13 Letter 9 Letter Crossword Words Containing C

ACE (5) [noun] A single point or spot on a playing card or die. | [noun] A card or die face so marked. | [noun] The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games. | [noun] A person who is asexual. ACT (5) [noun] Something done, a deed. | [noun] Actuality. | [noun] Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work. ARC (5) [noun] That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon. | [noun] A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve. | [noun] A curve, in general. CAB (7) [noun] A taxi; a taxicab. | [noun] Compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver | [noun] Shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower | [noun] A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3 L as a dry measure or 1.25 L as a liquid measure. | [noun] Initialism of chest compressions, airway and breathing. CAD (6) [noun] A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow. | [noun] A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards. CAM (7) [noun] A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it. | [noun] A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together. | [noun] A ridge or mound of earth. | [noun] Camera. | [adverb] Alternative form of kam CAN (5) [verb] (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to. | [verb] (modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to. | [verb] (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible. | [noun] A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top. CAP (7) [noun] A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked. | [noun] A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc. | [noun] An academic mortarboard. | [noun] Capitalization. | [noun] An uppercase letter. | [noun] Capacitor | [noun] A recording or screenshot. | [noun] A capsule of a drug. | [noun] A wooden drinking-bowl with two handles. CAR (5) [noun] A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation. | [noun] A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot. | [noun] An unpowered unit in a railroad train. | [noun] A turn. | [noun] The first part of a cons in LISP. The first element of a list CAT (5) [noun] An animal of the family Felidae: | [noun] A person: | [noun] A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship. | [noun] A twin-hulled ship or boat. | [noun] A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output. | [adjective] Terrible, disastrous. | [noun] A street name of the drug methcathinone. | [noun] A catapult. | [noun] A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria. | [noun] Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth | [noun] Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.) CAW (8) [noun] The harsh cry of a crow. | [verb] To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven. | [interjection] Cry of a crow. CAY (8) [noun] A small, low island largely made of sand or coral. CEE (5) [noun] The letter C or the sound it represents. | [noun] A shape or object formed like the letter C. CEL (5) [noun] A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film. | [noun] Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried. | [noun] (by extension) Abstinence from sexual relations. CEP (7) [noun] An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis). CHI (8) [noun] The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets. | [noun] A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation. | [noun] The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm. CIS (5) [adjective] Having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair. | [adjective] Of the side of the Golgi apparatus nearer to the endoplasmic reticulum. | [adjective] In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the same side of the bond. | [adjective] Cisgender (or sometimes cissexual): not trans (transgender or transsexual) or non-binary. 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 CRY (8) [noun] A shedding of tears; the act of crying. | [noun] A shout or scream. | [noun] Words shouted or screamed. CUB (7) [noun] A young fox. | [noun] (by extension) The young of certain other animals, including the bear, wolf, lion and tiger. | [noun] A child, especially an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy. | [noun] A person who is unsophisticated or of a lower class background but achieving a high salary, who spends money on flashy or trashy items to fulfil their aspirations of higher social status. The stereotype includes having speech and mannerisms that are considered to denote poor education and uncultured upbringing, which is reflected in their bad taste possessions and lifestyles. CUD (6) [noun] The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time. | [verb] To bring back into the mouth and chew a second time. CUE (5) [noun] A signal or prompt that cues an action or response. | [noun] A stick used to strike the ball in billiards or pool. | [verb] To give a signal or prompt to someone. CUM (7) [preposition] Used in indicating a thing with two roles, functions, or natures, or a thing that has changed from one to another. | [conjunction] Used in indicating a thing with two or more roles, functions, or natures, or a thing that has changed from one to another. | [noun] Semen. | [adjective] Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating CUP (7) [noun] A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle. | [noun] The contents of said vessel; a cupful. | [noun] A customary unit of measure CUR (5) [noun] A contemptible or inferior dog. | [noun] A detestable person. CUT (5) [noun] The act of cutting. | [noun] The result of cutting. | [noun] An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound. CWM (10) [noun] A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre. 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. ECU (5) [noun] The European Currency Unit (symbol ₠), a currency used in the European Community before the euro. HIC (8) [interjection] An approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate drunkenness. ICE (5) [noun] Water in frozen (solid) form. | [noun] Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide. | [noun] Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form. ICH (8) ICK (9) [interjection] An exclamation of disgust | [noun] Something distasteful or physically unpleasant to touch. | [adjective] Icky; distasteful or unpleasant. | [noun] Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by the ciliate Ichthyophthirius. ICY (8) [adjective] Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty. | [adjective] Covered with ice, wholly or partially. | [adjective] Characterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold. LAC (5) [noun] A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect. | [noun] One hundred thousand (commonly used in Pakistan and India). | [noun] Short for Cadillac. | [noun] Laceration. MAC (7) [noun] A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth. | [noun] By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat. | [noun] Waterproof rubberized cloth. | [noun] A type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely, pasta in general. MOC (7) [noun] Moccasin (type of shoe) OCA (5) [noun] Any of certain species of Oxalis (Oxalis crenata, and Oxalis tuberosa) which bear edible tubers. 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) PAC (7) PEC (7) [noun] (usually in the plural) The pectoralis major muscle. PIC (7) [noun] A picture, especially a photographic image. | [noun] A film. | [noun] A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches. REC (5) [noun] A recommendation or suggestion. | [noun] A recreation ground. | [verb] To recommend. ROC (5) [noun] An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend. | [noun] Rocuronium. SAC (5) [noun] A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid. | [noun] (games) A sacrifice. | [verb] (games) To sacrifice. | [noun] The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines. SEC (5) [noun] Second, 1/60 of a minute. | [noun] One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest. | [noun] A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree. SIC (5) [verb] To mark with a bracketed sic. | [adverb] Thus; thus written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source. | [verb] To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs. TIC (5) [noun] A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization. | [noun] (by extension) Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically. | [noun] (abbreviation) ticket VAC (8) [noun] A vacation. | [noun] A vacuum cleaner. | [verb] To vacuum; to clean with a vacuum cleaner.

ACED (7) [verb] (US) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly. | [verb] To win a point by an ace. | [verb] To make an ace (hole in one). ACES (6) [noun] A single point or spot on a playing card or die. | [noun] A card or die face so marked. | [noun] The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games. ACHE (9) [noun] Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. | [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] Parsley | [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter H. ACHY (12) [adjective] Suffering from aches, sore. ACID (7) [noun] A sour substance. | [noun] Any of several classes of compound having the following properties: | [noun] Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) ACME (8) [noun] The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination. | [noun] The crisis or height of a disease. | [noun] Mature age; full bloom of life. ACNE (6) [noun] A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection. | [noun] A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition. ACRE (6) [noun] An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters. | [noun] Any of various similar units of area in other systems. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A wide expanse. ACTA (6) [noun] Plural of actum; records of the proceedings or transactions of a society or organization. ACTS (6) [noun] Something done, a deed. | [noun] Actuality. | [noun] Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work. ACYL (9) [noun] Any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid. ALEC (6) [noun] An anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried. | [noun] A sauce made from alecs; alec sauce. ARCH (9) [noun] An inverted U shape. | [noun] An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward. | [noun] An architectural element having the shape of an arch | [noun] A chief. 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. ARCS (6) [noun] That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon. | [noun] A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve. | [noun] A curve, in general. ASCI (6) [noun] A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores. BACH (11) [noun] (northern) A holiday home, usually small and near the beach, often with only one or two rooms and of simple construction. | [verb] To live apart from women, as during the period when a divorce is in progress. (Compare bachelor pad.) BACK (12) [noun] The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly. | [noun] That which is farthest away from the front. | [noun] Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back. | [noun] A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc. BECK (12) [noun] A stream or small river. | [noun] A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command. | [verb] To nod or motion with the head. | [noun] A vat. | [noun] Anatomical uses. BICE (8) [noun] A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt. | [noun] A cobalt blue pigment. 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. BOCK (12) [noun] A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption. BUCK (12) [noun] A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret and shad. | [noun] An uncastrated sheep, a ram. | [noun] A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man. | [verb] To bend; buckle. | [noun] The beech tree. | [noun] Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed. CABS (8) [noun] Initialism of chest compressions, airway and breathing. | [noun] Initialism of caffeinated alcoholic beverage. | [noun] A taxi; a taxicab. CACA (8) [noun] Excrement CADE (7) [noun] A young animal (especially a lamb or calf) abandoned by its mother and raised by hand. | [noun] A barrel or cask, especially a small one. CADI (7) [noun] A civil judge in certain Islamic countries. CADS (7) [noun] A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow. | [noun] A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards. CAFE (9) [noun] A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items. | [noun] A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises. | [noun] A small restaurant of any genre. CAFF (12) [noun] Café, cafeteria. CAGE (7) [noun] An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals. | [noun] The passenger compartment of a lift. | [noun] (water polo) The goal. CAGY (10) [adjective] Wary, careful, shrewd. | [adjective] Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information. CAID (7) [noun] A Muslim judge or leader in North Africa and the Middle East. CAIN (6) CAKE (10) [noun] A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing. | [noun] A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough. | [noun] A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake. | [verb] To cackle like a goose. CAKY (13) [adjective] Resembling or containing cake; having the texture or consistency of cake. | [adjective] Covered with or caked with a substance; encrusted. CALF (9) [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). | [noun] The back of the leg below the knee. CALK (10) [noun] A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent it slipping. | [noun] A spike on the sole of a boot to prevent slipping, particularly used in logging | [verb] To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice. CALL (6) [noun] A telephone conversation. | [noun] A short visit, usually for social purposes. | [noun] A visit by a ship or boat to a port. CALM (8) [noun] (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion. | [noun] (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance. | [noun] A period of time without wind. CALO (6) CALX (13) [noun] The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation). | [noun] In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot. CAME (8) [preposition] Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation | [verb] To move from further away to nearer to. | [verb] To arrive. | [noun] A grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together. CAMP (10) [noun] An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures. | [noun] An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation. | [noun] A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary. | [noun] An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style. CAMS (8) [noun] A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it. | [noun] A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together. | [noun] A ridge or mound of earth. CANE (6) [noun] A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof | [noun] The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool | [noun] A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane CANS (6) [noun] A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top. | [noun] A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can). | [noun] A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish. CANT (6) [noun] An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup. | [noun] A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group. | [noun] A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta. | [noun] Side, edge, corner, niche. | [noun] A parcel, a division. | [adjective] Lively, lusty. CAPE (8) [noun] A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland. | [noun] A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders. | [noun] A superhero. | [verb] To look for, search after. CAPH (11) [noun] The palm of the hand. | [noun] A Hebrew letter. 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. CAPS (8) [noun] A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked. | [noun] A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc. | [noun] An academic mortarboard. CARB (8) [noun] Clipping of carburettor / carburetor. | [noun] (nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant. | [noun] (by extension, metonym) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates. CARD (7) [noun] A playing card. | [noun] (in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game. | [noun] A resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose. | [noun] Material with embedded short wire bristles. | [noun] One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope and the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope. (See Wikipedia article on Catholic cardinals.) CARE (6) [noun] Grief, sorrow. | [noun] Close attention; concern; responsibility. | [noun] Worry. | [verb] To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about). CARK (10) [noun] A noxious or corroding worry. | [noun] The state of being filled with worry. | [verb] To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles. | [verb] To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight. | [verb] See cark it. CARL (6) [noun] A rude, rustic man; a churl. | [noun] A stingy person; a niggard. | [verb] To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly. CARN (6) [noun] A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument. | [noun] A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc. | [noun] A cairn terrier. | [interjection] Come on. CARP (8) [noun] Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio. | [verb] To complain about a fault; to harp on. | [verb] To say; to tell. CARR (6) [noun] A bog or marsh; marshy ground, swampland. | [noun] A marsh or fen on which low trees or bushes grow; a marshy woodland. | [noun] A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation. CARS (6) [noun] A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation. | [noun] A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot. | [noun] An unpowered unit in a railroad train. CART (6) [noun] A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers. | [noun] A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart. | [noun] A shopping cart. | [noun] A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements. CASA (6) [noun] House CASE (6) [noun] An actual event, situation, or fact. | [noun] A given condition or state. | [noun] A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession. | [noun] A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture. CASH (9) [noun] Money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions. | [noun] Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged. | [noun] Money. | [noun] Any of several low-denomination coins of India, China, or Vietnam, especially the Chinese copper coin. | [verb] To disband. To do away with, kill CASK (10) [noun] A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. | [noun] A casket; a small box for jewels. | [verb] To put into a cask. CAST (6) [noun] An act of throwing. | [noun] An instance of throwing out a fishing line. | [noun] Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc. CATE (6) [noun] (in the plural) A delicacy or item of food. CATS (6) [noun] An animal of the family Felidae: | [noun] A person: | [noun] A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship. CAUL (6) [noun] A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen. | [noun] (often capitalized, used on maps) An entry to a mill lead taken from a burn or stream (a mill lead (or mill waterway) is generally smaller than a canal but moves a large volume of water). | [noun] A membrane. CAVE (9) [noun] A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. | [noun] A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made. | [noun] A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese. | [interjection] (public school slang) look out!; beware! CAVY (12) [noun] A tailless rodent of the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia, with short ears and larger than a hamster; the species Cavia porcellus is often kept as a pet. | [noun] A rodent of any of several species within the family Caviidae. | [noun] A living experimental subject. CAWS (9) [noun] The harsh cry of a crow. | [verb] To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven. CAYS (9) [noun] A small, low island largely made of sand or coral. CECA (8) [noun] A blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon. CEDE (7) [verb] To give up; yield to another. | [verb] To give way. CEDI (7) [noun] The currency of Ghana, divided into 100 pesewas and represented by ₵. CEES (6) [noun] Plural of the letter C. | [noun] Things shaped like the letter C. CEIL (6) [verb] To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar. | [verb] To set a higher bound. | [noun] A ceiling | [noun] The overhead closure of a room. CELL (6) [noun] A single-room dwelling for a hermit. | [noun] A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment. | [noun] A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person. | [noun] A cellular phone. CELS (6) [noun] A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film. CELT (6) [noun] A prehistoric chisel-bladed tool. CENT (6) [noun] (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢. | [noun] A small sum of money. | [noun] (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro. CEPE (8) [noun] An edible fungus with a brown cap and white pores, also known as a porcini mushroom. CEPS (8) [noun] An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis). CERE (6) [noun] A waxy protuberance at the base of the upper beak in certain birds. | [verb] To wax; to cover or close with wax. CERO (6) [noun] A large scombroid food fish (Scomberomorus regalis) found chiefly in the West Indies. CESS (6) [noun] An assessed tax, duty, or levy. | [noun] Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success. | [noun] Bound; measure. | [noun] The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage. | [verb] To cease; to neglect. CETE (6) [noun] A group of badgers. CHAD (10) [noun] Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc. | [noun] One of these pieces of paper. | [noun] (pickup community) A very handsome, usually tall, man whom women find sexually attractive; at times seen as an alpha male of a group. CHAM (11) [noun] An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson. | [noun] A ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages. | [noun] An Ottoman sultan. | [verb] To chew. CHAO (9) [noun] A farewell greeting; goodbye (Italian origin, used in English). CHAP (11) [noun] (obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow. | [noun] A customer, a buyer. | [noun] A child. | [noun] A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin. | [noun] (often in the plural) The jaw. | [noun] (authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided. CHAR (9) [noun] A charred substance. | [verb] To burn something to charcoal. | [verb] To burn slightly or superficially so as to affect colour. | [noun] A charred substance. | [noun] A time; a turn or occasion. | [noun] A character (text element such as a letter or symbol). | [noun] Tea, sometimes specifically masala chai CHAT (9) [noun] Informal conversation. | [noun] A conversation to stop an argument or settle situations. | [noun] (totum pro parte, typically with definite article) The entirety of users in a chatroom or a single member thereof. | [noun] A small potato, such as is given to swine. | [noun] (local use) Mining waste from lead and zinc mines. | [noun] A louse (small, parasitic insect). | [noun] Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India, or served as a starter in an Indian restaurant CHAW (12) [noun] Chewing tobacco. | [noun] A plug or wad of chewing tobacco. | [noun] The jaw. CHAY (12) [noun] Tea, especially as served in India. | [noun] A type of tea made with spices and milk. CHEF (12) [noun] The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household. | [noun] The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment. | [noun] Any cook. CHEW (12) [noun] The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth. | [noun] Level of chewiness. | [noun] A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing. CHEZ (18) [preposition] At the home of CHIA (9) [noun] A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica. | [noun] Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico. CHIC (11) [noun] Good form; style. | [noun] A person with (a particular type of) chic. | [adjective] Elegant, stylish. | [noun] A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture. CHID (10) [verb] To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily. | [verb] To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. | [verb] To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. CHIN (9) [noun] The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth. | [noun] Talk. | [noun] A lie, a falsehood. | [noun] A chinchilla. CHIP (11) [noun] A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. | [noun] A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off. | [noun] (games) A token used in place of cash. | [verb] To chop or cut into small pieces. CHIS (9) [noun] The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets. | [noun] A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation. | [noun] The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm. CHIT (9) [noun] A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. | [noun] A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman. | [noun] The embryonic growing bud of a plant | [noun] A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message. | [noun] A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe. | [noun] Shit. 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. CHUB (11) [noun] One of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especially: | [noun] (by extension) Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes. | [noun] A chubby, plump person. CHUG (10) [noun] A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine. | [noun] A large gulp of drink. | [noun] A homemade Cuban boat, built to carry emigrants to the USA, and often abandoned upon arrival. | [noun] A dog; a cross between a pug and a chihuahua. | [verb] To solicit charitable donations on the street, particularly in a persistent manner. | [noun] (racial slur) A person of Native American descent. CHUM (11) [noun] A friend; a pal. | [noun] A roommate, especially in a college or university. | [verb] To share rooms with someone; to live together. | [noun] A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water to attract predator fish, such as sharks | [noun] A coarse mould for holding the clay while being worked on a whirler, lathe or manually. CIAO (6) [noun] A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao". | [interjection] Hello, hi. | [interjection] Bye, goodbye. CINE (6) [noun] Cinefilm | [noun] Images of the heart taken by fluoroscopy. CION (6) [noun] A plant cutting or scion used for grafting. | [noun] A descendant or offspring. CIRE (6) [noun] A fabric with a glazed finish. CIST (6) [noun] A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece. | [noun] A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs. CITE (6) [verb] To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. | [verb] To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context. | [verb] To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court. | [noun] A citation CITY (9) [noun] A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place. | [noun] A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size. | [noun] The central business district; downtown. CLAD (7) [verb] (past tense clad) To clothe. | [verb] (past tense clad or cladded) To cover (with insulation or another material); to surround, envelop. | [verb] (figuratively) To imbue (with a specified quality) CLAG (7) [noun] A glue or paste made from starch. | [noun] Low cloud, fog or smog. | [noun] Unburned carbon (smoke) from a steam or diesel locomotive, or multiple unit. CLAM (8) [noun] A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. | [noun] Strong pincers or forceps. | [noun] A kind of vise, usually of wood. | [noun] A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. | [noun] Clamminess; moisture | [noun] Acronym of Clip-on Load Adjusting Mechanism. A device that can be fitted onto an oar to adjust set. CLAN (6) [noun] A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief. | [noun] A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain | [noun] Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity. CLAP (8) [noun] The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together. | [noun] The explosive sound of thunder. | [noun] Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound. | [noun] (with "the") Gonorrhea. CLAW (9) [noun] A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird. | [noun] A foot equipped with such. | [noun] The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod. | [verb] To scratch or to tear at. CLAY (9) [noun] A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics. | [noun] An earth material with ductile qualities. | [noun] A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate. CLEF (9) [noun] A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff CLEW (9) [noun] A roughly spherical mass or body. | [noun] A ball of thread or yarn. | [noun] Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue. CLIP (8) [noun] Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another. | [noun] An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace. | [noun] An embrace. | [noun] Something which has been clipped from a larger whole: 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. CLUB (8) [noun] An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation. | [noun] A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or plaything. | [noun] A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund. CLUE (6) [noun] A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide. | [noun] Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion. | [noun] An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence. 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) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a cow; timid or cowardly. 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. CRAB (8) [noun] A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace. | [noun] The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat | [noun] A bad-tempered person. | [noun] The crab apple or wild apple. | [noun] The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America. | [noun] Short for carabiner. CRAG (7) [noun] A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep rock or cliff. | [noun] A rough broken fragment of rock. | [noun] A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age. | [noun] The neck or throat. CRAM (8) [noun] The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something). | [noun] Information hastily memorized. | [noun] A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. CRAP (8) [noun] The husk of grain; chaff. | [noun] (mildly) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk. | [noun] (mildly) Nonsense; something untrue. | [noun] A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps. CRAW (9) [noun] The stomach of an animal. | [noun] The crop of a bird. | [verb] To caw, crow. CREW (9) [verb] To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance. | [verb] To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag. | [verb] To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it. | [noun] A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs | [noun] The Manx shearwater. CRIB (8) [noun] A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet. | [noun] A bed for a child older than a baby. | [noun] A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel CRIS (6) 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. CRUD (7) [noun] Dirt, filth or refuse. | [noun] (by extension) Something of poor quality. | [noun] A contemptible person. CRUS (6) [noun] The shin (tibia and fibula) | [noun] A leglike part; shank | [noun] A vineyard or group of vineyards in France, especially one having a high reputation. CRUX (13) [noun] The basic, central, or essential point or feature. | [noun] The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point. | [noun] A puzzle or difficulty. CUBE (8) [noun] A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces. | [noun] Any object more or less in the form of a cube. | [noun] The third power of a number, value, term or expression. | [noun] A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices. CUBS (8) [noun] A person who is unsophisticated or of a lower class background but achieving a high salary, who spends money on flashy or trashy items to fulfil their aspirations of higher social status. The stereotype includes having speech and mannerisms that are considered to denote poor education and uncultured upbringing, which is reflected in their bad taste possessions and lifestyles. | [noun] A young fox. | [noun] (by extension) The young of certain other animals, including the bear, wolf, lion and tiger. CUDS (7) [noun] Portions of food that a ruminant animal brings back up from its stomach to chew again. | [noun] Plural of cud, the food that returns from a ruminant's stomach to the mouth for further chewing. CUED (7) [verb] Past tense of "cue," meaning to give a signal or prompt to someone. | [verb] To strike a ball with a cue stick in billiards or pool. CUES (6) [noun] Plural of cue; sticks used in billiards or pool. | [noun] Signals or prompts that indicate what to do or say. | [verb] Third person singular of cue; to give a signal or prompt to someone. CUFF (12) [noun] Glove; mitten | [noun] The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist | [noun] The end of a pants leg, folded up | [noun] A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap. | [noun] The scruff of the neck. CUIF (9) CUKE (10) [noun] A cucumber. | [noun] A cucoloris. CULL (6) [noun] A selection. | [noun] An organised killing of selected animals. | [noun] (farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded. | [noun] A fool, gullible person; a dupe. CULM (8) [noun] Waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel; slack. | [noun] Anthracite, especially when found in small masses | [noun] The stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge CULT (6) [noun] A group or sect of people with a deviant religious, philosophical or cultural identity, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members. | [noun] Devotion to a saint. | [noun] The veneration and religious rites given to a deity, esp. in a historical polytheistic context. CUNT (6) [noun] The female genitalia, especially the vulva. | [noun] An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand more usually a man). | [noun] An objectionable object or item. CUPS (8) [noun] A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle. | [noun] The contents of said vessel; a cupful. | [noun] A customary unit of measure CURB (8) [noun] A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand) | [noun] A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening. | [noun] Something that checks or restrains; a restraint. CURD (7) [noun] The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc. | [noun] The coagulated part of any liquid. | [noun] The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants. CURE (6) [noun] A method, device or medication that restores good health. | [noun] Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury. | [noun] A solution to a problem. | [verb] To restore to health. CURF (9) CURL (6) [noun] A piece or lock of curling hair; a ringlet. | [noun] A curved stroke or shape. | [noun] A spin making the trajectory of an object curve. CURN (6) CURR (6) CURS (6) [noun] A contemptible or inferior dog. | [noun] A detestable person. CURT (6) [verb] To cut, cut short, shorten. | [adjective] Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude. | [adjective] Short or concise. CUSK (10) [noun] A marine cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, Brosme brosme. CUSP (8) [noun] A sharp point or pointed end. | [noun] An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events. | [noun] A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point. CUSS (6) [noun] A curse. | [noun] A curse word. | [verb] To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely. | [noun] A fellow, person. CUTE (6) [adjective] Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior. | [adjective] Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way. | [adjective] Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy. CUTS (6) [noun] The act of cutting. | [noun] The result of cutting. | [noun] An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound. CWMS (11) [noun] A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre. CYAN (9) [noun] A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light. | [adjective] Of the colour cyan. CYMA (11) [noun] A moulding of the cornice, wavelike in form, whose outline consists of a concave and a convex line; an ogee. | [noun] A cyme. CYME (11) [noun] (spelt cime) A “head” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.); an opening bud. | [noun] A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, on which each axis terminates with a flower which blooms before the flowers below it. Contrast raceme. | [noun] = cyma CYST (9) [noun] A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ. | [noun] Of or pertaining to the urinary bladder or gall bladder (in compounds). CZAR (15) [noun] An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area. | [noun] An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states. | [noun] A person with great power; an autocrat. DACE (7) [noun] The shoal-forming fish Leuciscus leuciscus common in fast-flowing rivers in England and Wales and in Europe. | [noun] Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America. DECK (11) [noun] Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop. | [noun] The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. | [noun] A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane. | [verb] (sometimes with out) To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance DECO (7) [noun] (underwater diving) Decompression. | [noun] A friendship book in which people add decorative elements such as drawings, stickers and sequins. DICE (7) [noun] Gaming with one or more dice. | [noun] A die. | [noun] That which has been diced. | [noun] A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance. DICK (11) [noun] A male person. | [noun] The penis. | [noun] A highly contemptible person; a jerk. | [noun] A detective. | [noun] A declaration. | [numeral] Ten in Cumbrian sheep counting DISC (7) [noun] A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. | [noun] An intervertebral disc. | [noun] Something resembling a disc. 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. DUCE (7) DUCI (7) DUCK (11) [verb] To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something. | [verb] To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something. | [verb] To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw. | [noun] An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet. | [noun] A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth. | [noun] A term of endearment; pet; darling. DUCT (7) [noun] A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another. | [noun] An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs. | [noun] Guidance; direction. EACH (9) [noun] (operations) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping. | [adverb] For one; apiece; per. | [pronoun] Every one; every thing. ECHE (9) 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. ECRU (6) [noun] A beige colour. | [adjective] Of a beige colour. ECUS (6) [noun] The European Currency Unit (symbol ₠), a currency used in the European Community before the euro. EMIC (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture. EPIC (8) [noun] An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero. | [noun] A series of events considered appropriate to an epic. | [noun] In software development, a large or extended user story. | [adjective] (of a morphism) That is an epimorphism. ETCH (9) [verb] To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards. | [verb] To engrave a surface. | [verb] To make a lasting impression. | [noun] An aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been been mowed; also, a field of such growth. ETIC (6) [adjective] Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures. EXEC (13) [noun] Executive, executive officer | [verb] To execute; to run. FACE (9) [noun] The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose and mouth, and the surrounding area. | [noun] One's facial expression. | [noun] (in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc. FACT (9) [noun] Something actual as opposed to invented. | [noun] Something which is real. | [noun] Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation. FECK (13) [noun] Effect, value; vigor. | [noun] The greater or larger part. | [verb] To throw. | [verb] Fuck. FICE (9) FICO (9) FISC (9) [noun] The public treasury of Rome. | [noun] Any state treasury or exchequer. FLIC (9) [noun] A data file containing computer animations. | [noun] A French policeman. FLOC (9) [noun] A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed. 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. FUCI (9) [noun] Any alga of the genus Fucus. FUCK (13) [noun] An act of sexual intercourse. | [noun] A sexual partner, especially a casual one. | [noun] A highly contemptible person. FYCE (12) GECK (11) GUCK (11) [noun] The hybrid offspring of a goose and a duck | [noun] An unpleasant sticky substance; goo, gunk. HACK (13) [noun] A tool for chopping. | [noun] A hacking blow. | [noun] A gouge or notch made by such a blow. | [noun] A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained. | [noun] A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired. | [noun] A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack. HECK (13) [noun] Hell. | [interjection] Hell. | [noun] The bolt or latch of a door. HICK (13) [noun] An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. | [verb] To hiccup 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. HUCK (13) [noun] (Ultimate Frisbee) A long throw, generally at least half a field in length. | [noun] A drop or jump off a cliff or cornice. | [verb] To throw or chuck. | [noun] A person's hip. | [verb] To haggle in trading. HUIC (9) ICED (7) [adjective] With ice added. | [adjective] Very cold, but not necessarily containing ice. | [adjective] Covered with icing. | [verb] To cool with ice, as a beverage. ICES (6) [noun] Water in frozen (solid) form. | [noun] Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide. | [noun] Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form. ICHS (9) ICKY (13) [adjective] Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting. | [adjective] Excessively sentimental. | [adjective] Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health. ICON (6) [noun] An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion. | [noun] (especially Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels. | [noun] (by extension) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing. INCH (9) [noun] A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres. | [noun] The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall. | [noun] The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch. | [noun] A small island ITCH (9) [noun] A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch. | [noun] A constant teasing desire or want. | [verb] To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched. JACK (17) [noun] A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather. | [noun] A man. | [noun] A device or utensil. | [noun] The edible fruit of the Asian tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus); also the tree itself. | [noun] A home run. JOCK (17) [noun] A common man. | [noun] A Scotsman. | [noun] The penis. | [verb] To masturbate KECK (14) [verb] To retch or heave as if to vomit. | [noun] The cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris). | [noun] (Manx) animal dung KICK (14) [noun] A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee. | [noun] The action of swinging a foot or leg. | [noun] Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing. | [verb] To die. LACE (6) [noun] A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp | [noun] A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. Wp | [noun] A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. | [verb] To fasten (something) with laces. LACK (10) [noun] A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy. | [noun] A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want. | [verb] To be without, to need, to require. LACS (6) [noun] A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect. | [noun] One hundred thousand (commonly used in Pakistan and India). | [noun] Short for Cadillac. LACY (9) [adjective] Made of lace or decorated with it. | [adjective] Looking like lace. LAIC (6) [noun] A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy. | [adjective] Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical. LECH (9) [noun] A strong, lecherous desire or craving. | [noun] A lecher. | [verb] To behave lecherously | [noun] The capstone of a cromlech. LICE (6) [noun] A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea. | [noun] (not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm. LICH (9) LICK (10) [noun] The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue. | [noun] The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick. | [noun] A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue. 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. LUCE (6) [noun] The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown. LUCK (10) [noun] Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence, especially a favourable one. | [noun] A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success. | [noun] Success. MACE (8) [noun] A heavy fighting club. | [noun] A ceremonial form of this weapon. | [noun] A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked. | [noun] An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael. | [noun] A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg. | [noun] Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use. MACH (11) MACK (12) [noun] An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills. | [verb] To act as pimp; to pander. | [verb] To seduce or flirt with. | [noun] A raincoat or mackintosh. | [noun] An element of a ship's superstructure which places the function of a ship's mast on its exhaust stack, adding the skeletal supporting structure to the smokestack to support the mast's complement of functions. MACS (8) [noun] A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth. | [noun] By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat. | [noun] Waterproof rubberized cloth. MARC (8) [noun] The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed. | [noun] An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes. | [noun] A weight of various commodities, especially of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces. MICA (8) [noun] Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. MICE (8) [noun] Any small rodent of the genus Mus. | [noun] A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent. | [noun] A quiet or shy person. MICK (12) [noun] An Irishman | [noun] A Catholic, particularly of Irish descent. | [adjective] Easy. 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) MUCH (11) [adjective] Large, great. | [adjective] Long in duration. | [adverb] To a great extent. MUCK (12) [noun] (slimy) mud, sludge. | [noun] Soft (or slimy) manure. | [noun] Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty. NARC (6) [noun] A narcotics squad police officer. | [noun] A police spy or informer. | [noun] An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others. | [verb] (underwater diving) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (for example, while scuba diving). | [noun] A narcissist. NECK (10) [noun] The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals. | [noun] The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts. | [noun] The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck. NICE (6) [noun] Niceness. | [adjective] Pleasant, satisfactory. | [adjective] Of a person: friendly, attractive. | [verb] To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority. NICK (10) [noun] A small cut in a surface. | [noun] Senses connoting something small. | [noun] Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state. | [verb] To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style. | [noun] A nix or nixie. 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. OCAS (6) [noun] Any of certain species of Oxalis (Oxalis crenata, and Oxalis tuberosa) which bear edible tubers. ODIC (7) 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. 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) OTIC (6) [adjective] Of, relating/pertaining to, or located near the ear 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. PACA (8) [noun] Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides. PACE (8) [noun] Step. | [noun] Way of stepping. | [noun] Speed or velocity in general. | [preposition] With all due respect to. | [noun] Easter. PACK (12) [noun] A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale. | [noun] A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack | [noun] A multitude. | [verb] (physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport. PACS (8) PACT (8) [noun] An agreement; a compact; a covenant. | [noun] An agreement between two or more nations | [verb] To form a pact; to agree formally. PECH (11) [verb] To pant, to struggle for breath. PECK (12) [noun] An act of striking with a beak. | [noun] A small kiss. | [verb] To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird). | [noun] One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts. | [verb] To throw. | [noun] Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects. PECS (8) [noun] (usually in the plural) The pectoralis major muscle. PICA (8) [noun] A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand. | [noun] A size of type between small pica and English, standardized as 12-point. | [noun] (usually with qualifier) A font of this size. | [noun] Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia. | [noun] A magpie. PICE (8) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a rupee in various Asian countries. | [noun] (British India) A subdivision of currency equivalent to 1/64 of a rupee or three pies. | [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka. PICK (12) [noun] A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. | [noun] A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock. | [noun] A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair. PICS (8) [noun] A picture, especially a photographic image. | [noun] A film. | [noun] A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches. 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) PUCE (8) [noun] A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish. | [adjective] Of a brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish. PUCK (12) [noun] A mischievous or hostile spirit. | [noun] A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game. | [noun] An object shaped like a puck. | [noun] (rural) billy goat PYIC (11) RACE (6) [noun] A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins | [noun] Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed. | [noun] A race condition. | [noun] A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics: | [noun] A rhizome or root, especially of ginger. | [verb] To demolish; to level to the ground. RACK (10) [noun] A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other | [noun] Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel. | [noun] A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits. | [verb] To stretch a person's joints. | [noun] Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky. | [verb] To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs. | [noun] A fast amble. | [noun] A wreck; destruction. | [noun] A young rabbit, or its skin. | [noun] A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Middle East RACY (9) [adjective] Mildly risqué. | [adjective] Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil. | [adjective] (by extension) Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively. RECK (10) [verb] To make account of; to care for; to heed, regard, consider. | [verb] To concern, to be important or earnest. | [verb] To think. RECS (6) [noun] A recommendation or suggestion. | [noun] A recreation ground. | [noun] Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates. RICE (6) [noun] Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food. | [noun] A specific variety of this plant. | [noun] The seeds of this plant used as food. | [noun] (now chiefly) A twig or stick. RICH (9) [verb] To enrich. | [verb] To become rich. | [adjective] Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions. RICK (10) [noun] Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch. | [noun] A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet. | [verb] To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks. | [verb] To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc. | [noun] A brand new (naive) boot camp inductee. 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. RUCK (10) [noun] A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack. | [noun] In Australian rules football | [noun] The situation formed when a player carrying the ball is brought to the ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum. | [noun] A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric. | [verb] To cower or huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs. | [noun] An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend. | [noun] A rucksack; a large backpack. | [noun] A small heifer. SACK (10) [noun] A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel. | [noun] The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds). | [noun] The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city. | [noun] A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry. | [noun] A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid. | [noun] A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid. SACS (6) [noun] A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid. | [noun] (games) A sacrifice. SCAB (8) [noun] An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing. | [noun] The scabies. | [noun] The mange, especially when it appears on sheep. SCAD (7) [noun] Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic. | [noun] (in the plural) A large number or quantity. SCAG (7) [noun] Heroin. | [noun] (originally African American Vernacular English) A woman of loose morals. | [noun] A cigarette. SCAM (8) [noun] A fraudulent deal. | [noun] Something that is promoted using scams. | [verb] To defraud or embezzle. SCAN (6) [noun] Close investigation. | [noun] An instance of scanning. | [noun] The result or output of a scanning process. SCAR (6) [noun] A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound. | [noun] (by extension) A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience. | [noun] Any permanent mark resulting from damage. | [noun] A cliff or rock outcrop. | [noun] A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae). SCAT (6) [noun] A tax; tribute. | [noun] A land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands. | [noun] Animal excrement; droppings, dung. | [noun] Scat singing. | [verb] To leave quickly (often used in the imperative). | [noun] Any fish in the family Scatophagidae 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. SCRY (9) [verb] To predict the future using crystal balls or other objects. | [verb] To descry; to see. | [noun] A cry or shout. SCUD (7) [noun] The act of scudding. | [noun] Clouds or rain driven by the wind. | [noun] A loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments (or fog) not attached to a larger higher cloud layer. SCUM (8) [noun] A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water). | [noun] A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds | [noun] The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank. SCUP (8) [noun] A common sparoid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of temperate regions of the Atlantic coast of North America; the porgy. | [noun] A swing. SCUT (6) [noun] A hare; a hare as the game in a hunt. | [noun] A short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer. | [noun] (by extension) The buttocks or rump; also, the female pudenda, the vulva. | [noun] A contemptible person. | [noun] Distasteful work; drudgery; specifically some menial procedure left for a doctor or medical student to complete, sometimes for training purposes. | [verb] (originally Cumbria) To scamper off. SECS (6) [noun] Second, 1/60 of a minute. | [noun] One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest. | [noun] A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree. SECT (6) [noun] An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs. | [noun] A group following a specific ideal or a leader. | [noun] A cutting; a scion. SICE (6) [noun] A groom, or servant with responsibility for the horses. | [noun] (Malaya) usually syce: chauffeur, driver. | [noun] The number six in a game of dice. SICK (10) [noun] Sick people in general as a group. | [noun] Vomit. | [verb] To vomit. | [verb] To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs. SICS (6) [verb] To mark with a bracketed sic. | [verb] To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs. | [verb] To set upon; to chase; to attack. 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). SPEC (8) [noun] A special place (for hiding or viewing) | [noun] A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football. | [verb] To specify, especially in a formal specification document. SPIC (8) [noun] A Spanish-speaking person, someone with a Central American or Latino accent. SUCH (9) [noun] Something being indicated that is similar to something else. | [pronoun] A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned. SUCK (10) [noun] An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling. | [noun] Milk drawn from the breast. | [noun] A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser. SYCE (9) [noun] A groom, or servant with responsibility for the horses. | [noun] (Malaya) usually syce: chauffeur, driver. SYNC (9) [noun] Harmony. | [noun] A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films. | [verb] To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video. TACE (6) TACH (9) [noun] Tachometer | [noun] (costers) A hat. | [noun] Tachycardia. TACK (10) [noun] A small nail with a flat head. | [noun] A thumbtack. | [noun] A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth. | [verb] To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head). | [noun] A stain; a tache. | [noun] That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy. 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. TACT (6) [noun] The sense of touch; feeling. | [noun] The stroke in beating time. | [noun] Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing. TALC (6) [noun] Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic. | [noun] A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium. | [noun] A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses. TICK (10) [noun] A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. | [noun] A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery. | [noun] A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement. | [noun] Ticking. | [noun] Credit, trust. | [noun] (place names) A goat. TICS (6) [noun] A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization. | [noun] (by extension) Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically. | [noun] (abbreviation) ticket TORC (6) [noun] A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples. TUCK (10) [noun] An act of tucking; a pleat or fold. | [noun] A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece. | [noun] A curled position. | [noun] A rapier, a sword. | [noun] The beat of a drum. | [noun] Food, especially snack food. UNCI (6) UNCO (6) [adjective] Strange, weird. | [adverb] Very. | [adjective] Uncoordinated. URIC (6) [adjective] Pertaining to, contained in, or obtained from urine. VACS (9) [noun] A vacation. | [noun] A vacuum cleaner. VICE (9) [noun] A bad habit. | [noun] Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs. | [noun] A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness. | [noun] A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise). | [noun] One who acts in place of a superior. WACK (13) [noun] An eccentric; an oddball; a weirdo. | [adjective] Egregious. | [adjective] Bad (not good), inauthentic, of an inferior quality, contemptible, lacking integrity, lame, or strange. WICH (12) WICK (13) [noun] A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions. | [noun] Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain. | [noun] A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones. | [noun] A village; hamlet; castle; dwelling; street; creek; bay; harbour; a place of work, jurisdiction, or exercise of authority. | [noun] Liveliness; life. | [noun] A corner of the mouth or eye. WYCH (15) YACK (13) [noun] A talk, particular an informal talk; chattering; gossip. | [noun] A laugh. | [noun] Vomit. | [noun] (possibly obsolete) An oak. YECH (12) [noun] An exclamation of disgust. | [interjection] An exclamation of disgust. YOCK (13) [noun] A laugh, especially a loud or hearty one. | [verb] To laugh, especially loudly or uproariously YUCA (9) [noun] Cassava | [noun] Cassava root YUCH (12) YUCK (13) [noun] Something disgusting. | [noun] The sound made by a laugh. | [interjection] Uttered to indicate disgust usually toward an objectionable taste or odour. | [verb] To itch. ZINC (15) [noun] A chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a slightly brittle blue-silvery metal. | [noun] A single atom of this element. | [noun] A zinc countertop. ZOIC (15) [adjective] Showing traces of life; containing organic remains. | [adjective] Having the form of an animal; animal-like, zoomorphic.

