, similar to a fjord. VOW (9) [noun] A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order. | [noun] A declaration or assertion. | [noun] A votive offering. VOX (13) [noun] The voice, especially one's singing voice. | [noun] A vox pop. WHO (9) [noun] A person under discussion; a question of which person. | [pronoun] (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone. (used in a direct or indirect question) | [pronoun] (interrogative) What is one's position; asks whether someone deserves to say or do something. WOE (6) [noun] Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness. | [noun] Calamity, trouble. | [noun] A curse; a malediction. WOG (7) [noun] Any dark-skinned person. It originally referred specifically to Indians, but later also applied to people of North African, Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern ancestry. | [noun] A person of Southern European, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, or Southeastern European ancestry. | [verb] (WWII slang) (Of soldiers stationed abroad) to sell something, especially illicit or stolen goods, to the local inhabitants. | [noun] A tadpole. | [noun] A bug, an insect. | [noun] A person who is not a Scientologist. WOK (10) [noun] A large, oriental, round-bottomed cooking pan. | [verb] To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok. 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. WOO (6) [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. | [interjection] Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo. | [noun] A person readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations. WOP (8) [noun] A person of Italian descent. WOS (6) WOT (6) [verb] To know. | [interjection] An expression of surprise or disbelief. | [interjection] What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires. | [adverb] (Singlish) Used to contradict an underlying assumption held by the interlocutor. WOW (9) [noun] Anything exceptionally surprising, unbelievable, outstanding, etc. | [verb] To amaze or awe. | [interjection] An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure. | [noun] (audio) A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and tape recorders. YOB (8) [noun] (costers, backslang) A boy. | [noun] A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness. YOD (7) [noun] A palatal approximant, /j/. | [noun] The tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). | [noun] A tool used to read a torah. | [noun] A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building. YOK (10) [noun] A laugh, especially a loud or hearty one. | [verb] To laugh, especially loudly or uproariously | [noun] A non-Jew; a Gentile. YOM (8) YON (6) [adjective] That (thing) over there; of something distant, but within sight. | [adverb] Yonder. | [pronoun] That one or those over there. YOU (6) [verb] To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal). | [pronoun] (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object. | [pronoun] (reflexive pronoun) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself. YOW (9) [noun] A ewe; a female sheep. | [interjection] Expression of pain; ouch. | [interjection] Expression of humorous surprise or emphasis. ZOA (12) ZOO (12) [noun] A park where live animals are exhibited. | [noun] Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic. | [noun] The jungle.

ABOS (6) [noun] An aborigine; aboriginal. ADOS (5) [noun] Plural of ado, meaning fuss or trouble. | [noun] Unnecessary activity or ceremony. 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. AERO (4) [noun] Aerodynamics. | [noun] An airplane or airship. | [noun] Aerospace. AGIO (5) [noun] The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio. AGOG (6) [adjective] In eager desire, eager, astir. | [adjective] (chiefly of eyes) Wide open. | [adverb] In a state of high anticipation, excitement, or interest. 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. AHOY (10) [noun] An utterance of this interjection. | [verb] To hail with a cry of "ahoy". | [interjection] Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention. ALOE (4) [noun] (in the plural) The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica. | [noun] A plant of the genus Aloe. | [noun] A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative. ALOW (7) [adverb] Low down. | [adverb] Towards the lower part of a vessel; towards the lower rigging or the decks. | [preposition] Below. | [adjective] Alight; ablaze ALSO (4) [adverb] (focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. | [adverb] To the same degree or extent; so, as. ALTO (4) [noun] A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody. | [noun] A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part. | [noun] An alto saxophone AMBO (8) [noun] A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches. | [noun] A stationary podium used for readings and homilies. | [noun] An ambulance driver. AMMO (8) [noun] Ammunition. | [verb] To load up on ammunition. AMOK (10) [adverb] In a violently raging or uncontrollable manner, typically used in the phrase "run amok." | [noun] A murderous frenzy, especially one attributed to a Malay warrior. 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. APOD (7) ARCO (6) [adverb] A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato. ARVO (7) [noun] Afternoon. ATOM (6) [noun] The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons. | [noun] (history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter. | [noun] The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something. ATOP (6) [adverb] On, to, or at the top. | [preposition] On the top of. | [preposition] On the top, with "of". AUTO (4) [noun] An automobile. | [noun] A setting for automatic operation. | [noun] An automatic gearbox / transmission. | [noun] An autorickshaw. AVOS (7) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca. | [noun] The large, usually yellowish-green or black, pulpy fruit of the avocado tree. | [noun] The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family. AVOW (10) [noun] Avowal | [verb] To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly. | [verb] To bind or devote by a vow. AWOL (7) [noun] Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed. | [noun] A person who holds AWOL status. | [noun] (generic) Somebody who is absent without permission. 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. AZON (13) [noun] A guided aerial bomb used during World War II that was controlled by radio signals. BIOS (6) [noun] Biographical sketch | [noun] Bioscope; cinema | [noun] A person's life story, especially one published. | [noun] In the philosophy of Giorgio Agamben, a particular mode of life; "qualified life", as opposed to the bare life or zoe. BLOB (8) [noun] A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape. | [noun] In astronomy, a large cloud of gas. In particular, an extended Lyman-Alpha blob is a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy. | [noun] A bubble; a bleb. | [noun] Acronym of binary large object. (a data type that allows storage of binary data often of indeterminate length). BLOC (8) [noun] A group of voters or politicians who share common goals. | [noun] A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc, the Eurozone, the European Union. BLOT (6) [noun] A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance. | [noun] (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace. | [noun] A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier. BLOW (9) [noun] A strong wind. | [noun] A chance to catch one’s breath. | [noun] Cocaine. | [adjective] Blue. | [noun] The act of striking or hitting. | [noun] A mass or display of flowers; a yield. BOAR (6) [noun] A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. | [noun] A male pig. | [noun] A male boar (sense 1). BOAS (6) [noun] Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico, and the chevalier boa of Peru. | [noun] (plural "boas") A type of scarf typically made from feathers. BOAT (6) [noun] A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind. | [noun] A full house. | [noun] A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape. BOBS (8) [noun] A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement. | [noun] A curtsy. | [noun] A bobber (buoyant fishing device). BOCK (12) [noun] A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption. BODE (7) [noun] An omen; a foreshadowing. | [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] A bid; an offer. | [noun] A messenger; a herald. | [noun] A stop; a halting; delay. | [verb] To bear; to endure; to tolerate. BODS (7) [noun] The body. | [noun] A person. BODY (10) [noun] Physical frame. | [noun] Main section. | [noun] Coherent group. BOFF (12) [noun] (entertainment) A big laugh. | [noun] (entertainment) A line in a film etc that elicits such a laugh. | [noun] (entertainment) A great success; a hit. | [noun] A pupil who works hard; a swot. | [noun] A hit or smack. BOGS (7) [noun] An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp. | [noun] Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas. | [noun] The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland. BOGY (10) [noun] One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group. | [noun] An outlaw. | [noun] One who cheats others. BOIL (6) [noun] A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection. | [noun] The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour. | [noun] A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood. BOLA (6) [noun] A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of a cord. BOLD (7) [noun] A dwelling; habitation; building. | [adjective] Courageous, daring. | [adjective] Visually striking; conspicuous. | [verb] To make (a font or some text) bold. BOLE (6) [noun] The trunk or stem of a tree. | [noun] Any of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually coloured red by iron oxide, and composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. | [noun] (colour) The shade of reddish brown which resembles this clay. | [noun] The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant. | [noun] An aperture with a shutter in the wall of a house, to admit air or light. BOLL (6) [noun] The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant. | [noun] An old dry measure equal to six bushels. | [verb] To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed. BOLO (6) [noun] A long, heavy, single-edged machete. | [noun] A type of punch; an uppercut. | [verb] To attack or despatch with a bolo knife. | [noun] A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship. | [noun] A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide. | [noun] A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect. BOLT (6) [noun] A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw. | [noun] A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism. | [noun] A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open. | [noun] A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter. BOMB (10) [noun] An explosive device used or intended as a weapon. | [noun] A failure; an unpopular commercial product. | [noun] A large amount of money. 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 BOOB (8) [noun] Idiot, fool. | [verb] To behave stupidly; to act like a boob. | [verb] To make a mistake | [noun] A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent human female. | [noun] A prison; jail. BOOK (10) [noun] A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. | [noun] A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book. | [noun] A major division of a long work. | [verb] To reserve (something) for future use. | [verb] (with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven. BOOM (8) [noun] A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion. | [noun] A rapid expansion or increase. | [noun] One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds. | [noun] A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour. | [noun] A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity. 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. BOOR (6) [noun] A peasant. | [noun] A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent. | [noun] A yokel, country bumpkin. BOOS (6) [noun] A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval. | [verb] To shout extended boos derisively. | [verb] To shout extended boos at, as a form of derision. BOOT (6) [noun] A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. | [noun] A blow with the foot; a kick. | [noun] A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc. | [noun] Remedy, amends. | [noun] The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device. | [noun] A bootleg recording. BOPS (8) [noun] A very light smack, blow or punch. | [verb] To strike gently or playfully. | [noun] A style of improvised jazz from the 1940s. BORA (6) [noun] A initiation ceremony for males among the Aborigines of New South Wales. | [noun] A cold, often dry, northeasterly wind which blows, sometimes in violent gusts, down from mountains on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. It also applies to cold, squally, downslope winds in other parts of the world. BORE (6) [noun] A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter. | [noun] The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter. | [noun] A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring. | [noun] A sudden and rapid flow of tide occuring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave. | [verb] To carry or convey, literally or figuratively. 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. BORT (6) [noun] Poor-quality diamond, used for industrial cutting or abrasion; a poorly crystallized diamond. BOSH (9) [noun] Nonsense. | [interjection] An expression of disbelief or annoyance. | [noun] The lower part of a blast furnace, between the hearth and the stack. | [noun] A figure. | [verb] To consume (illicit drugs). BOSK (10) [noun] A small wooded area or thicket. | [noun] A small bush or shrub. BOSS (6) [noun] A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor. | [noun] A person in charge of a business or company. | [noun] A leader, the head of an organized group or team. | [noun] A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object. | [noun] A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw. BOTA (6) [noun] A leather bottle or bag, typically made from a goatskin, used for storing and carrying liquids such as wine or water. BOTH (9) [pronoun] Each of the two, or of the two kinds. | [conjunction] Including both of (used with and). | [conjunction] Including all of (used with and). BOTS (6) [noun] The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses. | [noun] A physical robot. | [noun] A piece of software designed to complete a minor but repetitive task automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account. BOTT (6) [noun] The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses. BOUT (6) [noun] A period of something, usually painful or unpleasant. | [noun] A boxing match. | [noun] An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept. | [preposition] In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of. BOWL (9) [noun] A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items. | [noun] As much as is held by a bowl. | [noun] A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl. | [noun] The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls. BOWS (9) [noun] A firm branch of a tree. | [noun] The gallows. | [noun] A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows. BOXY (16) [adjective] Box-like or box-shaped. BOYO (9) [noun] A boy or lad. | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A stereotypically Welsh form of address for a man, usually younger than the speaker. BOYS (9) [noun] A young male. | [noun] (diminutive) A male child: a son of any age. | [noun] (diminutive) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker. BOZO (15) [noun] A stupid, foolish, or ridiculous person, especially a man. BRIO (6) [noun] Vigour or vivacity. BROO (6) BROS (6) [noun] Brother; a male sibling | [noun] Brother; a male comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals. | [noun] Brother; usually used to address a male BROW (9) [noun] The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow. | [noun] The first tine of an antler's beam. | [noun] The forehead. BUBO (8) [noun] An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or the groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis or syphilis. BUOY (9) [noun] A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel. | [noun] A life-buoy; a life preserver. | [verb] To keep afloat or aloft; used with up. CALO (6) CAPO (8) [noun] A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings. | [noun] A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime. | [noun] A leader and organizer of supporters at a sporting event, particularly association football matches. CERO (6) [noun] A large scombroid food fish (Scomberomorus regalis) found chiefly in the West Indies. CHAO (9) [noun] A farewell greeting; goodbye (Italian origin, used in English). CHON (9) CHOP (11) [noun] A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib. | [noun] A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil. | [noun] A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched. | [noun] A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal. | [noun] An official stamp or seal, as in China and India. | [noun] An IRC channel operator. CHOW (12) [noun] Food, especially snacks. | [noun] A Chow Chow. | [noun] A Chinese person. | [noun] A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district. | [noun] A run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit. CIAO (6) [noun] A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao". | [interjection] Hello, hi. | [interjection] Bye, goodbye. CION (6) [noun] A plant cutting or scion used for grafting. | [noun] A descendant or offspring. CLOD (7) [noun] A lump of something, especially of earth or clay. | [noun] The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf. | [noun] A stupid person; a dolt. CLOG (7) [noun] A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel. | [noun] A blockage. | [noun] A shoe of any type. CLON (6) CLOP (8) [noun] The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground. | [noun] My Little Pony-themed pornography | [verb] To make this sound; to walk so as to make this sound. CLOT (6) [noun] A thrombus, solidified mass of blood. | [noun] A solidified mass of any liquid. | [noun] A silly person. CLOY (9) [verb] To fill up or choke up; to stop up. | [verb] To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate. | [verb] To fill to loathing; to surfeit. COAL (6) [noun] A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel. | [noun] A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English) | [noun] A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof. COAT (6) [noun] An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.Wp | [noun] A covering of material, such as paint.Wp | [noun] The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.Wp COAX (13) [noun] A simpleton; a dupe. | [verb] To fondle, kid, pet, tease. | [verb] To wheedle, persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something. | [noun] Short for coaxial cable. COBB (10) COBS (8) [noun] A male swan. | [noun] A corncob. | [noun] A round, often crusty roll or loaf of bread. COCA (8) [noun] Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America. | [noun] The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine. | [noun] A pastry typically made and consumed in the Spanish Mediterranean coast. COCK (12) [noun] A male bird, especially: | [noun] A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing. | [noun] The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism. | [noun] (where it is still sometimes used) Vulva, vagina. | [noun] A small conical pile of hay. | [noun] Abbreviation of cock-boat, a type of small boat. | [proper noun] A corruption of the word God, used in oaths. COCO (8) [noun] Coconut palm. | [noun] Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm. CODA (7) [noun] A person born hearing to deaf parents. | [noun] A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation. | [noun] The optional final part of a syllable, placed after its nucleus, and usually composed of one or more consonants. CODE (7) [noun] A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents. | [noun] A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest. | [noun] Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject. | [verb] Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest. CODS (7) [noun] A small bag or pouch. | [noun] A husk or integument; a pod. | [noun] The scrotum (also in plural). COED (7) [noun] A young woman who attends college. | [noun] A (generally young) woman, especially on the campus of a college or other educational institute. | [adjective] Of an educational institution, that teaches both males and females. COFF (12) COFT (9) COGS (7) [noun] A tooth on a gear. | [noun] A gear; a cogwheel. | [noun] An unimportant individual in a greater system. COHO (9) [noun] An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes. COIF (9) [noun] A hairdo. | [noun] A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women. | [noun] An item of chain mail headgear. | [verb] To style or arrange hair. COIL (6) [noun] Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral. | [noun] Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped. | [noun] A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow. | [noun] A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil. COIN (6) [noun] (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. | [noun] A token used in a special establishment like a casino. | [noun] That which serves for payment or recompense. COIR (6) [noun] The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute. COKE (10) [noun] Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel. | [verb] To produce coke from coal. | [verb] To turn into coke. | [noun] Cocaine. | [noun] Cola-based soft drink. COLA (6) [noun] The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts. | [noun] A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water. | [noun] The punctuation mark ":". | [noun] A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant. COLD (7) [adjective] (of a thing) Having a low temperature. | [adjective] (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold. | [adjective] (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort. | [noun] A condition of low temperature. | [adverb] While at low temperature. COLE (6) [noun] Cabbage. | [noun] Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed). | [noun] A stack or stook of hay. COLS (6) [noun] A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks. | [noun] A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions. COLT (6) [noun] A young male horse. | [noun] A young crane (bird). | [noun] A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice. COLY (9) [noun] Any bird of either of the genera Colius or Urocolius, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. COMA (8) [noun] A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma. | [noun] A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet. | [noun] A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points. COMB (10) [noun] A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place. | [noun] A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers. | [noun] A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest. | [noun] (abbreviation) Combination. | [noun] A valley, often wooded and often with no river COME (8) [noun] Coming, arrival; approach. | [noun] Semen | [noun] Female ejaculatory discharge. | [noun] The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list. COMP (10) [noun] Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images. | [noun] Clipping of comprehensive examination. | [noun] Clipping of complimentary ticket or item. 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). COOF (9) COOK (10) [noun] A person who prepares food. | [noun] The head cook of a manor house | [noun] The degree or quality of cookedness of food | [verb] To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients. | [verb] To make the noise of the cuckoo. | [verb] To throw. COOL (6) [noun] A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness. | [noun] A calm temperament. | [noun] The property of being cool, popular or in fashion. | [verb] To lose heat, to get colder. 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. COOP (8) [noun] A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals. | [noun] A wickerwork basket (kipe) or other enclosure for catching fish. | [noun] A narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a prison. | [noun] A cart with sides and ends made from boards, enabling it to carry manure, etc. | [noun] A small heap. | [noun] A unit of a housing co-operative; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep. COOS (6) [noun] The murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon. | [noun] (by extension) An expression of pleasure made by a person. | [verb] To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon. COOT (6) [noun] Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead. | [noun] A foolish or eccentric fellow | [noun] (with the) A success; something excellent. COPE (8) [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. | [noun] A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass. | [verb] To bargain for; to buy. COPS (8) [noun] A spider. | [verb] To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take. | [verb] To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing. | [noun] The connecting crook of a harrow. COPY (11) [noun] The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original. | [noun] An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality. | [noun] The text that is to be typeset. CORD (7) [noun] A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously. | [noun] A straight line between two points of a curve. | [noun] A horizontal member of a truss. CORE (6) [noun] The central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds. | [noun] The heart or inner part of a physical thing | [noun] The center or inner part of a space or area | [noun] A body of individuals; an assemblage. | [noun] A miner's underground working time or shift. | [noun] Various former units of volume, particularly: | [noun] (machinery, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself. CORF (9) [noun] A large basket, especially as used for coal. | [noun] A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater. | [noun] A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines. CORK (10) [noun] The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material. | [noun] A bottle stopper made from this or any other material. | [noun] An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork. | [noun] An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead. CORM (8) [noun] A short, vertical, swollen underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought. 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. CORY (9) [noun] A tropical freshwater catfish commonly kept in aquariums, typically small and bottom-feeding. COSH (9) [noun] A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack. | [noun] A blunt instrument such as a bludgeon or truncheon. | [noun] The cane. | [adjective] Cosy; snug COSS (6) [noun] A loss or cross; an archaic or dialectal term for misfortune or a crossing point. COST (6) [verb] To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price. | [verb] To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of. | [verb] To require to be borne or suffered; to cause. | [noun] Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used. | [noun] Manner; way; means; available course; contrivance. | [noun] A rib; a side. COSY (9) [noun] A padded or knit covering put on an item to keep it warm, especially a teapot or egg. | [noun] A padded or knit covering for any item (often an electronic device such as a laptop computer). | [noun] A work of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community. COTE (6) [noun] A cottage or hut. | [noun] A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons. | [verb] To quote. | [verb] To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before. COTS (6) [noun] A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes. | [noun] A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides. | [noun] A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks. COUP (8) [noun] A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act. | [noun] (of Native Americans) A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery. | [noun] A coup d'état. COVE (9) [noun] A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. | [noun] A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling. | [noun] A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds. | [noun] (thieves' cant) A fellow; a man. | [verb] To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs. COWL (9) [noun] A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it. | [noun] A mask that covers the majority of the head. | [noun] A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling. | [noun] A vessel carried on a pole, a soe. | [noun] A caul (the amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth). COWS (9) [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. | [verb] (chiefly in the passive voice) To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of. | [noun] A plant or herb with edible roots, in the genus Lomatium, used in traditional Native American foods and medicines. COWY (12) COXA (13) [noun] The basal segment of a limb of various arthropods (insects and spiders, for example). COYS (9) COZY (18) [noun] A padded or knit covering put on an item to keep it warm, especially a teapot or egg. | [noun] A padded or knit covering for any item (often an electronic device such as a laptop computer). | [noun] A work of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community. CROC (8) [noun] A crocodile. | [noun] A plastic slip-on shoe. CROP (8) [noun] A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose. | [noun] The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants. | [noun] A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time. | [verb] To remove the top end of something, especially a plant. CROW (9) [noun] A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call. | [noun] The cry of the rooster. | [noun] Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea. | [verb] To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance. DADO (6) [noun] The section of a pedestal above the base. | [noun] The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion. | [noun] The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain. DAGO (6) [noun] A person of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, or other Mediterranean descent. | [noun] A person of Italian descent. DATO (5) DECO (7) [noun] (underwater diving) Decompression. | [noun] A friendship book in which people add decorative elements such as drawings, stickers and sequins. DEMO (7) [noun] A demonstration or visual explanation. | [noun] A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully. | [noun] An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount. | [verb] To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release. | [verb] To demolish (especially a house or fixture). DHOW (11) [noun] A traditional sailing vessel used along the coasts of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean, generally having a single mast and a lateen sail. DIDO (6) [noun] A fuss, a row. | [noun] A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper. DIOL (5) [noun] Any organic compound having two hydroxy functional groups DOAT (5) DOBY (10) DOCK (11) [noun] Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially common dock, and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash. | [noun] A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant. | [noun] The fleshy root of an animal's tail. | [noun] A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port. | [noun] Part of a courtroom where the accused sits. | [verb] To pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in the oven. DOCS (7) [noun] A doctor. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A document, especially (in professional jargon) a piece of technical documentation or legal evidence. | [noun] A documentary. DODO (6) [noun] A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius. | [noun] A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt. | [noun] Fried plantain. DOER (5) [noun] Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent. DOES (5) [verb] (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. | [verb] To perform; to execute. | [verb] To cause, make (someone) (do something). | [noun] A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope, (less commonly goat as nanny is also used). DOFF (11) [verb] (clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing. | [verb] To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect. | [verb] To get rid of, to throw off. DOGE (6) [noun] The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa. | [noun] A dog. | [noun] Specifically, a Shiba Inu, as in the doge meme. DOGS (6) [noun] A mammal, Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding. | [noun] Any member of the Family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid. | [noun] A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen. DOGY (9) DOIT (5) [noun] A small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver. | [noun] A small amount; a bit, a jot. | [noun] In jazz music, a note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards. | [verb] To stumble; to blunder. DOJO (12) [noun] The ring, made of compacted clay, in which a sumo wrestling match is held. | [noun] A training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training. | [noun] (by extension) A room or other facility used for other activities, such as meditation or software development. | [noun] The dojo loach, Japanese weather loach, or pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), a freshwater fish native to East Asia. DOLE (5) [noun] Money or other goods given as charity. | [noun] Distribution; dealing; apportionment. | [noun] Payment by the state to the unemployed. | [noun] Sorrow or grief; dolour. DOLL (5) [noun] A toy in the form of a human. | [noun] (sometimes offensive) An attractive young woman | [noun] A term of endearment: darling, sweetheart. DOLS (5) DOLT (5) [noun] A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard. | [verb] To behave foolishly. DOME (7) [noun] A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere; a cupola | [noun] Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover | [noun] Head (uppermost part of one's body) DOMS (7) 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. DOOM (7) [noun] Destiny, especially terrible. | [noun] An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable. | [noun] A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair. DOOR (5) [noun] A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key. | [noun] Any flap, etc. that opens like a door. | [noun] (immigration) An entry point. DOPA (7) [noun] The amino acid dihydroxyphenylalanine that is generated in the liver from tyrosine and then converted into dopamine in the brain. DOPE (7) [noun] Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface. | [noun] An absorbent material used to hold a liquid. | [noun] Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc. DOPY (10) [adjective] Stupid, silly. DORE (5) DORK (9) [noun] A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade. | [noun] (Midwest US) A penis; dork. | [noun] (Midwest US) A socially unacceptable person; an oddball. DORM (7) [verb] To reside in a dorm. | [noun] A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind. | [noun] A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities. DORP (7) [noun] A village or small town; a town considered provincial. DORR (5) DORS (5) [noun] A large European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius, that makes a droning noise while flying | [noun] Any flying insect which makes a loud humming noise, such as the June bug or a bumblebee | [noun] A trick, joke, or deception DORY (8) [noun] A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers. | [noun] Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish. | [adjective] Of a bright yellow or golden color. | [noun] A wooden pike or spear about three metres (ten feet) in length with a flat, leaf-shaped iron spearhead and a bronze butt-spike (called a sauroter), which was the main weapon of hoplites in Ancient Greece. It was usually not thrown but rather thrust at opponents with one hand. DOSE (5) DOSS (5) [noun] The avoidance of work. | [noun] An easy piece of work. | [noun] A place to sleep in; a bed. DOST (5) [verb] (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. | [verb] To perform; to execute. | [verb] To cause, make (someone) (do something). DOTE (5) [noun] A darling, a cutie. | [noun] An imbecile; a dotard. | [verb] (usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody. DOTH (8) [verb] (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. | [verb] To perform; to execute. | [verb] To cause, make (someone) (do something). DOTS (5) [noun] A small, round spot. | [noun] (grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period. | [noun] A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ. DOTY (8) DOUM (7) DOUR (5) [adjective] Stern, harsh and forbidding. | [adjective] Unyielding and obstinate. | [adjective] Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy. DOUX (12) DOVE (8) [noun] A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae. | [noun] A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict. | [noun] Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle. | [verb] To swim under water. 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. DOWS (8) DOXY (15) [noun] A sweetheart; a prostitute or a mistress. | [noun] A defined opinion. | [noun] A broad-spectrum antibiotic, C22H24N2O8, of the tetracycline class. | [noun] A dachshund. DOZE (14) [noun] A light, short sleep or nap. | [verb] To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze. | [verb] To make dull; to stupefy. DOZY (17) [adjective] Quite sleepy or tired. | [adjective] Intellectually slow. | [adjective] Decaying, rotten, spongy. DROP (7) [noun] A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape via surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid. | [noun] A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything. | [noun] (now especially with "the") Alcoholic spirits in general. DUOS (5) [noun] Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially, those who perform music together. | [noun] Any pair of two people. | [noun] Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur. DURO (5) EBON (6) [noun] (now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree. | [adjective] Made of ebony. | [adjective] Black in colour. ECHO (9) [noun] A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer. | [noun] An utterance repeating what has just been said. | [noun] A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line. EDDO (6) [noun] A plant (Colocasia esculenta, but often identified as Colocasia antiquorum, among numerous other synonyms), which is usually considered a variety of C. esculenta, with edible starchy tubers. | [noun] The tubers of this plant. EGOS (5) [noun] The self, especially with a sense of self-importance. | [noun] (Freudian) The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings. ENOL (4) ENOW (7) EONS (4) [noun] Eternity. | [noun] A period of 1,000,000,000 years. | [noun] The longest time period used in geology. EPOS (6) [noun] An epic. ERGO (5) [adverb] Consequently, therefore, thus. | [conjunction] Therefore (especially in syllogisms). | [noun] An ergometer (rowing machine). EROS (4) EURO (4) [noun] Person living or originating from Europe | [noun] Person who resides within the European Union | [noun] The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: € | [noun] Macropus robustus, a wallaroo (macropod species). 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. EXPO (13) [noun] An exposition. | [noun] An expediter; a restaurant worker who prepares food to be taken to tables. FADO (8) [noun] A Portuguese folk song, usually featuring a single vocalist, Portuguese guitar and sometimes classical guitar. Lyrical themes are often melancholic in nature; the structure of the song is of greater importance. FANO (7) FARO (7) [noun] A game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack. FEOD (8) FICO (9) FIDO (8) [noun] A coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized by collectors. FILO (7) [noun] A type of dough, originating in Mediterranean cuisine, that is used in thin layers to make pastries (such as baklava and apple strudel) and pies and becomes very flaky when cooked. FINO (7) [noun] The driest and palest type of traditional sherry. FLOC (9) [noun] A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed. FLOE (7) [noun] A low, flat mass of floating ice. FLOG (8) [noun] A contemptible, often arrogant person. | [verb] To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment. | [verb] To use something to extreme; to abuse. | [noun] A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service. FLOP (9) [noun] An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down. | [noun] A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry. | [noun] The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game. | [noun] Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation. FLOW (10) [noun] A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts | [noun] The movement of a real or figurative fluid. | [noun] A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set. | [noun] A morass or marsh. FOAL (7) [noun] A young horse or related animal, especially just after birth or less than a year old. | [noun] A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub. | [verb] To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring. FOAM (9) [noun] A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains. | [noun] A substance formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid. | [noun] (by extension) Sea foam; the sea. FOBS (9) [noun] A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold a pocketwatch; a watch pocket. | [noun] A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch. | [noun] A small ornament attached to such a chain. (See Usage Notes below) FOCI (9) [noun] A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge. | [noun] A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge. | [noun] The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium. FOES (7) [noun] An enemy. | [noun] A unit of energy equal to 1044 joules. FOGS (8) [noun] A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud. | [noun] A mist or film clouding a surface. | [noun] A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion. FOGY (11) [noun] A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow. | [noun] Extra pay granted to officers for length of service. 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. FOIL (7) [noun] A very thin sheet of metal. | [noun] Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food. | [noun] A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant. | [noun] Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage. | [noun] The track of an animal. | [verb] To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials. | [verb] To defile; to soil. FOIN (7) FOLD (8) [noun] An act of folding. | [noun] A bend or crease. | [noun] Any correct move in origami. | [noun] A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals. | [noun] The Earth; earth; land, country. FOLK (11) [noun] A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation. | [noun] The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants. | [noun] (plural: folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents. 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. FOOD (8) [noun] Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life. | [noun] A foodstuff. | [noun] Anything that nourishes or sustains. FOOL (7) [noun] A person with poor judgment or little intelligence. | [noun] A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages). | [noun] Someone who derives pleasure from something specified. FOOT (7) [noun] A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. | [noun] Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. | [noun] (often used attributively) Travel by walking. FOPS (9) [noun] A vain man; a dandy. FORA (7) [noun] A place for discussion. | [noun] A gathering for the purpose of discussion. | [noun] A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience. FORB (9) [noun] Any non-woody flowering plant that is not a graminoid (a grass, sedge, or rush). FORD (8) [noun] A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing. | [noun] A stream; a current. | [verb] To cross a stream using a ford. FORE (7) [noun] The front; the forward part of something; the foreground. | [adjective] Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous. | [adjective] Forward; situated towards the front (of something). | [verb] To go, travel. FORK (11) [noun] A pronged tool having a long straight handle, used for digging, lifting, throwing etc. | [noun] A pronged tool for use in the garden; a smaller hand fork for weeding etc., or larger for turning over the soil. | [noun] A gallows. | [noun] The bottom of a sump into which the water of a mine drains. FORM (9) [noun] (heading, physical) To do with shape. | [noun] (social) To do with structure or procedure. | [noun] A blank document or template to be filled in by the user. FORT (7) [noun] A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops. | [noun] Any permanent army post. | [noun] An outlying trading-station, as in British North America. FOSS (7) [noun] A pit, groove, cavity, or depression. | [noun] A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. | [noun] A carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, Cryptoprocta ferox. | [noun] Waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff). FOUL (7) [adjective] Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty. | [adjective] (of words or a way of speaking) obscene, vulgar or abusive. | [adjective] Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome. | [noun] A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball. FOUR (7) [noun] The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof. | [noun] Anything measuring four units, as length. | [noun] A person who is four years old. FOWL (10) [noun] A bird. | [noun] A bird of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail. | [noun] Birds which are hunted or kept for food, including Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans. | [adjective] Foul FOXY (17) [adjective] Having the qualities of a fox. | [adjective] Cunning, sly. | [adjective] Attractive, sexy (of a woman). FOYS (10) FOZY (19) FROE (7) [noun] A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block. | [noun] A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow. FROG (8) [noun] A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops. | [noun] The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached. | [noun] Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad. | [noun] A French person. | [noun] A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt. | [verb] To unravel part of (a knitted garment) while knitting it in order to correct a mistake. FROM (9) [preposition] Used to indicate source or provenance. | [preposition] Originating at (a year, time, etc.) | [preposition] Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference. FROW (10) [noun] A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one. | [noun] A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman. | [noun] A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character. | [noun] A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block. | [adjective] Brittle; tender; crisp | [noun] A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower. GAOL (5) [noun] A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. | [noun] Confinement in a jail. | [noun] The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days). GIRO (5) [noun] (in Europe) A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions. | [noun] An unemployment benefit cheque. | [verb] To transfer funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions. GLOB (7) [noun] A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance. | [noun] A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression. | [noun] A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway. GLOM (7) [verb] To steal, to grab. | [verb] To stare. | [verb] To attach. | [noun] Short for glomerulus. GLOP (7) [verb] To stare in amazement. | [noun] Any gooey substance. | [noun] A gooey blob of some substance. GLOW (8) [noun] The state of a glowing object. | [noun] The condition of being passionate or having warm feelings. | [noun] The brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person (especially one's face). GOAD (6) [noun] A long, pointed stick used to prod animals. | [noun] That which goads or incites; a stimulus. | [verb] To prod with a goad. GOAL (5) [noun] A result that one is attempting to achieve. | [noun] In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object. | [noun] The act of placing the object into the goal. GOAS (5) GOAT (5) [noun] A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra. | [noun] A lecherous man. | [noun] A scapegoat. GOBO (7) [noun] A disc placed between a light and the illuminated object or actor in order to diffuse the glare. | [noun] A template inserted over a light source in order to control the shape of the thrown light. | [noun] A device used to shield a microphone from extraneous sounds. | [noun] The taproot of young burdock plants, eaten as a root vegetable. GOBS (7) [noun] A lump of soft or sticky material. | [noun] The mouth. | [noun] Saliva or phlegm. GOBY (10) [noun] Any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae, in which the pelvic fins are fused to form a disc-shaped sucker. | [noun] A gudgeon, such as Gobio gobio. GODS (6) [noun] A being such as a monotheistic God: a single divine creator and ruler of the universe. | [noun] A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed. | [noun] An idol. | [noun] The occupants of the gallery of a theatre. | [verb] To idolize. GOER (5) [noun] One who, or that which, goes. | [noun] Anything, especially a machine such as a motor car, that performs well, or operates successfully. | [noun] A person, often a woman, who enjoys sexual activity. GOES (5) [noun] The act of going. | [noun] A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game). | [noun] An attempt, a try. GOGO (6) [noun] An elasticated hair band. | [noun] Grandmother; elderly woman. GOLD (6) [noun] A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au. | [noun] A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so. | [noun] A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold. | [adjective] (of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing. GOLF (8) [noun] A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes. | [noun] The letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet. | [verb] To play the game of golf. 