4 Letter 5 Letter 11 Letter Countdown Words Starting With C

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.

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) [noun] A purring sound, or the act of making such a sound. | [verb] To make a purring or whirring sound. 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.

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) [adjective] Resembling or containing curds; having the texture or consistency of curdled milk. 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) [noun] One who cures, such as a person who preserves food or treats diseases. | [noun] A clergyman or member of the clergy responsible for spiritual care in a parish. 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) [noun] A surgical instrument with a scoop or loop at the end, used for scraping or removing tissue from body cavities. | [verb] To scrape or clean with a curet. CURFS (10) [noun] Plural of curf, an archaic or dialectal term for a turf or piece of grass-covered ground. CURIA (7) [noun] A division of the ancient Roman people, or a Roman senate house; also, a court or judicial assembly in medieval times. 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) [noun] A tropical African tree (Hagenia abyssinica) whose bark is used as a vermifuge; also spelled cusso or kosso. 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) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "cute," meaning to make cute or to behave in a cute manner. | [noun] Plural of "cute," used informally to refer to cute people or things. 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) [noun] Plural of cyan, a greenish-blue color that is one of the primary colors in the CMYK color model. 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) [noun] A tropical or subtropical plant of the family Cycadaceae, having a thick trunk and large compound leaves. 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) [noun] A shallow drinking cup with two handles used in ancient Greece, typically used for wine. 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) [noun] A woman's close-fitting undergarment or jacket worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. | [noun] A type of loose garment or chemise. 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) [noun] A colorless liquid hydrocarbon derived from cumin oil or produced synthetically, used in perfumes and disinfectants. 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) [noun] The main body of a nerve cell, containing the nucleus, excluding the axon and dendrites. 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.

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) [noun] A toxic plant extract from South American plants, used as an arrow poison and in medicine as a muscle relaxant. 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) [noun] A toxic substance derived from certain South American plants, used historically as a poison on arrows and darts. | [noun] The plant from which this poison is extracted. 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) [noun] One who curbs; a person or thing that restrains or checks something. CURDED (10) [verb] Past tense of "curd," meaning to form into curds or to cause milk to curdle. 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) [noun] Plural of curer; people or things that cure something, such as preserving food or treating disease. CURETS (8) [noun] Plural of curet, a surgical instrument with a scoop or loop at the end used for scraping or removing tissue from body cavities. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of curet, meaning to use a curet to scrape or remove tissue. 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) [noun] Plural of curia, referring to divisions of the Roman people or the Roman Senate house, or in modern usage, the papal court and administrative divisions of the Roman Catholic Church. 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) [noun] A radioactive mineral containing uranium and radium, named after Marie Curie. 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) [noun] A small seedless raisin produced from a small seedless grape, used in cooking and baking. | [noun] A small dark berry of a bush, such as blackcurrant or redcurrant. CURRED (9) [verb] Past tense of "cur," meaning to behave like a cur (a mongrel dog) or to treat as a cur. | [verb] Past tense of "curr," an archaic or dialectal form meaning to make a purring sound or to growl. CURRIE (8) [noun] A type of curry dish, particularly a Scottish dish of meat or fish cooked in a savory sauce. | [noun] A leather strap or thong used in Scottish whipping. 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) [noun] One who curses; a person who utters curses or profanities. | [noun] In computing, an alternative spelling of "cursor," a movable indicator on a display screen. 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) [adverb] In a brief, abrupt, or rude manner. 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) [adjective] Having a cusp or cusps; pointed or peaked. | [verb] Past tense of cusp; to have or form a cusp. CUSPID (11) [noun] A tooth with a single cusp; a canine. CUSPIS (10) [noun] A sharp point or spear; the pointed end of a weapon or tool in Latin-derived anatomical or architectural terminology. 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) [noun] One who cusses or swears; a person who uses profanity. CUSSES (8) [noun] A curse. | [noun] A curse word. | [verb] To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely. CUSSOS (8) [noun] Plural of cusso, a tropical African tree (Hagenia abyssinica) whose flowers are used medicinally as an anthelmintic. 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) [noun] A guardian or custodian, especially of a church or religious building. | [noun] In some contexts, a keeper or caretaker of a place or institution. CUTELY (11) [adverb] In a cute or attractive manner; in a way intended to be appealing or endearing. 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) [noun] A short, curved sword formerly used by sailors and pirates. 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) [noun] A compound containing the cyano group, particularly potassium cyanide or sodium cyanide, used in metallurgy and other industrial processes. CYANIN (11) [noun] A blue coloring matter or dye, particularly one derived from plants or used in photography and textile industries. 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) [noun] A person who rides a bicycle or motorcycle. | [noun] A device or substance that cycles or moves in cycles. 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) [noun] Plural of cyesis, a medical term referring to pregnancy or a morbid condition resembling pregnancy. CYESIS (11) [noun] Pregnancy or the state of being pregnant. CYGNET (12) [noun] The young of a swan. CYMARS (13) [noun] A woman's short cloak or jacket worn in the 17th and 18th centuries. 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) [noun] A colorless liquid hydrocarbon found in cumin and thyme oils, used in perfumes and flavorings. CYMLIN (13) CYMOID (14) CYMOLS (13) [noun] Plural of cymol, a hydrocarbon compound found in cumin and thyme oils. CYMOSE (13) [adjective] Of or relating to a cyme, a type of flower cluster in which the main axis terminates in a flower and lateral branches also terminate in flowers. CYMOUS (13) [adjective] Of or relating to a cyme, a type of flower cluster in which the main axis terminates in a flower. 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) [noun] A legal doctrine allowing a charitable trust to be modified by a court if its original purpose becomes impossible or impracticable to fulfill. | [noun] In heraldry, a representation of a cypress tree. 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) [noun] Plural of cyton, the cell body of a neuron containing the nucleus.

CABALAS (11) [noun] Plural of cabala, referring to mystical interpretations or secret doctrines, particularly in Jewish tradition. | [noun] Plural of cabala, meaning intrigues or political machinations. CABANAS (11) [noun] A cabin or hut for relaxing. | [noun] A shelter on a beach or at a swimming pool. CABARET (11) [noun] Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe. | [noun] The nightclub or restaurant where such entertainment is held. | [noun] A strip club. CABBAGE (14) [noun] An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves. | [noun] The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable. | [noun] A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage. | [noun] Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept. CABBALA (13) [proper noun] A body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an esoteric reading of the Hebrew scriptures. CABBIES (13) [noun] A cabdriver; someone who drives a taxi. CABBING (14) [verb] To travel by taxicab. | [noun] The profession of a cabbie, especially one who drives a black cab. CABEZON (20) [noun] A California fish (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus), allied to the sculpin. CABILDO (12) [noun] A local government council in some Spanish-speaking communities. | [noun] A town hall in some Spanish-speaking countries. CABINED (12) [verb] To place in a cabin or other small space. | [verb] (by extension) To limit the scope of. | [verb] To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge. CABINET (11) [noun] A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall. | [noun] A cupboard. | [noun] The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab. CABLETS (11) CABLING (12) [verb] To provide with cable(s) | [verb] To fasten (as if) with cable(s) | [verb] To wrap wires to form a cable CABOMBA (15) [noun] An aquatic plant with finely divided leaves, commonly used in aquariums. CABOOSE (11) [noun] A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel. | [noun] A small sand-filled container used as an oven on board ship. | [noun] The last car on a freight train, having cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van. CACHETS (14) [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. CACHEXY (24) [noun] Cachexia. CACHING (15) [verb] To place in a cache. CACHOUS (14) [noun] A sweet eaten to sweeten the breath. | [noun] A small metallic ball used as edible decoration on cakes etc. CACIQUE (20) [noun] A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies. | [noun] A local political leader in Latin America. | [noun] Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae. CACKLED (16) [verb] To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does. | [verb] To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry. | [verb] To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. CACKLER (15) [noun] One who cackles; a person or animal that makes a loud, harsh, broken laugh or cry. | [noun] A hen, especially one that cackles when laying eggs. CACKLES (15) [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. CACODYL (15) [noun] The dimethylarsine radical (CH3)2As- | [noun] Tetramethyldiarsine formally derived from two of these radicals; an evil-smelling liquid that spontaneously combusts in air CACTOID (12) CADAVER (13) [noun] A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected. CADDICE (13) [noun] A worsted fabric with a ribbed surface, used for clothing and upholstery. | [noun] The larva of a caddisfly, used as fishing bait. CADDIED (12) [verb] To serve as a golf caddie. | [verb] To serve as a caddy, carrying golf clubs etc. CADDIES (11) [noun] A golfer's assistant and adviser. | [verb] To serve as a golf caddie. | [noun] A small tray with a handle and compartments for holding items. CADDISH (14) [adjective] Characteristic of a cad. CADELLE (10) [noun] A small beetle that infests stored grain and other foodstuffs. CADENCE (12) [noun] The act or state of declining or sinking. | [noun] Balanced, rhythmic flow. | [noun] The measure or beat of movement. CADENCY (15) [noun] The act or state of declining or sinking. | [noun] Balanced, rhythmic flow. | [noun] The measure or beat of movement. CADENZA (19) [noun] A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician. CADGERS (11) [noun] Plural of cadger; people who beg or obtain things by begging or wheedling. | [noun] People who cadge or scrounge for something. CADGING (12) [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. CADMIUM (14) [noun] A chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal. | [noun] A single atom of this element. CADUCEI (12) [noun] The official wand carried by a herald in ancient Greece and Rome, specifically the one carried in mythology by Hermes, the messenger of the gods, usually represented with two snakes twined around it. | [noun] A symbol (☤) representing a staff with two snakes wrapped around it, used to indicate merchants and messengers. It is also sometimes incorrectly used as a symbol of medicine. CAEOMAS (11) CAESARS (9) [noun] Emperor, ruler, dictator CAESIUM (11) [noun] The chemical element (symbol Cs) with an atomic number of 55. It is a soft, gold-colored, highly reactive alkali metal. CAESTUS (9) [noun] A leather belt or girdle worn in ancient Rome, often studded with metal. | [noun] In ancient boxing, a hand covering made of leather strips weighted with metal. CAESURA (9) [noun] A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art. | [noun] (Classical prosody) Using two words to divide a metrical foot. | [noun] The caesura mark ‖ or ||. CAFFEIN (15) CAFTANS (12) [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. CAGEFUL (13) CAGIEST (10) [adjective] Wary, careful, shrewd. | [adjective] Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information. CAHIERS (12) [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. CAHOOTS (12) [noun] A secret partnership or conspiracy, typically for dishonest purposes. CAIMANS (11) [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. CAIQUES (18) [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. CAIRNED (10) [verb] Past tense of cairn, meaning to mark a path or location with a cairn (a pile of stones). CAISSON (9) [noun] An enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc. | [noun] The gate across the entrance to a dry dock. | [noun] A floating tank that can be submerged, attached to an underwater object and then pumped out to lift the object by buoyancy; a camel. CAITIFF (15) [noun] A base or despicable person; a wretch | [noun] A captive or prisoner, particularly a galley slave | [noun] A villain, a coward or wretch CAJAPUT (18) [noun] A tree native to Malaysia and nearby regions that yields an aromatic oil used in medicine and perfumery, also called cajuput or kayu putih. CAJEPUT (18) [noun] Cajuput oil | [noun] Cajuput tree CAJOLED (17) [verb] To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax. CAJOLER (16) [noun] One who cajoles; a person who persuades someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery. CAJOLES (16) [verb] To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax. CAJONES (16) [noun] Plural of cajón, a wooden percussion instrument played by striking its front face with hands or sticks, originating from Peru. CAJUPUT (18) [noun] Cajuput oil | [noun] Cajuput tree CAKIEST (13) [adjective] Superlative form of caky; most resembling or containing cake, or having a dry, crumbly texture like cake. CALAMAR (11) CALAMUS (11) [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. CALANDO (10) [adverb] A musical direction indicating a gradual decrease in tempo and volume. CALATHI (12) [noun] Plural of calathus, a basket-shaped flower head or receptacle in plants, particularly in composites. CALCARS (11) [noun] Plural of calcar; a spur-like projection or appendage, especially in botany referring to a tubular extension of a flower petal or sepal. CALCIFY (17) [verb] To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts. | [verb] To become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts. CALCINE (11) [noun] Something calcined; material left over after roasting or burning | [verb] To heat something without melting in order to drive off water etc., and to decompose carbonates into oxides or to oxidize or reduce it; especially to heat limestone to form quicklime, i.e. to calcinate. | [verb] To undergo such heating CALCITE (11) [noun] A very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble CALCIUM (13) [noun] The chemical element (Symbol Ca), with an atomic number 20. It is a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks. | [noun] An atom of this element. CALCULI (11) [noun] Calculation; computation. | [noun] Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules. | [noun] (often definite, the calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject; analysis. CALDERA (10) [noun] A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano. CALDRON (10) [noun] A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame. CALECHE (14) [noun] A type of carriage with low wheels, especially pulled by horses. CALENDS (10) [noun] Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years. | [noun] A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information. | [noun] A list of planned events. CALESAS (9) [noun] A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used in the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia. CALIBER (11) [noun] Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands. | [noun] The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet, a projectile, or a column. | [noun] A nominal name for a cartridge type, which may not exactly indicate its true size and may include other measurements such as cartridge length or black powder capacity. Eg 7.62×39 or 38.40. CALIBRE (11) [noun] Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands. | [noun] The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet, a projectile, or a column. | [noun] A nominal name for a cartridge type, which may not exactly indicate its true size and may include other measurements such as cartridge length or black powder capacity. Eg 7.62×39 or 38.40. CALICES (11) [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. CALICHE (14) [noun] A crude form of sodium nitrate from South America; used as a fertilizer. | [noun] A layer of hard clay subsoil or sedimentary rock; hardpan. CALICLE (11) [noun] A small cup-shaped structure or cavity, especially one of the small divisions of a coral calyx. | [noun] A small calyx or cup-like structure in plants or animals. CALICOS (11) [noun] A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern. | [noun] A tortoiseshell and white domestic cat. CALIPEE (11) [noun] The green fat or part of a turtle that is considered a delicacy. | [noun] The ventral part of a sea turtle, especially the edible fat. CALIPER (11) [noun] (usually plurale tantum) Uncommon variant of calipers. | [noun] The part of a disc brake that holds the brake pads. CALIPHS (14) [noun] The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual. CALKERS (13) [noun] People who calk, or seal seams in wooden ships with oakum and pitch. | [noun] Tools used for calking seams in ship construction. CALKING (14) [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. CALKINS (13) [noun] Metal devices or cleats fastened to the soles of shoes or horseshoes to prevent slipping on ice or smooth surfaces. | [verb] To furnish with caulks or to drive caulks into. CALLANS (9) CALLANT (9) [noun] A young man or boy, especially a fellow or lad; used chiefly in Scottish English. CALLBOY (14) [noun] A person who summons actors to the stage at the proper time during a theatrical performance. | [noun] A boy or man employed to run errands or perform minor duties in a theater or on a film set. CALLERS (9) [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. CALLETS (9) [noun] A woman of loose morals; a prostitute or promiscuous woman. | [verb] Third person singular of "callet," meaning to scold or rebuke. CALLING (10) [verb] (heading) To use one's voice. | [verb] (heading) To visit. | [verb] (heading) To name, identify or describe. CALLOSE (9) [adjective] Having calluses; hardened or thickened. | [noun] A carbohydrate polymer found in plant cell walls, particularly in sieve plates of phloem tissue. CALLOUS (9) [adjective] Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others. | [adjective] Having calluses. | [noun] A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use. CALMEST (11) [verb] To make calm. | [verb] To become calm. | [adjective] (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety. CALMING (12) [verb] To make calm. | [verb] To become calm. CALOMEL (11) [noun] Mercurous chloride Hg2Cl2, formerly used as a laxative and disinfectant and to treat syphilis CALORIC (11) [noun] The hypothetical medium of heat. | [adjective] Relating to calories. | [adjective] Containing calories. CALORIE (9) [noun] (nutrition) Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram kilocalorie, approximately 4.2 kilojoules. | [noun] The gram calorie or small calorie, a non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to approximately 4.2 joules. This unit was widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C. CALOTTE (9) [noun] A small close-fitting cap worn by clergy or a skullcap. | [noun] In anatomy, a dome-shaped structure or vault. CALOYER (12) [noun] A Christian monk of the Eastern Orthodox Church, especially one living in a monastery. CALPACK (17) CALPACS (13) CALQUED (19) [verb] To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts. CALQUES (18) [noun] A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language. CALTRAP (11) [noun] A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles. | [noun] The same object represented as a heraldic charge. | [noun] The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns. CALTROP (11) [noun] A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles. | [noun] The same object represented as a heraldic charge. | [noun] The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns. CALUMET (11) [noun] A clay tobacco-pipe used by American Indians, especially as a symbol of truce or peace. CALUMNY (14) [noun] A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing. | [noun] Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another. | [verb] To make false accusations or levy false charges against a person with the intent to tarnish that person's reputation or standing; to calumniate. CALVARY (15) [noun] A representation of the Crucifixion of Jesus, often depicted as a sculptured or painted scene. | [noun] The place where Jesus was crucified, located outside Jerusalem. CALVING (13) [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) CALYCES (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. CALYCLE (14) [noun] A small outer calyx or a whorl of bracts beneath a calyx, typically found in flowers. CALYPSO (14) [noun] A type of music and dance that originated in the West Indies (perhaps Trinidad), characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects, often creating satire of current events. | [verb] To perform calypso. | [noun] A bulbous bog orchid of the genus Calypso, Calypso bulbosa CALYXES (19) [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. CALZONE (18) [noun] A baked Italian turnover made of pizza dough and stuffed with cheese and other toppings. CAMAILS (11) [noun] A piece of chainmail worn to protect the neck and shoulders. | [noun] An ecclesiastical ornament worn by bishops. CAMASES (11) [noun] Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia. CAMBERS (13) [verb] To curve upwards in the middle. | [verb] To adjust the camber of the wheels of a vehicle. CAMBIAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or involving the cambium, the layer of tissue in plants that produces new growth. CAMBISM (15) CAMBIST (13) [noun] A person who deals in exchange, especially one who trades in bills of exchange or currency. CAMBIUM (15) [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. CAMBRIC (15) [noun] A finely-woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton. CAMELIA (11) [noun] A flowering evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Camellia, native to Asia, with glossy leaves and showy flowers. CAMEOED (12) [verb] Made a brief appearance in a film, television show, or other performance. | [verb] Past tense of cameo, referring to creating or appearing in a cameo role. CAMERAE (11) [noun] Plural of camera, referring to multiple devices for taking photographs or recording video. | [noun] Plural of camera, a chamber or vault-like structure in architecture. CAMERAL (11) [adjective] Relating to a chamber or chambers, particularly in anatomy or architecture. | [adjective] Of or relating to a camera obscura or optical chamber. CAMERAS (11) [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. CAMIONS (11) [noun] Plural of camion, a heavy motor truck or lorry used for transporting goods. | [noun] In some contexts, a low platform without sides used for carrying heavy loads. CAMISAS (11) [noun] Plural of camisa, a shirt or tunic worn in Spanish-speaking countries. | [noun] In some contexts, referring to political shirts or uniforms associated with fascist movements. CAMISES (11) [noun] Plural of camis; sleeveless undershirts or casual garments worn as undergarments or layering pieces. CAMISIA (11) [noun] A long linen shirt or undergarment worn in medieval times, especially by clergy or as an undertunic. CAMLETS (11) [noun] A fabric made from wool or a mixture of wool and silk, typically having a wavy or watered finish. | [noun] Plural of camlet, a garment or item made from this fabric. CAMORRA (11) [noun] A secret society of criminals in Naples, Italy. | [noun] Any organized group of criminals or mafia. CAMPERS (13) [noun] A person who camps, especially in a tent etc. | [noun] A motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in. | [noun] A person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc. CAMPHOL (16) CAMPHOR (16) [noun] A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy. CAMPIER (13) [adjective] Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional. CAMPILY (16) [adverb] In a campy manner; affectedly exaggerated or deliberately theatrical and humorous. CAMPING (14) [verb] To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation. | [verb] To set up a camp. | [verb] To afford rest or lodging for. CAMPION (13) [noun] Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis. | [noun] Any flowering plant of the genus Silene. CAMPONG (14) [noun] A Malay or Indonesian village or compound, typically consisting of houses built around a central area. CANAKIN (13) [noun] A small drinking vessel or cup, typically made of metal or ceramic. CANALED (10) [verb] Past tense of "canal," meaning to provide with a canal or to form into a canal. CANAPES (11) [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. CANARDS (10) [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. CANASTA (9) [noun] (games) A card game similar to rummy and played using two packs, where the object is to meld groups of the same rank. | [noun] A meld of seven cards in a game of canasta. CANCANS (11) [verb] To dance the cancan. CANCELS (11) [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. CANCERS (11) [noun] A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation. | [noun] Something damaging that spreads throughout something else. CANCHAS (14) [noun] Plural of cancha, a playing field or court used in sports, particularly in Latin America. CANDELA (10) [noun] In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd CANDENT (10) [adjective] Glowing or shining with heat; incandescent. CANDIDA (11) [noun] A yeast of the genus Candida, usually specifically Candida albicans CANDIDS (11) [noun] Plural of candid; candid photographs or informal pictures taken without a subject's knowledge or posing. | [adjective] Plural form used as adjective meaning frank, honest, or straightforward in manner or speech. CANDIED (11) [adjective] Coated or encrusted with sugar | [adjective] Preserved in sugar or syrup by baking till it becomes translucent | [adjective] Pleasing, flattering. CANDIES (10) [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. CANDLED (11) [verb] To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source. | [verb] To dry greenware prior to beginning of the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware. | [verb] To check an item (such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye. CANDLER (10) [noun] A person who makes or sells candles. | [noun] A person who candies fruit or other foods. CANDLES (10) [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. CANDORS (10) [noun] Plural of candor; the quality of being honest, frank, and straightforward in speech or expression. CANDOUR (10) [noun] Whiteness; brilliance; purity. | [noun] The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. | [noun] Impartiality. CANELLA (9) [noun] A type of cinnamon or a related aromatic bark used as a spice, obtained from trees of the genus Canella. CANFULS (12) [noun] Plural of canful; the amount that a can will hold. CANGUES (10) [noun] A wooden device with holes for the head and hands, formerly used as an instrument of punishment or public humiliation in China and other Asian countries. | [noun] Plural of cangue. CANIKIN (13) [noun] A small can or drinking vessel. CANINES (9) [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. CANKERS (13) [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. CANNELS (9) [noun] Grooves or flutes running diagonally across the surface of a column or pillar. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of "cannel," meaning to groove or flute. CANNERS (9) [noun] People or machines that preserve food in cans. | [noun] Plural of canner, referring to those engaged in the canning industry. CANNERY (12) [noun] A factory that produces canned goods. CANNIER (9) [adjective] Careful, prudent, cautious. | [adjective] Knowing, shrewd, astute. | [adjective] Frugal, thrifty. CANNILY (12) [adverb] In a shrewd, careful, or cautious manner; with keen judgment or awareness of potential risks. CANNING (10) [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.). CANNOLI (9) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert. CANNONS (9) [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. CANNULA (9) [noun] A tube inserted in the body to drain or inject fluid. | [noun] A hose or tube that connects directly to an oxygen (O2) bottle/source from the user's nose, commonly used by aircraft pilots or others needing direct oxygen breathing apparatus. CANONIC (11) [adjective] Canonical CANONRY (12) [noun] The office of a canon; a benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church. | [noun] Canons considered as a group. CANSFUL (12) CANTALA (9) [noun] A Philippine plant (Agave cantala) that yields a fiber used for rope and twine. | [noun] The fiber obtained from this plant, used in making cordage and textiles. CANTATA (9) [noun] A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music. CANTDOG (11) CANTEEN (9) [noun] A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work. | [noun] A temporary or mobile café used in an emergency or on a film location etc. | [noun] A box with compartments for storing eating utensils, silverware etc. CANTERS (9) [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. CANTHAL (12) [adjective] Relating to or situated at a canthus, the corner of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet. CANTHUS (12) [noun] Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet. CANTINA (9) [noun] A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America. | [noun] Abbreviated form of cantina truck, cantina wagon or cantina trailer CANTING (10) [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. | [noun] A pen-like tool used to apply liquid wax in the batik process. CANTLES (9) [noun] A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something. | [noun] The raised back of a saddle. | [noun] The top of the head. CANTONS (9) [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). CANTORS (9) [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. CANTRAP (11) CANTRIP (11) [noun] A spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick. | [noun] A wilful piece of trickery or mischief CANULAE (9) [noun] Plural of canula, a small tube inserted into a vein or body cavity for medical purposes. CANULAS (9) [noun] Plural of canula, a small flexible tube inserted into a vein or body cavity for medical purposes. | [noun] Plural of canula, a groove or channel-like structure. CANVASS (12) [verb] To conduct a survey or poll of people to gather opinions or information. | [verb] To examine or discuss thoroughly. | [noun] A coarse fabric made from cotton or hemp, used for painting or sails. CANYONS (12) [noun] A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river. CANZONA (18) [noun] A type of instrumental composition based on multipart vocal settings of canzoni, produced chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries CANZONE (18) [noun] An Italian or Provençal song or ballad. | [noun] A canzona (mediaeval Italian instrumental composition). CANZONI (18) [noun] An Italian or Provençal song or ballad. | [noun] A canzona (mediaeval Italian instrumental composition). CAPABLE (13) [adjective] Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something. | [adjective] Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive. CAPABLY (16) [adverb] In a capable manner. CAPELAN (11) [noun] A small fish of the smelt family, also spelled capelin, used as food and bait. CAPELET (11) [noun] A small cape or cloak, typically worn over the shoulders. CAPELIN (11) [noun] Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. CAPERED (12) [verb] To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner. | [verb] To jump as part of a dance. | [verb] To engage in playful behaviour. CAPERER (11) [noun] One who capers; a person who leaps or dances about in a playful or silly manner. CAPFULS (14) [noun] Plural of capful; the amount that a cap can hold, typically used as a measure for liquids. CAPITAL (11) [noun] Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures). | [noun] Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system. | [noun] A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it. CAPITOL (11) [noun] A building in which a state legislature meets. | [noun] The city that serves as the seat of government of a state or country. CAPLESS (11) [adjective] Without a cap or top; not wearing a cap. CAPLETS (11) [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. CAPLINS (11) [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. CAPORAL (11) [noun] A type of tobacco or a cigar made from coarse tobacco. CAPOTES (11) [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. CAPOUCH (16) [noun] A hood or head covering, especially one that is part of a garment or cloak. | [noun] A type of hood or cowl worn by monks or as part of religious attire. CAPPERS (13) [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. CAPPING (14) [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. CAPRICE (13) [noun] An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion. | [noun] An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes. | [noun] A disposition to be impulsive. CAPRINE (11) [noun] Any of certain caprids (including sheep) that are regarded as being similar to the goat; any member of the tribe Caprini. | [adjective] Of or relating to goats. | [adjective] Goatlike. | [noun] The triglyceride of capric acid; a constituent of butterfat CAPROCK (17) [noun] A harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type. CAPSIDS (12) [noun] The outer protein shell of a virus CAPSIZE (20) [verb] To overturn. | [verb] To cause (a ship) to overturn. | [verb] (of knots) To deform under stress. CAPSTAN (11) [noun] A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, used to apply force to ropes, cables, etc. It is typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers used to turn it. | [noun] A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder. CAPSULE (11) [noun] A membranous envelope. | [noun] A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton. | [noun] A sporangium, especially in bryophytes. CAPTAIN (11) [noun] A chief or leader. | [noun] The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel. | [noun] An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major. CAPTANS (11) [noun] Plural of captan, a fungicide used in agriculture to protect crops from fungal diseases. CAPTION (11) [noun] The descriptive heading or title of a document or part therof | [noun] A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc. | [noun] A piece of text appearing on screen as subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast. CAPTIVE (14) [noun] One who has been captured or is otherwise confined. | [noun] One held prisoner. | [noun] One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated. CAPTORS (11) [noun] One who is holding a captive or captives. | [noun] One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone. CAPTURE (11) [noun] An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem. | [noun] The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction. | [noun] Something that has been captured; a captive. CAPUCHE (16) [noun] A hood or hooded cloak, especially one worn by monks or in historical contexts. CARABAO (11) [noun] A domesticated subspecies of water-buffalo, Bubalus bubalis carabanesis. CARABID (12) [noun] Any of the family Carabidae, the ground beetles. CARABIN (11) CARACAL (11) [noun] A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal. CARACKS (15) [noun] Plural of carack, a large merchant sailing ship of the 15th and 16th centuries. CARACOL (11) [noun] A spiral or coiled shape; a spiral staircase. | [noun] In bullfighting, a maneuver in which the bullfighter moves in a spiral pattern around the bull. CARACUL (11) [noun] A sheep of a Central Asian breed. | [noun] A type of hat made from the wool of these sheep. CARAFES (12) [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. CARAMBA (13) [interjection] (non-vulgar) Exclamation of surprise or dismay.; golly! CARAMEL (11) [noun] A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky. | [noun] A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection. | [noun] A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel. CARAPAX (18) [noun] The hard outer shell or case of a turtle, tortoise, or crustacean. | [noun] A covering or protection resembling a shell. CARATES (9) [noun] Plural of carat, a unit of weight used for gemstones and precious metals, equal to 200 milligrams. | [noun] Plural of carat, a unit expressing the purity of gold. CARAVAN (12) [noun] A convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert. | [noun] A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary. | [verb] To travel in a caravan (procession). CARAVEL (12) [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. CARAWAY (15) [noun] A biennial plant, Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice. | [noun] The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant. | [noun] A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds. CARBARN (11) CARBIDE (12) [noun] Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element | [noun] The polyatomic ion C22−, or any of its salts. | [noun] The monatomic ion C4−, or any of its salts. CARBINE (11) [noun] A rifle with a short barrel. CARBONS (11) [noun] Plural of carbon, a nonmetallic chemical element with atomic number 6 that occurs in many forms including diamond and graphite. | [noun] Carbon paper or carbon copies used for duplicating written or typed material. CARBORA (11) CARBOYS (14) [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. CARCASE (11) [noun] The body of a dead animal. | [noun] (meat trade) The body of a slaughtered animal, stripped of unwanted viscera, etc. | [noun] The body of a dead human, a corpse. CARCASS (11) [noun] The body of a dead animal. | [noun] (meat trade) The body of a slaughtered animal, stripped of unwanted viscera, etc. | [noun] The body of a dead human, a corpse. CARCELS (11) [noun] A unit of illumination equal to the light produced by a standard candle at a distance of one centimeter. | [noun] Plural of carcel, a type of oil lamp used as a standard light source. CARDERS (10) [noun] People who card wool, cotton, or other fibers to prepare them for spinning. | [noun] People who use playing cards, especially in card games or card tricks. CARDIAC (12) [noun] A person with heart disease. | [noun] Heart disease. | [noun] A medicine that excites action in the stomach. CARDIAE (10) CARDIAS (10) [noun] The area of the stomach which directly receives contents from the esophagus. | [noun] The heart. CARDING (11) [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. CARDOON (10) [noun] Cynara cardunculus, a prickly perennial plant related to the artichoke which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable. CAREENS (9) [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. | [verb] To lurch or sway violently from side to side. CAREERS (9) [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. CAREFUL (12) [adjective] Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious. | [adjective] Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous. | [adjective] Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad. CARFARE (12) [noun] The passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar or bus. CARFULS (12) [noun] Plural of carful; the amount that a car can hold or carry. CARGOES (10) [noun] Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle. | [noun] (Papua New Guinea) Western material goods. CARHOPS (14) [noun] A waiter or waitress who serves customers, especially in their vehicles, at a drive-in restaurant, sometimes on rollerskates. CARIBES (11) [noun] Plural of caribe, a type of carnivorous freshwater fish, also known as a piranha, found in South American rivers. CARIBOU (11) [noun] Any of several North American subspecies of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus. CARICES (11) [noun] Any member of the genus Carex of sedges. CARINAE (9) [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. CARINAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a keel or ridge-like structure, particularly in anatomy or botany. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a carina (a keel-shaped anatomical feature). CARINAS (9) [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. CARIOCA (11) [noun] An inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro. | [noun] A sideways step in which one leg crosses over the other. CARIOLE (9) [noun] A small, light, open one-horse carriage. | [noun] A covered cart. | [noun] A kind of calash. CARIOUS (9) [adjective] Having caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten. CARITAS (9) [noun] Charitable love or goodwill; compassion and concern for the poor and suffering. CARKING (14) [verb] To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles. | [verb] To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety. | [verb] To labor anxiously. CARLESS (9) [adjective] Without a car or cars; not having access to a vehicle. CARLINE (9) [noun] A woman; a hag or witch. | [noun] A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking. | [noun] An old silver coin of Italy. | [noun] A line of automobiles awaiting access to the same building or similar location. | [noun] Carline thistle. CARLING (10) [noun] An old woman. | [noun] A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking. | [noun] A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried. | [noun] A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried. CARLINS (9) [noun] An old woman. | [noun] A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried. CARLISH (12) CARLOAD (10) [noun] The contents of an automobile (passengers, supplies, etc.) for one trip. | [noun] The quantity of goods that can be carried in a freight car. CARMINE (11) [noun] A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives. | [noun] A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment. | [adjective] Of the purplish red colour shade carmine. CARNAGE (10) [noun] Death and destruction. | [noun] The corpses, gore, etc. that remain after a massacre. | [noun] Any chaotic situation. CARNETS (9) [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. CARNEYS (12) [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. CARNIES (9) [noun] A proponent of carnism; one who supports the practice of eating meat and using other animal products. | [noun] A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). | [noun] The jargon used by carnival workers. CARNIFY (15) CAROACH (14) CAROCHE (14) [noun] A large, ornate closed carriage with a high frame, used in the 16th and 17th centuries. CAROLED (10) [verb] Past tense of carol; sang carols or sang joyfully. CAROLER (9) [noun] A person who sings carols, especially Christmas songs. CAROLUS (9) CAROMED (12) [verb] To make a carom (shot in billiards). | [verb] To strike and bounce back; to strike (something) and rebound. CAROTID (10) [noun] Any of a number of major arteries in the head and neck. | [adjective] Relating to these arteries. CAROTIN (9) [noun] A yellow, orange, or red organic pigment found in plants, used by the body to produce vitamin A. CAROUSE (9) [noun] A large draught of liquor. | [noun] A drinking match; a carousal. | [verb] To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering. CARPALE (11) [noun] A bone in the wrist; one of the carpal bones. | [adjective] Relating to or denoting the bones of the wrist. CARPALS (11) [noun] Any of the eight bones of the wrist (carpus). CARPELS (11) [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. CARPERS (11) [noun] Plural of carper; people who complain or find fault. | [noun] Plural of carp; freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae. CARPETS (11) [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 CARPING (12) [verb] To complain about a fault; to harp on. | [verb] To say; to tell. | [verb] To find fault with; to censure. CARPOOL (11) [noun] An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc. | [noun] The group of people who participate in such a pool. | [verb] To travel together in such a pool. CARPORT (11) [noun] A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors. CARRACK (15) [noun] A large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast. CARRELL (9) [noun] A small enclosed study space or desk, typically in a library or monastery. | [noun] A small private room or cubicle for study or work. CARRELS (9) [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. CARRIED (10) [verb] To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting. | [verb] To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another. | [verb] To convey by extension or continuance; to extend. CARRIER (9) [noun] A person or object that carries someone or something else. | [noun] A carrier pigeon. | [noun] A person or company in the business of shipping freight. CARRIES (9) [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. CARRION (9) [noun] Dead flesh; carcasses. | [noun] A contemptible or worthless person. CARROCH (14) CARROMS (11) [noun] A board game in which players use a striker to hit coins or discs into pockets. | [verb] Third-person singular or plural form of carrom, meaning to play carrom or to strike and rebound like a carrom piece. CARROTS (9) [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. CARROTY (12) [adjective] Resembling carrots in colour, taste, etc. | [adjective] Containing carrots; made of carrots. CARRYON (12) [noun] That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane with a passenger, rather than checked. | [noun] An activity that is done in an excessively excitable or anxious manner. | [adjective] Taken onto an airplane with a passenger, rather than checked. CARSICK (15) [adjective] Dizzy or feeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle; suffering from motion sickness. CARTAGE (10) [noun] The transport of goods by cart; carting | [noun] A charge made for such transport CARTELS (9) [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. CARTERS (9) [noun] Plural of carter, a person who drives or operates a cart. | [noun] A surname, notably associated with Carter's brand (children's clothing). CARTING (10) [verb] To carry goods. | [verb] To carry or convey in a cart. | [verb] To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal. CARTONS (9) [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. CARTOON (9) [noun] A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings. | [noun] A drawing satirising current public figures. | [noun] An artist's preliminary sketch. CARVELS (12) [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). CARVERS (12) [noun] Someone who carves. | [noun] A carving knife. | [noun] A butcher. CARVING (13) [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. CARWASH (15) [noun] An event at which people (often children) wash cars, often for a small fee or donation | [noun] A place at which a car is washed, usually for a fee and often mechanically by driving the car through a tunnel. | [noun] An instance of washing a car, especially such a place. CASABAS (11) [noun] A variety of melon. CASAVAS (12) CASBAHS (14) [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. CASCADE (12) [noun] A waterfall or series of small waterfalls. | [noun] A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade. | [noun] A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next; See also daisy chain CASCARA (11) [noun] A North American buckthorn (Frangula purshiana, syn. Rhamnus purshiana) whose bark is used as a laxative. | [noun] Dried coffee cherry fruit used in teas and other drinks. CASEASE (9) CASEATE (9) [verb] To undergo caseation, a process in which tissue becomes cheese-like in appearance, typically occurring in tuberculosis and certain other diseases. CASEINS (9) [noun] Plural of casein, a phosphoprotein that is the main constituent of milk and is used in making cheese, plastics, and adhesives. CASEOSE (9) CASEOUS (9) [adjective] Resembling cheese. CASERNE (9) [noun] A barracks or garrison for soldiers. CASERNS (9) [noun] A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near the rampart; barracks. CASETTE (9) CASHAWS (15) [noun] Plural of cashaw, a variant spelling of cashew, a tropical nut-bearing tree or its edible kidney-shaped seed. CASHBOX (21) [noun] A box for holding cash. | [noun] A toll booth. CASHEWS (15) [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. CASHIER (12) [verb] To dismiss (someone, especially military personnel) from service | [verb] To discard, put away | [verb] To annul | [noun] One who works at a till or receives payments. CASHING (13) [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 CASHOOS (12) CASINGS (10) [noun] That which encloses or encases. | [noun] The decorative trim around a door or window. | [noun] A metal pipe used to line the borehole of a well. CASINOS (9) [noun] A public building or room for entertainment, especially gambling. | [noun] A card game for two to four players. CASITAS (9) [noun] A small, attached but self-contained house or apartment CASKETS (13) [noun] A little box, e.g. for jewellery. | [noun] An urn. | [noun] A coffin. CASKING (14) [verb] The present participle of "cask," meaning to put or store in a cask or barrel. CASQUED (19) [adjective] Wearing or having a casque (a helmet or helmet-like structure). CASQUES (18) [noun] A helmet. | [noun] A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as the hornbill or cassowary. CASSABA (11) [noun] A type of melon with a yellow rind and sweet, pale green flesh, similar to a cantaloupe. CASSATA (9) [noun] A type of tutti-frutti or Neapolitan ice cream with nuts and candied fruits. | [noun] A rich cake, typical of Sicily, containing liqueur layered with ricotta, candied fruit and chocolate. CASSAVA (12) [noun] Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca. | [noun] Tapioca, a starchy pulp made with manioc roots. CASSIAS (9) [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. CASSINO (9) [noun] A card game played with a standard deck where players match cards in their hand with cards on the table to win points. CASSOCK (15) [noun] A military cloak or long coat worn by soldiers or horsemen in the 16th and 17th centuries. | [noun] A coarse, loose cloak or gown, worn by women, sailors, shepherds, countryfolk etc. | [noun] An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations. CASTERS (9) [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. CASTING (10) [verb] (physical) To move, or be moved, away. | [verb] To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.). | [verb] To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures. | [noun] The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc. CASTLED (10) [verb] To house or keep in a castle. | [verb] To protect or separate in a similar way. | [verb] To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or add (real or imitation) battlements to an existing building. CASTLES (9) [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. CASTOFF (15) [noun] Something that has been rejected or discarded; a reject. | [adjective] Discarded, rejected. CASTORS (9) [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. CASUALS (9) [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). CASUIST (9) [noun] A person who resolves cases of conscience or moral duty. | [noun] Someone who attempts to specify exact and precise rules for the direction of every circumstance of behaviour. | [noun] One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry. CATALOG (10) [noun] A systematic list of names, books, pictures etc. | [noun] A complete (usually alphabetical) list of items. | [noun] A list of all the publications in a library. CATALOS (9) CATALPA (11) [noun] Any tree of the genus Catalpa, in the family Bignoniaceae. The two North American species, the southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides, and the northern catalpa, Catalpa speciosa — along with the yellow catalpa, Catalpa ovata, from China — are often planted as ornamentals because of their showy flowers and decorative bean pods, though others regard the bean pods as a nuisance. CATARRH (12) [noun] Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat. | [noun] A discharge of fluid associated with this condition. CATAWBA (14) [noun] The catawba grape, a cultivar of North American Vitis labrusca. | [noun] A light sparkling wine made from this kind of grape. | [noun] Any of various species of catalpa trees Catalpa. CATBIRD (12) [noun] Either of two species of American mockingbird relatives, the grey catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, and the black catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris. | [noun] Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes. | [noun] A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri. CATBOAT (11) [noun] A sailing boat with a single sail, usually rigged on a gaff spar, used for fishing in New England and later adapted for racing and cruising. It has a single mast set near to the bow and a long boom which may extend over the stern. CATCALL (11) [noun] A shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo. | [noun] A shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature, usually made toward a passing woman. | [noun] A whistle blown by a theatre-goer to express disapproval. | [noun] In the Eiffel programming language, a run-time error caused by use of the wrong data type. CATCHER (14) [noun] Someone or something that catches. | [noun] The player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher | [noun] The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men. CATCHES (14) [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. CATCHUP (16) [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). CATCLAW (14) [noun] A climbing plant with curved thorns or claws, native to tropical regions. | [noun] A device or tool with curved prongs resembling a cat's claws. CATECHU (14) [noun] A gummy extract of any of several species of Acacieae, produced by boiling the wood of the tree in water and evaporating the resulting liquid. CATENAE (9) [noun] A series of related items. | [noun] A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope. CATENAS (9) [noun] A series of related items. | [noun] A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope. CATERAN (9) [noun] A Highlander working as a professional fighter; a mercenary attached to a Scottish clan. | [noun] A freebooter, marauder. CATERED (10) [verb] To provide, particularly: | [verb] To place, set, move, or cut diagonally or rhomboidally. CATERER (9) [noun] A person employed to obtain and maintain the storage of provisions, especially food. | [noun] A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared. CATFACE (14) [noun] A scar or defect on the trunk of a tree caused by fire, disease, or injury. | [verb] To scar or damage the face of a tree. CATFALL (12) CATFISH (15) [noun] Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth | [verb] To fish for catfish | [noun] Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people. CATGUTS (10) [noun] Strings made from the intestines of animals, historically used for musical instruments, tennis rackets, and other applications. | [noun] Courage or fortitude (informal usage). CATHEAD (13) [noun] A heavy piece of timber projecting from each side of the bow of a ship for holding anchors which were fitted with a stock in position for letting go or for securing after weighing. | [noun] Similar rigging on the outside of a building. CATHECT (14) [verb] To invest emotional energy or desire in a person, object, or idea. | [verb] In psychoanalysis, to direct psychic energy toward something. CATHODE (13) [noun] An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It usually, but not always, has a positive voltage. | [noun] (by extension) The electrode at which chemical reduction of cations takes place, usually resulting in the deposition of metal onto the electrode. | [noun] The electrode