ABACA (9) [noun] Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre. | [noun] The fiber of this plant, used in rope. ABACI (9) ABACK (13) [adverb] Towards the back or rear; backwards. | [adverb] In the rear; a distance behind. | [adverb] By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage) | [noun] An abacus. ACARI (7) [noun] (acarology) Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus. ACERB (9) [adjective] Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit. | [adjective] Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself. ACETA (7) [noun] Plural of acetum; vinegar or a sour liquid. | [noun] Solutions of medicinal substances in vinegar. ACHED (11) [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. ACHES (10) [noun] Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. | [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. ACHOO (10) [interjection] An exclamation used to represent the sound of a sneeze. ACIDS (8) [noun] A sour substance. | [noun] Any of several classes of compound having the following properties: | [noun] Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) ACIDY (11) [adjective] Resembling or containing acid; sour or acidic in taste or nature. ACING (8) [verb] (US) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly. | [verb] To win a point by an ace. | [verb] To make an ace (hole in one). ACINI (7) [noun] One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. | [noun] A grape-stone. | [noun] One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. ACKEE (11) [noun] A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan. | [noun] The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous. ACMES (9) [noun] The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination. | [noun] The crisis or height of a disease. | [noun] Mature age; full bloom of life. ACMIC (11) ACNED (8) ACNES (7) [noun] Plural of acne, a skin condition characterized by pimples and inflammation. 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. ACRED (8) [adjective] Having acres; measured or valued in acres. ACRES (7) [noun] An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters. | [noun] Any of various similar units of area in other systems. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A wide expanse. ACRID (8) [adjective] Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste. | [adjective] Causing heat and irritation. | [adjective] Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating. ACTED (8) [verb] To do something. | [verb] To do (something); to perform. | [verb] To perform a theatrical role. ACTIN (7) [noun] A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament). | [noun] One of the six isoforms of actin. 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. ACUTE (7) [noun] A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia. | [noun] An accent or tone higher than others. | [noun] An acute accent (´). ACYLS (10) [noun] Plural of acyl, an organic chemical group derived from a carboxylic acid by removal of the hydroxyl group. ADUNC (8) [adjective] Hooked or curved inward; having a hooked shape. AECIA (7) [noun] The plural of aecium, a fruiting structure in rust fungi that produces aecospores. AITCH (10) [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter H. ALACK (11) [interjection] An expression of sorrow or mourning. ALCID (8) [noun] A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins. ALECS (7) [noun] An anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried. | [noun] A sauce made from alecs; alec sauce. AMICE (9) [noun] A hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy. AMICI (9) [noun] Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case. AMNIC (9) AMUCK (13) [adverb] In a violently raging manner; in a state of frenzied attack or behavior. | [noun] A state of violent frenzy. ANCON (7) [noun] The corner of a wall or rafter. | [noun] A console that appears to support a cornice. | [noun] The elbow. ANTIC (7) [noun] A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle. | [noun] A caricature. | [noun] (often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper. | [noun] A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping APACE (9) [adverb] Quickly, rapidly, with speed. ARCED (8) [verb] To move following a curved path. | [verb] To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc. | [verb] To form an electrical arc. ARCUS (7) [noun] An arch or bow-shaped anatomical structure. | [noun] A curved line or arc in geometry. ARECA (7) [noun] Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests. AREIC (7) [adjective] Relating to or denoting a region or drainage system that has no outlet to the sea and no permanent streams. ASCOT (7) [noun] Ascot tie ASCUS (7) [noun] A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores. ASDIC (8) [noun] A sonar system used to detect submarines, employing sound waves to locate objects underwater. ASPIC (9) [noun] A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé. | [noun] An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt. | [noun] A piece of ordnance carrying a 12-pound shot. ATTIC (7) [noun] The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation. AULIC (7) [adjective] Relating to a royal court or palace; characteristic of a court. AURIC (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to trivalent gold. | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to the ear; aural | [adjective] Pertaining to an aura. 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 BACCA (11) [noun] A berry or berry-like fruit. | [noun] In anatomy, a small rounded structure or protuberance. BACKS (13) [noun] The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly. | [noun] That which is farthest away from the front. | [noun] Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back. 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. BARIC (9) [adjective] Relating to or containing barium, or relating to atmospheric pressure. BASIC (9) [noun] A necessary commodity, a staple requirement. | [noun] An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge. | [noun] Basic training. BATCH (12) [noun] The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time. | [noun] (by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation. | [noun] A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business. | [noun] A bank; a sandbank. | [verb] To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married. BEACH (12) [noun] The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly. | [noun] A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water. | [noun] The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle. BECAP (11) BECKS (13) [noun] Anatomical uses. | [noun] Figurative uses. | [noun] Colloquial uses. BEECH (12) [noun] A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches. | [noun] The wood of the beech tree. BELCH (12) [noun] The sound one makes when belching. | [noun] Malt liquor. | [verb] To expel (gas) loudly from the stomach through the mouth. BENCH (12) [noun] A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools. | [noun] The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary. | [noun] The place where the judges sit. | [noun] The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed. | [verb] To recite the Birkat Hamazon. BICES (9) BIRCH (12) [noun] Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere. | [noun] A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture. | [noun] A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment. BITCH (12) [noun] (dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother. | [noun] A promiscuous woman, slut, whore. | [noun] A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman. BLACK (13) [noun] The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed. | [noun] A black dye or pigment. | [noun] A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment. 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. 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. BORIC (9) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or containing the element boron. 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. BRACE (9) [noun] Armor for the arm; vambrace. | [noun] A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms. | [noun] A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock. BRACH (12) [noun] A female hunting dog, especially a pointer or setter. | [noun] A woman or girl (archaic or dialectal). BRACT (9) [noun] A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises. BRICK (13) [noun] A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building. | [noun] Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material. | [noun] Something shaped like a brick. BROCK (13) [noun] A male badger. | [noun] (possibly obsolete) A brocket, a stag between two and three years old. | [noun] A dirty, stinking fellow. BRONC (9) [noun] A bronco. BUCKO (13) [noun] Buckaroo. | [noun] Young lad, friend, pal (used in addressing someone). BUCKS (13) [noun] A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret and shad. | [noun] An uncastrated sheep, a ram. | [noun] A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man. BUNCH (12) [noun] A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together. | [noun] The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race. | [noun] An informal body of friends. BUNCO (9) [noun] A swindle or confidence trick. | [noun] A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century. | [noun] A brigand. BUTCH (12) [noun] A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner. | [adjective] (originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude. CABAL (9) [noun] # A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose. | [noun] A secret plot. | [noun] An identifiable group within the tradition of Discordianism. CABBY (14) [noun] A cabdriver; someone who drives a taxi. CABER (9) [noun] A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games. CABIN (9) [noun] A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it. | [noun] A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people. | [noun] A private room on a ship. CABLE (9) [noun] (material) A long object used to make a physical connection. | [noun] (communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables. | [noun] A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable. 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. CACAS (9) [noun] Plural of caca, a child's word for feces or excrement. CACHE (12) [noun] A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way. | [noun] A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium. | [noun] (geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game. CACTI (9) [noun] Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate. | [noun] Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs. CADDY (12) [noun] One hired to assist another in playing the game of golf. | [verb] To serve as a caddy, carrying golf clubs etc. | [noun] A small box, can, or chest to keep things in. CADES (8) [noun] Plural of cade, a young animal (especially a lamb or calf) abandoned by its mother and raised by hand. | [noun] Plural of cade, a type of juniper tree or its wood. CADET (8) [noun] A student at a military school who is training to be an officer. | [noun] A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would. | [noun] (in compounds, chiefly in genealogy) Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.) CADGE (9) [noun] A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale. | [verb] To beg. | [verb] To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do. CADGY (12) CADIS (8) [noun] A civil judge in certain Islamic countries. | [noun] A kind of coarse serge. CADRE (8) [noun] A frame or framework. | [noun] The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. | [noun] The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group. CAECA (9) [noun] A blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon. CAFES (10) [noun] A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items. | [noun] A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises. | [noun] A small restaurant of any genre. CAFFS (13) [noun] Café, cafeteria. CAGED (9) [verb] To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage. | [verb] To restrict someone's movement or creativity. | [verb] To track individual responses to direct mail, either to maintain and develop mailing lists or to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses. CAGER (8) [noun] A basketball player. | [noun] One who cages or confines animals. CAGES (8) [noun] An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals. | [noun] The passenger compartment of a lift. | [noun] (water polo) The goal. CAGEY (11) [adjective] Wary, careful, shrewd. | [adjective] Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information. CAHOW (13) [noun] An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird, Pterodroma cahow, from Bermuda; the Bermuda petrel. CAIDS (8) CAINS (7) CAIRD (8) [noun] A person of low social status or a beggar, particularly in Scotland. | [noun] A tinker or traveling mender in Scotland. CAIRN (7) [noun] A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument. | [noun] A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc. | [noun] A cairn terrier. CAJON (14) [noun] A wooden box-shaped percussion instrument played by striking its front panel with hands, originating from Latin America. CAKED (12) [verb] Coat (something) with a crust of solid material. | [verb] To form into a cake, or mass. | [verb] To cackle like a goose. CAKES (11) [noun] A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing. | [noun] A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough. | [noun] A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake. CAKEY (14) [adjective] Having the texture, consistency, or quality of cake. | [adjective] Covered or caked with a thick layer of something. CALFS (10) [noun] Plural of calf, referring to young domestic cattle or the fleshy part of the leg below the knee. CALIF (10) [noun] The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual. CALIX (14) [noun] The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop. | [noun] Any of various cup-like structures. CALKS (11) [noun] A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent it slipping. | [noun] A spike on the sole of a boot to prevent slipping, particularly used in logging | [verb] To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice. CALLA (7) [noun] A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe. | [noun] The calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica. CALLS (7) [noun] A telephone conversation. | [noun] A short visit, usually for social purposes. | [noun] A visit by a ship or boat to a port. CALMS (9) [noun] (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion. | [noun] (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance. | [noun] A period of time without wind. CALVE (10) [verb] To give birth to a calf | [verb] To assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf | [verb] To give birth to (a calf) CALYX (17) [noun] The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop. | [noun] Any of various cup-like structures. CAMAS (9) [noun] Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia. | [noun] A hybrid animal produced by breeding a camel and a llama. CAMEL (9) [noun] A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus. | [noun] A light brownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown). | [noun] Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle. | [noun] A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, which make it the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones. 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. CAMES (9) [noun] A grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together. CAMPI (11) [noun] Plural of campus, referring to multiple college or university grounds. CAMPO (11) [noun] A police officer assigned to a university campus. | [noun] A field or plain in a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking area. CAMPS (11) [noun] An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures. | [noun] An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation. | [noun] A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary. CAMPY (14) [adjective] Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional. CANAL (7) [noun] An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation. | [noun] A tubular channel within the body. | [noun] One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars. CANDY (11) [noun] Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors. | [noun] A piece of confectionery of this kind. | [noun] (slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine. | [noun] A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally. CANED (8) [verb] To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement | [verb] To destroy; to comprehensively defeat | [verb] To do something well, in a competent fashion | [adjective] Filled with white flakes; mothery; said of vinegar when containing mother. CANER (7) [noun] One who canes, or a person who makes or works with canes. | [noun] A tool or implement used for caning. CANES (7) [noun] A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof | [noun] The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool | [noun] A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane CANID (8) [noun] Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals. CANNA (7) [noun] Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers. | [noun] A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. CANNY (10) [adjective] Careful, prudent, cautious. | [adjective] Knowing, shrewd, astute. | [adjective] Frugal, thrifty. | [adjective] (especially of sound) Sounding as if it is coming through a tin can. CANOE (7) [noun] A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends. | [noun] An oversize, usually older, luxury car. | [noun] Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats. CANON (7) [noun] A generally accepted principle; a rule. | [noun] A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field. | [noun] The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic. | [noun] A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church. | [noun] A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges. CANSO (7) CANST (7) [verb] (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to. | [verb] (modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to. | [verb] (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible. CANTO (7) [noun] One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book. | [noun] The treble or leading melody. CANTS (7) [noun] An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup. | [noun] A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group. | [noun] A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta. CANTY (10) [adjective] Cheerful, lively, or pleasant in disposition or manner. CAPED (10) [adjective] Wearing a cape or capes. | [adjective] (in compounds) Wearing a cape of a specified kind. | [adjective] Cancelled CAPER (9) [noun] A playful leap or jump. | [noun] A jump while dancing. | [noun] A prank or practical joke. | [noun] A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer. | [noun] The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten. | [noun] The capercaillie. CAPES (9) [noun] A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland. | [noun] A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders. | [noun] A superhero. CAPHS (12) 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. CAPUT (9) [noun] The head or a head-like structure, especially in anatomy. | [noun] A chapter or section of a book or legal document. CARAT (7) [noun] A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams. | [noun] Any of several units of weight, varying from 189 to 212 mg, the weight of a carob seed. | [noun] A measure of the purity of gold, pure gold being 24 carats. CARBO (9) [noun] Carbohydrate CARBS (9) [noun] Clipping of carburettor / carburetor. | [noun] (nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant. | [noun] (by extension, metonym) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates. CARDS (8) [noun] A playing card. | [noun] (in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game. | [noun] A resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose. CARED (8) [verb] To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about). | [verb] (polite) To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards. | [verb] (with for) To look after or look out for. CARER (7) [noun] Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities. CARES (7) [noun] Grief, sorrow. | [noun] Close attention; concern; responsibility. | [noun] Worry. CARET (7) [noun] A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point. | [noun] An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place. Also called a cursor. | [noun] A circumflex, ⟨ ＾ ⟩. | [noun] A kind of turtle, the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata). CAREX (14) [noun] Any member of the genus Carex of sedges. CARGO (8) [noun] Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle. | [noun] (Papua New Guinea) Western material goods. CARKS (11) [noun] A noxious or corroding worry. | [noun] The state of being filled with worry. CARLE (7) [noun] A man or fellow, especially a peasant or man of low social status; a churl or rustic man. CARLS (7) [noun] A rude, rustic man; a churl. | [noun] A stingy person; a niggard. CARNS (7) CARNY (10) [noun] A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). | [noun] The jargon used by carnival workers. | [noun] A carnival. | [noun] Flattery. 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 CARPI (9) [noun] The group of bones that make up the wrist. CARPS (9) [noun] Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio. | [verb] To complain about a fault; to harp on. | [verb] To say; to tell. CARRS (7) [noun] A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation. | [noun] A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot. | [noun] An unpowered unit in a railroad train. CARRY (10) [noun] A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried. | [noun] A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage. | [noun] The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation. CARSE (7) [noun] Low, fertile land; a river valley. CARTE (7) [noun] A bill of fare; a menu. | [noun] A visiting card. | [noun] A carte de visite (small collectible photograph of a famous person). | [noun] The fourth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at neck height, the palm of the hand facing upwards. CARTS (7) [noun] A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers. | [noun] A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart. | [noun] A shopping cart. CARVE (10) [noun] A carucate. | [noun] The act of carving | [verb] To cut. CASAS (7) [noun] House CASED (8) [verb] To propose hypothetical cases. | [verb] To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment. | [verb] To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose. CASES (7) [noun] An actual event, situation, or fact. | [noun] A given condition or state. | [noun] A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession. CASKS (11) [noun] A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. | [noun] A casket; a small box for jewels. | [noun] A helmet. CASKY (14) CASTE (7) [noun] Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies. | [noun] A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other. | [noun] A class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony. CASTS (7) [noun] An act of throwing. | [noun] An instance of throwing out a fishing line. | [noun] Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc. CASUS (7) [noun] An occurrence or instance of something happening; an event or circumstance. | [noun] In law, a case or legal action. CATCH (12) [noun] The act of seizing or capturing. | [noun] The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball. | [noun] The act of noticing, understanding or hearing. CATER (7) [noun] Caterer | [verb] To provide, particularly: | [noun] A person employed to obtain and maintain the storage of provisions, especially food. | [verb] To place, set, move, or cut diagonally or rhomboidally. | [noun] Four. CATES (7) [noun] Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties. CATTY (10) [adjective] (of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy or upset, particularly among women. | [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a cat. | [noun] A (unit of) weight used in China, generally standardized as half a kilogram. CAULD (8) [noun] A cauldron or large pot, especially one used for cooking or heating water. | [adjective] Cold (Scottish dialect). CAULK (11) [noun] A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent it slipping. | [noun] A spike on the sole of a boot to prevent slipping, particularly used in logging | [noun] Caulking. CAULS (7) [noun] A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen. | [noun] (often capitalized, used on maps) An entry to a mill lead taken from a burn or stream (a mill lead (or mill waterway) is generally smaller than a canal but moves a large volume of water). | [noun] A membrane. CAUSE (7) [noun] (often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result. | [noun] (especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion. | [noun] A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends. CAVED (11) [verb] To surrender. | [verb] To collapse. | [verb] To hollow out or undermine. CAVER (10) [noun] A person who explores caves. | [noun] A person who makes concessions or retreats from a position. CAVES (10) [noun] A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. | [noun] A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made. | [noun] A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese. CAVIE (10) [noun] A guinea pig, especially as used in laboratory experiments. CAVIL (10) [noun] A petty or trivial objection or criticism. | [verb] To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons. CAWED (11) [verb] To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven. CEASE (7) [noun] Cessation; extinction (see without cease). | [verb] To stop. | [verb] To stop doing (something). CEBID (10) [noun] Any member of the Cebidae. CECAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a cecum, a pouch-like structure at the beginning of the large intestine. | [adjective] Ending in a blind pouch or closed end. CECUM (11) [noun] A blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon. CEDAR (8) [noun] A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae. | [noun] A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja. | [noun] A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona. CEDED (9) [verb] To give up; yield to another. | [verb] To give way. CEDER (8) [noun] One who cedes or yields something, especially territory or rights. CEDES (8) [verb] To give up; yield to another. | [verb] To give way. CEDIS (8) [noun] The currency of Ghana, divided into 100 pesewas and represented by ₵. CEIBA (9) [noun] Any tree of the species in genus Ceiba | [noun] The silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba). CEILS (7) [verb] To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar. | [verb] To set a higher bound. CELEB (9) [noun] A celebrity; a famous person. CELLA (7) [noun] The central, enclosed part of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticos. CELLI (7) [noun] Plural of cello, a stringed musical instrument of the violin family. 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 CELLS (7) [noun] A single-room dwelling for a hermit. | [noun] A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment. | [noun] A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person. 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. CELTS (7) [noun] A prehistoric chisel-bladed tool. CENSE (7) [verb] To perfume with incense. | [noun] A census. | [noun] A public rate or tax. CENTO (7) [noun] A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems. CENTS (7) [noun] (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢. | [noun] A small sum of money. | [noun] (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro. CEORL (7) [noun] An Anglo-Saxon churl. CEPES (9) [noun] Plural of cepe, an edible fungus also known as a porcini mushroom. CERCI (9) [noun] Structures on the end of on the end of the abdomen of most insects, sometimes long, hairlike sensory organs and sometimes smaller and rigid. CERED (8) [verb] Past tense of "cere," meaning to wrap in a cerecloth or to cover with wax. CERES (7) [noun] A waxy protuberance at the base of the upper beak in certain birds. CERIA (7) [noun] A white powdery oxide of cerium, used in polishing compounds and as a catalyst. CERIC (9) [adjective] Of or relating to cerium, a chemical element. | [adjective] Relating to or containing cerium in the trivalent state. CEROS (7) [noun] A large scombroid food fish (Scomberomorus regalis) found chiefly in the West Indies. CESTA (7) [noun] A basket used in jai alai for catching and throwing a ball. | [noun] A cestus or girdle worn in ancient times. CESTI (7) [noun] A leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal. | [noun] A girdle, especially that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power to excite love. CETES (7) [noun] Plural of cete, which is a group or collective noun for badgers. CHADS (11) [noun] (pickup community) A very handsome, usually tall, man whom women find sexually attractive; at times seen as an alpha male of a group. | [noun] Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc. | [noun] One of these pieces of paper. CHAFE (13) [noun] Heat excited by friction. | [noun] Injury or wear caused by friction. | [noun] Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. CHAFF (16) [noun] The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant. | [noun] Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. | [noun] Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless. CHAIN (10) [noun] A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal. | [noun] A series of interconnected things. | [noun] A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name. CHAIR (10) [noun] An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench. | [noun] The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra. | [noun] An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices. CHALK (14) [noun] A soft, white, powdery limestone. | [noun] A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard. | [noun] Tailor's chalk. CHAMP (14) [noun] Buddy, sport, mate (as a term of address) | [noun] An ongoing winner in a game or contest. | [noun] Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest. | [noun] A meal of mashed potatoes and scallions | [noun] Champagne | [noun] (obsolete or rare) the field or ground on which carving appears in relief CHAMS (12) [noun] An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson. | [noun] A ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages. | [noun] An Ottoman sultan. CHANG (11) [noun] A type of beer brewed in Tibet and other Himalayan regions. CHANT (10) [noun] Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony. | [noun] A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music. | [noun] Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. 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. CHAPE (12) [noun] The piece by which an object is attached to something, such as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap. | [noun] The transverse guard of a sword or dagger. | [noun] The lower metallic cap of a sword's scabbard. CHAPS (12) [noun] (obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow. | [noun] A customer, a buyer. | [noun] A child. | [noun] Protective leather leggings attached at the waist. CHAPT (12) [verb] Past tense and past participle of "chap," meaning to crack or become cracked, especially of skin or lips. | [adjective] Cracked or roughened, typically describing skin. CHARD (11) [noun] An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste. | [noun] Artichoke leaves and shoots, blanched to eat. CHARE (10) [verb] To do chores or work as a hired hand. | [noun] A chore or task. CHARK (14) [verb] To char or burn; to reduce to charcoal. | [noun] Charred material or charcoal. CHARM (12) [noun] An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation). | [noun] The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration; often constructed in the plural. | [noun] A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer. | [noun] The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children. CHARR (10) [noun] One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus. CHARS (10) [noun] A charred substance. | [verb] To burn something to charcoal. | [verb] To burn slightly or superficially so as to affect colour. CHART (10) [noun] A map. | [noun] A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. | [noun] A written deed; a charter. CHARY (13) [adverb] In a chary manner. | [adjective] Careful, cautious, shy, wary. | [adjective] Excessively particular or fussy about details; fastidious. CHASE (10) [noun] The act of one who chases another; a pursuit. | [noun] A hunt. | [noun] A children's game where one player chases another. | [noun] A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate-making. | [noun] A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow. CHASM (12) [noun] A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss. | [noun] (by extension) A large difference of opinion. CHATS (10) [noun] Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India, or served as a starter in an Indian restaurant | [noun] Informal conversation. | [noun] A conversation to stop an argument or settle situations. CHAWS (13) [noun] Chewing tobacco. | [noun] A plug or wad of chewing tobacco. | [noun] The jaw. CHAYS (13) [noun] Plural of chay, a type of tea or a vehicle used in India. | [noun] Plural of chai, a spiced tea beverage. CHEAP (12) [noun] Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering. | [noun] A market; marketplace. | [noun] Price. CHEAT (10) [verb] To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation. | [verb] To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner. | [verb] To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely. | [noun] Someone who cheats (informal: cheater). CHECK (16) [noun] A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece. | [noun] An inspection or examination. | [noun] A control; a limit or stop. | [verb] To inspect; to examine. | [noun] (usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern. CHEEK (14) [noun] The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity. | [noun] (usually in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts. | [noun] Impudence. CHEEP (12) [noun] A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird. | [verb] Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds sounding like "cheep". | [verb] To express in a chirping tone. CHEER (10) [noun] A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood. | [noun] That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment. | [noun] A cry expressing joy, approval or support such as "hurray". | [noun] Cheerleading. CHEFS (13) [noun] The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household. | [noun] The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment. | [noun] Any cook. CHELA (10) [noun] A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid. | [noun] A pupil or disciple, especially in Hinduism. 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. CHERT (10) [noun] Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral. | [noun] A flint-like tool made from chert. CHESS (10) [noun] A board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king. | [noun] Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge. CHEST (10) [noun] A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid. | [noun] A coffin. | [noun] The place in which public money is kept; a treasury. | [noun] Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity. CHETH (13) [noun] The eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. | [noun] A fence or hedge. CHEVY (16) [noun] A hunt or pursuit; a chase. | [noun] A cry used in hunting. | [noun] The game of prisoners' bars. CHEWS (13) [noun] The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth. | [noun] Level of chewiness. | [noun] A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing. CHEWY (16) [noun] Chewing gum. | [adjective] Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed. CHIAO (10) [noun] A monetary unit of China equal to one tenth of a yuan. | [noun] A monetary unit of Taiwan equal to one tenth of a dollar. CHIAS (10) [noun] A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica. | [noun] Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico. CHICK (16) [noun] A young bird. | [noun] A young chicken. | [noun] (term of endearment) A young child. | [noun] A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows. CHICO (12) CHICS (12) [noun] Plural of chic; stylishly elegant or fashionable people or things. CHIDE (11) [verb] To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily. | [verb] To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. | [verb] To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. CHIEF (13) [noun] A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc. | [noun] The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third. | [noun] The principal part or top of anything. CHIEL (10) [noun] A Scottish word for a child or young man. | [noun] A fellow or guy. CHILD (11) [noun] A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority) | [noun] (specifically) A female child, a girl. | [noun] (with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; a son or daughter. | [verb] To give birth; to beget or procreate. CHILE (10) [noun] The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking. | [noun] Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking. | [noun] (Indian Chinese cuisine) a spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer. | [noun] A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority) CHILI (10) [noun] The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking. | [noun] Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking. | [noun] (Indian Chinese cuisine) a spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer. | [noun] A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef. CHILL (10) [noun] A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness. | [noun] A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness. | [noun] An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold. CHIMB (14) [noun] The top of a ridge. | [noun] The spine of an animal. | [noun] A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. CHIME (12) [noun] A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes. | [noun] An individual ringing component of such a set. | [noun] A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device. | [noun] The top of a ridge. CHIMP (14) [verb] To review each image on a digital camera after it is taken. | [verb] To get very excited when showing images on a digital camera. | [noun] A species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans. CHINA (10) [noun] The plant Smilax china, a liana of much of eastern Asia. | [noun] A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis. | [noun] A plant or flower of one of the class of hybrids developed from Rosa chinensis. CHINE (10) [noun] The top of a ridge. | [noun] The spine of an animal. | [noun] A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. | [noun] (Southern England) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea. | [verb] To crack, split, fissure, break. CHINK (14) [noun] A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack. | [noun] A chip or dent in something metallic. | [noun] A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system. | [noun] A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink. | [noun] A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying. | [noun] A person of perceived Chinese ethnicity. CHINO (10) [noun] A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms. CHINS (10) [noun] The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth. | [noun] Talk. | [noun] A lie, a falsehood. CHIPS (12) [noun] A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. | [noun] A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off. | [noun] (games) A token used in place of cash. CHIRK (14) [verb] To make a shrill sound or chirp. | [verb] To cheer or encourage. CHIRM (12) [noun] A din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc. | [verb] To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird does. CHIRO (10) [noun] A chiropractor. | [noun] Chiropractic. CHIRP (12) [noun] A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect. | [noun] (radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse. | [verb] To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets CHIRR (10) [noun] The trilled sound made by an insect. | [verb] To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada). CHITS (10) [noun] A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. | [noun] A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman. | [noun] The embryonic growing bud of a plant CHIVE (13) [noun] A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion. | [noun] (in the plural) The leaves of this plant used as a herb. | [noun] The style and stigma of a flower, especially saffron. | [noun] (thieves' cant) A knife. CHIVY (16) [noun] A hunt or pursuit; a chase. | [noun] A cry used in hunting. | [noun] The game of prisoners' bars. 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. CHUBS (12) [noun] One of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especially: | [noun] (by extension) Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes. | [noun] A chubby, plump person. CHUCK (16) [noun] Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal. | [noun] Food. | [noun] A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder. | [noun] A chicken, a hen. | [noun] A gentle touch or tap. | [noun] A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax. | [noun] A small pebble. CHUFA (13) [noun] Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts). CHUFF (16) [noun] A coarse or stupid fellow. | [adjective] Surly; annoyed; displeased; disgruntled. | [adjective] Stupid; churlish | [noun] (scriptwriting) Superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot. | [noun] The vagina. CHUGS (11) [noun] A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine. | [noun] A large gulp of drink. | [noun] A homemade Cuban boat, built to carry emigrants to the USA, and often abandoned upon arrival. CHUMP (14) [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). | [noun] An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser. CHUMS (12) [noun] A friend; a pal. | [noun] A roommate, especially in a college or university. | [verb] To share rooms with someone; to live together. CHUNK (14) [noun] A part of something that has been separated. | [noun] A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular. | [noun] A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster. CHURL (10) [noun] A rustic; a countryman or labourer; a free peasant (as opposed to a serf). | [noun] A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor. | [noun] A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. CHURN (10) [noun] A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter. | [noun] Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company. | [noun] The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider. CHURR (10) [noun] The trilled sound made by an insect. | [verb] To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada). | [noun] A low vocal sound made by some birds. CHUTE (10) [noun] A framework, trough or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel. | [noun] A waterfall or rapid. | [noun] The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo. | [noun] A parachute. CHYLE (13) [noun] A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine. CHYME (15) [noun] The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum. CIBOL (9) CIDER (8) [noun] An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples; hard cider; apple cider | [noun] A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice). | [noun] A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples. CIGAR (8) [noun] Tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked. | [noun] Penis CILIA (7) [noun] Hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of a plant organ. | [noun] A hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism). These structures serve either for locomotion by moving or as sensors. | [noun] One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing. CIMEX (16) [noun] A genus of parasitic insects that includes bedbugs, characterized by flat bodies and piercing mouthparts used to feed on blood. CINCH (12) [noun] A simple saddle girth used in Mexico. | [noun] Something that is very easy to do. | [noun] A firm hold. | [noun] A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game. CINES (7) [noun] Plural of cine, relating to cinematography or motion pictures; movie theaters or cinemas. CIONS (7) [noun] Plural of cion, a plant shoot or twig used in grafting. | [noun] Plural of cion, a scion or descendant. CIRCA (9) [preposition] Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time) CIRES (7) CIRRI (7) [noun] A tendril. | [noun] A thin tendril-like appendage. | [noun] A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres. CISCO (9) [noun] Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes. CISSY (10) [noun] A cisgender or cissexual person. | [noun] An effeminate boy or man. | [noun] A timid, unassertive or cowardly person. CISTS (7) [noun] A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece. | [noun] A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs. CITED (8) [verb] To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. | [verb] To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context. | [verb] To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court. CITER (7) [noun] One who cites or quotes. | [noun] One who summons or calls upon. CITES (7) [verb] To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. | [verb] To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context. | [verb] To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court. CIVET (10) [noun] A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail. | [noun] The musky perfume produced by the animal. | [noun] Any animal in the family Viverridae or the similar family Nandiniidae CIVIC (12) [adjective] Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil. | [adjective] Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties. CIVIE (10) [noun] A civilian, especially a person not in the military or armed forces. CIVIL (10) [adjective] Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion. | [adjective] Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner. | [adjective] Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters. CIVVY (16) [noun] A civilian; someone who is not in the military. CLACH (12) [noun] A stone or rock, especially a large one; a boulder or cliff. | [noun] In Scottish, a stone used in the game of curling. CLACK (13) [noun] An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk. | [noun] Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve. | [noun] Chatter; prattle. CLADE (8) [noun] A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species. | [noun] A higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup. | [verb] To be part of a clade; to form a clade. CLADS (8) [verb] (past tense clad) To clothe. | [verb] (past tense clad or cladded) To cover (with insulation or another material); to surround, envelop. | [verb] (figuratively) To imbue (with a specified quality) CLAGS (8) [verb] To stick or adhere; to clog or become blocked. | [noun] Plural of clag, a sticky substance or adhesive. CLAIM (9) [noun] A demand of ownership made for something. | [noun] The thing claimed. | [noun] The right or ground of demanding. CLAMP (11) [noun] A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together. | [noun] An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc. | [noun] A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp. | [noun] A heavy footstep; a tramp. CLAMS (9) [noun] Acronym of Clip-on Load Adjusting Mechanism. A device that can be fitted onto an oar to adjust set. | [noun] A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. | [noun] Strong pincers or forceps. CLANG (8) [noun] A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other. | [noun] Quality of tone. | [noun] The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose. CLANK (11) [noun] A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal. | [verb] To make a clanking sound | [verb] To cause to sound with a clank. CLANS (7) [noun] A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief. | [noun] A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain | [noun] Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity. CLAPS (9) [noun] The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together. | [noun] The explosive sound of thunder. | [noun] Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound. CLAPT (9) [verb] Past tense and past participle of "clap," meaning to applaud by striking palms together, or to move or strike suddenly and loudly. 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). CLARY (10) [noun] Clary sage (Salvia sclarea) CLASH (10) [noun] A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects. | [noun] A skirmish, a hostile encounter. | [noun] A match; a game between two sides. CLASP (9) [noun] A fastener or holder, particularly one that clasps. | [noun] (in the singular) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake. | [verb] To take hold of; to grasp; to grab tightly. CLASS (7) [noun] A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes. | [noun] A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes; upper class, middle class and working class. | [noun] The division of society into classes. CLAST (7) [noun] A fragment of rock that was broken from a larger rock or rock unit. CLAVE (10) [verb] To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument. | [verb] To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces. | [verb] To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting. | [noun] A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave. CLAVI (10) [noun] Plural of clavis, a key or keylike structure, especially in anatomy or biology. CLAWS (10) [noun] A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird. | [noun] A foot equipped with such. | [noun] The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod. CLAYS (10) [noun] A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics. | [noun] An earth material with ductile qualities. | [noun] A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate. CLEAN (7) [noun] Removal of dirt. | [noun] The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders. | [verb] To remove dirt from a place or object. CLEAR (7) [noun] Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls. | [noun] The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game. | [noun] A person who is free from the influence of engrams. CLEAT (7) [noun] A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc. | [noun] A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components. | [noun] A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release. CLEEK (11) [noun] A golf club with an iron head and a long shaft, used for long-distance shots. | [noun] A large hook or crook. CLEFS (10) [noun] A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff CLEFT (10) [noun] An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting. | [noun] A piece made by splitting. | [noun] A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. | [verb] To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument. CLEPE (9) [noun] A cry; an appeal; a call. | [verb] To give a call; cry out; appeal. | [verb] To call; call upon; cry out to. CLEPT (9) [verb] To give a call; cry out; appeal. | [verb] To call; call upon; cry out to. | [verb] To call to oneself; invite; summon. CLERK (11) [noun] One who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker. | [noun] A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs. | [noun] In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk). CLEWS (10) [noun] A roughly spherical mass or body. | [noun] A ball of thread or yarn. | [noun] Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue. CLICK (13) [noun] A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand. | [noun] An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure. | [noun] Sound made by a dolphin. | [noun] A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand. | [noun] A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. | [verb] To snatch. CLIFF (13) [noun] A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. | [noun] A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc. | [noun] A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff CLIFT (10) CLIMB (11) [noun] An act of climbing. | [noun] The act of getting to somewhere more elevated. | [noun] An upwards struggle CLIME (9) [noun] A particular region defined by its weather or climate. | [noun] Climate. CLINE (7) [noun] A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group. | [noun] Any graduated continuum. | [noun] (inversive geometry) A generalized circle. CLING (8) [noun] Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit. | [noun] Adherence; attachment; devotion | [verb] To hold very tightly, as to not fall off. | [verb] To produce a high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell. CLINK (11) [noun] The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass. | [verb] To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another. | [verb] To rhyme. | [noun] A prison. | [verb] To clinch; to rivet. CLIPS (9) [noun] Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another. | [noun] An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace. | [noun] An embrace. CLIPT (9) 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. CLUBS (9) [noun] An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation. | [noun] A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or plaything. | [noun] A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund. CLUCK (13) [noun] The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks. | [noun] Any sound similar to this. | [noun] A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse. CLUED (8) [verb] To provide with a clue. | [verb] To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up"). CLUES (7) [noun] A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide. | [noun] Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion. | [noun] An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence. CLUMP (11) [noun] A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass. | [noun] A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair. | [noun] A dull thud. CLUNG (8) [verb] To hold very tightly, as to not fall off. | [verb] To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films. | [verb] To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing. CLUNK (11) [noun] A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact. | [noun] The sound of liquid coming out of a bottle, etc.; a glucking sound. | [verb] To make such a sound 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) [adjective] Relating to or located near the coxa (hip joint or the basal segment of an arthropod's leg). 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) [verb] Third person singular of "coze," meaning to chat or converse casually. COZEY (19) COZIE (16) [noun] A padded or knitted cover for a teapot, egg, or other object to keep it warm. | [adjective] Warm and comfortable; cozy. CRAAL (7) CRABS (9) [noun] A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace. | [noun] The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat | [noun] A bad-tempered person. CRACK (13) [noun] A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material. | [noun] A narrow opening. | [noun] A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack. | [adjective] Highly trained and competent. CRAFT (10) [noun] Strength; power; might; force . | [noun] Intellectual power; skill; art. | [noun] (obsolete in the general sense) A work or product of art . CRAGS (8) [noun] A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep rock or cliff. | [noun] A rough broken fragment of rock. | [noun] A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age. CRAKE (11) [noun] Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills. | [verb] To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake. | [noun] A crack; a boast. CRAMP (11) [noun] A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled. | [noun] That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance. | [noun] A clamp for carpentry or masonry. CRAMS (9) [noun] The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something). | [noun] Information hastily memorized. | [noun] A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. CRANE (7) [noun] Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight. | [noun] Ardea herodias, the great blue heron. | [noun] A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes. | [noun] The cranium. CRANK (11) [noun] A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. | [noun] The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft. | [noun] Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage. CRAPE (9) [noun] Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband. | [verb] To form into ringlets; to curl or crimp. | [verb] To clothe in crape. CRAPS (9) [noun] A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap. | [noun] The husk of grain; chaff. | [noun] (mildly) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk. | [verb] To defecate. CRASH (10) [noun] A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals. | [noun] An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident. | [noun] A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable. | [noun] (fibre) A type of rough linen. CRASS (7) [adjective] Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination | [adjective] Materialistic | [adjective] Dense CRATE (7) [noun] A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods. | [noun] (mildly) A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable. | [noun] In the Rust programming language, a binary or library. CRAVE (10) [noun] A formal application to a court to make a particular order. | [verb] To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for. | [verb] To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim. CRAWL (10) [noun] The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops. | [noun] A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick. | [noun] A very slow pace. | [noun] A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish. CRAWS (10) [noun] The stomach of an animal. | [noun] The crop of a bird. CRAZE (16) [noun] Craziness; insanity. | [noun] A strong habitual desire or fancy. | [noun] A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad CRAZY (19) [noun] An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot. | [noun] Eccentric behaviour; lunacy. | [adjective] Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle. CREAK (11) [noun] The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking. | [verb] To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances. | [verb] To produce a creaking sound with. CREAM (9) [noun] The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder. | [noun] A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream. | [noun] Frosting, custard, creamer or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream. 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. CREED (8) [noun] That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to. | [noun] (specifically) A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is brief and comprehensive. | [noun] The fact of believing; belief, faith. CREEK (11) [noun] A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats. | [noun] A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook. | [noun] Any turn or winding. CREEL (7) [noun] An osier basket, such as anglers use to hold fish. | [noun] A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule. | [verb] To place (fish) in a creel. CREEP (9) [verb] To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground. | [verb] Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards. | [verb] To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction. | [noun] The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails) CREME (9) [noun] A very sugary, fluffy white cream derivative. | [noun] Cream CREPE (9) [noun] A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat. | [noun] A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface. | [noun] Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper. CREPT (9) [verb] To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground. | [verb] Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards. | [verb] To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction. CREPY (12) [adjective] Having a crepe-like texture; wrinkled or crinkled. | [adjective] Resembling or made of crepe fabric. CRESS (7) [noun] (plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic. CREST (7) [noun] The summit of a hill or mountain ridge. | [noun] A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. | [noun] The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet. CREWS (10) [noun] A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs | [noun] The Manx shearwater. CRIBS (9) [noun] A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet. | [noun] A bed for a child older than a baby. | [noun] A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel CRICK (13) [noun] A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. (Compare catch.) | [noun] A small jackscrew. | [verb] To develop a crick (cramp, spasm). | [noun] A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats. | [noun] The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. CRIED (8) [verb] To shed tears; to weep. | [verb] To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly. | [verb] To shout, scream, yell. CRIER (7) [noun] One who cries. | [noun] An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier. CRIES (7) [noun] A shedding of tears; the act of crying. | [noun] A shout or scream. | [noun] Words shouted or screamed. CRIME (9) [noun] A specific act committed in violation of the law. | [noun] Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity. | [noun] That which occasions crime. CRIMP (11) [noun] A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts. | [noun] The natural curliness of wool fibres. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks. | [noun] An agent who procures seamen, soldier, etc., especially by decoying, entrapping, impressing, or seducing them. CRIPE (9) CRISP (9) [noun] A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack. | [noun] A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping | [noun] Anything baked or fried and eaten as a snack 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. CRUCK (13) [noun] A sturdy timber with a curve or angle used for primary framing of a timber house, usually used in pairs. | [verb] To make lame. | [noun] A vehicle that has features of both a car and a truck. CRUDE (8) [noun] Any substance in its natural state. | [noun] Crude oil. | [adjective] In a natural, untreated state. CRUDS (8) [noun] Dirt, filth or refuse. | [noun] (by extension) Something of poor quality. | [noun] A contemptible person. CRUEL (7) [verb] To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success) | [verb] To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive. | [adjective] Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless. | [noun] Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery. CRUET (7) [noun] A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table. | [noun] A stand for these containers. | [noun] A small vessel used to hold wine or water for the Eucharist. CRUMB (11) [noun] A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread). | [noun] A small piece of other material, such as rubber. | [noun] A bit, small amount. CRUMP (11) [noun] The sound of a muffled explosion. | [verb] To produce such a sound. | [verb] For one's health to decline rapidly (but not as rapidly as crash). | [adjective] Hard or crusty; dry baked | [adjective] Crooked; bent. CRUOR (7) [noun] The colouring matter of the blood. | [noun] The clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the colouring matter; gore. CRURA (7) [noun] The shin (tibia and fibula) | [noun] A leglike part; shank CRUSE (7) [noun] A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water. | [noun] An oil lamp or similar emblem. CRUSH (10) [noun] A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. | [noun] Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd. | [noun] A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure. CRUST (7) [noun] A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary. | [noun] The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc. | [noun] An outer layer composed of pastry CRWTH (13) [noun] A bowed stringed instrument of Welsh origin, similar to a violin, with a flat body and typically six strings. CRYPT (12) [noun] A cave or cavern. | [noun] An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place. | [noun] A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure. CUBBY (14) [noun] A small, confined space. | [noun] In a school classroom, a cell of a shelf for students to place belongings in. CUBEB (11) [noun] The tailed pepper, Piper cubeba; an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil. CUBED (10) [verb] To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice. | [verb] To form into the shape of a cube. | [verb] To cut into cubes. CUBER (9) [noun] A person who solves Rubik's cubes or other cube puzzles. | [noun] A device or tool used for cutting food into cubes. CUBES (9) [noun] A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces. | [noun] Any object more or less in the form of a cube. | [noun] The third power of a number, value, term or expression. CUBIC (11) [noun] A cubic curve. | [adjective] Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice. | [adjective] Of a class of polynomial of the form ax^3 + bx^2 + cx + d CUBIT (9) [noun] Various former units of length notionally based on the distance from a grown man's elbow to his fingertips, standardized in different places and times at values between 35 and 60 cm. | [noun] The ulna. CUDDY (12) [noun] A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck. | [noun] A small cupboard or closet | [noun] A donkey, especially one driven by a huckster or greengrocer. | [noun] The coalfish (Pollachius carbonarius). CUFFS (13) [noun] Glove; mitten | [noun] The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist | [noun] The end of a pants leg, folded up CUIFS (10) CUING (8) [verb] The act of giving a signal or prompt to someone to do something. | [verb] In billiards, striking the cue ball with a cue stick. CUISH (10) [noun] Defensive armour for the thighs CUKES (11) [noun] A cucumber. | [noun] A cucoloris. CULCH (12) [noun] The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves. | [verb] To prepare an oyster bed with such (culch) attachments. | [verb] To accumulate small household items of little value. CULET (7) [noun] The small flat facet at the bottom of a cut gemstone, especially a diamond. CULEX (14) [noun] Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease. CULLS (7) [noun] A selection. | [noun] An organised killing of selected animals. | [noun] (farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded. CULLY (10) [noun] A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person. | [noun] A companion. | [noun] A male client of a prostitute; a john, a gonk. CULMS (9) [noun] Waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel; slack. | [noun] Anthracite, especially when found in small masses | [noun] The stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge CULPA (9) [noun] Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart. CULTI (7) CULTS (7) [noun] A group or sect of people with a deviant religious, philosophical or cultural identity, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members. | [noun] Devotion to a saint. | [noun] The veneration and religious rites given to a deity, esp. in a historical polytheistic context. CUMIN (9) [noun] The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae. | [noun] Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cookery. CUNTS (7) [noun] The female genitalia, especially the vulva. | [noun] An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand more usually a man). | [noun] An objectionable object or item. CUPEL (9) [noun] A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead. | [verb] To refine by means of a cupel. CUPID (10) [noun] The Roman god of love, typically depicted as a winged boy with a bow and arrows. | [noun] A representation of this god used as a decorative motif. | [noun] A cherub or small angelic figure. CUPPA (11) [noun] (Commonwealth of Nations except Canada) A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink). | [noun] (Commonwealth of Nations except Canada) Whatever interests or suits one; one's cup of tea. | [noun] Pronunciation spelling of cup of. CUPPY (14) [adjective] Having the form of a cup. | [adjective] Having indentations or shallow depressions. | [adjective] (of timber) Characterised by cup shakes. CURBS (9) [noun] A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand) | [noun] A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening. | [noun] Something that checks or restrains; a restraint. CURCH (12) CURDS (8) [noun] The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc. | [noun] The coagulated part of any liquid. | [noun] The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants. CURDY (11) CURED (8) [verb] To restore to health. | [verb] To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end. | [verb] To cause to be rid of (a defect). CURER (7) CURES (7) [noun] A method, device or medication that restores good health. | [noun] Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury. | [noun] A solution to a problem. CURET (7) CURFS (10) CURIA (7) CURIE (7) [noun] 3.7×1010 decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci. CURIO (7) [noun] A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity. CURLS (7) [noun] A piece or lock of curling hair; a ringlet. | [noun] A curved stroke or shape. | [noun] A spin making the trajectory of an object curve. CURLY (10) [noun] A person or animal with curly hair. | [adjective] Having curls. | [adjective] Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes) CURNS (7) CURRS (7) CURRY (10) [noun] One of a family of dishes originating from South Asian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce. | [noun] A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavoured with curry powder. | [noun] Curry powder. | [verb] To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb. | [verb] To perform currying upon. | [verb] To scurry; to ride or run hastily | [noun] A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate. CURSE (7) [noun] A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane. | [noun] A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone. | [noun] The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment. | [verb] To place a curse upon (a person or object). CURST (7) [verb] To place a curse upon (a person or object). | [verb] To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate. | [verb] To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet. CURVE (10) [noun] A gentle bend, such as in a road. | [noun] A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line. | [noun] A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject. CURVY (13) [adjective] Having curves. | [adjective] Buxom or curvaceous. CUSEC (9) [noun] A measure of the rate of flow of fluid, especially through a pipeline, equal to one cubic foot per second. CUSHY (13) [adjective] Easy, making few demands, comfortable. | [adjective] Comfortable; often in a way that will suit a person's body. CUSKS (11) [noun] A marine cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, Brosme brosme. CUSPS (9) [noun] A sharp point or pointed end. | [noun] An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events. | [noun] A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point. CUSSO (7) CUTCH (12) [noun] Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster. | [noun] Young or seed oysters together with the shells and other objects to which they are usually attached. | [noun] Rubbish; debris; refuse. CUTER (7) [adjective] Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior. | [adjective] Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way. | [adjective] Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy. CUTES (7) CUTEY (10) [noun] A cute person or animal. | [noun] A clementine: a small, waxy-peeled orange hybrid cultivar that is easy to peel by hand. | [noun] (by extension) Any small mandarin orange variety such as a tangerine or a satsuma. CUTIE (7) [noun] A cute person or animal. | [noun] A clementine: a small, waxy-peeled orange hybrid cultivar that is easy to peel by hand. | [noun] (by extension) Any small mandarin orange variety such as a tangerine or a satsuma. CUTIN (7) [noun] A waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle. CUTIS (7) [noun] The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis. CUTTY (10) [noun] A short spoon. | [noun] A short tobacco pipe. | [noun] A wanton or unchaste woman. CUTUP (9) [noun] Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for example, by playing practical jokes. CYANO (10) [noun] (especially in combination) a univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a nitrogen atom joined with a triple bond; organic compounds containing a cyano group are nitriles CYANS (10) CYCAD (13) [noun] Any plant of the division Cycadophyta, having a stout and woody trunk with a crown of large, hard and stiff, evergreen leaves. CYCAS (12) CYCLE (12) [noun] An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed. | [noun] A complete rotation of anything. | [noun] A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence. CYCLO (12) [noun] A tuk-tuk. | [noun] A cycle rickshaw CYDER (11) [noun] An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples; hard cider; apple cider | [noun] A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice). | [noun] A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples. CYLIX (17) CYMAE (12) [noun] A moulding of the cornice, wavelike in form, whose outline consists of a concave and a convex line; an ogee. | [noun] A cyme. CYMAR (12) CYMAS (12) [noun] A moulding of the cornice, wavelike in form, whose outline consists of a concave and a convex line; an ogee. | [noun] A cyme. CYMES (12) [noun] (spelt cime) A “head” (of unexpanded leaves, etc.); an opening bud. | [noun] A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, on which each axis terminates with a flower which blooms before the flowers below it. Contrast raceme. | [noun] = cyma CYMOL (12) CYNIC (12) [noun] A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness. | [noun] A person whose outlook is scornfully negative. | [adjective] Cynical (in all senses) CYSTS (10) [noun] A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ. | [noun] Of or pertaining to the urinary bladder or gall bladder (in compounds). CYTON (10) CZARS (16) [noun] An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area. | [noun] An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states. | [noun] A person with great power; an autocrat. DACES (8) DACHA (11) [noun] A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside. DANCE (8) [noun] A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. | [noun] A social gathering where dancing is the main activity. | [noun] A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister. DARIC (8) DECAF (11) [noun] A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink. DECAL (8) [noun] A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily. | [noun] A decorative sticker. | [verb] To apply decals to. DECAY (11) [noun] The process or result of being gradually decomposed. | [noun] A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune. | [verb] To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality. DECKS (12) [noun] Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop. | [noun] The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. | [noun] A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane. 