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. GOOD (6) [adjective] (of people) | [adjective] (of capabilities) | [adjective] (properties and qualities) | [adverb] Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly. | [noun] The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence. | [verb] To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve. | [verb] To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise. GOOF (8) [noun] A mistake or error. | [noun] A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball. | [noun] A child molester. GOOK (9) [noun] A person of Far Eastern or Oceanian descent, especially a Vietnamese, Filipino, Chinese, Japanese or Korean person. | [noun] A foreigner, especially an enemy soldier in wartime. | [noun] Grime or mud. 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. GOOP (7) [noun] (usually uncountable) A thick, slimy substance; goo. | [noun] A silly, stupid, or boorish person. GOOS (5) GORE (5) [noun] Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air. | [noun] Murder, bloodshed, violence. | [noun] Dirt; mud; filth. | [verb] (of an animal) To pierce with the horn. | [noun] A triangular piece of land where roads meet. GORP (7) [noun] A loose mixture of dried fruit, nuts, frequently salt, and sometimes other ingredients; designed as an energy supplement for use while hiking, climbing, canoeing, etc. GORY (8) [adjective] Covered with blood, very bloody | [adjective] Unpleasant GOSH (8) [interjection] (minced oath) A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm. GOUT (5) [noun] An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints. | [noun] (usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch. | [noun] A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae. | [noun] Taste; relish GOWD (9) GOWK (12) [noun] A cuckoo. | [noun] A fool. | [verb] To make foolish; to stupefy. 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. GOYS (8) [noun] A non-Jew, a gentile. (See usage notes) GROG (6) [noun] (original meaning) An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy. | [noun] (by extension) Any alcoholic beverage. | [noun] A glass or serving of an alcoholic beverage. GROT (5) [noun] A grotto. | [noun] Any unpleasant substance or material. | [noun] A miserable person. GROW (8) [verb] To become larger, to increase in magnitude. | [verb] To appear or sprout. | [verb] To develop, to mature. GYRO (8) [noun] A gyroscope | [noun] A gyrocompass | [noun] An autogyro | [noun] A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce. HALO (7) [noun] A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere. | [noun] A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies. | [noun] Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs. HELO (7) [noun] Helicopter HERO (7) [noun] Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds. | [noun] A role model. | [noun] The protagonist in a work of fiction. HOAR (7) [noun] A white or greyish-white colour. | [noun] Hoariness; antiquity. | [verb] To become mouldy or musty. HOAX (14) [noun] Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick. | [verb] To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated. HOBO (9) [noun] A wandering homeless person, especially one illegally travelling by rail or a penniless, unemployed bum. | [noun] Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not. | [noun] A kind of large handbag. HOBS (9) [noun] A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear. | [noun] The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm. | [noun] The top cooking surface on a cooker; a cooktop. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'. HOCK (13) [noun] A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines. | [noun] The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog. | [noun] Meat from that part of a food animal. | [noun] Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan. | [verb] To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly | [noun] To cough heavily, esp. causing uvular frication. HODS (8) [noun] A three-sided box for carrying bricks or other construction materials, often mortar. It bears a long handle and is carried over the shoulder. | [noun] A receptacle for carrying coal, particularly one designed to facilitate loading coal or coke through the door of a firebox. | [noun] A pewterer's blowpipe. HOED (8) [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. HOER (7) HOES (7) [noun] A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality. | [noun] Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow. | [verb] To care, be anxious, long. HOGG (9) [noun] A young sheep of either gender, until it cuts its first two teeth; a hogget. HOGS (8) [noun] Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar. | [noun] (specifically) An adult swine (contrasted with a pig, a young swine). | [noun] A greedy person; one who refuses to share. HOKE (11) [noun] A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment. | [noun] A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook. | [noun] Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook. | [noun] Something contrived or artificial. | [verb] To scrounge, to grub. HOLD (8) [noun] A grasp or grip. | [noun] An act or instance of holding. | [noun] A place where animals are held for safety | [noun] The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold). | [adjective] Gracious; friendly; faithful; true. HOLE (7) [noun] A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure. | [noun] (heading) In games. | [noun] An excavation pit or trench. | [adjective] Entire, undivided. HOLK (11) HOLM (9) [noun] (obsolete outside dialectal) The holly. | [noun] A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak. | [noun] An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot. HOLP (9) HOLS (7) [noun] Holidays (time off work or time spent travelling). HOLT (7) [noun] A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse. | [noun] The lair of an animal, especially of an otter. HOLY (10) [noun] A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies. | [adjective] Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god. | [adjective] Revered in a religion. HOME (9) [noun] A dwelling. | [noun] One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt. | [noun] The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat. HOMO (9) [noun] A human. HOMY (12) [adjective] Homely 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) HOOD (8) [noun] A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak. | [noun] A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree. | [noun] An enclosure that protects something, especially from above. | [noun] Gangster, thug. | [noun] Neighborhood. | [noun] Person wearing a hoodie. HOOF (10) [noun] The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering. | [noun] The human foot. | [noun] An ungula. HOOK (11) [noun] A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment. | [noun] A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook. | [noun] Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook. HOOP (9) [noun] A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. | [noun] A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop. | [noun] A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent. | [noun] A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough. HOOT (7) [noun] A derisive cry or shout. | [noun] The cry of an owl. | [noun] A fun event or person. (See hootenanny) HOPE (9) [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. | [noun] The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen. | [noun] A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a comb. | [noun] A sloping plain between mountain ridges. HOPS (9) [noun] A short jump. | [noun] A jump on one leg. | [noun] A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that take place on private plane. HORA (7) [noun] A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide. | [noun] A branch of traditional Indian astrology, dealing with the finer points of predictive methods. 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. HOSE (7) [noun] A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid. | [noun] A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights. | [noun] Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee. HOST (7) [noun] One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially. | [noun] One that provides a facility for an event. | [noun] A person or organization responsible for running an event. | [noun] A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels) | [noun] The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist. HOTS (7) [verb] (with up) To heat; to make or become hot. | [verb] (with up) To become lively or exciting. | [noun] A condition of physical attraction toward (for) someone. HOUR (7) [noun] A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day. | [noun] A season, moment, or time. | [noun] The time. HOVE (10) [verb] To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover. | [verb] To wait, linger. | [verb] To move on or by. | [verb] To raise; lift; hold up. | [verb] To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing). HOWE (10) [noun] The means by which something is accomplished. | [noun] An artificial barrow or tumulus. | [noun] A small hill in northern England. (Usage preserved mainly in place names.) HOWF (13) HOWK (14) HOWL (10) [noun] The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound. | [noun] A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail. | [verb] To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. HOWS (10) HOYA (10) [noun] Any plant of the genus Hoya HOYS (10) [noun] A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port. | [verb] To incite; to drive onward. | [verb] To throw. HYPO (12) [noun] Melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression. | [noun] A hypochondriac. | [noun] Sodium thiosulphate, a photographic fixing agent. 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. IDOL (5) [noun] A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power. | [noun] A cultural icon, or especially popular person. | [noun] (originally Japan) Popular entertainer; usually young, captivating, attractive; and often female, with an image of being close to fans. 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. INFO (7) [noun] Information. INRO (4) [noun] A small decorative box, hung from the sash of a kimono, for holding small objects INTO (4) [preposition] To or towards the inside of. | [preposition] To or towards the region of. | [preposition] Against, especially with force or violence. IONS (4) [noun] An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution. IOTA (4) [noun] The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. | [noun] A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity. 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. JATO (11) [noun] An auxiliary jet engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an aircraft | [noun] A takeoff assisted by such a unit | [noun] A RATO unit or RATO takeoff - a rocket assisted take-off 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. JIAO (11) [noun] A currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan. JOBS (13) [noun] A task. | [noun] An economic role for which a person is paid. | [noun] (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery. JOCK (17) [noun] A common man. | [noun] A Scotsman. | [noun] The penis. | [verb] To masturbate JOES (11) [noun] Darling, sweetheart. | [noun] A male; a guy; a fellow. | [noun] Coffee. JOEY (14) [noun] The immature young of a marsupial, notably a junior kangaroo, but also a young wallaby, koala, etc. | [noun] The shorter word whose letters can be found within a kangaroo word. | [noun] A parcel smuggled in to an inmate. | [noun] (circus) A kind of clown. | [noun] A member of the Royal Marines. | [noun] A person with cerebal palsy. JOGS (12) [noun] An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise. | [noun] A sudden push or nudge. | [noun] A flat placed perpendicularly to break up a flat surface. 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. JOKE (15) [noun] An amusing story. | [noun] Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness. | [noun] The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one JOKY (18) [adjective] In the nature of a joke; jocular JOLE (11) JOLT (11) [noun] An act of jolting. | [noun] A surprise or shock. | [noun] A long prison sentence. JOSH (14) [noun] An instance of good-natured banter. | [verb] To tease someone in a kindly or friendly fashion. | [verb] To make or exchange good-natured jokes. JOSS (11) [noun] A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. | [noun] A heathen divinity. | [noun] Luck. JOTA (11) [noun] A traditional popular dance of the Iberian peninsula with regional variations. | [noun] The music to which this dance is set, normally of 3/4 or 6/8 time. JOTS (11) [noun] Iota; the smallest letter or stroke of any writing. | [noun] A small amount, bit; the smallest amount. | [noun] Moment, instant. JOUK (15) [verb] To play dance music, or to dance, in a juke | [verb] To hit | [verb] To stab JOWL (14) [noun] The jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible. | [verb] To throw, dash, or knock. | [noun] A fold of fatty flesh under the chin, around the cheeks, or lower jaw (as a dewlap, wattle, crop, or double chin). JOWS (14) JOYS (14) [noun] A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good. | [noun] Anything that causes such a feeling. | [noun] Luck or success; a positive outcome. JUDO (12) [noun] A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujutsu. 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 KAYO (11) [noun] A knockout (in boxing). | [verb] To knock someone out, or render them unconscious or senseless. KENO (8) [noun] A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered. KETO (8) KILO (8) [noun] In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg | [noun] The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight. 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. 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. 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. KOAS (8) [noun] Acacia koa, a species of large tree in the family Fabaceae which is endemic to and common on the islands of Hawaii; or the wood of this tree. KOBO (10) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Nigerian naira. KOBS (10) KOEL (8) [noun] A cuckoo of the genus Eudynamys, native to Asia, Australia and the Pacific. KOHL (11) [noun] A dark powder (usually powdered antimony) used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries; stibnite. | [verb] To decorate one's eyes with kohl. KOLA (8) [noun] The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts. | [noun] A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water. | [noun] A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract. KOLO (8) [noun] A national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle. KONK (12) KOOK (12) [noun] An eccentric, strange or crazy person. | [noun] (kiteboarding, wakeboarding) A boardsport participant who lacks style or skill; a newbie who acts as if they are better at the sport than they are. KOPH (13) KOPS (10) [noun] A hill or mountain. KORE (8) [noun] An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle. KORS (8) KOSS (8) KOTO (8) [noun] A Japanese stringed instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand. KUDO (9) LENO (4) [noun] A type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains. LEVO (7) [adjective] (of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or anticlockwise. LIDO (5) [noun] Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities. | [noun] An outdoor swimming pool. LIMO (6) [noun] An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front. | [noun] An automobile with such a body. | [noun] A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. 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. 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. LOAD (5) [noun] A burden; a weight to be carried. | [noun] A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind. | [noun] A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time. LOAF (7) [noun] (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking. | [noun] Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar. | [noun] Shortened from "loaf of bread", the brain or the head (mainly in the phrase use one's loaf). | [verb] To do nothing, to be idle. LOAM (6) [noun] A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due. | [noun] A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern. | [verb] To cover, smear, or fill with loam. 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. LOBE (6) [noun] Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form. | [noun] A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung. | [noun] A semicircular pattern left on the ice as the skater travels across it. LOBO (6) [noun] A wolf. LOBS (6) [noun] (ball sports) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air. | [noun] A lump. | [noun] A country bumpkin; a yokel. LOCA (6) LOCH (9) [noun] A lake. | [noun] A bay or arm of the sea. | [noun] A medicine in a soft form taken by licking; a lambative, a linctus. LOCI (6) [noun] A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime. | [noun] The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition. | [noun] A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes. LOCK (10) [noun] Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination. | [noun] (by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource. | [noun] A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels. | [noun] A tuft or length of hair, wool etc. LOCO (6) [adverb] A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower. | [noun] A certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism. | [verb] To poison with the loco plant; to affect with locoism. | [noun] A locomotive. LODE (5) [noun] A way or path; a road. | [noun] A watercourse. | [noun] A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure. LOFT (7) [noun] (except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens. | [noun] An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building. | [noun] The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure. LOGE (5) [noun] A booth or stall. | [noun] The lodge of a concierge. | [noun] An upscale seating region in a modern concert hall or sports venue, often in the back lower tier, or on a separate tier above the mezzanine. LOGO (5) [noun] A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization. | [noun] (by extension) An audio recording for the same purpose; a jingle. | [noun] A single graphic which contains one or more separate elements. LOGS (5) [noun] The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches. | [noun] Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc. | [noun] A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree. LOGY (8) [adjective] Slow to respond or react; lethargic. | [noun] A term formed with the -logy suffix. 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 LOLL (4) [verb] To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. | [verb] To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. | [verb] To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way. 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. LOOF (7) LOOK (8) LOOM (6) [noun] A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general. | [noun] A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making. | [noun] The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade, the shaft. | [noun] Loon (bird of order Gaviiformes) | [noun] A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar. 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. LOOP (6) [noun] A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. | [noun] The opening so formed. | [noun] A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. | [verb] To form something into a loop. LOOS (4) [noun] A half-mask, particularly those velvet half-masks fashionable in the 17th century as a means of protecting women's complexion from the sun. | [noun] A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation. | [noun] A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation. | [noun] Praise, fame, reputation. LOOT (4) [noun] A kind of scoop or ladle, chiefly used to remove the scum from brine-pans in saltworks. | [noun] The act of plundering. | [noun] Plunder, booty, especially from a ransacked city. LOPE (6) [noun] An easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To travel an easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To jump, leap. LOPS (6) [noun] That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree. | [verb] (usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone. | [verb] To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side. LORD (5) [noun] The master of the servants of a household; the master of a feudal manor | [noun] One possessing similar mastery over others; any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron) | [noun] One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~) LORE (4) [noun] All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience. | [noun] The backstory created around a fictional universe. | [noun] Workmanship. | [noun] The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians. | [verb] To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons. LORN (4) [adjective] Doomed; lost. | [adjective] Abandoned, forlorn, lonely. LORY (7) [noun] Any of various small, brightly coloured, parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae. LOSE (4) [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). | [noun] Fame, renown; praise. LOSS (4) [noun] The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement. | [noun] The destruction or ruin of an object. | [noun] Something that has been destroyed or ruined. LOST (4) [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). LOTA (4) [noun] A spherical pot, specifically a water pot used for washing and ablution, typically made of brass. | [noun] A person who switches loyalties, especially from one political party to another. LOTH (7) [adjective] Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling. | [adjective] Angry, hostile. | [adjective] Loathsome, unpleasant. | [noun] A measure of weight formerly used in Germany, the Netherlands and some other parts of Europe, equivalent to half of the local ounce. LOTI (4) [noun] A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae. | [noun] A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India. | [noun] A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria. | [noun] The basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho, introduced in 1980 to replace the South African rand as legal tender. LOTS (4) [noun] A large quantity or number; a great deal. | [noun] A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively. | [noun] One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items. LOUD (5) [noun] A loud sound or part of a sound. | [noun] High-quality marijuana. | [adjective] (of a sound) Of great intensity. | [adverb] Loudly. LOUP (6) [noun] A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls. LOUR (4) [noun] A frown, a scowl; an angry or sullen look. | [noun] Of the sky, the weather, etc.: a dark, gloomy, and threatening appearance. | [verb] To frown; to look sullen. LOUT (4) [noun] A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob. | [noun] A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. | [verb] To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. | [verb] To bend, bow, stoop. LOVE (7) [noun] Strong affection. | [noun] A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved. | [noun] A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings. | [verb] To praise; commend. | [noun] (racquet sports) Zero, no score. LOWE (7) [noun] A flame; fire; blaze. LOWN (7) LOWS (7) [noun] Something that is low; a low point. | [noun] The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period. | [noun] A depressed mood or situation. MAKO (10) [noun] Mako shark MANO (6) MAYO (9) [noun] A white person. | [noun] A dressing made from vegetable oil, raw egg yolks and seasoning, used on salads, with french fries, in sandwiches etc. | [noun] Any cold dish with that dressing as an ingredient. MEMO (8) [noun] A short note; a memorandum. | [noun] A record of partial results that can be reused later without recomputation. | [verb] To record something; to make a note of something. MENO (6) MEOU (6) MEOW (9) [noun] The cry of a cat. | [noun] The drug mephedrone. | [verb] Of a cat, to make its cry. MHOS (9) [noun] A former unit of electric conductance, equivalent to and superseded by the siemens. MILO (6) [noun] Sorghum MISO (6) [noun] A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces. 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. MOAS (6) [noun] Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world. MOAT (6) [noun] A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation. | [noun] An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, either because of the nature of its products, services, franchise or other reason. | [noun] A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it. MOBS (8) [noun] A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action. | [noun] A group of animals such as horses or cattle. | [noun] A flock of emus. MOCK (12) [noun] An imitation, usually of lesser quality. | [noun] Mockery, the act of mocking. | [noun] A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam. MOCS (8) [noun] Moccasin (type of shoe) MODE (7) [noun] One of several ancient Greek scales. | [noun] One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale. | [noun] A particular means of accomplishing something. | [noun] Style or fashion; popular trend. MODI (7) MODS (7) [noun] An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses. | [noun] A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker. | [noun] A modification. MOGS (7) [noun] A young cow or bull. | [noun] Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding. | [noun] A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals). MOIL (6) [noun] Hard work. | [noun] Confusion, turmoil. | [noun] A spot; a defilement. | [noun] The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather. MOJO (13) [noun] A magic charm or spell. | [noun] Supernatural skill or luck. | [noun] Personal magnetism; charm. MOKE (10) [noun] A donkey. | [noun] A mesh of a net, or of anything resembling a net. | [noun] A black person. MOLA (6) [noun] A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia, consisting of cloth panels to be worn on clothing, featuring complex designs made with multiple layers of cloth in a reverse appliqué technique. | [noun] A sunfish, Mola mola. MOLD (7) [noun] A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance. | [noun] A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped. | [noun] Something that is made in or shaped on a mold. | [noun] A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air. | [noun] Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting. MOLE (6) [noun] A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy. | [noun] Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae. | [noun] Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats. | [noun] A moll, a bitch, a slut. | [noun] A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water. | [noun] In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.) as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12. Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. | [noun] A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum. | [noun] One of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America, especially the sauce which contains chocolate and which is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts. MOLL (6) [noun] A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute. | [noun] A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals. | [noun] Bitch, slut; an insulting epithet applied to a female. | [adjective] Minor; in the minor mode MOLS (6) [noun] In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.) as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12. Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. MOLT (6) [noun] The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc. | [noun] The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting. | [verb] To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one. | [verb] To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat. MOLY (9) [noun] A magic herb or plant used by Odysseus to overcome Circe. | [noun] Any plant associated with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, Allium moly. | [noun] Molybdenum MOME (8) MOMI (8) MOMS (8) [noun] (familiar) mother. | [noun] An adult female owner of a pet. | [noun] Affectionate term of address for one's mother. 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). MOOD (7) [noun] A mental or emotional state, composure. | [noun] Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art). | [noun] A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood. | [noun] (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality. MOOL (6) 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. MOOR (6) [noun] An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath | [noun] A game preserve consisting of moorland. | [verb] To cast anchor or become fastened. MOOS (6) [noun] The characteristic lowing sound made by cattle. | [noun] A foolish woman. | [verb] Of a cow or bull, to make its characteristic lowing sound. MOOT (6) [noun] A moot court. | [noun] A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties. | [noun] A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks. | [noun] A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors. | [noun] Vagina. | [noun] The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree. MOPE (8) [noun] A dull, spiritless person. | [noun] (pornography industry) A bottom feeder who "mopes" around a pornography studio hoping for his big break and often does bit parts in exchange for room and board and meager pay. | [verb] To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk. MOPS (8) [noun] An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle. | [noun] A wash with a mop; the act of mopping | [noun] A dense head of hair. | [noun] A pug dog. MOPY (11) MORA (6) MORE (6) [adverb] To a greater degree or extent. | [adverb] Used to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs. | [adverb] In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more. | [noun] A carrot; a parsnip. | [verb] To root up. MORN (6) [noun] Morning. MORS (6) MORT (6) [noun] Death; especially, the death of game in hunting. | [noun] A note sounded on a horn at the death of a deer. | [noun] The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. | [noun] A great quantity or number. | [noun] A player in a multi-user dungeon who does not have special administrator privileges and whose character can be killed. | [noun] A three-year-old salmon. | [noun] A woman; a female. MOSK (10) MOSS (6) [noun] Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci). | [noun] A kind or species of such plants. | [noun] Any alga, lichen, bryophyte, or other plant of seemingly simple structure. MOST (6) [noun] The greatest amount. | [noun] The greater part. | [noun] A record-setting amount. | [adverb] Almost. MOTE (6) [noun] A small particle; a speck. | [verb] May or might. | [verb] Must. | [noun] A meeting for discussion. | [noun] A tiny computer for remote sensing; a component element of smartdust. MOTH (9) [noun] A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae. | [noun] Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing. | [verb] To hunt for moths. | [noun] The plant Vigna aconitifolia, moth bean. | [noun] A small particle; a speck. MOTS (6) [noun] A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot. | [noun] A word or a motto; a device. | [noun] A note or brief strain on a bugle. MOTT (6) [noun] (chiefly Texas) A copse or small grove of trees, especially live oak or elm. | [noun] A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot. | [noun] A word or a motto; a device. MOUE (6) [noun] A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness. MOVE (9) [noun] The act of moving; a movement. | [noun] An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose. | [noun] A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc. MOWN (9) [verb] To cut down grass or crops. | [verb] To cut down or slaughter in great numbers. MOWS (9) [noun] A gull, seagull. | [noun] A prison, or other place of confinement. | [noun] A hiding place; a secret store or den. MOXA (13) [noun] Dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, Artemisia argyi as used in moxibustion. | [noun] Any other plant used in moxibustion. MOZO (15) [noun] A male servant, especially an attendant to a bullfighter. | [noun] A title of respect for a young man (usually unmarried) with or without a name used. | [noun] An unmarried man, a boy. MUON (6) [noun] An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater. 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. 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. 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. OAFS (7) [noun] A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton. | [noun] An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child. OAKS (8) [noun] A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus. | [noun] The wood of the oak. | [noun] A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood. | [noun] A stakes race in which entry is restricted to 3-year-old fillies. OARS (4) [noun] A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat . | [noun] An oarsman; a rower. | [noun] An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates. OAST (4) [noun] A kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops. OATH (7) [noun] A solemn pledge or promise, appealing to a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest to the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise. | [noun] A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge. | [noun] A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity. OATS (4) [noun] Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa. | [noun] Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena. | [noun] (usually as plural) The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop. OBES (6) OBEY (9) [verb] To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of. | [verb] To do as one is told. | [verb] To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.). OBIA (6) OBIS (6) [noun] A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean. | [noun] A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft. | [noun] A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell. OBIT (6) [noun] Death of a person. | [noun] A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person. | [noun] A record of a person's death. | [noun] An obituary. OBOE (6) [noun] A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family. OBOL (6) [noun] A silver coin of Ancient Greece. | [noun] A weight, equivalent to one sixth of a drachma. OCAS (6) [noun] Any of certain species of Oxalis (Oxalis crenata, and Oxalis tuberosa) which bear edible tubers. ODDS (6) [noun] (diminutive) An odd number. | [noun] Something left over, not forming part of a set. | [noun] The ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening. ODEA (5) [noun] An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry. | [noun] A theatre or concert hall. ODES (5) [noun] A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style. ODIC (7) ODOR (5) [noun] Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive. | [noun] A strong, pervasive quality. | [noun] Esteem. ODYL (8) OFAY (10) [noun] A white person. | [adjective] White; white-skinned. OFFS (10) [verb] To kill. | [verb] To switch off. OGAM (7) [noun] A single character in this alphabet. OGEE (5) [noun] A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape | [noun] A pointed arch made from two ogees | [noun] An inflection point. OGLE (5) [noun] An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare. | [noun] (usually in the plural) An eye. | [verb] To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously. OGRE (5) [noun] A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh. | [noun] A brutish man reminiscent of the mythical ogre. OHED (8) OHIA (7) OHMS (9) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical resistance; the electrical resistance of a device across which a potential difference of one volt causes a current of one ampere. Symbol: Ω OILS (4) [noun] Liquid fat. | [noun] Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant. | [noun] An oil painting. OILY (7) [noun] A marble with an oily lustre. | [noun] (in the plural) Oilskins. (waterproof garment) | [adjective] Relating to or resembling oil. OINK (8) [noun] The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof. | [verb] Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound. | [interjection] Representing the sound made by a pig. OKAS (8) [noun] A former Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian, and Romanian unit of weight, usually of a little more than a kilogram. | [noun] A unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres. OKAY (11) [noun] Endorsement; approval. | [verb] To approve. | [verb] To confirm by activating a button marked OK. OKEH (11) OKES (8) [noun] A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus. | [noun] The wood of the oak. | [noun] A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood. OKRA (8) [noun] The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus. | [noun] The flowering mallow plant Abelmoschus esculentus itself, now commonly grown in the tropics and warmer parts of the temperate zones. OLDS (5) [noun] Parents | [noun] Information that is no longer new. OLDY (8) OLEA (4) OLEO (4) [noun] The various fats and oils that go into the making of margarine. | [noun] Margarine OLES (4) OLIO (4) [noun] A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables. | [noun] A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch. | [noun] A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany. OLLA (4) 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. OMER (6) [noun] A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts. | [noun] A vessel of one omer. | [noun] The sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover. | [noun] The counting of the omer, that is, the period of 49 days between Passover and Shavuot. OMIT (6) [verb] To leave out or exclude. | [verb] To fail to perform. | [verb] To neglect or take no notice 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. OOHS (7) [verb] To exclaim ooh. OOPS (6) [noun] A minor mistake or unforseen difficulty. | [verb] To make a mistake; to blunder. | [interjection] Acknowledging a mistake. OOTS (4) OOZE (13) [noun] Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather. | [noun] An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth. | [noun] Secretion, humour. | [noun] Soft mud, slime, or shells especially in the bed of a river or estuary. OOZY (16) OPAH (9) [noun] Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae. OPAL (6) [noun] A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O. | [noun] A colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UGA." | [noun] Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Nesolycaena. OPED (7) [verb] To open. 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. OPES (6) [verb] To open. OPTS (6) [verb] To choose; select. OPUS (6) [noun] A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works. | [noun] A work, especially of art. ORAD (5) ORAL (4) [noun] A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class. | [noun] A physical examination of the mouth. | [noun] Oral sex. ORBS (6) [noun] A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star | [noun] One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions | [noun] A circle; especially, a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit ORBY (9) ORCA (6) [noun] A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale. ORCS (6) [noun] Any of several large, ferocious sea creatures, now especially the killer whale. | [noun] A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green. | [noun] A porcine humanoid monster larger than humans, sometimes pink. (found in Japanese pop-culture and called "orc" when imported to the West) ORDO (5) ORES (4) [noun] Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed. ORGY (8) [noun] Originally, secret rites or ceremonies, typically involving riotous and dissolute behaviour, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honour of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc). | [noun] A gathering of people to engage in group sex. | [noun] Excessive indulgence in a specified activity. ORLE (4) [noun] A bordure that runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge | [noun] The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest; a torse | [noun] A fillet under the ovolo of a capital ORRA (4) [adjective] Superfluous; odd, unmatched, left over. | [adjective] Of people: idle, unemployed, disreputable. ORTS (4) [noun] (usually in plural) A fragment; a scrap of leftover food; any remainder; a piece of refuse. ORYX (14) [noun] Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns. ORZO (13) [noun] A form of pasta the size and shape of grains of rice or barley; often used in soups. OSAR (4) OSES (4) OSSA (4) [noun] Bone. OTIC (6) [adjective] Of, relating/pertaining to, or located near the ear OTTO (4) [noun] An essential oil extracted from flowers. | [noun] A perfume made from this oil. OUCH (9) [interjection] An expression of one's own physical pain. | [interjection] An expression in sympathy at another's pain. | [interjection] A reply to an insult seen as savage (frequently one that is tongue-in-cheek or joking). | [noun] A brooch or clasp for fastening a piece of clothing together, especially when valuable or set with jewels. OUDS (5) [noun] A short-necked and fretless plucked stringed instrument of the lute family, of Arab and Turkish origin. | [noun] (perfume) Agarwood. OUPH (9) OURS (4) [pronoun] That which belongs to us; the possessive case of we, used without a following noun. OUST (4) [verb] To expel; to remove. OUTS (4) [noun] A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc. | [noun] A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc. | [noun] A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball. OUZO (13) [noun] An anise-flavoured aperitif, originating in Greece. | [noun] A serving of this drink. OVAL (7) [noun] An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse. | [noun] A thing having such a shape, such as an arena. | [noun] In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point. OVEN (7) [noun] A chamber used for baking or heating. OVER (7) [noun] A set of six legal balls bowled. | [noun] Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc. | [verb] To go over, or jump over. | [noun] A shore, riverbank. OVUM (9) [noun] The female gamete in animals; the egg cell. OWED (8) [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] That owes. OWES (7) [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. OWLS (7) [noun] Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. | [noun] (by extension) A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active. | [noun] The owl pigeon. 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. OWSE (7) 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 OXES (11) OXID (12) OXIM (13) OYER (7) OYES (7) OYEZ (16) [noun] A cry of "oyez". | [verb] To proclaim with a cry of "oyez". | [interjection] Hear ye. Attend. (Called by public criers or in court usually three times to secure silence and/or attentiveness). 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. PEPO (8) [noun] A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber. | [noun] A plant producing such a fruit. PESO (6) [noun] A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar. | [noun] The currency of various countries, including but not limited to Argentina, Chile, Mexico and the Philippines. 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. PHOT (9) [noun] A photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area (symbol ph). | [verb] To photograph PION (6) [noun] Any of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral charge, composed of up and down quarks/antiquarks. PISO (6) PLOD (7) [noun] A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity. | [verb] To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over). | [verb] To trudge over or through. | [noun] A puddle. | [noun] (mildly, usually with "the") the police, police officers PLOP (8) [noun] A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water. | [noun] Excrement; derived from the "plop" sound made when it hits water in a toilet. | [verb] To make the sound of an object dropping into a body of liquid. PLOT (6) [noun] (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. | [noun] An area or land used for building on or planting on. | [noun] A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device. PLOW (9) [noun] The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres. | [noun] A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting. | [noun] The use of a plough; tillage. PLOY (9) [noun] A tactic, strategy, or gimmick. | [noun] Sport; frolic. | [noun] Employment. | [verb] To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision. POCK (12) [noun] A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease. | [noun] Any pit, especially one formed as a scar | [verb] To scar or mark with pits POCO (8) PODS (7) [noun] A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod. | [noun] A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations. | [noun] A bag; a pouch. POEM (8) [noun] A literary piece written in verse. | [noun] A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry. | [noun] A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose. POET (6) [noun] A person who writes poems. | [noun] A person with a creative or romantic imagination. POGY (10) POIS (6) [noun] A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string; also, a traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball. POKE (10) [noun] A prod, jab, or thrust. | [noun] A lazy person; a dawdler. | [noun] A stupid or uninteresting person. | [noun] A sack or bag. | [noun] Pokeweed | [noun] Slices or cubes of raw fish or other raw seafood, mixed with sesame oil, seaweed, sea salt, herbs, spices, or other flavorful ingredients. POKY (13) [noun] A gambling device based on the card game poker. | [adjective] Slow. | [adjective] Stupid; mentally dull. | [noun] Jail. POLE (6) [noun] Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes. | [noun] A type of basic fishing rod. | [noun] A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used. | [noun] Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object. POLL (6) [noun] A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. | [noun] A formal election. | [noun] A polling place (usually as plural, polling places) | [noun] A pet parrot. | [noun] (Cambridge University) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman. POLO (6) [noun] A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal. | [noun] The ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates. | [noun] A polo shirt. | [noun] A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands. | [noun] A dress shirt. POLS (6) [noun] A politician. POLY (9) [noun] Polytechnic. | [noun] Polyethylene (polythene). | [noun] Polyurethane | [noun] A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium polium) of the family Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean. POME (8) [noun] A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels. | [noun] A ball of silver or other metal, filled with hot water and used by a Roman Catholic priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service. | [verb] To grow to a head, or form a head in growing. POMP (10) [noun] Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. | [noun] A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. | [verb] To make a pompous display; to conduct. POMS (8) [noun] An Englishman, a Briton; a person of British descent. | [noun] (cocktail) An American alcoholic drink containing vodka and pomegranate juice. 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. POOD (7) POOF (9) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [verb] To vanish or disappear. | [verb] To break wind; to fart. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. POOH (9) [noun] Feces. | [noun] A piece of feces or an act of defecation. | [noun] Cannabis resin. POOL (6) [noun] A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water. | [noun] A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle. | [noun] A supply of resources. | [noun] (game) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game. 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. POOP (8) [noun] Fecal matter, feces. | [noun] The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically low pitch. | [verb] To make a short blast on a horn | [noun] A set of data or general information, written or spoken, usually concerning machinery or a process. | [verb] To tire, exhaust. Often used with out. | [noun] The stern of a ship. | [noun] A slothful person. POOR (6) [noun] (with "the") Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group. | [adjective] With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them. | [adjective] Of low quality. POPE (8) [noun] An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state. | [noun] (Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church. | [noun] An honorary title of the Orthodox bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his autocephalous church. | [noun] (alcoholic beverages) Any mulled wine (traditionally including tokay) considered similar and superior to bishop. | [noun] (Russian Orthodoxy) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson. | [noun] The whippoorwill (Caprimulgus vociferus). POPS (8) [noun] (usually as a form of address) Father, dad. | [noun] (usually as a form of address, by extension) A man old enough to be the speaker's father. | [noun] A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle. PORE (6) [noun] A tiny opening in the skin. | [noun] By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid. | [verb] To study meticulously; to go over again and again. PORK (10) [noun] The meat of a pig; swineflesh. | [noun] Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or his or her constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole. | [verb] (usually of a male) To have sex with (someone). PORN (6) [noun] Pornography. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A pornographic work. | [noun] Material, usually visual, presenting something desirable in a sensational manner. PORT (6) [noun] A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. | [noun] A town or city containing such a place, a port city. | [noun] The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board. | [noun] An entryway or gate. | [noun] Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making. | [noun] A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal. | [noun] A suitcase or schoolbag. POSE (6) [noun] Common cold, head cold; catarrh. | [noun] Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body). | [noun] Affectation. | [verb] To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate. POSH (9) [noun] Fragments produced by an impact | [noun] Slush | [adjective] Associated with the upper classes. POST (6) [noun] A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. | [noun] A stud; a two-by-four. | [noun] A pole in a battery. | [noun] Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route. | [noun] An assigned station; a guard post. | [preposition] After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications. | [noun] Post-production. | [noun] A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death). POSY (9) [noun] A flower; a bouquet; a nosegay. | [noun] A verse of poetry, especially a motto or an inscription on a ring. POTS (6) [noun] A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food. | [noun] Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly | [noun] Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave e.g. Rowten Pot POUF (9) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. | [noun] A headdress for women popular in 18th century France. | [interjection] Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance. POUR (6) [noun] The act of pouring. | [noun] Something, or an amount, poured. | [noun] A downpour, or flood of precipitation. POUT (6) [noun] One's facial expression when pouting. | [noun] A fit of sulking or sullenness. | [verb] To push out one's lips. | [noun] Shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae). | [noun] A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.). POWS (9) [noun] A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. | [noun] A formal election. | [noun] A polling place (usually as plural, polling places) PRAO (6) PROA (6) [noun] A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail. PROD (7) [noun] A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving. | [noun] A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument. | [noun] A poke. | [noun] A production. PROF (9) [noun] The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor." Abbreviated Prof. | [noun] A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank. | [noun] One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine. PROG (7) [noun] Progressive rock. | [noun] A program. | [noun] (university slang) A proctor. | [noun] Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies. PROM (8) [noun] A promenade concert | [noun] (abbreviation) promenade | [noun] A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions, e.g. near the end of the academic year PROP (8) [noun] An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports. | [noun] The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum. | [noun] One of the seashells in the game of props. | [noun] An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform. | [noun] The propeller of an aircraft. | [noun] A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot. | [noun] Propellant PROS (6) [noun] An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons). | [noun] A person who supports a concept or principle. | [noun] A professional sportsman. PROW (9) [noun] The front part of a vessel | [noun] A vessel | [adjective] Brave, valiant, gallant. | [noun] A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail. QOPH (18) QUOD (14) [noun] A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; a prison. | [noun] Confinement in a prison. RATO (4) REDO (5) [noun] A repeated action; a doing again, refurbishment, etc. | [verb] To do again. REPO (6) [noun] Repossession | [noun] A repurchase agreement: a type of derivative which allows a borrower to use a financial security as collateral for a cash loan at a fixed interest rate | [noun] A repository usually containing software, in either source code or precompiled form. RHOS (7) [noun] The seventeenth letter of the Modern Greek and Classical alphabets and the nineteenth letter of Old and Ancient. | [noun] The sensitivity of the option value to the risk-free interest rate. RIOT (4) [noun] Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult. | [noun] The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object. | [noun] A wide and unconstrained variety. ROAD (5) [noun] A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. | [noun] A road; or particularly a car, as a means of transportation. | [noun] A path chosen in life or career. ROAM (6) [verb] To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination. | [verb] To use a network or service from different locations or devices. | [verb] To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them. 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. ROAR (4) [noun] A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open. | [noun] The cry of the lion. | [noun] The deep cry of the bull. ROBE (6) [noun] A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature. | [noun] The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. | [noun] A wardrobe, especially one built into a bedroom. ROBS (6) [verb] To steal from, especially using force or violence. | [verb] To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud. | [verb] (used with "of") To deprive (of). ROCK (10) [noun] A formation of minerals, specifically: | [noun] A large hill or island having no vegetation. | [noun] Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another. | [noun] An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway. | [noun] A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals. | [noun] Distaff. | [noun] An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend. ROCS (6) [noun] An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend. RODE (5) [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] The line from a vessel to its anchor. | [noun] A raid; an incursion. RODS (5) [noun] A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff. | [noun] A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent. | [noun] A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod. ROES (4) [noun] The eggs of fish. | [noun] The sperm of certain fish. | [noun] The ovaries of certain crustaceans. ROIL (4) [verb] To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of. | [verb] To annoy; to make someone angry. | [verb] To bubble, seethe. ROLE (4) [noun] A character or part played by a performer or actor. | [noun] The expected behaviour of an individual in a society. | [noun] The function or position of something. | [noun] An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment. ROLF (7) [verb] To apply the Rolfing massage technique to. ROLL (4) [noun] The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled. | [noun] A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble. | [noun] Something which rolls. | [noun] That which is rolled up. ROMP (8) [noun] Someone who romps; especially, a girl or young woman who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy. | [noun] A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit. | [noun] An enjoyable, fast-paced but essentially inconsequential film, play, or other piece of entertainment. ROMS (6) ROOD (5) [noun] A crucifix, cross, especially in a church. | [noun] A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre. | [noun] A measure of five and a half yards in length. ROOF (7) [noun] The external covering at the top of a building. | [noun] The top external level of a building. | [noun] The upper part of a cavity. | [verb] To cover or furnish with a roof. ROOK (8) [noun] A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family. | [noun] A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays. | [noun] A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name. | [noun] A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling. | [noun] A rookie. | [noun] Mist; fog; roke | [verb] To squat; to ruck. | [verb] Pronunciation spelling of look. ROOM (6) [noun] Opportunity or scope (to do something). | [noun] Space for something, or to carry out an activity. | [noun] A particular portion of space. | [adjective] Wide; spacious; roomy. | [adverb] Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent. | [noun] A deep blue dye. ROOT (4) [noun] The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction. | [noun] A root vegetable. | [noun] The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place. | [noun] An act of sexual intercourse. | [verb] (with "for" or "on") To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.) ROPE (6) [noun] Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. | [noun] An individual length of such material. | [noun] A cohesive strand of something. ROPY (9) [adjective] Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch. | [adjective] Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures. | [adjective] Of poor quality; in poor health. ROSE (4) [noun] A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers. | [noun] A flower of the rose plant. | [noun] A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae) | [verb] To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. | [noun] A pale pink wine made by removing the dark grape skins at the required point during fermentation. ROSY (7) [adjective] Rose-coloured. | [adjective] Resembling rose, as in scent of perfume. | [adjective] Optimistic. | [noun] Tea ROTA (4) [noun] A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar. | [noun] A kind of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music. ROTE (4) [noun] Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure. | [verb] To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate. | [verb] To learn or repeat by rote. | [noun] The roar of the surf; the sound of waves breaking on the shore. | [noun] A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order. ROTI (4) [noun] A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean. ROTL (4) ROTO (4) ROTS (4) [noun] The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction. | [noun] Decaying matter. | [noun] Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs. ROUE (4) ROUP (6) [noun] An outcry. | [noun] A sale of goods by auction. | [verb] To cry or shout. | [noun] An infectious disease of poultry caused by Trichomonas gallinae. ROUT (4) [noun] A noise, especially a loud one | [noun] A disturbance; tumult. | [noun] Snoring. | [noun] A violent movement; a great or violent stir; a heavy blow; a stunning blow; a stroke. | [noun] A troop or group, especially of a traveling company or throng. | [verb] To search or root in the ground, like a pig. | [noun] The brent goose. ROUX (11) [noun] A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews. ROVE (7) [noun] A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding. | [noun] A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving. | [noun] The act of wandering; a ramble. | [verb] To pass (a rope) through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it. ROWS (7) [noun] A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc. | [noun] A line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom. | [noun] An act or instance of rowing. RYOT (7) [noun] A farmer or tiller of the soil. SAGO (5) [noun] A powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener. | [noun] A similar starch obtained from a palm-like cycad, Cycas revoluta | [noun] Any of the palms from which sago is extracted. SCOP (8) SCOT (6) [noun] A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff. SCOW (9) [noun] A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends. | [verb] To transport in a scow. SEGO (5) [noun] A perennial bulb lily found in Western North America, the Calochortus nuttallii, which has trumpet-shaped flowers. SHMO (9) SHOD (8) [adjective] Wearing shoes. | [adjective] Having tires equipped. | [verb] To put shoes on one's feet. SHOE (7) [noun] A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do. | [noun] A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe. | [noun] A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles. SHOG (8) SHOO (7) [verb] To induce someone or something to leave. | [verb] To leave under inducement. | [verb] To usher someone. SHOP (9) [noun] An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well. | [noun] A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop. | [noun] A large garage where vehicle mechanics work. SHOT (7) [verb] To launch a projectile. | [verb] To move or act quickly or suddenly. | [verb] To act or achieve. | [noun] A charge to be paid, a scot or shout. | [interjection] Thank you. SHOW (10) [noun] A play, dance, or other entertainment. | [noun] An exhibition of items. | [noun] A broadcast program/programme. SILO (4) [noun] A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage. | [noun] From the shape, a building used for the storage of grain. | [noun] An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched. SLOB (6) [noun] A lazy and slovenly person. | [noun] A lazy and obese person. SLOE (4) [noun] The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). | [noun] The tree Prunus spinosa. | [noun] Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit. SLOG (5) [noun] A long, tedious walk, or session of work. | [noun] An aggressive shot played with little skill. | [verb] To walk slowly, encountering resistance. SLOP (6) [noun] A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A rubber thong sandal. | [noun] (in the plural) See slops. | [noun] Liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud. | [noun] (costers) A policeman. SLOT (4) [noun] A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc. | [noun] A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece. | [noun] An implement for baring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like. | [noun] A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it. SLOW (7) [noun] Someone who is slow; a sluggard. | [noun] A slow song. | [verb] To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of. SMOG (7) [noun] A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution. | [verb] To get a smog check; to check a vehicle or have it checked for emissions. 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. SOAK (8) [noun] An immersion in water etc. | [noun] A drunkard. | [noun] A carouse; a drinking session. SOAP (6) [noun] A substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar or in liquid form, derived from fats or made synthetically. | [noun] A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid | [noun] Flattery or excessively complacent conversation. SOAR (4) [noun] The act of soaring. | [noun] An upward flight. | [verb] To fly high with little effort, like a bird. SOBS (6) [noun] A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath. | [noun] Sound of sob | [verb] To weep with convulsive gasps. SOCK (10) [noun] A knitted or woven covering for the foot. | [noun] A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors. | [noun] A color pattern (usually white) on a cat's or dog's lower leg that is different from the color pattern on the rest of the animal. | [noun] A violent blow; a punch. | [noun] A ploughshare. | [noun] An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket). SODA (5) [noun] Sodium bicarbonate (usually baking soda). | [noun] Sodium carbonate (usually washing soda). | [noun] Sodium in chemical combination. SODS (5) [verb] To cover with sod. | [noun] Sodomite; bugger. | [noun] (mildly pejorative, formerly considered vulgar) A person, usually male; often qualified with an adjective. SOFA (7) [noun] A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting. | [noun] (furniture) An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people. | [verb] To furnish with one or more sofas. SOFT (7) [noun] A soft or foolish person; an idiot. | [noun] Ellipsis of soft tyre (A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.) | [noun] A soft sound or part of a sound. SOIL (4) [noun] A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth. | [noun] The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants. | [noun] The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics. | [noun] Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes. | [noun] A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted. | [verb] To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food. SOJA (11) SOKE (8) [noun] Any of several medieval rights, either to hold a court, or to receive fines. | [noun] A district under a particular jurisdiction. SOLA (4) [noun] A wild plant found in Bengal and Assam, Aeschynomene aspera, having a milky-white, spongy pith used for the manufacture of pith helmets and decorative artefacts. SOLD (5) [verb] (ditransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money. | [verb] To be sold. | [verb] To promote a product or service. | [noun] Salary; military pay SOLE (4) [noun] A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall. | [noun] A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water. | [verb] To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug. | [adjective] Only | [noun] The bottom or plantar surface of the foot. SOLI (4) [noun] A piece of music for one performer. | [noun] A job or performance done by one person alone. | [noun] (games) A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner SOLO (4) [noun] A piece of music for one performer. | [noun] A job or performance done by one person alone. | [noun] (games) A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner SOLS (4) [noun] A solar day on Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds). | [noun] A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value. | [noun] A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid. SOMA (6) [noun] The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail. | [noun] The corporeal body, as distinguished from the psyche or soul and the pneuma or spirit. | [noun] The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus. | [noun] (hinduism) A ritual drink in ancient Vedic and continuing Hindu culture, obtained by pressing the Soma plant. SOME (6) [adverb] Of a measurement: approximately, roughly. | [pronoun] A certain number, at least two. | [pronoun] An indefinite quantity. 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. SOOK (8) [verb] To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). | [verb] To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat. | [verb] To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk. | [noun] Familiar name for a calf. | [noun] A crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward. | [noun] A street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries; a place where people buy and sell goods. | [noun] A mature female Chesapeake Bay blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. SOON (4) [adjective] Short in length of time from the present. | [adjective] Early | [adverb] Immediately, instantly. SOOT (4) [noun] Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc. | [verb] To cover or dress with soot. SOPH (9) SOPS (6) [noun] Something entirely soaked. | [noun] A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food. | [noun] Something given or done to pacify or bribe. SORA (4) [noun] A rail (Porzana carolina) of North, Central, and northern South America. SORB (6) [noun] The service tree, Sorbus domestica. | [noun] Any of various related trees, including the wild service tree, S. torminalis, and the rowan, S. aucuparia. | [noun] The fruit of any of these trees, especially of the service tree. | [verb] To absorb or adsorb. SORD (5) [noun] A flock of mallards | [noun] A layer of earth into which grass has grown; turf; sod. | [noun] An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow. SORE (4) [noun] An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin. | [noun] Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. | [verb] To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait. | [noun] A group of ducks on land. | [noun] A young hawk or falcon in its first year. SORI (4) [noun] Any reproductive structure, in some lichens and fungi, that produces spores. | [noun] A cluster of sporangia on the edge or underside of a fern frond. | [noun] Copper sulphate SORN (4) SORT (4) [noun] A general type. | [noun] Manner; form of being or acting. | [noun] Condition above the vulgar; rank. | [verb] To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts. SOTH (7) SOTS (4) [noun] Stupid person; fool | [noun] Drunkard | [verb] To drink until one becomes drunk SOUK (8) [noun] A street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries; a place where people buy and sell goods. SOUL (4) [noun] The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality. Often believed to live on after the person's death. | [noun] The spirit or essence of anything. | [noun] Life, energy, vigor. | [verb] To afford suitable sustenance. SOUP (6) [noun] Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture. | [noun] Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency. | [verb] To feed: to provide with soup or a meal. | [verb] Alternative form of sup | [noun] Alternative form of sup | [verb] To sup or swallow. | [verb] To breathe out; to draw out. SOUR (4) [noun] The sensation of a sour taste. | [noun] A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar. | [noun] (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice. SOUS (4) [noun] An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers; one sou is to the livre as one shilling is to the pound. | [noun] Cent; pocket money. | [noun] A thing of the smallest value; a whit; a jot. | [noun] An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers; one sou is to the livre as one shilling is to the pound. | [noun] An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers; one sou is to the livre as one shilling is to the pound. SOWN (7) [verb] To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds). | [verb] To spread abroad; to propagate. | [verb] To scatter over; to besprinkle. SOWS (7) [noun] A female pig. | [noun] A female bear, she-bear. | [noun] A female guinea pig. SOYA (7) [noun] A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water. | [noun] Soybeans, or the protein derived from them. SOYS (7) [noun] A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water. | [noun] Soybeans, or the protein derived from them. SPOT (6) [noun] A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape. | [noun] A stain or disfiguring mark. | [noun] A pimple, papule or pustule. STOA (4) [noun] In Ancient Greece, a walkway with a roof supported by colonnades, often with a wall on one side; specifically, the Great Hall in Athens. STOB (6) [noun] A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting. | [noun] A small post for supporting paling. | [noun] A wedge in coal-mining. STOP (6) [noun] A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station. | [noun] An action of stopping; interruption of travel. | [noun] That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment. | [noun] A small well-bucket; a milk-pail. | [adjective] Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark. STOW (7) [noun] A place, stead. | [verb] To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place. | [verb] To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time. SUMO (6) [noun] A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground. | [noun] A rikishi (sumo wrestler) SWOB (9) [noun] A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access. | [noun] A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material). | [noun] A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns. SWOP (9) [verb] To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else). | [verb] To hit, to strike. | [verb] To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap. | [noun] A fusion of swing and hip-hop dance styles. SWOT (7) [noun] One who swots. | [noun] Work. | [noun] Vigorous study at an educational institution. SYBO (9) TACO (6) [noun] A Mexican snack food; a small tortilla (soft or hard shelled), with typically some type of meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables (usually tomatoes and lettuce, as served in the United States, and cilantro, onion, and avocado, as served in México) and salsa. | [noun] The vulva. | [noun] A yellow stain on a shirt armpit caused by sweat or deodorant. TAOS (4) [noun] The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution | [noun] The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area. | [noun] That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown. TARO (4) [noun] Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato. | [noun] Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc. | [noun] Food from a taro plant. THIO (7) THOU (7) THRO (7) [preposition] Through | [adjective] Eager; earnest; vehement. | [adjective] Bold. TIRO (4) [noun] A newly recruited soldier. TOAD (5) [noun] An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae. | [noun] A contemptible or unpleasant person. | [noun] An ugly person. TOBY (9) [noun] A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop. | [noun] The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing. | [noun] The road or highway. TODS (5) [noun] A fox. | [noun] Someone like a fox; a crafty person. | [noun] A bush, especially of ivy. TODY (8) [noun] Any of the genus Todus of small insectivorous Caribbean birds. TOEA (4) [noun] A unit of currency, equivalent to one hundredth of a Papua New Guinean kina. TOED (5) [adjective] (chiefly in combination) Having (a specified number or type of) toes. | [verb] To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe. | [verb] To touch, tap or kick with the toes. TOES (4) [noun] Each of the five digits on the end of the foot. | [noun] An equivalent part in an animal. | [noun] That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe. TOFF (10) [noun] An elegantly dressed person. | [noun] A person of the upper class, or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority. TOFT (7) [noun] A hillock. | [noun] A homestead, especially one on a hill. | [noun] A messuage with right of common. TOFU (7) [noun] A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk. | [noun] A box or rectangle, empty or with a question mark or hexadecimal code inside, displayed by some systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts. (such as □ or ժ) TOGA (5) [noun] A loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome. | [noun] A loose wrap gown. | [noun] An academic gown. TOGS (5) [noun] A cloak. | [noun] A coat. | [noun] A unit of thermal resistance, being ten times the temperature difference (in °C) between the two surfaces of a material when the flow of heat is equal to one watt per square metre TOIL (4) [noun] Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature. | [noun] Trouble, strife. | [noun] (usually in plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey. TOIT (4) TOKE (8) [noun] (casinos) A gratuity. | [verb] To give a gratuity to. | [noun] A puff of marijuana. | [noun] A piece of bread. TOLA (4) TOLD (5) [verb] (archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate. | [verb] To narrate. | [verb] To convey by speech; to say. TOLE (4) [noun] A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded | [noun] Tola (unit of mass) | [verb] To entice; to allure or attract. | [noun] A portion of grain paid to the miller who grinds it. TOLL (4) [noun] Loss or damage incurred through a disaster. | [noun] A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc. | [noun] A fee for using any kind of material processing service. | [noun] The act or sound of tolling | [verb] To draw; pull; tug; drag. | [verb] To take away; to vacate; to annul. TOLU (4) [noun] The resinous secretion of Myroxylon balsamum, used in cough syrups and perfumery. TOMB (8) [noun] A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed. | [noun] A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave. | [noun] One who keeps secrets. TOME (6) [noun] One in a series of volumes. | [noun] A large or scholarly book. TOMS (6) [noun] A flat gong (without knob) that is struck with a felt-covered hammer. | [noun] The male of the domesticated cat. | [noun] The male of the turkey. 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. TOOK (8) [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. TOOL (4) [noun] A mechanical device intended to make a task easier. | [noun] Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade. | [noun] Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means. TOOM (6) 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. TOOT (4) [noun] The noise of a horn or whistle. | [noun] (by extension) A fart; flatus. | [noun] Cocaine. | [noun] A toilet. TOPE (6) [verb] To drink excessively; to get drunk. | [noun] A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout. | [noun] A grove of trees. | [noun] A mound-like Buddhist sepulchre, or memorial monument, often erected over a relic; a stupa. TOPH (9) TOPI (6) [noun] An antelope of the species Damaliscus korrigum. | [noun] A taqiyah (skullcap worn by Muslims etc.) TOPS (6) [noun] The highest or uppermost part of something. | [noun] A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top. | [noun] (heading) Someone who is eminent. TORA (4) TORC (6) [noun] A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples. TORE (4) [adjective] Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious. | [adjective] Strong, sturdy; great, massive. | [adjective] Full; rich. | [verb] To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. | [noun] The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane. | [noun] The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring. TORI (4) [noun] A topological space which is a product of two circles. | [noun] The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a shape consisting of a ring with a circular cross-section: the shape of an inner tube or hollow doughnut. | [noun] (in combination, n-torus, 4-torus, etc.) The product of the specified number of circles. | [noun] One who executes a technique against the training partner, or uke. 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. TORO (4) [noun] A traditional Japanese lantern. | [noun] Rapanea salicina, a species of shrub or small tree native to New Zealand. TORR (4) [noun] A unit of pressure that is equal to approximately 0.001316 atmospheres or 133.3 pascals. TORS (4) [noun] A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock. | [noun] (South-West England) A hill with such rock formation. | [noun] A tower; a turret. TORT (4) [noun] An injury or wrong. | [noun] A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages. | [noun] (only in the plural torts) Tort law (the area of law dealing with such wrongful acts). | [adjective] Tart; sharp. | [adjective] Stretched tight; taut. | [noun] A tortoise. | [noun] A tortoiseshell (animal with coloured markings on fur). TORY (7) [noun] (UK politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party, which evolved from Royalist politicians; historically associated with upholding the rights of the monarchy and the privileges of the established Church. | [noun] (by extension) One who is like a British Tory; someone politically conservative. | [noun] (Canadian politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party. TOSH (7) [noun] Copper; items made of copper | [noun] Valuables retrieved from sewers and drains | [noun] Rubbish, trash, especially in the sense of nonsense, bosh, balderdash | [verb] To make ‘tosh’: to tidy, to trim. | [noun] A half-crown coin; its value TOSS (4) [noun] A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care. | [noun] The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play. | [noun] A haughty throwing up of the head. TOST (4) TOTE (4) [noun] A tote bag. | [noun] A heavy burden. | [noun] (logistics) A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods. | [verb] To add up; to calculate a total. | [noun] A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator. TOTS (4) [noun] A small child. | [noun] A measure of spirits, especially rum. | [noun] Tater tot. TOUR (4) [noun] A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. | [noun] A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place. | [noun] A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts. | [noun] A tower. | [verb] To toot a horn. TOUT (4) [noun] Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way. | [noun] A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win. | [noun] A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar. | [noun] In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks. 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. TOWS (7) TOWY (10) TOYO (7) TOYS (7) [noun] Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child. | [noun] A thing of little importance or value; a trifle. | [noun] A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal. TRIO (4) [noun] A group of three people or things. | [noun] A group of three musicians. | [noun] A piece of music written for three musicians. TROD (5) [verb] To step or walk (on or over something); to trample. | [verb] To step or walk upon. | [verb] To beat or press with the feet. | [verb] To walk heavily or laboriously; plod; tread | [noun] A track or pathway. TROP (6) TROT (4) [noun] Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus. | [noun] Equipment with legs. | [noun] Type of equipment. | [noun] A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections. | [noun] A supporter of Trotskyism. TROW (7) [noun] Trust or faith. | [verb] To trust or believe. | [verb] To have confidence in, or to give credence to. | [noun] Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for carrying bulk goods. TROY (7) [adjective] Of, or relating to, troy weight. TWOS (7) [noun] The digit/figure 2. | [noun] A two-dollar bill. | [noun] A child aged two. TYPO (9) [noun] A typographical error. | [verb] To make a typographical error. | [noun] A compositor; a typographer. TYRO (7) [noun] A beginner; a novice. UDOS (5) UMBO (8) [noun] A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane. For example the umbo in the integument of the larvæ of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear. | [noun] One of the lateral prominences just above the hinge of a bivalve shell. | [noun] A bump or protrusion on the top of the cap. UNCO (6) [adjective] Strange, weird. | [adverb] Very. | [adjective] Uncoordinated. UNDO (5) [noun] An operation that reverses a previous action. | [verb] To reverse the effects of an action. | [verb] To unfasten. 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. UPDO (7) [noun] A woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck UPON (6) [adverb] Being the target of an action. | [preposition] Physically above and in contact with. | [preposition] Physically directly supported by. VETO (7) [noun] A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc. | [noun] An invocation of that right. | [noun] An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction. VINO (7) [noun] Wine. VIOL (7) [noun] A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold. | [verb] To play the viol. VOES (7) [noun] A narrow sea inlet, particularly in the Shetland Islands, similar to a fjord. VOID (8) [noun] An empty space; a vacuum. | [noun] An extended region of space containing no galaxies | [noun] A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice. | [noun] A voidee. VOLE (7) [noun] Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats. | [noun] A deal in a card game, écarté, that draws all the tricks. | [verb] To win all the tricks by a vole. VOLT (7) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V | [noun] A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a centre makes two concentric tracks. | [noun] A sudden movement to avoid a thrust. VOTE (7) [noun] A formalized choice on matters of administration or other democratic activities | [noun] An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot | [noun] An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer VOWS (10) [noun] A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order. | [noun] A declaration or assertion. | [noun] A votive offering. VROW (10) WHOA (10) [verb] To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa". | [interjection] Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. | [interjection] An expression of surprise. WHOM (12) [pronoun] (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people. | [pronoun] (relative) Used to refer to a previously mentioned person or people. | [pronoun] (fused relative, archaic outside set patterns) The person(s) whom; whomever. WHOP (12) [noun] A blow or strike. | [verb] To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact. | [verb] To administer corporal punishment 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. WOAD (8) [noun] The plant Isatis tinctoria. | [noun] The blue dye made from the leaves of the plant. | [verb] To plant or cultivate woad. WOES (7) [noun] Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness. | [noun] Calamity, trouble. | [noun] A curse; a malediction. WOGS (8) [noun] A tadpole. | [noun] Any dark-skinned person. It originally referred specifically to Indians, but later also applied to people of North African, Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern ancestry. | [noun] A person of Southern European, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, or Southeastern European ancestry. WOKE (11) [adjective] Awake: conscious and not asleep. | [adjective] Alert and aware of what is going on, especially in social justice contexts. Well-informed. | [verb] (often followed by up) To stop sleeping. WOKS (11) [noun] A large, oriental, round-bottomed cooking pan. WOLD (8) [noun] An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor. | [noun] A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland. | [adjective] Old. WOLF (10) [noun] The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not dingoes or dogs. | [noun] A man who makes amorous advances to many women. | [noun] A wolf tone or wolf note. WOMB (11) [noun] In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus. | [noun] The abdomen or stomach. | [noun] The stomach of a person or creature. 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). WOOD (8) [noun] The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel. | [noun] The wood of a particular species of tree. | [noun] A forested or wooded area. | [adjective] Mad, insane, crazed. | [noun] (sometimes offensive, of a person) A peckerwood. WOOF (10) [noun] The set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle; weft. | [noun] A fabric; the texture of a fabric. | [noun] The sound a dog makes when barking. | [noun] Initialism of well-off older folks. WOOL (7) [noun] The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants. | [noun] A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep. | [noun] Anything with a texture like that of wool. WOOS (7) [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. WOPS (9) [noun] A person of Italian descent. WORD (8) [noun] The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.) | [noun] Something like such a unit of language: | [noun] The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. . | [verb] (except in set phrases) To be, become, betide. WORE (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. WORK (11) [noun] (heading) Employment. | [noun] (heading) Effort. | [noun] Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles. | [verb] To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers. WORM (9) [noun] A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm. | [noun] More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms. | [noun] A type of wingless "dragon", especially a gigantic sea serpent. 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. WORT (7) [noun] A plant; herb; vegetable. | [noun] Any of various plants or herbs, used in combination to refer to specific plants such as St. John's wort, or on its own as a generic term. | [noun] Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer. WOST (7) WOTS (7) WOVE (10) [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. WOWS (10) [noun] Anything exceptionally surprising, unbelievable, outstanding, etc. | [verb] To amaze or awe. | [noun] (audio) A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and tape recorders. YOBS (9) [noun] (costers, backslang) A boy. | [noun] A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness. YOCK (13) [noun] A laugh, especially a loud or hearty one. | [verb] To laugh, especially loudly or uproariously YODH (11) YODS (8) [noun] A palatal approximant, /j/. | [noun] The tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). | [noun] A tool used to read a torah. YOGA (8) [noun] Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind. | [noun] The tree Elaeocarpus joga. YOGH (11) [noun] A letter of the Middle English alphabet (capital Ȝ, small ȝ), in form derived from the Old English shape of the letter g, and used to represent various palatal and velar sounds. YOGI (8) [noun] A devotee or adherent of yoga. | [verb] To turn (someone) into a yogi; to lead into practicing yoga. | [verb] (thru-hiker slang) To persuade someone to give you food or other favors without actually begging. YOKE (11) [noun] Frame around the neck, and related senses. | [noun] Pair of harnessed draught animals, and related senses. | [noun] Extended uses and quantities. YOKS (11) [noun] A laugh, especially a loud or hearty one. | [noun] A non-Jew; a Gentile. YOLK (11) [noun] The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young. | [noun] The grease in a sheep's fleece. 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. YORE (7) [noun] A time long past. | [adverb] In time long past; long ago. YOUR (7) YOWE (10) YOWL (10) [noun] A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl. | [verb] Utter a yowl. | [verb] Express by yowling; utter with a yowl. YOWS (10) ZERO (13) [noun] The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero. | [noun] The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems. | [noun] Nothing, or none. ZOEA (13) ZOIC (15) [adjective] Showing traces of life; containing organic remains. | [adjective] Having the form of an animal; animal-like, zoomorphic. 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 . ZOOM (15) [verb] To communicate with someone using the Zoom videoconferencing software. | [noun] A humming noise from something moving very fast | [noun] A quick ascent ZOON (13) ZOOS (13) [noun] A park where live animals are exhibited. | [noun] Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic. | [noun] The jungle. ZORI (13) [noun] A Japanese sandal made from rice straw or lacquered wood, worn with a kimono for formal occasions. | [noun] (especially Southeast US) A sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour, a flip-flop

ABBOT (9) [noun] The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. | [noun] The pastor and/or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter. | [noun] A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries. ABHOR (10) [verb] To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. | [verb] To fill with horror or disgust. | [verb] To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject. ABMHO (12) ABODE (8) [verb] To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere. | [verb] To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand. | [verb] To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for. | [noun] An omen; a foretelling. ABOHM (12) ABOIL (7) ABOMA (9) ABOON (7) ABORT (7) [noun] A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. | [noun] The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. | [noun] An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission. | [verb] (now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely. ABOUT (7) [adjective] Moving around; astir. | [adjective] In existence; being in evidence; apparent. | [adjective] Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood. ABOVE (10) [noun] Heaven. | [noun] Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page. | [noun] Higher authority. ACHOO (10) [interjection] An exclamation used to represent the sound of a sneeze. ACOCK (13) [adjective] Tilted or turned to one side; awry. ACOLD (8) [adjective] Chilled or cold; affected by cold. | [adverb] In a cold manner; coldly. 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. ACTOR (7) [noun] A person who performs, plays a part in a theatrical play or film. | [noun] One who acts; a doer. | [noun] One who takes part in a situation. ADIOS (6) [interjection] (in Spanish contexts) goodbye ADOBE (8) [noun] An unburnt brick dried in the sun. | [noun] The earth from which such bricks are made. | [noun] A house made of adobe brick. ADOBO (8) [noun] A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic. | [noun] A marinade. ADOPT (8) [verb] To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) | [verb] To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally. | [verb] To select and take or approve. ADORE (6) [verb] To worship. | [verb] To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection. | [verb] To be very fond of. 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." ADOZE (15) [adjective] In a light sleep or dozing state. 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. AFOOT (8) [adjective] (predicative) That is on foot, in motion, in action, in progress. | [adverb] On foot. (means of locomotion, walking) | [adverb] On foot. (support of the body, standing) AFORE (8) [adverb] Before. | [adverb] In the fore part of a ship. | [preposition] Before; in advance of the time of. AFOUL (8) [adverb] (principally nautical) In a state of collision or entanglement. | [adverb] (with of) In a state of entanglement or conflict (with). AGGRO (7) [noun] Aggravation; bother. | [noun] Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent. | [noun] A measure of how belligerent a player is – a high value may inspire either avoidance or preemptive hostile action from enemies. AGIOS (6) [noun] The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio. AGLOW (9) [adjective] (sometimes figurative) glowing; radiant 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. AGORA (6) [noun] A place for gathering. | [noun] A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece. | [noun] Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel. AHOLD (9) [verb] To grasp or hold onto something. | [noun] A grip or hold on something. AIOLI (5) [noun] A type of sauce, similar to mayonnaise, made from garlic, egg, lemon juice and olive oil. ALAMO (7) ALDOL (6) [noun] Any aldehyde or ketone having a hydroxy group in the beta- position ALGOR (6) ALLOD (6) [noun] Allodium ALLOT (5) [verb] To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot. | [verb] To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose. ALLOW (8) [verb] To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. | [verb] To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion. | [verb] To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct. ALLOY (8) [noun] A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal. | [noun] A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value. | [noun] An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc. | [verb] To mix or combine; often used of metals. ALOES (5) [noun] (in the plural) The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica. | [noun] A plant of the genus Aloe. | [noun] A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative. ALOFT (8) [adverb] At, to, or in the air or sky. | [adverb] Above, overhead, in a high place; up. | [adverb] In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging. ALOHA (8) [noun] Good wishes, love. | [noun] An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below). | [interjection] Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye. 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. ALOOF (8) [adjective] Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish. | [adverb] At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. | [adverb] Without sympathy; unfavorably. ALOUD (6) [adjective] Spoken out loud. | [adverb] With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly. | [adverb] Audibly, as opposed to silently/quietly. ALTHO (8) ALTOS (5) [noun] A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody. | [noun] A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part. | [noun] An alto saxophone AMBOS (9) [noun] A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches. | [noun] A stationary podium used for readings and homilies. | [noun] An ambulance driver. AMIDO (8) AMIGO (8) [noun] Friend | [noun] (chiefly California) Mexican | [noun] A native of the Philippines who was friendly toward the Spanish. AMINO (7) [noun] The amine functional group. | [adjective] Relating to an amine. AMMOS (9) [noun] Plural of ammo, informal short form for ammunition. | [noun] Plural of ammos, a type of sandal worn in ancient Greece. AMOKS (11) [noun] Plural of amok, a state of murderous frenzy. | [verb] Third person singular of amok, to run amok or behave wildly. AMOLE (7) [noun] Any of various parts of the Agave (or similar) plants, when used as soap | [noun] Other Mexican and North American plants used as soap 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. AMORT (7) [adjective] Lifeless, spiritless, or dull in appearance or manner. AMOUR (7) [noun] Love, affection. | [noun] Courtship; flirtation. | [noun] A love affair. ANCON (7) [noun] The corner of a wall or rafter. | [noun] A console that appears to support a cornice. | [noun] The elbow. ANION (5) [noun] A negatively charged ion. 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. 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. AORTA (5) [noun] The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system. | [noun] The liveliest part of something. APODS (8) APORT (7) [adverb] On or toward the port (left side) of a ship. 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. ARBOR (7) [noun] A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation. | [noun] A grove of trees. | [noun] An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe. ARDOR (6) [noun] Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion. | [noun] Spirit; enthusiasm; passion. | [noun] Intense heat. ARGOL (6) [noun] Potassium tartrate 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. ARGOT (6) [noun] A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds. | [noun] The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers. ARMOR (7) [noun] A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. | [noun] A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body. | [noun] Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft. AROID (6) [noun] Any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics. AROMA (7) [noun] A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one. AROSE (5) [verb] To come up from a lower to a higher position. | [verb] To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up. | [verb] To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself. ARROW (8) [noun] A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow. | [noun] A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. →). | [noun] A directed edge. 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 ARVOS (8) [noun] Afternoon. ASCOT (7) [noun] Ascot tie ASKOI (9) [noun] Plural of askos, an ancient Greek jug or vessel with a spout, typically used for pouring liquids. ASKOS (9) [noun] An ancient Greek wineskin or liquid container made from a goat skin or leather. | [noun] In pottery, a type of ancient Greek vessel with a spout and loop handle used for pouring liquids. ATOLL (5) [noun] A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls ATOMS (7) [noun] The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons. | [noun] (history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter. | [noun] The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something. ATOMY (10) [noun] A floating mote or speck of dust. | [noun] An indivisible particle. | [noun] A tiny being; a very small person. | [noun] A skeleton. | [adjective] Resembling a tiny particle; made up of tiny particles. 