from which electrons are emitted into a vacuum tube or gas-filled tube. CATIONS (9) [noun] A positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis. CATKINS (13) [noun] A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar. CATLIKE (13) [adjective] Resembling a cat; feline | [adjective] Nimble, quick, graceful | [adjective] Slow, deliberate, quiet and stealthy CATLING (10) [noun] A small cat. | [noun] A catling, a surgical instrument used for cutting or dissecting. CATLINS (9) CATMINT (11) [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. CATNAPS (11) [noun] A brief, light sleep. | [verb] To take a catnap, to take a short sleep or nap. | [verb] To kidnap a cat. CATNIPS (11) [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. CATSPAW (14) [noun] A person used by another to accomplish their purposes; a tool or dupe. | [noun] A loop or grommet in a rope used for fastening. CATSUPS (11) [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). CATTAIL (9) [noun] Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places CATTALO (9) [noun] A hybrid animal produced by crossing a buffalo with domestic cattle. CATTERY (12) [noun] A place where cats are bred. | [noun] A place where cats board when their owners are on holiday CATTIER (9) [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. CATTIES (9) [noun] A (unit of) weight used in China, generally standardized as half a kilogram. CATTILY (12) [adverb] In a catty manner; in a malicious, spiteful, or mean-spirited way, often involving sarcastic or cutting remarks about others. CATTING (10) [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. CATTISH (12) [adjective] Catlike; in the manner of a cat | [adjective] Stealthy | [adjective] Sly and spiteful; marked by malice CATWALK (16) [noun] An elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge of a merchant vessel. | [noun] Any similar elevated walkway. | [noun] A narrow elevated stage on which models parade; a runway CAUDATE (10) [noun] Any member of the Caudata order of amphibians. | [adjective] Tapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex. | [adjective] Having a tail. CAUDLES (10) [noun] A warm drink made of wine or ale mixed with eggs, sugar, and spices, traditionally given to sick people. | [noun] Plural of caudle. CAULINE (9) [adjective] Relating to or growing on the stem of a plant. CAULKED (14) [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 CAULKER (13) [noun] A person who caulks seams in ships or other structures to make them watertight. CAUSALS (9) [noun] Plural of casual; people dressed in casual clothing or those in casual relationships. | [adjective] Plural or relating to things that are casual in nature or occurrence. CAUSERS (9) [noun] Plural of causer; people or things that cause something to happen. CAUSEYS (12) [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. CAUSING (10) [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. CAUSTIC (11) [noun] Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic. | [noun] The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object. | [noun] The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve. CAUTERY (12) [noun] The process of using either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue. | [noun] A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue. CAUTION (9) [noun] Precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction; prudence in regard to danger; provident care | [noun] A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided | [noun] Security; guaranty; bail. CAVALLA (12) [noun] A large game fish of the jack family found in tropical and subtropical Atlantic waters, also known as a kingfish. CAVALLY (15) [noun] A large marine fish of the jack family, found in tropical Atlantic waters, also called a crevalle jack. CAVALRY (15) [noun] The military arm of service that fights while riding horses. | [noun] An individual unit of the cavalry arm of service. | [noun] The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry. CAVEATS (12) [noun] A warning. | [noun] A qualification or exemption. | [noun] A formal objection. CAVEMAN (14) [noun] An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves. | [noun] A brutish or savage person. | [noun] A man with old-fashioned or backward opinions, particularly with regard to women. CAVEMEN (14) [noun] An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves. | [noun] A brutish or savage person. | [noun] A man with old-fashioned or backward opinions, particularly with regard to women. CAVERNS (12) [noun] A large cave. | [noun] An underground chamber. CAVETTI (12) [noun] Plural of cavetto, a concave molding used in architecture, typically a quarter-circle in profile. CAVETTO (12) [noun] A concave molding with a quarter-circle profile, commonly used in classical architecture. CAVIARE (12) [noun] Roe of the sturgeon or other large fish, considered a delicacy. | [noun] Something whose flavour is too fine for the vulgar taste. CAVIARS (12) [noun] Roe of the sturgeon or other large fish, considered a delicacy. | [noun] Something whose flavour is too fine for the vulgar taste. CAVILED (13) [verb] To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons. CAVILER (12) [noun] One who cavils; a person who makes petty or unnecessary objections. CAVINGS (13) [noun] Plural of caving; the sport or activity of exploring caves. | [noun] Plural of caving; the collapse of a surface into a cavity beneath it. CAVORTS (12) [verb] (originally intransitive) To prance, said of mounts | [verb] To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously. CAYENNE (12) [noun] Cayenne pepper. CAYMANS (14) [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. CAYUSES (12) [noun] A small Indian horse or pony. CAZIQUE (27) [noun] A native chief or leader in some Spanish American regions, particularly among indigenous peoples. CEASING (10) [verb] To stop. | [verb] To stop doing (something). | [verb] To be wanting; to fail; to pass away. CEBOIDS (12) [noun] Plural of ceboid; members of the family Cebidae, a group of New World monkeys including capuchins and squirrel monkeys. CECALLY (14) CEDILLA (10) [noun] In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese and some other languages, a mark (¸) sometimes placed under the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/, as in Catalan força, French menaçant, and Portuguese almoço, and also used in various other languages to change the sounds of other letters. CEDULAS (10) [noun] Plural of cedula, a historical document or certificate, particularly a type of official pass or license used in Spanish colonial administration. CEILERS (9) [noun] People who install or work on ceilings. | [noun] Plural of ceiler, one who ceils (covers with a ceiling). CEILING (10) [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] The overhead closure of a room. CELADON (10) [noun] A pale green colour, possibly tinted with gray. | [noun] A pale green Chinese glaze. | [noun] A ceramic ware with a pale green glaze. CELESTA (9) [noun] A musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard. CELESTE (9) [noun] A musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard. | [noun] An organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound. CELIACS (11) [noun] Someone who has celiac disease. CELLARS (9) [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. CELLING (10) CELLIST (9) [noun] Someone who plays the cello. CELLULE (9) [noun] A small cell or chamber, especially in architecture or anatomy. CELOSIA (9) [noun] An ornamental amaranth of the genus Celosia CEMBALI (13) [noun] Plural of cembalo, a harpsichord or similar keyboard instrument used in baroque music. CEMBALO (13) [noun] A harpsichord. CEMENTA (11) CEMENTS (11) [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. CENACLE (11) [noun] A dining room, especially one on an upper floor (traditionally the room in which the Last Supper took place). | [noun] (by extension) A small circle or gathering of specialists (writers etc). CENOTES (9) [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. CENSERS (9) [noun] An ornamental container for burning incense, especially during religious ceremonies. | [noun] A person who censes, a person who perfumes with incense CENSING (10) [verb] To perfume with incense. CENSORS (9) [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. CENSUAL (9) [adjective] Of or relating to a census. CENSURE (9) [noun] The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension. | [noun] An official reprimand. | [noun] Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment. CENTALS (9) [noun] Plural of cental, a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds. CENTARE (9) [noun] A metric unit of area equal to one square meter, or 1/100 of an are. CENTAUR (9) [noun] A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse. | [noun] (also capitalised) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune. | [noun] A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together. CENTAVO (12) [noun] Currency unit (hundredth of a peso) in Mexico | [noun] A similar subdenomination of various other currencies. CENTERS (9) [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. CENTILE (9) [noun] Short for percentile. CENTIME (11) [noun] A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc. | [noun] A coin having face value of one centime. CENTIMO (11) [noun] A cent, i.e. 1/100, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the Euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value CENTNER (9) [noun] A unit of weight equal to 100 pounds in the US or 112 pounds in Britain, or 50 kilograms in some metric systems. CENTRAL (9) [adjective] Being in the centre. | [adjective] Having or containing the centre of something. | [adjective] Being very important, or key to something. CENTRED (10) [verb] To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area. | [verb] To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes. | [verb] To give (something) a central basis. CENTRES (9) [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. CENTRIC (11) [adjective] Being in the centre; central. | [adjective] Pertaining to a nerve centre. | [adjective] (of diatoms) Being a member of the class Centrales CENTRUM (11) [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. CENTUMS (11) [noun] Plural of centum, a monetary unit formerly used in various countries, or a group of one hundred in historical Roman military organization. CENTURY (12) [noun] A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100. | [noun] A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion. | [noun] A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly. CEPHEID (15) [noun] A cepheid variable. | [adjective] Relating to cepheid variables. CERAMAL (11) CERAMIC (13) [noun] A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a materal, such as clay, then firing it at a high tempature. | [noun] An object made of this material | [adjective] Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals. CERATED (10) [adjective] Covered with a waxy or wax-like substance; having a texture resembling wax. CERATES (9) [noun] Plural of cerate, a medicinal preparation consisting of a mixture of wax and oil or lard, used as an ointment or salve. CERATIN (9) CEREALS (9) [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. CEREBRA (11) [noun] The upper part of the brain, which is divided into the two cerebral hemispheres. In humans it is the largest part of the brain and is the seat of motor and sensory functions, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory. CERIPHS (14) CERISES (9) [noun] Plural of cerise, a deep red color resembling that of a cherry. | [noun] Cherry trees or cherries (archaic French usage in English contexts). CERITES (9) [noun] Plural of cerite, a mineral containing rare earth elements, typically found in metamorphic and igneous rocks. CERIUMS (11) [noun] Plural of cerium, a chemical element (Ce) with atomic number 58, a silvery-white rare earth metal. CERMETS (11) [noun] A composite material composed of ceramic and metal materials, used in such applications as industrial saws and turbine blades. CEROTIC (11) [adjective] Of or relating to cerotic acid, a waxy substance found in plant and animal tissues. CERTAIN (9) [noun] (with "the") Something certain. | [adjective] Sure, positive, not doubting. | [adjective] Determined; resolved. CERTIFY (15) [verb] To attest to (a fact) as the truth. | [verb] To authenticate or verify in writing. | [verb] To attest that a product, service, organization, or person has met an official standard. CERUMEN (11) [noun] Earwax CERUSES (9) [noun] Plural of ceruse, a white lead carbonate pigment formerly used in cosmetics and painting. CERVINE (12) [adjective] Pertaining to a deer; deer-like. CESIUMS (11) [noun] Plural of cesium, a soft, silvery-white alkali metal element with atomic number 55. CESSING (10) [verb] Present participle of "cess," meaning to assess or levy a tax or rate on property or persons. | [verb] Present participle of "cess," meaning to stop or cease (archaic usage). CESSION (9) [noun] That which is ceded. Insurance: (part of) a risk which is transferred from one actor to another. | [noun] The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to. CESSPIT (11) [noun] A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water. CESTODE (10) [noun] A parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda; a tapeworm. CESTOID (10) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a tapeworm or the tapeworm class Cestoda. | [noun] A tapeworm or member of the class Cestoda. CESURAE (9) [noun] Plural of caesura; a pause or break in a line of verse, typically in the middle of a metrical foot. | [noun] A break or pause in speech or music. CESURAS (9) [noun] Plural of cesura, a pause or break in a metrical line of verse, typically occurring in the middle of a line. CETANES (9) [noun] Plural of cetane, a hydrocarbon compound used as a reference standard for measuring the ignition quality of diesel fuel. CEVICHE (17) [noun] Raw seafood cured by marination in an acidic medium such as citrus, vinegar, or other souring agent, found primarily in Latin America. CHABLIS (14) [noun] A variety of dry white wine from this region CHABOUK (18) [noun] A type of whip or riding crop used in some Middle Eastern countries. CHABUKS (18) [noun] A riding whip or leather strap used as a whip, particularly in India and the Middle East. CHACMAS (16) [noun] Plural of chacma, a large baboon found in southern Africa. CHADARS (13) [noun] A loose