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. DECRY (11) [verb] To denounce as harmful. | [verb] To blame for ills. DEICE (8) DEUCE (8) [noun] A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards. | [noun] A side of a die with two spots. | [noun] A cast of dice totalling two. | [noun] (epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger. DICED (9) [verb] To play dice. | [verb] To cut into small cubes. | [verb] To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes. DICER (8) DICES (8) [noun] Gaming with one or more dice. | [noun] A die. | [noun] That which has been diced. DICEY (11) [adjective] Fraught with danger. | [adjective] Of uncertain, risky outcome. | [adjective] Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy. DICKS (12) [noun] A male person. | [noun] The penis. | [noun] A highly contemptible person; a jerk. DICKY (15) [noun] A louse. | [noun] Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar. | [noun] A detachable shirt front, collar or bib. | [adjective] Like a dick, foolish or obnoxious DICOT (8) [noun] A plant whose seedlings have two cotyledons, a dicotyledon. DICTA (8) [noun] An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm. | [noun] A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it. | [noun] The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it. DICTY (11) [noun] An upper-class black. | [adjective] Stylish and respectable; high-class | [adjective] Striving to seem stylish and respectable; pretentious DISCI (8) DISCO (8) [noun] A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights. | [verb] To dance disco-style dances. | [verb] To go to discotheques. DISCS (8) [noun] A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. | [noun] An intervertebral disc. | [noun] Something resembling a disc. DITCH (11) [noun] A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage. | [verb] To discard or abandon. | [verb] To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water. | [noun] Dirt ingrained on the hands, or in cracks, crevices, etc. 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. DOLCE (8) [noun] A soft-toned organ stop. DOLCI (8) DOMIC (10) DOUCE (8) [adjective] Sweet; nice; pleasant. | [adjective] Serious and quiet; steady, not flighty or casual; sober. DRECK (12) [noun] Trash; worthless merchandise. DUCAL (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they hold. DUCAT (8) [noun] A gold coin minted by various European nations. | [noun] A coin of the major denomination (dollar, euro, etc.); money in general. | [noun] A ticket. DUCES (8) [noun] The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline. | [noun] A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion. | [noun] The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes. DUCHY (14) [noun] A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess. (A grand duchy may be a self-governing state. A simple duchy tends to be a part of a larger kingdom or empire.) DUCKS (12) [verb] To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something. | [verb] To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something. | [verb] To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw. | [noun] An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet. DUCKY (15) [noun] A duck (aquatic bird), especially a toy rubber duck | [noun] An affectionate pet name. | [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a duck. DUCTS (8) [noun] A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another. | [noun] An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs. | [noun] Guidance; direction. DUNCE (8) [noun] An unintelligent person. DUNCH (11) DUROC (8) [noun] A pig of a reddish breed developed in North America. DUTCH (11) [noun] Wife | [verb] To treat cocoa beans or powder with an alkali solution to darken the color and lessen the bitterness of the flavor. ECHED (11) ECHES (10) ECHOS (10) ECLAT (7) [noun] A brilliant or successful effect; brilliance of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown. ECRUS (7) EDICT (8) [noun] A proclamation of law or other authoritative command. EDUCE (8) [noun] An inference. | [verb] To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction. | [verb] To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises. EDUCT (8) EJECT (14) [verb] To compel (a person or persons) to leave. | [verb] To throw out or remove forcefully. | [verb] To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour. | [noun] An inferred object of someone else's consciousness ELECT (7) [noun] One chosen or set apart. | [noun] In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation. | [verb] To choose or make a decision (to do something) EMCEE (9) [noun] A rapper. | [noun] Initialism of main colour. | [noun] Initialism of matching colour. ENACT (7) [noun] Purpose; determination | [verb] To make (a bill) into law | [verb] To act the part of; to play EPACT (9) [noun] The time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter EPICS (9) [noun] An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero. | [noun] A series of events considered appropriate to an epic. | [noun] In software development, a large or extended user story. 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. ERECT (7) [adjective] Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards. | [adjective] (of body parts) Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation. | [adjective] (of a man) Having an erect penis | [verb] To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts. ERICA (7) [noun] Any of many heathers, of the genus Erica, used as garden plants ERUCT (7) [verb] To burp or belch. ESCAR (7) ESCOT (7) ETHIC (10) [noun] A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual. | [noun] The morality of an action. | [adjective] Moral, relating to morals. EVICT (10) [verb] To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out. EXACT (14) [verb] To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way. | [verb] To make desirable or necessary. | [verb] To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce. EXCEL (14) [verb] To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something. | [verb] To be much better than others. | [verb] To exceed, to go beyond EXECS (14) [noun] Executive, executive officer FACED (11) [verb] (of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something). | [verb] (of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else). | [verb] To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction. | [adjective] Drunk FACER (10) [noun] An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat. | [noun] One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person. | [noun] A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy. FACES (10) [noun] The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose and mouth, and the surrounding area. | [noun] One's facial expression. | [noun] (in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc. FACET (10) [noun] Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem. | [noun] One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things. | [noun] One of a series of things, such as steps in a project. FACIA (10) [noun] A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing. | [noun] A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone. | [noun] A dashboard. FACTS (10) [noun] Something actual as opposed to invented. | [noun] Something which is real. | [noun] Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation. FANCY (13) [noun] The imagination. | [noun] An image or representation of anything formed in the mind. | [noun] An opinion or notion formed without much reflection. | [verb] To appreciate without jealousy or greed. FARCE (10) [noun] A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method. | [noun] A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor. | [noun] A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents. | [noun] Forcemeat, stuffing. FARCI (10) FARCY (13) [noun] A contagious disease of horses, resembling glanders FECAL (10) [adjective] Of or relating to feces. FECES (10) [noun] Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from the bowels; excrement. FECKS (14) [verb] To throw. | [verb] To steal. | [verb] To leave hastily. | [noun] (in minced oaths) Faith. FENCE (10) [noun] A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter. | [noun] Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods. | [noun] Skill in oral debate. FETCH (13) [noun] An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance. | [noun] The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts. | [noun] A stratagem or trick; an artifice. | [noun] (originally Ireland) The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith. FICES (10) FICHE (13) [noun] A microfiche FICHU (13) [noun] A woman's lightweight triangular scarf worn over the shoulders and tied in front, or tucked into a bodice to cover the exposed part of the neck and chest. FICIN (10) FICUS (10) [noun] A plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant. FILCH (13) [noun] Something which has been filched or stolen. | [noun] An act of filching; larceny, theft. | [noun] A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief. FINCH (13) [noun] Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak. | [verb] To hunt for finches, to go finching. FISCS (10) [noun] The public treasury of Rome. | [noun] Any state treasury or exchequer. FITCH (13) [noun] The European polecat, Mustela putorius. | [noun] The skin of the polecat | [noun] A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads "spelt". FLACK (14) [verb] To flutter; palpitate. | [verb] To hang loosely; flag. | [verb] To beat by flapping. | [noun] A publicist, a publicity agent. | [noun] Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells. FLECK (14) [noun] A flake | [noun] A lock, as of wool. | [noun] A small spot or streak; a speckle. FLICK (14) [noun] A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip. | [noun] A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema. | [noun] A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target. FLICS (10) [noun] A data file containing computer animations. | [noun] A French policeman. 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. 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. 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. FRANC (10) [noun] A former unit of currency of France, Belgium and Luxembourg, replaced by the euro. | [noun] Any of several units of currency, some of which are multi-national (West African CFA Franc (XOF), Central African CFA Franc (XAF), the Swiss franc (CHF)) while others are national currencies. 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. FUCKS (14) [noun] An act of sexual intercourse. | [noun] A sexual partner, especially a casual one. | [noun] A highly contemptible person. FUCUS (10) [noun] Any alga of the genus Fucus. FYCES (13) GAMIC (10) 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. GECKS (12) GENIC (8) [adjective] Of, relating to, produced by, or being a gene GLACE (8) GRACE (8) [noun] Charming, pleasing qualities. | [noun] A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal. | [noun] In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules. GUACO (8) GUCKS (12) GULCH (11) [noun] A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully. | [noun] An act of gulching or gulping. | [noun] A glutton. HACEK (14) [noun] A caron; a diacritical mark (ˇ) usually resembling an inverted circumflex, but in the cases of ď, Ľ, ľ, and ť resembling a prime (′) instead. HACKS (14) [noun] A tool for chopping. | [noun] A hacking blow. | [noun] A gouge or notch made by such a blow. HANCE (10) HATCH (13) [noun] A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling. | [noun] A trapdoor. | [noun] An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through. | [noun] The act of hatching. | [verb] To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch). HAVOC (13) [noun] Widespread devastation, destruction | [noun] Mayhem | [verb] To pillage. HECKS (14) HEMIC (12) HENCE (10) [adverb] From here, from this place, away | [adverb] From the living or from this world | [adverb] (of a length of time) in the future from now HEUCH (13) HICKS (14) [noun] An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. | [verb] To hiccup HITCH (13) [noun] A sudden pull. | [noun] Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope. | [noun] A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer. 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. HOICK (14) [noun] A wild hook shot played without style. | [noun] Sputum. | [verb] To play such a shot. HOOCH (13) [noun] Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky. | [noun] A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling. HOTCH (13) [verb] To move irregularly up and down. | [verb] To swarm (with). HUCKS (14) [noun] (Ultimate Frisbee) A long throw, generally at least half a field in length. | [noun] A drop or jump off a cliff or cornice. | [verb] To throw or chuck. HUMIC (12) [adjective] Of, or relating to humus. HUNCH (13) [noun] A hump; a protuberance. | [noun] A stooped or curled posture; a slouch. | [noun] A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen. HUTCH (13) [noun] A cage for keeping rabbits, guinea pigs, etc. | [noun] A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed. | [noun] A measure of two Winchester bushels. ICHOR (10) [noun] The liquid that in Greek mythology was said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods | [noun] Any bloodlike fluid | [noun] A watery, fetid discharge from a sore ICIER (7) [adjective] Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty. | [adjective] Covered with ice, wholly or partially. | [adjective] Characterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold. ICILY (10) ICING (8) [noun] A sweet glaze made primarily of sugar and often flavored, typically used for baked goods; frosting. | [noun] A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this. | [noun] The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface. | [verb] To cool with ice, as a beverage. ICKER (11) ICONS (7) [noun] An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion. | [noun] (especially Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels. | [noun] (by extension) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing. ICTIC (9) ICTUS (7) [noun] The pulse. | [noun] A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc. | [noun] The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare arsis. ILEAC (7) ILIAC (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the ilium. INCOG (8) [noun] Incognito. | [adjective] Incognito. | [adverb] Incognito. INCUR (7) [verb] To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to | [verb] To enter or pass into | [verb] To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger INCUS (7) [noun] A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear. | [noun] An accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus. IODIC (8) IONIC (7) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing ions ITCHY (13) [adjective] Having or creating an itch, causing a person or animal to tend to want to scratch. JACAL (14) [noun] A wattle-and-mud hut common in Mexico and the south-western US. JACKS (18) [noun] A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather. | [noun] A man. | [noun] A device or utensil. JACKY (21) [noun] A sailor. | [noun] English gin. JOCKO (18) JOCKS (18) [noun] A common man. | [noun] A Scotsman. | [noun] The penis. JUICE (14) [noun] A liquid from a plant, especially fruit. | [noun] A beverage made of juice. | [noun] Any liquid resembling juice. | [adjective] Alternative spelling of Jew's (used in certain set phrases like juice harp) JUICY (17) [adjective] Having lots of juice. | [adjective] (of a story, etc.) Exciting; titillating. | [adjective] (of a blow, strike, etc.) Strong, painful. 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. KECKS (15) [noun] Trousers | [noun] Underpants KENCH (14) KETCH (14) [noun] A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post. | [verb] (heading) To capture, overtake. | [verb] (heading) To seize hold of. | [noun] A hangman. KICKS (15) [noun] A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee. | [noun] The action of swinging a foot or leg. | [noun] Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing. KICKY (18) [adjective] Lively, exciting, thrilling. | [adjective] Characterised by kicking motions. | [adjective] Describing a wicket that sometimes causes the ball to kick (bounce unevenly). KNACK (15) [noun] A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something. | [noun] A petty contrivance; a toy. | [noun] Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity. 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. KYACK (18) LACED (8) [verb] To fasten (something) with laces. | [verb] To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink). | [verb] To interweave items. LACER (7) LACES (7) [noun] A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp | [noun] A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. Wp | [noun] A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. LACEY (10) LACKS (11) [noun] A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy. | [noun] A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want. | [verb] To be without, to need, to require. LAICH (10) LAICS (7) [noun] A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy. LANCE (7) [noun] A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. | [noun] A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour. | [noun] A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. LARCH (10) [noun] A coniferous tree, of genus Larix, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles. | [noun] The wood of the larch. LATCH (10) [verb] To close or lock as if with a latch. | [verb] To catch; lay hold of. | [noun] A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side. | [verb] To smear; to anoint. LEACH (10) [noun] A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. | [noun] A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. | [noun] A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century. | [verb] To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid. LEECH (10) [noun] An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. | [noun] A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion. | [noun] A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum. | [noun] A physician. | [verb] To treat, cure or heal. | [noun] The vertical edge of a square sail. LETCH (10) [noun] Strong desire; passion. | [noun] A lecher. | [noun] A stream or pool in boggy land. | [noun] A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. LICHI (10) LICHT (10) LICIT (7) [adjective] Not forbidden by formal or informal rules. | [adjective] Explicitly established or constituted by law. LICKS (11) [noun] The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue. | [noun] The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick. | [noun] A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue. LILAC (7) [noun] A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink or purple flowers. | [noun] A flower of the lilac shrub. | [noun] (color) A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers. LINAC (7) [noun] A linear particle accelerator. LOACH (10) [noun] A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea. | [noun] Acronym of light observation helicopter. 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. 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. 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. LUCES (7) LUCID (8) [noun] A lucid dream. | [adjective] Clear; easily understood | [adjective] Mentally rational; sane LUCKS (11) [noun] Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence, especially a favourable one. | [noun] A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success. | [noun] Success. LUCKY (14) [adjective] (of people) Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune | [adjective] Producing, or resulting in, good fortune LUCRE (7) [noun] Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner. LUDIC (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to play; playful. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to games of chance. LUNCH (10) [noun] A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day. | [noun] A break in play between the first and second sessions. | [noun] (Minnesota) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering. LURCH (10) [noun] A sudden or unsteady movement. | [verb] To make such a sudden, unsteady movement. | [verb] To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. | [noun] An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables. LYCEA (10) LYCEE (10) [noun] A public secondary school in France. LYNCH (13) [verb] To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob. | [noun] A ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet. | [noun] An acclivity; a small hill or hillock. LYRIC (10) [noun] A lyric poem. | [noun] (also in plural) The words of a song or other vocal music. The singular form often refers to a part of the words, whereas the plural form can refer to all of the words. | [adjective] Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style LYTIC (10) [adjective] Of, relating to, or causing lysis | [adjective] Of or relating to lysin MACAW (12) [noun] Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage. MACED (10) [verb] To hit someone or something with a mace. | [verb] To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device. | [verb] To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can. MACER (9) [noun] A mace bearer; specifically, an officer of a court in Scotland. MACES (9) [noun] A heavy fighting club. | [noun] A ceremonial form of this weapon. | [noun] A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked. MACHE (12) [noun] Valerianella locusta, a small dicot annual plant of the family Caprifoliaceae often cultivated as a salad green or herb. | [noun] A former unit of volumic radioactivity: the quantity of radon (ignoring its daughters) per litre of air which ionizes a sustained current of 0.001 esu. | [noun] Glutinous rice balls flavoured with coconut and pandan. 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. MACHS (12) MACKS (13) [noun] An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills. | [noun] A raincoat or mackintosh. | [noun] An element of a ship's superstructure which places the function of a ship's mast on its exhaust stack, adding the skeletal supporting structure to the smokestack to support the mast's complement of functions. MACLE (9) [noun] Chiastolite; so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross-section. | [noun] A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance. | [noun] A twin crystal. 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 MAFIC (12) [noun] A rock with such properties. | [adjective] Describing rocks, such as silicate minerals, magmas, and volcanic and intrusive igneous rocks, which contain relatively high concentrations of magnesium and iron. MAGIC (10) [noun] The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them | [noun] A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell. | [noun] The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual MALIC (9) MANIC (9) [adjective] Of or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or craziness; wicked. | [adjective] Suffering from mania, the state of an abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels. MARCH (12) [noun] A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies. | [noun] A political rally or parade | [noun] Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music) | [noun] A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary. | [noun] Smallage. MARCS (9) [noun] The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed. | [noun] An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes. | [noun] A weight of various commodities, especially of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces. MATCH (12) [noun] A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match. | [noun] Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority. | [noun] Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison. | [noun] A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface. MECCA (11) MEDIC (10) [noun] A doctor. | [noun] A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military. | [noun] A medical student. | [noun] Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc. MELIC (9) [noun] Any of various grasses, of the genus Melica, from north temperate regions | [adjective] Of or pertaining to Greek lyric verse. MERCY (12) [noun] Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another. | [noun] Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate. | [noun] A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion. MESIC (9) [adjective] (of a habitat) Moist. | [adjective] (of an organism) Adapted to a moist habitat. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to mesons; mesonic. MICAS (9) MICHE (12) MICKS (13) [noun] An Irishman | [noun] A Catholic, particularly of Irish descent. MICRA (9) MICRO (9) [noun] (gaming slang) micromanagement | [verb] (gaming slang) to micromanage | [adjective] Small, relatively small; used to contrast levels of the noun modified. MILCH (12) [adjective] (of a cow, animal, etc.) Giving milk; in note | [adjective] Tender; pitiful; weeping. MIMIC (11) [noun] A person who practices mimicry, or mime. | [noun] An imitation. | [verb] To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. MINCE (9) [noun] Finely chopped meat. | [noun] Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat. | [noun] An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait. MINCY (12) 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. 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. MOUCH (12) MUCID (10) [adjective] Musty; mouldy; slimy; mucous MUCIN (9) [noun] Any of several glycoproteins found in mucus MUCKS (13) [noun] (slimy) mud, sludge. | [noun] Soft (or slimy) manure. | [noun] Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty. MUCKY (16) [adjective] Covered in muck. | [adjective] Obscene, pornographic. 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. MUCUS (9) [noun] A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes. MULCH (12) [noun] Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture. | [noun] A material used as mulch, as a decorative redwood bark mulch. | [verb] To apply mulch. MULCT (9) [noun] A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one. | [verb] To impose such a fine or penalty. | [verb] To swindle (someone) out of money. MUNCH (12) [noun] A location or restaurant where good eating can be expected. | [noun] An act of eating. | [noun] Food. MUSCA (9) MUSIC (9) [noun] A series of sounds organized in time, employing melody, harmony, tempo etc. usually to convey a mood. | [noun] Any pleasing or interesting sounds. | [noun] An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and sometimes singing. MUTCH (12) [noun] A nightcap (hat worn to bed). | [noun] A linen or muslin hat, especially one of a type once commonly worn by elderly women and young children. NACHO (10) [noun] A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos. NACRE (7) [noun] A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl. | [noun] A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl. NANCE (7) [verb] To move in a prissy or stereotypically gay way. | [noun] An effeminate man, especially a homosexual. | [noun] A large shrub or small tree of subtropical and tropical areas of the Americas, Byrsonima crassifolia, bearing a small, sweet, yellow fruit. NANCY (10) [noun] An effeminate man, especially a homosexual. NARCO (7) [noun] Narcotics. | [noun] A South American drug baron. | [noun] A police officer specializing in drug crimes | [noun] Someone suffering from narcolepsy NARCS (7) [noun] A narcotics squad police officer. | [verb] (underwater diving) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (for example, while scuba diving). | [noun] A narcissist. NARIC (7) NATCH (10) [adverb] Naturally; of course. | [noun] The rump of beef, especially the lower and back part of the rump. | [noun] A notch. NECKS (11) [noun] The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals. | [noun] The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts. | [noun] The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck. NICAD (8) [noun] Rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery NICER (7) [adjective] Pleasant, satisfactory. | [adjective] Of a person: friendly, attractive. | [adjective] Respectable; virtuous. NICHE (10) [noun] A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. Hence, any similar position, literal or figurative. | [noun] A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited. | [noun] (by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business. NICKS (11) [noun] A small cut in a surface. | [noun] Senses connoting something small. | [noun] Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state. NICOL (7) NIECE (7) [noun] A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece"). 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). 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. NOTCH (10) [noun] A V-shaped cut. | [noun] An indentation. | [noun] A mountain pass; a defile. NUCHA (10) 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). OHMIC (12) OLEIC (7) ONTIC (7) [adjective] Ontological. | [adjective] Pertaining to being generally, as opposed to some theory of it (which would be ontology). 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. 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. ORGIC (8) OSMIC (9) [adjective] Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence. 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. PACAS (9) [noun] Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides. PACED (10) [verb] To walk back and forth in a small distance. | [verb] To set the speed in a race. | [verb] To measure by walking. PACER (9) [noun] One who paces. | [noun] In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on one side take a step together alternating with the legs on the other side; as opposed to a trotter. | [noun] A pacemaker. | [noun] A mechanical pencil. PACES (9) [noun] Step. | [noun] Way of stepping. | [noun] Speed or velocity in general. PACHA (12) [noun] A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire. | [noun] The Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae. PACKS (13) [noun] A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale. | [noun] A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack | [noun] A multitude. PACTS (9) [noun] An agreement; a compact; a covenant. | [noun] An agreement between two or more nations | [verb] To form a pact; to agree formally. PANIC (9) [noun] Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals. | [noun] Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices. | [noun] A kernel panic or system crash. | [noun] A plant of the genus Panicum. PARCH (12) [noun] The condition of being parched. | [verb] To burn the surface of, to scorch. | [verb] To roast, as dry grain. PATCH (12) [noun] A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole. | [noun] A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc. | [noun] A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future. | [noun] A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. PEACE (9) [noun] A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance. | [noun] A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions. | [noun] Harmony in personal relations. PEACH (12) [noun] A tree (Prunus persica), native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit. | [noun] The soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed. | [noun] A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange color. | [verb] To inform on someone; turn informer. | [noun] A particular rock found in tin mines, sometimes associated with chlorite. PECAN (9) [noun] A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts. | [noun] A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree. | [noun] A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut. PECHS (12) PECKS (13) [noun] An act of striking with a beak. | [noun] A small kiss. | [verb] To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird). PECKY (16) PENCE (9) [noun] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d. | [noun] In the United Kingdom, a copper coin worth 1/100 of a pound sterling. Abbreviation: p. | [noun] In Ireland, a coin worth 1/100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p. PERCH (12) [noun] Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca. | [noun] Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially: | [noun] Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper. | [noun] Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca. PICAL (9) PICAS (9) [noun] A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand. | [noun] A size of type between small pica and English, standardized as 12-point. | [noun] (usually with qualifier) A font of this size. PICKS (13) [noun] A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. | [noun] A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock. | [noun] A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair. PICKY (16) [noun] A picture. | [adjective] Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right. PICOT (9) [noun] An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops. PICUL (9) PIECE (9) [noun] A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. | [noun] A single item belonging to a class of similar items | [noun] One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games. PINCH (12) [noun] The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. | [noun] A close compression of anything with the fingers. | [noun] A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip. 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. PITCH (12) [noun] A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap. | [noun] A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar. | [noun] Pitchstone. | [noun] A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand. | [noun] The perceived frequency of a sound or note. PLACE (9) [noun] (physical) An area; somewhere within an area. | [noun] A location or position in space. | [noun] A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader. | [verb] To put (an object or person) in a specific location. PLACK (13) PLICA (9) [noun] A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue. | [noun] Polish plait, plica polonica, or plica neuropatica: a disease of the hair in which it becomes twisted and matted together. | [noun] A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches. PLUCK (13) [noun] An instance of plucking. | [noun] The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals. | [noun] Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence. 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. 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. POOCH (12) [noun] A dog. | [noun] A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel. | [noun] A bulge, an enlarged part 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. 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. PRICE (9) [noun] The cost required to gain possession of something. | [noun] The cost of an action or deed. | [noun] Value; estimation; excellence; worth. PRICK (13) [noun] A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. | [noun] An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. | [noun] A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point. | [verb] To pierce or puncture slightly. PRICY (12) [adjective] Expensive, dear. PSYCH (15) [noun] Psychology or psychiatry. | [noun] A psychologist; a psychiatrist. | [verb] To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up). PUBIC (11) [adjective] Of, or relating to the area of the body adjacent to the pubis or the pubes. PUCES (9) PUCKA (13) [adjective] (originally South Asia) Genuine or authentic; hence of behaviour: correct, socially acceptable or proper. | [adjective] Superior or of high quality; first-class. | [adjective] Excellent, fantastic, great. PUCKS (13) [noun] A mischievous or hostile spirit. | [noun] A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game. | [noun] An object shaped like a puck. PUDIC (10) PUNCH (12) [noun] A hit or strike with one's fist. | [noun] Power, strength, energy. | [noun] Impact. | [noun] A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface. | [noun] A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic. | [noun] Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia. PYRIC (12) QUACK (20) [noun] The sound made by a duck. | [verb] To make a noise like a duck. | [noun] A fraudulent healer or incompetent professional; especially, a doctor of medicine who makes false diagnoses or inappropriate treatment; an impostor who claims to have qualifications to practice medicine. QUICK (20) [noun] Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails. | [noun] Plants used in making a quickset hedge | [noun] The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling. RABIC (9) RACED (8) [verb] To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest). | [verb] To compete against in such a race. | [verb] To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed. RACER (7) [noun] Someone who takes part in a race. | [noun] A racehorse. | [noun] An animal known for its fast speed, or suitable for racing; applied especially to a number of North American snakes, certain kinds of lake trout, etc. RACES (7) [noun] A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins | [noun] Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed. | [noun] A race condition. RACKS (11) [noun] A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other | [noun] Any of various kinds of frame for holding luggage or other objects on a vehicle or vessel. | [noun] A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits. RACON (7) [noun] A beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, responds by transmitting a coded navigation signal. RANCE (7) RANCH (10) [noun] A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock. | [noun] A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States. | [noun] A house or property on a plot of ranch land. RATCH (10) REACH (10) [noun] The act of stretching or extending; extension. | [noun] The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown. | [noun] The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity. REACT (7) [noun] An emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media. | [verb] To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact. | [verb] To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force REBEC (9) [noun] An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras. RECAP (9) [noun] A tire that has had new tread glued on. | [verb] To seal (something) again with a cap. | [verb] To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing a new outer portion. (US English only - Retread in UK English) | [noun] A recapitulation. | [noun] A leveraged recapitalization accomplished by increasing the debt to equity ratio. | [verb] To replace capacitors in electronic equipment. RECCE (9) [noun] Reconnaissance. | [verb] Reconnoitre. | [adjective] Relating to reconnaissance. RECKS (11) [verb] To make account of; to care for; to heed, regard, consider. | [verb] To concern, to be important or earnest. | [verb] To think. RECON (7) [noun] Reconnaissance. | [verb] Reconnoiter. | [noun] The smallest genetic unit that is capable of undergoing recombination. RECTA (7) [noun] The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon. RECTI (7) [noun] Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc. 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. RECUR (7) [verb] To have recourse (to) someone or something for assistance, support etc. | [verb] To happen again. | [verb] To recurse. RECUT (7) [verb] To cut again RELIC (7) [noun] That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion. | [noun] Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons. | [noun] A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration. RETCH (10) [noun] An unsuccessful effort to vomit. | [verb] To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. | [verb] To reck | [verb] To reach RICED (8) [verb] To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes). | [verb] To harvest wild rice (Zizania sp.) | [verb] To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding). RICER (7) [noun] A person, especially a Native American, who cultivates and harvests rice. | [noun] A utensil used to extrude soft foods (such as, and especially, cooked potato) through holes about the diameter of a grain of rice. | [noun] An imported automobile from an Oriental country, deemed inferior because it is low-powered and/or cheap. RICES (7) [noun] Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food. | [noun] A specific variety of this plant. | [noun] The seeds of this plant used as food. RICIN (7) [noun] An extremely toxic protein extracted from the castor bean. RICKS (11) [noun] Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch. | [noun] A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet. | [verb] To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks. 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. 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. ROTCH (10) RUCHE (10) [noun] A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated. | [noun] A small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist. | [noun] A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn. RUCKS (11) [noun] An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend. | [noun] Rocuronium. | [noun] A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack. RUNIC (7) SACKS (11) [noun] A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid. | [noun] (games) A sacrifice. | [verb] (games) To sacrifice. SACRA (7) [noun] Sacral artery | [noun] A large triangular bone at the base of the spine, located between the two ilia (wings of the pelvis) and formed from vertebrae that fuse in adulthood. SAICE (7) SALIC (7) SAUCE (7) [noun] A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food. | [noun] Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in: | [noun] (usually “the”) Alcohol, booze. SAUCH (10) SAUCY (10) [adjective] Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce. | [adjective] Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a manner that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart. | [adjective] Impudently bold; pert. SCABS (9) [noun] An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing. | [noun] The scabies. | [noun] The mange, especially when it appears on sheep. SCADS (8) [noun] Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic. | [noun] (in the plural) A large number or quantity. SCAGS (8) [noun] Heroin. | [noun] (originally African American Vernacular English) A woman of loose morals. | [noun] A cigarette. SCALD (8) [noun] A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam. | [verb] To burn with hot liquid. | [verb] To heat almost to boiling. | [noun] Scaliness; a scabby skin disease. | [noun] A Nordic poet of the Viking Age SCALE (7) [noun] A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. | [noun] An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude. | [noun] Size; scope. | [noun] Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile. | [noun] A device to measure mass or weight. SCALL (7) SCALP (9) [noun] The top of the head; the skull. | [noun] The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from. | [noun] A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory. SCALY (10) [noun] The scaly yellowfish, Labeobarbus natalensis. | [adjective] Covered or abounding with scales. | [adjective] Composed of scales lying over each other. SCAMP (11) [noun] A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well. | [noun] A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster. | [verb] To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion. | [noun] A preliminary design sketch. SCAMS (9) [noun] A fraudulent deal. | [noun] Something that is promoted using scams. SCANS (7) [noun] Close investigation. | [noun] An instance of scanning. | [noun] The result or output of a scanning process. SCANT (7) [adjective] Very little, very few. | [adjective] Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough. | [adjective] Sparing; parsimonious; chary. | [verb] To limit in amount or share; to stint. | [noun] A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. | [noun] Scarcity; lack. SCAPE (9) [noun] A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root. | [noun] The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body). | [noun] The basal part of the ovipositor of an insect, more specifically known as the oviscape. | [noun] Escape | [noun] The cry of the snipe when flushed. SCARE (7) [noun] A minor fright. | [noun] A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread. | [noun] A device or object used to frighten. | [verb] To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. | [adjective] Lean; scanty SCARF (10) [noun] A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck. | [noun] A headscarf. | [noun] A neckcloth or cravat. | [noun] A type of joint in woodworking. | [verb] To eat very quickly. | [noun] A cormorant. SCARP (9) [noun] The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet | [noun] A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment | [verb] (earth science) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment SCARS (7) [noun] A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound. | [noun] (by extension) A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience. | [noun] Any permanent mark resulting from damage. SCART (7) [noun] A slight wound. | [noun] A dash or stroke. | [noun] A niggard. SCARY (10) [adjective] Causing or able to cause fright. | [adjective] Uncannily striking or surprising. | [adjective] Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened. | [noun] Barren land having only a thin coat of grass. SCATS (7) [noun] A tax; tribute. | [noun] A land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands. | [noun] Scat singing. SCATT (7) SCAUP (9) [noun] The top of the head; the skull. | [noun] The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from. | [noun] A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory. SCAUR (7) [noun] A steep cliff or bank. SCENA (7) [noun] A scene in an opera. | [noun] An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria. | [noun] The stage of an ancient theatre. SCEND (8) [noun] The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement. | [verb] To heave upward. SCENE (7) [noun] The location of an event that attracts attention. | [noun] The stage. | [noun] The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set SCENT (7) [noun] A distinctive odour or smell. | [noun] An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing. | [noun] The sense of smell. SCHAV (13) SCHMO (12) [noun] A stupid or obnoxious person. SCHUL (10) SCHWA (13) [noun] An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA. | [noun] The character ə. 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. SCRAG (8) [noun] A thin or scrawny person or animal. | [noun] The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end. | [noun] The neck, especially of a sheep. SCRAM (9) [verb] Leave in a hurry, go away. | [noun] The emergency shutdown device of a nuclear reactor, originally specifically by insertion of one or more safety control rods. | [noun] An activation of the emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor. | [noun] A scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails. SCRAP (9) [noun] A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Leftover food. | [noun] The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat. | [noun] A fight, tussle, skirmish. SCREE (7) [noun] Loose stony debris on a slope. | [noun] (by extension) Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc. | [noun] A slope made up of loose stony debris at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc. | [noun] A harsh, high-pitched sound or cry (as of a hawk). | [verb] To flatten or level concrete while still wet, and remove protruding gravel and stones from the surface. | [noun] A coarse sieve. SCREW (10) [noun] A device that has a helical function. | [noun] The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side. | [noun] A prison guard. SCRIM (9) [noun] A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,. | [noun] A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf. | [noun] A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composed of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes. | [noun] A practice match between one or more organized teams usually in preparation for a more competitive format, such as a tournament. SCRIP (9) [noun] A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc. | [noun] Small change. | [noun] A scrap of paper. | [noun] A share certificate. | [noun] A medical prescription. SCROD (8) [noun] (sometimes New York) Any cod, pollock, haddock, or other whitefish. | [verb] To shred. SCRUB (9) [noun] One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. | [noun] One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks. | [noun] A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant | [noun] An instance of scrubbing. SCRUM (9) [noun] A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people. | [noun] Specifically used in the Canadian media to describe a tightly-packed group of reporters surrounding a member of the Canadian House of Commons while in the Parliament Buildings. | [noun] In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way. Also known as a scrummage. SCUBA (9) [noun] (underwater diving) An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater. | [verb] To perform scuba diving. SCUDI (8) [noun] A silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the 16th to the 19th centuries. | [noun] A former unit of currency in Malta, now the official currency of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. | [noun] A unit of currency in 19th-century Bolivia, equal to 16 soles. 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. SCUDS (8) [noun] The act of scudding. | [noun] Clouds or rain driven by the wind. | [noun] A loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments (or fog) not attached to a larger higher cloud layer. SCUFF (13) [noun] (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping. | [verb] To scrape the feet while walking. | [verb] To hit lightly, to brush against. | [noun] A scurf; a scale. SCULK (11) SCULL (7) [noun] A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward. | [noun] One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower. | [noun] A small rowing boat, for one person. | [noun] A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever. | [noun] A shoal of fish. | [noun] The skua gull. SCULP (9) [verb] (sometimes humorous) To sculpture; to carve or engrave. | [verb] To flay. SCUMS (9) [noun] A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water). | [noun] A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds | [noun] The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank. SCUPS (9) SCURF (10) [noun] A skin disease. | [noun] The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease. | [noun] Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general. | [noun] A grey bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus). SCUTA (7) [noun] A scutum. SCUTE (7) [noun] A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles. | [noun] A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs | [noun] A small shield. SCUTS (7) [noun] A hare; a hare as the game in a hunt. | [noun] A short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer. | [noun] (by extension) The buttocks or rump; also, the female pudenda, the vulva. SECCO (9) [noun] A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco. | [adjective] Dry | [adjective] Dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance SECTS (7) [noun] An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs. | [noun] A group following a specific ideal or a leader. | [noun] A cutting; a scion. SEPIC (9) SERAC (7) [noun] Often sérac: a hard, cone-shaped, pale green, strongly flavoured cheese from Switzerland made from skimmed cowmilk and blue fenugreek (Trigonella caerulea); Schabziger, Sapsago. It is usually eaten grated, mixed with butter, or in a fondue. | [noun] (glaciology) A sharp tower of ice formed by intersecting crevasses of a glacier. SHACK (14) [noun] A crude, roughly built hut or cabin. | [noun] Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building. | [noun] The room from which a ham radio operator transmits. | [noun] Grain fallen to the ground and left after harvest. 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. SHUCK (14) [noun] The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts). | [noun] A fraud; a scam. | [noun] A phony. SICES (7) [noun] A groom, or servant with responsibility for the horses. | [noun] (Malaya) usually syce: chauffeur, driver. | [noun] The number six in a game of dice. SICKO (11) [noun] A person with unpleasant tastes, views or habits. | [noun] A mentally ill person. | [noun] A physically ill person. SICKS (11) [verb] To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs. | [verb] To set upon; to chase; to attack. | [verb] To vomit. SINCE (7) [adverb] From a specified time in the past. | [preposition] From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which it started, or the period in which its starting point occurred. | [conjunction] From the time that. SLACK (11) [noun] The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it. | [noun] A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains. | [adjective] (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended. | [verb] To slacken. | [noun] A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place. | [noun] A valley, or small, shallow dell. | [noun] Small coal; coal dust. SLICE (7) [noun] That which is thin and broad. | [noun] A thin, broad piece cut off. | [noun] An amount of anything. SLICK (11) [noun] A covering of liquid, particularly oil. | [noun] Someone who is clever and untrustworthy. | [noun] A tool used to make something smooth or even. | [noun] The finer portion of crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes. SMACK (13) [noun] A distinct flavor, especially if slight. | [noun] A slight trace of something; a smattering. | [noun] Heroin. | [noun] A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack | [noun] A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank. 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. SNACK (11) [noun] A light meal. | [noun] An item of food eaten between meals. | [noun] A very sexy and attractive person. | [noun] A share; a part or portion. SNECK (11) [noun] A latch or catch. | [noun] The nose. | [noun] A cut. SNICK (11) [noun] A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch | [noun] A small cut or mark. | [noun] A knot or irregularity in yarn. | [noun] A sharp clicking sound. | [verb] To latch, to lock. SNUCK (11) [verb] To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen. | [verb] To take something stealthily without permission. | [verb] (ditransitive) To stealthily bring someone something. 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. SODIC (8) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing sodium. SONIC (7) [adjective] Of or relating to sound. | [adjective] Having a speed approaching that of the speed of sound in air. SPACE (9) [noun] (heading) Of time. | [noun] (heading) Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise. | [noun] (heading) A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise. SPACY (12) [adjective] Spaced-out | [adjective] Eccentric | [adjective] Having much space SPECK (13) [noun] A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc. | [noun] A very small thing; a particle; a whit. | [noun] A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States. | [noun] Fat; lard; fat meat. SPECS (9) [noun] Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of. | [noun] Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship. | [noun] Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts) SPICA (9) [noun] A spike. | [noun] A spur. | [noun] A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns. SPICE (9) [noun] Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food. | [noun] Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging. | [noun] A synthetic cannabinoid drug. SPICK (13) SPICS (9) [noun] A Spanish-speaking person, someone with a Central American or Latino accent. SPICY (12) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or containing spice. | [adjective] (of flavors) Provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of chilis or similar hot spices | [adjective] (of flavors or odors) Tangy, zesty, or pungent. STACK (11) [noun] (heading) A pile. | [noun] A smokestack. | [noun] (heading) In computing. STICH (10) STICK (11) [noun] An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. | [noun] Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance. | [noun] Material or objects attached to a stick or the like. | [noun] The traction of tires on the road surface. | [noun] Criticism or ridicule. 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. 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. STUCK (11) [verb] To become or remain attached; to adhere. | [verb] To jam; to stop moving. | [verb] To tolerate, to endure, to stick with. | [noun] A thrust. SUCKS (11) [noun] An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling. | [noun] Milk drawn from the breast. | [noun] A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser. SUCRE (7) [noun] The former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos. SULCI (7) [noun] A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue. | [noun] Any of the grooves that mark the convolutions of the surface of the brain. | [noun] A region of subparallel grooves or ditches formed by a geological process. SUMAC (9) [noun] Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and other genera in Anacardiaceae, particularly the elm-leaved sumac, Sicilian sumac, or tanner's sumac (Rhus coriaria). | [noun] Dried and chopped-up leaves and stems of a plant of the genus Rhus, particularly the tanner's sumac (see sense 1), used for dyeing and tanning leather or for medicinal purposes. | [noun] A sour spice popular in the Eastern Mediterranean, made from the berries of tanner's sumac. SYCEE (10) SYCES (10) [noun] A groom, or servant with responsibility for the horses. | [noun] (Malaya) usually syce: chauffeur, driver. SYNCH (13) [noun] Harmony. | [noun] A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films. | [verb] To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video. SYNCS (10) [noun] Harmony. | [noun] A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films. | [verb] To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video. TACES (7) TACET (7) TACHE (10) [noun] Moustache, mustache. | [noun] A spot, stain, or blemish. | [noun] Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button. TACHS (10) [noun] Tachometer TACIT (7) [adjective] Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent. | [adjective] Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction. TACKS (11) [noun] A small nail with a flat head. | [noun] A thumbtack. | [noun] A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth. TACKY (14) [adjective] Of a substance, slightly sticky. | [noun] A scrubby, neglected horse. | [noun] A person in a similar condition. 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. TACTS (7) TALCS (7) [noun] Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic. | [noun] A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium. | [noun] A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses. TAROC (7) TEACH (10) [verb] To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate. | [verb] (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to. | [verb] To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher. | [noun] (usually as a term of address) teacher TECHY (13) [adjective] Technical | [adjective] Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible. TECTA (7) [noun] The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus | [noun] The interconnected outer surface of a spore. TELIC (7) [adjective] Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end. | [adjective] (grammar) That expresses an end or purpose. | [adjective] That expresses the perfective aspect. TENCH (10) [noun] A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca. TERCE (7) [noun] The third hour of daylight (about 9 am). | [noun] The service appointed for this hour. | [noun] A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property. TEUCH (10) THACK (14) THECA (10) [noun] Any external case or sheath. | [noun] The pollen-producing organ usually found in pairs and forming an anther. | [noun] The twin layers of cells surrounding the basal lamina of an ovarian follicle. THICK (14) [noun] The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something. | [noun] A thicket. | [noun] A stupid person; a fool. TICAL (7) TICKS (11) [noun] A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. | [noun] A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery. | [noun] A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement. TINCT (7) 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. 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. 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. TORIC (7) [adjective] Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal. TOUCH (10) 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. TRACE (7) [noun] An act of tracing. | [noun] An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package. | [noun] A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal. | [verb] To follow the trail of. TRACK (11) [noun] A mark left by something that has passed along. | [noun] A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal. | [noun] The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc. TRACT (7) [noun] An area or expanse. | [noun] A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract. | [noun] A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses. | [verb] To pursue, follow; to track. TRIAC (7) [noun] A three-terminal electronic component that conducts current in either direction when triggered; a bidirectional triode thyristor. TRICE (7) [verb] To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply. | [verb] To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope. | [noun] Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; an instant, a moment. | [noun] A pulley, a windlass. TRICK (11) [noun] Something designed to fool or swindle. | [noun] A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick. | [noun] An entertaining difficult physical action. TROCK (11) TRUCE (7) [noun] A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties | [noun] An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time TRUCK (11) [noun] A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage. | [noun] The ball on top of a flagpole. | [noun] On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards; also a temporary or emergency place for a lookout. "Main" refers to the mainmast, whereas a truck on another mast may be called (on the mizzenmast, for example) "mizzen-truck". | [verb] To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate. | [verb] To tread (down); stamp on; trample (down). | [noun] (often in the plural) Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter. TUCKS (11) [noun] An act of tucking; a pleat or fold. | [noun] A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece. | [noun] A curled position. TUNIC (7) [noun] A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles. | [noun] Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane. TWICE (10) [adverb] Two times. | [adverb] (usually with "as", of a specified quality) Doubled in quantity, intensity, or degree. TYPIC (12) ULCER (7) [noun] An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection. | [noun] Peptic ulcer | [noun] Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character. UMIAC (9) UNCAP (9) [verb] To remove a cap or cover from. | [verb] To take off one's cap. UNCIA (7) UNCLE (7) [noun] The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent. | [noun] The male cousin of one’s parent. | [noun] A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother. UNCOS (7) UNCOY (10) UNCUS (7) UNCUT (7) [adjective] Not cut. | [adjective] (of a gemstone) Not cut or ground to the desired shape. | [adjective] (of a book) Not having the page edges trimmed. UREIC (7) VACUA (10) [noun] A region of space that contains no matter. | [noun] (plural only "vacuums") A vacuum cleaner. | [noun] The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc. VATIC (10) [adjective] Pertaining to a prophet; prophetic, oracular. VETCH (13) [noun] Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds | [noun] Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae VICAR (10) [noun] In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes. | [noun] In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy. | [noun] A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person. VICED (11) VICES (10) [noun] A bad habit. | [noun] Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs. | [noun] A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness. VICHY (16) VINCA (10) [noun] Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle VINIC (10) 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) 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 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 WACKE (14) [noun] A soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt. WACKO (14) [noun] An amusingly eccentric or irrational person. | [adjective] Amusingly eccentric or irrational. | [interjection] Hurrah! WACKS (14) [noun] An eccentric; an oddball; a weirdo. WACKY (17) [adjective] Zany; eccentric | [noun] A soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt. WATCH (13) [noun] A portable or wearable timepiece. | [noun] The act of guarding and observing someone or something. | [noun] A particular time period when guarding is kept. | [verb] To look at, see, or view for a period of time. WECHT (13) WELCH (13) [noun] A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one. | [verb] To fail to repay a small debt. | [verb] To fail to fulfill an obligation. WENCH (13) [noun] (possibly offensive) A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one. | [noun] Used as a term of endearment for a female person, especially a wife, daughter, or girlfriend: darling, sweetheart. | [noun] A woman servant; a maidservant. WHACK (17) [adjective] Egregious. | [adjective] Bad (not good), inauthentic, of an inferior quality, contemptible, lacking integrity, lame, or strange. | [adjective] Crazy, mad, insane. WHICH (16) [pronoun] (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied). | [pronoun] The/Any ones that; whichever. | [pronoun] (relative) Introduces a relative clause giving further information about something previously mentioned. WICKS (14) [noun] A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions. | [noun] Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain. | [noun] A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones. WILCO (10) [interjection] (radio communications) Used to indicate agreement and compliance. | [noun] A species of South American tree, Anadenanthera colubrina. WINCE (10) [noun] A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away. | [noun] A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment at will. | [verb] To flinch as if in pain or distress. WINCH (13) [noun] A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope or cable. | [noun] A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501). | [noun] A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth). | [verb] To wince; to shrink WITCH (13) [noun] A person who practices witchcraft; a woman or man who practices witchcraft. | [noun] An ugly or unpleasant woman. | [noun] One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person. | [noun] A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper. WRACK (14) [noun] Vengeance; revenge; persecution; punishment; consequence; trouble. | [noun] (except in dialects) Ruin; destruction. | [noun] The remains; a wreck. | [verb] To place in or hang on a rack. WRECK (14) [noun] Something or someone that has been ruined. | [noun] The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down. | [noun] An event in which something is damaged through collision. WRICK (14) XEBEC (16) [noun] A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern. XENIC (14) XERIC (14) [adjective] Extremely dry, lacking humidity and water. | [adjective] Adapted to live in a very dry habitat. YACHT (13) [noun] A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock. | [noun] Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes. | [verb] To sail, voyage, or race in a yacht. YACKS (14) [noun] (possibly obsolete) An oak. | [noun] A talk, particular an informal talk; chattering; gossip. | [noun] A laugh. YECCH (15) [noun] An exclamation of disgust. | [interjection] An exclamation of disgust. YECHS (13) YECHY (16) YINCE (10) YOCKS (14) [noun] A laugh, especially a loud or hearty one. | [verb] To laugh, especially loudly or uproariously YOGIC (11) YONIC (10) YUCAS (10) [noun] Cassava | [noun] Cassava root YUCCA (12) [noun] Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms. | [noun] The yuca (cassava). YUCCH (15) YUCKS (14) [noun] Something disgusting. | [noun] The sound made by a laugh. | [verb] To itch. YUCKY (17) [adjective] Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust. ZEBEC (18) [noun] A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern. ZILCH (19) [noun] A nobody: a person who is worthless in importance or character. | [noun] Nothing, zero. | [verb] To cause to score nothing, to thoroughly defeat. ZINCS (16) [noun] A chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a slightly brittle blue-silvery metal. | [noun] A single atom of this element. | [noun] A zinc countertop. ZINCY (19)