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. ATOPY (10) [noun] A genetic tendency to develop allergic diseases such as asthma, eczema, or hay fever. AUDIO (6) [noun] A sound, or a sound signal | [adjective] Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight. AUTOS (5) [noun] An automobile. | [noun] A setting for automatic operation. | [noun] An automatic gearbox / transmission. AVION (8) AVISO (8) [noun] A notice or warning, especially one issued by a government or authority. | [noun] In maritime contexts, a fast sailing ship used for carrying dispatches or messages. AVOID (9) [verb] To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun | [verb] To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from | [verb] To try not to do something or to have something happen AVOWS (11) [verb] To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly. | [verb] To bind or devote by a vow. | [verb] To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry. AWOKE (12) [verb] To become conscious after having slept. | [verb] To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping. | [verb] To excite or to stir up something latent. AWOLS (8) [noun] Plural of AWOL; instances of absence without leave from military duty or obligation. AXIOM (14) [noun] A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved. | [noun] (proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context). | [noun] An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received. AXION (12) [noun] A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force. 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. AZIDO (15) [adjective] Relating to or containing the azide group, a chemical functional group consisting of three nitrogen atoms bonded together. AZLON (14) [noun] A synthetic fiber made from cellulose, used in textiles and clothing. AZOIC (16) [adjective] Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life | [adjective] Anterior to the existence of animal life | [adjective] Formed when there was no animal life on the globe AZOLE (14) [noun] A five-membered aromatic heterocyclic compound containing nitrogen atoms, used in various organic compounds and fungicides. AZONS (14) AZOTE (14) [noun] An archaic or poetic term for nitrogen. AZOTH (17) [noun] The mercury of the alchemists, regarded as the universal remedy or elixir of life. | [noun] An alchemical term for the first matter or prima materia used in creating the philosopher's stone. BABOO (9) [noun] A Hindu clerk or official; also spelled babu. | [noun] In India, a term of respect for a man, similar to "Mr." 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. 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. 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. 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. BASSO (7) [noun] A bass singer, especially in opera. | [noun] An instrumental part written for a bass instrument. | [noun] The double bass, or contrabasso. 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. BAYOU (10) [noun] A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river. | [noun] A swamp, a marshy (stagnant) body of water. BAZOO (16) [noun] A simple wind instrument, such as a kazoo or tin horn. | [noun] A person's mouth. BEANO (7) [noun] A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party. | [noun] Any home-made gas or indigestion remedy. BEBOP (11) [noun] An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies. | [verb] To participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre. | [verb] (usually with a directional preposition) To walk in an easygoing, carefree manner. BEFOG (11) [verb] To envelop in fog or smoke. | [verb] To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties). | [verb] To obscure, make less clear (a subject, issue, etc.). BEGOT (8) [verb] To father; to sire; to produce (a child). | [verb] To cause; to produce. | [verb] To bring forth. BELOW (10) [adverb] In a lower place. | [adverb] On a lower storey. | [adverb] Further down. BESOM (9) [noun] A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft. | [noun] A troublesome woman. | [noun] Any cleansing or purifying agent. BESOT (7) [verb] To make drunk or foolish; to stupefy or infatuate. | [verb] To soil or stain. BETON (7) [noun] Concrete, especially reinforced concrete used in construction. BEVOR (10) [noun] A piece of armor that protects the lower face and chin, often hinged to the visor of a helmet. BHOOT (10) [noun] A ghost or spirit in Indian folklore and mythology. BIGOT (8) [noun] One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to one's own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc. | [noun] One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so. BIJOU (14) [noun] A jewel. | [noun] A piece of jewelry; a trinket. | [noun] A small intricate piece of metalwork. | [adjective] Small, little (often implying affection) BILBO (9) [noun] A device for punishment. See bilboes. | [noun] A kind of sword with well-tempered and flexible blade, originally produced in Bilbao. BIMBO (11) [noun] A physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence. | [noun] A stupid or foolish person. 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. BIOME (9) [noun] Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert | [noun] All the genomes of such a community BIONT (7) BIOTA (7) [noun] The living organisms of a region. | [noun] Platycladus orientalis (syn. Biota orientalis, Oriental arborvitae). BIPOD (10) [noun] A two-legged stand. BISON (7) [noun] A wild ox, Bison bonasus. | [noun] A similar North American animal, Bison bison. BLOAT (7) [noun] Distention of the abdomen from death. | [noun] Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant. | [noun] Wasteful use of space or other resources. BLOBS (9) [noun] Acronym of binary large object. (a data type that allows storage of binary data often of indeterminate length). | [noun] A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape. | [noun] In astronomy, a large cloud of gas. In particular, an extended Lyman-Alpha blob is a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy. BLOCK (13) [noun] A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance. | [noun] A chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading. | [noun] A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets. BLOCS (9) [noun] A group of voters or politicians who share common goals. | [noun] A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc, the Eurozone, the European Union. BLOKE (11) [noun] A man, a fellow; an ordinary man, a man on the street. | [noun] A man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner. | [noun] (A lower deck term for) the Captain or Executive Officer of a warship, with particular reference to discipline and punishment. 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 BLOOD (8) [noun] A member of the Los Angeles gang The Bloods. | [noun] A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow. | [noun] A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption (see blood relative, blood relation, by blood). BLOOM (9) [noun] A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud. | [noun] Flowers, collectively. | [noun] The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open. | [verb] To cause to blossom; to make flourish. | [noun] The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process. BLOOP (9) [noun] A low-pitched beeping sound. | [verb] To make a hit just beyond the infield. | [verb] To produce a low-pitched beeping sound. BLOTS (7) [noun] A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance. | [noun] (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace. | [noun] A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier. BLOWN (10) [verb] To produce an air current. | [verb] To propel by an air current. | [verb] To be propelled by an air current. BLOWS (10) [noun] A strong wind. | [noun] A chance to catch one’s breath. | [noun] Cocaine. BLOWY (13) [noun] (sex) A blow job. | [noun] A blowfly, Lucilia cuprina. | [noun] The common toadfish, Tetractenos hamiltoni. BOARD (8) [noun] A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making. | [noun] A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc. | [noun] A flat surface with markings for playing a board game. | [noun] A rebound. BOARS (7) [noun] A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. | [noun] A male pig. | [noun] A male boar (sense 1). BOART (7) [noun] Poor-quality diamond, used for industrial cutting or abrasion; a poorly crystallized diamond. BOAST (7) [noun] A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself. | [noun] Something that one brags about. | [noun] A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall. | [verb] To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. BOATS (7) [noun] A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind. | [noun] A full house. | [noun] A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape. BOBBY (14) [noun] A police officer. | [noun] A railway signaller. | [noun] A penis. BOCCE (11) [noun] A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court | [noun] One of the eight balls that the player throws in a game of bocce. BOCCI (11) [noun] A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court | [noun] One of the eight balls that the player throws in a game of bocce. BOCHE (12) [noun] A German. BOCKS (13) [noun] A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption. BODED (9) [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. BODES (8) [noun] An omen; a foreshadowing. | [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. BOFFO (13) [noun] (chiefly in the world of entertainment) A great success; a hit. | [adjective] Outstanding; very good or successful. BOFFS (13) [verb] To have sexual intercourse (with someone) | [verb] To hit; to strike. 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. BOGEY (11) [noun] One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group. | [noun] An outlaw. | [noun] One who cheats others. | [noun] A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production. | [noun] A swim or bathe; a bath. BOGGY (12) [adjective] Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation. BOGIE (8) [noun] One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group. | [noun] An outlaw. | [noun] One who cheats others. | [noun] One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group. | [noun] An obnoxious, selfish and overbearing person; an attention hog. BOGLE (8) [noun] A goblin; a frightful spectre or phantom; a bogy or bugbear. BOGUS (8) [noun] A liquor made of rum and molasses. | [adjective] Counterfeit or fake; not genuine. | [adjective] Undesirable or harmful. BOHEA (10) [noun] A black tea from China. BOILS (7) [noun] A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection. | [noun] The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour. | [noun] A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood. BOING (8) [noun] The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce. | [verb] To make a boing sound or bouncing motion. BOITE (7) [noun] A nightclub or small theater, especially in France; a box or case. BOLAR (7) [adjective] Of or relating to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey. BOLAS (7) [noun] A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, designed to capture animals by entangling their legs. | [noun] A sticky thread whirled around by certain spiders to catch prey. BOLDS (8) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "bold," meaning to make something bold or to embolden. | [noun] Plural of "bold," referring to typeface styling that is darker and thicker than regular text. BOLES (7) [noun] The trunk or stem of a tree. | [noun] Any of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually coloured red by iron oxide, and composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. | [noun] (colour) The shade of reddish brown which resembles this clay. BOLLS (7) [noun] The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant. | [noun] An old dry measure equal to six bushels. BOLOS (7) [noun] A long, heavy, single-edged machete. | [noun] A type of punch; an uppercut. | [noun] A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship. BOLTS (7) [noun] A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw. | [noun] A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism. | [noun] A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open. BOLUS (7) [noun] A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal. | [noun] A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form. | [verb] To take a dose of insulin at a mealtime in order to control one's blood glucose level in diabetes. BOMBE (11) [noun] A dessert made from ice cream frozen in a (generally spherical or hemispherical) mold. | [noun] (chiefly in German cooking) A small, cylindrical or spherical chocolate-covered confection. (Compare truffle.) | [noun] An electromechanical device used in early cryptanalysis. BOMBS (11) [noun] An explosive device used or intended as a weapon. | [noun] A failure; an unpopular commercial product. | [noun] A large amount of money. 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. BOOBS (9) [noun] Idiot, fool. | [verb] To behave stupidly; to act like a boob. | [verb] To make a mistake BOOBY (12) [noun] A stupid person. | [noun] Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid. | [noun] In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket. | [noun] A woman’s breast. BOOED (8) [verb] To shout extended boos derisively. | [verb] To shout extended boos at, as a form of derision. BOOGY (11) BOOKS (11) [noun] A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. | [noun] A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book. | [noun] A major division of a long work. BOOMS (9) [noun] A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion. | [noun] A rapid expansion or increase. | [noun] One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds. BOOMY (12) [adjective] Characterized by heavy bass sounds. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a financial boom, resources boom, baby boom, etc. 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. BOORS (7) [noun] A peasant. | [noun] A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent. | [noun] A yokel, country bumpkin. BOOST (7) [noun] A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb. | [noun] Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance. | [noun] (automotive engineering) A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers. BOOTH (10) [noun] A small stall for the display and sale of goods. | [noun] An enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person. | [noun] An enclosed table with seats, as in a diner or café. BOOTS (7) [noun] A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. | [noun] A blow with the foot; a kick. | [noun] A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc. BOOTY (10) [noun] A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once. | [noun] Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy. | [noun] Something that has been stolen or illegally obtained from elsewhere. | [noun] The buttocks. | [noun] A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet. BOOZE (16) [noun] Any alcoholic beverage. | [noun] A session of drinking alcohol; a drinking party. | [verb] To drink alcohol. BOOZY (19) [adjective] (of a person) Intoxicated by alcohol. | [adjective] (of a person) Inclined to consume a significant amount of alcohol. | [adjective] (of an event) Involving a large consumption of alcohol. BORAL (7) BORAS (7) [noun] A initiation ceremony for males among the Aborigines of New South Wales. BORAX (14) [noun] A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc. | [noun] The sodium salt of boric acid, Na2B4O7, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallisation; sodium tetraborate. | [noun] (sometimes attributive) Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design. BORED (8) [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. BORER (7) [noun] A tedious person. | [noun] A person who bores, who drills. | [noun] A tool used for drilling. BORES (7) [noun] A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter. | [noun] The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter. | [noun] A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring. BORIC (9) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or containing the element boron. 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. BORTS (7) [noun] Industrial-grade diamonds used for cutting, grinding, and polishing tools. | [noun] Plural of bort, a poorly crystallized or imperfectly formed diamond. BORTY (10) BORTZ (16) [noun] Industrial-grade diamond used as an abrasive in cutting tools and grinding wheels. BOSKS (11) [noun] Plural of bosk; small wooded areas or thickets. | [verb] Third person singular of bosk; to hide or conceal in woods. BOSKY (14) [adjective] Having abundant bushes, shrubs or trees. | [adjective] Caused by trees or shrubs. | [adjective] Bushy, bristling. BOSOM (9) [noun] (somewhat obsolete) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal). | [noun] The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings etc.; one's secret feelings; desire. | [noun] The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace. 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. BOSSY (10) [adjective] Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering. | [noun] A cow or calf. | [adjective] Ornamented with bosses; studded. BOSUN (7) [noun] A warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship. BOTAS (7) [noun] Plural of bota, a leather bottle or wineskin used for holding and dispensing wine or other beverages. | [noun] Plural of bota, a type of soft leather boot. BOTCH (12) [noun] An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work. | [noun] A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. | [noun] A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing. | [noun] A tumour or other malignant swelling. BOTEL (7) [noun] A floating hotel; a boat that acts as a hotel BOTHY (13) [noun] A small cottage, especially one for communal use in remote areas by labourers or farmhands. BOTTS (7) [noun] Plural of bott, a parasitic larva of a botfly that infects mammals. | [noun] Small raised markers or reflectors embedded in road surfaces to indicate lane boundaries. BOUGH (11) [noun] A firm branch of a tree. | [noun] The gallows. BOULE (7) [noun] One of the bowls used in the French game of boules. | [noun] A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means. | [noun] A round loaf of bread. | [noun] A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works. | [noun] A council of citizens in Ancient Greece 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. BOURG (8) [noun] A market town or borough, especially in France or other European countries. BOURN (7) [noun] A small stream or brook. | [noun] Destination. | [noun] Limit. BOUSE (7) [verb] To drink heavily or excessively. | [verb] To haul or pull with a rope, especially in nautical contexts. BOUSY (10) BOUTS (7) [noun] A period of something, usually painful or unpleasant. | [noun] A boxing match. | [noun] An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept. BOVID (11) [noun] An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, gazelle, goat, and sheep). BOWED (11) [verb] To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow. | [verb] To become bent or curved. | [verb] To make something bend or curve. | [verb] To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow. BOWEL (10) [noun] A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine. | [noun] (in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach. | [noun] (in the plural) The (deep) interior of something. BOWER (10) [noun] A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle. | [noun] A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat. | [noun] A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods. | [noun] A peasant; a farmer. | [noun] Either of the two highest trumps in euchre. | [noun] A type of ship's anchor, carried at the bow. | [noun] One who bows or bends. | [noun] One who plays any of several bow instruments, such as the musical bow or diddley bow. | [noun] A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest. BOWLS (10) [noun] A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items. | [noun] As much as is held by a bowl. | [noun] A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl. BOWSE (10) [verb] To haul or pull with a rope, especially in nautical contexts. | [verb] To drink heavily or carouse. BOXED (15) [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. BOXER (14) [noun] A participant (fighter) in a boxing match. | [noun] A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle. | [noun] A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft. BOXES (14) [noun] Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space. | [noun] Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space | [verb] To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes. BOYAR (10) [noun] A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia and Romania. BOYLA (10) BOYOS (10) [noun] A boy or lad. | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A stereotypically Welsh form of address for a man, usually younger than the speaker. BOZOS (16) [noun] A stupid, foolish, or ridiculous person, especially a man. BRAVO (10) [noun] A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado. | [noun] A shout of "bravo!" | [noun] The letter B in the ICAO spelling alphabet. BRIOS (7) [noun] Plural of brio, meaning vigor, vivacity, or enthusiastic energy, especially in musical performance or artistic expression. BROAD (8) [noun] A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk. | [noun] A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. | [noun] A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656. | [noun] A prostitute, a woman of loose morals. BROCK (13) [noun] A male badger. | [noun] (possibly obsolete) A brocket, a stag between two and three years old. | [noun] A dirty, stinking fellow. BROIL (7) [noun] Food prepared by broiling. | [verb] To cook by direct, radiant heat. | [verb] To expose to great heat. | [noun] A brawl; a rowdy disturbance. BROKE (11) [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. | [noun] (papermaking) Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process. | [verb] To act as a broker; to transact business for another. | [adjective] Broke off, rich, wealthy BROME (9) [noun] Any grass of the genus Bromus. | [noun] Bromine BROMO (9) [noun] A dose of a proprietary sedative containing bromide (a bromo-seltzer) BRONC (9) [noun] A bronco. BROOD (8) [noun] The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother. | [noun] The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time. | [noun] The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony. BROOK (11) [verb] To use; enjoy; have the full employment of. | [verb] To earn; deserve. | [verb] To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object). | [noun] A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream. BROOM (9) [noun] A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping. | [noun] An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper. | [noun] Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, in the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium, with long, thin branches and small or few leaves. | [verb] To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping. BROOS (7) [noun] Plural of broo, a Scottish word for broth or soup. BROSE (7) [noun] Oatmeal mixed with boiling water or milk. BROSY (10) BROTH (10) [noun] Water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled. | [noun] A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat. 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. BROWS (10) [noun] The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow. | [noun] The first tine of an antler's beam. | [noun] The forehead. BUCKO (13) [noun] Buckaroo. | [noun] Young lad, friend, pal (used in addressing someone). BUFFO (13) [noun] A comic singer, particularly in comic opera 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. 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. BUOYS (10) [noun] A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel. | [noun] A life-buoy; a life preserver. | [verb] To keep afloat or aloft; used with up. BURRO (7) [noun] A small donkey BUTEO (7) [noun] Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo. BUXOM (16) [adjective] Pliant, obedient, tractable (to) (i.e. easily moved or bent, morally). | [adjective] Submissive, humble, meek (as subsense of 4). | [adjective] Gracious, indulgent, favourable; obliging, amiable, courteous, affable, kindly (as subsense of 1). CABOB (11) [noun] Pieces of meat and vegetables cooked on a skewer; a kebab. CACAO (9) [noun] A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate. | [noun] This tree's seed, the cocoa bean. CAHOW (13) [noun] An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird, Pterodroma cahow, from Bermuda; the Bermuda petrel. CAJON (14) [noun] A wooden box-shaped percussion instrument played by striking its front panel with hands, originating from Latin America. CAMEO (9) [noun] A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief. | [noun] A single very brief appearance, especially by a prominent celebrity in a movie or song. | [verb] To appear in a cameo role. CAMPO (11) [noun] A police officer assigned to a university campus. | [noun] A field or plain in a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking area. 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) CANTO (7) [noun] One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book. | [noun] The treble or leading melody. CAPON (9) [noun] A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table. | [verb] To castrate; to make a capon of. CAPOS (9) [noun] A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings. | [noun] A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime. | [noun] A leader and organizer of supporters at a sporting event, particularly association football matches. CARBO (9) [noun] Carbohydrate CARGO (8) [noun] Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle. | [noun] (Papua New Guinea) Western material goods. CAROB (9) [noun] An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region. | [noun] The fruit of that tree. | [noun] A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit. CAROL (7) [noun] A small closet or enclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. | [noun] Hence, a partially partitioned space for studying or reading, often in a library. CAROM (9) [noun] (cue sports, especially billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. | [noun] A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a (one meter by one meter square) board. | [verb] To make a carom (shot in billiards). | [noun] (spices) ajwain CELLO (7) [noun] A large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings, tuned from lowest to highest C-G-D-A, and played with a bow, also possessing an endpin to support the instrument's weight. | [noun] Cellophane CELOM (9) [noun] A fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal. The digestive system is suspended within the cavity, which is lined by a tissue called the peritoneum. 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. CEORL (7) [noun] An Anglo-Saxon churl. CEROS (7) [noun] A large scombroid food fish (Scomberomorus regalis) found chiefly in the West Indies. CHAOS (10) [noun] The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony. | [noun] Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration. | [noun] A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time. CHEMO (12) [noun] Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state. | [noun] (most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient. CHIAO (10) [noun] A monetary unit of China equal to one tenth of a yuan. | [noun] A monetary unit of Taiwan equal to one tenth of a dollar. CHICO (12) CHINO (10) [noun] A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms. CHIRO (10) [noun] A chiropractor. | [noun] Chiropractic. CHOCK (16) [noun] Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling. | [noun] Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted. | [verb] To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch. | [noun] An encounter. | [verb] To make a dull sound. CHOIR (10) [noun] Singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together. | [noun] The part of a church where the choir assembles for song. | [noun] (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels. CHOKE (14) [noun] A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold. | [noun] In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation. | [noun] A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot. CHOKY (17) [adjective] Reminiscent of choking. | [noun] Prison | [noun] A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin bearers, police, etc. CHOLO (10) [noun] A Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody perceived to embody similar characteristics. CHOMP (14) [noun] The act of chomping (see below) | [verb] To bite or chew loudly or heavily. | [verb] (Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character). CHOOK (14) [noun] A chicken, especially a hen. | [noun] A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking. | [noun] A fool. CHOPS (12) [noun] A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib. | [noun] A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil. | [noun] A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched. | [verb] To talk, chat; also, to talk back, to be cheeky. CHORD (11) [noun] A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously. | [noun] A straight line between two points of a curve. | [noun] A horizontal member of a truss. CHORE (10) [noun] A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one. | [verb] To do chores. | [verb] To steal. | [noun] A choir or chorus. CHOSE (10) [verb] To pick; to make the choice of; to select. | [verb] To elect. | [verb] To decide to act in a certain way. | [noun] A thing; personal property. CHOTT (10) [noun] A shallow salt lake or depression in North Africa, typically dry except in winter. CHOWS (13) [noun] Food, especially snacks. | [noun] A Chow Chow. | [noun] A Chinese person. CIBOL (9) CIONS (7) [noun] Plural of cion, a plant shoot or twig used in grafting. | [noun] Plural of cion, a scion or descendant. CISCO (9) [noun] Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes. CLARO (7) [adjective] Clear or bright, especially in reference to cigars made from light-colored tobacco. | [interjection] Of course; certainly (used in Spanish but sometimes appears in English text). CLOAK (11) [noun] A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood. | [noun] A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical. | [noun] That which conceals; a disguise or pretext. CLOCK (13) [noun] An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece. | [noun] The odometer of a motor vehicle. | [noun] An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules. | [noun] A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking. | [noun] A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius). | [verb] To make the sound of a hen; to cluck. CLODS (8) [noun] A lump of something, especially of earth or clay. | [noun] The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf. | [noun] A stupid person; a dolt. CLOGS (8) [noun] A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel. | [noun] A blockage. | [noun] A shoe of any type. CLOMB (11) [verb] To ascend; rise; to go up. | [verb] To mount; to move upwards on. | [verb] To scale; to get to the top of something. CLOMP (11) [noun] The sound of feet hitting the ground loudly. | [verb] To walk heavily or clumsily, as with clogs. | [verb] To make some object hit something, thereby producing a clomping sound. 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) CLOOT (7) [noun] A cloth or piece of fabric, especially a patch or rag. | [noun] A lump or clot, particularly of blood or earth. CLOPS (9) [noun] The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground. | [noun] My Little Pony-themed pornography | [verb] To make this sound; to walk so as to make this sound. CLOSE (7) [noun] An end or conclusion. | [noun] The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction. | [noun] A grapple in wrestling. | [noun] (chiefly Yorkshire) An enclosed field. CLOTH (10) [noun] A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. | [noun] Specifically, a tablecloth, especially as spread before a meal or removed afterwards. | [noun] A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose. CLOTS (7) [noun] A thrombus, solidified mass of blood. | [noun] A solidified mass of any liquid. | [noun] A silly person. CLOUD (8) [noun] A rock; boulder; a hill. | [noun] A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. | [noun] Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass. CLOUR (7) CLOUT (7) [noun] Influence or effectiveness, especially political. | [noun] A blow with the hand. | [noun] A home run. | [verb] To form a clot or mass. CLOVE (10) [noun] A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree. | [noun] A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice. | [noun] An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone. | [noun] Any one of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic. | [verb] To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument. | [noun] A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch 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. CLOYS (10) [verb] To fill up or choke up; to stop up. | [verb] To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate. | [verb] To fill to loathing; to surfeit. CLOZE (16) [noun] A test or exercise in which words are removed from a text and must be filled in by the reader. | [verb] To create or complete a cloze test. COACH (12) [noun] A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power. | [noun] A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit. | [noun] (originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor. COACT (9) [verb] To act together with another or others; to act jointly or in cooperation. COALA (7) COALS (7) [noun] A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel. | [noun] A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English) | [noun] A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof. COALY (10) [adjective] Resembling, containing, or consisting of coal. COAPT (9) [verb] To fit or come together; to join or adapt closely. COAST (7) [noun] The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. | [noun] The side or edge of something. | [noun] A region of land; a district or country. COATI (7) [noun] Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua or Nasuella, in order Carnivora, that live in the range from southern United States to northern Argentina. COATS (7) [noun] An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.Wp | [noun] A covering of material, such as paint.Wp | [noun] The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.Wp COBBS (11) [noun] Plural of cobb, which refers to a rounded lump or mass, or a male swan. | [noun] Plural of cobb, a type of building material made from clay, straw, and gravel. COBBY (14) [adjective] Stocky | [adjective] Stout; hearty; lively | [adjective] Obstinate; headstrong COBIA (9) [noun] Rachycentron canadum, a perciform marine fish. COBLE (9) [noun] Small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach, found on the north-east coast of England and in Scotland. COBRA (9) [noun] Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae. COCAS (9) [noun] Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America. | [noun] The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine. | [noun] A pastry typically made and consumed in the Spanish Mediterranean coast. COCCI (11) [noun] Any approximately spherical bacterium. | [noun] One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit. | [noun] Coccidioidomycosis COCKS (13) [noun] A male bird, especially: | [noun] A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing. | [noun] The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism. COCKY (16) [adjective] Overly confident; arrogant and boastful. | [noun] Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man. | [noun] A (familiar name for a) cockatoo. COCOA (9) [noun] The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. | [noun] An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking. | [noun] A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar. | [noun] Coconut palm. COCOS (9) [noun] Coconut palm. | [noun] Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm. CODAS (8) [noun] A person born hearing to deaf parents. | [noun] A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation. | [noun] The optional final part of a syllable, placed after its nucleus, and usually composed of one or more consonants. CODEC (10) [noun] A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal. CODED (9) [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. CODEN (8) CODER (8) [noun] A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses. | [noun] A person who assigns codes or classifications. | [noun] A programmer. CODES (8) [noun] A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents. | [noun] A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest. | [noun] Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject. CODEX (15) [noun] An early manuscript book. | [noun] A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll. | [noun] An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients. 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. COEDS (8) [noun] A young woman who attends college. | [noun] A (generally young) woman, especially on the campus of a college or other educational institute. COFFS (13) [verb] Third person singular of "coff," an archaic or dialectal term meaning to buy or purchase. | [verb] Third person singular of "coff," meaning to strike or hit. COGON (8) [noun] Any of several perennial rhizomatous grasses of genus Imperata, especially Imperata cylindrica. COHOG (11) [noun] A quahog clam, a hard-shelled edible clam found along the Atlantic coast of North America. COHOS (10) [noun] An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes. COIFS (10) [noun] A hairdo. | [noun] A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women. | [noun] An item of chain mail headgear. COIGN (8) [noun] A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone. | [noun] The keystone of an arch. | [noun] A wedge used in typesetting. COILS (7) [noun] Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral. | [noun] Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped. | [noun] A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow. COINS (7) [noun] (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. | [noun] A token used in a special establishment like a casino. | [noun] That which serves for payment or recompense. COIRS (7) [noun] The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute. COKED (12) [verb] To produce coke from coal. | [verb] To turn into coke. | [verb] To add deleterious carbon deposits as a byproduct of combustion. COKES (11) [noun] Cola-based soft drink. | [noun] A bottle, glass or can of a cola-based soft drink. | [noun] Any soft drink, regardless of type. | [noun] A simpleton; a dupe. COLAS (7) [noun] The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts. | [noun] A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water. | [noun] A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant. COLDS (8) [noun] A condition of low temperature. | [noun] (with 'the') A harsh place; a place of abandonment. | [noun] A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever. COLED (8) COLES (7) [noun] Cabbage. | [noun] Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed). | [noun] A stack or stook of hay. COLIC (9) [noun] Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems). | [noun] A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms. | [adjective] Relating to the colon; colonic. COLIN (7) [noun] A young rabbit or hare. | [noun] A column or pillar. COLLY (10) [verb] To blacken with coal dust or soot; to make dark or dirty. COLOG (8) 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. COLOR (7) [noun] The spectral composition of visible light | [noun] A subset thereof: | [noun] A paint. COLTS (7) [noun] A young male horse. | [noun] A young crane (bird). | [noun] A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice. COLZA (16) [noun] Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes. COMAE (9) [noun] A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet. | [noun] A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points. | [noun] A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds. COMAL (9) [noun] A thin, griddle-like pan used in Mexican cooking for making tortillas and roasting foods. COMAS (9) [noun] A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma. COMBE (11) [noun] A valley, often wooded and often with no river | [noun] A cirque. COMBO (11) [noun] A small musical group. | [noun] A combination. | [noun] An action composed of a sequence of simpler actions, especially a composite attacking move in a fighting game. COMBS (11) [noun] A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place. | [noun] A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers. | [noun] A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest. COMER (9) [noun] One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning. | [noun] One who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory. | [noun] One who arrives. COMES (9) [verb] To move from further away to nearer to. | [verb] To arrive. | [verb] To appear, to manifest itself. | [noun] The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue. COMET (9) [noun] A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun. | [noun] A celestial phenomenon with the appearance given by the orbiting celestial body. | [noun] Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes. COMFY (15) [adjective] Comfortable. COMIC (11) [noun] A comedian. | [noun] A story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel. | [noun] A children's newspaper. COMIX (16) [noun] A plural form of "comic," referring to comic books or comic strips, often used as an alternative spelling emphasizing the artistic medium. COMMA (11) [noun] The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list. | [noun] A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia. COMMY (14) COMPO (11) [noun] The act or principle of compensating. | [noun] Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss. | [noun] The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount. COMPS (11) [noun] Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images. | [noun] Clipping of comprehensive examination. | [noun] Clipping of complimentary ticket or item. COMPT (11) COMTE (9) [noun] A French nobleman or count. 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. COOCH (12) [noun] The hootchy-kootchy, a type of erotic dance. | [noun] (chiefly US) The vagina or vulva. COOED (8) [verb] To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon. | [verb] To speak in an admiring fashion, to be enthusiastic about. COOEE (7) [noun] A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush. | [noun] (with "within") A short distance; hailing distance. | [verb] To make such a call. COOER (7) [noun] One who coos, especially a person or animal that makes soft murmuring sounds. | [noun] A device or container used for cooling. COOEY (10) [verb] To make a soft murmuring sound, as a dove or pigeon. COOFS (10) COOKS (11) [noun] A person who prepares food. | [noun] The head cook of a manor house | [noun] The degree or quality of cookedness of food COOKY (14) [noun] A variant spelling of cookie, a baked sweet treat or small cake. | [adjective] Resembling or suggestive of a cookie in appearance or texture. COOLS (7) [verb] To lose heat, to get colder. | [verb] To make cooler, less warm. | [verb] To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate. COOLY (10) [noun] A laborer or porter, especially in India or other Asian countries; an unskilled worker hired for manual labor. COOMB (11) [noun] An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels. | [noun] A valley, often wooded and often with no river | [noun] A cirque. 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. COOPS (9) [noun] A unit of a housing co-operative; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep. | [noun] Any co-operative, including housing, retail, utility, agricultural, banking or worker cooperatives. | [noun] Any shop owned by a co-operative. COOPT (9) [verb] To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee. | [verb] To commandeer, appropriate or take over. | [verb] To absorb or assimilate into an established group. COOTS (7) [noun] Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead. | [noun] A foolish or eccentric fellow | [noun] (with the) A success; something excellent. COPAL (9) [noun] A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink. COPED (10) [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. COPEN (9) COPER (9) [noun] One who copes. | [noun] A floating grog shop supplying the North Sea fishing industry. COPES (9) [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. COPRA (9) [noun] The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded. COPSE (9) [noun] A thicket of small trees or shrubs. | [verb] To trim or cut. | [verb] To plant and preserve. CORAL (7) [noun] A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps. | [noun] A colony of marine polyps. | [noun] A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral. CORBY (12) [noun] A raven or crow, particularly used in Scottish and Northern English dialect. CORDS (8) [noun] A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously. | [noun] A straight line between two points of a curve. | [noun] A horizontal member of a truss. | [noun] Corduroys. CORED (8) [verb] To remove the core of an apple or other fruit. | [verb] To extract a sample with a drill. CORER (7) [noun] A tool or device used to remove the core from fruits or vegetables. | [noun] A person or thing that cores. CORES (7) [noun] Various former units of volume, particularly: | [noun] The central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds. | [noun] The heart or inner part of a physical thing CORGI (8) [noun] A dog of a breed having a small body, short legs and fox-like features. CORIA (7) CORKS (11) [noun] The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material. | [noun] A bottle stopper made from this or any other material. | [noun] An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork. CORKY (14) [adjective] Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork. | [adjective] Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled. | [noun] A deep bruise, usually on the leg or buttock, caused by a blow; a haematoma. CORMS (9) [noun] A short, vertical, swollen underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought. 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. CORPS (9) [noun] A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions. | [noun] An organized group of people united by a common purpose. | [noun] A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private. CORSE (7) [noun] A (living) body. | [noun] A dead body, a corpse. COSEC (9) [noun] The reciprocal of the sine function in trigonometry, equal to the hypotenuse divided by the opposite side in a right triangle. COSES (7) [noun] A variety of lettuce with long, crisp leaves. | [verb] To make oneself cosy; to be snug. COSET (7) [noun] The set that results from applying a group's binary operation with a given fixed element of the group on each element of a given subgroup. COSEY (10) [noun] A padded or knitted covering for a teapot, egg, or other object to keep it warm. | [adjective] Variant spelling of cozy; warm and comfortable. COSIE (7) [noun] A variant spelling of "cosy," a padded cover for a teapot or egg to keep it warm. | [adjective] Warm and comfortable; snug. COSTA (7) [noun] A rib. | [noun] A riblike part of a plant or animal, such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein or the margin of an insect wing. COSTS (7) [verb] To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price. | [verb] To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of. | [verb] To require to be borne or suffered; to cause. COTAN (7) [noun] The reciprocal of the tangent function; the ratio of the adjacent side to the opposite side in a right triangle. COTED (8) [verb] Past tense of "cote," meaning to pass by or overtake. | [verb] Past tense of "cote," meaning to go along the side of. COTES (7) [noun] A cottage or hut. | [noun] A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons. COTTA (7) [noun] A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none. | [noun] A kind of coarse woollen blanket. COUCH (12) [noun] Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed. COUDE (8) [noun] A type of telescope in which light is reflected by mirrors to a fixed eyepiece, allowing the observer to remain stationary while viewing celestial objects. COUGH (11) [noun] A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary. | [noun] A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough. | [noun] Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame COULD (8) [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. 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. COUPE (9) [noun] An ice cream dessert; the glass it is served in. | [noun] A car with two doors (variant of coupé). | [noun] An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place. COUPS (9) [noun] A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act. | [noun] (of Native Americans) A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery. | [noun] A coup d'état. COURT (7) [noun] An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. | [noun] (social) Royal society. | [noun] Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone COUTH (10) [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] Social grace, refinement, sophistication; etiquette, manners. COVED (11) [verb] To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove. | [verb] To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs. 