robe, made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by Muslim women, especially in Iran. CHADORS (13) [noun] A loose robe, made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by Muslim women, especially in Iran. CHAETAE (12) [noun] A chitinous bristle of an annelid worm CHAETAL (12) [adjective] Of or relating to chaetae, which are bristle-like structures found on certain organisms such as annelid worms and other invertebrates. CHAFERS (15) [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 CHAFFED (19) [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. CHAFFER (18) [noun] Bargaining; merchandise | [verb] To haggle or barter. | [verb] To buy. | [noun] The upper sieve of a cleaning shoe in a combine harvester, where chaff is removed CHAFING (16) [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. CHAGRIN (13) [noun] Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification. | [noun] A type of leather or skin with a rough surface. | [verb] To bother or vex; to mortify. CHAINED (13) [verb] To fasten something with a chain. | [verb] To link multiple items together. | [verb] To secure someone with fetters. CHAINES (12) [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. CHAIRED (13) [verb] To act as chairperson at; to preside over. | [verb] To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory. | [verb] To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod. CHAISES (12) [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. CHAKRAS (16) [noun] (Ayurveda) Any of (at least more than) seven centres of spiritual energy in the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy. CHALAHS (15) [noun] Plural of chalah, a braided loaf of bread traditionally eaten by Jewish people on the Sabbath and holidays. CHALAZA (21) [noun] The location where the nucellus attaches to the integuments, opposite the micropyle. | [noun] One of the two spiral bands which attach the yolk of an egg to the eggshell, suspending it in the white. CHALCID (15) [noun] Any of many small wasps, of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, having parasitic larvae CHALEHS (15) CHALETS (12) [noun] An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves. CHALICE (14) [noun] A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies. | [noun] A kind of water-cooled pipe for smoking cannabis. CHALKED (17) [verb] To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue. | [verb] To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk. | [verb] To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field. CHALLAH (15) [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. CHALLAS (12) [noun] Plural of challa, a braided loaf of bread traditionally eaten by Jews, especially on the Sabbath. CHALLIE (12) CHALLIS (12) [noun] A light, soft fabric of silk and worsted, having a printed design. CHALLOT (12) [noun] Plural of challah, a Jewish braided bread traditionally eaten on the Sabbath and holidays. CHALONE (12) [noun] Any of several polypeptide hormones that reversibly inhibit mitosis in the tissues that produce them. CHALOTH (15) [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. CHALUTZ (21) [noun] A pioneer or settler, especially one of the early Jewish settlers in Palestine who worked the land. CHAMADE (15) [noun] A signal made by drum or trumpet to indicate a request for a parley or surrender. CHAMBER (16) [noun] A room or set of rooms, particularly: | [noun] A chamberpot. | [noun] The legislature or division of the legislature itself. CHAMFER (17) [noun] An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges. | [verb] To cut off the edge or corner of something. | [verb] To cut a groove in something. CHAMISE (14) [noun] An evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum in the botanical family Rosaceae CHAMISO (14) [noun] An evergreen shrub, Atriplex canescens, found in the southwestern United States. | [noun] An evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum. CHAMOIS (14) [noun] A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra. | [noun] Usually as chamois leather: soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used). | [noun] The traditional colour of chamois leather. CHAMOIX (21) CHAMPAC (18) [noun] A tropical Asian tree (Magnolia champaca) valued for its fragrant flowers and timber. CHAMPAK (20) [noun] A type of Asian tree with fragrant blossoms, Magnolia champaca CHAMPED (17) [verb] To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently. CHAMPER (16) [noun] Champagne, especially cheap or sparkling wine. | [verb] To champ or bite eagerly. CHANCED (15) [verb] To happen by chance, to occur. | [verb] To befall; to happen to. | [verb] To try or risk. CHANCEL (14) [noun] The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen. CHANCES (14) [noun] An opportunity or possibility. | [noun] Random occurrence; luck. | [noun] The probability of something happening. CHANCRE (14) [noun] Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis. CHANGED (14) [verb] To become something different. | [verb] To make something into something else. | [verb] To replace. CHANGER (13) [noun] Someone or something who changes things. | [noun] Someone or something that changes or transforms itself. | [noun] A person employed in changing or discounting money. CHANGES (13) [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 CHANNEL (12) [noun] The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks. | [noun] The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water. | [noun] The navigable part of a river. | [verb] To make or cut a channel or groove in. | [noun] The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks. CHANSON (12) [noun] Any song with French words, but more specifically a classic, lyric-driven French song. | [noun] A religious song. CHANTED (13) [verb] To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music. | [verb] To sing or intone sacred text. | [verb] To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group. CHANTER (12) [noun] One who chants or sings. | [noun] A priest who sings in a chantry. | [noun] The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played. CHANTEY (15) [noun] A roughly-built hut or cabin. | [noun] A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned. | [noun] An unlicensed pub. CHANTOR (12) CHANTRY (15) [noun] An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people | [noun] A chapel set up for this purpose CHAOSES (12) [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. CHAOTIC (14) [noun] A character having a chaotic alignment. | [adjective] Filled with chaos. | [adjective] Extremely disorganized or in disarray. CHAPATI (14) [noun] A flat, unleavened bread from northern India and Pakistan. CHAPEAU (14) [noun] A hat. | [noun] A cap of maintenance. | [noun] The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine. CHAPELS (14) [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. CHAPLET (14) [noun] A wreath or garland for the head. | [noun] A string of beads or a rosary. | [noun] An ornamental molding consisting of a small round convex surface. CHAPMAN (16) [noun] A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one. | [noun] A purchaser. CHAPMEN (16) [noun] A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one. | [noun] A purchaser. CHAPPED (17) [verb] Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness. | [verb] To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough. | [verb] To strike, knock. CHAPTER (14) [noun] (authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided. | [noun] A section of a social or religious body. | [noun] A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue. CHARADE (13) [noun] A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole. | [noun] A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles. | [noun] A play resembling the game charades, particularly due to poor acting. CHARGED (14) [verb] To assign a duty or responsibility to | [verb] To assign (a debit) to an account | [verb] To pay on account, as by using a credit card CHARGER (13) [noun] A device that charges or recharges | [noun] A large horse trained for battle and used by the cavalry (of a lighter build than a destrier) | [noun] A large platter CHARGES (13) [noun] The amount of money levied for a service. | [noun] A ground attack against a prepared enemy. | [noun] A forceful forward movement. CHARIER (12) [adjective] Careful, cautious, shy, wary. | [adjective] Excessively particular or fussy about details; fastidious. | [adjective] Not disposed to give freely; not lavish; frugal, sparing. CHARILY (15) [adverb] In a wary or cautious manner; with careful attention to potential risks or dangers. CHARING (13) [verb] Present participle of char; to burn or scorch the surface of something. | [verb] To hire or rent a ship or aircraft. CHARIOT (12) [noun] A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare. | [noun] A light four-wheeled carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes. | [noun] (xiangqi) rook CHARISM (14) [noun] A power or authority, generally of a spiritual nature, believed to be a freely given gift by the grace of God. CHARITY (15) [noun] An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose. | [noun] The goods or money given to those in need. | [noun] Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need. CHARKAS (16) [noun] A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton. CHARKED (17) [verb] Past tense of "chark," meaning to burn or scorch something, especially to reduce to charcoal. CHARKHA (19) [noun] A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton. CHARLEY (15) [noun] The NATO phonetic alphabet code word for the letter C. | [noun] A horse that is difficult to control or manage. CHARLIE (12) [noun] An enemy; the Vietcong; short for Victor Charlie. | [noun] Cocaine. | [noun] (often with "right" and/or "proper") A fool. CHARMED (15) [verb] To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something. | [verb] To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence. | [verb] To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences. CHARMER (14) [noun] A charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie. | [noun] An enchanter or magician. CHARNEL (12) [noun] A chapel attached to a mortuary. | [noun] A repository for dead bodies. | [adjective] Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral. CHARPAI (14) [noun] A traditional Indian bed or cot with a wooden frame and woven rope or jute base. CHARPOY (17) [noun] A traditional bedstead in India, consisting of a wooden frame bordering a set of knotted ropes. CHARQUI (21) [noun] Dried strips of meat; jerky. | [noun] A South American method of drying meat in the sun. CHARRED (13) [verb] To burn something to charcoal. | [verb] To burn slightly or superficially so as to affect colour. | [verb] To turn, especially away or aside. CHARROS (12) [noun] A type of Mexican horseman. | [noun] (usually plural) Short for charro bean. CHARTED (13) [verb] To draw a chart or map of. | [verb] To draw or figure out (a route or plan). | [verb] To record systematically. CHARTER (12) [noun] A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges. | [noun] A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc. | [noun] A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel. CHASERS (12) [noun] A person or thing (ship, plane, car, etc.) that chases. | [noun] A hunter. | [noun] A person who does the chasing on metalwork. CHASING (13) [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. CHASMAL (14) [adjective] Of, relating to, or resembling a chasm; having the characteristics of a deep fissure or abyss. CHASMED (15) [verb] Past tense of chasm, meaning to form or create a chasm or deep opening. CHASMIC (16) [adjective] Like a chasm. CHASSED (13) [verb] To perform this step. | [verb] To dismiss. CHASSES (12) [noun] A reliquary casket. | [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. CHASSIS (12) [noun] A base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a mounted gun moves backward and forward. | [noun] The base frame of a motor vehicle. | [noun] A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer. CHASTEN (12) [verb] To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc.); to restrain, moderate. | [verb] To make chaste; to purify. | [verb] To punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement; to discipline. CHASTER (12) [adjective] More chaste; more pure or virtuous in terms of sexual behavior or modesty. CHATEAU (12) [noun] A French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house. | [noun] Any stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle. | [noun] An estate where wine is produced and often bottled, especially in Bordeaux. CHATTED (13) [verb] To be engaged in informal conversation. | [verb] To talk more than a few words. | [verb] To talk of; to discuss. CHATTEL (12) [noun] Tangible, movable property. | [noun] A slave. CHATTER (12) [noun] Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk. | [noun] The sound of talking. | [noun] The sound made by a magpie. | [noun] One who chats CHAUFER (15) [noun] A person employed to drive a motor vehicle for another person. | [verb] To drive a motor vehicle as a chauffeur. CHAUNTS (12) [verb] Third-person singular present tense of chaunt, an archaic or variant spelling of chant, meaning to sing or recite in a rhythmic manner. CHAWERS (15) [noun] Plural of chawer; one who chaws (chews, especially tobacco). | [noun] People who chew or masticate. CHAWING (16) [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. CHAYOTE (15) [noun] Sechium edule, a tropical American perennial herbaceous vine having tendrils, tuberous roots, and a green, pear-shaped fruit cooked as a vegetable. | [noun] The fruit of this plant. CHAZANS (21) [noun] Plural of chazan; Jewish cantor or prayer leader in a synagogue. CHAZZAN (30) [noun] A cantor or musical leader in a Jewish synagogue who leads the congregation in prayer and song. CHAZZEN (30) [noun] A cantor in a synagogue who leads the liturgical prayers and chanting. CHEAPEN (14) [verb] To decrease the value of; to make cheap | [verb] To make vulgar | [verb] To become cheaper CHEAPER (14) [adjective] Low and/or reduced in price. | [adjective] Of poor quality. | [adjective] Of little worth. CHEAPIE (14) [noun] An item which is inexpensive. | [noun] An item of poor quality. | [noun] A person who is stingy, a cheapskate. CHEAPLY (17) [adverb] In a cheap manner; without expending much money. CHEAPOS (14) [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. CHEATED (13) [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. CHEATER (12) [noun] One who cheats. | [noun] An improvised breaker bar made from a length of pipe and a wrench (spanner), usually used to free screws, bolts, etc. that are difficult to remove with a ratchet or wrench alone. | [noun] An escheater. CHEBECS (16) [noun] A small fast sailing ship with two or three masts, formerly used in the Mediterranean. CHECKED (19) [verb] To inspect; to examine. | [verb] To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit). | [verb] (often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory). CHECKER (18) [noun] One who checks or verifies something. | [noun] One who makes a check mark. | [noun] The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment. | [noun] A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts). | [noun] The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis CHECKUP (20) [noun] A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like. | [noun] A routine inspection. CHEDDAR (14) [noun] A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar. | [noun] Money, cash, currency. | [verb] (cheese making) To cut and press cheese so as to remove the whey and leave drier curds. CHEDERS (13) [noun] An elementary school for Jewish children, teaching basic Judaism and Hebrew. CHEDITE (13) CHEEKED (17) [verb] To be impudent towards. | [verb] To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle. | [adjective] (usually in combination) Having some specific type of cheek. CHEEPED (15) [verb] Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds sounding like "cheep". | [verb] To express in a chirping tone. CHEEPER (14) [noun] One who cheeps, such as a young bird or chick. | [noun] Something that is cheaper or costs less money. CHEERED (13) [verb] To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up. | [verb] To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort. | [verb] To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts. CHEERER (12) [noun] One who cheers; a person who shouts encouragement or expresses enthusiasm. | [noun] A cheerleader. CHEERIO (12) [noun] A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties. | [interjection] Goodbye, an interjection said upon parting. | [interjection] Hello; a greeting. CHEERLY (15) [adjective] Cheerful, gay; not gloomy. | [adverb] Cheerily, cheerfully, heartily; briskly. CHEEROS (12) CHEESED (13) [verb] To prepare curds for making cheese. | [verb] To make holes in a pattern of circuitry to decrease pattern density. | [verb] To smile excessively, as for a camera. CHEESES (12) [interjection] An exclamation, the use of which is considered blasphemous among some Christians. | [noun] A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk. | [noun] Any particular variety of cheese. CHEETAH (15) [noun] A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head. It is native to Africa and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal. CHEFDOM (18) CHEFFED (19) [verb] To work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionally. | [verb] To stab with a knife, to shank, to lacerate with a rambo. CHEGOES (13) [noun] Plural of chigoe, a tropical flea that burrows into the skin of humans and animals, causing irritation and infection. CHELATE (12) [noun] A chelate compound | [verb] To form a chelate compound by combining a metal atom to form a ring | [verb] To remove heavy metals from the bloodstream using a chelate (such as EDTA) CHELOID (13) CHEMICS (16) CHEMISE (14) [noun] A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women. | [noun] A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie. | [noun] A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress. CHEMISM (16) [noun] The branch of science dealing with chemical properties and reactions, or the chemical composition or properties of something. | [noun] An obsolete term for chemistry or alchemical processes. CHEMIST (14) [noun] A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level. | [noun] A pharmacist. | [noun] A pharmacy. CHEQUER (21) [noun] One who checks or verifies something. | [noun] One who makes a check mark. | [noun] The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment. CHEQUES (21) [noun] A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity. CHERISH (15) [verb] To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care. | [verb] To have a deep appreciation of; to hold dear. | [verb] To cheer, to gladden. CHEROOT (12) [noun] A cigar with square-cut ends. CHERUBS (14) [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. CHERVIL (15) [noun] A leafy herb, Anthriscus cerefolium, resembling parsley. | [noun] Leaves from the plant, used as an herb in cooking, which have a mild flavor of anise. CHESSES (12) [noun] Plural of chess, referring to multiple games of chess or multiple chess sets. CHESTED (13) [verb] To hit with one's chest (front of one's body) | [verb] To deposit in a chest. | [verb] To place in a coffin. CHETAHS (15) [noun] Plural of cheetah, a large spotted wild cat native to Africa and southwestern Asia, known for its speed. CHETRUM (14) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bhutanese ngultrum CHEVIED (16) [verb] To chase or hunt. | [verb] To vex or harass with petty attacks. | [verb] To maneuver or secure gradually. CHEVIES (15) [noun] A hunt or pursuit; a chase. | [noun] A cry used in hunting. | [noun] The game of prisoners' bars. CHEVIOT (15) [noun] A coarse woolen fabric made from the wool of Cheviot sheep. CHEVRES (15) [noun] Plural of chèvre, a soft cheese made from goat's milk. CHEVRON (15) [noun] A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve | [noun] A wide inverted V placed on a shield. | [noun] One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles. CHEWERS (15) [noun] Plural of chewer; things or animals that chew. | [noun] People who chew something habitually, such as tobacco chewers. CHEWIER (15) [adjective] Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed. CHEWING (16) [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. | [noun] The act by which something is chewed on; mastication. CHEWINK (19) [noun] A towhee, a type of North American songbird with a distinctive call that sounds like its name. CHIASMA (14) [noun] A crossing of two nerves, ligaments etc. | [noun] The contact point between the two chromatids of a chromosome during meiosis. CHIASMI (14) [noun] An inversion of the relationship between the elements of phrases. CHIASMS (14) [noun] Plural of chiasm, an anatomical crossing or intersection of two structures, particularly the optic chiasm where the optic nerves cross in the brain. | [noun] In rhetoric or linguistics, a reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases. CHIBOUK (18) [noun] A Turkish tobacco pipe CHICANE (14) [noun] A temporary barrier, or serpentine curve, on a vehicular path, especially one designed to reduce speed. | [noun] The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honours. | [noun] Chicanery. CHICANO (14) [noun] A person of Mexican descent or heritage, particularly in the United States. | [adjective] Of or relating to Chicanos or their culture. CHICEST (14) [adjective] Elegant, stylish. CHICHIS (17) [noun] (Latin America, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast. CHICKEE (18) [noun] A thatched-roof dwelling built on stilts, traditionally used by the Seminole people of Florida. CHICKEN (18) [noun] A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young. | [noun] The meat from this bird eaten as food. | [noun] The young of any bird; a chick. | [verb] To avoid a situation one is afraid of. | [noun] A young bird. CHICLES (14) [noun] Plural of chicle, a gum-like substance obtained from the sapodilla tree, traditionally used as the base for chewing gum. CHICORY (17) [noun] Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family. | [noun] A coffee substitute made from the roasted roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in real coffee. CHIDDEN (14) [adjective] Chided, reproved, rebuked, scolded | [verb] To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily. | [verb] To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. CHIDERS (13) [noun] Plural of chider; those who chide or rebuke others. CHIDING (14) [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. CHIEFER (15) CHIEFLY (18) [adjective] Of or relating to a chief | [adverb] (focus) Especially or primarily; above all. | [adverb] (focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely. CHIELDS (13) [noun] Plural of chield, a Scottish word for a child or young man. CHIFFON (18) [noun] A sheer silk or rayon fabric. | [noun] Any purely ornamental accessory on a woman's dress, such as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc. CHIGGER (14) [noun] A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates. | [noun] A harvest mite, a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intense itching. | [noun] An East Asian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypical urban African American. CHIGNON (13) [noun] A roll or twist of hair worn at the nape of the neck; a bun. | [noun] A temporary swelling on a neonate's head after a ventouse-assisted delivery. CHIGOES (13) [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. CHILDES (13) CHILDLY (16) CHILIAD (13) [noun] A group of 1000 things. | [noun] A period of 1000 years; a millennium. CHILIES (12) [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. CHILLED (13) [verb] To lower the temperature of something; to cool | [verb] To become cold | [verb] To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling CHILLER (12) [noun] Something that chills | [noun] A frightening dramatic work, such as a book or film CHILLUM (14) [noun] A conical pipe used for smoking marijuana, usually made of fired clay, porcelain, soapstone, glass or, more rarely, wood. | [noun] The part of such a pipe that contains the tobacco and charcoal balls. CHIMARS (14) CHIMBLY (19) CHIMERA (14) [noun] Alternative letter-case form of Chimera (a flame-spewing monster often represented as having two heads, one of a goat and the other of a lion; the body of a goat; and a serpent as a tail). | [noun] Any fantastic creature with parts from different animals. | [noun] Anything composed of very disparate parts. CHIMERE (14) [noun] A sleeveless robe or vestment worn by bishops and archbishops in the Church of England. CHIMERS (14) CHIMING (15) [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. CHIMLAS (14) CHIMLEY (17) [noun] A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon or hydrocarbon based fuels); a flue. | [noun] The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp. | [noun] The smokestack of a steam locomotive. CHIMNEY (17) [noun] A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon or hydrocarbon based fuels); a flue. | [noun] The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp. | [noun] The smokestack of a steam locomotive. CHINCHY (20) [adjective] Stingy or miserly; unwilling to spend money. | [adjective] Of poor quality; cheap or shabby. CHINING (13) [verb] To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces. | [verb] To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine. | [verb] To crack, split, fissure, break. CHINKED (17) [verb] To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk. | [verb] To crack; to open. | [verb] To cause to open in cracks or fissures. CHINNED (13) [verb] To talk. | [verb] To talk to or with (someone). | [verb] To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar). CHINONE (12) [noun] A type of organic compound derived from benzene, containing two oxygen atoms in a ring structure; a quinone. CHINOOK (16) [noun] The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings. | [noun] The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). CHINTZY (24) [adjective] Of or decorated with chintz. | [adjective] Tastelessly showy; cheap, gaudy, or tacky. | [adjective] Excessively reluctant to spend; miserly, stingy. CHIPPED (17) [verb] To chop or cut into small pieces. | [verb] To break small pieces from. | [verb] To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball. CHIPPER (16) [adjective] Exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful. | [noun] A fish and chip shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods. | [noun] A deep frier. | [verb] To chirp or chirrup. CHIPPIE (16) [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. CHIRKED (17) [verb] Past tense of "chirk," meaning to make a chirping sound or to chirp. | [verb] To cheer up or make cheerful (archaic/dialectal). CHIRKER (16) CHIRMED (15) CHIRPED (15) [verb] To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets | [verb] To speak in a high-pitched staccato | [verb] (radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) To modify (a pulse of signal) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration. CHIRPER (14) [noun] One that chirps; a bird or insect that makes chirping sounds. | [noun] In telecommunications, a device or system that produces chirp signals. CHIRRED (13) [verb] To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada). | [verb] To coo like a pigeon. CHIRRES (12) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "chirre," meaning to make a trilling or chirping sound (as made by insects or birds). CHIRRUP (14) [noun] A series of chirps, clicks or clucks. | [verb] To make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks. | [verb] To express by chirping. CHISELS (12) [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. CHITINS (12) [noun] Plural of chitin, a tough polysaccharide that forms the exoskeleton of arthropods and the cell walls of fungi. CHITLIN (12) [noun] The small intestine of a pig, especially when prepared as food; chitterlings. CHITONS (12) [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. CHITTER (12) [verb] To make a series of high-pitched sounds; to twitter, chirp or chatter. | [verb] To shiver or chatter with cold. | [noun] The frill to the breast of a shirt. CHIVARI (15) [noun] A noisy mock serenade performed outside the residence of a newly married couple, typically involving banging on pots and pans and other disruptive sounds. | [noun] A cacophony or discordant noise. CHIVIED (16) [verb] To chase or hunt. | [verb] To vex or harass with petty attacks. | [verb] To maneuver or secure gradually. CHIVIES (15) [noun] A hunt or pursuit; a chase. | [noun] A cry used in hunting. | [noun] The game of prisoners' bars. CHLAMYS (17) [noun] A short poncho-like cloak caught up on the shoulder, worn by