ABACAS (10) [noun] Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre. | [noun] The fiber of this plant, used in rope. ABACUS (10) [noun] A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing. | [noun] A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc. | [noun] The uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave, in some cases a flat oblong or square slab, in others more decorated. ABBACY (15) [noun] The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess. ABDUCE (11) ABDUCT (11) [verb] To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. | [verb] To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body. ABJECT (17) [noun] A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast. | [adjective] Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position. | [adjective] Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit. | [verb] To cast off or out; to reject. ABULIC (10) [adjective] Lacking willpower or the ability to make decisions; characterized by aboulia or absence of will. ACACIA (10) [noun] A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. | [noun] The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia. | [noun] A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia. | [noun] (history) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals. ACAJOU (15) [noun] The cashew tree. | [noun] A cashew nut. | [noun] The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae. ACARID (9) [noun] A member of the family Acaridae, which includes mites and ticks. | [noun] Any mite or tick belonging to the order Acarina. ACARUS (8) [noun] A mite, especially one of a family of parasitic mites that infest the skin or burrow into it. | [noun] Any of various small arachnids belonging to the order Acari. ACCEDE (11) [verb] To approach; to arrive, to come forward. | [verb] To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. | [verb] To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way. ACCENT (10) [noun] A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it. | [noun] Emphasis or importance in general. | [noun] A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked. | [verb] To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent. ACCEPT (12) [verb] To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval. | [verb] To admit to a place or a group. | [verb] To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in. ACCESS (10) [noun] A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage. | [noun] The act of approaching or entering; an advance. | [noun] The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility. ACCORD (11) [noun] Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action. | [noun] A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord. | [noun] Agreement or harmony of things in general. ACCOST (10) [noun] Address; greeting. | [noun] An attack. | [verb] To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. ACCRUE (10) [noun] Something that accrues; advantage accruing | [verb] To increase, to rise | [verb] To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent. ACCUSE (10) [noun] Accusation. | [verb] To find fault with, blame, censure | [verb] (followed by "of") to charge with having committed a crime or offence ACEDIA (9) [noun] Spiritual or mental sloth. | [noun] Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference. | [noun] Boredom. ACETAL (8) [noun] Any diether of a geminal diol, R2C(OR')2 (where R' is not H). ACETIC (10) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar | [adjective] Of or pertaining to acetic acid or its derivatives ACETIN (8) [noun] A colorless liquid compound derived from acetic acid, used as a solvent and in organic synthesis. ACETUM (10) [noun] Vinegar or a sour liquid, especially vinegar used in medicine or cooking. ACETYL (11) [noun] The univalent radical CH3CO- derived from acetic acid. ACHENE (11) [noun] A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup. ACHIER (11) [adjective] Suffering from aches, sore. ACHING (12) [verb] To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. | [verb] To cause someone or something to suffer pain. | [noun] The feeling of an ache; a dull pain. ACIDIC (11) [adjective] Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red. | [adjective] Containing a high percentage of silica; opposed to basic. | [adjective] Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid. ACIDLY (12) [adverb] Sourly; tartly ACINAR (8) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or located in an acinus. ACINIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or resembling an acinus (a small sac or cavity in a gland or plant structure). | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the berry-like fruit of plants in the bramble family. ACINUS (8) [noun] One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. | [noun] A grape-stone. | [noun] One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. ACKEES (12) [noun] A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan. | [noun] The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous. ACNODE (9) [noun] An isolated point on a curve that is not connected to any other part of the curve. ACORNS (8) [noun] The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule. | [noun] A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. | [noun] See acorn-shell. ACQUIT (17) [verb] To declare or find innocent or not guilty. | [verb] To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil. | [verb] Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge. ACROSS (8) [noun] (crosswords, often in combination) A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue. | [adverb] From one side to the other. | [adverb] On the other side. ACTING (9) [verb] To do something. | [verb] To do (something); to perform. | [verb] To perform a theatrical role. ACTINS (8) [noun] Plural of actin, a globular protein that forms thin filaments in muscle cells and is involved in cell movement and structure. ACTION (8) [noun] Something done so as to accomplish a purpose. | [noun] A way of motion or functioning. | [noun] Fast-paced activity. ACTIVE (11) [noun] A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting. | [noun] Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering). | [adjective] Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives. ACTORS (8) [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. ACTUAL (8) [noun] An actual, real one; notably: | [adjective] Relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical | [adjective] Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. ACUATE (8) [verb] To sharpen or make acute; to point or taper. | [adjective] Sharpened; pointed; made acute. ACUITY (11) [noun] Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc. ACULEI (8) [noun] Plural of aculeus; needle-like structures or prickles found on plants or animals. | [noun] In zoology, sharp spines or pointed appendages. ACUMEN (10) [noun] Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination. | [noun] A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant. | [noun] A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium. ACUTER (8) [adjective] More acute; having a sharper point, angle, or severity. | [adjective] More intense or severe in degree or effect. ACUTES (8) [noun] A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia. | [noun] An accent or tone higher than others. | [noun] An acute accent (´). ADDICT (10) [noun] A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug | [noun] An adherent or fan (of something) | [verb] To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision. ADDUCE (10) [verb] To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. ADDUCT (10) [noun] The product of an addition reaction. | [verb] To draw towards a center or a middle line. ADIPIC (11) [adjective] Of or relating to adipic acid, a dicarboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon and other synthetic polymers. ADVECT (12) [verb] To transport (something) by advection. ADVICE (12) [noun] An opinion offered in an effort to be helpful. | [noun] Deliberate consideration; knowledge. | [noun] (commonly in plural) Information or news given; intelligence AECIAL (8) [adjective] Relating to or produced by an aecium, a cup-shaped fruiting structure found in rust fungi. AECIUM (10) [noun] A cup-shaped structure in rust fungi that produces spores, found on the upper surface of infected plant leaves. AEONIC (8) [adjective] Relating to or lasting for an aeon; eternal or immeasurably long in duration. AFFECT (14) [verb] To influence or alter. | [verb] To move to emotion. | [verb] Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body). | [verb] To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. | [noun] One's mood or inclination; mental state. AGAMIC (11) [adjective] Occurring without the union of male and female gametes; asexual AGARIC (9) [noun] Any of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath. | [noun] A dried fruiting body of a fungus formerly used in medicine (now Fomitopsis officinalis, formerly Fomes officinalis, Polyporus officinalis). AGENCY (12) [noun] The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power. | [noun] The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices. | [noun] A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved. AGONIC (9) [adjective] Having no magnetic declination; relating to a line on Earth's surface where magnetic north and true north coincide. AHCHOO (14) [interjection] A representation of the sound of a sneeze. ALCADE (9) ALCAIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or denoting a metrical pattern used in classical poetry, consisting of four lines with a specific arrangement of long and short syllables. ALCIDS (9) [noun] A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins. ALCOVE (11) [noun] A small recessed area set off from a larger room. | [noun] A shady retreat. ALMUCE (10) ALNICO (8) ALPACA (10) [noun] A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña. | [noun] Wool from the alpaca. AMEBIC (12) AMERCE (10) [verb] To impose a fine on; to fine. | [verb] To punish; to make an exaction. AMICES (10) [noun] A hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy. AMICUS (10) [noun] Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case. AMIDIC (11) AMINIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or containing an amine group; of or pertaining to amines in chemistry. AMTRAC (10) [noun] An amphibious vehicle of a class introduced in World War II. AMUCKS (14) [noun] Plural of amuck, meaning a state of violent frenzy or uncontrolled behavior. | [verb] Third person singular of amuck, meaning to rush about in a violent or murderous frenzy. AMYLIC (13) [adjective] Relating to or derived from starch; of or containing amyl compounds. ANARCH (11) [noun] The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. ANCHOR (11) [noun] A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement. | [noun] An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501). | [noun] The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.) | [verb] To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point. | [noun] A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity. ANCONE (8) [noun] A projecting corner stone or bracket used in architecture to support a cornice or vault. ANEMIC (10) [noun] An individual who has anemia. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia. | [adjective] (by extension) Weak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness. ANISIC (8) [adjective] Of or relating to anise, a plant whose seeds are used for flavoring. | [adjective] Containing or derived from anisic acid, an organic compound. ANLACE (8) [noun] A medieval dagger or short sword worn at the belt. ANODIC (9) [adjective] Relating to or functioning as an anode, the positive electrode in an electrical device or electrochemical cell. ANOMIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by anomie, a state of normlessness or social instability. | [adjective] Relating to anomia, a condition of being unable to name objects. ANOXIC (15) [adjective] Characterized by or relating to a severe deficiency of oxygen in body tissues or the environment. ANTICK (12) [adjective] Grotesque or bizarre in appearance or behavior; fantastical or absurd. | [noun] A grotesque figure or clown; a performer of antics. ANTICS (8) [noun] A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle. | [noun] A caricature. | [noun] (often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper. ANURIC (8) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by anuria, a medical condition in which the kidneys fail to produce urine. AORTIC (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the aorta or the aortic valve. APACHE (13) [noun] Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache. | [noun] A person belonging to an Apache people. | [noun] A Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. APERCU (10) [noun] A clever insight. | [noun] A summary or outline; words that summarize. APICAL (10) [noun] A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue. | [adjective] Of or connected with the apex. | [adjective] (of a meristem) Situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue. APICES (10) [noun] Conical priest cap | [noun] The highest or the greatest point of something. | [noun] The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc. APIECE (10) [adverb] Each by itself; for or to each one APNEIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by apnea, a temporary cessation of breathing during sleep or other conditions. ARABIC (10) [adjective] Relating to Arabia, the Arabic language, or Arab people. | [noun] The Semitic language spoken in Arab countries. ARCADE (9) [noun] A row of arches. | [noun] A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides. | [noun] An establishment that runs coin-operated games. ARCANA (8) [noun] Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated. | [noun] A mystery or deep secret. | [noun] An elixir or secret remedy. ARCANE (8) [adjective] Understood by only a few. | [adjective] (by extension) Obscure, mysterious. | [adjective] Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand. ARCHED (12) [verb] To form into an arch shape | [verb] To cover with an arch or arches. | [adjective] Curved. ARCHER (11) [noun] One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow. | [noun] The bishop in chess. | [adjective] Knowing, clever, mischievous. ARCHES (11) [noun] An inverted U shape. | [noun] An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward. | [noun] An architectural element having the shape of an arch ARCHIL (11) [noun] Orchil, a violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, etc. | [noun] The plant from which the dye is obtained. ARCHLY (14) [adverb] In a manner that is playfully mischievous, teasing, or knowing; with a sly or ironic quality. ARCHON (11) [noun] A chief magistrate of ancient Athens. | [noun] A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings. | [noun] A ruler, head of state or other leader. ARCING (9) [verb] To move following a curved path. | [verb] To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc. | [verb] To form an electrical arc. ARCKED (13) ARCTIC (10) [noun] A warm waterproof overshoe. | [noun] Any of various butterflies of the genus Oeneis. | [adjective] (now only in compounds) Pertaining to the celestial north pole, or to the pole star. ARECAS (8) [noun] Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests. ARNICA (8) [noun] Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana. ARRACK (12) [noun] A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Middle East | [noun] The toothbrush tree, Salvadora persica. ASCEND (9) [verb] To move upward, to fly, to soar. | [verb] To slope in an upward direction. | [verb] To go up. ASCENT (8) [noun] The act of ascending; a motion upwards. | [noun] The way or means by which one ascends. | [noun] An eminence, hill, or high place. ASCOTS (8) [noun] Ascot tie ASDICS (9) ASHCAN (11) [noun] A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere. A dustbin. | [noun] A kind of large firecracker. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art. ASPECT (10) [noun] Any specific feature, part, or element of something. | [noun] The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective. | [noun] The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view. ASPICS (10) [noun] Savory jellies made from meat or fish stock, used as a coating or glaze for cold dishes. | [noun] Plural of aspic. ATAVIC (11) ATAXIC (15) [adjective] Relating to or affected by ataxia, a neurological condition characterized by lack of muscle coordination and balance. ATELIC (8) [adjective] (of an action or verb) lacking a natural endpoint or goal; not oriented toward a completion point. ATOMIC (10) [noun] An atomic operation. | [adjective] Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic. | [adjective] Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes. ATONIC (8) [adjective] (of a sound or syllable) unstressed | [adjective] Not having tone (pitch) | [adjective] Lacking muscle tone. ATOPIC (10) [adjective] Pertaining to or suffering from atopy. ATTACH (11) [verb] To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively). | [verb] To adhere; to be attached. | [verb] To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest. ATTACK (12) [noun] An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy. | [noun] An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault. | [noun] A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle. ATTICS (8) [noun] The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation. ATYPIC (13) AUCUBA (10) [noun] Any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba. AVOCET (11) [noun] Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet. AVOUCH (14) [noun] Evidence; declaration | [verb] To declare freely and openly; to assert. | [verb] To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction. AXENIC (15) [adjective] Containing only a single species of microorganism. For example, an "axenic culture" is a pure grown sample of the organism in question. | [adjective] Isolated from organisms of any other species. AXONIC (15) [adjective] Of or relating to an axon, the long projection of a nerve cell that transmits electrical signals. AZONIC (17) [adjective] Not restricted to or characteristic of any particular zone; not showing the typical characteristics of a specific geographical zone. AZOTIC (17) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing nitrogen. BACCAE (12) BACHED (14) [verb] To live apart from women, as during the period when a divorce is in progress. (Compare bachelor pad.) BACHES (13) [noun] (northern) A holiday home, usually small and near the beach, often with only one or two rooms and of simple construction. BACKED (15) [verb] To go in the reverse direction. | [verb] To support. | [verb] (of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere. | [adjective] Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead. BACKER (14) [noun] One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it. BACKUP (16) [noun] A reserve or substitute. | [noun] A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is destroyed or damaged. | [noun] An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow. BACONS (10) [noun] Cured meat from the sides, belly or back of a pig. | [noun] Thin slices of the above in long strips. | [noun] The police or spies. BACULA (10) [noun] A bone found in the penis of some mammals | [noun] A small rod-like structure found in spores and pollen BANCOS (10) BARDIC (11) [adjective] Of or relating to bards or bardic poetry; characteristic of or suitable for a bard or minstrel. BASICS (10) [noun] A necessary commodity, a staple requirement. | [noun] An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge. | [noun] Basic training. BEACHY (16) [adjective] Pertaining to the material making up the edge of a seashore, as with pebbles, gravel, and sand. | [adjective] Pertaining to a beach or something beach-like. BEACON (10) [noun] A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning. | [noun] A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners. | [noun] A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers. BECALM (12) [verb] To make calm or still; make quiet; calm. | [verb] To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive). BECAME (12) [verb] To arrive, come (to a place). | [verb] To come about; happen; come into being; arise. | [verb] Begin to be; turn into. BECAPS (12) BECKED (15) BECKET (14) [noun] A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle | [noun] A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place. | [noun] A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it. BECKON (14) [noun] A sign made without words; a beck. | [noun] A children's game similar to hide and seek in which children who have been "caught" may escape if they see another hider beckon to them. | [verb] To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer. BECLOG (11) BECOME (12) [verb] To arrive, come (to a place). | [verb] To come about; happen; come into being; arise. | [verb] Begin to be; turn into. BEDECK (15) [verb] To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace. BEECHY (16) BEMOCK (16) [verb] To mock or ridicule; to treat with contempt or derision. BEYLIC (13) [noun] A territory or province under the jurisdiction of a beylik or Ottoman administrative division. BICARB (12) [noun] Bicarbonate. BICEPS (12) [noun] Any muscle having two heads. | [noun] Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow. | [noun] The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm. BICKER (14) [noun] A skirmish; an encounter. | [noun] A fight with stones between two parties of boys. | [noun] A wrangle; also, a noise, as in angry contention. | [noun] A wooden drinking-cup or other dish. BICORN (10) [noun] A hat with two corners or peaks. | [adjective] Having two horns or horn-like projections. BICRON (10) BIFACE (13) [noun] A double-sided stone tool BINOCS (10) [noun] Binoculars BIONIC (10) [adjective] Related to bionics. | [adjective] Of a biological organism, having been enhanced by electronic or mechanical parts; cyborg. | [adjective] Superhuman BIOPIC (12) [noun] (film genre) A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people). BIOTIC (10) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms BIPACK (16) BISECT (10) [noun] A bisector, which divides into two equal parts. | [noun] An envelope, card, or fragment thereof showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied. Typically used in wartime when normal lower rate stamps may not be available. | [verb] To cut or divide into two parts. BITCHY (16) [adjective] Spiteful or malevolent; catty; malicious; unpleasant. | [adjective] Irritable. BLACKS (14) [noun] The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed. | [noun] A black dye or pigment. | [noun] A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment. BLANCH (13) [verb] To grow or become white | [verb] To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach | [verb] To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water. | [verb] To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed. BLEACH (13) [adjective] Pale; bleak. | [noun] A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening. | [noun] A variety of bleach. | [noun] An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun. | [noun] A disease of the skin. BLENCH (13) [noun] A deceit; a trick. | [noun] A sidelong glance. | [verb] To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off. | [verb] To blanch. BLOCKS (14) [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. BLOCKY (17) [adjective] Resembling a block in shape. BLOTCH (13) [noun] An uneven patch of color or discoloration. | [noun] An irregularly shaped area. | [noun] Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain. BOBCAT (12) [noun] A North American wild cat, Lynx rufus, having tufted ears and a short tail. | [noun] A multi-purpose construction vehicle, akin to a smaller version of a front-end loader or a backhoe (backhoe loader), with a one-man caged control cabin BOCCES (12) [noun] Plural of bocce, a Italian game similar to bowls played with weighted balls. BOCCIA (12) [noun] A sport, similar to bocce, designed to be played by people with impaired motor skills. BOCCIE (12) [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. BOCCIS (12) [noun] Plural of bocce, a ball sport similar to lawn bowling played with weighted balls. BOCHES (13) [noun] A German. BODICE (11) [noun] A sleeveless shirt for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves. | [noun] Blouse; any shirt for women, particularly the upper part of a two-piece dress or European folk costume. | [noun] The upper portion of a women's one-piece dress, equivalent to a shirt. BONACI (10) BONDUC (11) [noun] A tropical climbing plant with prickly seed pods, also known as the nicker nut or fever nut. BORSCH (13) [noun] A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream. | [noun] Any similar sour soup made of other ingredients such as sorrel, cabbage, hogweed BOTCHY (16) [adjective] Characterized by poor quality or careless work; done in a clumsy or bungling manner. BOUCLE (10) [noun] A fabric knitted or woven of uneven yarn with a surface of loops and curls. | [noun] Yarn with multiple plies, one of which is looser than the others, producing loops and curls. BOUNCE (10) [noun] A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle. | [noun] A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly. | [noun] An email return with any error. BOUNCY (13) [adjective] Easily bounced. | [adjective] Lively, exuberant, energetic. BOXCAR (17) [noun] An enclosed railroad freight car, especially one with a sliding door. | [verb] To reduce to a boxcar function. BRACED (11) [verb] To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow. | [verb] To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly. | [verb] To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind. | [adjective] Having braces or similar supports. BRACER (10) [noun] That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage. | [noun] A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string. | [noun] Armor for the forearm; a brassard. BRACES (10) [noun] Armor for the arm; vambrace. | [noun] A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms. | [noun] A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock. BRACHS (13) BRACTS (10) [noun] A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises. BRANCH (13) [noun] The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing. | [noun] Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree. | [noun] A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. (compare Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia run, and New York and New England brook.) BREACH (13) [noun] A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence | [noun] A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out. | [noun] A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves BREECH (13) [noun] (now only in the plural) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. | [noun] The buttocks or backside. | [noun] The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. BRICKS (14) [noun] A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building. | [noun] Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material. | [noun] Something shaped like a brick. BRICKY (17) BROACH (13) [noun] A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here. | [noun] A broad chisel for stone-cutting. | [noun] A spit for cooking food. | [verb] To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves. BROCHE (13) [noun] A decorative clasp or pin worn on clothing. | [noun] A spit or skewer for roasting meat. BROCKS (14) [noun] A male badger. | [noun] (possibly obsolete) A brocket, a stag between two and three years old. | [noun] A dirty, stinking fellow. BROMIC (12) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing bromine. BRONCO (10) [noun] A horse of western North America that is wild or not fully broken. BRONCS (10) [noun] A bronco. BROOCH (13) [noun] A piece of women’s ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body. | [noun] A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting. | [verb] To adorn as with a brooch. BRUCIN (10) [noun] A bitter alkaloid compound found in the seeds of nux vomica and related plants, used historically in medicine and as a poison. BRUNCH (13) [noun] A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals. | [verb] To eat brunch. BUCCAL (12) [adjective] Of or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the mouth. | [adjective] (of a premolar or molar) On the side facing the cheek. | [adjective] (of a drug) Administered in the mouth, not by swallowing but by absorption through the skin of the cheek; often by placing between the top gum and the inside of the lip. BUCKED (15) [verb] To copulate, as bucks and does. | [verb] To bend; buckle. | [verb] (of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack. BUCKER (14) [noun] One who bucks, such as a horse that bucks or a male deer. | [noun] A dollar (slang). | [noun] A sawhorse or frame used in woodworking. BUCKET (14) [noun] A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items. | [noun] The amount held in this container. | [noun] A unit of measure equal to four gallons. BUCKLE (14) [verb] To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression. | [verb] To make bend; to cause to become distorted. | [verb] To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person). | [noun] A clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a strap. BUCKRA (14) [noun] A white person. | [noun] A poor white person. | [adjective] White. BUNCHY (16) [adjective] Growing or gathered in bunches or clusters. | [adjective] Thick and shapeless in form. BUNCOS (10) [noun] A swindle or confidence trick. | [noun] A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century. | [noun] A brigand. BUSTIC (10) [noun] A tropical American tree that produces a hard wood and edible fruit, also called the nasberry or sapodilla tree. CABALA (10) [proper noun] A body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an esoteric reading of the Hebrew scriptures. CABALS (10) [noun] # A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose. | [noun] A secret plot. | [noun] An identifiable group within the tradition of Discordianism. CABANA (10) [noun] A cabin or hut for relaxing. | [noun] A shelter on a beach or at a swimming pool. CABBED (13) [verb] To travel by taxicab. CABBIE (12) [noun] A cabdriver, someone who drives a taxi. CABERS (10) [noun] A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games. CABINS (10) [noun] A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it. | [noun] A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people. | [noun] A private room on a ship. CABLED (11) [verb] To provide with cable(s) | [verb] To fasten (as if) with cable(s) | [verb] To wrap wires to form a cable CABLES (10) [noun] (material) A long object used to make a physical connection. | [noun] (communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables. | [noun] A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable. CABLET (10) CABMAN (12) [noun] The driver of a hackney cab. | [noun] The driver of a taxi. CABMEN (12) [noun] The driver of a hackney cab. | [noun] The driver of a taxi. CABOBS (12) [noun] Pieces of meat, vegetables, or seafood threaded on a skewer and grilled or roasted. CACAOS (10) [noun] A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate. | [noun] This tree's seed, the cocoa bean. CACHED (14) [verb] To place in a cache. CACHES (13) [noun] A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way. | [noun] A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium. | [noun] (geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game. CACHET (13) [noun] A seal, as of a letter. | [noun] A special characteristic or quality; prestige. | [noun] A commemorative stamped design or inscription on an envelope, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage. CACHOU (13) [noun] A sweet eaten to sweeten the breath. | [noun] A small metallic ball used as edible decoration on cakes etc. CACKLE (14) [noun] The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg. | [noun] A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose. | [noun] Futile or excessively noisy talk. CACTUS (10) [noun] Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate. | [noun] Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs. | [adjective] Non-functional, broken, exhausted, dead. CADDIE (10) [noun] A golfer's assistant and adviser. | [verb] To serve as a golf caddie. | [noun] A Scottish errand boy, porter, or messenger. | [noun] A small tray with a handle and compartments for holding items. CADDIS (10) [noun] The larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris. | [noun] A rough woolen cloth; caddice. | [noun] A kind of worsted lace or ribbon. CADENT (9) [adjective] Having a rhythmic fall or cadence; falling or sinking. | [adjective] (archaic) Decaying or declining. CADETS (9) [noun] A student at a military school who is training to be an officer. | [noun] A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would. | [noun] (in compounds, chiefly in genealogy) Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.) CADGED (11) [verb] To beg. | [verb] To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do. | [verb] To carry hawks and other birds of prey. CADGER (10) [noun] A person who cadges; someone who begs or obtains things by begging or borrowing. CADGES (10) [noun] A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale. | [verb] To beg. | [verb] To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do. CADMIC (13) CADRES (9) [noun] A frame or framework. | [noun] The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. | [noun] The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group. CAECAL (10) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a caecum (a pouch connected to the junction of the small and large intestines). | [adjective] Forming a blind tube or cavity with only one opening. CAECUM (12) [noun] A blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon. CAEOMA (10) [noun] A fruiting structure of rust fungi that produces aecial spores, representing an early stage in the fungal life cycle. CAESAR (8) [noun] Emperor, ruler, dictator CAFTAN (11) [noun] A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. | [noun] A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. CAGERS (9) [noun] Players of basketball. | [noun] People or things that cage. CAGIER (9) [adjective] Wary, careful, shrewd. | [adjective] Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information. CAGILY (12) [adverb] In a cagy manner. CAGING (10) [verb] To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage. | [verb] To restrict someone's movement or creativity. | [verb] To track individual responses to direct mail, either to maintain and develop mailing lists or to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses. CAHIER (11) [noun] A number of sheets of paper put loosely together; especially one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers. | [noun] A memorial of a body; a report of legislative proceedings, etc. CAHOOT (11) [noun] A secret partnership or conspiracy, usually for an illicit purpose; often used in the phrase "in cahoots with." CAHOWS (14) [noun] An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird, Pterodroma cahow, from Bermuda; the Bermuda petrel. CAIMAN (10) [noun] Any of the relatively small crocodilians of genus Caiman, within family Alligatoridae. | [noun] A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America. To differentiate from caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards. CAIQUE (17) [noun] A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling. | [noun] Any of four (previously two) species of parrot in the genus Pionites. CAIRDS (9) CAIRNS (8) [noun] A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument. | [noun] A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc. | [noun] A cairn terrier. CAIRNY (11) CAJOLE (15) [verb] To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax. CAKIER (12) [adjective] More cake-like in texture or consistency; resembling cake more closely. CAKING (13) [verb] Coat (something) with a crust of solid material. | [verb] To form into a cake, or mass. | [verb] To cackle like a goose. CALAMI (10) [noun] The sweet flag, Acorus calamus. | [noun] A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather. | [noun] An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect. CALASH (11) [noun] A silk and whalebone hood worn by ladies to shade the face. | [noun] A type of carriage with low wheels, especially pulled by horses. CALCAR (10) [noun] A spur-like projection on the heel bone or a spur-shaped anatomical structure. | [noun] In botany, a tubular extension of a flower petal or sepal. CALCES (10) [noun] The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation). | [noun] In the Eton College wall game, an area at the end of the field where a shy can be scored by lifting the ball against the wall with one's foot. CALCIC (12) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or derived from calcium or lime CALESA (8) [noun] A two-wheeled or four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used in the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia. CALICO (10) [noun] A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern. | [adjective] Having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth. | [noun] A tortoiseshell and white domestic cat. CALIFS (11) [noun] Plural of calif, an alternative spelling of caliph, a Muslim religious and political leader. CALIPH (13) [noun] The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual. CALKED (13) [verb] To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice. | [verb] To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight. | [verb] To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials. CALKER (12) [noun] A person who caulks seams, especially in ships or wooden structures. | [noun] A tool used for caulking. CALKIN (12) [noun] A metal projection on a horse's shoe to prevent slipping on ice or hard ground. CALLAN (8) CALLAS (8) [noun] A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe. | [noun] The calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica. CALLED (9) [verb] (heading) To use one's voice. | [verb] (heading) To visit. | [verb] (heading) To name, identify or describe. CALLER (8) [noun] The person who makes a telephone call. | [noun] A visitor. | [noun] (bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers. CALLET (8) [noun] A woman of loose morals; a prostitute or promiscuous woman. | [verb] To scold or rail at someone abusively. CALLOW (11) [noun] A callow young bird. | [noun] A callow or teneral phase of an insect or other arthropod, typically shortly after ecdysis, while the skin still is hardening, the colours have not yet become stable, and as a rule, before the animal is able to move effectively. | [noun] An alluvial flat. CALLUS (8) [noun] A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use. | [noun] The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece. | [noun] The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets. CALMED (11) [verb] To make calm. | [verb] To become calm. CALMER (10) [adjective] (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety. | [adjective] (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance. | [adjective] (of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled. CALMLY (13) [adverb] In a calm manner. CALORY (11) CALPAC (12) [noun] A tall felt hat worn by people in some Muslim countries, especially Turkey and Central Asia. CALQUE (17) [noun] A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language. | [verb] To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts. CALVED (12) [verb] To give birth to a calf | [verb] To assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf | [verb] To give birth to (a calf) CALVES (11) [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). CALXES (15) [noun] Plural of calx; the crumbly residue left after a mineral or metal has been heated or burned. | [noun] The heel bone or heel part of the foot in vertebrates. CAMAIL (10) [noun] A piece of chainmail worn to protect the neck and shoulders. | [noun] An ecclesiastical ornament worn by bishops. CAMASS (10) [noun] Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia. | [noun] (Western US) A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills. CAMBER (12) [noun] A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides. | [noun] The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force. | [noun] An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. CAMBIA (12) [noun] A layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems. | [noun] Periosteum, a membrane that covers the outer surface of bones | [noun] One of the humours formerly believed to nourish the bodily organs. CAMELS (10) [noun] A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus. | [noun] A light brownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown). | [noun] Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle. CAMEOS (10) [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. CAMERA (10) [noun] A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs. | [noun] The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation. | [noun] A vaulted room. CAMION (10) [noun] A large truck or lorry, used for carrying heavy loads. CAMISA (10) [noun] A shirt or chemise, used in English from Spanish contexts or historical texts. CAMISE (10) [noun] A fine linen shirt or tunic, especially one worn in the Middle Ages. CAMLET (10) [noun] A fabric made from camel hair or a mixture of camel hair and wool, or a similar fabric made from other materials. CAMPED (13) [verb] To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation. | [verb] To set up a camp. | [verb] To afford rest or lodging for. CAMPER (12) [adjective] Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures. | [adjective] (of a man) Ostentatiously effeminate. | [adjective] Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying. CAMPOS (12) [noun] A police officer assigned to a university campus. | [noun] A field or plain in a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking area. CAMPUS (12) [noun] The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures. | [noun] An institution of higher education and its ambiance. | [verb] To confine to campus as a punishment. CANALS (8) [noun] An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation. | [noun] A tubular channel within the body. | [noun] One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars. CANAPE (10) [noun] An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish. | [noun] A piece of furniture similar to a couch or settee, an elegant sofa. CANARD (9) [noun] A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so. | [noun] A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing. | [noun] Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization. CANARY (11) [noun] A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands. | [noun] Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour. | [noun] A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour. CANCAN (10) [noun] A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France. | [noun] (motocross) A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side. | [verb] To dance the cancan. CANCEL (10) [noun] A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English). | [noun] An enclosure; a boundary; a limit. | [noun] The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages. CANCER (10) [noun] A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation. | [noun] Something damaging that spreads throughout something else. CANCHA (13) [noun] A playing field or court, especially for ball games like polo or jai alai. CANDID (10) [noun] A spontaneous or unposed photograph. | [adjective] Impartial and free from prejudice. | [adjective] Straightforward, open and sincere. CANDLE (9) [noun] A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin. | [noun] The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter. | [noun] A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela. CANDOR (9) [noun] Whiteness; brilliance; purity. | [noun] The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. | [noun] Impartiality. CANERS (8) [noun] Plural of caner; people or things that cane. | [noun] People who work with cane or make items from cane. CANFUL (11) [noun] The amount that a can will hold; the capacity of a can. CANGUE (9) [noun] A wooden collar or frame formerly used as an instrument of punishment or torture in China and other parts of Asia. CANIDS (9) [noun] Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals. CANINE (8) [noun] Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae. | [noun] Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like. | [noun] In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid. CANING (9) [verb] To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement | [verb] To destroy; to comprehensively defeat | [verb] To do something well, in a competent fashion CANKER (12) [noun] A plant disease marked by gradual decay. | [noun] A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease. | [noun] A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm. | [verb] To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume. CANNAS (8) [noun] Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers. | [noun] A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. CANNED (9) [verb] To seal in a can. | [verb] To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can. | [verb] To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.). CANNEL (8) [noun] A type of coal that is rich in volatile matter and burns with a bright flame. | [noun] A groove or channel, especially one carved in a surface. CANNER (8) [noun] A person who cans food or operates a canning machine. | [noun] A large marble used in the game of marbles. CANNIE (8) CANNON (8) [noun] A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages. | [noun] Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube. | [noun] A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock. CANNOT (8) [noun] Something that cannot be done. | [verb] Can not (be unable to). | [verb] Be forbidden or not permitted to CANOED (9) [verb] To ride or paddle a canoe. CANOES (8) [noun] A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends. | [noun] An oversize, usually older, luxury car. | [noun] Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats. CANOLA (8) [noun] Any of a number of cultivars of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and closely related field mustard (Brassica rapa), which have a lower erucic acid and glucosinolate content than traditional rapeseed. CANONS (8) [noun] A generally accepted principle; a rule. | [noun] A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field. | [noun] The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic. CANOPY (13) [noun] A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed. | [noun] Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors. | [noun] The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest. CANSOS (8) CANTED (9) [verb] To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup. | [verb] To speak in set phrases. | [verb] To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner. CANTER (8) [noun] A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals. | [noun] A ride on a horse at such speed. | [verb] To move at such pace. | [noun] One who cants or whines; a beggar. CANTHI (11) [noun] Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet. CANTIC (10) CANTLE (8) [noun] A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something. | [noun] The raised back of a saddle. | [noun] The top of the head. CANTON (8) [noun] A division of a political unit. | [noun] A small community or clan. | [noun] A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side (e.g., the stars of the US national flag are in a canton). | [noun] A song or canto. CANTOR (8) [noun] Singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony. | [noun] A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan. CANTOS (8) [noun] One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book. | [noun] The treble or leading melody. CANTUS (8) [noun] The highest singing voice in a piece of choral music, or the melody or soprano part in a musical composition. CANULA (8) [noun] A small tube inserted into a vein or body cavity for administering medication or draining fluids; also spelled cannula. CANVAS (11) [noun] A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings. | [noun] A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint. | [noun] A basis for creative work. CANYON (11) [noun] A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river. CAPERS (10) [noun] A playful leap or jump. | [noun] A jump while dancing. | [noun] A prank or practical joke. CAPFUL (13) [noun] The amount that a cap can hold, typically used as a unit of measure for liquids or powders. CAPIAS (10) [noun] An arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody. CAPITA (10) [noun] A Latin term meaning "by heads" or "per person," used in phrases like "per capita" to indicate distribution or calculation on an individual basis. CAPLET (10) [noun] A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets. | [noun] A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets. CAPLIN (10) [noun] Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. | [noun] The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass that connect the handle and swingel. CAPONS (10) [noun] A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table. CAPOTE (10) [noun] A long coat or cloak with a hood. | [noun] A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th-century Canadian woodsmen. | [noun] A close-fitting woman's bonnet. CAPPED (13) [verb] To cover or seal with a cap. | [verb] To award a cap as a mark of distinction. | [verb] To lie over or on top of something. CAPPER (12) [noun] One who caps. | [noun] A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles. | [noun] A person that makes or sells caps. | [noun] A person who records a television broadcast to their computer. CAPRIC (12) [adjective] Relating to or containing capric acid, a saturated fatty acid found in coconut oil and other sources. CAPRIS (10) [noun] Capri pants CAPSID (11) [noun] The outer protein shell of a virus CAPTAN (10) [noun] A particular phthalimide fungicide. | [noun] Ethyl mercaptan CAPTOR (10) [noun] One who is holding a captive or captives. | [noun] One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone. CARACK (14) [noun] A large sailing ship of the 15th and 16th centuries, typically with a high stern and multiple decks. | [noun] A type of crack or flaw in pottery or ceramics. CARAFE (11) [noun] A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages. | [noun] A glass pot with a spout for pouring, used for both serving coffee and as a receptacle during the brewing process. CARATE (8) CARATS (8) [noun] A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams. | [noun] Any of several units of weight, varying from 189 to 212 mg, the weight of a carob seed. | [noun] A measure of the purity of gold, pure gold being 24 carats. CARBON (10) [noun] The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material. | [noun] An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it. | [noun] A sheet of carbon paper. CARBOS (10) [noun] Plural of carbo; informal term for carbohydrates. | [noun] Plural of carbo; short for carbohydrate-rich foods. CARBOY (13) [noun] A large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for fermentation, and now commonly made of plastic and used to store liquids. | [verb] To bottle in a carboy. CARCEL (10) [noun] A unit of illumination equal to the light produced by a Carcel lamp, used as a standard for measuring candlepower. CARDED (10) [verb] To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement. | [verb] To play cards. | [verb] To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card. CARDER (9) [noun] A person or machine that cards fibers such as wool or cotton to prepare them for spinning. | [noun] A person who uses a card, especially a credit card. CARDIA (9) [noun] The area of the stomach which directly receives contents from the esophagus. | [noun] The heart. CAREEN (8) [noun] The position of a ship laid on one side. | [verb] To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line. | [verb] To tilt on one side. CAREER (8) [noun] One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession. | [noun] General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it. | [noun] Speed. CARERS (8) [noun] Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities. CARESS (8) [noun] An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness. | [noun] A gentle stroking or rubbing. | [verb] To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle. CARETS (8) [noun] A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point. | [noun] An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place. Also called a cursor. | [noun] A circumflex, ⟨ ＾ ⟩. CARFUL (11) [noun] The amount that a car can hold or carry. | [noun] A group of people traveling together in a car. CARGOS (9) [noun] Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle. | [noun] (Papua New Guinea) Western material goods. CARHOP (13) [noun] A waiter or waitress who serves customers, especially in their vehicles, at a drive-in restaurant, sometimes on rollerskates. | [verb] To work as a carhop. CARIBE (10) [noun] A carnivorous fish of South American rivers, also known as a piranha. CARIED (9) CARIES (8) [noun] The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay CARINA (8) [noun] A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat. | [noun] Part of a papilionaceous flower consisting of two petals, commonly united, which encloses the organs of fructification. | [noun] The keel of the breastbone of birds. CARING (9) [verb] To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about). | [verb] (polite) To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards. | [verb] (with for) To look after or look out for. CARKED (13) [verb] To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles. | [verb] To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety. | [verb] To labor anxiously. CARLES (8) CARLIN (8) [noun] An old woman. | [noun] A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried. CARMAN (10) [noun] A person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart. CARMEN (10) [noun] A person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart. CARNAL (8) [adjective] Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites. | [adjective] Worldly or earthly; temporal. | [adjective] Of or relating to the body or flesh. CARNET (8) [noun] A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets. | [noun] A customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article | [noun] An admission pass. CARNEY (11) [noun] A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). | [noun] The jargon used by carnival workers. | [noun] A carnival. CARNIE (8) [noun] A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). | [noun] The jargon used by carnival workers. | [noun] A carnival. | [noun] A proponent of carnism; one who supports the practice of eating meat and using other animal products. CAROBS (10) [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. CAROCH (13) CAROLI (8) CAROLS (8) [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. CAROMS (10) [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). CARPAL (10) [noun] Any of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus). | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the carpus. CARPED (11) [verb] To complain about a fault; to harp on. | [verb] To say; to tell. | [verb] To find fault with; to censure. CARPEL (10) [noun] One of the individual female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. The term pistil is sometimes used to refer to a single carpel or to several carpels fused together. CARPER (10) [noun] One who carps; a person who complains or finds fault. | [noun] A freshwater fish of the carp family. CARPET (10) [noun] A fabric used as a complete floor covering. | [noun] Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function. | [noun] Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae CARPUS (10) [noun] The group of bones that make up the wrist. CARREL (8) [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. | [noun] A square-headed arrow; a quarrel. CARROM (10) [noun] A board game of Indian origin played on a square board where players use a striker to hit coins into pockets. | [noun] The act of striking a coin against another in this game. CARROT (8) [noun] A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae. | [noun] A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange). | [noun] Any motivational tool. CARSES (8) [noun] Low, fertile land; a river valley. CARTED (9) [verb] To carry goods. | [verb] To carry or convey in a cart. | [verb] To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal. CARTEL (8) [noun] A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market. | [noun] A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action. | [noun] A written letter of defiance or challenge. CARTER (8) [noun] A person who drives or operates a cart. | [noun] A person whose occupation is transporting goods by cart. CARTES (8) [noun] A bill of fare; a menu. | [noun] A visiting card. | [noun] A carte de visite (small collectible photograph of a famous person). CARTON (8) [noun] An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material. | [noun] A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box. | [noun] A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans. CARTOP (10) CARVED (12) [verb] To cut. | [verb] To cut meat in order to serve it. | [verb] To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work. CARVEL (11) [noun] A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration. | [noun] The sea blubber (Cyanea capillata); A jellyfish (Medusozoa). CARVEN (11) [verb] To cut. | [verb] To cut meat in order to serve it. | [verb] To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work. CARVER (11) [noun] Someone who carves. | [noun] A carving knife. | [noun] A butcher. CARVES (11) [verb] To cut. | [verb] To cut meat in order to serve it. | [verb] To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work. CASABA (10) [noun] A variety of melon. CASAVA (11) [noun] A tropical plant with starchy roots used to make tapioca and cassava flour. CASBAH (13) [noun] The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East. | [noun] (by synecdoche) The medina, the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East. CASEFY (14) CASEIC (10) CASEIN (8) [noun] A protein present in both milk and in the seeds of leguminous plants CASERN (8) [noun] A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near the rampart; barracks. CASHAW (14) [noun] A variant spelling of cashew, a tropical tree or its kidney-shaped nut. CASHED (12) [verb] To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills. | [verb] To obtain a payout from a tournament. | [verb] To disband. To do away with, kill CASHES (11) [noun] Money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions. | [noun] Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged. | [noun] Money. CASHEW (14) [noun] A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples. | [noun] A cashew nut. CASHOO (11) CASING (9) [verb] To propose hypothetical cases. | [verb] To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment. | [verb] To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose. CASINI (8) CASINO (8) [noun] A public building or room for entertainment, especially gambling. | [noun] A card game for two to four players. CASITA (8) [noun] A small, attached but self-contained house or apartment CASKED (13) [verb] Past tense of cask, meaning to put or store in a cask. | [adjective] Confined or stored in a cask. CASKET (12) [noun] A little box, e.g. for jewellery. | [noun] An urn. | [noun] A coffin. CASQUE (17) [noun] A helmet. | [noun] A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as the hornbill or cassowary. CASSIA (8) [noun] The spice made from the bark of members of the genus Cinnamomum other than true cinnamon (C. verum), when they are distinguished from cinnamon. | [noun] Such trees themselves, particularly the Chinese cinnamon, Cinnamomum cassia. | [noun] Any of several tropical leguminous plants, of the genus Cassia. CASSIS (8) [noun] The blackcurrant plant, Ribes nigrum; the flavor of its berries | [noun] A liqueur made from these berries, especially crème de cassis. | [noun] (chiefly US) A wine flavor note, suggesting the fruity and full-bodied characteristics of the fruit; mostly referred to as simply blackcurrant in the UK, where the fruit is common. CASTER (8) [noun] Someone or something that casts | [noun] A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering). | [noun] A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc. CASTES (8) [noun] Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies. | [noun] A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other. | [noun] A class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony. CASTLE (8) [noun] A large building that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. | [noun] An instance of castling. | [noun] A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower. CASTOR (8) [noun] A hat made from the fur of the beaver. | [noun] A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats. | [noun] Castoreum (bitter exudate of mature beavers). | [noun] A variety of petalite found in Elba. | [noun] Someone or something that casts CASUAL (8) [noun] A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee. | [noun] A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty. | [noun] A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture). CATALO (8) [noun] A hybrid animal resulting from the cross between a cattle cow and a buffalo bull. CATCHY (16) [adjective] Instantly appealing and memorable (of a tune or phrase). | [adjective] Tending to catch or ensnare; entangling. | [adjective] Consisting of, or occurring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable. CATENA (8) [noun] A series of related items. | [noun] A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope. CATERS (8) [noun] Caterer | [verb] To provide, particularly: | [verb] To place, set, move, or cut diagonally or rhomboidally. CATGUT (9) [noun] A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, especially of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, etc. | [noun] The material from which such cords are made. | [noun] A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices. CATION (8) [noun] A positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis. CATKIN (12) [noun] A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar. CATLIN (8) CATNAP (10) [noun] A brief, light sleep. | [verb] To take a catnap, to take a short sleep or nap. | [verb] To kidnap a cat. CATNIP (10) [noun] Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities. | [noun] Something that causes excitement or interest. CATSUP (10) [noun] A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners. | [noun] Such a sauce more generally (not necessarily based on tomatoes). CATTED (9) [verb] To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead. | [verb] To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails. | [verb] To vomit. CATTIE (8) [noun] A (unit of) weight used in China, generally standardized as half a kilogram. CATTLE (8) [noun] Domesticated bovine animals (cows, bulls, steers etc). | [noun] Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses. | [noun] People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny. CAUCUS (10) [noun] A usually preliminary meeting of party members to nominate candidates for public office or delegates to be sent a nominating convention, or to confer regarding policy. | [noun] A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party. | [noun] A political interest group by members of a legislative body. CAUDAD (10) [adverb] Toward the tail or posterior end of the body. CAUDAL (9) [noun] A caudal vertebra. | [adjective] Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body. CAUDEX (16) [noun] An enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water. CAUDLE (9) [noun] A warm drink made of wine or ale mixed with eggs, sugar, spices, and gruel, traditionally served to sick people or during confinement. CAUGHT (12) [verb] (heading) To capture, overtake. | [verb] (heading) To seize hold of. | [verb] (heading) To intercept. CAULDS (9) [noun] Plural of cauld, a Scottish word for a cold or chill. | [noun] Plural of cauld, meaning a weir or dam across a river. CAULES (8) [noun] Plural of caulis; the plural form of a stem or stalk of a plant, particularly used in botanical terminology. CAULIS (8) [noun] The stem or stalk of a plant, particularly the main stem of a herbaceous plant. CAULKS (12) [verb] To drive oakum into the seams of a ship's wooden deck or hull to make it watertight. | [verb] To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials. | [verb] Fuck CAUSAL (8) [noun] (grammar) a word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause | [adjective] Of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing CAUSED (9) [verb] To set off an event or action. | [verb] (ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority. | [verb] To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse. CAUSER (8) [noun] One who causes something to happen. CAUSES (8) [noun] (often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result. | [noun] (especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion. | [noun] A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends. CAUSEY (11) [noun] An embankment holding in water; a dam. | [noun] A causeway across marshy ground, an area of sea etc. | [noun] A paved path or highway; a street, or the part of a street paved with paving or cobbles as opposed to flagstones. CAVEAT (11) [noun] A warning. | [noun] A qualification or exemption. | [noun] A formal objection. CAVERN (11) [noun] A large cave. | [noun] An underground chamber. | [verb] To form a cavern or deep depression in. CAVERS (11) [noun] People who explore caves. | [noun] Plural of caver, one who participates in caving or spelunking. CAVIAR (11) [noun] Roe of the sturgeon or other large fish, considered a delicacy. | [noun] Something whose flavour is too fine for the vulgar taste. CAVIES (11) [noun] A chicken coop. | [noun] A tailless rodent of the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia, with short ears and larger than a hamster; the species Cavia porcellus is often kept as a pet. | [noun] A rodent of any of several species within the family Caviidae. CAVILS (11) [verb] To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons. CAVING (12) [verb] To surrender. | [verb] To collapse. | [verb] To hollow out or undermine. CAVITY (14) [noun] A hole or hollow depression. | [noun] A hollow area within the body (such as the sinuses). | [noun] A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries. CAVORT (11) [verb] (originally intransitive) To prance, said of mounts | [verb] To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously. CAWING (12) [verb] To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven. | [noun] The act of producing a caw sound. CAYMAN (13) [noun] Any of the relatively small crocodilians of genus Caiman, within family Alligatoridae. | [noun] A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America. To differentiate from caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards. CAYUSE (11) [noun] A small Indian horse or pony. CEASED (9) [verb] To stop. | [verb] To stop doing (something). | [verb] To be wanting; to fail; to pass away. CEASES (8) [verb] To stop. | [verb] To stop doing (something). | [verb] To be wanting; to fail; to pass away. CEBIDS (11) [noun] Any member of the Cebidae. CEBOID (11) [noun] A member of Ceboidea, a family of New World monkeys including capuchins and squirrel monkeys. CEDARN (9) [adjective] Constituted of or covered with cedar trees; made of cedar wood. CEDARS (9) [noun] A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae. | [noun] A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja. | [noun] A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona. CEDERS (9) CEDING (10) [verb] To give up; yield to another. | [verb] To give way. CEDULA (9) [noun] A certificate or official document, particularly an identification card or pass used in Spanish-speaking countries. CEIBAS (10) [noun] Any tree of the species in genus Ceiba | [noun] The silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba). CEILED (9) [verb] To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar. | [verb] To set a higher bound. | [adjective] (in combination) Having some specified type of ceiling CEILER (8) CELEBS (10) [noun] A celebrity; a famous person. CELERY (11) [noun] A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family. | [noun] The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable. | [noun] A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery. CELIAC (10) [noun] Someone who has celiac disease. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to or located within the abdomen or abdominal cavity. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to celiac disease. CELLAE (8) [noun] The central, enclosed part of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticos. CELLAR (8) [noun] An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter. | [noun] A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar. | [noun] Last place in a league or competition. | [noun] Salt cellar CELLED (9) [adjective] Having cells or compartments; divided into cells. | [verb] Past tense of "cell," meaning to confine in a cell or to furnish with cells. CELLOS (8) [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. CELOMS (10) [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. CEMENT (10) [noun] A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete. | [noun] The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries. | [noun] Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout. CENOTE (8) [noun] A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings. CENSED (9) [verb] To perfume with incense. CENSER (8) [noun] An ornamental container for burning incense, especially during religious ceremonies. | [noun] A person who censes, a person who perfumes with incense CENSES (8) [noun] A census. | [noun] A public rate or tax. | [noun] Condition; rank CENSOR (8) [noun] One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality. | [noun] An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media. | [noun] A college or university official whose duties vary depending on the institution. | [noun] A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious mind. CENSUS (8) [noun] An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals. | [noun] Count, tally. | [verb] To conduct a census on. CENTAL (8) [noun] A unit of weight equal to 100 pounds in the US or 112 pounds in Britain. | [noun] A unit of weight for grain equal to 100 kilograms in some countries. CENTER (8) [noun] The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference. | [noun] The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference. | [noun] The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges. CENTOS (8) [noun] A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems. CENTRA (8) [noun] A center. | [noun] The central body of a vertebra; the solid piece to which the arches and some other parts are or may be attached. | [noun] The basis or fundamental portion of one of the cranial segments, regarded as analogous to vertebrae. CENTRE (8) [noun] The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference. | [noun] The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference. | [noun] The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges. CENTUM (10) [noun] A group or division of one hundred, especially a Roman military unit of about one hundred soldiers. | [noun] In ancient Rome, a political subdivision of citizens organized for voting purposes. CEORLS (8) [noun] An Anglo-Saxon churl. CERATE (8) [noun] A medicinal preparation or ointment made with wax as a base. | [verb] To cover or treat with a cerate. CERCIS (10) [noun] A genus of trees and shrubs in the legume family, commonly known as redbuds, characterized by heart-shaped leaves and pink or purple flowers. CERCUS (10) [noun] Structures on the end of on the end of the abdomen of most insects, sometimes long, hairlike sensory organs and sometimes smaller and rigid. CEREAL (8) [noun] A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains. | [noun] The grains of such a grass. | [noun] Breakfast cereal. CEREUS (8) [noun] A type of tall columnar cactus native to tropical America, typically with night-blooming flowers. | [noun] A candle or wax light, especially one used in religious ceremonies. CERIAS (8) CERING (9) [verb] Present participle of "cere," meaning to wrap (a dead body) in a cerecloth or winding sheet for burial. | [noun] A waxy covering at the base of a bird's upper beak. CERIPH (13) [noun] A small line or stroke extending from the end of a letter in certain typefaces; a serif. CERISE (8) [noun] A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink. | [adjective] Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk. CERITE (8) [noun] A mineral consisting of a silicate of cerium and other rare earth elements. CERIUM (10) [noun] A chemical element (symbol Ce) with an atomic number of 58, a very soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air. CERMET (10) [noun] A composite material composed of ceramic and metal materials, used in such applications as industrial saws and turbine blades. CEROUS (8) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing cerium, especially in its trivalent state. CERTES (8) [adverb] Certainly, indeed. CERUSE (8) [noun] White lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, formerly used as a white pigment, in cosmetics, and for medical purposes. CERVID (12) [noun] Any animal (such as the deer) of the family Cervidae. CERVIX (18) [noun] The neck | [noun] The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. | [noun] The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina. CESIUM (10) [noun] The chemical element (symbol Cs) with an atomic number of 55. It is a soft, gold-colored, highly reactive alkali metal. CESSED (9) [verb] Past tense of "cess," meaning to assess or levy a tax or rate. | [verb] Past tense of "cess," meaning to stop or cease (archaic). CESSES (8) [noun] An assessed tax, duty, or levy. | [noun] Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success. | [noun] Bound; measure. CESTAS (8) [noun] Plural of cesta, a large basket-like racket used in jai alai. CESTOI (8) [noun] Plural of cestus, a belt or girdle worn in ancient times, or a hand covering used in boxing. CESTOS (8) [noun] A girdle or belt worn around the waist, especially one worn in ancient times. | [noun] A leather strap or band, particularly one used in boxing or athletics. CESTUS (8) [noun] A leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal. | [noun] A girdle, especially that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power to excite love. CESURA (8) [noun] A pause or break in a line of poetry, typically occurring in the middle of a foot or between feet. | [noun] A break or division in a musical phrase. CETANE (8) [noun] The aliphatic hydrocarbon C16H34 (hexadecane) used as a standard for diesel fuel. CHABUK (17) [noun] A type of riding whip or leather strap used in India and other South Asian countries. CHACMA (15) [noun] A large baboon native to southern Africa, characterized by a dark coat and dog-like snout. CHADAR (12) [noun] A loose robe, made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by Muslim women, especially in Iran. CHADOR (12) [noun] A loose robe, made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by Muslim women, especially in Iran. CHADRI (12) [noun] A garment worn by some Muslim women that covers the entire body and face, with only the eyes visible through a mesh screen; also spelled chaddar or chador. CHAETA (11) [noun] A chitinous bristle of an annelid worm CHAFED (15) [verb] To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. | [verb] To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. | [verb] To fret and wear by rubbing. CHAFER (14) [noun] One who chafes. | [noun] A vessel for heating water; hence, a dish or pan. | [noun] Any of several scarab beetles, including the cockchafer, leaf chafer, and rose chafer CHAFES (14) [verb] To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. | [verb] To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. | [verb] To fret and wear by rubbing. CHAFFS (17) [verb] To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter. | [verb] To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz. CHAFFY (20) [adjective] Resembling or containing chaff; of poor quality or worthless. CHAINE (11) [noun] A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal. | [noun] A series of interconnected things. | [noun] A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name. CHAINS (11) [noun] A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal. | [noun] A series of interconnected things. | [noun] A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name. CHAIRS (11) [noun] An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench. | [noun] The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra. | [noun] An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices. CHAISE (11) [noun] An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels. | [noun] A chaise longue. | [noun] A post chaise. CHAKRA (15) [noun] (Ayurveda) Any of (at least more than) seven centres of spiritual energy in the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy. CHALAH (14) [noun] A braided loaf of bread traditionally eaten by Jews, especially on the Sabbath and holidays. CHALEH (14) CHALET (11) [noun] An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves. CHALKS (15) [noun] A soft, white, powdery limestone. | [noun] A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard. | [noun] Tailor's chalk. CHALKY (18) [adjective] Consisting of or containing chalk. | [adjective] Resembling chalk in some way. | [adjective] Of a tournament: in which the favorites win, or expected to win, most of the games. CHALLA (11) [noun] A braided loaf of bread traditionally eaten by Jewish people on the Sabbath and holidays. CHALLY (14) CHALOT (11) [noun] A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for Yom Tov. | [noun] The commandment to separate a portion of bread or bread dough for the cohanim (Numbers 15:17–21); in contemporary practice, the portion is burned until inedible. | [noun] The portion separated in fulfillment of the above. CHAMMY (18) [noun] A soft leather made from the skin of sheep, goats, or deer, used for cleaning and polishing. | [noun] A variant spelling of "chamois," referring to a small goat-like mammal found in mountain regions of Europe. CHAMPS (15) [verb] To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently. CHAMPY (18) CHANCE (13) [noun] An opportunity or possibility. | [noun] Random occurrence; luck. | [noun] The probability of something happening. | [verb] To happen by chance, to occur. CHANCY (16) [adjective] Uncertain, risky, hazardous | [adjective] Subject to chance; random | [adjective] Lucky; bringing good luck CHANGE (12) [noun] The process of becoming different. | [noun] Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination. | [noun] A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes CHANGS (12) [noun] Plural of chang, a type of alcoholic beverage made from grain in Tibet and other Himalayan regions. CHANTS (11) [noun] Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony. | [noun] A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music. | [noun] Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. CHANTY (14) [noun] A roughly-built hut or cabin. | [noun] A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned. | [noun] An unlicensed pub. CHAPEL (13) [noun] A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church. | [noun] A place of worship in another building or within a civil institution such as a larger church, airport, prison, monastery, school, etc.; often primarily for private prayer. | [noun] A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services. CHAPES (13) [noun] The piece by which an object is attached to something, such as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap. | [noun] The transverse guard of a sword or dagger. | [noun] The lower metallic cap of a sword's scabbard. CHARAS (11) [noun] Cannabis resin, used as an intoxicant in India. CHARDS (12) [noun] An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste. | [noun] Artichoke leaves and shoots, blanched to eat. CHARED (12) [verb] Past tense of "char," meaning to burn or scorch the surface of something. | [verb] To cook food quickly over high heat until the surface is blackened. CHARES (11) [verb] Third person singular of "chare," meaning to do chores or work as a cleaning servant. | [noun] Plural of "chare," referring to chores or cleaning work. CHARGE (12) [noun] The amount of money levied for a service. | [noun] A ground attack against a prepared enemy. | [noun] A forceful forward movement. CHARKA (15) [noun] A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton. CHARKS (15) CHARMS (13) [noun] An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation). | [noun] The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration; often constructed in the plural. | [noun] A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer. CHARRO (11) [noun] A type of Mexican horseman. | [noun] (usually plural) Short for charro bean. CHARRS (11) [noun] Plural of char, referring to charred remains or marks made by burning. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of char, meaning to burn or scorch the surface of something. CHARRY (14) [adjective] Resembling or containing cherries; having the characteristics of cherries. CHARTS (11) [noun] A map. | [noun] A systematic non-narrative presentation of data. | [noun] A written deed; a charter. CHASED (12) [verb] To pursue. | [verb] To consume another beverage immediately after drinking hard liquor, typically something better tasting or less harsh such as soda or beer; to use a drink as a chaser | [verb] To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings. CHASER (11) [noun] A person or thing (ship, plane, car, etc.) that chases. | [noun] A hunter. | [noun] A person who does the chasing on metalwork. | [noun] Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing. CHASES (11) [noun] The act of one who chases another; a pursuit. | [noun] A hunt. | [noun] A children's game where one player chases another. CHASMS (13) [noun] A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss. | [noun] (by extension) A large difference of opinion. CHASMY (16) [adjective] Resembling or having the characteristics of a chasm; marked by a wide gap or opening. CHASSE (11) [noun] A small serving of spirits taken to remove the taste of coffee, tobacco, etc. | [noun] A gliding movement in dance (especially ballet) with the same foot always leading. | [verb] To perform this step. | [noun] A reliquary casket. CHASTE (11) [adjective] Abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse. | [adjective] Virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience. | [adjective] Austere, simple, undecorative. CHATTY (14) [adjective] Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting. | [adjective] Of a text or speech, expressed in a conversational style. | [adjective] Supplying more information than necessary; verbose. | [adjective] Infested with lice; or, dirty, worn or of poor quality; lousy. | [noun] A clay pot for holding water. CHAUNT (11) [verb] To sing or chant, especially in a rhythmic or monotonous manner. CHAWED (15) [verb] To chew; to grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud) | [verb] To ruminate (about) in thought; to ponder; to consider | [verb] To steal. CHAWER (14) CHAZAN (20) [noun] A cantor or official who leads liturgical prayer and singing in a Jewish synagogue. CHEAPO (13) [noun] A person who is stingy, a cheapskate. | [noun] A primitive trap, often set in the hope of swindling a win or draw from a losing position. | [adjective] Inexpensive and of poor quality. CHEAPS (13) [verb] Third person singular of "cheap," meaning to make something cost less or to reduce the price of something. | [noun] Plural of "cheap," referring to inexpensive items or bargains. CHEATS (11) [verb] To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation. | [verb] To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner. | [verb] To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely. CHEBEC (15) [noun] A small fast-sailing ship with two or three masts, formerly used by privateers and pirates. CHECKS (17) [noun] A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece. | [noun] An inspection or examination. | [noun] A control; a limit or stop. CHEDER (12) [noun] An elementary school for Jewish children, teaching basic Judaism and Hebrew. CHEEKS (15) [noun] The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity. | [noun] (usually in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts. | [noun] Impudence. CHEEKY (18) [adjective] Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing. | [adjective] (of swimwear, underwear, etc.) tending to reveal the cheeks of the buttocks. | [adjective] (Australian Aboriginal) Poisonous (of animals such as snakes), dangerous, cunning, violent, potent. CHEEPS (13) [noun] A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird. | [verb] Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds sounding like "cheep". | [verb] To express in a chirping tone. CHEERO (11) CHEERS (11) [noun] A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood. | [noun] That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment. | [noun] A cry expressing joy, approval or support such as "hurray". CHEERY (14) [adjective] (often sarcastic) In a good mood, happy, cheerful. CHEESE (11) [noun] A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk. | [noun] Any particular variety of cheese. | [noun] A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture. | [noun] Wealth, fame, excellence, importance. | [verb] To stop; to refrain from. | [verb] To use an unsporting tactic; to repeatedly use an attack which is overpowered or difficult to counter. CHEESY (14) [adjective] Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived. | [adjective] Of or relating to cheese. | [adjective] Resembling or containing cheese. CHEGOE (12) [noun] A tropical flea that burrows into the skin of humans and animals, causing irritation and infection. CHELAE (11) [noun] A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid. CHELAS (11) [noun] A pupil or disciple, especially in Hinduism. CHEMIC (15) [adjective] Of or relating to chemistry or chemical processes. | [noun] A substance used in or produced by a chemical process. CHEMOS (13) [noun] Plural of chemo, informal term for chemotherapy, a medical treatment using chemical substances to treat disease, particularly cancer. CHEQUE (20) [noun] A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity. CHERRY (14) [noun] A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem. | [noun] Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries. | [noun] The wood of a cherry tree. CHERTS (11) [noun] Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral. | [noun] A flint-like tool made from chert. CHERTY (14) [adjective] Containing or resembling chert, a hard sedimentary rock composed of microcrystalline quartz. CHERUB (13) [noun] A winged creature attending God, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim; similar to a lamassu in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts. | [noun] An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child or a child's head with wings but no body. | [noun] A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent. CHESTS (11) [noun] A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid. | [noun] A coffin. | [noun] The place in which public money is kept; a treasury. CHESTY (14) [adjective] (of a woman) Having large breasts; busty. | [adjective] (of a cough or cold) Not dry; involving the coughing of phlegm. | [adjective] Coming from, or associated with, the chest. CHETAH (14) CHETHS (14) [noun] Plural of cheth, the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. CHEVRE (14) [noun] A type of soft cheese from goat’s milk, originating in France, often formed in a cylinder. CHEWED (15) [verb] To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed. | [verb] To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth. | [verb] To think about something; to ponder; to chew over. CHEWER (14) [noun] One who chews. | [noun] Something suitable for chewing. CHIASM (13) [noun] The crossing or intersection of two structures, particularly the optic nerves in the brain. | [noun] A cross-shaped anatomical structure or junction. CHIAUS (11) [noun] A Turkish official or messenger; also spelled chiaous or chaus. CHICER (13) [adjective] Elegant, stylish. CHICHI (16) [adjective] Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish | [noun] (Latin America, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast. CHICKS (17) [noun] A young bird. | [noun] A young chicken. | [noun] (term of endearment) A young child. CHICLE (13) [noun] The milky latex of the sapodilla tree, used after coagulation as the principal ingredient of chewing gum CHICLY (16) [adverb] In a chic or stylish manner; with elegance and sophistication. CHICOS (13) [noun] Plural of chico, a boy or young man, especially in Spanish-speaking contexts. | [noun] A type of seasoning or spice blend used in cooking. CHIDED (13) [verb] To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily. | [verb] To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. | [verb] To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. CHIDER (12) [noun] One who chides; a person who scolds or rebukes. CHIDES (12) [verb] To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily. | [verb] To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. | [verb] To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. CHIEFS (14) [noun] A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc. | [noun] The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third. | [noun] The principal part or top of anything. CHIELD (12) [noun] A Scottish or dialectal word for a child or young man. CHIELS (11) [noun] Plural of chiel, a Scottish word for a child or young man. CHIGOE (12) [noun] A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans, whose females burrow under the skin of animals, including humans, and lay their eggs, causing strong irritation and sores. CHILDE (12) [noun] A child of noble birth. | [noun] The cognomen given to the oldest son prior to his taking his father's title. CHILES (11) [noun] The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking. | [noun] Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking. | [noun] (Indian Chinese cuisine) a spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer. CHILLI (11) [noun] The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking. | [noun] Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking. | [noun] (Indian Chinese cuisine) a spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer. CHILLS (11) [noun] A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness. | [noun] A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness. | [noun] An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold. CHILLY (14) [adjective] Cold enough to cause discomfort. | [adjective] Feeling uncomfortably cold. | [adjective] Distant and cool; unfriendly. | [noun] The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking. CHIMAR (13) [noun] A type of garment worn by some Muslim women, consisting of a veil or cloak that covers the body and face. CHIMBS (15) [noun] The top of a ridge. | [noun] The spine of an animal. | [noun] A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. CHIMED (14) [verb] To make the sound of a chime. | [verb] To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony. | [verb] To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically. CHIMER (13) CHIMES (13) [noun] A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes. | [noun] An individual ringing component of such a set. | [noun] A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device. CHIMLA (13) CHIMPS (15) [noun] A species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans. CHINAS (11) [noun] The plant Smilax china, a liana of much of eastern Asia. | [noun] A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis. | [noun] A plant or flower of one of the class of hybrids developed from Rosa chinensis. CHINCH (16) [noun] The bedbug (Cimex lectularius). CHINED (12) [adjective] Pertaining to, or having, a chine, or backbone; used in composition. | [adjective] Broken in the back. CHINES (11) [noun] The top of a ridge. | [noun] The spine of an animal. | [noun] A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. CHINKS (15) [noun] A person of perceived Chinese ethnicity. | [noun] A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack. | [noun] A chip or dent in something metallic. CHINKY (18) [noun] (possibly offensive) A Chinese takeaway restaurant. | [noun] (possibly offensive) A meal of Chinese food. | [noun] A Chinese person. CHINOS (11) [noun] Trousers made from chino CHINTS (11) [noun] Plural of chint, a variant or informal spelling of chintz (a printed cotton fabric). | [noun] Third person singular present tense of the verb "to chint," though this verb usage is non-standard or archaic. CHINTZ (20) [noun] A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs. CHIPPY (18) [noun] A fish-and-chip shop. | [noun] A carpenter. | [noun] The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk. CHIRAL (11) [adjective] Of an object that exhibits chirality, as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix. CHIRKS (15) [verb] To make a shrill sound; to chirp. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of "chirk," meaning to make cheerful or lively. CHIRMS (13) [verb] To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird does. CHIROS (11) CHIRPS (13) [noun] A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect. | [noun] (radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse. | [verb] To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets CHIRPY (16) [noun] An electronic device which uses a piezoelectric transducer to make chirping noise, often designed to be hidden and function as an annoyance | [noun] Specifically, a version of the above designed to be thrown for placement. Similar to a throwie. | [adjective] In a good mood; happy and energetic. CHIRRE (11) [verb] To make a trilling or chirping sound. | [noun] A trilling or chirping sound, especially made by insects. CHIRRS (11) [noun] The trilled sound made by an insect. | [verb] To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada). CHISEL (11) [noun] A cutting tool consisting of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end. It may be provided with a handle at the other end. It is used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by placing the sharp edge against the material to be cut and pushing or pounding the other end with a hammer or mallet. | [verb] To use a chisel. | [verb] To work something with a chisel. | [noun] Gravel. CHITAL (11) [noun] A large spotted deer, of genus Axis, native to India and Sri Lanka CHITIN (11) [noun] A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans. CHITON (11) [noun] A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece. | [noun] Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton. CHITTY (14) [noun] A small note, such as a pass or voucher slip; a chit. | [adjective] Full of chits or sprouts | [adjective] Childish; like a baby CHIVES (14) [noun] A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion. | [noun] (in the plural) The leaves of this plant used as a herb. | [noun] The style and stigma of a flower, especially saffron. CHIVVY (20) [noun] Something that encourages one to act; a goad, a spur. | [verb] To coerce or hurry along, as by persistent request. | [verb] To subject to harassment or verbal abuse. CHOANA (11) [noun] An opening at the back of the nasal cavity that leads to the nasopharynx. CHOCKS (17) [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. CHOICE (13) [noun] An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something. | [noun] The power to choose. | [noun] One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision. CHOIRS (11) [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. CHOKED (16) [verb] To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict). | [verb] To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe. | [verb] To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it. CHOKER (15) [noun] A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat. | [noun] One who, or that which, chokes or strangles. | [noun] One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition. CHOKES (15) [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. CHOKEY (18) [adjective] Reminiscent of choking. | [noun] Prison | [noun] A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin bearers, police, etc. CHOLER (11) [noun] Anger or irritability. | [noun] One of the four humours of ancient physiology, also known as yellow bile. CHOLLA (11) [noun] Any of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments. CHOLOS (11) [noun] A Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody perceived to embody similar characteristics. CHOMPS (15) [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). CHOOKS (15) [noun] A chicken, especially a hen. | [noun] A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking. | [noun] A fool. CHOOSE (11) [verb] To pick; to make the choice of; to select. | [verb] To elect. | [verb] To decide to act in a certain way. | [noun] The act of choosing; selection. CHOOSY (14) [adjective] Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements. CHOPIN (13) CHOPPY (18) [adjective] (of the surface of water) Having many small, rough waves. | [adjective] Discontinuous, intermittent. | [adjective] (of wind) Shifting, variable CHORAL (11) [adjective] Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus. | [noun] A form of Lutheran or Protestant hymn tune. | [noun] A chorus or choir. CHORDS (12) [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. CHOREA (11) [noun] An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus. | [noun] Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance. CHORED (12) [verb] Past tense of "chore," meaning to do chores or assign chores to someone. CHORES (11) [noun] A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one. | [verb] To do chores. | [verb] To steal. CHORIC (13) [adjective] Including or involving a Greek chorus | [adjective] Intended to be sung by a choir or chorus (e.g. a hymn) CHORUS (11) [noun] A group of singers and dancers in the religious festivals of ancient Greece. | [noun] A group of people in a play or performance who recite together. | [noun] A group of singers; singing group who perform together. CHOSEN (11) [verb] To pick; to make the choice of; to select. | [verb] To elect. | [verb] To decide to act in a certain way. CHOSES (11) [noun] Personal possessions or goods; property or things owned. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of "chose," meaning to select or pick. CHOTTS (11) [noun] Plural of chott, a shallow salt lake or depression in North Africa, particularly in Algeria and Tunisia. CHOUGH (15) [noun] Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia. | [noun] The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands. CHOUSE (11) [verb] To cheat or swindle someone. | [noun] A person who cheats or swindles. CHOUSH (14) CHOWED (15) [verb] To eat. | [verb] To call a discarded tile to produce a chow. CHOWSE (14) CHRISM (13) [noun] A mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation. CHROMA (13) [noun] The colorfulness relative to the brightness of a similarly illuminated area | [noun] The aspect of a colour's hue that depends on the amount of white or black in it; saturation | [noun] A note in a chromatic scale CHROME (13) [noun] Chromium, when used to plate other metals. | [noun] The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content. | [noun] Handguns (collectively) CHROMO (13) [noun] A color print produced by chromolithography. | [noun] A prostitute. | [adjective] Of or relating to the chromodomain, a protein structural domain associated with chromatin production CHUBBY (18) [noun] A chubby, plump person | [noun] An overweight or obese gay man. | [noun] A penile erection, especially when short and with a large circumference; a boner. CHUCKS (17) [noun] Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal. | [noun] Food. | [noun] A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder. CHUCKY (20) CHUFAS (14) [noun] Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts). CHUFFS (17) [noun] A coarse or stupid fellow. | [noun] (scriptwriting) Superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot. | [noun] A breathy noise produced by a tiger, similar in function to a cat's purr. CHUFFY (20) CHUKAR (15) [noun] A species of partridge native to central Asia (Alectoris chukar). CHUKKA (19) [noun] Chukka boot | [noun] One of the six playing periods, each 7½ minutes long, of a game of polo. CHUMMY (18) [noun] A friend; a pal. | [noun] A roommate, especially in a college or university. | [noun] A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water to attract predator fish, such as sharks CHUMPS (15) [noun] An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser. | [noun] A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense. | [noun] The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat. CHUNKS (15) [noun] A part of something that has been separated. | [noun] A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular. | [noun] A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster. CHUNKY (18) [adjective] Having chunks. | [adjective] (of a person) Fat. | [adjective] Of a cat: having a large, solid bodyline. | [noun] A sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to land the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible. CHURCH (16) [noun] A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place. | [noun] Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity. | [noun] A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general. CHURLS (11) [noun] A rustic; a countryman or labourer; a free peasant (as opposed to a serf). | [noun] A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor. | [noun] A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. CHURNS (11) [noun] A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter. | [noun] Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company. | [noun] The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider. CHURRS (11) [verb] To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada). | [verb] To make the low vocal sound of some birds. CHUTED (12) [verb] Past tense of chute, meaning to convey or transport through a chute. | [adjective] Equipped with or having a chute or chutes. CHUTES (11) [noun] A framework, trough or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel. | [noun] A waterfall or rapid. | [noun] The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo. CHYLES (14) [noun] A milky fluid containing emulsified fats absorbed from the small intestine and transported through the lymphatic system. CHYMES (16) [noun] Plural of chyme, the semifluid mass of partly digested food and digestive juices formed in the stomach. | [noun] The pulpy mixture of food and gastric juices that passes from the stomach into the small intestine. CHYMIC (18) [adjective] Of or relating to alchemy or chemistry; alchemical. | [noun] An alchemist or chemist. CIBOLS (10) CICADA (11) [noun] Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. CICALA (10) [noun] A large cicada or a shrill-voiced insect of the order Hemiptera. | [noun] In music, a drone or continuous sound. CICALE (10) CICELY (13) [noun] Myrrhis odorata, a plant in the genus Myrrhis, in the family Apiaceae. | [noun] Sweetroot, any of several plants in the genus Osmorhiza CICERO (10) CIDERS (9) [noun] An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples; hard cider; apple cider | [noun] A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice). | [noun] A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples. CIGARS (9) [noun] Tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked. | [noun] Penis CILICE (10) [noun] A hairshirt. | [noun] (chiefly in Opus Dei) A leather strap studded with metallic barbs that cut into flesh as a constant reminder of Christ's suffering. CILIUM (10) [noun] Hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of a plant organ. | [noun] A hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism). These structures serve either for locomotion by moving or as sensors. | [noun] One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing. CINDER (9) [noun] Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc. | [noun] An ember. | [noun] Slag from a metal furnace. CINEMA (10) [noun] A movie theatre, a movie house | [noun] Films collectively. | [noun] The film and movie industry. CINEOL (8) [noun] A colorless liquid compound found in eucalyptus oil and other essential oils, used in medicine and as a flavoring agent. CINQUE (17) [noun] A card, die, or domino with five spots or pips. CIPHER (13) [noun] A numeric character. | [noun] Any text character. | [noun] A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram. CIRCLE (10) [noun] A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center). | [noun] A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point. | [noun] Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures. CIRCUS (10) [noun] A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. | [noun] A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet. | [noun] A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place. CIRQUE (17) [noun] A curved depression in a mountainside with steep walls, forming the end of a valley. | [noun] Something in the shape of a circle or ring, such as a Roman circus. CIRRUS (8) [noun] A tendril. | [noun] A thin tendril-like appendage. | [noun] A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres. CISCOS (10) [noun] Plural of cisco, a freshwater fish of the salmon family found in North American lakes. CISTUS (8) [noun] A rockrose; a plant of the genus Cistus. CITERS (8) [noun] Plural of citer; people who cite or quote sources. | [noun] People who summon or call upon someone. CITHER (11) [noun] A stringed musical instrument, also spelled "zither," with numerous strings stretched across a resonating body and played by plucking or strumming. CITIED (9) [adjective] Having cities or urban characteristics; characterized by the presence of cities. CITIES (8) [noun] A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place. | [noun] A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size. | [noun] The central business district; downtown. CITIFY (14) CITING (9) [verb] To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. | [verb] To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context. | [verb] To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court. CITOLA (8) [noun] A medieval stringed musical instrument played with a bow, similar to a vielle. | [noun] A book or list, especially one kept by a clerk or official. CITOLE (8) [noun] An archaic musical instrument whose exact form is uncertain, generally shown with four strings. CITRAL (8) [noun] Either of a pair of terpenoids, geranial and neral, that have the molecular formula C10H16O and are used in perfumery and flavourings. CITRIC (10) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon. CITRIN (8) [noun] A yellow or greenish variety of quartz, often used as a gemstone. | [adjective] Of or resembling the color of a citrine gemstone; yellow or golden. CITRON (8) [noun] A greenish yellow colour. | [noun] A small citrus tree, Citrus medica. | [noun] The fruit of a citron tree. CITRUS (8) [noun] Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae. | [noun] The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin (called zest), an inner white skin (called pith or albedo), and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin. Citrus fruits include orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and citron. | [adjective] Of or relating to citrus plants or fruit. CIVETS (11) [noun] A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail. | [noun] The musky perfume produced by the animal. | [noun] Any animal in the family Viverridae or the similar family Nandiniidae CIVICS (13) [noun] The study of good citizenship and proper membership in a community. CIVIES (11) [noun] Civilian clothes, as opposed to military uniform. | [noun] Civilians collectively. CIVISM (13) CLACHS (13) CLACKS (14) [noun] An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk. | [noun] Anything that causes a clacking noise, such as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve. | [noun] Chatter; prattle. CLADES (9) [noun] A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species. | [noun] A higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup. CLAIMS (10) [noun] A demand of ownership made for something. | [noun] The thing claimed. | [noun] The right or ground of demanding. CLAMMY (15) [adjective] Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms. | [adjective] The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphoretic nor dry. CLAMOR (10) [noun] A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation. | [noun] Any loud and continued noise. | [noun] A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry. CLAMPS (12) [noun] A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together. | [noun] An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc. | [noun] A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp. CLANGS (9) [noun] A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other. | [noun] Quality of tone. | [noun] The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose. CLANKS (12) [noun] A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal. | [verb] To make a clanking sound | [verb] To cause to sound with a clank. CLAQUE (17) [noun] A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo. | [noun] A group of people who pre-arrange among themselves to express strong support for an idea, so as to give the false impression of a wider consensus. | [noun] A group of fawning admirers. CLARET (8) [noun] A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere. | [noun] A deep purplish-red colour, like that of the wine. | [noun] Blood. CLAROS (8) [noun] Plural of claro, a light-colored cigar made from light tobacco leaf. CLASPS (10) [noun] A fastener or holder, particularly one that clasps. | [noun] (in the singular) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake. CLASPT (10) CLASSY (11) [adjective] Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable. | [adjective] Of a superior type; especially, exhibiting admirable personal qualities. CLASTS (8) [noun] A fragment of rock that was broken from a larger rock or rock unit. CLAUSE (8) [noun] (grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them. | [noun] (grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is (subordinate) dependent. | [noun] A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document. CLAVER (11) CLAVES (11) [noun] A percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against the other in order to produce a sound. CLAVUS (11) [noun] A hard thickening of the skin, typically on the foot, caused by pressure or friction. | [noun] In architecture, a convex molding or a type of architectural ornament. CLAWED (12) [verb] To scratch or to tear at. | [verb] To use the claws to seize, to grip. | [verb] To use the claws to climb. CLAWER (11) [noun] One who claws; a person or animal that claws. | [noun] A tool or device used for clawing or grasping. CLAXON (15) [noun] A loud electronic horn or alarm used to signal warning or alert. CLAYED (12) [verb] Past tense of clay, meaning to coat, cover, or treat with clay. CLAYEY (14) [adjective] Resembling or containing clay. CLEANS (8) [noun] Removal of dirt. | [noun] The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground to the shoulders. | [verb] To remove dirt from a place or object. CLEARS (8) [verb] To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from. | [verb] To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open. | [verb] To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent. CLEATS (8) [noun] A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc. | [noun] A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components. | [noun] A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release. CLEAVE (11) [noun] Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass. | [verb] To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument. | [verb] To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces. | [verb] To cling, adhere or stick fast to something; used with to or unto. CLEEKS (12) [noun] Golf clubs with wooden heads and metal soles, or flat-soled golf clubs used for long shots. | [noun] Plural of cleek, a type of iron golf club. CLEFTS (11) [noun] An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting. | [noun] A piece made by splitting. | [noun] A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. CLENCH (13) [noun] Tight grip. | [noun] A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings. | [noun] A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion. CLEOME (10) [noun] Any flowering plant in the genus Cleome. CLEPED (11) [verb] To give a call; cry out; appeal. | [verb] To call; call upon; cry out to. | [verb] To call to oneself; invite; summon. CLEPES (10) [verb] To give a call; cry out; appeal. | [verb] To call; call upon; cry out to. | [verb] To call to oneself; invite; summon. CLERGY (12) [noun] Body of persons, such as ministers, sheiks, priests and rabbis, who are trained and ordained for religious service. CLERIC (10) [noun] A clergy member. CLERID (9) CLERKS (12) [noun] One who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker. | [noun] A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs. | [noun] In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk). CLEVER (11) [adjective] Nimble with hands or body; skillful; adept. | [adjective] Resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning. | [adjective] Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp. CLEVIS (11) [noun] A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about the bolt. CLEWED (12) [verb] To roll into a ball | [verb] (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail) CLICHE (13) [noun] Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. | [noun] A stereotype (printing plate). | [verb] To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché. CLICKS (14) [noun] A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand. | [noun] An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure. | [noun] Sound made by a dolphin. CLIENT (8) [noun] A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services. | [noun] The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server. | [noun] One who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant. CLIFFS (14) [noun] A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff | [noun] A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. | [noun] A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc. CLIFFY (17) [adjective] Resembling or characterized by cliffs; steep and rocky. CLIFTS (11) CLIMAX (17) [noun] (originally rhetorical) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order. | [noun] An instance of such an ascending series. | [noun] The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point. CLIMBS (12) [noun] An act of climbing. | [noun] The act of getting to somewhere more elevated. | [noun] An upwards struggle CLIMES (10) [noun] A particular region defined by its weather or climate. | [noun] Climate. CLINAL (8) [adjective] Relating to or exhibiting a cline, which is a gradual change in characteristics of a species over a geographic area. CLINCH (13) [noun] Any of several fastenings. | [noun] The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip or grasp. | [noun] A pun. CLINES (8) [noun] A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group. | [noun] Any graduated continuum. | [noun] (inversive geometry) A generalized circle. CLINGS (9) [noun] Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit. | [noun] Adherence; attachment; devotion | [verb] To hold very tightly, as to not fall off. CLINGY (12) [adjective] Having a tendency to cling. | [adjective] (usually derogatory) Pathetically attached to, or possessive of someone, usually a significant other. CLINIC (10) [noun] A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients. | [noun] (by extension) A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients. | [noun] A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils. CLINKS (12) [noun] The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass. | [verb] To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another. | [verb] To rhyme. CLIQUE (17) [noun] A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal. | [noun] A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph. | [noun] A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner. CLIQUY (20) CLITIC (10) [noun] A morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word). CLIVIA (11) [noun] Any plant of the genus Clivia, native to southern Africa. CLOACA (10) [noun] (sometimes figurative) A sewer. | [noun] The duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as most fish and some mammals, which serves as the common outlet for urination, defecation, and reproduction. | [noun] An outhouse or lavatory. CLOAKS (12) [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. CLOCHE (13) [noun] A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth. | [noun] A bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim. | [noun] A tableware cover, often resembling a bell. CLOCKS (14) [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. CLODDY (13) [adjective] Full of or resembling clods; lumpy or heavy, as soil. | [adjective] Stupid or dull-witted. CLOGGY (13) [adjective] Tending to cause clogging due to its texture; lumpy; sticky. | [adjective] Somewhat clogged or impeded. CLOMPS (12) [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. CLONAL (8) [adjective] Relating to, or created by asexual reproduction (cloning) | [adjective] That lives with others of the same kind CLONED (9) [verb] To create a clone of. CLONER (8) [noun] One that clones, especially a device or person that makes identical copies of something. | [noun] An organism that is genetically identical to another. CLONES (8) [noun] A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical. | [noun] A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.http//www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2754 | [noun] A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it. CLONIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by clones or cloning. | [adjective] Of or relating to clonus, a series of involuntary muscular contractions and relaxations. CLONKS (12) [noun] The abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact. | [noun] A stick-like tool used to strike the surface of the water and produce a sound that causes nearby fish to attack the bait. | [verb] To make such a sound. CLONUS (8) [noun] A muscular spasm with regular contractions. CLOOTS (8) CLOQUE (17) [noun] A fabric with an embossed design. CLOSED (9) [verb] (physical) To remove a gap. | [verb] (social) To finish, to terminate. | [verb] To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine. CLOSER (8) [adjective] Closed, shut. | [adjective] Narrow; confined. | [adjective] At a little distance; near. | [noun] Someone or something that closes. CLOSES (8) [noun] An end or conclusion. | [noun] The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction. | [noun] A grapple in wrestling. CLOSET (8) [noun] Any private area, (particularly) bowers in the open air. | [noun] Any private or inner room, (particularly): | [noun] A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord. CLOTHE (11) [verb] To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing. | [verb] To cover or invest, as if with a garment. CLOTHS (11) [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. CLOTTY (11) [adjective] Containing or forming clots; lumpy or thick in consistency, especially of blood or cream. CLOUDS (9) [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. CLOUDY (12) [adjective] Covered with or characterised by clouds; overcast. | [adjective] Not transparent or clear. | [adjective] Uncertain; unclear. CLOUGH (12) [noun] A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge. | [noun] A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land. | [noun] A cliff; a rocky precipice. | [noun] Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight. CLOURS (8) CLOUTS (8) [noun] Influence or effectiveness, especially political. | [noun] A blow with the hand. | [noun] A home run. CLOVEN (11) [verb] To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument. | [verb] To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces. | [verb] To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting. CLOVER (11) [noun] A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers. | [noun] The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck. CLOVES (11) [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. CLOWNS (11) [noun] A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig. | [noun] A person who acts in a silly fashion. | [noun] A stupid person. CLOYED (12) [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. CLOZES (17) [noun] Plural of cloze, a type of language test or exercise in which words are deleted from a passage and must be filled in by the student. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of cloze, to create or complete a cloze exercise. CLUBBY (15) [adjective] Resembling or suggestive of a social club or clubhouse: congenial and exclusive. | [adjective] Fond of frequenting nightclubs. CLUCKS (14) [verb] To make such a sound. | [verb] To cause (the tongue) to make a clicking sound. | [verb] To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens. CLUING (9) [verb] Providing hints or information to help someone guess or solve something. | [verb] In crossword puzzles, giving clues that lead to puzzle answers. CLUMPS (12) [noun] A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass. | [noun] A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair. | [noun] A dull thud. CLUMPY (15) [adjective] Forming or tending to form clumps. | [adjective] Resembling a clump. | [adjective] Clompy; with heavy footfalls. CLUMSY (13) [noun] A clumsy person. | [adjective] Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous. | [adjective] Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety. CLUNKS (12) [noun] A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact. | [noun] The sound of liquid coming out of a bottle, etc.; a glucking sound. | [verb] To make such a sound CLUNKY (15) [adjective] Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome. | [adjective] Being or making a clunk sound. CLUTCH (13) [noun] The claw of a predatory animal or bird. | [noun] (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil. | [noun] A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car. | [noun] A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs. | [noun] An important or critical situation. CLYPEI (13) [noun] The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax. COACTS (10) [verb] Acts together with another person or thing; cooperates in action. COALAS (8) COALED (9) [verb] To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships). | [verb] To supply with coal. | [verb] To be converted to charcoal. COALER (8) [noun] A vehicle used for carrying or supplying coal. COAPTS (10) [verb] To fit together or adapt closely; to join or unite parts so they fit together precisely. COARSE (8) [adjective] Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture. | [adjective] Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy. COASTS (8) [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. COATED (9) [verb] To cover with a coating of some material. | [verb] To cover like a coat. | [verb] To clothe. COATEE (8) [noun] A coat with short flaps. COATER (8) [noun] One that coats; a person or device that applies a coating. | [noun] A coatimundi, a tropical American mammal. COATIS (8) [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. COAXAL (15) [adjective] Having a common axis; sharing the same axis as another object or structure. COAXED (16) [verb] To fondle, kid, pet, tease. | [verb] To wheedle, persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something. | [verb] To carefully manipulate into a particular desired state, situation or position. COAXER (15) [noun] One who coaxes; a person who persuades or urges gently and persistently. COAXES (15) [verb] To fondle, kid, pet, tease. | [verb] To wheedle, persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something. | [verb] To carefully manipulate into a particular desired state, situation or position. | [noun] One of the directional motion vectors perpendicular to a cocone. COBALT (10) [noun] A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal. | [noun] Cobalt blue. COBBER (12) [noun] A pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to another. | [noun] A sweet consisting of a small block of hard caramel covered in chocolate. COBBLE (12) [noun] A cobblestone. | [noun] A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. | [verb] To make shoes (what a cobbler does). COBIAS (10) [noun] Plural of cobia, a large Atlantic fish (Rachycentron canadum) that is valued as food and sport fish. COBLES (10) [noun] Small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach, found on the north-east coast of England and in Scotland. COBNUT (10) [noun] The nut of the common hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut. | [noun] A specific cultivated variety of hazelnut, also known as the Kentish cobnut. | [noun] A game played by children with nuts. COBRAS (10) [noun] Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae. COBWEB (15) [noun] A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern of threads. | [noun] One of its filaments; gossamer | [noun] Something thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; valueless remainder. COCAIN (10) COCCAL (12) [adjective] Relating to or caused by cocci (spherical bacteria). COCCIC (14) [adjective] Relating to or caused by cocci (spherical bacteria). | [adjective] Of or relating to the coccyx (the tailbone). COCCID (13) [noun] A small insect of the family Coccidae, which includes scale insects and mealybugs that feed on plant sap. COCCUS (12) [noun] Any approximately spherical bacterium. | [noun] One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit. COCCYX (22) [noun] The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone. COCHIN (13) [noun] A breed of large domestic chicken with feathered legs, originally from Cochin China. | [noun] A city in India, also known as Kochi. COCKED (15) [verb] To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired. | [verb] To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted. | [verb] To erect; to turn up. COCKER (14) [noun] One who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting. | [noun] One who hunts woodcocks. | [noun] A device that aids in cocking a crossbow. | [noun] A rustic high shoe; half-boot. | [noun] Friend, mate. COCKLE (14) [noun] Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells. | [noun] The shell of such a mollusk. | [noun] (in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”). | [noun] Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum). | [noun] A £10 note; a tenner. COCKUP (16) [noun] (mildly) A mistake. | [noun] A superior letter. A lower-case letter placed above the baseline and made smaller than ordinary script; traditionally used in abbreviations. | [noun] A roll or twist of hair worn at the nape of the neck; a bun. | [noun] A hat or cap worn turned up in front. COCOAS (10) [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. COCOON (10) [noun] The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa. | [noun] Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical. | [verb] To envelop in a protective case CODDED (11) [verb] To attempt to deceive or confuse. CODDER (10) CODDLE (10) [noun] An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions. | [noun] An effeminate person. | [verb] To treat gently or with great care. CODECS (11) [noun] A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal. CODEIA (9) CODEIN (9) [noun] An alkaloid drug derived from opium, used as a painkiller and cough suppressant. CODENS (9) CODERS (9) [noun] A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses. | [noun] A person who assigns codes or classifications. | [noun] A programmer. CODGER (10) [noun] An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man. CODIFY (15) [verb] To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code. | [verb] To collect and arrange in a systematic form. CODING (10) [verb] To write software programs. | [verb] To add codes to a dataset. | [verb] To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes. CODLIN (9) [noun] A small or inferior apple. | [noun] A type of moth larva that infests apple trees. CODONS (9) [noun] A handbell used for summoning monks. | [noun] The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet. | [noun] A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation. COEDIT (9) [verb] To edit jointly with another person or persons. COELOM (10) [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. COEMPT (12) [verb] To buy or purchase; to acquire by paying a price. COERCE (10) [verb] To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. | [verb] To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will. | [verb] To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type. COEVAL (11) [noun] Something of the same era. | [noun] Somebody of the same age. | [adjective] Of the same age; contemporary. COFFEE (14) [noun] A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water. | [noun] A serving of this beverage. | [noun] The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape. COFFER (14) [noun] A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe. | [noun] An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome. | [noun] A cofferdam. COFFIN (14) [noun] A rectangular closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial. | [noun] The eighth Lenormand card. | [noun] A basket. COFFLE (14) [noun] A line of people or animals fastened together, especially a chain of prisoners or slaves. | [verb] To fasten (a line of people or animals) together. COGENT (9) [adjective] Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence. | [adjective] Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning. | [adjective] Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent. COGGED (11) [verb] To furnish with a cog or cogs. | [verb] To load (a die) so that it can be used to cheat. | [verb] To cheat; to play or gamble fraudulently. COGITO (9) [noun] (often preceded by the, sometimes capitalized) The argument "cogito, ergo sum" ("I think therefore I am") from the philosophy of René Descartes; the mental act of thinking this thought; a conscious being which performs this mental act. COGNAC (11) [noun] A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France. COGONS (9) [noun] A coarse tropical grass with sharp-edged leaves, native to Southeast Asia and used for thatching and fodder. COGWAY (15) COHEAD (12) COHEIR (11) [noun] A person who inherits jointly with another; a joint heir. COHERE (11) [verb] To stick together physically, by adhesion. | [verb] To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose. COHOGS (12) [noun] Plural of cohog, a hard-shell clam found along the Atlantic coast of North America. COHORT (11) [noun] A group of people supporting the same thing or person. | [noun] A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic. | [noun] Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 men. COHOSH (14) [noun] A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), the rough rootstock of which is used in medicine. | [noun] A smooth herb, Actaea racemosa, marketed for medicinal use. COHOST (11) [noun] A joint host alongside another (compare costar). | [verb] To act as a joint host. | [verb] To store data or applications on a shared server (as in web hosting). COHUNE (11) [noun] A species of palm, Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts. COIFED (12) [verb] To style or arrange hair. COIFFE (14) [noun] An elaborate hairstyle or headdress. | [verb] To arrange or style hair. COIGNE (9) [noun] A corner or angle, especially an external angle of a wall or building. | [noun] A cornerstone or quoin. COIGNS (9) [noun] A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone. | [noun] The keystone of an arch. | [noun] A wedge used in typesetting. COILED (9) [verb] To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece. | [verb] To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center. | [verb] To wind cylindrically or spirally. COILER (8) [noun] One who coils; something that coils or winds into loops. COINED (9) [verb] To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal. | [verb] (by extension) To make or fabricate. | [verb] To acquire rapidly, as money; to make. COINER (8) [noun] A person who makes coins (often counterfeit coins). | [noun] A person who invents words or phrases. | [noun] A person who invents or fabricates (stories, lies, etc.). COITAL (8) [adjective] Relating to or involving coitus (sexual intercourse). COITUS (8) [noun] Sexual intercourse, especially involving penile-vaginal penetration. COJOIN (15) COKING (13) [verb] To produce coke from coal. | [verb] To turn into coke. | [verb] To add deleterious carbon deposits as a byproduct of combustion. COLDER (9) [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. COLDLY (12) [adverb] In a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently. COLEAD (9) [verb] To lead jointly with another person; to share leadership responsibilities with a co-leader. COLEUS (8) [noun] A plant in the mint family, Plectranthus scutellarioides (formerly known as Coleus blumei and Solenostemon scutellarioides), cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves. | [noun] Any other plant formerly classified in the genus Coleus, which is now considered to be a synonym of Plectranthus COLICS (10) [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. COLIES (8) [noun] Any bird of either of the genera Colius or Urocolius, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. COLINS (8) [noun] Plural of colin, a type of small game bird in the quail family, particularly the bobwhite. | [noun] Plural of colin, a colorful tropical marine fish. COLLAR (8) [noun] Anything that encircles the neck. | [noun] A piece of meat from the neck of an animal. | [noun] Any encircling device or structure. COLLET (8) [noun] A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal. | [noun] In jewelry, the rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set. Compare bezel. | [noun] In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.) | [noun] A lower servant in a church. COLLIE (8) [noun] Any of various breeds of dog originating in Scotland and England as sheepdogs COLLOP (10) [noun] A slice of meat. | [noun] A slice of bacon, a rasher. | [noun] A roll or fold of flesh on the body. COLOBI (10) COLOGS (9) COLONE (8) COLONI (8) [noun] Plural of colonus, a tenant farmer in ancient Rome who was bound to the land. | [noun] Plural of colonus, a settler or inhabitant of a colony. COLONS (8) [noun] The punctuation mark ":". | [noun] The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon). | [noun] A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete. COLONY (11) [noun] A governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country. | [noun] A settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their place of origin | [noun] Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country. COLORS (8) [noun] The spectral composition of visible light | [noun] A subset thereof: | [noun] A paint. COLOUR (8) [noun] The spectral composition of visible light | [noun] A subset thereof: | [noun] A paint. COLTER (8) [noun] A knife or cutter attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard. | [noun] The part of a seed drill that makes the furrow for the seed. COLUGO (9) [noun] An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae native to South-east Asia. COLUMN (10) [noun] A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration. | [noun] A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom. | [noun] A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road. COLURE (8) [noun] Either of two great circles (meridians) that intersect at the poles and either the equinoxes or solstices. COLZAS (17) [noun] Plural of colza, a plant of the cabbage family grown for its oil-rich seeds, commonly used to produce canola oil. COMADE (11) COMAKE (14) COMATE (10) COMBAT (12) [noun] A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used). | [noun] A struggle for victory | [verb] To fight; to struggle against. COMBED (13) [verb] (especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a comb. | [verb] To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers. | [verb] To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb. | [adjective] Having a comb or crest COMBER (12) [noun] A person who combs wool, etc. | [noun] A machine that combs wool, etc. | [noun] A long, curving wave breaking on the shore. | [noun] Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters. COMBES (12) [noun] A valley, often wooded and often with no river | [noun] A cirque. COMBOS (12) [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. COMEDO (11) [noun] A blackhead or whitehead. COMEDY (14) [noun] A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece. | [noun] A light, amusing play with a happy ending. | [noun] (Medieval Europe) A narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy). COMELY (13) [adjective] (of a person) Pleasing or attractive to the eye. | [adjective] Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable. COMERS (10) [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. COMETH (13) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "come" in archaic or biblical English usage. COMETS (10) [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. COMFIT (13) [noun] A computerised image of a suspect produced for the police force. COMICS (12) [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. COMING (11) [verb] To move from further away to nearer to. | [verb] To arrive. | [verb] To appear, to manifest itself. | [noun] The act of arriving; an arrival COMITY (13) [noun] Courtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony. | [noun] Friendly understanding and mutual recognition between two entities, especially nations. COMMAS (12) [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. COMMIE (12) [noun] One who subscribes to anticapitalism. | [noun] A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator. | [adjective] Communist. | [noun] A Holden Commodore. | [noun] A commercial vehicle. COMMIT (12) [noun] The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction or source code into a source control repository), making it a permanent change. | [verb] To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto. | [verb] To put in charge of a jailer; to imprison. COMMIX (19) [verb] To mix separate things together. | [verb] To become mixed; to amalgamate. COMMON (12) [noun] Mutual good, shared by more than one. | [noun] A tract of land in common ownership; common land. | [noun] The people; the community. COMOSE (10) [adjective] Having or bearing a coma or tuft of hairs; hairy or tufted. COMOUS (10) [adjective] Having hair or a tuft of hair; hairy or tufted. COMPED (13) [verb] To accompany, in music. | [verb] To compose (a visual design); to make a composite. | [verb] To provide someone with (a complimentary item, such as a ticket). COMPEL (12) [verb] To drive together, round up | [verb] To overpower; to subdue. | [verb] To force, constrain or coerce. COMPLY (15) [verb] To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform. | [verb] To accomplish, to fulfil. | [verb] To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments. COMPOS (12) [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. | [adjective] Compos mentis; of sound mind; sane COMPTS (12) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "compt," an archaic or dialectal form meaning to count or reckon. COMTES (10) [noun] Plural of comte, a French title of nobility equivalent to a count. CONCHA (13) [noun] Any shell-shaped structure. | [noun] The deepest indentation of the cartilage of the human ear, attaching to the mastoid bone. | [noun] Any of the nasal conchae. CONCHS (13) [noun] A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell. | [noun] The shell of this sea animal. | [noun] A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet. CONCHY (16) [noun] A conscientious objector. CONCUR (10) [verb] To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond. | [verb] To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect. | [verb] To run together; to meet. CONDOM (11) [noun] A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STDs. CONDOR (9) [noun] Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California. | [noun] A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of one of these vultures. | [noun] An Argentinian short range ballistic missile. CONDOS (9) [noun] Joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more countries. | [noun] A region or territory under such rule. | [noun] A building in which each unit is owned by an individual but the grounds, structure etc are owned jointly. CONEYS (11) [noun] A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus). | [noun] Rabbit fur. | [noun] Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps). CONFAB (13) [noun] A casual conversation; a chat. | [noun] A fabricated memory believed to be true. | [verb] To speak casually with; to chat. CONFER (11) [verb] To grant as a possession; to bestow. | [verb] To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. | [verb] To compare. CONFIT (11) [noun] Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation. | [verb] To prepare (food) in this manner. CONGAS (9) [noun] A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin | [noun] A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain | [verb] To dance the conga. CONGEE (9) [noun] Leave, formal permission for some action, : | [noun] Formal dismissal; any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony. | [noun] Formal leavetaking; any farewell. | [noun] A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat. CONGER (9) [noun] Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters | [noun] A chain of booksellers. CONGES (9) [noun] A curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns. | [noun] Leave, formal permission for some action, : | [noun] Formal dismissal; any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony. CONGII (9) [noun] An ancient Roman unit of volume in liquid measure consisting of six sextarii or one-eighth amphora (about 118 fluid ounces). | [noun] An ancient Roman unit of weight under Vespasian equal to the weight of a congius of water. CONGOS (9) [noun] Plural of congo, a type of drum used in Latin music and percussion ensembles. | [noun] Plural of congo, a lively group dance or the line formed by people dancing it. CONGOU (9) [noun] A type of Chinese black tea, also known as congou tea or lapsang souchong. CONICS (10) [noun] That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections. CONIES (8) [noun] Plural of cony, a rabbit or a rabbit-like animal; also small rabbits or hyraxes. CONINE (8) [noun] A poisonous alkaloid found in hemlock plants, used historically as a poison and in chemical research. CONING (9) [verb] To fashion into the shape of a cone. | [verb] To form a cone shape. | [verb] (frequently followed by "off") To segregate or delineate an area using traffic cones CONINS (8) CONIUM (10) [noun] A poisonous plant, also known as hemlock, of the genus Conium with spotted stems and small white flowers. CONKED (13) [verb] To hit, especially on the head. | [verb] To chemically straighten tightly curled hair. | [verb] (often with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down, become unconscious. CONKER (12) [noun] A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers. CONNED (9) [verb] To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart. | [verb] To know, understand, acknowledge. | [verb] To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain. CONNER (8) CONOID (9) [noun] Anything shaped like a cone. | [noun] A Catalan surface all of whose rulings intersect some fixed line. | [noun] A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis. CONSOL (8) [noun] A decorative wall bracket or table with a front leg or support, typically used for holding objects. | [noun] A panel or cabinet containing controls or instruments for operating a machine or system. CONSUL (8) [noun] Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires. | [noun] Any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804. | [noun] A