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. COVER (10) [noun] A lid. | [noun] Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view. | [noun] The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc. COVES (10) [noun] A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. | [noun] A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling. | [noun] A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds. COVET (10) [verb] To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously. | [verb] To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden). | [verb] To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession. COVEY (13) [noun] A group of 8–12 (or more) quail. | [noun] A brood of partridges, grouse, etc. | [noun] A party or group (of persons or things). | [noun] A man. COVIN (10) [noun] Fraud, deception. COWED (11) [verb] (chiefly in the passive voice) To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of. | [adjective] Frightened into submission. COWER (10) [verb] To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear. | [verb] To crouch in general. | [verb] To cause to cower; to frighten into submission. | [verb] To cherish with care. COWLS (10) [noun] A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it. | [noun] A mask that covers the majority of the head. | [noun] A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling. COWRY (13) [noun] A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell. | [noun] (by extension) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell. | [noun] (by extension) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell. COXAE (14) [noun] The basal segment of a limb of various arthropods (insects and spiders, for example). COXAL (14) COXED (15) [verb] To act as coxswain for. | [adjective] Having a cox COXES (14) [noun] A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew. COYED (11) COYER (10) [adjective] Bashful, shy, retiring. | [adjective] Quiet, reserved, modest. | [adjective] Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish. COYLY (13) [adverb] In a coy manner. COYPU (12) [noun] A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere. 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. COZES (16) COZEY (19) COZIE (16) CREDO (8) [noun] A belief system. | [noun] The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services. CROAK (11) [noun] A faint, harsh sound made in the throat. | [noun] The cry of a frog or toad. (see also ribbit) | [noun] The harsh cry of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures. CROCI (9) [noun] A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus. | [noun] Any of various similar flowering plants, such as the autumn crocus and prairie crocus. | [noun] A deep yellow powder, the oxide of some metal (especially iron), calcined to a red or deep yellow colour. CROCK (13) [noun] A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container. | [noun] A piece of broken pottery, a shard. | [noun] A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury. | [noun] The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut. CROCS (9) [noun] A crocodile. | [noun] A plastic slip-on shoe. CROFT (10) [noun] An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters. | [verb] To do agricultural work on one or more crofts. | [verb] To place (cloth, etc.) on the ground in the open air in order to sun and bleach it. | [noun] An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft. | [noun] A carafe. 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. CROOK (11) [noun] A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure. | [noun] A bending of the knee; a genuflection. | [noun] A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything). | [adjective] Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard. 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 CROPS (9) [noun] A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose. | [noun] The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants. | [noun] A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time. CRORE (7) [noun] Ten million; 10,000,000. Often used with units of money. CROSS (7) [noun] A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other. | [noun] Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross. | [noun] A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion). CROUP (9) [noun] An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty. | [verb] (obsolete outside dialectal) To croak, make a hoarse noise. CROWD (11) [noun] A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order. | [noun] Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other. | [noun] (with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar. | [noun] (now dialectal) A fiddle. 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. CROWS (10) [noun] A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call. | [noun] The cry of the rooster. | [noun] Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea. CROZE (16) [noun] A groove at the ends of the staves of a barrel into which the edge of the head is fitted. | [noun] A cooper's tool for making these grooves. CRUOR (7) [noun] The colouring matter of the blood. | [noun] The clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the colouring matter; gore. CURIO (7) [noun] A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity. CUSSO (7) 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 CYCLO (12) [noun] A tuk-tuk. | [noun] A cycle rickshaw CYMOL (12) CYTON (10) DADOS (7) [noun] The section of a pedestal above the base. | [noun] The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion. | [noun] The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain. DAGOS (7) [noun] A person of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, or other Mediterranean descent. | [noun] A person of Italian descent. DANIO (6) [noun] (chiefly in combination) Any of various fish of the genera Danio and Devario. DATOS (6) DATTO (6) DECOR (8) [noun] The style of decoration of a room or building. | [noun] A stage setting; scenery; set; backdrop. DECOS (8) DECOY (11) [noun] A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger. | [noun] A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game. | [verb] To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap. DEFOG (10) DEKKO (14) [noun] A look; a glance. DEMOB (10) [noun] Demobilization; release from military service. | [verb] To demobilize; to release someone from military service. 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. DEMOS (8) [noun] A demonstration or visual explanation. | [noun] A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully. | [noun] An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount. DEOXY (16) DEPOT (8) [noun] A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse. | [noun] A bus station or railway station. | [noun] A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units. DETOX (13) [noun] Detoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or illegal, addictive drugs. | [noun] A detoxification unit. | [verb] To detoxify, especially from alcohol or recreational drugs. DEVON (9) [noun] (Eastern Australia) A type of processed meat sausage. DHOBI (11) [noun] A laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman, in India and Pakistan. DHOLE (9) [noun] An Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus. DHOTI (9) [noun] A long loincloth worn by Hindu men in India. | [noun] The cotton fabric used for such loincloths. DHOWS (12) [noun] A traditional sailing vessel used along the coasts of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean, generally having a single mast and a lateen sail. DIAZO (15) [noun] Any compound of this type. | [adjective] Containing a pair of double bonded nitrogen atoms, typically directly attached to an aryl group. DICOT (8) [noun] A plant whose seedlings have two cotyledons, a dicotyledon. DIDOS (7) [noun] A fuss, a row. | [noun] A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper. DILDO (7) [noun] An artificial phallus (penis) for sexual use. | [noun] An idiot, a bore. | [noun] A columnar cactaceous plant of the West Indies (Pilosocereus royenii). | [interjection] A burden: a phrase or theme that recurs at the end of a verse of a folk song. DINGO (7) [noun] Canis lupus dingo, a wild dog native to Australia. DIODE (7) [noun] An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier. DIOLS (6) [noun] Any organic compound having two hydroxy functional groups DIPSO (8) [noun] A dipsomaniac; an alcoholic; a drunk. DISCO (8) [noun] A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights. | [verb] To dance disco-style dances. | [verb] To go to discotheques. DITTO (6) [noun] That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise. | [noun] A duplicate or copy of a document, particularly one created by a spirit duplicator. | [noun] A copy; an imitation. DIVOT (9) [noun] A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof. | [noun] A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour. DOATS (6) DOBBY (13) [noun] A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric patterns. | [noun] The patterns so woven, or the fabric containing the patterns. | [noun] An evil or mischievous fairy or ghost sometimes said to haunt a building or household. DOBIE (8) DOBLA (8) DOBRA (8) [noun] The official or principal currency of São Tomé and Príncipe, divided into 100 cêntimos. DOCKS (12) [noun] Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially common dock, and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash. | [noun] A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant. | [noun] The fleshy root of an animal's tail. DODGE (8) [noun] An act of dodging. | [noun] A trick, evasion or wile. | [noun] A line of work. DODGY (11) [adjective] Evasive and shifty | [adjective] Unsound and unreliable | [adjective] Dishonest DODOS (7) [noun] A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius. | [noun] A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt. | [noun] Fried plantain. DOERS (6) [noun] Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent. DOEST (6) [verb] (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. | [verb] To perform; to execute. | [verb] To cause, make (someone) (do something). DOETH (9) [verb] (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. | [verb] To perform; to execute. | [verb] To cause, make (someone) (do something). DOFFS (12) [verb] (clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing. | [verb] To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect. | [verb] To get rid of, to throw off. DOGES (7) [noun] The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa. | [noun] A dog. | [noun] Specifically, a Shiba Inu, as in the doge meme. DOGEY (10) DOGGO (8) [noun] A dog. DOGGY (11) [noun] A dog, especially a small one. | [noun] Doggy style | [noun] (armed services) A junior temporarily assigned to do minor duties for a senior; a gofer. | [adjective] Suggestive of or in the manner of a dog. DOGIE (7) [noun] A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle; a calf separated from its cow. DOGMA (9) [noun] An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it. | [noun] A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader. DOILY (9) [noun] A small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a surface from scratches by hard objects such as vases or bowls; or to decorate a plate of food. | [noun] An old kind of woollen material. DOING (7) [verb] (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. | [verb] To perform; to execute. | [verb] To cause, make (someone) (do something). | [interjection] The sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object. DOITS (6) DOJOS (13) [noun] The ring, made of compacted clay, in which a sumo wrestling match is held. | [noun] A training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training. | [noun] (by extension) A room or other facility used for other activities, such as meditation or software development. DOLCE (8) [noun] A soft-toned organ stop. DOLCI (8) DOLED (7) [verb] To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource. DOLES (6) [verb] To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource. DOLLS (6) [noun] A toy in the form of a human. | [noun] (sometimes offensive) An attractive young woman | [noun] A term of endearment: darling, sweetheart. DOLLY (9) [noun] A doll. | [noun] A contrivance for stirring: | [noun] A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet. | [adjective] Pretty; attractive. | [noun] An offering of fruit or flowers. DOLMA (8) [noun] Any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or grains, together with onion, herbs and spices. DOLOR (6) [noun] Sorrow, grief, misery or anguish. | [noun] A unit of pain used to theoretically weigh people's outcomes. DOLTS (6) [noun] A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard. DOMAL (8) [adjective] Of or relating to a dome. | [adjective] In the shape of a dome. | [adjective] Of or relating to an astrological house. DOMED (9) [adjective] In the form of a dome. DOMES (8) [noun] A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere; a cupola | [noun] Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover | [noun] Head (uppermost part of one's body) DOMIC (10) 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. DOOLY (9) DOOMS (8) [noun] Destiny, especially terrible. | [noun] An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable. | [noun] A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair. DOOMY (11) [adjective] Filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic DOORS (6) [noun] A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key. | [noun] Any flap, etc. that opens like a door. | [noun] (immigration) An entry point. DOOZY (18) [noun] Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense. | [adjective] Of high quality; remarkable; excellent. | [adjective] Sporty, ostentatious, flashy. DOPAS (8) DOPED (9) [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). DOPER (8) DOPES (8) [noun] Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface. | [noun] An absorbent material used to hold a liquid. | [noun] Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc. DOPEY (11) [adjective] Stupid, silly. DORKS (10) [noun] A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade. | [noun] (Midwest US) A penis; dork. | [noun] (Midwest US) A socially unacceptable person; an oddball. DORKY (13) [adjective] Like a dork. DORMS (8) [noun] A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind. | [noun] A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities. | [noun] A dormitory town. DORMY (11) [adjective] In match play, leading the match by the same number of holes as remain to be played. DORPS (8) [noun] A village or small town; a town considered provincial. DORRS (6) DORSA (6) [noun] The back of the tongue, used for articulating dorsal consonants. | [noun] The top of the foot or the back of the hand. | [noun] The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal. DORTY (9) DOSED (7) DOSER (6) DOSES (6) DOTAL (6) DOTED (7) [verb] (usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody. | [verb] To act in a foolish manner; to be senile. | [adjective] Stupid; foolish DOTER (6) DOTES (6) [noun] A darling, a cutie. | [noun] An imbecile; a dotard. | [verb] (usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody. DOTTY (9) [adjective] Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile. | [adjective] Having an unsteady gait. | [noun] A shotgun. DOUBT (8) [noun] Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty. | [noun] A point of uncertainty; a query. | [verb] To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question. DOUCE (8) [adjective] Sweet; nice; pleasant. | [adjective] Serious and quiet; steady, not flighty or casual; sober. DOUGH (10) [noun] A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked. | [noun] Money. | [verb] To make into dough. DOUMA (8) DOUMS (8) DOURA (6) DOUSE (6) [noun] A sudden plunging into water. | [verb] To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse. | [verb] To fall suddenly into water. | [noun] A blow or stroke, especially to the face. DOVEN (9) DOVES (9) [noun] A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae. | [noun] A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict. | [noun] Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle. DOWDY (13) [noun] A plain or shabby person | [adjective] Plain and unfashionable in style or dress. | [adjective] Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby. DOWED (10) DOWEL (9) [noun] A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position. | [noun] A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from. | [noun] A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it. DOWER (9) [noun] The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate. | [noun] Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage; dowry. | [noun] That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift. DOWIE (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. DOWRY (12) [noun] Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage. | [noun] Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family: bride price. | [noun] Dower. DOWSE (9) [verb] To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse. | [verb] To fall suddenly into water. | [verb] To put out; to extinguish. | [noun] A sudden plunging into water. | [verb] To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc. DOXIE (13) 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. DOYLY (12) DOZED (16) [verb] To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze. | [verb] To make dull; to stupefy. | [verb] To bulldoze. 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. DOZER (15) [noun] One who dozes. | [noun] A bulldozer. DOZES (15) [noun] A light, short sleep or nap. | [verb] To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze. | [verb] To make dull; to stupefy. DROIT (6) DROLL (6) [noun] A funny person; a buffoon, a wag. | [verb] To jest, to joke. | [adjective] Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish. 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. DROOL (6) [noun] Saliva trickling from the mouth. | [noun] Stupid talk. | [verb] To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food. DROOP (8) [noun] Something which is limp or sagging | [noun] A condition or posture of drooping | [verb] To hang downward; to sag. DROPS (8) [noun] A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape via surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid. | [noun] A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything. | [noun] (now especially with "the") Alcoholic spirits in general. DROPT (8) DROSS (6) [noun] Waste or impure matter. | [noun] Residue that forms on the surface of a metal from oxidation. | [noun] The impurities in metal. DROUK (10) DROVE (9) [noun] A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively). | [noun] (collective) A group of hares. | [verb] To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto. 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. DUOMI (8) DUOMO (8) [noun] A cathedral, especially one in Italy. DUROC (8) [noun] A pig of a reddish breed developed in North America. DUROS (6) 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. ECHOS (10) EIDOS (6) [noun] Form; essence; type; species. EIKON (9) ELBOW (10) [noun] The joint between the upper arm and the forearm. | [noun] (by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent. | [noun] A detective. ELOIN (5) ELOPE (7) [verb] (of a married person) To run away from home with a paramour. | [verb] (of an unmarried person) To run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement. | [verb] To run away from home (for any reason). EMBOW (12) EMOTE (7) [noun] A virtual action, presented to other users as reported speech, rather than a direct message. | [noun] (Twitch-speak) Short for emoticon. | [verb] To display emotions openly, especially while acting. 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. 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. 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) 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. EOSIN (5) [noun] A red, acidic dye commonly used in histological stains. EPHOD (11) [noun] A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi - xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear. EPHOR (10) [noun] One of the five annually-elected senior magistrates in various Dorian states, especially in ancient Sparta, where they oversaw the actions of Spartan kings. | [noun] (in modern Greece) A superintendent or curator. EPOCH (12) [noun] A particular period of history, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable. | [noun] A notable event which marks the beginning of such a period. | [noun] A precise instant of time that is used as a point of reference. EPODE (8) [noun] The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe. | [noun] A kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one. EPOXY (17) [noun] A thermosetting polyepoxide resin used chiefly in strong adhesives, coatings and laminates; epoxy resin. | [verb] To glue with epoxy. | [adjective] Derived from an epoxide. ERGOT (6) [noun] Any fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses. | [noun] The sclerotium (wintering stage) of certain fungi in the genus Claviceps, appearing as a deformed grain in certain cereals and grasses infected by the fungi. ERODE (6) [verb] To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction. | [verb] To destroy gradually by an ongoing process. EROSE (5) ERROR (5) [noun] The state, quality, or condition of being wrong. | [noun] A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately. | [noun] Sin; transgression. ERUGO (6) ESCOT (7) ESTOP (7) [verb] To impede or bar by estoppel. | [verb] To stop up, to plug ETHOS (8) [noun] The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement. | [noun] A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or expertise in an attempt to persuade others that their view is correct. | [noun] (aesthetics) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos. EUROS (5) [noun] Person living or originating from Europe | [noun] Person who resides within the European Union | [noun] The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: € EVOKE (12) [verb] To call out; to draw out or bring forth. | [verb] To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination. | [verb] To elicit a response. 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. EXPOS (14) [noun] An exposition. | [noun] An expediter; a restaurant worker who prepares food to be taken to tables. EXTOL (12) [verb] To praise; to make high. FADOS (9) [noun] A Portuguese folk song, usually featuring a single vocalist, Portuguese guitar and sometimes classical guitar. Lyrical themes are often melancholic in nature; the structure of the song is of greater importance. FAGOT (9) [noun] (collective) A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.) | [noun] Burdensome baggage. | [noun] A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding. FANON (8) FANOS (8) FAROS (8) FATSO (8) [noun] Someone who is overweight. FAVOR (11) [noun] A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone). | [noun] Goodwill; benevolent regard. | [noun] A small gift; a party favor. 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. FEODS (9) FEOFF (14) FETOR (8) [noun] An unpleasant smell. FIDOS (9) [noun] A coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized by collectors. FILLO (8) FILOS (8) FINOS (8) [noun] The driest and palest type of traditional sherry. | [noun] Second-best wool from Merino sheep. FIORD (9) [noun] A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs. FJORD (16) [noun] A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs. FLOAT (8) [noun] A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid. | [noun] A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft. | [noun] A float board. FLOCK (14) [noun] A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration. | [noun] A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together. | [noun] Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd. | [noun] Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding. FLOCS (10) [noun] A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed. FLOES (8) [noun] A low, flat mass of floating ice. FLOGS (9) [noun] A contemptible, often arrogant person. | [verb] To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment. | [verb] To use something to extreme; to abuse. FLONG (9) FLOOD (9) [noun] A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water. | [noun] A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with. | [noun] The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb. FLOOR (8) [noun] The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room. | [noun] Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground). | [noun] The lower inside surface of a hollow space. FLOPS (10) [noun] Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation. | [noun] An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down. | [noun] A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry. FLORA (8) [noun] Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc. | [noun] A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc. | [noun] The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body FLOSS (8) [noun] A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth. | [noun] Raw silk fibres. | [noun] The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans. | [noun] A small stream of water. FLOTA (8) FLOUR (8) [noun] Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry. | [noun] The food made by grinding and bolting cleaned wheat (not durum or red durum) until it meets specified levels of fineness, dryness and freedom from bran and germ, also containing any of certain enzymes, ascorbic acid and certain bleaching agents. | [noun] Powder of other material. FLOUT (8) [noun] The act by which something is flouted; violation of a law. | [noun] A mockery or insult. | [verb] To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action. 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). FLOWS (11) [noun] A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts | [noun] The movement of a real or figurative fluid. | [noun] A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set. FLUOR (8) FOALS (8) [noun] A young horse or related animal, especially just after birth or less than a year old. | [noun] A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub. | [verb] To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring. FOAMS (10) [noun] A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains. | [noun] A substance formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid. | [noun] (by extension) Sea foam; the sea. FOAMY (13) [noun] An inexpensive surfboard made of extruded polystyrene foam | [adjective] Full of foam. FOCAL (10) [adjective] Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus | [adjective] Limited to a small area FOCUS (10) [noun] A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge. | [noun] A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge. | [noun] The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium. 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. FOGEY (12) [noun] A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow. FOGGY (13) [adjective] Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy | [adjective] Confused, befuddled, etc. FOGIE (9) 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. FOILS (8) [noun] A very thin sheet of metal. | [noun] Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food. | [noun] A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant. FOINS (8) FOIST (8) [noun] A thief or pickpocket. | [verb] To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant. | [verb] To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit. | [noun] A light and fast-sailing ship. | [noun] A cask for wine. FOLDS (9) [noun] An act of folding. | [noun] A bend or crease. | [noun] Any correct move in origami. FOLIA (8) [noun] A leaf, especially a thin leaf or plate. | [noun] A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches having a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop. FOLIO (8) [noun] A leaf of a book or manuscript | [noun] A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book. | [noun] A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages. FOLKS (12) [noun] A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation. | [noun] The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants. | [noun] (plural: folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents. | [noun] (California) Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States. FOLKY (15) [adjective] Having the character of folk music FOLLY (11) [noun] Foolishness. | [noun] Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence. | [noun] A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons. 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. FOODS (9) [noun] Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life. | [noun] A foodstuff. | [noun] Anything that nourishes or sustains. FOOLS (8) [noun] A person with poor judgment or little intelligence. | [noun] A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages). | [noun] Someone who derives pleasure from something specified. FOOTS (8) [verb] To use the foot to kick (usually a ball). | [verb] To pay (a bill). | [verb] To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. FOOTY (11) [adjective] Having foots, or settlings. | [adjective] Poor; mean FORAM (10) FORAY (11) [noun] A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. | [noun] A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere. | [verb] To scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc. FORBS (10) [noun] Any non-woody flowering plant that is not a graminoid (a grass, sedge, or rush). FORBY (13) [adjective] Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior. | [adverb] Past; by; beyond. | [adverb] Uncommonly; exceptionally. FORCE (10) [noun] Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect. | [noun] Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion. | [noun] Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing. | [noun] A waterfall or cascade. | [verb] To stuff; to lard; to farce. FORDO (9) [verb] To kill, destroy. | [verb] To annul, abolish, cancel. | [verb] To do away with, undo; to ruin. FORDS (9) [noun] A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing. | [noun] A stream; a current. | [verb] To cross a stream using a ford. FORES (8) FORGE (9) [noun] Furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape. | [noun] Workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them. | [noun] The act of beating or working iron or steel. | [verb] To shape a metal by heating and hammering. | [verb] (often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty. FORGO (9) [verb] To let pass, to leave alone, to let go. | [verb] To do without, to abandon, to renounce. | [verb] To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo. FORKS (12) [noun] A pronged tool having a long straight handle, used for digging, lifting, throwing etc. | [noun] A pronged tool for use in the garden; a smaller hand fork for weeding etc., or larger for turning over the soil. | [noun] A gallows. FORKY (15) FORME (10) [noun] (heading, physical) To do with shape. | [noun] (social) To do with structure or procedure. | [noun] A blank document or template to be filled in by the user. FORMS (10) [noun] (heading, physical) To do with shape. | [noun] (social) To do with structure or procedure. | [noun] A blank document or template to be filled in by the user. FORTE (8) [noun] A strength or talent. | [noun] The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt. | [noun] A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music. FORTH (11) [adverb] Forward in time, place or degree. | [adverb] Out into view; from a particular place or position. | [adverb] Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. FORTS (8) [noun] A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops. | [noun] Any permanent army post. | [noun] An outlying trading-station, as in British North America. FORTY (11) [noun] A bottle of beer containing forty fluid ounces. | [numeral] The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one. FORUM (10) [noun] A place for discussion. | [noun] A gathering for the purpose of discussion. | [noun] A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience. FOSSA (8) [noun] A pit, groove, cavity, or depression. | [noun] A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. | [noun] A carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, Cryptoprocta ferox. FOSSE (8) [noun] A pit, groove, cavity, or depression. | [noun] A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. | [noun] A carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, Cryptoprocta ferox. FOULS (8) [noun] A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball. | [noun] A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball. | [noun] A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines. 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. FOURS (8) [noun] The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof. | [noun] Anything measuring four units, as length. | [noun] A person who is four years old. FOVEA (11) [noun] A slight depression or pit in a bone or organ. | [noun] The retinal fovea, or fovea centralis, responsible for sharp central vision. FOWLS (11) [noun] A bird. | [noun] A bird of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail. | [noun] Birds which are hunted or kept for food, including Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans. FOXED (16) [verb] To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity. | [verb] To confuse or baffle (someone). | [verb] To act slyly or craftily. FOXES (15) [noun] A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail. | [noun] Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox). | [noun] The fur of a fox. FOYER (11) [noun] A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc. | [noun] The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal. | [noun] A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people. FROCK (14) [noun] A dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body. | [noun] An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit. | [noun] A sailor's jersey. | [noun] A frog. FROES (8) [noun] A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block. | [noun] A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow. FROGS (9) [noun] A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops. | [noun] The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached. | [noun] Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad. 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. FRORE (8) [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. FROSH (11) [noun] A frog. | [noun] A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities. | [verb] To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way. FROST (8) [noun] A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing. | [noun] The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form. | [noun] Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character. FROTH (11) [noun] Foam | [noun] Unimportant events or actions; drivel | [verb] To create froth in (a liquid). 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. FROWS (11) [noun] A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block. | [noun] A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow. | [noun] A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one. FROZE (17) [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. FUGIO (9) FUNGO (9) [noun] A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught. | [noun] A fungo bat. FUROR (8) [noun] A general uproar or commotion | [noun] Violent anger or frenzy | [noun] A state of intense excitement 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. GALOP (8) [noun] A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time. | [noun] The music for a dance of this kind. GANOF (9) GAOLS (6) [noun] A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. | [noun] Confinement in a jail. | [noun] The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days). GATOR (6) [noun] Alligator. GAVOT (9) GECKO (12) [noun] Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae. They are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces. | [verb] To move in the manner of a gecko; to attach to a vertical or upside-down surface. GEMOT (8) GENOA (6) [noun] A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast. | [noun] Genoa cake GENOM (8) GENRO (6) GEODE (7) [noun] A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter on the inside wall. GEOID (7) [noun] (geodesy) The shape that the surface of the oceans of the Earth would take under the influence of the Earth's gravity and rotation alone, extending also through the continents, disregarding other factors such as winds and tides; that is, a surface of constant gravitational potential at zero elevation. GESSO (6) [noun] A mixture of plaster of Paris and glue used to prepare a surface for painting. | [noun] A work of art done in gesso. GHOST (9) [noun] The spirit; the soul of man. | [noun] The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death | [noun] Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image GHOUL (9) [noun] (Muslim demonology) A demon said to feed on corpses. | [noun] A graverobber. | [noun] A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive. GIGOT (7) [noun] A leg of lamb or mutton. | [noun] Short for gigot sleeve. GIPON (8) GIRON (6) GIROS (6) [noun] (in Europe) A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions. | [noun] An unemployment benefit cheque. | [verb] To transfer funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions. | [noun] A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce. GISMO (8) [noun] Something, generally a device, for which one does not know the proper term. GIZMO (17) [noun] Something, generally a device, for which one does not know the proper term. GLOAM (8) GLOAT (6) [noun] An act or instance of gloating. | [verb] To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune. | [verb] To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel. GLOBE (8) [noun] Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object. | [noun] The planet Earth. | [noun] A spherical model of Earth or any planet. GLOBS (8) [noun] A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance. | [noun] A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression. | [noun] A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway. GLOGG (8) [noun] A Scandinavian version of vin chaud or mulled wine; a hot punch made of red wine, brandy and sherry flavoured with almonds, raisins and orange peel. GLOMS (8) [verb] To steal, to grab. | [verb] To stare. | [verb] To attach. GLOOM (8) [noun] Darkness, dimness or obscurity. | [noun] A melancholic, depressing or despondent atmosphere. | [noun] Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. GLOPS (8) [verb] To stare in amazement. | [noun] Any gooey substance. | [noun] A gooey blob of some substance. GLORY (9) [noun] Great or overwhelming beauty or splendour. | [noun] Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown. | [noun] That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour. GLOSS (6) [noun] A surface shine or luster/lustre | [noun] A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance | [verb] To give a gloss or sheen to. | [noun] A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text. | [verb] To add a gloss to (a text). GLOST (6) [noun] Lead glazing used for pottery. GLOUT (6) GLOVE (9) [noun] An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers. | [noun] A baseball mitt. | [noun] The ability to catch a hit ball. GLOWS (9) [noun] The state of a glowing object. | [noun] The condition of being passionate or having warm feelings. | [noun] The brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person (especially one's face). GLOZE (15) [noun] A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary. | [noun] Flattery. | [noun] (False) appearance. 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. 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. GOADS (7) [noun] A long, pointed stick used to prod animals. | [noun] That which goads or incites; a stimulus. | [verb] To prod with a goad. GOALS (6) [noun] A result that one is attempting to achieve. | [noun] In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object. | [noun] The act of placing the object into the goal. GOATS (6) [noun] A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra. | [noun] A lecherous man. | [noun] A scapegoat. GOBAN (8) GOBOS (8) [noun] A disc placed between a light and the illuminated object or actor in order to diffuse the glare. | [noun] A template inserted over a light source in order to control the shape of the thrown light. | [noun] A device used to shield a microphone from extraneous sounds. GODET (7) [noun] A drinking cup. | [noun] A piece of fabric inserted into a garment along a seam or cut to lengthen the free edge, and to make a garment roomier and to add a wavy edge cf. gusset. | [noun] A roller for guiding synthetic filaments during drawing. GODLY (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a god | [adjective] Devoted to a god or God; devout; righteous. | [adjective] Gloriously good. GOERS (6) [noun] One who, or that which, goes. | [noun] Anything, especially a machine such as a motor car, that performs well, or operates successfully. | [noun] A person, often a woman, who enjoys sexual activity. GOFER (9) [noun] A worker who runs errands; an errand boy. GOGOS (7) 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). GOLDS (7) [noun] A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au. | [noun] A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so. | [noun] A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold. GOLEM (8) [noun] A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic. | [noun] (by extension) A humanoid creature made from any previously inanimate matter, such as wood or stone, animated by magic. GOLFS (9) [verb] To play the game of golf. | [verb] To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf) GOLLY (9) [interjection] God! | [noun] A rag doll or mascot in the form of a caricature of a black minstrel. | [noun] (racist) A black person. | [noun] A galosh. | [noun] (juvenile) Chewing gum. GOMBO (10) 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. GOODS (7) [noun] The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence. | [noun] A result that is positive in the view of the speaker. | [noun] The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc. GOODY (10) [noun] A good character in a story, often a hero. | [noun] A small amount of something good to eat. | [noun] Any small, usually free, item. GOOEY (9) [adjective] Of or relating to goo | [adjective] Soft, sticky and viscous GOOFS (9) [verb] To make a mistake. | [verb] To engage in mischief. GOOFY (12) [adjective] Silly, quirky | [noun] One who rides with the right foot forward. | [adjective] Riding with the right foot forward. GOOKS (10) [noun] A person of Far Eastern or Oceanian descent, especially a Vietnamese, Filipino, Chinese, Japanese or Korean person. | [noun] A foreigner, especially an enemy soldier in wartime. | [noun] Grime or mud. GOOKY (13) 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) GOOPS (8) [noun] (usually uncountable) A thick, slimy substance; goo. | [noun] A silly, stupid, or boorish person. GOOPY (11) GOOSE (6) [noun] Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks. | [noun] A female goose (sense 1). | [noun] The flesh of the goose used as food. GOOSY (9) [noun] A goose. | [noun] A foolish person; a silly. | [adjective] Characteristic of a goose; anserine GORAL (6) [noun] A type of Asian ungulate ruminant, now defined as any of the four species of the genus Naemorhedus. GORED (7) [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. GORES (6) [verb] (of an animal) To pierce with the horn. | [verb] To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear. | [noun] A triangular piece of land where roads meet. GORGE (7) GORPS (8) GORSE (6) [noun] Evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having spiny leaves and yellow flowers. GORSY (9) GOUGE (7) [noun] Senses relating to cutting tools. | [noun] A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp. | [noun] (originally United States) An act of gouging. GOURD (7) [noun] Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae). | [noun] A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita. | [noun] The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration. GOUTS (6) [noun] An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints. | [noun] (usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch. | [noun] A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae. GOUTY (9) [adjective] Suffering from gout. GOWAN (9) [noun] The common daisy. | [noun] Decomposed granite. GOWDS (10) GOWKS (13) [noun] A cuckoo. | [noun] A fool. 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. GOXES (13) GOYIM (11) [noun] A non-Jew, a gentile. (See usage notes) GREGO (7) GRIOT (6) [noun] A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet. | [noun] A Haitian dish of fried pork. 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. GROAT (6) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) Hulled grain. | [noun] Any of various old coins of England and Scotland. | [noun] A historical English silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins. GROGS (7) [noun] (original meaning) An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy. | [noun] (by extension) Any alcoholic beverage. | [noun] A glass or serving of an alcoholic beverage. 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. GROOM (8) [noun] A man who is about to marry. | [noun] A person who cares for horses. | [noun] One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department. GROPE (8) [noun] An act of groping, especially sexually. | [noun] An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel | [verb] To feel with or use the hands; to handle. GROSS (6) [noun] Twelve dozen = 144. | [noun] The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net. | [noun] The bulk, the mass, the masses. GROSZ (15) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Polish zloty. GROTS (6) [noun] A grotto. | [noun] Any unpleasant substance or material. | [noun] A miserable person. GROUP (8) [noun] A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another. | [noun] A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse. | [noun] An effective divisor on a curve. GROUT (6) [noun] A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry. | [noun] Coarse meal; groats. | [noun] (typically used in the plural) Dregs, sediment. GROVE (9) [noun] A small forest. | [noun] An orchard of fruit trees. | [noun] (Druidism) A place of worship. GROWL (9) [noun] A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal. | [noun] (by extension) The rumbling sound made by a person's stomach when hungry. | [noun] (by extension) An aggressive grumbling. GROWN (9) [verb] To become larger, to increase in magnitude. | [verb] To appear or sprout. | [verb] To develop, to mature. GROWS (9) [verb] To become larger, to increase in magnitude. | [verb] To appear or sprout. | [verb] To develop, to mature. GUACO (8) GUANO (6) [noun] Dung from a sea bird or from a bat. | [noun] A variety of seabird. GUIRO (6) [noun] A musical instrument, a shaker, made of a hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side, and played by rubbing a stick or scraper ("pua") along the notches to produce a ratchet-like sound. | [noun] A genre of traditional Cuban music, used in santería rituals. | [noun] A musical instrument consisting of a gourd surrounded by a net of beads. GUMBO (10) [noun] A soup or stew made with okra. | [noun] A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy. | [noun] The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus. GUSTO (6) [noun] Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor. GUYOT (9) [noun] A flat-topped seamount. GYRON (9) [noun] A triangular form having an angle at the fess point and the opposite side at the edge of the escutcheon. GYROS (9) [noun] A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce. | [noun] A gyroscope | [noun] A gyrocompass | [noun] A gyroscope HALLO (8) [noun] The cry "hallo!" | [noun] A shout of exultation. | [verb] To shout, or to call with a loud voice. HALOS (8) [noun] A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere. | [noun] A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies. | [noun] Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs. HAOLE (8) [noun] A non-Hawaiian, usually specifically a Caucasian. HAVOC (13) [noun] Widespread devastation, destruction | [noun] Mayhem | [verb] To pillage. HELIO (8) [noun] A heliotrope (surveying instrument). HELLO (8) [noun] "Hello!" or an equivalent greeting. | [verb] To greet with "hello". | [interjection] A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence. HELOS (8) [noun] Helicopter HELOT (8) [noun] A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs. | [noun] A serf; a slave. HERON (8) [noun] A long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae. HEROS (8) HILLO (8) HIPPO (12) [noun] A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius) HOAGY (12) [noun] A sandwich made on a (usually soft) long Italian roll; a submarine sandwich. HOARD (9) [noun] A hidden supply or fund. | [noun] A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove. | [verb] To amass, usually for one's own private collection. | [noun] A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction). HOARS (8) HOARY (11) [adjective] White, whitish, or greyish-white. | [adjective] White or grey with age. | [adjective] Of a pale silvery grey. HOBBY (15) [noun] An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time. | [noun] An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby | [noun] Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco, especially Falco subbuteo. HOBOS (10) [noun] A wandering homeless person, especially one illegally travelling by rail or a penniless, unemployed bum. | [noun] Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not. | [noun] A kind of large handbag. HOCKS (14) [noun] A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines. | [noun] The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog. | [noun] Meat from that part of a food animal. HOCUS (10) [noun] A magician, illusionist, one who practises sleight of hand. | [noun] One who cheats or deceives. | [noun] Trick; trickery. HODAD (10) HOERS (8) HOGAN (9) [noun] A one-room Navajo dwelling or ceremonial lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud. HOGGS (10) [noun] A young sheep of either gender, until it cuts its first two teeth; a hogget. HOICK (14) [noun] A wild hook shot played without style. | [noun] Sputum. | [verb] To play such a shot. HOISE (8) HOIST (8) [noun] A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane. | [noun] The act of hoisting; a lift. | [noun] The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff. HOKED (13) [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. HOKES (12) [noun] Something contrived or artificial. | [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. HOKEY (15) [adjective] Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality | [adjective] Corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental HOKKU (16) [noun] A type of Japanese poem. HOKUM (14) [noun] (An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate. | [noun] (An instance of) excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material in a film, television programme, theater production, etc. | [noun] A film, television programme, theater production, etc., containing excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material. HOLDS (9) [noun] A grasp or grip. | [noun] An act or instance of holding. | [noun] A place where animals are held for safety HOLED (9) [verb] To make holes in (an object or surface). | [verb] (by extension) To destroy. | [verb] To go into a hole. HOLES (8) [noun] A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure. | [noun] (heading) In games. | [noun] An excavation pit or trench. HOLEY (11) HOLKS (12) HOLLA (8) [verb] To cry "hollo" | [interjection] Hey, hello | [verb] To shout out or greet casually. HOLLO (8) HOLLY (11) [noun] Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas. | [noun] The wood from this tree. | [noun] (with a qualifier) Any of several unrelated plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries HOLMS (10) [noun] (obsolete outside dialectal) The holly. | [noun] A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak. | [noun] An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot. HOLTS (8) [noun] A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse. | [noun] The lair of an animal, especially of an otter. HOMED (11) [verb] (of animals) To return to its owner. | [verb] (always with "in on") To seek or aim for something. HOMER (10) [noun] Various former units of volume, particularly: | [noun] A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6 1/2 US bushels. | [noun] A four-base hit; a home run HOMES (10) [noun] An informal term of address, like man or dude. | [noun] A dwelling. | [noun] One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt. HOMEY (13) [noun] Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown. | [noun] A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang. | [noun] An inner-city youth. | [adjective] Befitting a home; cozy, intimate. HOMOS (10) [noun] A human. 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 HOOCH (13) [noun] Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky. | [noun] A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling. HOODS (9) [noun] A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak. | [noun] A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree. | [noun] An enclosure that protects something, especially from above. HOODY (12) [noun] A sweatshirt, with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front. | [noun] (often with negative connotation of yobbishness) A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male. | [noun] Foreskin HOOEY (11) [noun] Silly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s). | [noun] A hog-tie performed in a rodeo show. HOOFS (11) [noun] The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering. | [noun] The human foot. | [noun] An ungula. HOOKA (12) HOOKS (12) [noun] A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment. | [noun] A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook. | [noun] Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook. HOOKY (15) [noun] Absence from school or work. | [adjective] Full of hooks. | [adjective] Shaped like a hook. HOOLY (11) HOOPS (10) [noun] A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. | [noun] A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop. | [noun] A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent. HOOTS (8) [noun] A derisive cry or shout. | [noun] The cry of an owl. | [noun] A fun event or person. (See hootenanny) HOOTY (11) HOPED (11) [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. HOPER (10) HOPES (10) [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. HOPPY (15) HORAH (11) [noun] A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide. | [noun] A branch of traditional Indian astrology, dealing with the finer points of predictive methods. HORAL (8) [adjective] Of or relating to an hour, or to hours. HORAS (8) [noun] A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide. HORDE (9) [noun] A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude. | [noun] A large number of people. | [verb] To travel en masse, to flock 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. HORSE (8) [noun] Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus. | [noun] Equipment with legs. | [noun] Type of equipment. | [verb] To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".) | [noun] Heroin (drug). HORST (8) [noun] An area of the earth's surface which is raised relative to surrounding land. HORSY (11) [noun] A child's term or name for a horse. | [noun] A game where a child rides on the back of another, who is on all fours. | [adjective] Of or relating to horses. HOSED (9) [verb] To water or spray with a hose. | [verb] To deliver using a hose. | [verb] To provide with hose (garment) HOSEL (8) [noun] The portion of the head of a golf club to which the shaft of the club attaches. | [noun] (slang) A semester, in the context of a course of study which should be enjoyable as opposed to required work. HOSEN (8) HOSES (8) [noun] A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid. | [noun] A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights. | [noun] Close-fitting trousers or breeches, reaching to the knee. HOSTA (8) [noun] Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta. HOSTS (8) [noun] One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially. | [noun] One that provides a facility for an event. | [noun] A person or organization responsible for running an event. HOTCH (13) [verb] To move irregularly up and down. | [verb] To swarm (with). HOTEL (8) [noun] A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France. | [noun] An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain. | [noun] A restaurant; any dining establishment. HOTLY (11) [adverb] With great amounts of heat | [adverb] In a heated manner; intensely or vehemently 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. HOURI (8) [noun] A nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful. | [noun] (by extension) Any voluptuous, beautiful woman. HOURS (8) [noun] A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day. | [noun] A season, moment, or time. | [noun] The time. HOUSE (8) [noun] A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. | [noun] The people who live in a house; a household. | [noun] A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). | [verb] To keep within a structure or container. | [noun] House music. HOVEL (11) [noun] An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. | [noun] A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. | [noun] In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. HOVER (11) [noun] The act of hovering | [verb] To float in the air. | [verb] To linger or hang in one place, especially in an uncertain manner. | [noun] A cover; a shelter; a protection. HOWDY (15) [noun] A wife, a midwife. | [verb] To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy" | [interjection] An informal greeting used in the South of the USA. HOWES (11) [noun] The means by which something is accomplished. | [noun] An artificial barrow or tumulus. | [noun] A small hill in northern England. (Usage preserved mainly in place names.) HOWFF (17) [noun] Tavern; public house HOWFS (14) HOWKS (15) HOWLS (11) [noun] The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound. | [noun] A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail. | [verb] To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. HOYAS (11) [noun] Any plant of the genus Hoya HOYLE (11) HULLO (8) [noun] "Hello!" or an equivalent greeting. | [verb] To greet with "hello". | [interjection] A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence. HUMOR (10) [noun] The quality of being amusing, comical, funny. | [noun] A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim. | [noun] Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body. HYDRO (12) [noun] Hydroelectric power | [noun] Electrical power supply; specifically, electrical power provided by a utility (as a publicly-owned one); payment or bills for this. | [noun] A spa. HYOID (12) [noun] The hyoid bone. | [adjective] Shaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon; specifically, designating a bone or group of bones supporting the tongue. HYPOS (13) [noun] Melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression. | [noun] A hypochondriac. | [noun] Sodium thiosulphate, a photographic fixing agent. HYSON (11) [noun] A Chinese green tea. ICHOR (10) [noun] The liquid that in Greek mythology was said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods | [noun] Any bloodlike fluid | [noun] A watery, fetid discharge from a sore 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. IDIOM (8) [noun] A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, person, or group of people. | [noun] A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc. | [noun] An established expression whose meaning is not deducible from the literal meanings of its component words, often peculiar to a given language. IDIOT (6) [noun] A person of low general intelligence. | [noun] A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool. | [noun] A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30. IDOLS (6) [noun] A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power. | [noun] A cultural icon, or especially popular person. | [noun] (originally Japan) Popular entertainer; usually young, captivating, attractive; and often female, with an image of being close to fans. IGLOO (6) [noun] A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow. | [noun] A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice. | [noun] A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons. 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. IMAGO (8) [noun] The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis. | [noun] An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unconsciously into adult life, the basis for the psychological formation of personality archetypes. IMIDO (8) IMINO (7) INCOG (8) [noun] Incognito. | [adjective] Incognito. | [adverb] Incognito. INDOL (6) INDOW (9) INFOS (8) 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. 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. IODIC (8) IODID (7) IODIN (6) IONIC (7) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing ions IOTAS (5) [noun] The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. | [noun] A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity. IROKO (9) [noun] A hardwood obtained from several African trees of the genus Chlorophora. | [noun] The tree itself. IRONE (5) IRONS (5) [noun] A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel. | [noun] A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe. | [noun] Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron. IRONY (8) [noun] A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context. | [noun] Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play. | [noun] Ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist; Socratic irony. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the metal iron. IVORY (11) [noun] The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals. | [noun] A creamy white color, the color of ivory. | [noun] Something made from or resembling ivory. IXORA (12) JABOT (14) [noun] A cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse, shirt, etc. JALOP (14) JATOS (12) [noun] An auxiliary jet engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an aircraft | [noun] A takeoff assisted by such a unit | [noun] A RATO unit or RATO takeoff - a rocket assisted take-off JETON (12) JINGO (13) [noun] One who supports policy favouring war. JOCKO (18) JOCKS (18) [noun] A common man. | [noun] A Scotsman. | [noun] The penis. JOEYS (15) [noun] The immature young of a marsupial, notably a junior kangaroo, but also a young wallaby, koala, etc. | [noun] The shorter word whose letters can be found within a kangaroo word. | [noun] A parcel smuggled in to an inmate. 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. JOIST (12) [noun] A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed. | [verb] To fit or furnish with joists. JOKED (17) [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. JOKER (16) [noun] A person who makes jokes. | [noun] A funny person. | [noun] A jester. JOKES (16) [noun] An amusing story. | [noun] Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness. | [noun] The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one JOKEY (19) [adjective] In the nature of a joke; jocular JOLES (12) JOLLY (15) [noun] A pleasure trip or excursion. | [noun] A marine in the English navy. | [verb] To amuse or divert. JOLTS (12) [noun] An act of jolting. | [noun] A surprise or shock. | [noun] A long prison sentence. JOLTY (15) JONES (12) [noun] Heroin. | [noun] An addiction or intense craving. | [verb] Have an intense craving. JORAM (14) JORUM (14) [noun] A large vessel for drinking (usually alcoholic beverages). | [noun] A large quantity. | [noun] The contents, or quantity of the contents, of such a vessel. JOTAS (12) [noun] A traditional popular dance of the Iberian peninsula with regional variations. | [noun] The music to which this dance is set, normally of 3/4 or 6/8 time. JOTTY (15) JOUAL (12) [noun] The dialect of working-class Quebecers. JOUKS (16) [verb] To play dance music, or to dance, in a juke | [verb] To hit | [verb] To stab JOULE (12) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Also equal to the energy of one watt of power for a duration of one second. Symbol: J JOUST (12) [noun] A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field. | [verb] To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt. | [verb] To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally) JOWAR (15) [noun] Sorghum JOWED (16) JOWLS (15) [noun] The jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible. | [noun] A fold of fatty flesh under the chin, around the cheeks, or lower jaw (as a dewlap, wattle, crop, or double chin). | [noun] The cheek; especially the cheek meat of a hog. JOWLY (18) JOYED (16) [verb] To feel joy, to rejoice. | [verb] To enjoy. | [verb] To give joy to; to congratulate. JUDOS (13) JUMBO (16) [noun] An especially large or powerful person, animal, or thing. | [noun] A platform-mounted machine for drilling rock. | [adjective] Especially large or powerful. | [noun] Short for mumbo jumbo. 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. JUNTO (12) [noun] A group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal. JUPON (14) JUROR (12) [noun] A member of a jury. KABOB (13) [noun] A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab. | [noun] A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer. | [noun] The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure. 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 KAPOK (15) [noun] A silky fibre obtained from the silk-cotton tree used for insulation and stuffing for pillows, mattresses, etc. KAROO (9) KAYOS (12) [noun] A knockout (in boxing). KAZOO (18) [noun] A simple musical instrument (membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it. | [verb] To play the kazoo. KEBOB (13) KENDO (10) [noun] A Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo. KENOS (9) KETOL (9) KHOUM (14) [noun] A subdivision of the Mauritanian ouguiya. 5 khoums equal one ouguiya. KIDDO (11) [noun] A close friend; especially used as a form of address. | [noun] A child. KILOS (9) [noun] In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg | [noun] The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight. KINOS (9) KIOSK (13) [noun] A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc. | [noun] A similar unattended stand for the automatic dispensing of tickets, etc. | [noun] A public telephone booth. KLONG (10) [noun] A canal on the central plain of Thailand. KLOOF (12) [noun] A deep glen or ravine. 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. KOALA (9) [noun] A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia. 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. KOELS (9) [noun] A cuckoo of the genus Eudynamys, native to Asia, Australia and the Pacific. KOHLS (12) KOINE (9) [noun] A lingua franca. | [noun] A regional language that becomes standard over time. KOLAS (9) [noun] The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts. | [noun] A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water. | [noun] A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract. KOLOS (9) [noun] A national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle. KONKS (13) KOOKS (13) [noun] An eccentric, strange or crazy person. | [noun] (kiteboarding, wakeboarding) A boardsport participant who lacks style or skill; a newbie who acts as if they are better at the sport than they are. KOOKY (16) [adjective] Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish. | [adjective] Behaving like a kook (a person with poor style or skill); kook-like. KOPEK (15) [noun] A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble. | [noun] A kopiyka: a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia. KOPHS (14) KOPJE (18) [noun] A small hill or mound (especially on the African veld). KOPPA (13) KORAI (9) [noun] An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle. KORAT (9) KORUN (9) KOTOS (9) [noun] A Japanese stringed instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand. KOTOW (12) 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 KUDOS (10) [noun] Praise; accolades. | [noun] Credit for one's achievements. | [noun] A compliment or praise. KUSSO (9) LABOR (7) [noun] Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. | [noun] That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort. | [noun] Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour. LAEVO (8) LARGO (6) [noun] A very slow tempo | [noun] A musical piece or movement in such a tempo | [adjective] Strong and stately LASSO (5) [noun] A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses. | [noun] An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline. | [verb] To catch with a lasso. 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. LENOS (5) [noun] A trough used in ancient winemaking. 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. LIDOS (6) [noun] Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities. | [noun] An outdoor swimming pool. LIMBO (9) [noun] (Roman Catholic theology, since circa 400 A.D.) The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ (limbus patruum) and those of unbaptized but innocent children (limbus infantum). | [noun] (by extension, since the 16th century) Any in-between place, state or condition of neglect or oblivion which results in an unresolved status, delay or deadlock. | [noun] A dance played by taking turns crossing under a horizontal bar or stick. The stick is lowered with each round, and the game is won by the player who passes under the bar in the lowest position. LIMOS (7) [noun] An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front. | [noun] An automobile with such a body. | [noun] A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. LINGO (6) [noun] Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect. 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. 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. LIROT (5) LITHO (8) [verb] To lithograph. | [adjective] Related to the method of lithography. LLANO (5) [noun] A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America. LOACH (10) [noun] A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea. | [noun] Acronym of light observation helicopter. LOADS (6) [noun] A burden; a weight to be carried. | [noun] A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind. | [noun] A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time. LOAFS (8) [verb] To do nothing, to be idle. | [verb] (Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread) LOAMS (7) LOAMY (10) [adjective] Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam. 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. LOATH (8) [adjective] Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling. | [adjective] Angry, hostile. | [adjective] Loathsome, unpleasant. | [verb] To detest, hate, revile. LOBAR (7) [adjective] Of or relating to a lobe. LOBBY (12) [noun] An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor. | [noun] That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly. | [noun] A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists. | [noun] Scouse (from lobscouse) LOBED (8) LOBES (7) [noun] Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form. | [noun] A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung. | [noun] A semicircular pattern left on the ice as the skater travels across it. LOBOS (7) [noun] A wolf. LOCAL (7) [noun] A person who lives near a given place. | [noun] A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union. | [noun] A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones. LOCHS (10) [noun] A lake. | [noun] A bay or arm of the sea. | [noun] A medicine in a soft form taken by licking; a lambative, a linctus. LOCKS (11) [noun] Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination. | [noun] (by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource. | [noun] A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels. LOCOS (7) [noun] A certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism. | [verb] To poison with the loco plant; to affect with locoism. | [verb] (by extension) To render insane. LOCUM (9) [noun] Short for locum tenens. | [noun] A share in a Genoese trading vessel. LOCUS (7) [noun] A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime. | [noun] The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition. | [noun] A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes. 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. LODES (6) [noun] A way or path; a road. | [noun] A watercourse. | [noun] A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure. LODGE (7) [noun] A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin. | [noun] Short for porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially as a college mailroom. | [noun] A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons. LOESS (5) [noun] Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin LOFTS (8) [noun] (except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens. | [noun] An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building. | [noun] The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure. LOFTY (11) [adjective] High, tall, having great height or stature | [adjective] Idealistic, implying over-optimism | [adjective] Extremely proud; arrogant; haughty LOGAN (6) [noun] A rocking or balanced stone. | [noun] A marsh. LOGES (6) [noun] A booth or stall. | [noun] The lodge of a concierge. | [noun] An upscale seating region in a modern concert hall or sports venue, often in the back lower tier, or on a separate tier above the mezzanine. LOGGY (10) LOGIA (6) [noun] A traditional saying of a religious leader. | [noun] (specifically) A saying that is attributed to Jesus in ancient or reconstructed texts that was (originally) handed down without narrative context. LOGIC (8) [noun] A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method. | [noun] The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration. | [noun] The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements. LOGOI (6) LOGOS (6) [noun] A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logic as the main argument. | [noun] Alternative letter-case form of Logos | [noun] A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization. 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. LOLLS (5) [verb] To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. | [verb] To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. | [verb] To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way. LOLLY (8) [noun] A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop. | [noun] Money. | [noun] Any confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a sweet, a piece of candy. | [noun] Snow or fine ice floating on water. 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. LOOBY (10) LOOED (6) LOOEY (8) [noun] Lieutenant LOOFA (8) [noun] A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd | [noun] The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing | [noun] Any bathing sponge LOOFS (8) LOOIE (5) [noun] Lieutenant. LOOKS (9) [noun] One's appearance or attractiveness. LOOMS (7) [noun] A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general. | [noun] A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making. | [noun] The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade, the shaft. 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. LOOPS (7) [noun] A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. | [noun] The opening so formed. | [noun] A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. LOOPY (10) [adjective] Having loops. | [adjective] Idiotic, crazy or drunk. LOOSE (5) [noun] The release of an arrow. | [noun] A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment. | [noun] All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs). LOOTS (5) [verb] To steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence. | [verb] To steal from. | [verb] To examine the corpse of a fallen enemy for loot. LOPED (8) [verb] To travel an easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To jump, leap. LOPER (7) LOPES (7) [noun] An easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To travel an easy pace with long strides. | [verb] To jump, leap. LOPPY (12) [adjective] Somewhat lop; inclined to lop. LORAL (5) LORAN (5) LORDS (6) [noun] The master of the servants of a household; the master of a feudal manor | [noun] One possessing similar mastery over others; any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron) | [noun] One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~) LORES (5) [noun] All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience. | [noun] The backstory created around a fictional universe. | [noun] Workmanship. LORIS (5) [noun] Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the family Lorisidae, found in India and southeast Asia. LORRY (8) [noun] A motor vehicle for transporting goods, and in some cases people; a truck. | [noun] A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations. | [noun] A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish. LOSEL (5) [noun] A worthless or despicable person. | [adjective] Worthless; wasteful. LOSER (5) [noun] A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive. | [noun] Something of poor quality. | [noun] A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life. LOSES (5) [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). LOSSY (8) [adjective] Of a communication channel, subject to loss of signal strength. | [adjective] (power systems) Of an electricity transmission line, subject to various forms of power loss. | [adjective] (of an algorithm for converting or compressing data) Reducing the amount of information in data. LOTAH (8) LOTAS (5) [noun] A spherical pot, specifically a water pot used for washing and ablution, typically made of brass. | [noun] A person who switches loyalties, especially from one political party to another. LOTIC (7) [adjective] Characterised by flowing water; swiftly flowing; concerned with flowing rivers, streams, etc. | [adjective] Living in flowing water; adapted to life in flowing water. LOTOS (5) LOTTE (5) LOTTO (5) [noun] A game of chance similar to bingo | [noun] A lottery LOTUS (5) [noun] A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae. | [noun] A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India. | [noun] A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria. LOUGH (9) [noun] A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland. LOUIE (5) LOUIS (5) [noun] Any gold or silver coin issued by the French kings from Louis XIII to Louis XVI and bearing their image on the obverse side, particularly the gold louis d'ors, originally a French form of the Spanish doubloon but varying in value between 10 and 24 livres. | [noun] The louis d'or constitutionnel, a 24-livre gold coin issued by the First French Republic. | [noun] The franc germinal or napoleon, a similar gold coin issued by Napoleon and bearing his image on the obverse, worth 20 francs. LOUPE (7) [noun] A magnifying glass, usually mounted in an eyepiece, often used by jewellers and watchmakers. | [noun] A type of short-range binoculars used by surgeons and dentists. LOUPS (7) [noun] A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls. LOURS (5) [verb] To frown; to look sullen. | [verb] To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest. LOURY (8) LOUSE (5) [noun] A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea. | [noun] (not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm. | [verb] To remove lice from. LOUSY (8) [adjective] Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible. | [adjective] Infested with lice. | [adjective] (usually with with) Filled or packed (with something, usually bad). LOUTS (5) [noun] A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob. | [noun] A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. | [verb] To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. LOVAT (8) [noun] A dusty blue-green colour. | [adjective] Of a dusty blue-green colour. LOVED (9) [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. LOVER (8) [noun] One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend or spouse. | [noun] A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair. | [noun] A person who loves something. | [noun] A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. LOVES (8) [noun] Strong affection. | [noun] A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved. | [noun] A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings. LOWED (9) [verb] To depress; to lower. | [verb] To moo. | [verb] To burn; to blaze. LOWER (8) [adjective] Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty. | [adjective] Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured. | [adjective] Not high in status, esteem or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.) | [verb] To frown; to look sullen. LOWES (8) [noun] A flame; fire; blaze. LOWLY (11) [adjective] Not high; not elevated in place; low. | [adjective] Low in rank or social importance. | [adjective] Not lofty or sublime; humble. LOWSE (8) LOXED (13) LOXES (12) LOYAL (8) [adjective] Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something. | [adjective] Firm in allegiance to a person or institution. | [adjective] Faithful to a person or cause. MACHO (12) [noun] A macho person; a person who tends to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, and bravado. | [noun] The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. Mugil mexicanus). | [noun] A male llama. MACON (9) MACRO (9) [adjective] Very large in scope or scale. | [adjective] Of a lifestyle incorporating a dietary regimen including locally grown, seasonal, natural foods, or of the diet itself. | [adjective] Long-lived. | [noun] A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program. | [noun] Macro lens MAGOT (8) MAHOE (10) [noun] Any of certain trees in the mallow family, native to the Caribbean. | [noun] Either of two different trees, usually found around the tropics. MAJOR (14) [noun] A military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel. | [noun] The main area of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university. | [noun] A student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study. MAKOS (11) [noun] Mako shark MAMBO (11) [noun] A voodoo priestess (in Haiti) | [noun] A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre. | [verb] To perform this dance. 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. 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) 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. MATZO (16) [noun] Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine. | [noun] A piece of the above bread. MAYOR (10) [noun] The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, &c., formerly usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally. | [noun] Short for mayor of the palace, the royal stewards of the Frankish Empire. | [noun] Synonym of mair, various former officials in the Kingdom of Scotland. MAYOS (10) [noun] A white person. | [noun] A dressing made from vegetable oil, raw egg yolks and seasoning, used on salads, with french fries, in sandwiches etc. | [noun] Any cold dish with that dressing as an ingredient. 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. MEMOS (9) [noun] A short note; a memorandum. | [noun] A record of partial results that can be reused later without recomputation. | [verb] To record something; to make a note of something. MEOUS (7) MEOWS (10) [noun] The cry of a cat. | [noun] The drug mephedrone. | [verb] Of a cat, to make its cry. 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.) METRO (7) [noun] An underground railway. | [noun] A train that runs on such an underground railway. | [noun] An urban rapid transit light railway | [noun] A metropolitan area MEZZO (25) [noun] Mezzo-soprano MIAOU (7) MIAOW (10) [noun] The cry of a cat. | [noun] The drug mephedrone. | [verb] Of a cat, to make its cry. MICRO (9) [noun] (gaming slang) micromanagement | [verb] (gaming slang) to micromanage | [adjective] Small, relatively small; used to contrast levels of the noun modified. MILOS (7) MIMEO (9) [noun] A mimeograph. | [noun] An unpublished academic paper. | [verb] To mimeograph. 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 MISDO (8) MISOS (7) 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. MOATS (7) [noun] A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation. | [noun] An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, either because of the nature of its products, services, franchise or other reason. | [noun] A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it. MOCHA (12) [noun] A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof; a caffè mocha. | [noun] A coffee and chocolate mixed flavour. | [noun] A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee. MOCKS (13) [noun] An imitation, usually of lesser quality. | [noun] Mockery, the act of mocking. | [noun] A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam. MODAL (8) [noun] A modal proposition. | [noun] A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary. | [noun] (grammar) A modal verb. MODEL (8) [noun] A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing. | [noun] A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show. | [noun] A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature. MODEM (10) [noun] A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone line. | [verb] To transmit by modem. MODES (8) [noun] One of several ancient Greek scales. | [noun] One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale. | [noun] A particular means of accomplishing something. MODUS (8) MOGGY (12) [noun] A young cow or bull. | [noun] Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding. | [noun] A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals). MOGUL (8) [noun] A rich or powerful person; a magnate. | [noun] A hump or bump on a skiing piste. | [noun] A larger-sized (39 mm diameter) screw base used for large, high-power light bulbs, known as mogul (screw) base light bulbs. MOHEL (10) [noun] The person who performs the circumcision in a Jewish bris. MOHUR (10) MOILS (7) [noun] Hard work. | [noun] Confusion, turmoil. | [noun] A spot; a defilement. MOIRA (7) MOIRE (7) [noun] Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat. | [noun] Any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given. MOIST (7) [verb] To moisten. | [adjective] Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp. | [adjective] Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears. MOJOS (14) [noun] A magic charm or spell. | [noun] Supernatural skill or luck. | [noun] Personal magnetism; charm. MOKES (11) [noun] A donkey. | [noun] A mesh of a net, or of anything resembling a net. | [noun] A black person. MOLAL (7) [adjective] Of or designating a solution that contains one mole of solute per 1000g of solvent MOLAR (7) [noun] A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food. | [adjective] Of or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding. | [noun] A unit of concentration equal to one mole per litre. MOLAS (7) [noun] A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia, consisting of cloth panels to be worn on clothing, featuring complex designs made with multiple layers of cloth in a reverse appliqué technique. | [noun] A sunfish, Mola mola. MOLDS (8) [noun] A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance. | [noun] A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped. | [noun] Something that is made in or shaped on a mold. MOLDY (11) [adjective] Covered with mold. | [adjective] Stale or musty. MOLES (7) [noun] A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy. | [noun] Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae. | [noun] Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats. MOLLS (7) [noun] A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute. | [noun] A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals. | [noun] Bitch, slut; an insulting epithet applied to a female. MOLLY (10) [noun] A woman or girl, especially of low status. | [noun] An effeminate male, a male homosexual. | [noun] Pure MDMA powder. | [noun] A fish of the genus Poecilia, except for those known as guppies. MOLTO (7) MOLTS (7) [noun] The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc. | [noun] The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting. | [verb] To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one. MOMES (9) MOMMA (11) [noun] Mother | [noun] A voluptuous woman. | [noun] One's wife or girlfriend. MOMMY (14) [noun] (usually childish) Mother. | [verb] To treat someone like a mother would; to mother someone. | [adjective] (chiefly in the superlative) Characteristic of a mother; motherly. MOMUS (9) 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. MOOCH (12) [noun] An aimless stroll. | [noun] One who mooches; a moocher. | [noun] A unit of time comprising ten days, used to measure how long someone holds a job. MOODS (8) [noun] A mental or emotional state, composure. | [noun] Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art). | [noun] A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood. MOODY (11) [adjective] Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental. | [adjective] Sulky or depressed. | [adjective] Dour, gloomy or brooding. MOOED (8) [verb] Of a cow or bull, to make its characteristic lowing sound. MOOLA (7) [noun] Money, cash. MOOLS (7) 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. MOORS (7) [noun] An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath | [noun] A game preserve consisting of moorland. | [verb] To cast anchor or become fastened. MOORY (10) MOOSE (7) [noun] The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers. | [noun] An ugly person. | [noun] An Asian girl taken as a lover. MOOTS (7) [noun] A moot court. | [noun] A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties. | [noun] A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks. MOPED (10) [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. | [adjective] Melancholic, dejected. | [noun] A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit. MOPER (9) MOPES (9) [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. MOPEY (12) MORAE (7) MORAL (7) [noun] (of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct. | [noun] A morality play. MORAS (7) MORAY (10) [noun] Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae. MOREL (7) [noun] Any of several edible mushrooms, especially the common morel or yellow morel. | [noun] Any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. | [noun] A variety of cultivated cherry, Prunus cerasus 'austera', having a dark skin MORES (7) [noun] A set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices rather than written laws. | [noun] A carrot; a parsnip. | [noun] A root; stock. | [verb] To root up. 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. MORPH (12) [noun] (grammar) A physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds. | [noun] An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts. | [noun] Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour. | [noun] A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another. MORRO (7) MORSE (7) [noun] A clasp or fastening used to fasten a cope in the front, usually decorative. | [noun] A walrus. MORTS (7) [noun] Death; especially, the death of game in hunting. | [noun] A note sounded on a horn at the death of a deer. | [noun] The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. MOSEY (10) [verb] To set off, get going; to start a journey. | [verb] To go off quickly: to hurry up. | [verb] To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner. MOSKS (11) MOSSO (7) MOSSY (10) [noun] Mosquito | [adjective] Covered in or overgrown with moss. MOSTE (7) MOSTS (7) MOTEL (7) [noun] A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there. | [noun] A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel. | [verb] To stay in a motel or motels. MOTES (7) [noun] A small particle; a speck. | [noun] A meeting for discussion. | [noun] A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs. MOTET (7) [noun] A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem. MOTEY (10) MOTHS (10) [noun] A small particle; a speck. | [noun] A meeting for discussion. | [noun] A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs. MOTHY (13) [adjective] Infested with moths | [adjective] Moth-eaten MOTIF (10) [noun] A recurring or dominant element; a theme. | [noun] A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work. | [noun] A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern. MOTOR (7) [noun] A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion. | [noun] A motor car, or automobile. | [noun] A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force. MOTTE (7) [noun] A raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch. | [noun] A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot. | [noun] A word or a motto; a device. MOTTO (7) [noun] A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement. | [noun] A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim. | [noun] A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto. MOTTS (7) MOUCH (12) MOUES (7) [noun] A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness. MOULD (8) [noun] A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance. | [noun] A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped. | [noun] Something that is made in or shaped on a mold. | [noun] A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance. MOULT (7) [noun] The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc. | [noun] The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting. | [verb] To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one. 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). MOUSE (7) [noun] Any small rodent of the genus Mus. | [noun] A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent. | [noun] A quiet or shy person. MOUSY (10) [noun] A mouse. | [adjective] Resembling a mouse. | [adjective] Abounding or infested with mice. MOUTH (10) [noun] The opening of a creature through which food is ingested. | [noun] The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water. | [noun] An outlet, aperture or orifice. MOVED (11) [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. MOVER (10) [noun] Someone who or something that moves. | [noun] A dancer. | [noun] A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another. MOVES (10) [noun] The act of moving; a movement. | [noun] An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose. | [noun] A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc. MOVIE (10) [noun] A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion. | [noun] (usually plural) A cinema. MOWED (11) [verb] To cut down grass or crops. | [verb] To cut down or slaughter in great numbers. | [verb] To make grimaces, mock. MOWER (10) [noun] A lawnmower, a machine used to cut grass. | [noun] A person who cuts grass. MOXAS (14) MOXIE (14) [noun] Nerve, spunk, strength of character. | [noun] Verve. | [noun] Wit, smarts, skill. MOZOS (16) [noun] A male servant, especially an attendant to a bullfighter. | [noun] A title of respect for a young man (usually unmarried) with or without a name used. | [noun] An unmarried man, a boy. MUCOR (9) MUCRO (9) [noun] A pointed end, often sharp, abruptly terminating an organ, such as a projection at the tip of a leaf; the posterior tip of a cuttlebone; or the distal part of the furcula in Collembola. 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. 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. MYOID (11) MYOMA (12) MYOPE (12) [noun] One who has myopia. MYOPY (15) 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. NARCO (7) [noun] Narcotics. | [noun] A South American drug baron. | [noun] A police officer specializing in drug crimes | [noun] Someone suffering from narcolepsy 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. NEROL (5) NETOP (7) NICOL (7) NINON (5) [noun] A sheer fabric of silk, rayon, or nylon made in a variety of tight smooth weaves or open lacy patterns. NITON (5) 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. 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) 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. OAKEN (9) [adjective] Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness. OAKUM (11) [noun] A material, consisting of tarred fibres, used to caulk or pack joints in plumbing, masonry, and wooden shipbuilding. | [noun] The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in hackling. OARED (6) [adjective] Having oars. | [verb] To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars. OASES (5) [noun] A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert. | [noun] A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle. OASIS (5) [noun] A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert. | [noun] A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle. OASTS (5) [noun] A kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops. OATEN (5) [adjective] Made of oats OATER (5) [noun] (entertainment) A movie or television show about cowboy or frontier life; a western movie. OATHS (8) [noun] A solemn pledge or promise, appealing to a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest to the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise. | [noun] A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge. | [noun] A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity. OAVES (8) OBEAH (10) [noun] A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean. | [noun] A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft. | [noun] A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell. OBELI (7) [noun] A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant; an obelisk. | [noun] A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date; an obelisk. OBESE (7) [adjective] Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2. OBEYS (10) [verb] To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of. | [verb] To do as one is told. | [verb] To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.). OBIAS (7) OBITS (7) [noun] Death of a person. | [noun] A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person. | [noun] A record of a person's death. OBJET (14) OBOES (7) [noun] A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family. OBOLE (7) OBOLI (7) OBOLS (7) [noun] A silver coin of Ancient Greece. | [noun] A weight, equivalent to one sixth of a drachma. OCCUR (9) [verb] To happen or take place. | [verb] To present or offer itself. | [verb] To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself. 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. OCHER (10) [noun] An earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide | [noun] A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour | [noun] The stop codon sequence "UAA." OCHRE (10) [noun] An earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide | [noun] A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour | [noun] The stop codon sequence "UAA." | [noun] The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus. OCHRY (13) OCKER (11) [noun] Interest on money; usury; increase. | [verb] To increase (in price); add to. | [noun] A boorish or uncultivated Australian. OCREA (7) [noun] A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf. OCTAD (8) [noun] A group of eight things. | [noun] Hundred million = myriad myriad; 100,000,000 = 108 OCTAL (7) [noun] The number system that uses the eight digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. | [noun] A digit or value in the octal number system. | [adjective] Concerning numbers expressed in octal or mathematical calculations performed using octal. OCTAN (7) OCTET (7) [noun] A group or set of eight of something. | [noun] A group of eight musicians performing together. | [noun] A composition for such a group of musicians. OCTYL (10) [noun] Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C8H17, formally derived from octane by the loss of a hydrogen atom OCULI (7) [noun] A window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye). ODDER (7) [adjective] Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected. | [adjective] Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched. | [adjective] Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped. ODDLY (10) [adverb] In a peculiar manner; strangely; unusually. | [adverb] In a manner measured by an odd number. ODEON (6) [noun] An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry. | [noun] A theatre or concert hall. ODEUM (8) [noun] An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry. | [noun] A theatre or concert hall. ODIST (6) ODIUM (8) [noun] Hatred; dislike. | [noun] The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness. ODORS (6) [noun] Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive. | [noun] A strong, pervasive quality. | [noun] Esteem. ODOUR (6) [noun] Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive. | [noun] A strong, pervasive quality. | [noun] Esteem. ODYLE (9) ODYLS (9) OFAYS (11) [noun] A white person. OFFAL (11) [noun] The internal organs of an animal, used as animal food. | [noun] A by-product of the grain milling process, which may include bran, husks, etc. | [noun] A dead body; carrion. OFFED (12) [verb] To kill. | [verb] To switch off. OFFER (11) [noun] A proposal that has been made. | [noun] Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered. | [noun] An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation. | [verb] To propose or express one's willingness (to do something). | [noun] (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off OFTEN (8) [adjective] Frequent. | [adverb] Frequently, many times. OFTER (8) OGAMS (8) [noun] A single character in this alphabet. OGEES (6) [noun] A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape | [noun] A pointed arch made from two ogees | [noun] An inflection point. OGHAM (11) [noun] A single character in this alphabet. | [proper noun] An ancient Celtic alphabet historically used to write Primitive Irish. OGIVE (9) [noun] The curve of a cumulative distribution function. | [noun] A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault. | [noun] The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket. OGLED (7) [verb] To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously. OGLER (6) OGLES (6) [noun] An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare. | [noun] (usually in the plural) An eye. | [verb] To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously. OGRES (6) [noun] A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh. | [noun] A brutish man reminiscent of the mythical ogre. OHIAS (8) OHING (9) OHMIC (12) OIDIA (6) [noun] A fragile spore produced by some fungi. | [noun] The fungus Erysiphe necator (= Uncinula necator), which produces powdery mildew in grapes. OILED (6) [verb] To lubricate with oil. | [verb] To grease with oil for cooking. | [adjective] Covered in, or supplied with, oil. OILER (5) [noun] One who or that which oils. | [noun] An oil tanker. | [noun] An oil well. OINKS (9) [noun] The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof. | [verb] Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound. OKAPI (11) [noun] A large ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni, found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe, but with a much shorter neck, a reddish brown coat and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters. OKAYS (12) [noun] Endorsement; approval. | [verb] To approve. | [verb] To confirm by activating a button marked OK. OKEHS (12) OKRAS (9) 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. OLDER (6) [adjective] Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time. | [adjective] Having been used and thus no longer new or unused. | [adjective] Having existed or lived for the specified time. OLDIE (6) [noun] Something or someone old. | [noun] A song or record from a previous era. | [noun] (in the plural) The genre of music composed of popular music from previous eras. OLEIC (7) OLEIN (5) OLEOS (5) OLEUM (7) [noun] A solution of sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid. OLIOS (5) [noun] A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables. | [noun] A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch. | [noun] A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany. OLIVE (8) [noun] A tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it. | [noun] The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green). | [noun] The wood of the olive tree. OLLAS (5) OLOGY (9) [noun] Any branch of learning, especially one ending in “-logy”. OMASA (7) [noun] The third part of the stomach of a ruminant. OMBER (9) OMBRE (9) [noun] A large Mediterranean food fish Umbrina cirrosa | [noun] (colors) A gradual blending of one color hue to another, usually moving tints and shades from light to dark. OMEGA (8) [noun] The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω. | [noun] (often capitalized) The end; the final, last or ultimate in a sequence. | [noun] Angular velocity; symbol: ω. 