count or earl. CONTES (8) [noun] Plural of conte, a short narrative or story, particularly a short tale or anecdote. CONTOS (8) [noun] Plural of conto, a unit of account formerly used in Portugal and Brazil, equal to 1,000 escudos or a large sum of money. CONTRA (8) [noun] A deal to swap goods or services. | [noun] A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries. | [noun] An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account). CONVEX (18) [noun] Any convex body or surface. | [adjective] Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle | [adjective] (of a set in Euclidean space) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set. CONVEY (14) [verb] To move (something) from one place to another. | [verb] To take or carry (someone) from one place to another. | [verb] To communicate; to make known; to portray. CONVOY (14) [noun] One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels. | [noun] A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort. | [noun] The act of convoying; protection. COOCOO (10) COOEED (9) [verb] To make such a call. COOEES (8) [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. COOERS (8) COOEYS (11) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "cooey," which means to make a soft murmuring sound like a dove or pigeon. COOING (9) [verb] To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon. | [verb] To speak in an admiring fashion, to be enthusiastic about. | [noun] A coo; a cooing sound. COOKED (13) [verb] To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients. | [verb] To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients. | [verb] To be cooked. COOKER (12) [noun] A device for heating food, a stove. | [noun] (except in compounds) An appliance or utensil for cooking food. | [noun] A cooking apple. COOKEY (15) COOKIE (12) [noun] A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm. | [noun] A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it. | [noun] A bun. | [noun] Affectionate name for a cook. | [noun] A cucoloris. COOLED (9) [verb] To lose heat, to get colder. | [verb] To make cooler, less warm. | [verb] To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate. COOLER (8) [adjective] Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold. | [adjective] Allowing or suggesting heat relief. | [adjective] Of a color, in the range of violet to green. COOLIE (8) [noun] An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers. | [noun] (Trinidad) An Indian or a person of Indian descent. COOLLY (11) [adjective] Coolish; somewhat cool in temperature | [adverb] In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner. | [adverb] With calm impudence. COOLTH (11) [noun] The state of being cool, temperature-wise; coolness. COOMBE (12) [noun] A valley, often wooded and often with no river | [noun] A cirque. COOMBS (12) [noun] A valley, often wooded and often with no river | [noun] A cirque. | [noun] An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels. COOPED (11) [verb] To keep in a coop. | [verb] To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp. | [verb] To unlawfully confine one or more voters to prevent them from casting their ballots in an election. COOPER (10) [noun] A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs. | [noun] A drink of half stout and half porter. | [verb] To make and repair barrels etc. | [noun] A floating grog shop supplying the North Sea fishing industry. COOPTS (10) [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. COOTER (8) [noun] A freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemus. | [noun] The box turtle. | [noun] A redneck. | [noun] Vagina or vulva. COOTIE (8) [noun] A louse (Pediculus humanus). | [noun] A louse (Pediculus humanus). | [noun] (usually in the plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children). COPALM (12) COPALS (10) [noun] Plural of copal, a resin obtained from tropical trees, used in varnishes and lacquers. COPECK (16) [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. COPENS (10) COPERS (10) [noun] One who copes. | [noun] A floating grog shop supplying the North Sea fishing industry. COPIED (11) [verb] To produce an object identical to a given object. | [verb] To give or transmit a copy to (a person). | [verb] To place a copy of an object in memory for later use. COPIER (10) [noun] A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator. | [noun] A person who copies documents. | [noun] A program or process that copies. COPIES (10) [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. COPING (11) [verb] To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult. | [verb] To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal. | [verb] To clip the beak or talons of a bird. COPLOT (10) COPPED (13) [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. | [verb] (trainspotting) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time. COPPER (12) [noun] A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29. | [noun] The reddish-brown colour/color of copper. | [noun] Any of various specialized items that are made of copper, where the use of copper is either traditional or vital to the function of the item. | [noun] (law enforcement) A police officer. COPPRA (12) COPRAH (13) [noun] The dried meat or kernel of the coconut, used for extracting coconut oil. COPRAS (10) [noun] Plural of copra, the dried meat or kernel of a coconut. COPSES (10) [noun] A thicket of small trees or shrubs. COPTER (10) [noun] A helicopter. | [verb] To helicopter: to transport by helicopter. | [verb] To helicopter: to travel by helicopter. COPULA (10) [noun] (grammar) A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate. | [noun] A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables. | [noun] A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ. COQUET (17) [noun] A flirtatious female; a coquette. | [noun] A flirtatious male. | [verb] To act as a flirt or coquet. CORALS (8) [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. CORBAN (10) [noun] A gift or offering to God in Jewish tradition, or something devoted to sacred use that cannot be used for ordinary purposes. CORBEL (10) [noun] A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight. | [verb] To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. CORBIE (10) [noun] A raven or crow (typically Corvus corax). | [noun] Either of two moth species of genus Oncopera, whose larvae feed on grasses, especially Oncopera intricata. CORDED (10) [verb] To furnish with cords | [verb] To tie or fasten with cords | [verb] To flatten a book during binding CORDER (9) CORDON (9) [noun] A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc. | [noun] A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it. | [noun] The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman - the slips and gully. CORERS (8) [noun] Plural of corer; tools or devices used for removing the cores from fruits or vegetables. | [noun] People or things that core something. CORGIS (9) [noun] A dog of a breed having a small body, short legs and fox-like features. CORING (9) [verb] To remove the core of an apple or other fruit. | [verb] To extract a sample with a drill. | [noun] The production of a core by means of drilling | [noun] The dual of a ring. CORIUM (10) [noun] The inner layer of skin, the dermis. | [noun] The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium. | [noun] Armour made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans. | [noun] A lavalike mixture of fissile material created in a nuclear reactor's core during a nuclear meltdown. CORKED (13) [verb] To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper. | [verb] To blacken (as) with a burnt cork | [verb] To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it. CORKER (12) [noun] One who puts corks into bottles. | [noun] A person or thing that is exceptional or remarkable. CORMEL (10) [noun] A small corm that develops at the base of an existing corm. CORNEA (8) [noun] The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber. CORNED (9) [verb] To granulate; to form a substance into grains | [verb] To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef | [verb] To provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed CORNEL (8) [noun] Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel. | [noun] The cherry-like fruit of such plants, certain of which are edible. CORNER (8) [noun] The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal. | [noun] An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies. | [noun] A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook. CORNET (8) [noun] A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat. | [noun] A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container. | [noun] A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence an ice cream cone. | [noun] The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity. CORNUA (8) [noun] A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn. CORNUS (8) [noun] A genus of woody plants commonly known as dogwood, having small flowers and berries. | [noun] The horn or horn-like projection on an animal. CORODY (12) [noun] A grant of food, clothing, or lodging given to someone, typically a clergyman or official, as part of their compensation or as a charitable provision. | [noun] In medieval times, the right to receive such provisions from an estate or institution. CORONA (8) [noun] The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse. | [noun] A circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object, especially the Sun or the Moon, attributable to an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of its light by small water droplets or tiny ice crystals. | [noun] (by extension) Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person. | [noun] A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2. | [noun] A series of sonnets linked together in a particular manner. | [noun] A long, straight-sided cigar with a roundly blunt end. CORPSE (10) [noun] A dead body. | [noun] (sometimes derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead. | [verb] (of an actor) To lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably. CORPUS (10) [noun] A collection of writings, often on a specific topic, of a specific genre, from a specific demographic or a particular author, etc. | [noun] (specifically) Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses. | [noun] A body, a collection. | [noun] Synonym of long primer CORRAL (8) [noun] An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one. | [noun] An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group. | [noun] A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense. CORRIE (8) [noun] A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation. CORSAC (10) [noun] A small fox native to Central Asia, having a yellowish-gray coat and inhabiting steppes and deserts. CORSES (8) [noun] A (living) body. | [noun] A dead body, a corpse. CORSET (8) [noun] A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust. | [noun] A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages. | [noun] A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits. CORTEX (15) [noun] The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. | [noun] The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue. CORTIN (8) [noun] A hormone extract from the adrenal cortex, used in medicine. CORVEE (11) [noun] Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord. | [noun] Labor, especially for roads or dams, in lieu of taxes. CORVES (11) [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. CORVET (11) [noun] A light leap or bound of a horse in which all four feet leave the ground together. | [verb] To perform a corvet; to leap or prance. CORYMB (15) [noun] A cluster of flowers with a flat or convex top. CORYZA (20) [noun] Inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the nasal cavity, usually causing a running nose, nasal congestion and loss of smell. COSECS (10) [noun] Plural of cosec, the reciprocal of the sine function in trigonometry (cosecant). COSETS (8) [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. COSEYS (11) [noun] Plural of cosey, a variant spelling of cozy; a knitted or padded cover for a teapot or similar object to keep it warm. COSHED (12) [verb] To strike with a weapon of this kind. COSHER (11) [verb] To treat with indulgence or make a fuss over; to pamper or coddle. COSHES (11) [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. COSIED (9) [verb] To become snug and comfortable. | [verb] To become friendly with. COSIER (8) [adjective] Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social | [noun] An incompetent tailor. COSIES (8) [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. COSIGN (9) [noun] The promotion of one musical artist (usually less successful) by another. | [verb] To sign a document jointly with another person, sometimes as an endorsement. | [verb] To agree with or endorse COSILY (11) [adverb] In a cozy manner; in a warm, comfortable, and intimate way. COSINE (8) [noun] In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos COSMIC (12) [adjective] Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe. | [adjective] Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast. | [adjective] Rising or setting with the sun; not acronycal. COSMOS (10) [noun] The universe. | [noun] An ordered, harmonious whole. | [noun] Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously coloured flowers and pinnate leaves. | [noun] A cosmopolitan, a cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice. COSSET (8) [noun] A pet, especially a pet lamb. | [noun] Someone indulged or cosseted. | [verb] To treat like a pet; to overly indulge. COSTAE (8) [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. COSTAL (8) [adjective] Pertaining to a rib. | [adjective] Pertaining to a costa COSTAR (8) [noun] A person who shares star billing | [noun] A person who slightly lacks the status to be considered a star | [verb] To perform with the billing of a costar. COSTED (9) [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. COSTER (8) [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Acraea. | [noun] A trader who sells fruit and vegetables from a cart or barrow in the street. COSTLY (11) [adjective] Of high cost; expensive. COTANS (8) [noun] Plural of cotan, the reciprocal of the tangent function (cotangent) in trigonometry. COTEAU (8) [noun] A small hill or the side of a hill, especially in prairie regions. COTING (9) [verb] Present participle of "cote," meaning to pass by or overtake. | [noun] A shelter or coop for birds or animals, such as a dovecote. COTTAE (8) COTTAR (8) [noun] A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage. COTTAS (8) [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. COTTER (8) [noun] A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together. | [noun] A cotter pin. | [verb] To fasten with a cotter. | [noun] A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage. COTTON (8) [noun] Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber. | [noun] Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth. | [noun] Any fiber similar in appearance and use to Gossypium fiber. | [verb] To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone. COTYPE (13) [noun] A specimen that is designated as a type specimen for a species, along with other type specimens, rather than the single holotype. | [noun] In biology and taxonomy, one of several specimens used to define a species when no single holotype is designated. COUGAR (9) [noun] A mountain lion; Puma concolor. | [noun] An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”. COUGHS (12) [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 COULEE (8) [noun] A stream. | [noun] A lava flow. | [noun] A deep gulch or ravine, frequently dry in summer. COULIS (8) [noun] A thick sauce made with pureed vegetable or fruit and often used as a garnish. COUNTS (8) [noun] The act of counting or tallying a quantity. | [noun] The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted. | [noun] A countdown. COUNTY (11) [noun] The land ruled by a count or a countess. | [noun] An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 48 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska and Louisiana). | [noun] A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions. COUPED (11) [adjective] Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. COUPES (10) [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. COUPLE (10) [noun] Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship. | [noun] Two of the same kind connected or considered together. | [noun] A small number. COUPON (10) [noun] A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc. | [noun] A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product. | [noun] A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant. COURSE (8) [noun] A sequence of events. | [noun] A path that something or someone moves along. | [noun] The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast. | [adverb] In due course; as a matter of course, as a natural result. COURTS (8) [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 COUSIN (8) [noun] The child of a person's uncle or aunt; a first cousin. | [noun] Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of one's extended family; one more distantly related than an uncle, aunt, granduncle, grandaunt, nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, etc. | [noun] A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl. COUTER (8) [noun] A piece of armor that protects the elbow. | [noun] A counter or opposing force. COUTHS (11) [verb] Third person singular present of "couth," meaning to behave in a refined or sophisticated manner. | [noun] Plural of "couth," referring to sophistication or good manners. COVENS (11) [noun] A formal group or assembly of witches. | [noun] A family, group or assembly of vampires. | [noun] A clique that shares common interests or activities. COVERS (11) [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. COVERT (11) [noun] A covering. | [noun] A disguise. | [noun] A hiding place. COVETS (11) [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. COVEYS (14) [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). COVING (12) [noun] A concave surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall. | [noun] The vertical sides connecting the jambs with the breast of a fireplace. COVINS (11) [noun] Plural of covin; a secret agreement or conspiracy, especially one involving fraud or deceit. COWAGE (12) [noun] A tropical climbing plant (Mucuna pruriens) with stinging hairs on its pods, also spelled cowhage or cowhitch. COWARD (12) [noun] A person who lacks courage. | [verb] To intimidate. | [adjective] Cowardly. COWBOY (16) [noun] A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West. | [noun] A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music. | [noun] A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off. COWERS (11) [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. COWIER (11) [adjective] More cowy; resembling or characteristic of a cow. COWING (12) [verb] (chiefly in the passive voice) To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of. COWLED (12) [adjective] Wearing or covered with a cowl; having a hood-like covering. COWMAN (13) [noun] Cattle rancher | [noun] Cattleman COWMEN (13) [noun] Cattle rancher | [noun] Cattleman COWPAT (13) [noun] A dropping of cow dung. COWPEA (13) [noun] Any of the plants in the species Vigna unguiculata, including the black-eyed pea. COWPIE (13) [noun] A pie made with chocolate and caramel filling. | [noun] Feces of a cow, especially when deposited on pasture land. COWPOX (20) [noun] A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by an Orthopoxvirus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox. COWRIE (11) [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. COXING (16) [verb] To act as coxswain for. COYDOG (13) [noun] Any hybrid of a coyote (Canis latrans) and a (usually feral) dog (Canis lupus familiaris). | [noun] A hybrid between a male coyote and a female dog. COYEST (11) [adjective] Bashful, shy, retiring. | [adjective] Quiet, reserved, modest. | [adjective] Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish. COYING (12) [verb] Present participle of "coy," meaning to act shy, modest, or reluctant in a playful or coquettish manner. | [verb] Behaving in a way that is not straightforward or direct; being evasive or elusively playful. COYISH (14) COYOTE (11) [noun] Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America. | [noun] A smuggler of undocumented immigrants across the land border from Latin America into the United States of America. | [verb] To prospect for gold by manually digging holes into overlying earth, as into a hillside. COYPOU (13) [noun] A large rodent native to South America, similar to a beaver, with webbed hind feet and a rat-like tail. COYPUS (13) [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. COZENS (17) [verb] To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or familiar with. | [verb] To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. COZEYS (20) [noun] Plural of cozy; small padded covers placed over teapots or eggs to retain heat. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of cozy; to move close for warmth or comfort. COZIED (18) [verb] To become snug and comfortable. | [verb] To become friendly with. COZIER (17) [adjective] Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social | [noun] An incompetent tailor. COZIES (17) [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. COZILY (20) [adverb] In a warm, comfortable, and intimate manner; in a cozy way. COZZES (26) CRAALS (8) CRABBY (15) [adjective] Visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way. | [adjective] Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing. CRACKS (14) [noun] A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material. | [noun] A narrow opening. | [noun] A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack. CRACKY (17) CRADLE (9) [noun] A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots. | [noun] The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence. | [noun] Infancy, or very early life. CRAFTS (11) [noun] Strength; power; might; force . | [noun] Intellectual power; skill; art. | [noun] (obsolete in the general sense) A work or product of art . CRAFTY (14) [adjective] Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. | [adjective] Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. | [adjective] Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft CRAGGY (13) [adjective] Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features. CRAKES (12) [noun] Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills. | [noun] A crack; a boast. CRAMBE (12) [noun] A cruciferous plant of the genus Crambe, particularly Crambe maritima (sea kale), grown for its edible shoots. CRAMBO (12) [noun] A guessing game in which players guess words that rhyme with a clue word, seeking a word that is kept secret or concealed. | [noun] A word rhyming with another word. CRAMPS (12) [noun] A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled. | [noun] That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance. | [noun] A clamp for carpentry or masonry. CRANCH (13) [verb] To crush or crunch with the teeth; to chew noisily. CRANED (9) [verb] To extend (one's neck). | [verb] To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane. | [verb] To pull up before a jump. CRANES (8) [noun] Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight. | [noun] Ardea herodias, the great blue heron. | [noun] A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes. CRANIA (8) [noun] The braincase or neurocranium; that part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw. | [noun] The upper portion of the skull, including the neurocranium and facial bones, but not including the jawbone (mandible). | [noun] The skull. CRANKS (12) [noun] A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. | [noun] The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft. | [noun] Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage. CRANKY (15) [adjective] Weak, unwell. | [adjective] (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition. | [adjective] Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset. CRANNY (11) [noun] A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance. | [noun] A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc. | [verb] To break into, or become full of, crannies. | [adjective] Quick; giddy; thoughtless CRAPED (11) [verb] Past tense of crape, meaning to cover or drape with crape fabric, or to form into wrinkles or folds. | [verb] Past tense of crape, meaning to curl or crimp hair. CRAPES (10) [noun] Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband. | [noun] A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat. | [noun] A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface. CRAPPY (15) [adjective] (mildly) Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful. | [adjective] (mildly, especially with "feel") Bad, sick, or depressed. | [adjective] (mildly) Covered in crap (faeces/feces). CRASES (8) [noun] One's constitution; the balance of humours in a person's body. | [noun] A mixture or combination. | [noun] External vowel sandhi; contraction of a vowel or diphthong at the end of a word with a vowel or diphthong at the start of the following word. CRASIS (8) [noun] One's constitution; the balance of humours in a person's body. | [noun] A mixture or combination. | [noun] External vowel sandhi; contraction of a vowel or diphthong at the end of a word with a vowel or diphthong at the start of the following word. CRATCH (13) [verb] To scratch. | [noun] A grated crib or manger. | [noun] The vertical planks at the forward end of the hold of a traditional English narrowboat which constrain the cargo and support the top plank or walkway. | [noun] A swelling on a horse's pastern, under the fetlock. CRATED (9) [verb] To put into a crate. | [verb] To keep in a crate. CRATER (8) [noun] A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object. | [noun] The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. | [noun] The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb. | [noun] A living being; an animal or (sometimes derogatory) a human. CRATES (8) [noun] A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods. | [noun] (mildly) A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable. | [noun] In the Rust programming language, a binary or library. CRATON (8) [noun] A part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents. CRAVAT (11) [noun] A wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men having long ends hanging in front. | [noun] A decorative fabric band or scarf worn around the neck by women. | [noun] A bandage resembling a cravat, particularly a triangular bandage folded into a strip. CRAVED (12) [verb] To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for. | [verb] To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim. | [verb] To call for; to require as a course of action. CRAVEN (11) [noun] A coward. | [verb] To make craven. | [adjective] Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly. CRAVER (11) [noun] One who craves or desires something intensely. CRAVES (11) [verb] To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for. | [verb] To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim. | [verb] To call for; to require as a course of action. CRAWLS (11) [noun] The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops. | [noun] A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick. | [noun] A very slow pace. CRAWLY (14) [adjective] Crawling around. | [adjective] As if covered in moving things such as insects. CRAYON (11) [noun] A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing. | [noun] A colored pencil, a colouring pencil | [noun] A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines. CRAZED (18) [verb] To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. | [verb] To derange the intellect of; to render insane. | [verb] To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane. CRAZES (17) [verb] To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. | [verb] To derange the intellect of; to render insane. | [verb] To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane. CREAKS (12) [noun] The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking. | [verb] To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances. | [verb] To produce a creaking sound with. CREAKY (15) [adjective] Tending to creak | [adjective] Worn down by overuse; decrepit | [adjective] Arthritic or rheumatic CREAMS (10) [noun] The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder. | [noun] A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream. | [noun] Frosting, custard, creamer or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream. CREAMY (13) [noun] A horse with a cream-coloured coat. | [adjective] Containing cream. | [adjective] Of food or drink, having the rich taste or thick, smooth texture of cream, whether or not it actually contains cream. CREASE (8) [noun] A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced. | [noun] One of the white lines drawn on the pitch to show different areas of play; especially the popping crease, but also the bowling crease and the return crease. | [noun] The circle around the goal, where no offensive players can go. | [noun] An Indonesian or Malay dagger with a wavy, or rigid serpentine blade. CREASY (11) [adjective] Full of creases; wrinkled or folded. CREATE (8) [verb] To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:) | [verb] To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion. | [verb] To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute. CRECHE (13) [noun] A representation of the nativity scene. | [noun] A hospital for orphaned infants; a foundling hospital. | [noun] A day nursery. CREDAL (9) [adjective] Describes a probability based on belief. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a creed. CREDIT (9) [noun] Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust. | [noun] Recognition and respect. | [noun] Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts. CREDOS (9) [noun] A belief system. | [noun] The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services. CREEDS (9) [noun] That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to. | [noun] (specifically) A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is brief and comprehensive. | [noun] The fact of believing; belief, faith. CREEKS (12) [noun] A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats. | [noun] A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook. | [noun] Any turn or winding. CREELS (8) [noun] An osier basket, such as anglers use to hold fish. | [noun] A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule. CREEPS (10) [verb] To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground. | [verb] Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards. | [verb] To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction. CREEPY (13) [adjective] Moving by creeping along. | [adjective] Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin. | [adjective] Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out. CREESE (8) [noun] An Indonesian or Malay dagger with a wavy, or rigid serpentine blade. | [noun] A Moro sword with an asymmetrical blade. | [verb] To stab with a kris. CREESH (11) CREMES (10) [noun] A very sugary, fluffy white cream derivative. | [noun] Cream CRENEL (8) [noun] The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement. CREOLE (8) [noun] A descendant of white European settlers who is born in a colonized country. | [noun] Anyone with mixed ancestry born in a country colonized by white Europeans, now especially one who speaks a creole language. | [noun] Someone of black African descent who is born in the Caribbean or Americas (originally as opposed to an African immigrant). CREPED (11) [verb] Past tense of crepe, meaning to make crepe fabric or to cook in the manner of crepes. | [adjective] Having a wrinkled or crinkled texture like crepe fabric. CREPES (10) [noun] A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat. | [noun] A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface. | [noun] Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper. CREPEY (13) [adjective] Having a thin, wrinkled texture resembling crepe fabric, often used to describe skin or thin papery material. CREPON (10) [noun] A thin fabric made from silk or fine wool CRESOL (8) [noun] Any of the three isomeric phenols derived from toluene: ortho-, meta- or para-methylphenol. CRESTS (8) [noun] The summit of a hill or mountain ridge. | [noun] A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. | [noun] The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet. CRESYL (11) [noun] (especially in combination) Any of three isomeric univalent radical derived from a cresol; tolyl CRETIC (10) [noun] A verse of this kind. | [adjective] Using or relating to a metrical pattern of poetry where each foot is composed of three syllables, the first and third of which are stressed and the second is unstressed. This pattern is very rare in English poetry. CRETIN (8) [noun] A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. | [noun] (by extension) An idiot. CREWED (12) [adjective] Having a crew; manned; piloted. CREWEL (11) [noun] Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery. | [verb] To make (embroidery) using the crewel method. CRICKS (14) [noun] A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats. | [noun] A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook. | [noun] Any turn or winding. CRIERS (8) [noun] One who cries. | [noun] An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier. CRIKEY (15) [interjection] An exclamation of astonishment. CRIMES (10) [noun] A specific act committed in violation of the law. | [noun] Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity. | [noun] That which occasions crime. CRIMPS (12) [noun] A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts. | [noun] The natural curliness of wool fibres. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks. CRIMPY (15) [adjective] Having tight waves or curls; crimped in texture. | [adjective] Brit. slang - Disappointing or unpleasant. CRINGE (9) [noun] A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling. | [noun] A servile obeisance. | [noun] A crick. CRINUM (10) [noun] A genus of bulbous plants of the amaryllis family with long strap-like leaves and clusters of fragrant flowers. CRIPES (10) [interjection] A mild curse or expression of surprise. CRISES (8) [noun] A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point. | [noun] An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change. | [noun] A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die. CRISIC (10) CRISIS (8) [noun] A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point. | [noun] An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change. | [noun] A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die. CRISPS (10) [noun] A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack. | [noun] A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping | [noun] Anything baked or fried and eaten as a snack CRISPY (13) [noun] The well-baked fat on the surface of a piece of roasted meat. | [adjective] Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender. CRISSA (8) [noun] The region between the anus and the external genitals in mammals. | [noun] The ventral surface of the hind body in birds, between the anus and tail. CRISTA (8) [noun] The internal compartments formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion, where many chemical reactions take place. | [noun] A dental crest CRITIC (10) [noun] A person who appraises the works of others. | [noun] A specialist in judging works of art. | [noun] One who criticizes; a person who finds fault. CROAKS (12) [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. CROAKY (15) [adjective] (of a sound) Like that of a frog. CROCKS (14) [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. CROCUS (10) [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. | [noun] Burlap. CROFTS (11) [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. CROJIK (19) CRONES (8) [noun] An old woman. | [noun] An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman. | [noun] An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag. CROOKS (12) [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). CROONS (8) [verb] To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner. | [verb] To say softly or gently | [verb] To soothe by singing softly. CRORES (8) [noun] Ten million; 10,000,000. Often used with units of money. CROSSE (8) [noun] A lacrosse stick. CROTCH (13) [noun] The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place. | [noun] The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus. | [noun] Either the male or female genitalia. CROTON (8) [noun] Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil. | [noun] A tropical evergreen shrub, Codiaeum variegatum, having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant. CROUCH (13) [noun] A bent or stooped position. | [verb] To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear. | [verb] To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility. | [noun] A cross. CROUPE (10) [noun] The rump or hindquarters of a horse. | [noun] In architecture, a type of vault or dome with a rounded or sloping surface. CROUPS (10) [verb] (obsolete outside dialectal) To croak, make a hoarse noise. CROUPY (13) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of croup, a respiratory disease marked by a harsh, barking cough. CROUSE (8) [adjective] Bold, confident, or assertive in manner; brave or courageous. CROWDS (12) [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. CROWDY (15) [noun] A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water. | [adjective] Crowded CROWED (12) [verb] To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance. | [verb] To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag. | [verb] To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it. CROWER (11) [noun] One who crows; a rooster. | [noun] One who boasts or exults. CROWNS (11) [noun] A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem. | [noun] A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor. | [noun] (by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor. CROZER (17) [noun] A bishop's staff or crosier; a hooked staff carried by bishops and abbots as a symbol of office. CROZES (17) [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. CRUCES (10) [noun] The basic, central, or essential point or feature. | [noun] The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point. | [noun] A puzzle or difficulty. CRUCKS (14) [noun] A sturdy timber with a curve or angle used for primary framing of a timber house, usually used in pairs. | [noun] A vehicle that has features of both a car and a truck. CRUDDY (13) [adjective] Of poor quality; unpleasant or unwell. | [adjective] Covered with crud or filth; dirty. CRUDER (9) [adjective] In a natural, untreated state. | [adjective] Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made. | [adjective] Lacking concealing elements. CRUDES (9) [noun] Any substance in its natural state. | [noun] Crude oil. CRUETS (8) [noun] A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table. | [noun] A stand for these containers. | [noun] A small vessel used to hold wine or water for the Eucharist. CRUISE (8) [noun] A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure. | [noun] Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases. | [noun] A period spent in the Marine Corps. CRUMBS (12) [noun] A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread). | [noun] A small piece of other material, such as rubber. | [noun] A bit, small amount. CRUMBY (15) [adjective] Crumbly; inclined to break into crumbs. | [adjective] Bad; poor. | [adjective] Full of crumb or crumbs. CRUMMY (15) [noun] A small van, bus, or railway car used to transport loggers or other resource workers to and from the worksite. | [noun] A cow with a crumpled horn. | [adjective] Bad; poor. CRUMPS (12) [noun] The sound of a muffled explosion. CRUNCH (13) [noun] A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching. | [noun] A critical moment or event. | [noun] A problem that leads to a crisis. CRUORS (8) [noun] Plural of cruor, which is coagulated blood or the red part of coagulated blood. CRURAL (8) [adjective] Pertaining to the leg. | [adjective] Leg-like in shape or constitution. CRUSES (8) [noun] A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water. | [noun] An oil lamp or similar emblem. CRUSET (8) CRUSTS (8) [noun] A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary. | [noun] The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc. | [noun] An outer layer composed of pastry CRUSTY (11) [noun] A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness. | [noun] Dried eye mucus. | [noun] A member of an urban subculture with roots in punk and grebo, characterized by antiestablishment attitudes and an unkempt appearance. CRUTCH (13) [noun] A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg. | [noun] Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop | [noun] A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk. CRUXES (15) [noun] The basic, central, or essential point or feature. | [noun] The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point. | [noun] A puzzle or difficulty. CRWTHS (14) [noun] Plural of crwth, a Welsh stringed instrument played with a bow, resembling a violin or fiddle. CRYING (12) [verb] To shed tears; to weep. | [verb] To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly. | [verb] To shout, scream, yell. CRYPTO (13) [noun] A secret supporter or follower. | [noun] Cryptography. | [noun] Cryptocurrency. CRYPTS (13) [noun] A cave or cavern. | [noun] An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place. | [noun] A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure. CUBAGE (11) [noun] A cubic measurement. CUBEBS (12) [noun] The tailed pepper, Piper cubeba; an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil. CUBERS (10) [noun] People who solve Rubik's cubes or other cube puzzles. | [noun] Plural of cuber, those who cut or shape things into cubes. CUBICS (12) [noun] A cubic curve. CUBING (11) [verb] To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice. | [verb] To form into the shape of a cube. | [verb] To cut into cubes. CUBISM (12) [noun] (often capitalized) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes. CUBIST (10) [noun] An artist who practices or advocates cubism, a modern art movement emphasizing geometric forms. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or characteristic of cubism or cubists. CUBITS (10) [noun] Various former units of length notionally based on the distance from a grown man's elbow to his fingertips, standardized in different places and times at values between 35 and 60 cm. | [noun] The ulna. CUBOID (11) [noun] The cuboid bone. | [noun] A parallelepiped having six rectangular faces. | [adjective] Of the shape of a cube. CUCKOO (14) [noun] The two-note sound made by the cuckoo. | [noun] A Barbadian food made from mashed okra and cornmeal. | [noun] Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, that has a characteristic two-note call. CUDDIE (10) [noun] A small cabin or shelter on a boat, typically located in the bow. | [noun] A small room or cuddy cabin on a ship. CUDDLE (10) [noun] A snuggle; an affectionate embrace, often given to family members and close friends. | [verb] To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly. | [verb] To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth. CUDDLY (13) [adjective] Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled. | [adjective] Fond of, or prone to cuddling CUDGEL (10) [noun] A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon. | [noun] Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another. | [verb] To strike with a cudgel. CUEING (9) [verb] Providing a signal or prompt to someone to begin or continue an action. | [verb] In billiards, striking a ball with a cue stick. CUESTA (8) [noun] A hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other. CUFFED (15) [verb] To furnish with cuffs. | [verb] To handcuff. | [verb] To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap. CUISSE (8) [noun] Defensive armour for the thighs CULETS (8) [noun] The small facet at the pointed bottom of a diamond or gemstone. | [noun] Plural of culet, a piece of armor protecting the lower back and buttocks. CULLAY (11) CULLED (9) [verb] To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group). | [verb] To gather, collect. | [verb] To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner. CULLER (8) [noun] One who culls; a person or thing that selects or removes inferior items from a group. | [noun] An animal selected from a group to be removed or slaughtered. CULLET (8) [noun] Scrap glass which is melted down for reuse. | [noun] A small central plane in the back of a cut gem. CULLIS (8) [noun] A gutter or channel, especially one in a roof or building structure for conveying water or other liquids. CULMED (11) CULPAE (10) CULTCH (13) [noun] Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster. | [noun] Young or seed oysters together with the shells and other objects to which they are usually attached. | [noun] Rubbish; debris; refuse. CULTIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or characteristic of a cult or cults. | [adjective] Having the style, practices, or appeal associated with a cult following. CULTUS (8) [noun] Established or accepted religious rites or customs of worship; state of religious development. CULVER (11) [noun] A pigeon or dove, especially a wood pigeon. CUMBER (12) [verb] To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber. CUMINS (10) [noun] Plural of cumin, a spice made from the seeds of a plant in the parsley family, commonly used in cooking. CUMMER (12) [noun] One who cums. | [noun] A contemptible person (British slang). CUMMIN (12) [noun] The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae. | [noun] Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cookery. CUMULI (10) [noun] A large white puffy cloud that develops through convection. On a hot, humid day, they can form towers and even become cumulonimbus clouds. | [noun] A mound or heap. CUNDUM (11) CUNEAL (8) [adjective] Relating to or shaped like a wedge; wedge-shaped. CUNNER (8) [noun] A marine European fish (Symphodus melops). | [noun] The related American conner (Tautogolabrus adspersus). CUPELS (10) [noun] A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead. CUPFUL (13) [noun] The amount necessary to make a cup full | [noun] A half pint, i.e. eight ounces CUPIDS (11) [noun] Plural of cupid; representations of cupid, typically depicted as a cherubic figure with wings and bow and arrows, often used as a symbol of love. | [noun] Plural of cupid; mischievous or playful people, especially children. CUPOLA (10) [noun] A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome. | [noun] A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle. | [noun] An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith. CUPPAS (12) [noun] (Commonwealth of Nations except Canada) A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink). | [noun] (Commonwealth of Nations except Canada) Whatever interests or suits one; one's cup of tea. | [noun] Pronunciation spelling of cup of. CUPPED (13) [verb] To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands. | [verb] To hold something in cupped hands. | [verb] To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup. CUPPER (12) [noun] One who cups, especially a practitioner of cupping therapy. | [noun] A device or tool used for cupping. CUPRIC (12) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper. | [adjective] Containing copper with an oxidation number of 2 CUPRUM (12) [noun] The Latin name for copper, used in chemistry and sometimes in English scientific contexts. CUPULA (10) [noun] A small dome-shaped anatomical structure, such as the cupula of the cochlea in the inner ear. | [noun] A cup-shaped structure or cavity in plants or animals. CUPULE (10) [noun] Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies CURACY (13) [noun] The office or position of a curate CURAGH (12) [noun] A light, portable boat made of animal skins stretched over a wooden or wicker frame, used traditionally in Ireland and other Celtic regions. CURARA (8) CURARE (8) [noun] A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content | [noun] Other South American plants with similar toxins that were also used in arrow poisons, mostly in the family Menispermaceae | [noun] A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery CURARI (8) CURATE (8) [noun] An assistant rector or vicar. | [noun] A parish priest. | [verb] To act as a curator for. CURBED (11) [verb] To check, restrain or control. | [verb] To rein in. | [verb] To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth. CURBER (10) CURDED (10) CURDLE (9) [verb] To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk) | [verb] To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood) | [verb] To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly CURERS (8) CURETS (8) CURFEW (14) [noun] Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time. | [noun] The time when such restriction begins. | [noun] A signal indicating this time. CURIAE (8) CURIAL (8) [noun] A member of a curia, especially of that of Rome or the later Italian sovereignties. | [adjective] Pertaining to a court; courtly. | [adjective] Pertaining to the papal curia. CURIES (8) [noun] 3.7×1010 decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci. CURING (9) [verb] To restore to health. | [verb] To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end. | [verb] To cause to be rid of (a defect). | [noun] The act by which something is cured. CURIOS (8) [noun] A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity. CURITE (8) CURIUM (10) [noun] A transuranic chemical element (symbol Cm) with an atomic number of 96. CURLED (9) [verb] To cause to move in a curve. | [verb] To make into a curl or spiral. | [verb] To assume the shape of a curl or spiral. CURLER (8) [noun] One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair. | [noun] A sportsman who plays curling. | [noun] A pass or a shot of the ball which swerves. CURLEW (11) [noun] Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius of the family Scolopacidae, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills. | [noun] A stone curlew. CURRAN (8) CURRED (9) CURRIE (8) CURSED (9) [verb] To place a curse upon (a person or object). | [verb] To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate. | [verb] To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet. CURSER (8) CURSES (8) [noun] A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane. | [noun] A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone. | [noun] The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment. CURSOR (8) [noun] A part of any of several scientific instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position | [noun] A moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device | [noun] An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place CURTAL (8) [noun] A variety of short-barrelled cannon. | [noun] An early type of bassoon. | [noun] A horse or other animal having a docked tail. CURTER (8) CURTLY (11) CURTSY (11) [noun] A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses one calf of her leg behind the other and briefly bends her knees and lowers her body in deference. | [verb] To make a curtsey. CURULE (8) [adjective] Designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome. CURVED (12) [verb] To bend; to crook. | [verb] To cause to swerve from a straight course. | [verb] To bend or turn gradually from a given direction. CURVES (11) [noun] A gentle bend, such as in a road. | [noun] A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line. | [noun] A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject. CURVET (11) [noun] A particular leap in which a horse raises both forelegs at once, equally advanced, and, as the forelegs are falling, raises the hind legs, so that all the legs are in the air at once. | [noun] A prank; a frolic. | [verb] Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic. CURVEY (14) CUSCUS (10) [noun] A type of marsupial from New Guinea. | [noun] A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina. CUSECS (10) [noun] A measure of the rate of flow of fluid, especially through a pipeline, equal to one cubic foot per second. CUSHAT (11) [noun] A pigeon, wood pigeon or ring dove. CUSHAW (14) [noun] Any of certain cultivars of Cucurbita argyrosperma (Cucurbita mixta), one of the species of winter squash. CUSPED (11) CUSPID (11) [noun] A tooth with a single cusp; a canine. CUSPIS (10) CUSSED (9) [verb] To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely. | [adjective] Ill-tempered, nasty, obstinate. | [adverb] (degree) Very, cussedly, accursedly. CUSSER (8) CUSSES (8) [noun] A curse. | [noun] A curse word. | [verb] To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely. CUSSOS (8) CUSTOM (10) [noun] Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving. | [noun] Traditional beliefs or rituals | [noun] Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, factory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support. CUSTOS (8) CUTELY (11) CUTEST (8) [adjective] Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior. | [adjective] Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way. | [adjective] Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy. CUTESY (11) [adjective] Overly, affectedly or unnecessarily cute; too cute to be taken seriously. CUTEYS (11) [noun] A cute person or animal. | [noun] A clementine: a small, waxy-peeled orange hybrid cultivar that is easy to peel by hand. | [noun] (by extension) Any small mandarin orange variety such as a tangerine or a satsuma. CUTIES (8) [noun] A cute person or animal. | [noun] A clementine: a small, waxy-peeled orange hybrid cultivar that is easy to peel by hand. | [noun] (by extension) Any small mandarin orange variety such as a tangerine or a satsuma. CUTINS (8) [noun] A waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle. CUTLAS (8) CUTLER (8) [noun] One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery. CUTLET (8) [noun] A thin slice of meat, usually fried. | [noun] A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken or beef) cut from the side of an animal. | [noun] A piece of fish that has been cut perpendicular to the spine, rather than parallel (as with a fillet); often synonymous with steak. CUTOFF (14) [noun] The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited. | [noun] A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut. | [noun] A device that stops the flow of a current. CUTOUT (8) [noun] A hole or space produced when something is removed by cutting. | [noun] A piece cut out of something. | [noun] A trusted middleman or intermediary, especially in espionage. CUTTER (8) [noun] A person or device that cuts (in various senses). | [noun] A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop. | [noun] A foretooth; an incisor. CUTTLE (8) [noun] Any of various squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened | [noun] A knife. | [noun] A foul-mouthed fellow. CUTUPS (10) [noun] Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for example, by playing practical jokes. CYANIC (13) [adjective] Of cyanogen or its derivatives | [adjective] Azure-blue | [adjective] (of a flower) Containing an anthocyanin CYANID (12) CYANIN (11) CYBORG (14) [noun] A person who is part machine, a robot who is part organic. | [noun] A robot who has an organic past. | [noun] A human with electronic or bionic prostheses. CYCADS (14) [noun] Any plant of the division Cycadophyta, having a stout and woody trunk with a crown of large, hard and stiff, evergreen leaves. CYCLED (14) [verb] To ride a bicycle or other cycle. | [verb] To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle. | [verb] To turn power off and back on CYCLER (13) CYCLES (13) [noun] An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed. | [noun] A complete rotation of anything. | [noun] A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence. CYCLIC (15) [adjective] Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals. | [adjective] (of a compound) Having chains of atoms arranged in a ring. | [adjective] Having parts arranged in a whorl. CYCLOS (13) CYDERS (12) [noun] An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples; hard cider; apple cider | [noun] A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice). | [noun] A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples. CYESES (11) CYESIS (11) CYGNET (12) [noun] The young of a swan. CYMARS (13) CYMBAL (15) [noun] A concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like. CYMENE (13) CYMLIN (13) CYMOID (14) CYMOLS (13) CYMOSE (13) CYMOUS (13) CYNICS (13) [noun] A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness. | [noun] A person whose outlook is scornfully negative. CYPHER (16) [noun] A numeric character. | [noun] Any text character. | [noun] A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram. CYPRES (13) CYPRUS (13) CYSTIC (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a cyst. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the gall bladder or the urinary bladder. CYTONS (11) DACHAS (12) [noun] A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside. DACKER (13) DACOIT (9) [noun] A bandit or armed robber, especially in India, Pakistan, Myanmar, and the surrounding region. | [verb] To commit armed robbery. DACTYL (12) [noun] A poetical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented. DANCED (10) [verb] To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music. | [verb] To leap or move lightly and rapidly. | [verb] To perform the steps to. DANCER (9) [noun] A person who dances, usually as a job or profession. | [noun] A stripper. DANCES (9) [noun] A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. | [noun] A social gathering where dancing is the main activity. | [noun] A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister. DARICS (9) DATCHA (12) [noun] A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside. DEACON (9) [noun] (Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6). | [noun] (Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work. | [noun] Free Churches: A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor. DECADE (10) [noun] A group, set, or series of ten , particularly: | [noun] A set of resistors, capacitors, etc. connected so as to provide even increments between one and ten times a base electrical resistance. | [noun] The interval between any two quantities having a ratio of 10 to 1. DECAFS (12) DECALS (9) [noun] A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily. | [noun] A decorative sticker. DECAMP (13) [verb] To break up camp and move on. | [verb] To disappear suddenly and secretly. DECANE (9) [noun] Any of the seventy-five isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C10H22 DECANT (9) [verb] To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment. | [verb] To pour from one vessel into another. | [verb] To flow. DECARE (9) DECAYS (12) [verb] To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality. | [verb] (of organic material) To rot, to go bad. | [verb] (of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons. DECEIT (9) [noun] An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick. | [noun] An act of deceiving someone. | [noun] The state of being deceitful or deceptive. DECENT (9) [adjective] Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances. | [adjective] (of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness. | [adjective] Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen. DECERN (9) DECIDE (10) [verb] To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle | [verb] To make a judgment, especially after deliberation | [verb] To cause someone to come to a decision DECILE (9) [noun] Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency. | [noun] Any one of the ten subsets or groups so divided. | [noun] An aspect or position of two planets when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac. DECKED (14) [verb] To furnish with a deck, as a vessel. | [verb] To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch. | [verb] To cause a player to run out of cards to draw and usually lose the game as a result. DECKEL (13) DECKER (13) [noun] One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer. | [noun] (used in conjunction with a number) Something having numerous levels. DECKLE (13) [noun] (paper-making) A frame or edge which limits the pulp and, consequently, the size of the resulting paper. | [noun] A membrane covering the outermost side of a brisket of beef, where it was attached to the rib cage | [noun] (Jewish cuisine) The fattier, smaller point-cut portion of a brisket of beef, being the superficial pectoral muscle. DECLAW (12) [verb] To surgically remove a cats claws; onychectomy. | [verb] To make harmless. DECOCT (11) [verb] To make an infusion. | [verb] To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down. | [verb] To heat as if by boiling. DECODE (10) [noun] A product of decoding | [noun] Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols | [verb] To convert from an encrypted form to plain text. DECORS (9) [noun] The style of decoration of a room or building. | [noun] A stage setting; scenery; set; backdrop. DECOYS (12) [noun] A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger. | [noun] A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game. DECREE (9) [noun] An edict or law. | [noun] The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity. | [noun] The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate. DECURY (12) DEDUCE (10) [verb] To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises. | [verb] To take away; to deduct; to subtract. | [verb] (Latinism) To lead forth. DEDUCT (10) [verb] To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount. DEFACE (12) [verb] To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner. | [verb] To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of. | [verb] (flags) To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it. DEFECT (12) [noun] A fault or malfunction. | [noun] The quantity or amount by which anything falls short. | [noun] A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient. DEICED (10) DEICER (9) DEICES (9) DEIFIC (12) [adjective] Divine, of or relating to a deity or deities DEJECT (16) [verb] Make sad or dispirited. | [verb] To cast down. DELICT (9) [noun] (Scottish law) A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law. | [noun] The branch of law dealing in delicts. DELTIC (9) DEPICT (11) [verb] To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. | [adjective] Depicted. DERMIC (11) [adjective] Of or relating to the dermis or skin. DESCRY (12) [verb] To see. | [verb] To discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect. | [verb] To discover: to disclose; to reveal. DETACH (12) [verb] To take apart from; to take off. | [verb] To separate for a special object or use. | [verb] To come off something. DETECT (9) [verb] To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing | [adjective] Detected. DETICK (13) DEUCED (10) [adjective] Damned. | [adverb] (degree) Damned. DEUCES (9) [noun] A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards. | [noun] A side of a die with two spots. | [noun] A cast of dice totalling two. DEVICE (12) [noun] Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one. | [noun] A peripheral device; an item of hardware. | [noun] A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. DEZINC (18) DIACID (10) DICAST (9) DICERS (9) DICIER (9) [adjective] Fraught with danger. | [adjective] Of uncertain, risky outcome. | [adjective] Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy. DICING (10) [verb] To play dice. | [verb] To cut into small cubes. | [verb] To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes. DICKED (14) [verb] To mistreat or take advantage of somebody (often with around or up). | [verb] (of a man) To have sexual intercourse with. | [adjective] Having a specified kind of penis. DICKER (13) [noun] A unit of measure, consisting of 10 of some object, particularly hides and skins. | [noun] A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares. | [verb] To bargain, haggle or negotiate over a sale. DICKEY (16) [noun] A louse. | [noun] Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar. | [noun] A detachable shirt front, collar or bib. DICKIE (13) [noun] A louse. | [noun] Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar. | [noun] A detachable shirt front, collar or bib. DICOTS (9) [noun] A plant whose seedlings have two cotyledons, a dicotyledon. DICTUM (11) [noun] An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm. | [noun] A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it. | [noun] The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it. DIDACT (10) DIOECY (12) DIRECT (9) [verb] To manage, control, steer. | [verb] To aim (something) at (something else). | [verb] To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way. DISCED (10) DISCOS (9) [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. | [noun] (slightly obsolete) A nightclub where dancing takes place. DISCUS (9) [noun] A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport. | [noun] The athletics sport of discus throwing. | [noun] (plural: discus) A discus fish (genus Symphysodon) DOCENT (9) [noun] A teacher or lecturer at some universities (in central Europe, etc.) | [noun] A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc. | [adjective] Instructive; that teaches. DOCILE (9) [adjective] Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient. | [adjective] Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management. DOCKED (14) [verb] To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy. | [verb] To reduce (wages); to deduct from. | [verb] To cut off, bar, or destroy. DOCKER (13) [noun] One who performs docking, as of tails. | [noun] A dockworker. DOCKET (13) [noun] A summary; a brief digest. | [noun] A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register. | [noun] A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court. DOCTOR (9) [noun] A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, in the US or MBBS in the UK. | [noun] A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university. | [noun] A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals. DOUCHE (12) [noun] A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for vaginal irrigation. | [noun] Something that produces the jet or current in the previous sense, such as a syringe. | [noun] A jet or spray of any liquid. DRACHM (14) [noun] A small unit of weight, variously: | [noun] The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro. | [noun] A coin worth one drachma. DRECKS (13) DRECKY (16) [adjective] Trashy, worthless DREICH (12) [adjective] Bleak, miserable, dismal, cheerless, dreary. DRENCH (12) [noun] A draught administered to an animal. | [noun] A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging. | [verb] To soak, to make very wet. | [noun] A military vassal, mentioned in the Domesday Book. DUCATS (9) [noun] A gold coin minted by various European nations. | [noun] A coin of the major denomination (dollar, euro, etc.); money in general. | [noun] A ticket. DUCKED (14) [verb] To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something. | [verb] To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something. | [verb] To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw. DUCKER (13) DUCKIE (13) DUCTAL (9) DUCTED (10) [verb] To channel something through a duct (or series of ducts). | [adjective] Fitted with a duct DULCET (9) [adjective] Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious. | [adjective] Generally pleasing; agreeable. | [adjective] Sweet to the taste. DUNCES (9) [noun] An unintelligent person. DUROCS (9) [noun] A pig of a reddish breed developed in North America. DYADIC (13) ECARTE (8) [noun] A card game for two persons, with 32 cards, ranking K, Q, J, A, 10, 9, 8, 7. Five cards are dealt each player, and the 11th turned as trump. Five points constitute a game. ECESIS (8) ECHARD (12) ECHING (12) ECHINI (11) ECHOED (12) [verb] (of a sound or sound waves) To reflect off a surface and return. | [verb] To reflect back (a sound). | [verb] (by extension) To repeat (another's speech, opinion etc.). ECHOER (11) ECHOES (11) [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. ECHOEY (14) [adjective] (of a sound) That echoes. ECHOIC (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to an echo | [adjective] Imitative of a sound; onomatopoeic. ECLAIR (8) [noun] An oblong, chocolate-covered, cream-filled pastry. ECLATS (8) ECTYPE (13) ECZEMA (19) [noun] A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly. EDENIC (9) [adjective] Of or suggesting Eden, the paradise of the Bible. EDICTS (9) [noun] A proclamation of law or other authoritative command. EDUCED (10) [verb] To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction. | [verb] To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises. | [verb] To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop. EDUCES (9) [verb] To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction. | [verb] To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises. | [verb] To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop. EDUCTS (9) EFFACE (14) [verb] To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible. | [verb] To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out. | [verb] To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence. EFFECT (14) [noun] The result or outcome of a cause. | [noun] Impression left on the mind; sensation produced. | [noun] Execution; performance; realization; operation. EGGCUP (12) [noun] A small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten. EJECTA (15) [noun] Material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano or an impact crater. EJECTS (15) [verb] To compel (a person or persons) to leave. | [verb] To throw out or remove forcefully. | [verb] To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour. ELECTS (8) [noun] One chosen or set apart. | [noun] In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation. | [verb] To choose or make a decision (to do something) ELICIT (8) [verb] To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer. | [verb] To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something. | [verb] To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason EMCEED (11) [verb] To act as the master of ceremonies (for). | [verb] To rap as part of a hip-hop performance. EMCEES (10) [noun] A rapper. | [noun] Initialism of main colour. | [noun] Initialism of matching colour. EMETIC (10) [noun] An agent that induces vomiting | [adjective] (pharmaceutical effect) causing nausea and vomiting ENACTS (8) [verb] To make (a bill) into law | [verb] To act the part of; to play | [verb] To do; to effect ENATIC (8) ENCAGE (9) [verb] To lock inside a cage; to imprison. ENCAMP (12) [verb] To establish a camp or temporary shelter. | [verb] To form into a camp. ENCASE (8) [verb] To enclose, as in a case. ENCASH (11) [verb] To convert a financial instrument or funding source into cash. ENCINA (8) ENCODE (9) [verb] To convert (plain text) into code. | [verb] (communication) To convert source information into another form. | [verb] To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material. ENCORE (8) [noun] A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete. | [noun] A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance. | [verb] To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by. ENCYST (11) [verb] To enclose within a cyst. | [verb] To be enclosed within a cyst. ENFACE (11) ENLACE (8) [verb] To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace | [verb] (by extension) To entangle. ENOLIC (8) ENRICH (11) [verb] To enhance. | [verb] To make (someone or something) rich or richer. | [verb] To adorn, ornate more richly. ENTICE (8) [verb] To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope. EPACTS (10) [noun] The time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter EPARCH (13) [noun] The governor or prefect of a province. | [noun] The ruler of an eparchy. | [noun] The metropolitan bishop of a province or eparchy. EPICAL (10) EPOCHS (13) [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. ERECTS (8) [verb] To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts. | [verb] To cause to stand up or out. | [verb] To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise. ERICAS (8) [noun] Any of many heathers, of the genus Erica, used as garden plants EROTIC (8) [noun] An amorous composition or poem. | [adjective] Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement. ERUCTS (8) [verb] To burp or belch. ESCAPE (10) [noun] The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation. | [noun] Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation. | [noun] Something that has escaped; an escapee. ESCARP (10) [noun] The side