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. OMERS (7) [noun] A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts. | [noun] A vessel of one omer. | [noun] The sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover. OMITS (7) [verb] To leave out or exclude. | [verb] To fail to perform. | [verb] To neglect or take no notice 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). OOHED (9) [verb] To exclaim ooh. OOMPH (12) [noun] Strength, power, passion or effectiveness; clout. | [noun] Sex appeal. | [noun] A bassy grunting or thudding sound. OORIE (5) OOTID (6) [noun] The haploid cell, produced by meiotic division of a secondary oocyte, that is a nearly mature ovum. OOZED (15) [verb] To be secreted or slowly leak. | [verb] To give off a strong sense of (something); to exude. OOZES (14) [verb] To be secreted or slowly leak. | [verb] To give off a strong sense of (something); to exude. | [noun] Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather. OPAHS (10) [noun] Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae. OPALS (7) [noun] A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O. | [noun] A colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UGA." | [noun] Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Nesolycaena. 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. OPERA (7) [noun] A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance. | [noun] The score for such a work. | [noun] A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house. | [noun] A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works. OPINE (7) [verb] To have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that). | [verb] To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something). | [noun] Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours OPING (8) [verb] To open. OPIUM (9) [noun] A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine. | [noun] Anything that numbs or stupefies. OPSIN (7) [noun] Any of a group of light-sensitive proteins in the retina. OPTED (8) [verb] To choose; select. OPTIC (9) [noun] An eye. | [noun] A lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light. | [noun] A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic drinks in a bar. ORACH (10) [noun] The saltbush: any of several plants, of the genus Atriplex, especially Atriplex hortensis or Atriplex patula, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach. ORALS (5) [noun] A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class. | [noun] A physical examination of the mouth. | [noun] Oral sex. ORANG (6) [noun] An orangutan. ORATE (5) [verb] To speak formally; to give a speech. | [verb] To speak passionately; to preach for or against something. | [adjective] Competent in oracy; having good speaking skills. ORBED (8) ORBIT (7) [noun] A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object, particularly in astronomy and space travel. | [noun] A sphere of influence; an area of control. | [noun] The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range. ORCAS (7) [noun] A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale. ORCIN (7) [noun] The organic compound 3,5-dihydroxytoluene, found in many lichens and synthesizable from toluene. ORDER (6) [noun] Arrangement, disposition, or sequence. | [noun] A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence. | [noun] The state of being well arranged. ORDOS (6) OREAD (6) [noun] A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain. 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. ORGIC (8) ORIBI (7) [noun] Ourebia ourebi, a species of antelope. ORIEL (5) [noun] A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall. | [noun] A gallery for minstrels. | [noun] A small apartment next to a hall, used for dining. ORLES (5) [noun] A bordure that runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge | [noun] The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest; a torse | [noun] A fillet under the ovolo of a capital ORLOP (7) [noun] The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship. ORMER (7) [noun] An abalone or sea-ear, particularly Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands. ORNIS (5) ORPIN (7) [noun] Any of several temperate succulent plants of the family Crassulaceae, that have clusters of purple flowers, especially Hylotelephium telephium. | [noun] A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, sometimes approaching red. ORRIS (5) [noun] Any of several irises that have a fragrant root, especially Iris × germanica. | [noun] The fragrant root of such an iris. | [noun] A type of gold or silver lace. ORTHO (8) [noun] An isomer of a benzene derivative having two substituents adjacent on the ring. | [noun] A certain type of flat eyepiece. | [noun] An orthochromatic plate. ORZOS (14) OSIER (5) [noun] A kind of willow, Salix viminalis, growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow. | [noun] One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants. OSMIC (9) [adjective] Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence. OSMOL (7) OSSIA (5) OSTIA (5) [noun] A small opening or orifice, as in a body organ or passage. | [noun] Any of the small openings or pores in a sponge. | [noun] The mouth of a river. OTHER (8) [noun] An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another. | [noun] The other one; the second of two. | [verb] To regard, label or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien. OTTAR (5) OTTER (5) [noun] An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others. | [noun] A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset. | [noun] Annatto (dye) OTTOS (5) [noun] An essential oil extracted from flowers. | [noun] A perfume made from this oil. OUGHT (9) [noun] Property; possession | [noun] Duty; place; office 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. OUPHE (10) OUPHS (10) OURIE (5) OUSEL (5) [noun] The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula. | [noun] The water ouzel, an aquatic perching bird, Cinclus mexicanus. OUSTS (5) [verb] To expel; to remove. OUTBY (10) OUTDO (6) [verb] To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass. OUTED (6) [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. OUTER (5) [noun] An outer part. | [noun] The 4th circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie. | [noun] A shot which strikes the outer of a target. | [noun] Someone who admits to something publicly. OUTGO (6) [noun] The act or process of going out. | [noun] A quantity of a substance or thing that has flowed out; an outflow. | [noun] An expenditure, cost or outlay. OUTRE (5) [adjective] Beyond what is customary or proper; extravagant. | [adjective] Very unconventional. OUZEL (14) [noun] The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula. | [noun] The water ouzel, an aquatic perching bird, Cinclus mexicanus. OUZOS (14) [noun] An anise-flavoured aperitif, originating in Greece. | [noun] A serving of this drink. OVALS (8) [noun] An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse. | [noun] A thing having such a shape, such as an arena. | [noun] In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point. OVARY (11) [noun] A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone. | [noun] The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit. OVATE (8) [adjective] Shaped like an egg. | [adjective] (of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base. | [noun] An Irish bard. OVENS (8) [noun] A chamber used for baking or heating. OVERS (8) [noun] A set of six legal balls bowled. | [noun] Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc. | [noun] A shore, riverbank. OVERT (8) [adjective] Open and not concealed or secret. OVINE (8) [noun] A sheep. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a sheep | [adjective] (by extension) resembling a sheep in character; passive, of low intelligence and acquiescent OVOID (9) [noun] Something that is oval in shape. | [adjective] Shaped like an oval. | [adjective] Egg-shaped; shaped like an oval, but more tapered at one end; ovate. OVOLI (8) OVOLO (8) [noun] A classical convex moulding carved with an egg-and-dart ornament. OVULE (8) [noun] The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments. | [noun] An immature ovum in mammals. 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. OWLET (8) [noun] Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. | [noun] (by extension) A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active. | [noun] The owl pigeon. 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) OXBOW (17) [noun] A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts fastened to its yoke | [noun] A meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop OXEYE (15) [noun] Several daisy-like flowers in various genera, | [noun] Any oxeye daisy. | [noun] The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis). OXIDE (13) [noun] A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element. OXIDS (13) OXIME (14) OXIMS (14) OXLIP (14) [noun] The plant Primula elatior, similar to cowslip but with larger, pale yellow flowers. OXTER (12) [noun] The armpit. | [verb] To hug with the arms, or support by taking the arm of. OYERS (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. PAEON (7) [noun] A foot containing any pattern of three short syllables and one long syllable. PAGOD (9) 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. PAREO (7) [noun] A wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian sarong. PARGO (8) PAROL (7) [noun] A word; an oral utterance. | [noun] Oral declaration; word of mouth. | [noun] A writing not under seal. | [noun] An ornamental star-like Christmas lantern from the Philippines. PARVO (10) PASEO (7) [noun] A public path or avenue designed for walking, sometimes for dining or recreation. PATIO (7) [noun] A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation. | [noun] An inner courtyard typical of traditional houses in some regions of Spain. PAYOR (10) PEDRO (8) PEKOE (11) [noun] A high-quality black tea made using young leaves, grown in Sri Lanka, India, Java and the Azores. PELON (7) PENGO (8) [noun] The monetary unit of Hungary from January, 1927 to July, 1946, divided into 100 fillér. 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. PEPOS (9) [noun] A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber. | [noun] A plant producing such a fruit. PESOS (7) [noun] A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar. | [noun] The currency of various countries, including but not limited to Argentina, Chile, Mexico and the Philippines. PESTO (7) [noun] A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino) PETTO (7) PHLOX (17) [noun] Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox. 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. PHOTO (10) [noun] A photograph. | [noun] A photo finish. | [verb] To take a photograph of. PHOTS (10) [verb] To photograph 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) PICOT (9) [noun] An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops. PILOT (7) [noun] A person who steers a ship, a helmsman. | [noun] A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast. | [noun] A guide book for maritime navigation. 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). PINKO (11) [noun] A socialist who is not wholly communist. 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. PINTO (7) [noun] A horse with a patchy coloration that includes white. | [adjective] Pied, mottled. PIONS (7) [noun] Any of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral charge, composed of up and down quarks/antiquarks. PIOUS (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing. PIROG (8) [noun] A baked case of dough with a sweet or savoury filling, popular in Eastern Europe. PISCO (9) [noun] A liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing regions of Peru and Chile. It is the most widely consumed spirit in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. PISOS (7) PITON (7) [noun] A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber). | [verb] To put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing. PIVOT (10) [noun] A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle. | [noun] (by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation. | [noun] Act of turning on one foot. PLODS (8) [verb] To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over). | [verb] To trudge over or through. | [verb] To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. 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. PLOPS (9) [noun] A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water. | [noun] Excrement; derived from the "plop" sound made when it hits water in a toilet. | [verb] To make the sound of an object dropping into a body of liquid. PLOTS (7) [noun] (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. | [noun] An area or land used for building on or planting on. | [noun] A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device. PLOTZ (16) [verb] To flop down wearily. | [verb] To faint. | [verb] To fall down dead. PLOWS (10) [noun] The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres. | [noun] A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting. | [noun] The use of a plough; tillage. PLOYS (10) [noun] A tactic, strategy, or gimmick. | [noun] Sport; frolic. | [noun] Employment. POACH (12) [noun] The act of cooking in simmering liquid. | [verb] To cook something in simmering liquid. | [verb] To be cooked in simmering liquid | [noun] The act of taking something unfairly, as in tennis doubles where one player returns a shot that their partner was better placed to return. POCKS (13) [noun] A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease. | [noun] Any pit, especially one formed as a scar POCKY (16) [adjective] Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic. PODGY (12) [adjective] Slightly fat. PODIA (8) [noun] A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit. | [noun] (sometimes proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly. | [noun] A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize. POEMS (9) [noun] A literary piece written in verse. | [noun] A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry. | [noun] A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose. POESY (10) [noun] A poem. | [noun] The class of literature comprising poems; poetry, verse. POETS (7) [noun] A person who writes poems. | [noun] A person with a creative or romantic imagination. POGEY (11) [noun] A poorhouse, workhouse, welfare office, charity hostel, etc. | [noun] (often with the) Government financial assistance, particularly employment insurance. POILU (7) [noun] A French infantryman during the First World War POIND (8) [noun] A seizure of property etc in lieu of a debt; the animal or property so seized | [verb] To seize property in this manner POINT (7) [noun] A discrete division of something. | [noun] A sharp extremity. | [noun] One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. | [verb] To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it. | [verb] To appoint. POISE (7) [noun] A state of balance, equilibrium or stability. | [noun] Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation. | [noun] Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body. POKED (12) [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. POKER (11) [noun] A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick. | [noun] A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings. | [noun] One who pokes. | [noun] Any of various card games in which, following each of one or more rounds of dealing or revealing cards, the players in sequence make tactical bets or drop out, the bets forming a pool to be taken either by the sole remaining player or, after all rounds and bets have been completed, by those remaining players who hold a superior hand according to a standard ranking of hand values for the game. | [noun] Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear. POKES (11) [noun] A prod, jab, or thrust. | [noun] A lazy person; a dawdler. | [noun] A stupid or uninteresting person. POKEY (14) [noun] (with "the") prison. | [adjective] (of a room, house) of small volume, cramped | [adjective] Slow POLAR (7) [noun] The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line. | [adjective] Of or having a pole or polarity. | [adjective] Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles. POLED (8) [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. POLER (7) [noun] One who propels a boat using a pole. | [noun] A horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle. | [noun] An extortioner. POLES (7) [noun] Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes. | [noun] A type of basic fishing rod. | [noun] A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used. POLIO (7) [noun] A sufferer from poliomyelitis. | [noun] Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity. POLIS (7) [noun] A Greek city-state. | [noun] The police. | [noun] A police officer. POLKA (11) [noun] A lively dance originating in Bohemia. | [noun] The music for this dance. | [noun] A polka jacket. POLLS (7) [noun] A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. | [noun] A formal election. | [noun] A polling place (usually as plural, polling places) POLOS (7) POLYP (12) [noun] An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane | [noun] A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles POLYS (10) [noun] Polytechnic. | [noun] Polyethylene (polythene). | [noun] Polyurethane POMES (9) [noun] A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels. | [noun] A ball of silver or other metal, filled with hot water and used by a Roman Catholic priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service. POMMY (14) [noun] A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman. | [adjective] English; British. POMPS (11) [noun] Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. | [noun] A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. 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. POOCH (12) [noun] A dog. | [noun] A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel. | [noun] A bulge, an enlarged part POODS (8) POOFS (10) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. POOFY (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to something that is puffy, filled with air, inflated. | [adjective] Capable of making a poofing sound. | [adjective] Pertaining to, or describing homosexual behaviour or culture POOHS (10) [verb] To defecate. | [verb] To dirty something with feces. | [verb] To say "pooh". POOLS (7) [noun] A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water. | [noun] A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle. | [noun] A supply of resources. 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. POOPS (9) [noun] Fecal matter, feces. | [noun] The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically low pitch. | [verb] To make a short blast on a horn POORI (7) [noun] A type of unleavened bread from Indian and Pakistan. POOVE (10) [noun] Less common variant of poof (male homosexual). POPES (9) [noun] (Russian Orthodoxy) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson. | [noun] An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state. | [noun] (Coptic Church) An honorary title of the Coptic bishop of Alexandria as father and head of his church. POPPA (11) [noun] (sometimes childish) father, papa. POPPY (14) [noun] Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant. | [noun] A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower. | [noun] A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Sunday. | [adjective] Having a popping or bursting sound. | [adjective] Popular. | [noun] One's father or grandfather, or a male authority figure having similar standing. POPSY (12) [noun] Grandfather. | [noun] Father. | [noun] A girl. PORCH (12) [noun] A covered and enclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. | [noun] A portico; a covered walk. | [noun] The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft. PORED (8) [verb] To study meticulously; to go over again and again. | [verb] To meditate or reflect in a steady way. | [adjective] Having or furnished with pores PORES (7) [noun] A tiny opening in the skin. | [noun] By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid. | [verb] To study meticulously; to go over again and again. PORGY (11) [noun] Any of several fish of the family Sparidae; the sea bream. PORKS (11) [verb] (usually of a male) To have sex with (someone). PORKY (14) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of pork. | [adjective] Rather fat; chubby. | [noun] A lie. PORNO (7) [noun] Pornography. | [noun] A pornographic film. | [adjective] Pornographic PORNS (7) PORNY (10) [adjective] Reminiscent of pornography; somewhat pornographic. PORTS (7) [noun] A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. | [noun] A town or city containing such a place, a port city. | [noun] The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board. POSED (8) [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.). POSER (7) [noun] A particularly difficult question or puzzle. | [noun] Someone who asks a question or sets a problem. | [noun] Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting. POSES (7) [noun] Common cold, head cold; catarrh. | [noun] Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body). | [noun] Affectation. POSIT (7) [noun] Something that is posited; a postulate. | [verb] Assume the existence of; to postulate. | [verb] Propose for consideration or study; to suggest. POSSE (7) [noun] A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd. | [noun] A group of people summoned to help law enforcement. | [noun] A search party. POSTS (7) [noun] A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost. | [noun] A stud; a two-by-four. | [noun] A pole in a battery. POTSY (10) POTTO (7) [noun] A small primate, Perodicticus potto, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. | [noun] The kinkajou. POTTY (10) [verb] To go and use the potty: to leave in order to urinate or defecate. | [verb] To go crazy: to become insane. | [noun] (diminutive) A chamber pot, particularly (children) the pot used when toilet-training children. | [adjective] Insane. POUCH (12) [noun] A small bag usually closed with a drawstring. | [noun] A pocket in which a marsupial carries its young. | [noun] Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch. POUFF (13) POUFS (10) [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. | [noun] A headdress for women popular in 18th century France. POULT (7) [noun] A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.). 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. POURS (7) [noun] The act of pouring. | [noun] Something, or an amount, poured. | [noun] A downpour, or flood of precipitation. POUTS (7) [noun] A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.). | [noun] One's facial expression when pouting. | [noun] A fit of sulking or sullenness. POUTY (10) [adjective] Tending to pout; angry in a childish or cute way; showing mock anger. POWER (10) [noun] Ability to do or undergo something. | [noun] (social) Ability to coerce, influence or control. | [noun] (physical) Effectiveness. POXED (15) POXES (14) [noun] A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks. | [noun] Syphilis. | [noun] A curse. POYOU (10) PRAOS (7) PRIMO (9) [noun] The principal part of a duet. | [adjective] Best; first-class. PRION (7) [noun] A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue. | [noun] A petrel of the genus Pachyptila. PRIOR (7) [noun] A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot. | [noun] A chief magistrate in Italy. | [noun] (law enforcement) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record. PROAS (7) [noun] A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail. PROBE (9) [noun] Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. | [noun] Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information. | [noun] An act of probing; a prod, a poke. PRODS (8) [verb] To poke, to push, to touch. | [verb] To encourage, to prompt. | [verb] To prick with a goad. PROEM (9) [noun] An introduction, preface or preamble. PROFS (10) [noun] The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor." Abbreviated Prof. | [noun] A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank. | [noun] One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine. PROGS (8) [noun] Progressive rock. | [noun] A program. | [noun] (university slang) A proctor. PROLE (7) [noun] A member of the proletariat; a proletarian | [noun] A pleb (ordinary person). PROMO (9) [noun] An interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an upcoming match. | [verb] To promote; to publicize. | [noun] An advancement in rank or position. PROMS (9) [noun] A promenade concert | [noun] (abbreviation) promenade | [noun] A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions, e.g. near the end of the academic year 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. PROOF (10) [noun] An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. | [noun] The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration. | [noun] The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies. PROPS (9) [noun] An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports. | [noun] The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum. | [noun] One of the seashells in the game of props. | [noun] Respect for, or recognition of, another person; an expression of approval or a special acknowledgment; accolades; praise. PROSE (7) [noun] Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry. | [noun] Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse. | [noun] A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. PROSO (7) PROSS (7) PROST (7) PROSY (10) [adjective] Unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative. | [adjective] Behaving in a dull way (of a person); boring, tedious. PROUD (8) [adjective] Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified. | [adjective] Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth. | [adjective] Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious. PROVE (10) [verb] To proofread. | [verb] To make resistant, especially to water. | [verb] To allow yeast-containing dough to rise. | [verb] To proofread. PROWL (10) [noun] The act of prowling. | [verb] To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty. | [verb] To idle; to go about aimlessly. PROWS (10) [noun] A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail. | [noun] The front part of a vessel | [noun] A vessel PROXY (17) [noun] An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person. | [noun] The authority to act for another, especially when written. | [noun] The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. | [noun] A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance. PSOAE (7) PSOAI (7) PSOAS (7) [noun] Either of two muscles, the psoas major and psoas minor, involved in flexion of the trunk. PUNTO (7) PUTON (7) PUTTO (7) [noun] A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub. 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. PYOID (11) QOPHS (19) QUODS (15) QUOIN (14) [noun] Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks. | [noun] The keystone of an arch. | [noun] A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place. QUOIT (14) [noun] A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits. | [noun] A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits. | [noun] The flat stone covering a cromlech. QUOTA (14) [noun] A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division. | [noun] A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal. | [noun] A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity. QUOTE (14) [noun] A quotation; a statement attributed to a person. | [noun] A quotation mark. | [noun] A summary of work to be done with a set price. QUOTH (17) [verb] To say or declare. | [verb] (defective, modal, auxiliary) to say RACON (7) [noun] A beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, responds by transmitting a coded navigation signal. RADIO (6) [noun] The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves. | [noun] A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound. | [noun] On-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media. 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. RATIO (5) [noun] A number representing a comparison between two named things. | [noun] The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient). | [noun] Short for ratio decidendi. RATOS (5) RAYON (8) [noun] A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber. | [noun] An administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states. | [noun] A ray or beam. RAZOR (14) [noun] A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body. | [noun] Any tool or instrument designed for shaving. | [noun] The sharp tusk of a wild boar. REBOP (9) RECON (7) [noun] Reconnaissance. | [verb] Reconnoiter. | [noun] The smallest genetic unit that is capable of undergoing recombination. RECTO (7) [noun] The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal. | [noun] The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number. | [noun] A writ of right. REDON (6) REDOS (6) [noun] A repeated action; a doing again, refurbishment, etc. REDOX (13) [noun] A reaction in which an oxidation and a reduction occur simultaneously; a reaction in which electrons are transferred. | [verb] To subject to a redox reaction. | [adjective] Of or relating to any reaction in which oxidation and reduction occur simultaneously. REOIL (5) REPOS (7) [noun] Repossession | [noun] A repurchase agreement: a type of derivative which allows a borrower to use a financial security as collateral for a cash loan at a fixed interest rate | [noun] A repository usually containing software, in either source code or precompiled form. REPOT (7) [verb] To move a growing plant from one pot to a larger one to allow for further growth REPRO (7) [noun] The proof prepared in offset printing, with all elements positioned on the page. | [verb] To reproduce (a bug or problem). | [noun] The act of reproducing new individuals biologically. RESOD (6) RESOW (8) RETRO (5) [noun] Past fashions or trends. | [adjective] Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were. | [adjective] Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto. REWON (8) RHINO (8) [noun] A rhinoceros. | [noun] Money RHOMB (12) [noun] A rhombus. | [noun] A rhombohedron. RIGOR (6) [noun] Short for rigor mortis. | [noun] Severity or strictness. | [noun] Harshness, as of climate. RIOJA (12) [noun] The wine (mostly red) of that region RIOTS (5) [noun] Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult. | [noun] The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object. | [noun] A wide and unconstrained variety. ROACH (10) [noun] Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including: | [noun] A cockroach. | [noun] An extra curve of material added to the leech (aft edge) of a sail to increase the sail area. | [noun] (smoking) Marijuana; cannabis used as a drug. | [noun] A bed or stratum of some mineral. ROADS (6) [noun] A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. | [noun] A road; or particularly a car, as a means of transportation. | [noun] A path chosen in life or career. ROAMS (7) [verb] To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination. | [verb] To use a network or service from different locations or devices. | [verb] To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them. 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. ROARS (5) [noun] A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open. | [noun] The cry of the lion. | [noun] The deep cry of the bull. ROAST (5) [noun] A cut of meat suited to roasting | [noun] A meal consisting of roast foods. | [noun] The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted. ROBED (8) [verb] To clothe; to dress. | [verb] To put on official vestments. | [adjective] Wearing a robe. ROBES (7) [noun] A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature. | [noun] The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. | [noun] A wardrobe, especially one built into a bedroom. 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. ROBLE (7) ROBOT (7) [noun] A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed. | [noun] An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal. | [noun] A person who does not seem to have any emotions. ROCKS (11) [noun] An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend. | [noun] Rocuronium. | [noun] A formation of minerals, specifically: ROCKY (14) [adjective] Unstable; easily rocked. | [adjective] In the style of rock music. | [adjective] Troubled; or difficult; in danger or distress. | [adjective] Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks. RODEO (6) [noun] A gathering of cattle to be branded. | [noun] A North American sport involving skills with horses, cows and other livestock. | [noun] An entertainment event associated with the sport. ROGER (6) [interjection] (radio telecommunications) Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood) | [verb] Of a man, to have sexual intercourse with (someone), especially in a rough manner. | [verb] To have sexual intercourse. ROGUE (6) [noun] A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person. | [noun] A mischievous scamp. | [noun] A vagrant. ROILS (5) [verb] To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of. | [verb] To annoy; to make someone angry. | [verb] To bubble, seethe. ROILY (8) [adjective] (of water) muddy, cloudy (having lots of sediment) | [adjective] Turbulent ROLES (5) [noun] A character or part played by a performer or actor. | [noun] The expected behaviour of an individual in a society. | [noun] The function or position of something. ROLFS (8) [verb] To apply the Rolfing massage technique to. ROLLS (5) [noun] The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled. | [noun] A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble. | [noun] Something which rolls. 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 ROMEO (7) ROMPS (9) [noun] Someone who romps; especially, a girl or young woman who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy. | [noun] A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit. | [noun] An enjoyable, fast-paced but essentially inconsequential film, play, or other piece of entertainment. 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. ROODS (6) [noun] A crucifix, cross, especially in a church. | [noun] A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre. | [noun] A measure of five and a half yards in length. ROOFS (8) [noun] The external covering at the top of a building. | [noun] The top external level of a building. | [noun] The upper part of a cavity. ROOKS (9) [noun] A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family. | [noun] A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays. | [noun] A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name. ROOKY (12) ROOMS (7) [noun] Opportunity or scope (to do something). | [noun] Space for something, or to carry out an activity. | [noun] A particular portion of space. ROOMY (10) [noun] A roommate. | [adjective] Spacious, expansive, comfortable. ROOSE (5) ROOST (5) [noun] The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch). | [noun] A group of birds roosting together. | [noun] A bedroom | [noun] A tidal race. | [verb] To rout out of bed; to rouse ROOTS (5) [noun] The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction. | [noun] A root vegetable. | [noun] The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place. ROOTY (8) ROPED (8) [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. ROPER (7) [noun] An accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster. | [noun] Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso. | [noun] A maker of ropes. ROPES (7) [noun] Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. | [noun] An individual length of such material. | [noun] A cohesive strand of something. ROPEY (10) [adjective] Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch. | [adjective] Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures. | [adjective] Of poor quality; in poor health. ROQUE (14) [noun] A form of croquet using short-handled mallets, and played on a hard surface ROSED (6) [verb] To make rose-coloured; to redden or flush. | [verb] To perfume, as with roses. | [adjective] Having taken on a crimson colour. ROSES (5) [noun] A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers. | [noun] A flower of the rose plant. | [noun] A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae) ROSET (5) 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. ROTAS (5) [noun] A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar. | [noun] A kind of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music. ROTCH (10) ROTES (5) ROTIS (5) [noun] A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean. ROTLS (5) ROTOR (5) [noun] A rotating part of a mechanical device, for example in an electric motor, generator, alternator or pump. | [noun] The wing of a helicopter or similar aircraft. | [noun] A quantity having magnitude, direction and position. ROTOS (5) ROTTE (5) ROUEN (5) ROUES (5) ROUGE (6) [noun] Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher. | [noun] Any reddish pink colour. | [noun] A single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored. (This scoring term is not often used in Canada, with the term single being more commonly used.) ROUGH (9) [noun] The unmowed part of a golf course. | [noun] A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy. | [noun] A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce. 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. ROUPS (7) [noun] An outcry. | [noun] A sale of goods by auction. | [verb] To cry or shout. ROUPY (10) ROUSE (5) [noun] An arousal. | [noun] The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse. | [verb] To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy. | [noun] An official ceremony over drinks. ROUST (5) [noun] A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. | [verb] To rout out of bed; to rouse | [verb] To harass, to treat in a rough way. ROUTE (5) [noun] A course or way which is traveled or passed. | [noun] A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation. | [noun] A road or path; often specifically a highway. | [verb] To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow. ROUTH (8) ROUTS (5) [noun] A noise, especially a loud one | [noun] A disturbance; tumult. | [noun] Snoring. ROVED (9) [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. ROVEN (8) ROVER (8) [noun] (usually in the plural) A randomly selected target. | [noun] One who roves, a wanderer, a nomad. | [noun] A vagabond, a tramp, an unsteady, restless person, one who by habit doesn't settle down or marry. | [noun] A pirate. ROVES (8) [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. 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. ROWDY (12) [noun] A boisterous person; a brawler. | [adjective] Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous. ROWED (9) [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. | [adjective] Formed into a row, or rows; having a specified number of rows. ROWEL (8) [noun] The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur. | [noun] A little flat ring or wheel on a horse's bit. | [noun] A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of a horse in the manner of a seton in human surgery. 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. ROWER (8) [noun] One who rows. | [noun] A rowing machine. ROWTH (11) ROYAL (8) [noun] A royal person; a member of a royal family. | [noun] A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches. | [noun] A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches. RUMOR (7) [noun] A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth. | [noun] Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims. | [verb] (usually used in the passive voice) To tell a rumor about; to gossip. RYOTS (8) [noun] A farmer or tiller of the soil. SABOT (7) [noun] A wooden shoe. | [noun] A carrier around projectile(s) in firearms, cannons and artillery which holds the projectile in precision within the barrel SAGOS (6) [noun] A powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener. | [noun] A similar starch obtained from a palm-like cycad, Cycas revoluta | [noun] Any of the palms from which sago is extracted. SAJOU (12) SALOL (5) 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. SALVO (8) [noun] An exception; a reservation; an excuse. | [noun] A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley. | [noun] A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon. SAMBO (9) [noun] A sandwich. SANTO (5) SAPOR (7) SAROD (6) [noun] A fretless string instrument used mainly in Indian classical music. SAROS (5) [noun] (history, Babylon) A quantity of 3600, such as a period of 3600 years. | [noun] A period of 223 synodic months (approximately 18 years 11 days 8 hours), after which the relative positions of the earth, sun and moon recur, used to predict eclipses. SAVOR (8) [noun] The specific taste or smell of something. | [noun] A distinctive sensation. | [noun] Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. | [verb] To possess a particular taste or smell, or a distinctive quality. SAVOY (11) [noun] Savoy cabbage | [noun] An Italian noble family, which became the ruling (hereditary) dynasty of Sardinia and later of Italy | [noun] A member of the Savoy noble family SCHMO (12) [noun] A stupid or obnoxious person. SCION (7) [noun] A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family. | [noun] The heir to a throne. | [noun] A guardian. SCOFF (13) [noun] Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach. | [noun] An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. | [verb] To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision. | [noun] Food. SCOLD (8) [verb] To burn with hot liquid. | [verb] To heat almost to boiling. | [noun] A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman. 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. SCOOP (9) [noun] Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material. | [noun] The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop. | [noun] The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling. SCOOT (7) [noun] A dollar. | [noun] A scooter. | [noun] A sideways shuffling or sliding motion. | [noun] A sudden flow of water; a squirt. SCOPE (9) [noun] The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain. | [noun] A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target. | [noun] Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom. | [noun] A bundle, as of twigs. SCOPS (9) SCORE (7) [noun] The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game. | [noun] The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers. | [noun] The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade. SCORN (7) [noun] Contempt or disdain. | [noun] A display of disdain; a slight. | [noun] An object of disdain, contempt, or derision. SCOTS (7) [noun] A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff. SCOUR (7) [noun] The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water. | [noun] A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall. | [noun] A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing. | [verb] To search an area thoroughly. SCOUT (7) [noun] A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground. | [noun] An act of scouting or reconnoitering. | [noun] A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States. | [verb] To reject with contempt. | [noun] A swift sailing boat. | [noun] A projecting rock. | [noun] The guillemot. SCOWL (10) [noun] The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown. | [noun] (by extension) Gloom; dark or threatening aspect. | [verb] To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. | [noun] Old workings of iron ore. SCOWS (10) [noun] A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends. | [verb] To transport in a scow. SCROD (8) [noun] (sometimes New York) Any cod, pollock, haddock, or other whitefish. | [verb] To shred. SCUDO (8) [noun] A silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the 16th to the 19th centuries. | [noun] A former unit of currency in Malta, now the official currency of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. | [noun] A unit of currency in 19th-century Bolivia, equal to 16 soles. SECCO (9) [noun] A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco. | [adjective] Dry | [adjective] Dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance SEGNO (6) SEGOS (6) [noun] A perennial bulb lily found in Western North America, the Calochortus nuttallii, which has trumpet-shaped flowers. 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. SEPOY (10) [noun] A native soldier of the East Indies, employed in the service of a European colonial power, notably the British India army (first under the British-chartered East India Company, later in the crown colony), but also France and Portugal. SEROW (8) [noun] Any of several species of Asian ungulates of the genus Capricornis. SERVO (8) [noun] A servomechanism or servomotor. | [verb] To control by means of a servocontrol | [noun] A service station, being a place to buy petrol for cars etc., as well as various convenience items, with or without actual car service facilities. 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. SEXTO (12) SHAKO (12) [noun] A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume. | [noun] A bearskin or busby. | [noun] The squilla or mantis shrimp. SHEOL (8) SHOAL (8) [noun] A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow. | [noun] A shallow in a body of water. | [verb] To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area. | [noun] Any large number of persons or things. SHOAT (8) [noun] A young, newly-weaned pig. | [noun] A geep, a sheep-goat hybrid (whether artificially produced or the result of animals from these species naturally intermating). SHOCK (14) [noun] A sudden, heavy impact. | [noun] A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation. | [verb] To cause to be emotionally shocked, to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset. | [noun] An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook. SHOED (9) SHOER (8) SHOES (8) [noun] A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do. | [noun] A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe. | [noun] A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles. SHOGS (9) SHOJI (15) [noun] A door or partition consisting of a wooden frame covered in rice paper. SHONE (8) [verb] To emit light. | [verb] To reflect light. | [verb] To distinguish oneself; to excel. SHOOK (12) [noun] A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood. | [noun] The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together. | [verb] To pack (staves, etc.) in a shook. | [verb] To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. SHOOL (8) SHOON (8) SHOOS (8) [verb] To induce someone or something to leave. | [verb] To leave under inducement. | [verb] To usher someone. SHOOT (8) [noun] The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant. | [noun] A photography session. | [noun] A hunt or shooting competition. | [interjection] A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain SHOPS (10) [noun] An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well. | [noun] A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop. | [noun] A large garage where vehicle mechanics work. SHORE (8) [noun] Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond. | [noun] (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port. | [verb] To set on shore. | [noun] A prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it. | [verb] To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears. | [noun] (Obsolete except in Hiberno-English) A sewer. | [verb] To warn or threaten. SHORL (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. SHORT (8) [noun] A short circuit. | [noun] A short film. | [noun] A short version of a garment in a particular size. SHOTE (8) [noun] A young, newly-weaned pig. | [noun] A fish resembling the trout, the grayling (Thymallus thymallus). SHOTS (8) [noun] The result of launching a projectile or bullet. | [noun] The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal. | [noun] The heavy iron ball used for the shot put. SHOTT (8) SHOUT (8) [noun] A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or animated courage. | [noun] A round of drinks in a pub; the turn to pay the shot or scot; an act of paying for a round of drinks. | [noun] A call-out for an emergency services team. | [noun] A light flat-bottomed boat used in duck-shooting. SHOVE (11) [noun] A rough push. | [noun] An all-in bet. | [noun] A forward movement of packed river-ice. 