of the ditch next to the parapet in a fortification; the scarp. | [verb] To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scarp. ESCARS (8) ESCHAR (11) [noun] A superficial structure of dead tissue, usually hardened, commonly, but not necessarily dark, adhering to underlying living or necrotic tissue, caused by gangrene or a burn | [noun] (loose or obsolete) Any hard, dark, commonly flattened or sunken lesion or crust, especially on a burn, abscess, infection, wound; commonly a coagulation of blood or exudations, not necessarily involving dead or necrotic tissue. | [noun] (figurative or literary) The emotional imprint of a trauma such as grief, loss, or degradation ESCHEW (14) [verb] To avoid; to shun, to shy away from. ESCORT (8) [noun] A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission. | [noun] An accompanying person in such a group. | [noun] A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others. ESCOTS (8) ESCROW (11) [noun] A written instrument, such as a deed, temporarily deposited with a neutral third party (the escrow agent), by the agreement of two parties to a valid contract. The escrow agent will deliver the document to the benefited party when the conditions of the contract have been met. The depositor has no control over the instrument in escrow. | [noun] In common law, escrow applied to the deposits only of instruments for conveyance of land, but it now applies to all instruments so deposited. | [noun] Money or other property so deposited is also loosely referred to as escrow. ESCUDO (9) [noun] The state currency formerly used in Portugal, divided into 100 centavos. The symbol is $ which is positioned between the escudos & centavos, 2$50. | [noun] The currency formerly used in Chile and replaced by the Peso. | [noun] The current currency of Cape Verde. ETCHED (12) [verb] To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards. | [verb] To engrave a surface. | [verb] To make a lasting impression. ETCHER (11) ETCHES (11) [verb] To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards. | [verb] To engrave a surface. | [verb] To make a lasting impression. ETHICS (11) [noun] The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct. | [noun] Morality. | [noun] The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession. ETHNIC (11) [noun] An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community. | [noun] An ethnic minority. | [noun] A heathen, a pagan. EUCHRE (11) [noun] A trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards. | [verb] To deceive or outwit. EUNUCH (11) [noun] A castrated human male. | [noun] Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials. | [noun] (in translations of ancient texts) A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate. EVICTS (11) [verb] To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out. EVINCE (11) [verb] To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest. EXACTA (15) [noun] A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick the two runners who finish first and second, in the correct order. EXACTS (15) [verb] To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way. | [verb] To make desirable or necessary. | [verb] To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce. EXARCH (18) [noun] In the Byzantine Empire, a governor of a distant province. | [noun] In the Eastern Christian Churches, the deputy of a patriarch, or a bishop who holds authority over other bishops without being a patriarch. | [noun] In these same churches, a bishop appointed over a group of the faithful not yet large enough or organized enough to constitute an eparchy or diocese. EXCEED (16) [verb] To be larger, greater than (something). | [verb] To be better than (something). | [verb] To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than. EXCELS (15) [verb] To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something. | [verb] To be much better than others. | [verb] To exceed, to go beyond EXCEPT (17) [verb] To exclude; to specify as being an exception. | [verb] To take exception, to object (to or against). | [preposition] With the exception of; but. EXCESS (15) [noun] The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper | [noun] The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder. | [noun] An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation. EXCIDE (16) EXCISE (15) [noun] A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country). | [verb] To impose an excise tax on something. | [verb] To cut out; to remove. EXCITE (15) [verb] To stir the emotions of. | [verb] To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate. | [verb] To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level. EXCUSE (15) [noun] Explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault. | [noun] A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts. | [noun] (with preceding negative adjective, especially sorry, poor or lame) An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality. EXILIC (15) [adjective] Of or pertaining to exile. EXONIC (15) EXOTIC (15) [noun] An organism that is exotic to an environment. | [noun] An exotic dancer; a stripteaser. | [noun] Any exotic particle. EXPECT (17) [verb] To predict or believe that something will happen | [verb] To consider obligatory or required. | [verb] To consider reasonably due. EXSECT (15) EYECUP (13) [noun] An eyebath | [noun] Coon eyes | [noun] A shield surrounding the eyepiece of a camera. FABRIC (13) [noun] An edifice or building. | [noun] The act of constructing, construction, fabrication. | [noun] The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make. FACADE (12) [noun] The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation. | [noun] (by extension) The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as an organ. | [noun] A deceptive or insincere outward appearance; a front. FACERS (11) [noun] An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat. | [noun] One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person. | [noun] A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy. FACETE (11) FACETS (11) [noun] Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem. | [noun] One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things. | [noun] One of a series of things, such as steps in a project. FACEUP (13) FACIAL (11) [noun] A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face. | [noun] A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor. | [noun] (in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another in the face. FACIAS (11) [noun] A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing. | [noun] A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone. | [noun] A dashboard. FACIES (11) [noun] Appearance. | [noun] Facial features, like an expression or complexion, typical for patients having certain diseases or conditions. | [noun] A body of rock with specified characteristics reflecting the way it was formed. FACILE (11) [adjective] Easy, now especially in a disparaging sense; contemptibly easy. | [adjective] Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with. | [adjective] Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.). FACING (12) [verb] (of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something). | [verb] (of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else). | [verb] To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction. FACTOR (11) [noun] A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization. | [noun] An agent or representative. | [noun] A commission agent. FACULA (11) [noun] A bright spot or patch between sunspots FAECAL (11) [adjective] Of or relating to feces. FAECES (11) [noun] Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from the bowels; excrement. FALCES (11) FALCON (11) [noun] Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey. | [noun] A female such bird, a male being a tiercel. | [noun] A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet. FARCED (12) FARCER (11) FARCES (11) [noun] A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method. | [noun] A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor. | [noun] A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents. FARCIE (11) FASCES (11) [noun] A Roman symbol of judicial authority consisting of a bundle of wooden sticks, with an axe blade embedded in the centre; used also as a symbol of fascism FASCIA (11) [noun] A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing. | [noun] A face or front cover of an appliance, especially of a mobile phone. | [noun] A dashboard. FAUCAL (11) FAUCES (11) [noun] The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue. | [noun] The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc. | [noun] That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture. FAUCET (11) [noun] An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir. | [noun] (game development) One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation FECIAL (11) FECKLY (18) FECULA (11) FECUND (12) [adjective] Highly fertile; able to produce offspring. | [adjective] Leading to new ideas or innovation. FENCED (12) [verb] To enclose, contain or separate by building fence. | [verb] To defend or guard. | [verb] To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods. FENCER (11) FENCES (11) [noun] A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter. | [noun] Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods. | [noun] Skill in oral debate. FENNEC (11) [noun] A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears. FERRIC (11) [adjective] Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. | [adjective] Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of 3 FESCUE (11) [noun] A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. | [noun] A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca. | [noun] An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. FETICH (14) [noun] Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. | [noun] Sexual attraction to or arousal at something sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a part of the body. | [noun] An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation; an obsession. FIACRE (11) [noun] A small carriage for hire. FIANCE (11) [verb] To betroth; to affiance. | [noun] A man who is engaged to be married. | [noun] A person engaged to be married. FIASCO (11) [noun] A sudden or unexpected failure. | [noun] A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong. | [noun] A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket. FICHES (14) [noun] A microfiche FICHUS (14) [noun] A woman's lightweight triangular scarf worn over the shoulders and tied in front, or tucked into a bodice to cover the exposed part of the neck and chest. FICINS (11) FICKLE (15) [adjective] Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable. | [adjective] Changeable. | [verb] To deceive, flatter. FICKLY (18) FICOES (11) FIERCE (11) [adjective] Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage. | [adjective] Resolute or strenuously active. | [adjective] Threatening in appearance or demeanor. FILMIC (13) [adjective] Of or relating to movies; cinematic. FISCAL (11) [noun] A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue. | [noun] Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor. | [noun] In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general. | [noun] Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius. FISTIC (11) [adjective] Of or pertaining to boxing or fighting with fists. FITCHY (17) [adjective] Sharpened to a point; pointed. FLACKS (15) [verb] To flutter; palpitate. | [verb] To hang loosely; flag. | [verb] To beat by flapping. FLACON (11) [noun] A small stoppered glass bottle, often used for keeping perfume. FLECHE (14) [noun] An arrow. | [noun] Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board. | [noun] A spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style; an object emerging from the ridge of a roof. FLECKS (15) [noun] A flake | [noun] A lock, as of wool. | [noun] A small spot or streak; a speckle. FLECKY (18) FLEECE (11) [noun] Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal | [noun] Insulating skin with the wool attached | [noun] A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen. FLEECH (14) FLEECY (14) [adjective] Resembling or covered in fleece. FLENCH (14) [verb] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. FLETCH (14) [noun] The vane toward the back of an arrow, used to stabilise the arrow during flight. | [noun] (fisheries) A large boneless fillet of halibut, swordfish or tuna. | [verb] To feather, as an arrow. FLICKS (15) [noun] A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip. | [noun] A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema. | [noun] A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target. FLINCH (14) [noun] A reflexive jerking away. | [noun] The slipping of the foot from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet. | [verb] To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe. | [verb] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. FLITCH (14) [noun] The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon. | [noun] A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber). | [verb] To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips. FLOCCI (13) [noun] A cloud species which consists of rounded tufts of cloud, often formed by dissipation from larger cloud species. Associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera. | [noun] A flock or tuft of wool or wool-like hairs; the downy plumage of unfledged birds. FLOCKS (15) [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. FLOCKY (18) FLYSCH (17) [noun] A series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary. FORCED (12) [verb] To violate (a woman); to rape. | [verb] To exert oneself, to do one's utmost. | [verb] To compel (someone or something) to do something. FORCER (11) FORCES (11) [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. FORMIC (13) FRACAS (11) [noun] A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap. FRACTI (11) FRANCS (11) [noun] A former unit of currency of France, Belgium and Luxembourg, replaced by the euro. | [noun] Any of several units of currency, some of which are multi-national (West African CFA Franc (XOF), Central African CFA Franc (XAF), the Swiss franc (CHF)) while others are national currencies. FRENCH (14) [verb] To prepare food by cutting it into strips. | [verb] To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth. | [verb] To kiss in this manner. FRESCO (11) [noun] A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade. | [noun] An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster. | [noun] The technique used to make such an artwork. FROCKS (15) [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. FROLIC (11) [noun] Gaiety; merriment. | [noun] A playful antic. | [noun] A social gathering. FUCKED (16) [verb] To have sexual intercourse, to copulate. | [verb] To have sexual intercourse with. | [verb] To insert one’s penis, a dildo or other phallic object, into a specified orifice or cleft. FUCKER (15) [noun] An undesirable person. | [noun] The object of some effort. | [noun] People, friends, especially of very high solidarity. FUCKUP (17) [noun] A serious mistake. | [noun] One who continually makes mistakes. | [noun] An ineffective person; a person who fucks up a lot FUCOID (12) [noun] A fucoid seaweed. | [adjective] Resembling or relating to seaweeds of the genus Fucus. | [adjective] Of sandstone: bearing seaweed-like markings. FUCOSE (11) FUCOUS (11) FULCRA (11) [noun] The support about which a lever pivots. | [noun] A crux or pivot; a central point. FUNDIC (12) FUNGIC (12) FUSTIC (11) [noun] A tropical American tree, Maclura tinctoria, whose wood produces a yellow dye. | [noun] A European tree, Eurasian smoketree, Cotinus coggygria, whose wood produces an orange dye. | [noun] The wood of these trees. GALLIC (9) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or derived from galls. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to gallic acid or its derivatives. | [adjective] Relating to, or containing, gallium. GALYAC (12) GARCON (9) [noun] A male waiter (especially at a French restaurant). GARLIC (9) [noun] A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking. | [verb] To flavour with garlic GASCON (9) GAUCHE (12) [adjective] Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling. | [adjective] Skewed, not plane. | [adjective] Describing a torsion angle of 60°. GAUCHO (12) [noun] A cowboy of the South American pampas. GECKED (14) GECKOS (13) [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. GEODIC (10) GESTIC (9) GLACES (9) GLACIS (9) [noun] A gentle incline in front of a fortification. | [noun] The angled armour plate on the front of a tank; glacis plate. | [noun] An erosional or depositional landform, with little slope. GLANCE (9) [noun] A brief or cursory look. | [noun] A deflection. | [noun] A stroke in which the ball is deflected to one side. GLITCH (12) [noun] A problem affecting function. | [noun] An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time. | [noun] A bug or an exploit. GLUCAN (9) [noun] Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of glucose GLUNCH (12) GLYCAN (12) [noun] (cabrohydrate) Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide, especially one that is part of a glycoprotein or glycolipid. GLYCIN (12) GLYCOL (12) [noun] Any aliphatic diol. | [noun] A thick, colourless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds and used as an antifreeze; ethylene glycol. GLYCYL (15) GNOMIC (11) [adjective] Of, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings). | [adjective] (of a saying or aphorism) Mysterious and often incomprehensible yet seemingly wise. | [adjective] (grammar) Expressing general truths or aphorisms. GOTHIC (12) [adjective] Of or relating to the Goths or their language. | [adjective] Barbarous, rude, unpolished, belonging to the “Dark Ages”, medieval as opposed to classical. | [adjective] Of or relating to the architectural style favored in Western Europe in the 12th to 16th centuries, with high-pointed arches, clustered columns, etc. GRACED (10) [verb] To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify. | [verb] To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour. | [verb] To supply with heavenly grace. GRACES (9) [noun] Charming, pleasing qualities. | [noun] A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal. | [noun] In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules. GRINCH (12) [noun] A grouch or killjoy. | [noun] A person who aggressively sets out to ruin the Christmas holidays for others. GROCER (9) [noun] A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery. | [verb] To sell groceries; to act as a grocer. GROUCH (12) [noun] A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor. | [noun] One who is grumpy or irritable. | [verb] To be grumpy or irritable; to complain. GRUTCH (12) GUACOS (9) GUAIAC (9) [noun] A paper treated with alpha-guaiaconic acid, used in tests to detect blood in the faeces. GWEDUC (13) HACEKS (15) [noun] A caron; a diacritical mark (ˇ) usually resembling an inverted circumflex, but in the cases of ď, Ľ, ľ, and ť resembling a prime (′) instead. HACKED (16) [verb] To chop or cut down in a rough manner. | [verb] To cough noisily. | [verb] To withstand or put up with a difficult situation. HACKEE (15) HACKER (15) [noun] One who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer. | [noun] One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data, or to carry out malicious attacks. | [noun] A computer security professional. HACKIE (15) HACKLE (15) [noun] An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp. | [noun] (usually now in the plural) One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster. | [noun] A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather. HACKLY (18) HAEMIC (13) HANCES (11) HAPTIC (13) [adjective] Of or relating to the sense of touch. | [adjective] Of or relating to haptics. HAUNCH (14) [noun] The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters. | [noun] The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food. | [noun] A squat vertical support structure. HAVOCS (14) [verb] To pillage. | [verb] To cause havoc. HECKLE (15) [noun] An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp. | [noun] (usually now in the plural) One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster. | [noun] A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather. HECTIC (13) [noun] A hectic fever. | [noun] A flush like one produced by such a fever. | [adjective] Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin. HECTOR (11) [noun] Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a blusterer, bully. | [verb] To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer. | [verb] To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully. HELIAC (11) HEPCAT (13) [noun] A jazz performer, especially one from the 1940s and 1950s. | [noun] A person associated with the jazz subculture of the 1940s and 1950s; a hipster. | [noun] A sophisticated person, one who is stylish. HERDIC (12) HEROIC (11) [noun] A heroic verse. | [adjective] Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble | [adjective] Courageous; displaying heroism. HEUCHS (14) HICCUP (15) [noun] A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound. | [noun] (by extension) Any spasm or sudden change. | [noun] A minor setback. HICKEY (18) [noun] A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking. | [noun] An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled. | [noun] A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo, or as an unprinted spot within a solid printed area. HIJACK (22) [noun] An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking. | [noun] An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process. | [noun] An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions. HOCKED (16) [verb] To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough. | [verb] To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan. | [verb] To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly HOCKER (15) HOCKEY (18) [noun] Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks. | [noun] Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players have to hit a ball into a net using a hockey stick. | [noun] A variation of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, shinny, or ball hockey. | [noun] Faeces, excrement. | [noun] A line behind which a player's front foot must be placed when throwing a dart. HOICKS (15) [verb] To play such a shot. | [verb] To lift (a heavy object) carelessly; hoist. | [verb] To throw something out. HOLMIC (13) HONCHO (14) [noun] Boss, leader | [verb] To lead or manage. HOOTCH (14) [noun] Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky. | [noun] A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling. HUBCAP (15) [noun] A decorative and protective disk that covers the hub of a motor car wheel HUCKLE (15) HYDRIC (15) [adjective] Characterized by, or requiring, moisture. | [adjective] Sufficiently wet to inhibit the survival of many species. | [adjective] Relating to hydrogen. HYENIC (14) HYPNIC (16) IAMBIC (12) [noun] An iamb; a line or group of lines of iambs. | [adjective] Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed-stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance. IATRIC (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a physician or physicians. IBICES (10) ICEBOX (17) [noun] A box or compartment containing ice. | [noun] A compartment in a refrigerator that is colder than the rest of the refrigerator and is used as a freezer. | [noun] A refrigerator. ICECAP (12) [noun] An iced cappuccino. | [noun] A permanent expanse of ice encompassing a large geographical area, e.g. in Earth's polar zones or at high elevation. | [noun] An ice pack designed to be worn on the head. ICEMAN (10) [noun] A person who trades in ice. | [noun] A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers. | [noun] An assassin. ICEMEN (10) [noun] A person who trades in ice. | [noun] A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers. | [noun] An assassin. ICHORS (11) ICICLE (10) [noun] A drooping, tapering shape of ice. ICIEST (8) [adjective] Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty. | [adjective] Covered with ice, wholly or partially. | [adjective] Characterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold. ICINGS (9) [noun] A sweet glaze made primarily of sugar and often flavored, typically used for baked goods; frosting. | [noun] A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this. | [noun] The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface. ICKERS (12) ICKIER (12) [adjective] Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting. | [adjective] Excessively sentimental. | [adjective] Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health. ICKILY (15) ICONES (8) ICONIC (10) [adjective] Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon. | [adjective] Famously and distinctively representative of its type. | [adjective] Representing something; symbolic. IDIOCY (12) [noun] The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation. | [noun] An act lacking intelligence or sense; an instance of senselessness; extremely foolish behaviour. IMIDIC (11) IMPACT (12) [noun] The striking of one body against another; collision. | [noun] The force or energy of a collision of two objects. | [noun] A forced impinging. INARCH (11) [verb] To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete. INCAGE (9) INCANT (8) [verb] To state solemnly, to chant. | [verb] To recite an incantation. INCASE (8) [verb] To enclose, as in a case. INCEPT (10) [verb] To take in or ingest. | [verb] To begin. | [verb] To begin a Master of Arts degree at a university. INCEST (8) [noun] Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and first cousins, usually considered taboo; in many jurisdictions, close relatives are not allowed to marry, and incest is a crime. | [verb] To engage in incestuous sexual intercourse. INCHED (12) [verb] (followed by a preposition) To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction). | [verb] To drive by inches, or small degrees. | [verb] To deal out by inches; to give sparingly. INCHES (11) [noun] A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres. | [noun] The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall. | [noun] The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch. INCISE (8) [verb] To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave. INCITE (8) [verb] To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action. INCLIP (10) INCOGS (9) INCOME (10) [noun] Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others. | [noun] Money coming in to a fund, account, or policy. | [noun] A coming in; arrival; entrance; introduction. INCONY (11) INCUBI (10) [noun] An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep. | [noun] A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare. | [noun] (by extension) Any oppressive thing or person; a burden. INCULT (8) INCURS (8) [verb] To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to | [verb] To enter or pass into | [verb] To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger INCUSE (8) [noun] An impression hammered or pressed (onto a coin) | [verb] To hammer or press (usually onto a coin) | [adjective] Hammered or pressed in (usually on a coin) INDICT (9) [verb] To accuse of wrongdoing; charge. | [verb] To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury. INDUCE (9) [verb] To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon. | [verb] To cause, bring about, lead to. | [verb] To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction. INDUCT (9) [verb] To bring in as a member; to make a part of. | [verb] To formally or ceremoniously install in an office, position, etc. | [verb] To introduce into (particularly if certain knowledge or experience is required, such as ritual adulthood or cults). INFECT (11) [verb] To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen). | [verb] To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion. | [adjective] Infected. INJECT (15) [verb] To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage. | [verb] To introduce (something) suddenly or violently. | [verb] To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs. INLACE (8) INSECT (8) [noun] An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton. | [noun] Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc | [noun] A contemptible or powerless person. INTACT (8) [adjective] Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied or otherwise damaged | [adjective] Of animals, not castrated: an intact bull. | [adjective] Uncircumcised; commonly used to describe a penis with a foreskin in intactivism. IONICS (8) IPECAC (12) [noun] The plant ipecacuanha (Psychotria ipecacuanha) or its root. | [noun] Syrup of ipecac, produced from this plant's root, used to induce emesis (vomiting). IRENIC (8) [adjective] (in extended usage) Promoting or fitted to promote peace; conciliatory, non-confrontational; peaceful. IRIDIC (9) IRITIC (8) IRONIC (8) [adjective] Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony. | [adjective] Given to the use of irony; sarcastic. | [adjective] Contrary or opposite to what may be expected. ISCHIA (11) [noun] The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis. ITALIC (8) [noun] A typeface in which the letters slant to the right. | [noun] An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance. | [adjective] (of a typeface or font) Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century. ITCHED (12) [verb] To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched. | [verb] To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something. | [verb] To cause to feel an itch. ITCHES (11) [noun] A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch. | [noun] A constant teasing desire or want. | [verb] To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched. JACALS (15) JACANA (15) [noun] Any of a group of wading birds in the family Jacanidae, usually having long toes and claws, and found throughout the world. JACKAL (19) [noun] Any of certain wild canids of the genus Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf. | [noun] A person who performs menial/routine tasks, a dogsbody. | [noun] A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator. JACKED (20) [verb] To raise using a jack. | [verb] To raise or increase. | [verb] To produce by freeze distillation; to distil (an alcoholic beverage) by freezing it and removing the ice (which is water), leaving the alcohol (which remains liquid). JACKER (19) JACKET (19) [noun] A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length. | [noun] A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US) | [noun] A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.) JAUNCE (15) JICAMA (17) [noun] The edible root of the yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus, used in salads in Central America. JOCKEY (22) [noun] One who rides racehorses competitively. | [noun] That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire | [noun] An operator of some machinery or apparatus. JOCKOS (19) JOCOSE (15) [adjective] Given to jesting; habitually jolly | [adjective] Playful; characterized by joking JOCUND (16) [adjective] Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness. JOUNCE (15) [noun] The fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time; the time derivative of jerk. | [verb] To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions. JOUNCY (18) [adjective] Bumpy or bouncy JUICED (16) [verb] To extract the juice from something. | [verb] To energize or stimulate something. | [adjective] (of a fruit etc) That has had the juice extracted. JUICER (15) [noun] A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables. | [noun] A person who extracts juice for consumption. | [noun] A (citrus) reamer. JUICES (15) [noun] A liquid from a plant, especially fruit. | [noun] A beverage made of juice. | [noun] Any liquid resembling juice. JUNCOS (15) [noun] Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American sparrow. | [noun] The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), a bird found in Europe and much of the Palearctic. KARMIC (14) [adjective] Of or pertaining to karma. KECKED (17) [verb] To retch or heave as if to vomit. KECKLE (16) KICKED (17) [verb] To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg. | [verb] To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something. | [verb] To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg. KICKER (16) [noun] One who kicks. | [noun] One who takes kicks. | [noun] The kicking strap. | [noun] A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes and/or philosophy. KICKUP (18) KIMCHI (17) [noun] A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation. | [noun] A Korean person. KIRSCH (15) [noun] (often capitalized) A clear brandy made from black cherries: kirschwasser. KITSCH (15) [noun] Art, decorative objects and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar. | [adjective] Of art and decor: of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar. KLATCH (15) [noun] An informal social gathering, especially one held over coffee for the purpose of conversation. KNACKS (16) [noun] A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something. | [noun] A petty contrivance; a toy. | [noun] Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity. KNOCKS (16) [noun] Sudden fatigue as a result of glycogen depletion from not having taken in enough nutrition. | [noun] An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood. | [noun] A sharp impact. KOPECK (18) [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. KUCHEN (15) [noun] Any of several types of cake, typically eaten with coffee. KVETCH (18) [noun] A person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything. | [noun] An instance of kvetching; a complaint or whine. | [verb] To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly. KWACHA (18) [noun] Malawi's major currency unit; 100 tambala = 1 kwacha. | [noun] Zambia's major currency unit; 100 ngwee = 1 kwacha. KYACKS (19) LACERS (8) LACHES (11) [noun] An unreasonable delay in bringing a claim alleging a wrong, which means the person who waited shall not be permitted to seek an equitable remedy because the delay prejudiced the moving party. Sleeping on one's rights. LACIER (8) [adjective] Made of lace or decorated with it. | [adjective] Looking like lace. LACILY (11) LACING (9) [verb] To fasten (something) with laces. | [verb] To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink). | [verb] To interweave items. LACKED (13) [verb] To be without, to need, to require. | [verb] To be short (of or for something). | [verb] To be in want. LACKER (12) LACKEY (15) [noun] A footman, a liveried male servant. | [noun] A fawning, servile follower. | [verb] To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously. LACTAM (10) [noun] Any of a class of cyclic amides that are the nitrogen analogs of lactones, formed by heating amino acids; the tautomeric enol forms are known as lactims. LACTIC (10) [adjective] Of, relating to, or derived from milk | [adjective] (of fermentation) That produces lactic acid LACUNA (8) [noun] A small opening; a small pit or depression. | [noun] A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. | [noun] An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar. LACUNE (8) LAICAL (8) LAICHS (11) LANCED (9) [verb] To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon. | [verb] To open with a lancet; to pierce | [verb] To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch. LANCER (8) [noun] A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon LANCES (8) [noun] A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. | [noun] A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour. | [noun] A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. | [noun] A platter or dish for serving food in Ancient Rome. LANCET (8) [noun] A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc. | [noun] A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer. | [noun] An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. LASCAR (8) [noun] A sailor, army servant or artilleryman from India or Southeast Asia. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Pantoporia and Lasippa. LAUNCE (8) [noun] A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. | [noun] A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour. | [noun] A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. | [noun] A balance. LAUNCH (11) [noun] The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.) | [noun] The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.). | [noun] An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party. | [noun] The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch". LEACHY (14) LECHED (12) [verb] To behave lecherously LECHER (11) [noun] A lecherous person. | [verb] To practice lewdness. LECHES (11) [verb] To behave lecherously LECHWE (14) [noun] Kobus leche, an African antelope that inhabits marshy regions. LECTIN (8) [noun] Any of a class of proteins that bind specific carbohydrates. LECTOR (8) [noun] A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service. | [noun] A public lecturer or reader at some universities. | [noun] (cigar industry) A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union. LEGACY (12) [noun] Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will. | [noun] Something inherited from a predecessor or the past. | [noun] The descendant of an alumnus. LENTIC (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to, or living in still waters (such as lakes, ponds, or wetlands). LEUCIN (8) LEXICA (15) LICHEE (11) [noun] The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family. | [noun] That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril. | [noun] A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red). LICHEN (11) [noun] Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc. | [noun] Something which gradually spreads across something else, causing damage. LICHES (11) LICHIS (11) LICHTS (11) LICKED (13) [verb] To stroke with the tongue. | [verb] To lap; to take in with the tongue. | [verb] To beat with repeated blows. LICKER (12) LICTOR (8) [noun] An officer in ancient Rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals. LILACS (8) [noun] A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink or purple flowers. | [noun] A flower of the lilac shrub. | [noun] (color) A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers. LIMBIC (12) LIMNIC (10) LINACS (8) [noun] A linear particle accelerator. LITCHI (11) [noun] The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family. | [noun] That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril. | [noun] A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red). LITHIC (11) [noun] A stone tool or projectile | [noun] A medicine that prevents stone in the bladder. | [noun] A lithic fragment: a piece of another rock eroded down to sand size. LOCALE (8) [noun] The place where something happens. | [noun] The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc. | [noun] A partially ordered set with the following additional axiomatic properties: any finite subset of it has a meet, any arbitrary subset of it has a join, and distributivity, which states that a binary meet distributes with respect to an arbitrary join. (Note: locales are just like frames except that the category of locales is opposite to the category of frames.) LOCALS (8) [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. LOCATE (8) [verb] To place; to set in a particular spot or position. | [verb] To find out where something is located. | [verb] To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of (Note: the designation may be purely descriptive: it need not be prescriptive.) LOCHAN (11) [noun] A small loch. LOCHIA (11) [noun] Normal post-partum vaginal discharge; blood, mucus, and placental tissue that are discharged from a female's vagina (similar to menstruation) for several weeks after she has given birth. LOCKED (13) [verb] To become fastened in place. | [verb] To fasten with a lock. | [verb] To be capable of becoming fastened in place. LOCKER (12) [noun] A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store clothing, equipment, or books. | [noun] One who locks something. | [noun] A locking differential. LOCKET (12) [noun] A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item. | [noun] The upper metallic cap of a sword’s scabbard. | [noun] A small white marking on a cat's coat. LOCKUP (14) [noun] A jail cell, or a period of incarceration. | [noun] A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage | [noun] A device for locking type into position for printing. LOCOED (9) LOCOES (8) LOCULE (8) [noun] A little hollow; a loculus. LOCULI (8) [noun] A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet. | [noun] In ancient catacombs and tombs of some types, a small separate chamber or recess cut into the rock, for the reception of a body or urn. | [noun] One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa. LOCUMS (10) [noun] Short for locum tenens. LOCUST (8) [noun] Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, (especially) the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria). | [noun] A fruit or pod of the carob tree. | [noun] Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; the locust tree. LOGICS (9) [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. LORICA (8) [noun] A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like. | [noun] Lute for protecting vessels from the fire. | [noun] The protective case or shell of a Loricifera, infusorian or rotifer LOUCHE (11) [verb] To make (an alcoholic beverage, e.g. absinthe or ouzo) cloudy by mixing it with water, due to the presence of anethole. This is known as the ouzo effect. | [adjective] Of questionable taste or morality; decadent. | [adjective] Not reputable or decent. LUBRIC (10) LUCENT (8) [adjective] Emitting light; shining, luminous. | [adjective] Translucent; clear, lucid. LUCERN (8) [noun] A lamp. | [noun] Alfalfa. | [noun] A sort of hunting dog. LUCKED (13) [verb] To succeed by chance. | [verb] To rely on luck. | [verb] To carry out relying on luck. LUCKIE (12) LUCRES (8) LUETIC (8) LUNACY (11) [noun] (of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity | [noun] Something deeply misguided. LYCEES (11) [noun] A public secondary school in France. LYCEUM (13) LYCHEE (14) [noun] The Chinese tropical fruit tree Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family. | [noun] That tree's bright red oval fruit with a single stone surrounded by a fleshy white aril. | [noun] A soft pink-red colour, like that of a lychee rind (also called lychee red). LYRICS (11) [noun] A lyric poem. | [noun] (also in plural) The words of a song or other vocal music. The singular form often refers to a part of the words, whereas the plural form can refer to all of the words. | [noun] The words to a song (or other vocal music). MACACO (12) MACAWS (13) [noun] Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage. MACERS (10) [noun] A mace bearer; specifically, an officer of a court in Scotland. MACHES (13) MACHOS (13) [noun] Exaggerated masculinity MACING (11) [verb] To hit someone or something with a mace. | [verb] To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device. | [verb] To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can. MACKLE (14) [noun] A spot. | [noun] A blur or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little during printing. | [verb] To blur or be blurred; especially to blur or double an impression from type. MACLED (11) MACLES (10) [noun] Chiastolite; so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross-section. | [noun] A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance. | [noun] A twin crystal. MACONS (10) MACRON (10) [noun] A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (¯) placed over any of various letters, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long. MACROS (10) [noun] A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program. | [noun] Macro lens | [noun] The study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, the level of employment of productive resources, and the general behavior of prices. MACULA (10) [noun] An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision. | [noun] A small chamber of the inner ear of certain vertebrates filled with endolymph and containing an otolith. | [noun] A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb. MACULE (10) [noun] A spot. | [noun] A blur or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little during printing. | [verb] To blur or be blurred; especially to blur or double an impression from type. MADCAP (13) [noun] An impulsive, hasty, capricious person. | [noun] An insane person, a lunatic. | [adjective] Impulsive, hasty or reckless; capricious. MAGICS (11) [noun] The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them | [noun] A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell. | [noun] The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual MALICE (10) [noun] Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune. | [noun] An intention to do injury to another party, which in many jurisdictions is a distinguishing factor between the crimes of murder and manslaughter. | [verb] To intend to cause harm; to bear malice. MANCHE (13) MANIAC (10) [noun] An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania. | [noun] A fanatic, a person with an obsession. MANICS (10) MANIOC (10) [noun] The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which cassava and tapioca are prepared. | [noun] Cassava root, eaten as a food. | [noun] A food starch prepared from the root. MANTIC (10) [noun] A soothsayer, a seer. | [adjective] Relating to divination; prophetic. MARACA (10) [noun] A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument. | [noun] (in the plural) breasts MARCEL (10) [noun] A hairstyle characterized by deep waves made by a curling iron. | [noun] A marcel wave. | [verb] To wave (hair) by the marcel method. MASCON (10) [noun] A region within a solid astronomical body that is of higher density than the surrounding material. | [noun] A lunar mare that has a greater density of rock than the surrounding area. | [noun] Mass concentration MASCOT (10) [noun] Something thought to bring good luck | [noun] Something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group MASTIC (10) [noun] An evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean. | [noun] A hard, brittle, aromatic and transparent resin produced by this tree and used to make varnishes and chewing gum, and as a flavouring. | [noun] An alcoholic liquor flavoured with this resin. MECCAS (12) MEDICK (15) [noun] Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to medicines; medical. MEDICO (11) [noun] A physician or medical doctor; sometimes also a medical student. MEDICS (11) [noun] A doctor. | [noun] A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military. | [noun] A medical student. MENACE (10) [noun] A perceived threat or danger. | [noun] The act of threatening. | [noun] An annoying and bothersome person or thing. | [verb] To make threats against (someone); to intimidate. MENSCH (13) [noun] A person (chiefly male) of strength, integrity and honor or compassion. | [noun] A gentleman. MERCER (10) [noun] A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths. MESCAL (10) [noun] A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave. | [noun] The peyote cactus. METRIC (10) [noun] A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering). | [noun] A function for the measurement of the "distance" between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) "non-negativity": d(x,y) \ge 0 , (2) "identity of indiscernibles": d(x,y) = 0 \mbox{ iff } x=y , (2) "symmetry": d(x,y) = d(y,x) , and (3) "triangle inequality": d(x,y) \le d(x,z) + d(z,y) . | [noun] A metric tensor. MEZCAL (19) [noun] A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave. | [noun] The peyote cactus. MICELL (10) MICHED (14) MICHES (13) MICKEY (17) [noun] A small bottle of liquor, holding 375 ml or 13 oz., typically shaped to fit in one's pocket. | [noun] A Mickey Finn; a beverage, usually alcoholic, that has been drugged. | [noun] American depression era term for a potato as in a "roasted mickey". MICKLE (14) [noun] A great amount. | [noun] (originally erroneous) A small amount. | [noun] Great or important people as a class. MICRON (10) [noun] The thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter. | [noun] A very tiny amount. | [noun] A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short. MICROS (10) [noun] (gaming slang) micromanagement | [noun] A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe. | [noun] The field of economics that deals with small-scale economic activities such as those of an individual or company. MIMICS (12) [noun] A person who practices mimicry, or mime. | [noun] An imitation. | [verb] To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. MINCED (11) [adjective] Finely chopped. | [adjective] Minutely subdivided. | [adjective] Weakened, extenuated. | [verb] To make less; make small. MINCER (10) MINCES (10) [noun] Finely chopped meat. | [noun] Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat. | [noun] An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait. MIOTIC (10) MISACT (10) MISCUE (10) [noun] In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue. | [noun] The act of missing one's cue or of responding to a cue intended for another actor. | [noun] A miss of the object one intended to hit. MISCUT (10) MOBCAP (14) [noun] A plain cap or headdress for women or girls, especially one tied under the chin by a very broad band. | [noun] (modern-day use) A disposable head covering with an elasticated band, worn for cleanliness in industrial settings. MOCHAS (13) [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. MOCKED (15) [verb] To mimic, to simulate. | [verb] To create an artistic representation of. | [verb] To make fun of by mimicking, to taunt. MOCKER (14) [noun] A person who mocks. | [noun] A mockingbird. | [noun] A deceiver; an impostor. MOCKUP (16) [noun] A prototype, usually low-fidelity, such as paper illustrations, screenshots, or simple configurations of screens with limited interaction. MODICA (11) MOLOCH (13) [noun] Moloch horridus, an Australian lizard thought to be the sole member of the genus Moloch. MOSAIC (10) [noun] A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture. | [noun] An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote. | [noun] Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves. MUCHES (13) MUCHLY (16) [adverb] Very much, very MUCINS (10) [noun] Any of several glycoproteins found in mucus MUCKED (15) [verb] To shovel muck. | [verb] To manure with muck. | [verb] To do a dirty job. MUCKER (14) [noun] (Southern England) friend, acquaintance | [noun] (British army) A comrade; a friendly, low-ranking soldier in the same situation. | [noun] A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable. MUCKLE (14) [noun] A great amount. | [verb] To latch onto something with the mouth. | [verb] To talk big; to exaggerate. MUCLUC (12) MUCOID (11) [adjective] Pertaining to or resembling mucus; mucous. | [noun] Any of a class of mucin-like substances yielding on decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form of proteinaceous matter. MUCORS (10) MUCOSA (10) [noun] Mucous membrane MUCOSE (10) MUCOUS (10) [adjective] Pertaining to mucus | [adjective] Having the qualities of mucus MUDCAP (13) MUDCAT (11) MULCTS (10) [noun] A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one. | [verb] To impose such a fine or penalty. | [verb] To swindle (someone) out of money. MUONIC (10) MUSCAE (10) MUSCAT (10) [noun] A white grape variety; used as table grapes and for making raisins and sweet wine. | [noun] The muscatel wine made from these grapes. | [noun] The vine bearing this fruit. MUSCID (11) [noun] Any fly of the family Muscidae of insects. | [adjective] Pertaining to or related to the Muscidae family of insects. MUSCLE (10) [noun] A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement. | [noun] An organ composed of muscle tissue. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise. MUSCLY (13) [adjective] Thewy, muscled | [adjective] Strong, powerful MUSICS (10) MYCELE (13) MYOPIC (15) [noun] A short-sighted individual. | [adjective] Near-sighted; unable to see distant objects unaided | [adjective] Shortsighted; improvident MYOTIC (13) MYRICA (13) MYSTIC (13) [noun] Someone who practices mysticism. | [adjective] Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical. | [adjective] Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic. MYTHIC (16) [adjective] Mythical; existing in myth. | [adjective] Larger-than-life. NACHAS (11) NACHES (11) [noun] (usually Jewish) Feeling of contentment at another's successes. NACHOS (11) [noun] A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos. | [noun] A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, sometimes covered in melted cheese. | [noun] (usually Jewish) Feeling of contentment at another's successes. NACRED (9) NACRES (8) NANCES (8) [noun] A large shrub or small tree of subtropical and tropical areas of the Americas, Byrsonima crassifolia, bearing a small, sweet, yellow fruit. | [noun] An effeminate man, especially a homosexual. NARCOS (8) [noun] Narcotics. | [noun] A South American drug baron. | [noun] A police officer specializing in drug crimes NASTIC (8) [adjective] Relating to the response of a plant to a stimulus that does not depend on the location of the stimulus. NAUTCH (11) [noun] A dance in South Asia, performed by professional dancing girls. NECKED (13) [verb] To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate | [verb] To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle. | [verb] To drink rapidly. NECKER (12) NECTAR (8) [noun] The drink of the gods. | [noun] (by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice. | [noun] The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. NEUMIC (10) NIACIN (8) [noun] A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism. NICADS (9) [noun] Rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery NICELY (11) [adverb] Fastidiously; carefully. | [adverb] Precisely; with fine discernment or judgement. | [adverb] Pleasantly; satisfactorily. NICEST (8) [adjective] Pleasant, satisfactory. | [adjective] Of a person: friendly, attractive. | [adjective] Respectable; virtuous. NICETY (11) [noun] A small detail or distinction. | [noun] Subtlety or precision of use. | [noun] Delicacy of character or feeling usually from excessive refinement; fastidiousness NICHED (12) [adjective] In a niche. NICHES (11) [noun] A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. Hence, any similar position, literal or figurative. | [noun] A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited. | [noun] (by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business. NICKED (13) [verb] To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way. | [verb] To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. | [verb] To make a cut at the side of the face. NICKEL (12) [noun] A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni. | [noun] A coin worth 5 cents. | [noun] (by extension) Five dollars. NICKER (12) [noun] Pound sterling. | [noun] A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse. | [noun] A snigger or suppressed laugh. | [noun] One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence. NICKLE (12) NICOLS (8) NIECES (8) [noun] A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece"). NIOBIC (10) NITRIC (8) [noun] Nitric acid | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen. NOCENT (8) NOCKED (13) [verb] To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow. (See also notch.) | [verb] To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow). NOETIC (8) [noun] The science of the intellect. | [noun] A purely intellectual entity. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the mind or intellect. NONCES (8) [noun] The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce). | [noun] A nonce word. | [noun] A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks. NONCOM (10) [noun] A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy). NORDIC (9) [adjective] Of or relating to the Nordic countries. | [adjective] Of or relating to the light colouring and tall stature of Nordic peoples. | [adjective] Of or relating to the family of North Germanic languages. NOSTOC (8) [noun] Any member of the genus Nostoc of cyanobacteria, found in a variety of environmental niches, that form colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath. NOTICE (8) [noun] The act of observing; perception. | [noun] A written or printed announcement. | [noun] A formal notification or warning. NOVICE (11) [noun] A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject. | [noun] A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation. NUANCE (8) [noun] A minor distinction. | [noun] Subtlety or fine detail. | [verb] To apply a nuance to; to change or redefine in a subtle way. NUCHAE (11) NUCHAL (11) [noun] The back of the neck. | [noun] Short for nuchal translucency scan. | [noun] A neck scale, especially of a lizard. NUCLEI (8) [noun] The core, central part of something, around which other elements are assembled. | [noun] An initial part or version that will receive additions. | [noun] The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons. NUNCIO (8) [noun] The ecclesiastic title of a permanent diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church to a sovereign state or international organization, who is accorded a rank equivalent to an accredited ambassador, and may also be given additional privileges including recognition as Dean in a country's diplomatic corps. | [noun] (by extension) One who bears a message; a messenger. | [noun] Any member of any Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Galicia (of the Austrian Partition), Duchy of Warsaw, Congress Poland, or Grand Duchy of Posen. NUNCLE (8) [noun] Uncle. | [verb] To blench; cheat; deceive. OBJECT (17) [noun] A thing that has physical existence. | [noun] Objective; the goal, end or purpose of something. | [noun] (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action. OBTECT (10) [adjective] (of a pupa) Having the legs and other appendages more or less strongly cemented to the body. OCCULT (10) [noun] (usually with "the") Supernatural affairs. | [verb] To cover or hide from view. | [verb] To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate. OCCUPY (15) [verb] (of time) To take or use. | [verb] To take or use space. | [verb] To have sexual intercourse with. OCCURS (10) [verb] To happen or take place. | [verb] To present or offer itself. | [verb] To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself. OCEANS (8) [noun] One of the large bodies of water separating the continents. | [noun] Water belonging to an ocean. | [noun] An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits. OCELLI (8) [noun] A simple eye consisting of a single lens and a small number of sensory cells. | [noun] An eyelike marking in the form of a spot or ring of colour, as on the wing of a butterfly or the tail of a peacock. OCELOT (8) [noun] An American feline carnivore (Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged. OCHERS (11) OCHERY (14) OCHONE (11) OCHREA (11) [noun] A greave or legging. | [noun] A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf. OCHRED (12) OCHRES (11) OCKERS (12) [noun] Interest on money; usury; increase. | [noun] A boorish or uncultivated Australian. OCREAE (8) [noun] A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf. OCTADS (9) [noun] A group of eight things. | [noun] Hundred million = myriad myriad; 100,000,000 = 108 OCTANE (8) [noun] Any of the eighteen isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons (C8H18) found in petroleum, especially an iso-octane 2,2,4 trimethyl-pentane; they are used as fuels and solvents. OCTANS (8) OCTANT (8) [noun] The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees. | [noun] The aspect of two planets that are 45°, or one-eighth of a circle, apart. | [noun] The eighth part of a disc; a sector of 45 degrees; half a quadrant. OCTAVE (11) [noun] An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency. | [noun] The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch. | [noun] A coupler on an organ which allows the organist to sound the note an octave above the note of the key pressed (cf sub-octave) OCTAVO (11) [noun] A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. It is made by folding the original sheet three times to produce eight leaves. | [noun] A book of octavo pages. OCTETS (8) [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. OCTOPI (10) OCTROI (8) [noun] A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, such as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession. | [noun] A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city on articles brought within the walls. OCTYLS (11) OCULAR (8) [noun] The eyepiece of a microscope or other optical instrument. | [noun] Any of the scales forming the margin of a reptile's eye. | [adjective] Of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight OCULUS (8) [noun] A window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye). OFFCUT (14) [noun] A piece that has been cut off of a larger piece when not needed; surplus. | [verb] To cut off. | [adjective] Cut off. OFFICE (14) [noun] A ceremonial duty or service, particularly: | [noun] A position of responsibility. | [noun] Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position. OILCAN (8) [noun] A container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for lubrication. OILCUP (10) OOCYST (11) [noun] A reproductive cell in certain fungi. | [noun] A thick-walled structure of a parasitic protozoan, that develops into sporozoite. OOCYTE (11) [noun] A cell that develops into an egg or ovum; a female gametocyte. OOMIAC (10) OPTICS (10) [noun] The physics of light and vision. | [noun] The light-related aspects of a device. | [noun] Perception, image, public relations. | [noun] An eye. ORACHE (11) [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. ORACLE (8) [noun] A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity. | [noun] A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice. | [noun] A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given. ORCEIN (8) [noun] A dye, related to litmus, that is extracted from the lichen Rocella tinctoria; used as a microscopic stain and as a food colouring ORCHID (12) [noun] A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours. | [noun] A light bluish-red, violet-red or purple colour. | [adjective] (colour) having a light purple colour. ORCHIL (11) [noun] Any of several lichens, especially those of the genera Roccella and Lecanora. | [noun] The dye, orcein, extracted from them. ORCHIS (11) [noun] Any plant of the genus Orchis; an orchid. | [noun] Testis ORCINS (8) ORGIAC (9) ORPHIC (13) ORRICE (8) OSCINE (8) [noun] Any bird of the suborder Passeri (the songbirds), which have better vocal control than other birds. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the songbirds (suborder Passeri). OSCULA (8) [noun] A small opening or orifice. | [noun] One of the suckers on the head of a tapeworm. | [noun] The main opening in a sponge from which water is expelled. OSCULE (8) OSMICS (10) OTITIC (8) OUCHED (12) OUCHES (11) OUNCES (8) [noun] An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams. | [noun] A troy ounce, weighing 1/12 of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams. | [noun] A US fluid ounce, with a volume of 1/16 of a US pint, 1.8047 cubic inches or 29.5735 millilitres. OUTACT (8) [verb] To act (play a role in theatre, film etc.) better than. OUTCRY (11) [noun] A loud cry or uproar. | [noun] A strong protest. | [noun] An auction. OVISAC (11) OVONIC (11) OXALIC (15) OXCART (15) OXIDIC (16) OZONIC (17) PACERS (10) [noun] One who paces. | [noun] In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on one side take a step together alternating with the legs on the other side; as opposed to a trotter. | [noun] A pacemaker. PACHAS (13) [noun] A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire. | [noun] The Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae. PACIFY (16) [verb] To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation. | [verb] To appease (someone). PACING (11) [verb] To walk back and forth in a small distance. | [verb] To set the speed in a race. | [verb] To measure by walking. PACKED (15) [verb] (physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport. | [verb] (social) To cheat. | [verb] To load with a pack PACKER (14) [noun] A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation | [noun] A software program that compresses code or data. | [noun] A ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well. PACKET (14) [noun] A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel | [noun] Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia). | [noun] A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet. PACKLY (17) PAINCH (13) PALACE (10) [noun] Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system. | [noun] A large and lavishly ornate residence. | [noun] A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions. PANICS (10) [noun] Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals. | [noun] Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices. | [noun] A kernel panic or system crash. PAPACY (15) [noun] The office of the pope. | [noun] The period of a particular pope's reign. | [noun] Roman Catholicism generally. PARCEL (10) [noun] A package wrapped for shipment. | [noun] An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form. | [noun] A division of land bought and sold as a unit. PARSEC (10) [noun] Parallax second PASCAL (10) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa. PATACA (10) [noun] The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos. | [noun] A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large copper coin. | [noun] A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958. PATCHY (16) [adjective] Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches. | [adjective] Not constant or continuous; intermittent or uneven. PAUNCH (13) [noun] The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen. | [noun] The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one. | [noun] A paunch mat. PEACED (11) [verb] To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace. | [verb] To peace out. PEACES (10) [noun] A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance. | [noun] A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions. | [noun] Harmony in personal relations. PEACHY (16) [adjective] Resembling a peach, peach-like. | [adjective] Very good, excellent. PECANS (10) [noun] A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts. | [noun] A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree. | [noun] A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut. PECHAN (13) PECHED (14) [verb] To pant, to struggle for breath. | [adjective] Tired, out of breath, worn out. PECKED (15) [verb] To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird). | [verb] To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument. | [verb] To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements. PECKER (14) [noun] Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly: | [noun] (by extension of the sense ‘beak’) A nose. | [noun] (by extension, from the expression ‘keep one's pecker up’) Spirits, nerve, courage. PECTEN (10) [noun] The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers. | [noun] The pubic bone. | [noun] A comb structure. PECTIC (12) [adjective] Of or pertaining to pectin or pectin-like substances | [adjective] Relating to pectic acid or its derivatives PECTIN (10) [noun] A polysaccharide extracted from the cell walls of plants, especially of fruits; under acidic conditions it forms a gel. It is often used in processed foods, especially jellies and jams where it causes thickening (setting). PELVIC (13) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis PENCEL (10) PENCIL (10) [noun] A paintbrush. | [noun] A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. | [noun] An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point. PEPTIC (12) [noun] An agent that promotes digestion. | [noun] (in the plural) The digestive organs. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion. PHASIC (13) [adjective] Of or relating to phase | [adjective] Describing the discontinuous activity of excitable cells or tissues PHATIC (13) [adjective] Pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship, e.g., polite mood, rather than meaning; for example, "How are you?" is often not a literal question but is said only as a greeting. (Similarly, a response such as "Fine" is often not an accurate answer, but merely an acknowledgement of the greeting.) PHOBIC (15) [noun] A person who has a phobia. | [adjective] Relating to a phobia. | [adjective] Experiencing or expressing phobia (strong fear and/or dislike). PHONIC (13) [adjective] Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic. PHOTIC (13) [adjective] Of, related to, or irradiated by light; especially describing that part of the near-surface ocean is which photosynthesis is possible. PHYLIC (16) PHYSIC (16) [noun] A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative. | [noun] The art or profession of healing disease; medicine. | [noun] Natural philosophy; physics. PIANIC (10) PICARA (10) PICARO (10) [noun] Rogue, adventurer PICKAX (21) [noun] A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge. | [verb] To use a pickaxe. PICKED (15) [verb] To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails. | [verb] To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground. | [verb] To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck. PICKER (14) [noun] Agent noun of pick; one who picks. | [noun] Any user interface control that selects something. | [noun] A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre. PICKET (14) [noun] A stake driven into the ground. | [noun] A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake. | [noun] A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls. PICKLE (14) [noun] A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup. | [noun] (often in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish. | [noun] The brine used for preserving food. | [noun] A kernel; a grain (of salt, sugar, etc.) PICKUP (16) [noun] An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player. | [noun] A pickup truck. | [noun] (usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players. PICNIC (12) [noun] An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink. | [noun] The meal eaten at such a gathering. | [noun] An easy or pleasant task. PICOTS (10) [noun] An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops. PICRIC (12) PICULS (10) PIECED (11) [verb] (usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative). | [verb] To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out. | [verb] To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag. PIECER (10) [noun] One who pieces; a patcher. | [noun] A child employed in a spinning mill to tie together broken threads. PIECES (10) [noun] A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. | [noun] A single item belonging to a class of similar items | [noun] One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games. PIERCE (10) [verb] To puncture; to break through | [verb] To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry | [verb] To break or interrupt abruptly | [noun] A pierced earring PINCER (10) [noun] Any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers. | [verb] (sometimes figurative) To surround with a pincer attack. PIONIC (10) PIRACY (13) [noun] Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it. | [noun] A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft. | [noun] The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law. PISCOS (10) [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. PITCHY (16) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or resembling pitch. | [adjective] Very dark black; pitch-black. | [adjective] Off pitch; out of tune. PLACED (11) [verb] To put (an object or person) in a specific location. | [verb] To earn a given spot in a competition. | [verb] To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered. PLACER (10) [noun] One who places or arranges something. | [noun] One who deals in stolen goods; a fence. | [noun] (sheep) A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality. | [noun] A place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold, etc. PLACES (10) [noun] (physical) An area; somewhere within an area. | [noun] A location or position in space. | [noun] A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader. PLACET (10) [noun] A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc. | [noun] The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance. | [interjection] Expression of assent to a vote in the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc. PLACID (11) [adjective] Calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil PLACKS (14) PLAICE (10) [noun] Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: PLANCH (13) PLEACH (13) [noun] An act or result of interweaving; specifically, a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc. | [noun] A branch of a shrub, tree, etc., used for pleaching; a pleacher. | [noun] A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out. PLENCH (13) PLICAE (10) [noun] A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue. | [noun] Polish plait, plica polonica, or plica neuropatica: a disease of the hair in which it becomes twisted and matted together. | [noun] A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches. PLICAL (10) PLUCKS (14) [verb] To pull something sharply; to pull something out | [verb] To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation. | [verb] To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc. PLUCKY (17) [adjective] Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances. POACHY (16) POCKED (15) POCKET (14) [noun] A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items. | [noun] Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources. | [noun] An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table. POETIC (10) [adjective] Relating to poetry. | [adjective] Characteristic of poets; romantic, imaginative, etc. | [adjective] Connecting to the soul of the beholder. POLICE (10) [noun] A civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order. | [noun] A police officer. | [noun] People who seek to enforce norms or standards. POLICY (13) [noun] A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body. | [noun] Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness. | [noun] Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft. | [noun] A contract of insurance. POMACE (12) [noun] The pulp that remains after a fruit has been pressed to extract the juice (or a nut, etc., has been pressed to extract the oil). | [noun] Fish scrap. PONCED (11) [verb] To act as a pimp. | [verb] Hence, to try to get rid of or proactively sell something. | [verb] To behave in a posh or effeminate manner. PONCES (10) [noun] A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's. | [noun] The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind. | [noun] A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate. PONCHO (13) [noun] A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head. | [noun] A similar waterproof garment, today typically of rubber with a hood. POUCHY (16) POUNCE (10) [noun] A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface. | [noun] Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc. | [verb] To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder. | [noun] A sudden leaping attack. PRANCE (10) [noun] A prancing movement. | [verb] (of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs. | [verb] To strut about in a showy manner. PREACH (13) [noun] A religious discourse. | [verb] To give a sermon. | [verb] To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue. PREACT (10) PRECIS (10) [noun] A summary or brief: a concise or abridged statement or view. | [verb] To write a précis of a work; to summarise, abridge PRECUT (10) [verb] To cut in advance. PRICED (11) [verb] To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on. | [verb] To pay the price of; to make reparation for. | [verb] To set a price on; to value; to prize. PRICER (10) PRICES (10) [noun] The cost required to gain possession of something. | [noun] The cost of an action or deed. | [noun] Value; estimation; excellence; worth. PRICEY (13) [adjective] Expensive, dear. PRICKS (14) [noun] A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. | [noun] An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. | [noun] A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point. PRICKY (17) PRINCE (10) [noun] A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch. | [noun] A female monarch. | [noun] Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person. PSOCID (11) [noun] Any insect of the order Psocoptera. PSYCHE (16) [noun] The human soul, mind, or spirit. | [noun] (chiefly psychology) The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual. | [noun] A small white butterfly, Leptosia nina, family Pieridae, of Asia and Australasia. | [verb] To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind. PSYCHO (16) [noun] A person who is psychotic or otherwise insane. | [noun] A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner. | [adjective] Psychotic, or otherwise insane. | [noun] A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught. PSYCHS (16) [noun] Psychology or psychiatry. | [noun] A psychologist; a psychiatrist. | [verb] To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up). PTOTIC (10) PUBLIC (12) [noun] The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group. | [noun] A public house; an inn. | [adjective] Able to be seen or known by everyone; open to general view, happening without concealment. PUCKER (14) [noun] A fold or wrinkle. | [noun] A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. | [verb] To pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold. PUMICE (12) [noun] A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles. As the lava solidifies, the bubbles are frozen into the rock. | [verb] To abrade or roughen with pumice. PUNCHY (16) [adjective] Having a punch; effective; forceful; spirited; vigorous. | [adjective] Behaving or appearing punch drunk. | [adjective] (of a person) Being over-reactive to routine events. PUTSCH (13) [noun] A coup d'état; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government. PYEMIC (15) PYKNIC (17) [noun] A short, thickset person characterised by thick neck, large abdomen and relatively short limbs; a endomorph. | [adjective] Short and stout; endomorphic QUACKS (21) [noun] The sound made by a duck. | [verb] To make a noise like a duck. | [noun] A fraudulent healer or incompetent professional; especially, a doctor of medicine who makes false diagnoses or inappropriate treatment; an impostor who claims to have qualifications to practice medicine. QUAICH (20) [noun] A traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin symbolizing friendship. It was originally used to toast the arrival or departure of a visitor. | [noun] (by extension) Any two-handled drinking vessel or trophy. QUENCH (20) [noun] The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state. | [noun] A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system. | [verb] To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst. QUICHE (20) [noun] A pie made primarily of eggs and cream in a pastry crust. Other ingredients such as chopped meat or vegetables are often added to the eggs before the quiche is baked. | [adjective] Extremely appealing to look at; sexually alluring. QUICKS (21) [noun] Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails. | [noun] Plants used in making a quickset hedge | [noun] The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling. QUINCE (17) [noun] The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga. | [noun] The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia. | [noun] A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince. QUINIC (17) QUITCH (20) [verb] To shake (something); to stir, move. | [verb] To stir; to move. | [verb] To flinch; shrink. | [noun] Elymus repens, couch grass (a species of grass, often considered a weed) RACEME (10) [noun] An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis. RACERS (8) [noun] Someone who takes part in a race. | [noun] A racehorse. | [noun] An animal known for its fast speed, or suitable for racing; applied especially to a number of North American snakes, certain kinds of lake trout, etc. RACHET (11) RACHIS (11) [noun] The spinal column, or the vertebrae of the spine. | [noun] An anatomical shaft or axis in a marine invertebrate. | [noun] The central shaft of a feather. RACIAL (8) [noun] A skill possessed by all characters of a certain race. | [adjective] Of or relating to a race (or a people). RACIER (8) [adjective] Mildly risqué. | [adjective] Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil. | [adjective] (by extension) Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively. RACILY (11) RACING (9) [verb] To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest). | [verb] To compete against in such a race. | [verb] To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed. RACISM (10) [noun] Belief that there are distinct human races with inherent differences which determine their abilities, and generally that some are superior and others inferior. | [noun] The policies, practices, or systems (e.g. government or political) promoting this belief or promoting the dominance of one or more races over others. | [noun] Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; an action of such discrimination. RACIST (8) [noun] A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others. | [adjective] Constituting, exhibiting, advocating or pertaining to racism. | [adjective] Discriminatory. RACKED (13) [verb] To place in or hang on a rack. | [verb] To torture (someone) on the rack. | [verb] To cause (someone) to suffer pain. RACKER (12) RACKET (12) [noun] A racquet: an implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton. | [noun] A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood. | [noun] A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground. | [noun] A loud noise. RACKLE (12) RACONS (8) [noun] A beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, responds by transmitting a coded navigation signal. RACOON (8) [noun] A nocturnal omnivore native to North America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail; Procyon lotor. | [noun] Any mammal of the genus Procyon. | [noun] Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine. RANCES (8) RANCHO (11) RANCID (9) [adjective] Rank in taste or smell. | [adjective] Offensive. RANCOR (8) [noun] The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred. RASCAL (8) RAUNCH (11) [noun] Low class condition or content; inferiority; inadequacy. | [noun] Dishonorable, base, and vulgar expression. | [noun] Socially unacceptable sexual behavior. REACTS (8) [noun] An emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media. | [verb] To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact. | [verb] To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force REBECK (14) [noun] An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras. REBECS (10) [noun] An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras. RECALL (8) [noun] The action or fact of calling someone or something back. | [noun] Memory; the ability to remember. | [noun] (information retrieval) the fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search RECANE (8) RECANT (8) [verb] To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly. RECAPS (10) [noun] A tire that has had new tread glued on. | [verb] To seal (something) again with a cap. | [verb] To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing a new outer portion. (US English only - Retread in UK English) RECAST (8) [noun] The act or process of recasting. | [noun] An utterance translated into another grammatical form. | [verb] To cast or throw again. RECCES (10) [noun] Reconnaissance. | [verb] Reconnoitre. RECEDE (9) [verb] To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. | [verb] To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor. | [verb] To take back. RECENT (8) [adjective] Having happened a short while ago. | [adjective] Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated. | [adjective] Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called. RECEPT (10) RECESS (8) [noun] A break, pause or vacation. | [noun] An inset, hole, space or opening. | [noun] A time of play during the school day, usually on a playground; break, playtime. RECHEW (14) RECIPE (10) [noun] A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions. | [noun] Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients. | [noun] By extension, a plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription. RECITE (8) [verb] To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience. | [verb] To list or enumerate something. | [verb] To deliver a recitation. RECKED (13) [verb] To make account of; to care for; to heed, regard, consider. | [verb] To concern, to be important or earnest. | [verb] To think. RECKON (12) [verb] To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. | [verb] To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute. | [verb] To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. RECLAD (9) RECOAL (8) RECOCK (14) RECODE (9) [verb] To code again or differently. RECOIL (8) [noun] A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking. | [noun] The state or condition of having recoiled. | [noun] The energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle. RECOIN (8) RECOMB (12) RECONS (8) [noun] Reconnaissance. | [noun] The smallest genetic unit that is capable of undergoing recombination. RECOOK (12) RECOPY (13) RECORD (9) [noun] A disk, usually made of a polymer, used to record sound for playback on a phonograph. | [noun] An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium. | [noun] Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference. | [verb] To make a record of information. RECORK (12) [verb] To replace a cork in (a bottle). RECOUP (10) [verb] To make back, as an investment. | [verb] To recover from an error. | [verb] To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct. RECTAL (8) [noun] A rectal examination. | [adjective] Of, via or related to the rectum. RECTOR (8) [noun] In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it. | [noun] In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution. | [noun] A priest or bishop who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy. RECTOS (8) [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. RECTUM (10) [noun] The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon. RECTUS (8) [noun] Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc. RECURS (8) [verb] To have recourse (to) someone or something for assistance, support etc. | [verb] To happen again. | [verb] To recurse. RECUSE (8) [verb] To refuse or reject (a judge); to declare that the judge shall not try the case or is disqualified from acting. | [verb] (of a judge) To refuse to act as a judge; to declare oneself disqualified from acting. RECUTS (8) [verb] To cut again REDACT (9) [verb] To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while releasing the remainder. | [verb] To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process. | [verb] To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit. REDCAP (11) [noun] A member of the Royal Military Police a unit in the British army. | [noun] A porter in a US railway station. | [noun] The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis). REDOCK (13) REDUCE (9) [verb] To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower. | [verb] To lose weight. | [verb] To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote. REECHO (11) REECHY (14) REFACE (11) [verb] To replace the face or surface of something; to create a new outer layer. REFECT (11) REJECT (15) [noun] Something that is rejected. | [noun] An unpopular person. | [noun] A rejected defective product in a production line RELACE (8) RELICS (8) [noun] That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion. | [noun] Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons. | [noun] A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration. RELICT (8) [noun] Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic. | [adjective] Surviving, remaining. | [adjective] That is a relict; pertaining to a relict. RELOCK (12) [verb] To lock again. RELUCT (8) REPACK (14) [verb] To pack again. | [verb] To clean the bearings and replace the grease on a wheel. RERACK (12) RESCUE (8) [noun] An act or episode of rescuing, saving. | [noun] A liberation, freeing. | [noun] The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril RESECT (8) [verb] To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means. RETACK (12) RHODIC (12) RICERS (8) [noun] A person, especially a Native American, who cultivates and harvests rice. | [noun] A utensil used to extrude soft foods (such as, and especially, cooked potato) through holes about the diameter of a grain of rice. | [noun] An imported automobile from an Oriental country, deemed inferior because it is low-powered and/or cheap. RICHEN (11) [verb] To make or render rich or richer. | [verb] To become rich or richer; become superior in quality, condition or effectiveness. | [verb] (of a colour) To gain richness; become heightened or intensified in brilliancy. RICHER (11) [adjective] Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions. | [adjective] Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour. | [adjective] Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling. RICHES (11) [noun] Money, goods, wealth, treasure. | [noun] An abundance of anything desirable. RICHLY (14) [adverb] In a rich manner; full of flavor or expression. | [adverb] Thoroughly RICING (9) [verb] To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes). | [verb] To harvest wild rice (Zizania sp.) | [verb] To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding). RICINS (8) RICKED (13) [verb] To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks. | [verb] To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc. RICKEY (15) [noun] A cocktail made with lime (citrus fruit) and carbonated water. RICRAC (10) [noun] A zigzag trim sewn to clothes for decoration. RICTAL (8) RICTUS (8) [noun] A bird's gaping mouth. | [noun] The throat of a calyx. | [noun] Any open-mouthed expression. ROCHET (11) [noun] A white vestment, worn by a bishop, similar to a surplice but with narrower sleeves, extending either to below the knee (in the Catholic church) or to the hem of the cassock in the Anglican church. | [noun] A frock or outer garment worn in the 13th and 14th centuries. | [noun] The red gurnard. ROCKED (13) [verb] To move gently back and forth. | [verb] To cause to shake or sway violently. | [verb] To sway or tilt violently back and forth. ROCKER (12) [noun] A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth. | [noun] A rocking chair. | [noun] The lengthwise curvature of a surfboard. (More rocker is a more curved board.) ROCKET (12) [noun] A rocket engine. | [noun] A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine. | [noun] A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine. | [noun] The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria. ROCOCO (10) [noun] A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation. | [adjective] Of or relating to the rococo style. | [adjective] Over-elaborate or complicated; opulent. ROSCOE (8) [noun] A handgun, particularly a revolver. ROTCHE (11) ROUCHE (11) RUBACE (10) RUBRIC (10) [noun] A heading in a book highlighted in red. | [noun] A title of a category or a class. | [noun] The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters. RUCHED (12) RUCHES (11) [noun] A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated. | [noun] A small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist. | [noun] A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn. RUCKED (13) [verb] To act as a ruck in a stoppage in Australian rules football. | [verb] To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck. | [verb] To crease or fold. RUCKLE (12) [noun] A disordered collection. | [noun] A wrinkle. | [verb] To crease or wrinkle. | [noun] A rattling noise in the throat, as from suffocation. RUCKUS (12) [noun] A noisy disturbance and/or commotion. | [noun] A row, fight. RUSTIC (8) [noun] A (sometimes unsophisticated) person from a rural area. | [noun] A noctuoid moth. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies having brown and orange wings, especially Cupha erymanthis. SACBUT (10) SACHEM (13) [noun] The chief of a Native American tribe; a sagamore. | [noun] A leader in the Tammany Hall society. SACHET (11) [noun] A small scented cloth bag filled with fragrant material such as herbs or potpourri. | [noun] A cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices added during cooking and then removed before serving. | [noun] A small, sealed packet containing a single-use quantity of any material. SACKED (13) [verb] (games) To sacrifice. | [verb] To put in a sack or sacks. | [verb] To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders. SACKER (12) SACQUE (17) SACRAL (8) [noun] Any of the sacral bones that make up the sacrum. | [adjective] Of the sacrum. | [adjective] Sacred. SACRED (9) [adjective] Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy. | [adjective] Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular | [adjective] Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics. | [verb] To consecrate SACRUM (10) [noun] A large triangular bone at the base of the spine, located between the two ilia (wings of the pelvis) and formed from vertebrae that fuse in adulthood. SAICES (8) SAMECH (13) SANCTA (8) SAUCED (9) [verb] To add sauce to; to season. | [verb] To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate. | [verb] To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive. SAUCER (8) [noun] A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips. | [noun] An object round and gently curved (shaped like a saucer). | [noun] A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table. SAUCES (8) [noun] A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food. | [noun] Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in: | [noun] (usually “the”) Alcohol, booze. SAUCHS (11) SCABBY (15) [adjective] Affected with scabs; full of scabs. | [adjective] Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy. | [adjective] Having a blotched, uneven appearance. SCALAR (8) [noun] A quantity that has magnitude but not direction; compare vector | [noun] An amplifier whose output is a constant multiple of its input | [adjective] Having magnitude but not direction SCALDS (9) [verb] To burn with hot liquid. | [verb] To heat almost to boiling. SCALED (9) [verb] To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product. | [verb] To climb to the top of. | [verb] To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors. SCALER (8) SCALES (8) [noun] A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. | [noun] An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude. | [noun] Size; scope. SCALLS (8) SCALPS (10) [noun] The top of the head; the skull. | [noun] The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from. | [noun] A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory. SCAMPI (12) [noun] A Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus). | [noun] Any similar species of genus Nephrops or similar prawns. SCAMPS (12) [noun] A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well. | [noun] A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster. | [verb] To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion. SCANTS (8) [noun] A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. | [noun] A sheet of stone. | [noun] (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size. SCANTY (11) [adjective] Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent. | [adjective] Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious; stingy. SCAPED (11) SCAPES (10) [noun] A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root. | [noun] The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body). | [noun] The basal part of the ovipositor of an insect, more specifically known as the oviscape. SCARAB (10) [noun] A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians. | [noun] Any species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. | [noun] A symbol, seal, amulet, or gem fashioned to resemble the sacred beetle. SCARCE (10) [adjective] Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand. | [adjective] Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); used with of. | [adverb] Scarcely, only just. SCARED (9) [verb] To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. | [adjective] Feeling fear; afraid, frightened. SCARER (8) SCARES (8) [noun] A minor fright. | [noun] A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread. | [noun] A device or object used to frighten. SCAREY (11) SCARFS (11) [noun] A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck. | [noun] A headscarf. | [noun] A neckcloth or cravat. SCARPH (13) SCARPS (10) [noun] The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet | [noun] A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment | [verb] (earth science) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment SCARRY (11) SCARTS (8) [noun] A slight wound. | [noun] A dash or stroke. | [noun] A niggard. SCATHE (11) [noun] Harm; damage; injury; hurt; misfortune; waste. | [verb] To injure or harm. | [verb] To blast; scorch; wither. SCATTS (8) SCATTY (11) [adjective] Scatterbrained; flighty. | [adjective] Showery; rainy SCAUPS (10) [noun] The top of the head; the skull. | [noun] The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from. | [noun] A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory. SCAURS (8) [noun] A steep cliff or bank. SCENAS (8) [noun] A scene in an opera. | [noun] An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria. | [noun] The stage of an ancient theatre. SCENDS (9) [noun] The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement. SCENES (8) [noun] The location of an event that attracts attention. | [noun] The stage. | [noun] The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set SCENIC (10) [noun] A depiction of scenery | [noun] A scenic artist; a person employed to design backgrounds for theatre etc. | [adjective] Having beautiful scenery; picturesque SCENTS (8) [noun] A distinctive odour or smell. | [noun] An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing. | [noun] The sense of smell. SCHAVS (14) SCHEMA (13) [noun] An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema). | [noun] A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other attributes of each column. | [noun] (markup languages) A formal description of data, data types, and data file structures, such as XML schemas for XML files. SCHEME (13) [noun] A systematic plan of future action. | [noun] A plot or secret, devious plan. | [noun] An orderly combination of related parts. SCHISM (13) [noun] A split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord. | [noun] A formal division or split within a religious body. | [noun] A split within Christianity whereby a group no longer recognizes the Bishop of Rome as the head of the Church, but shares essentially the same beliefs with the Church of Rome. In other words, a political split without the introduction of heresy. SCHIST (11) [noun] Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates. SCHIZO (20) [noun] Schizophrenic. SCHIZY (23) SCHLEP (13) [noun] A long or burdensome journey. | [noun] A boring person, a drag; a good-for-nothing person. | [noun] A sloppy or slovenly person. SCHMOE (13) SCHMOS (13) SCHNOZ (20) [noun] Nose. SCHOOL (11) [noun] (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales. | [noun] A multitude. | [verb] (of fish) To form into, or travel in a school. | [noun] An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution. SCHORL (11) [noun] The most common variety of tourmaline. SCHRIK (15) SCHROD (12) SCHTIK (15) SCHUIT (11) SCHULN (11) SCHUSS (11) [noun] A straight run downhill | [verb] To ski a schuss. SCHWAS (14) [noun] An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA. | [noun] The character ə. SCILLA (8) [noun] A plant of the genus Scilla; a squill. | [noun] A bulb of Urginea scilla. SCIONS (8) [noun] A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family. | [noun] The heir to a throne. | [noun] A guardian. SCLAFF (14) SCLERA (8) [noun] The white of the eye. It is the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea. SCOFFS (14) [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. SCOLDS (9) [noun] A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman. SCOLEX (15) [noun] The structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host. SCONCE (10) [noun] A fixture for a light. | [noun] A head or a skull. | [noun] A poll tax; a mulct or fine. | [noun] A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford. SCONES (8) [noun] A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle. | [noun] (Utah) Frybread served with honey butter spread on it. | [noun] The head. SCOOPS (10) [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. SCOOTS (8) [noun] A dollar. | [noun] A scooter. | [noun] A sideways shuffling or sliding motion. SCOPED (11) [verb] To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out. | [verb] To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc. | [verb] To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code. SCOPES (10) [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. SCORCH (13) [noun] A slight or surface burn. | [noun] A discolouration caused by heat. | [noun] Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi. SCORED (9) [verb] To cut a notch or a groove in a surface. | [verb] To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination. | [verb] To obtain something desired. SCORER (8) [noun] One who scores. | [noun] One who keeps track of scores in a game; a scorekeeper. | [noun] Either of a pair of people, one provided by each side, who record in a specially formatted book, every ball bowled, every run scored, and every wicket that falls SCORES (8) [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. SCORIA (8) [noun] The slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore. | [noun] Rough masses of rock formed by solidified lava, and which can be found around a volcano's crater. SCORNS (8) [verb] To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise. | [verb] To reject, turn down. | [verb] To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself. SCOTCH (13) [noun] A surface cut or abrasion. | [noun] A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch. | [noun] A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping. | [noun] (as a plural noun, the Scotch) The people of Scotland. | [noun] Scotch tape SCOTER (8) [noun] Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Melanitta. SCOTIA (8) [noun] A concave molding with a lower edge projecting beyond the top. SCOURS (8) [verb] To clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent. | [verb] To remove debris and dirt by purging; to sweep along or off (by a current of water). | [verb] To clear the digestive tract by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge. SCOUSE (8) [noun] A stew associated with the Liverpool area, usually containing (at least) meat, onions, carrots and potatoes. SCOUTH (11) SCOUTS (8) [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. SCOWED (12) SCOWLS (11) [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. SCRAGS (9) [noun] A thin or scrawny person or animal. | [noun] The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end. | [noun] The neck, especially of a sheep. SCRAMS (10) [verb] To use the shutdown or safety device of a nuclear reactor. | [verb] (by extension) To use any emergency shutdown. | [verb] Leave in a hurry, go away. SCRAPE (10) [noun] A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch). | [noun] A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons. | [noun] An awkward set of circumstances. SCRAPS (10) [noun] A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. | [noun] (usually in the plural) Leftover food. | [noun] The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat. SCRAWL (11) [noun] Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting. | [noun] A hastily or carelessly written note etc. | [noun] Writing that lacks literary merit. | [verb] To creep; crawl; (by extension) to swarm with crawling things SCREAK (12) SCREAM (10) [noun] A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound. | [noun] A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer. | [noun] Used as an intensifier SCREED (9) [noun] A piece or narrow strip cut or torn off from a larger whole; a shred. | [noun] A piece of land, especially one that is narrow. | [noun] A rent, a tear. | [verb] To rend, to shred, to tear. | [noun] A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe. | [adjective] Strewn with scree. SCREEN (8) [noun] A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous. | [noun] A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass. | [noun] (by analogy) Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening SCREES (8) [noun] Loose stony debris on a slope. | [noun] (by extension) Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc. | [noun] A slope made up of loose stony debris at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc. SCREWS (11) [noun] A device that has a helical function. | [noun] The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side. | [noun] A prison guard. SCREWY (14) [adjective] Crazy; silly; ridiculous | [adjective] Tipsy; slightly drunk. | [adjective] Exacting; extortionate; close. SCRIBE (10) [noun] Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary or copyist. | [noun] A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people. | [noun] A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber. SCRIED (9) [verb] To predict the future using crystal balls or other objects. | [verb] To descry; to see. | [verb] To proclaim. SCRIES (8) [verb] To predict the future using crystal balls or other objects. | [verb] To descry; to see. | [verb] To proclaim. SCRIMP (12) [noun] A pinching miser; a niggard. | [verb] To make too small or short. | [verb] To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance. SCRIMS (10) [noun] A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,. | [noun] A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf. | [noun] A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composed of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes. SCRIPS (10) [noun] A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc. | [noun] Small change. | [noun] A scrap of paper. SCRIPT (10) [noun] A writing; a written document. | [noun] Written characters; style of writing. | [noun] Type made in imitation of handwriting. SCRIVE (11) SCRODS (9) [noun] (sometimes New York) Any cod, pollock, haddock, or other whitefish. SCROLL (8) [noun] A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll. | [noun] An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern. | [noun] Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant. SCROOP (10) SCROTA (8) [noun] The bag of skin and muscle that contains the testicles in mammals. SCRUBS (10) [noun] One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. | [noun] One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks. | [noun] A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant SCRUFF (14) [noun] Someone with an untidy appearance. | [noun] Stubble, facial hair (on males). | [noun] Crust. | [noun] The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals. SCRUMS (10) [noun] A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people. | [noun] Specifically used in the Canadian media to describe a tightly-packed group of reporters surrounding a member of the Canadian House of Commons while in the Parliament Buildings. | [noun] In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way. Also known as a scrummage. SCUBAS (10) [noun] (underwater diving) An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater. SCUFFS (14) [verb] To scrape the feet while walking. | [verb] To hit lightly, to brush against. | [verb] To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball. SCULKS (12) SCULLS (8) [noun] A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward. | [noun] One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower. | [noun] A small rowing boat, for one person. SCULPS (10) [verb] (sometimes humorous) To sculpture; to carve or engrave. | [verb] To flay. SCULPT (10) [noun] A modification that can be applied to an object, like a texture, but changes the object's shape rather than its appearance. | [verb] To form by sculpture. | [verb] To work as a sculptor. SCUMMY (15) SCURFS (11) SCURFY (14) SCURRY (11) [noun] A dash. | [verb] To run with quick light steps, to scamper. SCURVY (14) [noun] A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes. | [adjective] Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy. | [adjective] Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean. SCUTCH (13) [noun] An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them. | [noun] The woody fibre of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. | [verb] To beat or whip; to drub. | [noun] A tuft or clump of grass. SCUTES (8) [noun] A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles. | [noun] A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs | [noun] A small shield. SCUTUM (10) [noun] An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry of the Roman army. | [noun] A scute. | [noun] A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum) SCUZZY (29) [adjective] Dirty or grimy. | [adjective] Disreputable; sleazy. SCYPHI (16) SCYTHE (14) [noun] An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath. | [noun] A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots. | [noun] The tenth Lenormand card. SEANCE (8) [noun] A ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium. | [noun] The sitting of an assembly to discuss a matter. | [verb] To hold a séance (communication with spirits). SEARCH (11) [noun] An attempt to find something. | [noun] The act of searching in general. | [verb] To look in (a place) for something. SECANT (8) [noun] A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points. | [noun] In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec | [adjective] That cuts or divides. SECCOS (10) SECEDE (9) [verb] To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation. | [verb] To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation. SECERN (8) SECOND (9) [noun] Something that is number two in a series. | [noun] Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority. | [noun] The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest. | [noun] One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest. | [noun] One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant. SECPAR (10) SECRET (8) [noun] A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden. | [noun] The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack. | [noun] Something not understood or known. SECTOR (8) [noun] Section | [noun] Zone (designated area). | [noun] Part of a circle, extending to the center SECUND (9) [adjective] Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk; unilateral. SECURE (8) [verb] To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect. | [verb] To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of. | [verb] To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping. SEDUCE (9) [verb] To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray. | [verb] To entice or induce (someone) to engage in a sexual relationship. | [verb] (by extension) To have sexual intercourse with. SEICHE (11) [noun] A short-term standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, characteristic of its geometry SELECT (8) [verb] To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options. | [verb] To obtain a set of data from a database using a query. | [adjective] Privileged, specially selected. SENECA (8) SEPTIC (10) [noun] A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction. | [noun] A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to sepsis. | [noun] A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven. | [noun] An American, a Yank. SERACS (8) [noun] Often sérac: a hard, cone-shaped, pale green, strongly flavoured cheese from Switzerland made from skimmed cowmilk and blue fenugreek (Trigonella caerulea); Schabziger, Sapsago. It is usually eaten grated, mixed with butter, or in a fondue. | [noun] (glaciology) A sharp tower of ice formed by intersecting crevasses of a glacier. SHACKO (15) SHACKS (15) [noun] A crude, roughly built hut or cabin. | [noun] Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building. | [noun] The room from which a ham radio operator transmits. SHEUCH (14) SHLOCK (15) [noun] Commodity that is shoddy or inferior. SHMUCK (17) [noun] A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because he or she is stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant. | [noun] A deplorable, pitiful person; often in the form poor schmuck. SHOCKS (15) [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. SHTICK (15) [noun] A generally humorous routine | [noun] A characteristic trait or theme, especially in the way people or media present themselves. | [noun] A gimmick. SHUCKS (15) [noun] The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts). | [noun] A fraud; a scam. | [noun] A phony. SIALIC (8) SICCAN (10) SICCED (11) [verb] To mark with a bracketed sic. | [verb] To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs. | [verb] To set upon; to chase; to attack. SICKED (13) [verb] To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs. | [verb] To set upon; to chase; to attack. | [verb] To vomit. SICKEE (12) SICKEN (12) [verb] To make ill. | [verb] To become ill. | [verb] To fill with disgust or abhorrence. SICKER (12) [adjective] Having an urge to vomit. | [adjective] In poor health. | [adjective] Mentally unstable, disturbed. | [adjective] (obsolete outside dialectal) Certain. | [verb] To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack. SICKIE (12) [noun] A day, or time, off work due to (supposed) illness. SICKLE (12) [noun] An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops. | [noun] Any of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock. | [verb] To cut with a sickle. SICKLY (15) [verb] To make (something) sickly. | [verb] To become sickly. | [adjective] Frequently ill or in poor health. SICKOS (12) [noun] A person with unpleasant tastes, views or habits. | [noun] A mentally ill person. | [noun] A physically ill person. SILICA (8) [noun] Silicon dioxide. | [noun] Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals. SITCOM (10) [noun] An episodic comedy television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation. | [noun] Acronym of single income, two children, oppressive/outrageous mortgage. SKETCH (15) [noun] A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines. | [noun] A rough design, plan, or draft, as a rough draft of a book. | [noun] A brief description of a person or account of an incident; a general presentation or outline. SKYCAP (17) [noun] A porter at an airport. SLACKS (12) [noun] The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it. | [noun] A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains. | [verb] To slacken. SLATCH (11) SLICED (9) [verb] To cut into slices. | [verb] To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion. | [verb] To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar. SLICER (8) SLICES (8) [noun] That which is thin and broad. | [noun] A thin, broad piece cut off. | [noun] An amount of anything. SLICKS (12) [noun] A covering of liquid, particularly oil. | [noun] Someone who is clever and untrustworthy. | [noun] A tool used to make something smooth or even. SLOUCH (11) [noun] A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance | [noun] Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim. | [noun] Someone who is slow to act. SLUICE (8) [noun] An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow. | [noun] A water gate or floodgate. | [noun] Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply. SLUICY (11) SMACKS (14) [noun] A distinct flavor, especially if slight. | [noun] A slight trace of something; a smattering. | [noun] Heroin. SMIRCH (13) [noun] Dirt, or a stain. | [noun] A stain on somebody's reputation. | [verb] To dirty; to make dirty. | [noun] A chirp of radiation power from an astronomical body that has a smeared appearance on its plot in the time-frequency plane (usually associated with massive bodies orbiting supermassive black holes) SMOCKS (14) [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. SMOOCH (13) [noun] A kiss. | [verb] To kiss. | [verb] To soil, stain or smudge. SMUTCH (13) SNACKS (12) [noun] A light meal. | [noun] An item of food eaten between meals. | [noun] A very sexy and attractive person. SNATCH (11) [noun] A quick grab or catch. | [noun] A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. | [noun] A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation. SNECKS (12) [noun] A latch or catch. | [noun] The nose. | [noun] A cut. SNICKS (12) [noun] A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch | [noun] A small cut or mark. | [noun] A knot or irregularity in yarn. SNITCH (11) [noun] A thief. | [noun] An informer, usually one who betrays his group. | [noun] A nose. SOCAGE (9) [noun] In the Middle Ages (and chiefly but not exclusively medieval England), a legal system whereby a tenant would pay a rent or do some agricultural work for the landlord. SOCCER (10) [noun] Association football | [verb] To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands. SOCIAL (8) [noun] A festive gathering to foster introductions. | [noun] A dance held to raise money for a couple to be married. | [noun] A dinner dance event, usually held annually by a company or sporting club. SOCKED (13) [verb] To hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to. | [verb] To throw. SOCKET (12) [noun] An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket). | [noun] A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint. | [noun] One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network. SOCLES (8) [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. SOCMAN (10) SOCMEN (10) SOLACE (8) [noun] Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress. | [noun] A source of comfort or consolation. | [verb] To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console. SONICS (8) [noun] The science and technology of sound. SORBIC (10) SOUCAR (8) SOURCE (8) [noun] The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired. | [noun] Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates. | [noun] A reporter's informant. SOWCAR (11) SPACED (11) [verb] To roam, walk, wander. | [verb] To set some distance apart. | [verb] To insert or utilise spaces in a written text. SPACER (10) SPACES (10) [noun] (heading) Of time. | [noun] (heading) Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise. | [noun] (heading) A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise. SPACEY (13) [adjective] Spaced-out | [adjective] Eccentric | [adjective] Having much space SPECIE (10) [noun] Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie. | [noun] Money, especially in the form of coins made from precious metal, that has an intrinsic value; coinage. SPECKS (14) [noun] A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc. | [noun] A very small thing; a particle; a whit. | [noun] A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States. SPEECH (13) [noun] The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate. | [noun] A session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person. | [noun] A style of speaking. SPENCE (10) [noun] A buttery or pantry SPICAE (10) SPICAS (10) [noun] A spike. | [noun] A spur. | [noun] A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns. SPICED (11) [verb] To add spice or spices to; season. | [verb] To spice up. | [adjective] Having spice added, spicy. SPICER (10) SPICES (10) [noun] Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food. | [noun] Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging. | [noun] A synthetic cannabinoid drug. SPICEY (13) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or containing spice. | [adjective] (of flavors) Provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of chilis or similar hot spices | [adjective] (of flavors or odors) Tangy, zesty, or pungent. SPICKS (14) SPLICE (10) [noun] A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together. | [noun] The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable. | [noun] That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade. SPRUCE (10) [noun] Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir. | [noun] The wood of a spruce. | [noun] (used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce. SPRUCY (13) STACKS (12) [noun] (heading) A pile. | [noun] A smokestack. | [noun] (heading) In computing. STACTE (8) STANCE (8) [noun] The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands. | [noun] One's opinion or point of view. | [noun] A place to stand; a position, a site, a station. STANCH (11) [noun] That which stanches or checks a flow. | [noun] A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. | [verb] To stop the flow of. STARCH (11) [noun] A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc. | [noun] (nutrition) Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods. | [noun] A stiff, formal manner; formality. STATIC (8) [noun] Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television. | [noun] (by extension) Interference or obstruction from people. | [noun] Static electricity. STELIC (8) STENCH (11) [noun] A strong foul smell; a stink. | [noun] A foul quality. | [noun] A smell or odour, not necessarily bad. STERIC (8) [adjective] Relating to or involving the arrangement of atoms in space. | [adjective] Of the repulsion of atoms due to closeness or arrangement STICHS (11) STICKS (12) [noun] An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. | [noun] Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance. | [noun] Material or objects attached to a stick or the like. STICKY (15) [noun] A sticky note, such as a post-it note. | [noun] A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view. | [noun] A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper. STITCH (11) [noun] A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. | [noun] An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style. | [noun] An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise. | [verb] To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches. STOCKS (12) [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. STOCKY (15) [adjective] (of a person or an animal) Sturdy; solidly built; heavy and compact. STOICS (8) [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. STRICK (12) STRICT (8) [adjective] Strained; drawn close; tight. | [adjective] Tense; not relaxed. | [adjective] Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular. STRUCK (12) [verb] (sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate. | [verb] (physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect. | [verb] To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate. STUCCO (10) [noun] A plaster that is used to coat (interior or) exterior walls, or used for mouldings. | [noun] Work made of stucco; stuccowork. | [verb] To coat or decorate with stucco. SUCCAH (13) [noun] A temporary dwelling or booth used by practising Jews during Tabernacles (Sukkot). SUCCOR (10) [noun] Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration. | [noun] Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action. | [noun] (obsolete except dialectal) Protection, refuge, shelter; a place providing such protection, refuge or shelter. SUCKED (13) [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. SUCKER (12) [noun] A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned. | [noun] An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree. | [noun] (by extension) A parasite; a sponger. | [noun] Any thing or object. SUCKLE (12) [noun] A teat. | [verb] To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs. | [verb] To nurse; to suck milk from a nursing mother. SUCRES (8) [noun] The former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos. SULCAL (8) SULCUS (8) [noun] A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue. | [noun] Any of the grooves that mark the convolutions of the surface of the brain. | [noun] A region of subparallel grooves or ditches formed by a geological process. SUMACH (13) [noun] Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and other genera in Anacardiaceae, particularly the elm-leaved sumac, Sicilian sumac, or tanner's sumac (Rhus coriaria). | [noun] Dried and chopped-up leaves and stems of a plant of the genus Rhus, particularly the tanner's sumac (see sense 1), used for dyeing and tanning leather or for medicinal purposes. | [noun] A sour spice popular in the Eastern Mediterranean, made from the berries of tanner's sumac. SUMACS (10) [noun] Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and other genera in Anacardiaceae, particularly the elm-leaved sumac, Sicilian sumac, or tanner's sumac (Rhus coriaria). | [noun] Dried and chopped-up leaves and stems of a plant of the genus Rhus, particularly the tanner's sumac (see sense 1), used for dyeing and tanning leather or for medicinal purposes. | [noun] A sour spice popular in the Eastern Mediterranean, made from the berries of tanner's sumac. SWATCH (14) [noun] A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material. | [noun] A selection of such samples bound together. | [noun] A clump or portion of something. | [noun] A channel or passage of water between sandbanks, or between a sandbank and a seashore. SWITCH (14) [noun] A bundle of thin sticks, typically made of wood, sometimes bond in such a way that binding can be moved so that it varies the tightness of the binding. | [noun] A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow. | [noun] A change or exchange. SYCEES (11) SYNCED (12) [verb] To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video. | [verb] To flush all pending I/O operations to disk. SYNCHS (14) [noun] Harmony. | [noun] A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films. | [noun] The state or property of being synchronized. SYNCOM (13) SYNDIC (12) [noun] A government official, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva. | [noun] An agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee. TACHES (11) [noun] Moustache, mustache. | [noun] A spot, stain, or blemish. | [noun] Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button. TACKED (13) [verb] To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head). | [verb] To sew/stich with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth). | [verb] To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other. TACKER (12) TACKET (12) TACKEY (15) TACKLE (12) [noun] A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook. | [noun] A block and tackle. | [noun] Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling. TACTIC (10) [noun] A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end. | [noun] A maneuver used against an enemy. | [noun] A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material. TALCED (9) [verb] To apply talc to. TALCKY (15) TALCUM (10) [noun] Powdered and perfumed talc for toilet use. | [verb] To perfume with talcum powder. TAMBAC (12) TANNIC (8) [adjective] Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin. TANREC (8) TARMAC (10) [noun] Tarmacadam. | [noun] Any bituminous road surfacing material. | [noun] The driveable surface of a road. TAROCS (8) TEACUP (10) [noun] A small cup, usually with a handle, used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set. | [noun] A unit of measure; a teacupful. | [adjective] Of an animal, smaller than average. TECHED (12) TECHIE (11) [noun] One who works with, or has an interest in, technology or computers. | [noun] A person who works on the technical side of events. TECTAL (8) TECTUM (10) [noun] The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus | [noun] The interconnected outer surface of a spore. TENACE (8) [noun] An interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen. TENREC (8) [noun] Any of several diverse small mammals, of the family Tenrecidae, many native to Madagascar. TERBIC (10) TERCEL (8) [noun] A male hawk or falcon, used in falconry. TERCES (8) [noun] The third hour of daylight (about 9 am). | [noun] The service appointed for this hour. | [noun] A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property. TERCET (8) [noun] A three-line stanza in a poem TETCHY (14) [adjective] Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible. THACKS (15) THATCH (14) [noun] Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. | [noun] Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. | [noun] A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn. | [verb] To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc. THECAE (11) [noun] Any external case or sheath. | [noun] The pollen-producing organ usually found in pairs and forming an anther. | [noun] The twin layers of cells surrounding the basal lamina of an ovarian follicle. THECAL (11) THENCE (11) [adverb] From there, from that place or from that time. | [adverb] Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom. | [adverb] From that time; thenceforth; thereafter THETIC (11) THICKS (15) THORIC (11) THRICE (11) [adverb] Three times. THWACK (18) [noun] The act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement. | [noun] A heavy slapping sound. | [verb] To hit with a flat implement. THYMIC (16) [adjective] Of or relating to the thymus gland | [adjective] Derived from thymol TICALS (8) TICKED (13) [verb] To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock. | [verb] To make a tick or checkmark. | [verb] To work or operate, especially mechanically. TICKER (12) [noun] One who makes a tick mark. | [noun] A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur. | [noun] A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen. TICKET (12) [noun] A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc. | [noun] A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation | [noun] A citation for a traffic violation. TICKLE (12) [noun] The act of tickling. | [noun] An itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling. | [noun] A light tap of the ball. TICTAC (10) TICTOC (10) TIERCE (8) [noun] The third hour of daylight (about 9 am). | [noun] The service appointed for this hour. | [noun] A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property. TINCAL (8) TINCTS (8) TIPCAT (10) [noun] An old game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, to make it travel through the air as far as possible. | [noun] The wooden piece used in this game. TOCHER (11) [noun] A dowry. | [verb] To supply with a dowry. TOCSIN (8) [noun] An alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, originally especially with reference to France. | [noun] A bell used to sound an alarm. TOECAP (10) [noun] A piece of leather or other material on a shoe or boot that covers the toes. TOLUIC (8) TOMBAC (12) TOMCAT (10) [noun] A tom, a male cat. | [verb] To prowl for sexual gratification. TOMCOD (11) [noun] A species of edible cod found in the Atlantic, Microgadus tomcod. | [noun] Microgadus proximus, found in the Pacific. | [noun] A kingfish. TONICS (8) [noun] A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate. | [noun] Tonic water. | [noun] (Massachusetts) Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop. TOPICS (10) [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. TORCHY (14) TOUCAN (8) [noun] Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak. TOUCHE (11) [interjection] An acknowledgement of a hit. | [interjection] An acknowledgement of the validity, appropriateness or superiority of an opponent's argument or statement in a discussion. TOUCHY (14) [adjective] (of a situation) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness. | [adjective] (of a person) Easily offended; oversensitive; ticklish. TOXICS (15) [noun] (waste processing) Toxic waste TRACED (9) [verb] To follow the trail of. | [verb] To follow the history of. | [verb] To draw or sketch lightly or with care. TRACER (8) [noun] A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process. | [noun] A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark. | [noun] The act or state of tracking or investigating something. TRACES (8) [noun] An act of tracing. | [noun] An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package. | [noun] A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal. TRACKS (12) [noun] A mark left by something that has passed along. | [noun] A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal. | [noun] The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc. TRACTS (8) [noun] An area or expanse. | [noun] A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract. | [noun] A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses. TRAGIC (9) [noun] An obsessive fan, a superfan | [noun] A writer of tragedy. | [noun] A tragedy; a tragic drama. TRANCE (8) [noun] A dazed or unconscious condition. | [noun] A state of awareness, concentration, and/or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being). | [noun] A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis. | [noun] (obsolete outside Britain) A tedious journey. TRENCH (11) [noun] A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground. | [noun] A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces. | [noun] A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation. TRIACS (8) [noun] A three-terminal electronic component that conducts current in either direction when triggered; a bidirectional triode thyristor. TRICED (9) TRICES (8) TRICKS (12) [noun] Something designed to fool or swindle. | [noun] A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick. | [noun] An entertaining difficult physical action. TRICKY (15) [adjective] Hard to deal with, complicated | [adjective] Adept at using deception | [adjective] Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick TRICOT (8) [noun] A soft knit fabric. TROCAR (8) [noun] A pointed hollow cylindrical device used to make small incisions and surgically insert cannulas, etc., into body cavities, or to aspirate fluids. TROCHE (11) TROCKS (12) TROPIC (10) TRUCED (9) TRUCES (8) [noun] A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties | [noun] An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time TRUCKS (12) [noun] A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage. | [noun] The ball on top of a flagpole. | [noun] On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards; also a temporary or emergency place for a lookout. "Main" refers to the mainmast, whereas a truck on another mast may be called (on the mizzenmast, for example) "mizzen-truck". TUCHUN (11) TUCKED (13) [verb] To pull or gather up (an item of fabric). | [verb] To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe or somewhat hidden. | [verb] (often with "in" or "into") To eat; to consume. TUCKER (12) [noun] One who or that which tucks. | [noun] Food. | [noun] Work that scarcely yields a living wage. | [noun] Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress. TUCKET (12) [noun] A fanfare played on one or more trumpets. | [noun] A steak; a collop. TUNICA (8) TUNICS (8) [noun] A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles. | [noun] Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane. TURACO (8) [noun] Any of the birds in the Musophagidae family with vivid colouring and prominent crest. TUSCHE (11) TWITCH (14) [noun] Couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed) TYCOON (11) [noun] A wealthy and powerful business person. ULCERS (8) [noun] An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection. | [noun] Peptic ulcer | [noun] Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character. UMIACK (14) UMIACS (10) UNCAGE (9) [verb] To take out of or release from a cage. | [verb] (by extension) To unleash; to remove from restraints. UNCAKE (12) UNCAPS (10) [verb] To remove a cap or cover from. | [verb] To take off one's cap. UNCASE (8) [verb] To take out of a case or covering; to uncover. | [verb] To strip; to flay. | [verb] To display, or spread to view, as a flag, or the colors of a military body. UNCHIC (13) UNCIAE (8) UNCIAL (8) [adjective] Of or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high. | [noun] A style of writing using uncial letters. | [noun] A letter in this style. UNCINI (8) UNCLAD (9) [adjective] Without clothing or other covering. UNCLES (8) [noun] The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent. | [noun] The male cousin of one’s parent. | [noun] A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother. UNCLIP (10) [verb] To release something by removing a clip. UNCLOG (9) [verb] To remove a blockage from. | [verb] To have a blockage removed. UNCOCK (14) UNCOIL (8) [verb] To unwind or untwist (something). | [verb] To unwind or untwist oneself. UNCOOL (8) [adjective] Not in accord with the current fashion, standards or mores of a particular group; not cool UNCORK (12) [verb] To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from. | [verb] To release. UNCUFF (14) UNCURB (10) UNCURL (8) [verb] To straighten out from being curled up. UNCUTE (8) UNDOCK (13) [verb] To remove (a ship) from a dock. | [verb] To remove from a docking station. | [verb] To drag (a user interface element, such as a toolbar) away from its fixed position so that it floats freely. UNIFIC (11) UNLACE (8) [verb] To remove the knot from laces; to undo laces. | [verb] To loosen the clothing of (a person). | [verb] To remove (film) from a projector. UNLOCK (12) [noun] The act of unlocking something. | [verb] To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination. | [verb] To obtain access to something. UNPACK (14) [verb] To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack. | [verb] To empty containers that had been packed. | [verb] To analyze a concept or a text. UNPICK (14) [verb] To undo sewing stitches. | [verb] To undo knitting in order to reuse the wool. | [verb] To unravel or untangle the threads of a rope etc. UNTACK (12) [verb] To unfasten (something tacked). | [verb] To remove the tack from. UNTUCK (12) [verb] To remove something from a relatively hidden location or position where it is tucked. UPCAST (10) [noun] A cast; a throw. | [noun] The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine. | [noun] A current of air passed along such a shaft. UPCOIL (10) UPCURL (10) UPTICK (14) [noun] A small increase or upward change in something that has been steady or declining. | [noun] A stock market transaction or quote at a price above a preceding one. URACIL (8) [noun] One of the bases of RNA, pairing with adenine. URANIC (8) URATIC (8) URCHIN (11) [noun] A mischievous child. | [noun] A street urchin, a child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets. | [noun] A sea urchin. UREMIC (10) URETIC (8) USANCE (8) [noun] The length of time permitted for the payment of a bill of exchange. | [noun] Use. | [noun] Customary or habitual usage. VACANT (11) [adjective] Not occupied; empty. | [adjective] Showing no intelligence or interest. VACATE (11) [verb] To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction. | [verb] To leave an office or position. | [verb] To have a court judgement set aside; to annul. VACUUM (13) [noun] A region of space that contains no matter. | [noun] (plural only "vacuums") A vacuum cleaner. | [noun] The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc. VECTOR (11) [noun] A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points. | [noun] An ordered tuple representing a directed quantity or the signed difference between two points. | [noun] Any member of a (generalized) vector space. VELOCE (11) VESICA (11) VIATIC (11) VICARS (11) [noun] In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes. | [noun] In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy. | [noun] A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person. VICING (12) VICTIM (13) [noun] One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceived, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: | [noun] A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite. VICTOR (11) [noun] The winner in a fight or contest. | [noun] The letter V in the ICAO spelling alphabet. VICUNA (11) [noun] A South American mammal, Vicugna vicugna, closely related to the alpaca, llama, and guanaco. VINCAS (11) [noun] Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle VISCID (12) [adjective] Viscous; having a high viscosity. | [adjective] Sticky, slimy, or glutinous. | [adjective] Covered with a viscid layer. VISCUS (11) [noun] One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen. | [noun] Specifically, the intestines. VITRIC (11) VIVACE (14) VOCALS (11) [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. | [noun] The words of a song together with other sounds sung by a vocalist VOICED (12) [verb] To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce | [verb] To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath. | [verb] To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of VOICER (11) [noun] One who voices something. | [noun] One who fits or regulates the pipes of an organ so as to produce the desired quality of sound. | [noun] A spoken report to be broadcast. VOICES (11) [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 VOMICA (13) WACKES (15) [noun] A soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt. WACKOS (15) [noun] An amusingly eccentric or irrational person. WAUCHT (14) WECHTS (14) WHACKO (18) [noun] An amusingly eccentric or irrational person. | [adjective] Amusingly eccentric or irrational. WHACKS (18) [noun] The sound of a heavy strike. | [noun] The strike itself. | [noun] The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact. WHACKY (21) [adjective] Zany; eccentric WHENCE (14) [adverb] From where; from which place or source. | [conjunction] Used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated. WICHES (14) WICKED (16) [noun] People who are wicked. | [adjective] Evil or mischievous by nature. | [adjective] Excellent; awesome; masterful. | [verb] To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action. | [adjective] Active; brisk. WICKER (15) [noun] A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture | [noun] Wickerwork. | [adjective] Made of wickerwork. WICKET (15) [noun] A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one. | [noun] A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating. | [noun] A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller; a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc. WICOPY (16) WINCED (12) [verb] To flinch as if in pain or distress. | [verb] To wash (cloth), dip it in dye, etc., with the use of a wince. | [verb] To kick or flounce when unsteady or impatient. WINCER (11) WINCES (11) [noun] A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away. | [noun] A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment at will. WINCEY (14) [noun] Linsey-woolsey WITCHY (17) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of witches; witchlike. WRACKS (15) [verb] To place in or hang on a rack. | [verb] To torture (someone) on the rack. | [verb] To cause (someone) to suffer pain. WRECKS (15) [noun] Something or someone that has been ruined. | [noun] The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down. | [noun] An event in which something is damaged through collision. WRENCH (14) [noun] A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. | [noun] An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. | [noun] A trick or artifice. | [verb] To violently move in a turn or writhe. WRETCH (14) [noun] An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person. | [noun] An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person. | [noun] An exile. WRICKS (15) WYCHES (17) XEBECS (17) [noun] A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern. YACHTS (14) [noun] A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock. | [noun] Any vessel used for private, noncommercial purposes. | [verb] To sail, voyage, or race in a yacht. YACKED (16) [verb] To talk, particularly informally but persistently; to chatter or prattle. | [verb] To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption. YAPOCK (17) YCLEPT (13) [verb] To give a call; cry out; appeal. | [verb] To call; call upon; cry out to. | [verb] To call to oneself; invite; summon. YECCHS (16) YOCKED (16) YOICKS (15) YTTRIC (11) YUCCAS (13) [noun] Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms. | [noun] The yuca (cassava). YUCKED (16) [verb] To itch. ZEBECK (23) [noun] A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern. ZEBECS (19) [noun] A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern. ZECHIN (20) ZINCED (18) [verb] To electroplate with zinc. | [verb] To coat with sunblock incorporating zinc oxide. ZINCIC (19) ZINCKY (24) ZIRCON (17) [noun] A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or grey colour and consisting of silica and zirconia. | [noun] A crystal of zircon, sometimes used as a false gemstone. ZODIAC (18) [noun] The belt-like region of the celestial sphere approximately eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic which include the apparent path of the sun, moon, and visible planets. | [noun] The twelve equal divisions of the zodiacal region into signs or houses, each named for a prominent constellation in the region. | [noun] The ecliptic: the belt-like region of the celestial sphere corresponding to the apparent path of the sun over the course of a year. ZOECIA (17) ZYDECO (21) [noun] A form of Louisiana Creole music, characteristically performed by accordion and washboard bands, that combines Cajun and Creole roots music with elements of African American music.