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. SHOWS (11) [noun] A play, dance, or other entertainment. | [noun] An exhibition of items. | [noun] A broadcast program/programme. SHOWY (14) [adjective] (sometimes derogatory) calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye SHOYU (11) [noun] A dark form of soy sauce SICKO (11) [noun] A person with unpleasant tastes, views or habits. | [noun] A mentally ill person. | [noun] A physically ill person. SILOS (5) [noun] A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage. | [noun] From the shape, a building used for the storage of grain. | [noun] An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched. SIXMO (14) SKIMO (11) SKOAL (9) [verb] To make such a toast. | [interjection] A toast when drinking, roughly equivalent to cheers. SKOSH (12) [noun] A tiny amount; a little bit; tad; smidgen; jot. SLOBS (7) [noun] A lazy and slovenly person. | [noun] A lazy and obese person. SLOES (5) [noun] The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). | [noun] The tree Prunus spinosa. | [noun] Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit. SLOGS (6) [noun] A long, tedious walk, or session of work. | [noun] An aggressive shot played with little skill. SLOID (6) SLOJD (13) SLOOP (7) [noun] A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail. | [noun] A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck. | [noun] A sloop-of-war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette. SLOPE (7) [noun] An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward. | [noun] The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward. | [noun] The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical. SLOPS (7) [noun] A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A rubber thong sandal. | [noun] (in the plural) See slops. | [noun] A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall. SLOSH (8) [noun] A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash. | [noun] A sloshing sound or motion. | [noun] Slush. | [noun] Backslash, the character \. SLOTH (8) [noun] Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour. | [noun] A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity. | [noun] A collective term for a group of bears. SLOTS (5) [noun] A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc. | [noun] A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece. | [noun] An implement for baring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like. SLOWS (8) [verb] To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of. | [verb] To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of. | [verb] To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate. SLOYD (9) SMOCK (13) [noun] A type of undergarment worn by women; a shift or slip. | [noun] A blouse; a smock frock. | [noun] A loose garment worn as protection by a painter, etc. SMOGS (8) [noun] A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution. | [verb] To get a smog check; to check a vehicle or have it checked for emissions. SMOKE (11) [noun] The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material. | [noun] A cigarette. | [noun] Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.) | [verb] To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc. SMOKY (14) [adjective] Filled with smoke. | [adjective] Giving off smoke. | [adjective] Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke. SMOLT (7) [adjective] Bright; serene. | [adjective] (of weather) Calm; fine; fair. | [adjective] Smooth and shining. | [noun] A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color. SMOTE (7) [verb] To hit, to strike. | [verb] To strike down or kill with godly force. | [verb] To injure with divine power. 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. SOAKS (9) [noun] An immersion in water etc. | [noun] A drunkard. | [noun] A carouse; a drinking session. SOAPS (7) [noun] A substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar or in liquid form, derived from fats or made synthetically. | [noun] A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid | [noun] Flattery or excessively complacent conversation. SOAPY (10) [adjective] Resembling soap. | [adjective] Resembling a soap opera. | [adjective] Full of soap. SOARS (5) [noun] The act of soaring. | [noun] An upward flight. | [verb] To fly high with little effort, like a bird. SOAVE (8) SOBER (7) [verb] (often with up) To make or become sober. | [verb] (often with up) To overcome or lose a state of intoxication. | [verb] To moderate one's feelings SOCKO (11) [adjective] Superb, excellent, stunning. SOCKS (11) [noun] A knitted or woven covering for the foot. | [noun] A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors. | [noun] A color pattern (usually white) on a cat's or dog's lower leg that is different from the color pattern on the rest of the animal. SOCLE (7) [noun] A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork. | [noun] A plain face or plinth at the foot of a wall. | [noun] The sum of the minimal normal submodules of a given R-module of a given ring R. SODAS (6) [noun] Sodium bicarbonate (usually baking soda). | [noun] Sodium carbonate (usually washing soda). | [noun] Sodium in chemical combination. SODDY (10) SODIC (8) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing sodium. SODOM (8) SOFAR (8) [noun] A system for determining the position of vessels lost at sea by means of explosive sounds. SOFAS (8) [noun] A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting. | [noun] (furniture) An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people. | [verb] To furnish with one or more sofas. SOFTA (8) [noun] A religious student, especially in Turkey | [noun] (by extension) A fanatic adherent, blind follower SOFTS (8) SOFTY (11) [noun] A weak or sentimental person. | [noun] Somebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish. | [noun] A software expert who is ignorant of the workings of hardware. SOGGY (10) [adjective] Soaked with moisture or other liquid. SOILS (5) [noun] A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth. | [noun] The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants. | [noun] The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics. SOJAS (12) SOKES (9) [noun] Any of several medieval rights, either to hold a court, or to receive fines. | [noun] A district under a particular jurisdiction. SOKOL (9) SOLAN (5) [noun] Solan goose SOLAR (5) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun | [adjective] Born under the predominant influence of the sun. | [adjective] Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year. | [noun] A loft or upper chamber forming the private accommodation of the head of the household in a medieval hall; a garret room. SOLDI (6) [noun] An Italian coin, formerly one-twentieth of a lira. SOLDO (6) [noun] An Italian coin, formerly one-twentieth of a lira. SOLED (6) [verb] To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug. | [verb] To put a sole on (a shoe or boot) | [adjective] (in combination) Having a specified kind of sole. SOLEI (5) [noun] A broad, flat muscle that extends behind the gastrocnemius along the back of the calf. SOLES (5) [noun] A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall. | [noun] A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water. | [noun] The bottom or plantar surface of the foot. SOLID (6) [noun] A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas). | [noun] A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve). | [noun] A favor. SOLON (5) SOLOS (5) [noun] A piece of music for one performer. | [noun] A job or performance done by one person alone. | [noun] (games) A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner SOLUM (7) SOLUS (5) [adjective] Alone, unaccompanied (as a stage direction) SOLVE (8) [noun] (chiefly law enforcement) A solution; an explanation. | [verb] To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out. | [verb] To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities. SOMAS (7) [noun] The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail. | [noun] The corporeal body, as distinguished from the psyche or soul and the pneuma or spirit. | [noun] The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus. 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 SOOEY (8) SOOKS (9) [noun] Familiar name for a calf. | [noun] Familiar name for a cow. | [noun] A cow or sheep. SOOTH (8) [noun] Truth. | [noun] Augury; prognostication. | [noun] Blandishment; cajolery. SOOTS (5) [noun] Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc. | [verb] To cover or dress with soot. SOOTY (8) [verb] To blacken or make dirty with soot. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or producing soot. | [adjective] Soiled with soot SOPHS (10) SOPHY (13) [noun] Wisdom, knowledge, learning | [noun] A title of a Safavid dynasty shah. | [noun] A wise man; a sage or wite. | [noun] A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic | [noun] Any one of the various fields of study whose names end in -sophy. SOPOR (7) [noun] An unnaturally deep sleep. SOPPY (12) [adjective] Very wet; sodden, soaked. | [adjective] Sentimental, maudlin, schmaltzy. SORAS (5) [noun] A rail (Porzana carolina) of North, Central, and northern South America. SORBS (7) [noun] The service tree, Sorbus domestica. | [noun] Any of various related trees, including the wild service tree, S. torminalis, and the rowan, S. aucuparia. | [noun] The fruit of any of these trees, especially of the service tree. SORDS (6) [noun] A flock of mallards | [noun] A layer of earth into which grass has grown; turf; sod. | [noun] An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow. SOREL (5) [noun] A young buck (deer) in the third year. | [noun] A yellowish or reddish brown color; sorrel. | [noun] Any of various plants with acidic leaves, especially SORER (5) [adjective] Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive. | [adjective] Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. | [adjective] Dire; distressing. SORES (5) [noun] An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin. | [noun] Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. | [noun] A group of ducks on land. SORGO (6) SORNS (5) SORRY (8) [noun] The act of saying sorry; an apology. | [adjective] (of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone. | [adjective] Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable. SORTS (5) [noun] A general type. | [noun] Manner; form of being or acting. | [noun] Condition above the vulgar; rank. SORUS (5) [noun] Any reproductive structure, in some lichens and fungi, that produces spores. | [noun] A cluster of sporangia on the edge or underside of a fern frond. SOTHS (8) SOTOL (5) [noun] Any of several species of North American desert plants of the genus Dasylirion, of the asparagus family. | [noun] A distilled spirit made from the sap of some of these plants, especially Dasylirion wheeleri. SOUGH (9) [noun] A murmuring sound; rushing, rustling, or whistling sound. | [noun] A gentle breeze; a waft; a breath. | [noun] A (deep) sigh. | [noun] A small drain; an adit. SOUKS (9) [noun] A street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries; a place where people buy and sell goods. SOULS (5) [noun] The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality. Often believed to live on after the person's death. | [noun] The spirit or essence of anything. | [noun] Life, energy, vigor. 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. SOUPS (7) [noun] Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute flavor and texture. | [noun] Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency. | [verb] To feed: to provide with soup or a meal. SOUPY (10) [adjective] Resembling soup; creamy. | [adjective] Extravagant sentimental; slushy. SOURS (5) [noun] The sensation of a sour taste. | [noun] A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar. | [noun] (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice. SOUSE (5) [noun] Something kept or steeped in brine | [noun] The act of sousing; a plunging into water. | [noun] A person suffering from alcoholism. | [noun] The act of sousing, or swooping. | [noun] A sou (the French coin). SOUTH (8) [noun] One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map, abbreviated as S. | [noun] The side of a church on the right hand of a person facing the altar. | [verb] To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south. SOWAR (8) SOWED (9) [verb] To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds). | [verb] To spread abroad; to propagate. | [verb] To scatter over; to besprinkle. SOWER (8) SOYAS (8) SOYUZ (17) SOZIN (14) SPADO (8) SPODE (8) SPOIL (7) [noun] (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim. | [noun] Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. | [verb] To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour. SPOKE (11) [noun] A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim. | [noun] A projecting handle of a steering wheel. | [noun] A rung of a ladder. | [verb] To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud. SPOOF (10) [noun] An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank. | [noun] A light parody. | [noun] A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held. | [noun] Semen. SPOOK (11) [noun] A ghost or phantom. | [noun] A hobgoblin. | [noun] A scare or fright. SPOOL (7) [noun] A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle. | [noun] A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc. | [verb] To wind on a spool or spools. | [noun] A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa. 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. SPOOR (7) [noun] The track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal | [verb] To track an animal by following its spoor SPORE (7) [noun] A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another. | [noun] A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions. | [verb] To produce spores. SPORT (7) [noun] Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics. | [noun] Something done for fun, regardless of its design or intended purpose. | [noun] A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship. SPOTS (7) [noun] A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape. | [noun] A stain or disfiguring mark. | [noun] A pimple, papule or pustule. SPOUT (7) [noun] A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged. | [noun] A stream of liquid. | [noun] The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale. STENO (5) [noun] A stenographer, someone whose job is to take dictation in shorthand | [noun] Stenography STOAE (5) STOAI (5) STOAS (5) [noun] In Ancient Greece, a walkway with a roof supported by colonnades, often with a wall on one side; specifically, the Great Hall in Athens. STOAT (5) [noun] Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip. STOBS (7) [noun] A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting. | [noun] A small post for supporting paling. | [noun] A wedge in coal-mining. STOCK (11) [noun] A store or supply. | [noun] The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder. | [noun] The raw material from which things are made; feedstock. | [noun] A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. STOGY (9) [noun] A type of sturdy work boot; a brogan. STOIC (7) [noun] Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering. | [noun] A person indifferent to pleasure or pain. | [adjective] Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas. STOKE (9) [verb] To poke, pierce, thrust. | [verb] To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace. | [verb] (by extension) To encourage a behavior or emotion. | [noun] A unit of kinematic viscosity in the CGS system of units. 1 stokes = 1 cm2/s STOLE (5) [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. | [noun] An ecclesiastical garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck with each end hanging over the chest. | [noun] A stolon. STOMA (7) [noun] One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass. | [noun] A small opening in a membrane; a surgically constructed opening, especially one in the abdominal wall that permits the passage of waste after a colostomy or ileostomy. | [noun] A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode. STOMP (9) [noun] A deliberate heavy footfall; a stamp. | [noun] A dance having a heavy, rhythmic step. | [noun] The jazz music for this dance. 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. STOOD (6) [verb] (heading) To position or be positioned physically. | [verb] (heading) To position or be positioned mentally. | [verb] (heading) To position or be positioned socially. STOOK (9) [noun] A pile or bundle, especially of straw. | [noun] (specifically) A group of 6 or 8 sheaves of grain stacked to dry vertically in a rectangular arrangement at harvest time, obsolete since the advent of the combine harvester (mid 20th century). | [verb] To make stooks. STOOL (5) [noun] A seat, especially for one person and without armrests. | [noun] A close-stool; a seat used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot, commode, outhouse seat, or toilet. | [noun] A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth. | [noun] A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil. STOOP (7) [noun] The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence. | [noun] The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep. | [noun] A stooping, bent position of the body. | [noun] A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine. | [noun] A vessel for holding liquids; a flagon. STOPE (7) [noun] A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps. | [verb] To excavate in the form of stopes. | [verb] To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out. STOPS (7) [noun] A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station. | [noun] An action of stopping; interruption of travel. | [noun] That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment. STOPT (7) STORE (5) [noun] A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept. | [noun] A supply held in storage. | [noun] (mainly North American) A place where items may be purchased; a shop. STORK (9) [noun] A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the family Ciconiidae. | [noun] (children's folklore) The mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news. | [noun] The seventeenth Lenormand card. STORM (7) [noun] Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially as affecting the earth's surface, and strongly implying destructive or unpleasant weather. | [noun] A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; violent outbreak. | [noun] A wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane (10 or higher on the Beaufort scale). | [verb] (with adverbial of direction) To move quickly and noisily like a storm, usually in a state of uproar or anger. STORY (8) [noun] A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an account of such a sequence. | [noun] A lie, fiction. | [noun] (usually pluralized) A soap opera. | [noun] A building; an edifice. STOSS (5) STOUP (7) [noun] A bucket. | [noun] A mug or drinking vessel. | [noun] A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church. STOUR (5) [adjective] (now rare outside dialectal) Tall; large; stout. | [adjective] (now rare outside dialectal) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy. | [adjective] (now rare outside dialectal) Bold; audacious. | [noun] A stake. | [verb] To move; stir. STOUT (5) [noun] A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain. | [noun] An obese person. | [noun] A large clothing size. | [noun] Gnat. STOVE (8) [noun] A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room. | [noun] A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker. | [noun] A hothouse (heated greenhouse). | [verb] To fit or furnish with staves or rundles. STOWP (10) STOWS (8) [verb] To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place. | [verb] To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time. | [verb] To arrange, pack, or fill something tightly or closely. STROP (7) [noun] A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor, in this sense also called razor strop. | [noun] A bad mood or temper (see stroppy.) | [noun] A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it. | [verb] To mark a sequence of letters syntactically as having a special property, such as being a keyword, e.g. by enclosing in apostrophes as in 'foo' or writing in uppercase as in FOO. | [noun] A poor-quality or unsaleable diamond. STROW (8) [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. STROY (8) SUDOR (6) SULFO (8) SUMOS (7) [noun] A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground. | [noun] A rikishi (sumo wrestler) SWOBS (10) [noun] A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids. Often attached to a stick or wire to aid access. | [noun] A sample taken with a swab (piece of absorbent material). | [noun] A piece of material used for cleaning or sampling other items like musical instruments or guns. SWOON (8) [noun] A faint. | [noun] An infatuation. | [verb] To faint, to lose consciousness. SWOOP (10) [noun] An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward. | [noun] A sudden act of seizing. | [noun] A quick passage from one note to the next. SWOPS (10) [verb] To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else). | [verb] To hit, to strike. | [verb] To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap. SWORD (9) [noun] A long-bladed weapon with a hilt, and usually a pommel and cross-guard, which is designed to stab, slash, and/or hack. | [noun] A suit in the minor arcana in tarot. | [noun] A card of this suit. SWORE (8) [verb] To take an oath, to promise. | [verb] To use offensive, profane, or obscene language. SWORN (8) [verb] To take an oath, to promise. | [verb] To use offensive, profane, or obscene language. | [adjective] Given or declared under oath. SWOTS (8) [noun] One who swots. | [noun] Work. | [noun] Vigorous study at an educational institution. SWOUN (8) 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. SYSOP (10) [noun] A system operator, especially someone who administers an online communications system or bulletin board. | [noun] (WMF jargon) An administrator on a wiki. | [verb] To work as a sysop. TABOO (7) [noun] An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. | [noun] (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred. | [verb] To mark as taboo. TABOR (7) [noun] A small drum. | [verb] To make (a sound) with a tabor. | [verb] To strike lightly and frequently. | [noun] A military train of men and wagons; an encampment of such resources. TACOS (7) [noun] A Mexican snack food; a small tortilla (soft or hard shelled), with typically some type of meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables (usually tomatoes and lettuce, as served in the United States, and cilantro, onion, and avocado, as served in México) and salsa. | [noun] The vulva. | [noun] A yellow stain on a shirt armpit caused by sweat or deodorant. 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. TANTO (5) [noun] A common type of Japanese dagger or knife. Alternative spelling of tantō | [adverb] So much; too much. TARDO (6) TAROC (7) TAROK (9) TAROS (5) [noun] Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato. | [noun] Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc. | [noun] Food from a taro plant. TAROT (5) [noun] (singular or plural) A card game played in various different variations. | [noun] Any of the set of 78 playing cards (divided into five suits, including one of permanent trumps), often used for mystical divination. TAXON (12) [noun] A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. TELOI (5) [noun] The aim or goal. TELOS (5) [noun] The aim or goal. TEMPO (9) [noun] A frequency or rate. | [noun] A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another. | [noun] The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side. 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. TEPOY (10) THIOL (8) [noun] A univalent organic radical (-SH) containing a sulphur and a hydrogen atom; a compound containing such a radical. THOLE (8) [noun] The ability to bear or endure something; endurance, patience. | [verb] To suffer. | [verb] To endure, to put up with, to tolerate. | [noun] A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars. | [noun] A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus. 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. THORO (8) THORP (10) [noun] (now chiefly in placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village. THOSE (8) [pronoun] (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. | [pronoun] The known (thing); used to refer to something just said. | [pronoun] (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality or proposition; used to emphatically affirm or deny a previous statement or question. THOUS (8) THROB (10) [noun] A beating, vibration or palpitation. | [verb] To pound or beat rapidly or violently. | [verb] To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm. THROE (8) [noun] A pang, spasm. | [noun] (usually plural) A hard struggle. | [noun] A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow. THROW (11) [verb] To change place. | [verb] To change in state or status | [verb] To move through time. | [noun] Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe. | [noun] A moment, time, occasion. TIGON (6) [noun] A cross between a male tiger and a lioness. TIROS (5) [noun] A newly recruited soldier. TOADS (6) [noun] An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae. | [noun] A contemptible or unpleasant person. | [noun] An ugly person. TOADY (9) [noun] A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage or an obsequious lackey or minion | [noun] A coarse, rustic woman. | [verb] (construed with to) To behave like a toady (to someone). | [adjective] Toadlike TOAST (5) [noun] Toasted bread. | [noun] A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol. | [noun] A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem. | [verb] To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source. TODAY (9) [noun] A current day or date. | [noun] From 6am to 6pm on the current day. | [adverb] On the current day or date. TODDY (10) [noun] A drink made from alcoholic liquor mixed with sugar, spice and hot water. | [noun] The sweet sap from any of several tropical trees fermented to make an alcoholic drink. TOFFS (11) [noun] An elegantly dressed person. | [noun] A person of the upper class, or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority. TOFFY (14) [noun] A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard | [noun] A small, individual piece of toffee | [noun] Any kind of sweets; candy | [adjective] Posh, upper-class; snooty. TOFTS (8) [noun] A hillock. | [noun] A homestead, especially one on a hill. | [noun] A messuage with right of common. TOFUS (8) TOGAE (6) TOGAS (6) [noun] A loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome. | [noun] A loose wrap gown. | [noun] An academic gown. TOGUE (6) TOILE (5) [noun] Plain or simple twilled fabric TOILS (5) [noun] Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature. | [noun] Trouble, strife. | [noun] (usually in plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey. TOITS (5) TOKAY (12) [noun] A variety of grape grown in eastern Hungary and in eastern Slovakia. | [noun] Any of a variety of white wines made from this grape. | [noun] The tokay gecko, a spotted lizard native to Asia and some Pacific islands. TOKED (10) [verb] To give a gratuity to. | [verb] To smoke marijuana. | [verb] To inhale a puff of marijuana 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. TOKER (9) TOKES (9) [noun] (casinos) A gratuity. | [noun] A puff of marijuana. | [noun] A piece of bread. TOLAN (5) TOLAS (5) TOLED (6) TOLES (5) TOLLS (5) [noun] Loss or damage incurred through a disaster. | [noun] A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc. | [noun] A fee for using any kind of material processing service. TOLUS (5) TOLYL (8) TOMAN (7) TOMBS (9) [noun] A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed. | [noun] A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave. | [noun] One who keeps secrets. TOMES (7) [noun] One in a series of volumes. | [noun] A large or scholarly book. TOMMY (12) [noun] Bread, generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance | [noun] A truck, or barter; the exchange of labour for goods instead of money. | [verb] To pay (employees) according to the truck system, with goods instead of money. 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 TOOLS (5) [noun] A mechanical device intended to make a task easier. | [noun] Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade. | [noun] Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means. 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. TOOTH (8) [noun] A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating. | [noun] A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement. | [noun] A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain. TOOTS (5) [noun] The noise of a horn or whistle. | [noun] (by extension) A fart; flatus. | [noun] Cocaine. | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) Babe, sweetie: a term used when addressing a young woman, besties, sisters. TOPAZ (16) [noun] A silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine, usually tinted by impurities. | [noun] An often clear, yellowish-brown gemstone cut from this. | [noun] A yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone. TOPED (8) [verb] To drink excessively; to get drunk. TOPEE (7) [noun] A pith helmet. TOPER (7) TOPES (7) [verb] To drink excessively; to get drunk. | [noun] A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout. | [noun] A grove of trees. TOPHE (10) TOPHI (10) [noun] A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood. TOPHS (10) TOPIC (9) [noun] Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest. | [noun] Discussion thread. | [noun] A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre. TOPIS (7) [noun] An antelope of the species Damaliscus korrigum. | [noun] A taqiyah (skullcap worn by Muslims etc.) TOPOI (7) [noun] A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula. | [noun] An elementary topos | [noun] A Grothendieck topos TOPOS (7) [noun] A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula. | [noun] An elementary topos | [noun] A Grothendieck topos TOQUE (14) [noun] A type of hat with no brim. | [noun] (specifically) A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs | [noun] (by extension) A chef. | [noun] A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel. | [noun] A rhythm used in Latin music, especially Cuban religious rituals. TORAH (8) TORAS (5) TORCH (10) [noun] A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material. | [noun] A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight. | [noun] An arsonist. TORCS (7) [noun] A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples. TORES (5) [noun] The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane. | [noun] The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring. | [noun] A topological space which is a product of two circles. TORIC (7) [adjective] Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal. TORII (5) [noun] A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred. TOROS (5) TOROT (5) TORSE (5) [noun] A twist of cloth or wreath underneath and forming part of a crest; an orle, a wreath. It is customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on. | [noun] The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs. TORSI (5) [noun] The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs. TORSK (9) [noun] An edible fish, Brosme brosme. TORSO (5) [noun] The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs. TORTE (5) [noun] A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau). TORTS (5) [noun] An injury or wrong. | [noun] A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages. | [noun] (only in the plural torts) Tort law (the area of law dealing with such wrongful acts). TORUS (5) [noun] A topological space which is a product of two circles. | [noun] The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a shape consisting of a ring with a circular cross-section: the shape of an inner tube or hollow doughnut. | [noun] (in combination, n-torus, 4-torus, etc.) The product of the specified number of circles. TOTAL (5) [noun] An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts. | [noun] Sum. | [verb] To add up; to calculate the sum of. TOTED (6) [verb] To carry or bear. | [verb] To add up; to calculate a total. TOTEM (7) [noun] Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family. | [noun] The representation of such object or creature. | [noun] The clan whose kinship is defined in reference to such an object or creature. TOTER (5) TOTES (5) [noun] A tote bag. | [noun] A heavy burden. | [noun] (logistics) A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods. | [adverb] To the fullest extent or degree. TOUCH (10) TOUGH (9) [noun] A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully. | [verb] To endure. | [verb] To toughen. TOURS (5) [noun] A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. | [noun] A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place. | [noun] A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts. TOUSE (5) TOUTS (5) [noun] Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way. | [noun] A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win. | [noun] A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar. TOWED (9) TOWEL (8) [noun] A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath. | [verb] To hit with a towel. | [verb] To dry by using a towel. TOWER (8) [noun] A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast. | [noun] A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc. | [noun] A water tower. | [verb] To be very tall. | [noun] One who tows. TOWIE (8) 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. TOXIC (14) [adjective] Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities. | [adjective] Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems. | [adjective] Severely negative or harmful. TOXIN (12) [noun] A toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms. TOYED (9) [verb] To play (with) in an idle or desultory way. | [verb] To ponder or consider. | [verb] To stimulate with a sex toy. TOYER (8) TOYON (8) [noun] A chiefly Californian ornamental evergreen shrub (Heteromeles arbutifolia) of the rose family having white flowers succeeded by red berries. TOYOS (8) TRIGO (6) TRIOL (5) TRIOS (5) [noun] A group of three people or things. | [noun] A group of three musicians. | [noun] A piece of music written for three musicians. TROAK (9) TROCK (11) TRODE (6) TROIS (5) TROKE (9) TROLL (5) [noun] A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. | [noun] An ugly person of either sex, especially one seeking sexual experiences. | [noun] Optical ejections from the top of the electrically active core regions of thunderstorms that are red in color that seem to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward toward the cloud tops. | [noun] An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line. | [noun] The act of moving round; routine; repetition. TROMP (9) [verb] To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot. | [verb] To utterly defeat an opponent. | [noun] A blowing apparatus in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace. TRONA (5) [noun] A saline evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, Na3HCO3CO3·2H2O. TRONE (5) TROOP (7) [noun] (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general). | [noun] A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry. | [noun] A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers. TROOZ (14) TROPE (7) [noun] Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif. | [noun] A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor. | [noun] Mathematical senses. TROTH (8) [noun] An oath, pledge, or promise. | [noun] Truth; something true. | [verb] To pledge to marry somebody. TROTS (5) [noun] A supporter of Trotskyism. | [noun] Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus. | [noun] Equipment with legs. TROUT (5) [noun] Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once. | [noun] An objectionable elderly woman. | [verb] To (figuratively) slap someone with a slimy, stinky, wet trout; to admonish jocularly. TROVE (8) [noun] A treasure trove; a collection of treasure. | [noun] A collection of things. TROWS (8) [noun] Trust or faith. | [noun] Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for carrying bulk goods. | [noun] Troll. TROYS (8) TUMOR (7) [noun] An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia. TURBO (7) [noun] Turbocharger. | [noun] Turbojet. | [noun] Turbomolecular pump. | [noun] A turban shell. TUTOR (5) [noun] One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction. | [noun] A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall. | [noun] One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian. TYPOS (10) [noun] A typographical error. | [noun] A compositor; a typographer. TYROS (8) [noun] A beginner; a novice. UMBOS (9) [noun] A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane. For example the umbo in the integument of the larvæ of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear. | [noun] One of the lateral prominences just above the hinge of a bivalve shell. | [noun] A bump or protrusion on the top of the cap. 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. UNCOS (7) UNCOY (10) UNGOT (6) 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. UNWON (8) UPBOW (12) UPDOS (8) [noun] A woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck UREDO (6) VALOR (8) [noun] Value; worth. | [noun] Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness VAPOR (10) [noun] Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air. | [noun] The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid. | [noun] Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting. 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. VERSO (8) [noun] The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal; | [noun] The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number. VIDEO (9) [noun] Television, television show, movie. | [noun] A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube). | [noun] Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format. VIGOR (9) [noun] Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy. | [noun] Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action. | [noun] Strength; efficacy; potency. VINOS (8) VIOLA (8) [noun] A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone. | [noun] An organ stop having a similar tone. | [noun] A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music. | [noun] (botany) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies. | [interjection] Lo, there it is; see here; ta-da; presto; behold! VIOLS (8) [noun] A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold. VIREO (8) [noun] Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage. | [noun] Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireo, greenlets and peppershrikes. | [noun] (in plural) The family Vireonidae. VISOR (8) [noun] A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. | [noun] A mask for the face. | [noun] The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes. VIZOR (17) [noun] A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. | [noun] A mask for the face. | [noun] The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes. VOCAL (10) [noun] A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal | [noun] (Roman Catholic Church) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the voice or speech VOCES (10) VODKA (13) [noun] A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash. | [noun] A serving of the above beverage. | [noun] Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste or color. 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. VOGIE (9) VOGUE (9) [noun] The prevailing fashion or style. | [noun] Popularity or a current craze. | [noun] A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s. VOICE (10) [noun] Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character | [noun] Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants. | [noun] The tone or sound emitted by an object | [verb] To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce VOIDS (9) [noun] An empty space; a vacuum. | [noun] An extended region of space containing no galaxies | [noun] A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice. VOILA (8) [interjection] Lo, there it is; see here; ta-da; presto; behold! VOILE (8) [noun] A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses. VOLAR (8) [adjective] Pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot. VOLED (9) VOLES (8) [noun] Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats. | [noun] A deal in a card game, écarté, that draws all the tricks. VOLTA (8) VOLTE (8) [noun] A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated). | [noun] A volte | [noun] A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet. VOLTI (8) VOLTS (8) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V | [noun] A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a centre makes two concentric tracks. | [noun] A sudden movement to avoid a thrust. VOLVA (11) [noun] A cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi. | [noun] In Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy. | [noun] (by extension) Any prophetess, sooth-sayer, or witch. VOMER (10) [noun] The vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils. VOMIT (10) [noun] The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus. | [noun] The act of regurgitating. | [noun] That which causes vomiting; an emetic. VOTED (9) [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 VOTER (8) [noun] Someone who votes. VOTES (8) [noun] A formalized choice on matters of administration or other democratic activities | [noun] An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot | [noun] An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer VOUCH (13) [noun] Warrant; attestation. | [verb] To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest. | [verb] To warrant; to maintain by affirmations VOWED (12) [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. VOWEL (11) [noun] A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable. | [noun] A letter representing the sound of vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y. | [verb] To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic) VOWER (11) VROOM (10) [noun] The sound of an engine revving up. | [verb] To move with great speed; to zoom. | [interjection] The sound of an engine revving up. VROUW (11) [noun] A Dutchwoman. VROWS (11) VULGO (9) WACKO (14) [noun] An amusingly eccentric or irrational person. | [adjective] Amusingly eccentric or irrational. | [interjection] Hurrah! 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. WAHOO (11) [noun] Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish. | [noun] The winged elm, Ulmus alata. | [noun] Euonymus atropurpureus, an eastern burning bush. WHAMO (13) WHOLE (11) [noun] Something complete, without any parts missing. | [noun] An entirety. | [adjective] Entire, undivided. WHOMP (15) [verb] Hit extremely hard. WHOOF (14) WHOOP (13) [noun] A loud, eager cry, usually of joy. | [noun] A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough. | [noun] A bump on a racetrack. | [verb] To beat, to strike. WHOPS (13) [noun] A blow or strike. | [verb] To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact. | [verb] To administer corporal punishment WHORE (11) [noun] Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood. | [noun] A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. | [noun] A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut. WHORL (11) [noun] A pattern of concentric circles. | [noun] A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem. | [noun] A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell. WHORT (11) WHOSE (11) [pronoun] (interrogative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom. | [pronoun] (relative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom. WHOSO (11) [pronoun] Whosoever, whatever person WIDOW (12) [noun] A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower. | [noun] A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried). | [noun] (in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc. WILCO (10) [interjection] (radio communications) Used to indicate agreement and compliance. | [noun] A species of South American tree, Anadenanthera colubrina. 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. WOADS (9) WOALD (9) WODGE (10) [noun] A bulk quantity, usually of small items, particularly money; a wad. WOFUL (11) 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. WOLDS (9) [noun] An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor. | [noun] A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland. WOLFS (11) [verb] To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously. | [verb] To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex. | [verb] To hunt for wolves. 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. WOMBS (12) [noun] In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus. | [noun] The abdomen or stomach. | [noun] The stomach of a person or creature. WOMBY (15) 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). WOODS (9) [noun] The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel. | [noun] The wood of a particular species of tree. | [noun] A forested or wooded area. WOODY (12) [noun] An early station wagon or estate car in which the rear portion of the car's bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture. | [noun] A wooden rollercoaster; an amusement ride whose rails are overlaid upon a wooden track. | [noun] An erection of the penis. WOOED (9) [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. WOOER (8) WOOFS (11) [verb] To make a woofing sound. WOOLS (8) [noun] The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants. | [noun] A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep. | [noun] Anything with a texture like that of wool. WOOLY (11) [noun] A sweater or similar garment made of wool. | [noun] A sheep not yet shorn. | [noun] A piece of woolwork. WOOPS (10) WOOSH (11) [noun] A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed. | [verb] To make a breathy sound like a whoosh. WOOZY (20) [adjective] Queasy, dizzy, or disoriented | [adjective] Intoxicated by drink or drugs WORDS (9) [noun] The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.) | [noun] Something like such a unit of language: | [noun] The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. . WORDY (12) [adjective] Using an excessive number of words. WORKS (12) [noun] (heading) Employment. | [noun] (heading) Effort. | [noun] Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles. WORLD (9) [noun] (with "the") Human collective existence; existence in general. | [noun] The Universe. | [noun] (with "the") The Earth. WORMS (10) [noun] A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm. | [noun] More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms. | [noun] A type of wingless "dragon", especially a gigantic sea serpent. WORMY (13) [adjective] Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms. | [adjective] Infested with worms. WORRY (11) [noun] A strong feeling of anxiety. | [noun] An instance or cause of such a feeling. | [verb] To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt. WORSE (8) [adjective] Unfavorable; negative; not good. | [adjective] Not suitable or fitting. | [adjective] Not appropriate, of manners etc. WORST (8) [adjective] Unfavorable; negative; not good. | [adjective] Not suitable or fitting. | [adjective] Not appropriate, of manners etc. WORTH (11) [noun] Value. | [noun] Merit, excellence. | [noun] Wealth, fortune, riches, property, possessions. | [verb] (except in set phrases) To be, become, betide. WORTS (8) [noun] A plant; herb; vegetable. | [noun] Any of various plants or herbs, used in combination to refer to specific plants such as St. John's wort, or on its own as a generic term. WOULD (9) [noun] Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality. 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. WOWED (12) [verb] To amaze or awe. 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. WROTE (8) [verb] To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate. | [verb] To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.). | [verb] To send written information to. WROTH (11) [adjective] Full of anger; wrathful. 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. XEROX (19) [noun] A photocopy. | [noun] A photocopier. | [verb] To make a paper copy or copies by means of a photocopier. XYLOL (15) YAHOO (11) [noun] A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth person; yokel; lout. | [noun] A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas. | [verb] To give a cry of "yahoo". YAPOK (14) [noun] The water opossum (Chironectes minimus) YAPON (10) YOBBO (12) [noun] A yob. YOCKS (14) [noun] A laugh, especially a loud or hearty one. | [verb] To laugh, especially loudly or uproariously YODEL (9) [noun] A song incorporating yodelling. | [verb] To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto. YODHS (12) YODLE (9) YOGAS (9) YOGEE (9) YOGHS (12) [noun] A letter of the Middle English alphabet (capital Ȝ, small ȝ), in form derived from the Old English shape of the letter g, and used to represent various palatal and velar sounds. YOGIC (11) YOGIN (9) YOGIS (9) [noun] A devotee or adherent of yoga. | [verb] To turn (someone) into a yogi; to lead into practicing yoga. | [verb] (thru-hiker slang) To persuade someone to give you food or other favors without actually begging. YOKED (13) [verb] To link or to join. | [verb] To unite, to connect. | [verb] To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine. YOKEL (12) [noun] An unsophisticated person. | [noun] A person of rural background. YOKES (12) [noun] Frame around the neck, and related senses. | [noun] Pair of harnessed draught animals, and related senses. | [noun] Extended uses and quantities. YOLKS (12) [noun] The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young. | [noun] The grease in a sheep's fleece. YOLKY (15) YOMIM (12) YONIC (10) YONIS (8) [noun] The vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures. YORES (8) 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. YOURS (8) [pronoun] That which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun. | [pronoun] That which belongs to you (plural); the possessive second-person plural pronoun used without a following noun. | [pronoun] Written at the end of a letter, before the signature. YOUSE (8) [pronoun] You (plural). | [pronoun] You (singular). YOUTH (11) [noun] The quality or state of being young. | [noun] The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood. | [noun] A young person. YOWED (12) YOWES (11) YOWIE (11) YOWLS (11) [noun] A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl. | [verb] Utter a yowl. | [verb] Express by yowling; utter with a yowl. YUPON (10) ZEROS (14) [noun] The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero. | [noun] The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems. | [noun] Nothing, or none. ZLOTE (14) ZLOTY (17) [noun] Złoty, the currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy. ZOEAE (14) ZOEAL (14) ZOEAS (14) ZOMBI (18) 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. ZOOID (15) [noun] An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid. | [noun] An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation. | [noun] One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Bryozoa; — sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed. ZOOKS (18) ZOOMS (16) [verb] To communicate with someone using the Zoom videoconferencing software. | [noun] A humming noise from something moving very fast | [noun] A quick ascent ZOONS (14) ZOOTY (17) ZORIL (14) ZORIS (14) [noun] A Japanese sandal made from rice straw or lacquered wood, worn with a kimono for formal occasions. | [noun] (especially Southeast US) A sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour, a flip-flop ZOWIE (17) [interjection] An indication of astonishment or admiration.