hunters, soldiers, and horsemen in Ancient Greece. CHLORAL (12) [noun] A colourless narcotic liquid, trichloroacetaldehyde, CCl3CHO, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol and that, when treated with water, produces chloral hydrate. CHLORIC (14) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing chlorine, especially in its +5 oxidation state. CHLORID (13) CHLORIN (12) [noun] A green pigment found in plants, or a chemical compound derived from chlorophyll. | [noun] In chemistry, a porphyrin compound containing magnesium at its center. CHOANAE (12) [noun] Plural of choana; the paired openings in the back of the nasal cavity that connect to the nasopharynx. CHOCKED (19) [verb] To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch. | [verb] To fill up, as a cavity. | [verb] To insert a line in a chock. CHOICER (14) [adjective] Especially good or preferred. | [adjective] Careful in choosing; discriminating. CHOICES (14) [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. CHOIRED (13) [verb] Past tense of choir; to sing in a choir or to arrange singers in a choir formation. CHOKERS (16) [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. CHOKIER (16) [adjective] Reminiscent of choking. CHOKING (17) [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. CHOLATE (12) [noun] A salt or ester of cholic acid, used in biochemistry and medicine. | [verb] To treat with or convert into a cholate compound. CHOLENT (12) [noun] A meat stew traditionally served on the Sabbath by Jews. CHOLERA (12) [noun] Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration. CHOLERS (12) [noun] Plural of choler, meaning fits of anger or irascibility; persons who are easily angered. CHOLINE (12) [noun] A hydroxy quaternary ammonium compound with formula (CH3)3N+CH2CH2OHX−. It is an essential nutrient for cardiovascular and brain health and for cell membrane formation. CHOLLAS (12) [noun] Any of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments. CHOMPED (17) [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). CHOMPER (16) [noun] A person or animal that champs or bites vigorously. | [noun] A horse with a tendency to chomp its bit. CHOOSER (12) [noun] One who makes a choice or selection. CHOOSES (12) [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. CHOOSEY (15) [adjective] Inclined to be choosy; particular or selective in making choices. CHOPINE (14) [noun] A high thick-soled platform shoe worn especially by women in the 15th and 16th centuries. CHOPINS (14) CHOPPED (17) [verb] To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions. | [verb] To sever with an axe or similar implement. | [verb] To give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand. CHOPPER (16) [noun] A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax. | [noun] A knife for chopping food. | [noun] A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone. | [noun] A helicopter. CHORAGI (13) [noun] Plural of choragus; leaders or sponsors of a Greek dramatic chorus, or wealthy Athenians who financed theatrical productions. CHORALE (12) [noun] A form of Lutheran or Protestant hymn tune. | [noun] A chorus or choir. CHORALS (12) [noun] Plural of choral, referring to compositions for choir or choral groups. | [adjective] Relating to or composed for a choir or chorus. CHORDAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or containing a chord or chords, particularly in mathematics (a straight line connecting two points on a curve) or music (relating to harmony). CHORDED (14) [verb] To write chords for. | [verb] To accord; to harmonize together. | [verb] To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune. CHOREAL (12) [adjective] Of or relating to a chorus or to a choral group. | [adjective] Relating to or characteristic of a chorea (a neurological disorder causing involuntary movements). CHOREAS (12) [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. CHOREGI (13) [noun] Plural of choregus, a wealthy Athenian citizen who financed and trained a chorus for dramatic competitions in ancient Greece. CHOREIC (14) [adjective] Relating to or resembling chorea, a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary movements. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a choreic dance or movement. CHORIAL (12) CHORINE (12) [noun] A female chorus line dancer; a chorus girl. CHORING (13) [verb] Present participle of "chore," meaning to do chores or routine tasks. | [verb] To assign chores to someone. CHORION (12) [noun] The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus. | [noun] The outer case of an insect egg. | [noun] The outer membrane of seeds of plants. CHORIZO (21) [noun] A spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika. CHOROID (13) [noun] The pigmented vascular layer of the eyeball between the retina and the sclera. | [adjective] Resembling the chorion, particularly in containing many blood vessels. CHORTLE (12) [noun] A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle. | [noun] A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds. | [verb] To laugh with a chortle or chortles. CHOUGHS (16) [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. CHOUSED (13) [verb] Past tense of "chouse," meaning to cheat or swindle someone. CHOUSER (12) [noun] One who cheats or defrauds someone. | [noun] A customer or client. CHOUSES (12) [verb] Third person singular present of "chouse," meaning to cheat or swindle someone. | [noun] Plural of "chouse," meaning a person who cheats or a trick. CHOWDER (16) [noun] A thick, creamy soup or stew. | [noun] A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened. | [noun] A seller of fish. CHOWING (16) [verb] To eat. | [verb] To call a discarded tile to produce a chow. CHOWSED (16) CHOWSES (15) [verb] Third person singular of "chowse," an archaic or dialectal word meaning to cheat or swindle. CHRISMA (14) CHRISMS (14) [noun] Plural of chrism; consecrated oil used in religious ceremonies, particularly in Christian rites such as baptism and confirmation. CHRISOM (14) [noun] A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened. | [noun] A child that died within a month after its baptism; so called from the chrisom cloth used as a shroud for it. CHRISTY (15) CHROMAS (14) [noun] Plural of chroma, referring to the purity or saturation of a color; the attribute of a color by which we identify it as red, green, blue, etc., independent of brightness. | [noun] In music, a chromatic progression or the use of notes outside a key signature. CHROMED (15) [verb] To plate with chrome. | [verb] To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing. CHROMES (14) [noun] Plural of chrome; shiny metallic coating or plating, typically chromium. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of chrome; to coat or plate with chromium. CHROMIC (16) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing chromium, especially in oxidation state 3 CHROMOS (14) [noun] A color print produced by chromolithography. | [noun] A prostitute. CHROMYL (17) [adjective] Relating to or containing the chromyl group, a divalent radical (CrO2) used in organic chemistry. CHRONIC (14) [noun] Marijuana, typically of high quality. | [noun] A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term. | [noun] A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease. CHRONON (12) [noun] A hypothetical indivisible unit of time, the smallest possible interval of time in physics. CHUCKED (19) [verb] To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning. | [verb] To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck. | [verb] To make a clucking sound. CHUCKLE (18) [noun] A quiet laugh. | [verb] To laugh quietly or inwardly. | [verb] To communicate through chuckling. | [adjective] Clumsy. CHUDDAH (17) [noun] A large piece of cloth worn as a shawl or wrap by women in India and some other South Asian countries. CHUDDAR (14) [noun] A loose robe, made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by Muslim women, especially in Iran. CHUDDER (14) CHUFFED (19) [verb] To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive. | [verb] To break wind. | [verb] To intermittently extinguish and reignite a powder charge. CHUFFER (18) [noun] A person or thing that chuffs, such as a steam engine that makes chugging sounds. | [noun] In British slang, a person who is easily pleased or content. CHUGGED (15) [verb] To make dull explosive sounds. | [verb] To move or travel whilst making such sounds. | [verb] To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. People usually chant this at the person who is drinking. CHUGGER (14) [noun] A street fundraiser, especially a private contractor, working on behalf of a charity, who is aggressive or invasive. | [noun] One who chugs a drink, especially an alcoholic drink. | [noun] A type of fish lure or fly that makes a popping or chugging sound when twitched. CHUKARS (16) [noun] A species of partridge native to central Asia (Alectoris chukar). CHUKKAR (20) [noun] A period or round in a game or sport, particularly in polo. | [noun] A circuit or lap, especially in horse racing or polo. CHUKKAS (20) [noun] Chukka boot | [noun] One of the six playing periods, each 7½ minutes long, of a game of polo. CHUKKER (20) [noun] One of the six playing periods, each 7½ minutes long, of a game of polo. CHUMMED (17) [verb] To share rooms with someone; to live together. | [verb] To lodge (somebody) with another person or people. | [verb] To make friends; to socialize. CHUMPED (17) [verb] Past tense of chump; to treat someone as a fool or to trick someone. | [verb] To bite or chew noisily or vigorously. CHUNKED (17) [verb] To break into large pieces or chunks. | [verb] To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size. | [verb] To throw. CHUNTER (12) [verb] To speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter. | [verb] To grumble, complain. CHURCHY (20) [noun] (mildly pejorative) one who is piously Christian | [adjective] Piously Christian. | [adjective] Resembling a church. CHURNED (13) [verb] To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream. | [verb] To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion. | [verb] To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake. CHURNER (12) [noun] A person or device that churns, especially one that agitates butter or cream to make butter. | [noun] A customer or employee with a high turnover rate, particularly one who frequently changes service providers or jobs. CHURRED (13) [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. CHUTING (13) [verb] Present participle of chute, meaning to convey or move something through a chute. | [verb] To descend rapidly or plummet. CHUTIST (12) CHUTNEE (12) [noun] A spiced condiment or relish, typically made from fruits or vegetables, originating from Indian cuisine. CHUTNEY (15) [noun] A sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green or dried red chili peppers. | [noun] A style of Indo-Caribbean music from the West Indies, associated especially with Trinidad and Tobago. CHUTZPA (23) [noun] Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion. CHYLOUS (15) [adjective] Relating to or containing chyle, a milky bodily fluid containing fats and other substances absorbed from the small intestine. CHYMICS (19) [noun] Practitioners or students of alchemy or early chemistry; those who practice chymistry (an archaic term for chemistry). CHYMIST (17) [noun] An archaic or alternative spelling of chemist, referring to a person who practices chemistry or prepares medicines. CHYMOUS (17) [adjective] Of or relating to chyme, the semifluid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach into the small intestine. CIBORIA (11) [noun] A fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns. | [noun] A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist. CIBOULE (11) [noun] A type of onion with a hollow stem, similar to a scallion or spring onion. CICADAE (12) [noun] Plural of cicada, large insects known for their loud buzzing sounds. CICADAS (12) [noun] Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. CICALAS (11) [noun] Plural of cicala, a variant spelling of cicada, a large insect known for its loud buzzing sound. CICEROS (11) [noun] Plural of cicero, a unit of type size equal to 12 points, used in printing and typography. | [noun] Plural of cicero, a professional guide who conducts tours, named after the Roman orator Cicero. CICHLID (15) [noun] Any of many tropical fish, of the family Cichlidae, popular as aquarium fish. CICOREE (11) CIGARET (10) [noun] Tobacco or other substances, in a thin roll wrapped with paper, intended to be smoked. CILIARY (12) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a cilium. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to eyelashes. CILIATE (9) [noun] Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia. | [adjective] Ciliated. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the eyelash. CILICES (11) [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. CIMICES (13) [noun] Plural of cimex; a genus of parasitic bugs, particularly bedbugs. CINCHED (15) [verb] To bring to certain conclusion. | [verb] To tighten down. | [verb] In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five. CINCHES (14) [noun] A simple saddle girth used in Mexico. | [noun] Something that is very easy to do. | [noun] A firm hold. CINDERS (10) [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. CINDERY (13) [adjective] Resembling or containing cinder; of the nature of cinder or ashes. CINEAST (9) [noun] An enthusiast of film and the cinema. | [noun] A person in the filmmaking industry. CINEMAS (11) [noun] A movie theatre, a movie house | [noun] Films collectively. | [noun] The film and movie industry. CINEOLE (9) [noun] A colorless liquid organic compound found in eucalyptus oil and other essential oils, used in medicines and flavorings. CINEOLS (9) [noun] Plural of cineol, a colorless liquid hydrocarbon found in eucalyptus oil and other essential oils. CINERIN (9) [noun] A toxic compound found in pyrethrum flowers, used as an insecticide. CINGULA (10) [noun] The girdle of an alb. | [noun] A collection of white matter fibers projecting from the cingulate gyrus to the entorhinal cortex in the brain, allowing for communication between components of the limbic system. | [noun] A ridge that girdles the base of an upper molar tooth. CINQUES (18) [noun] A card, die, or domino with five spots or pips. | [noun] (campanology) bell changes rung on eleven bells CIPHERS (14) [verb] To calculate. | [verb] To write in code or cipher. | [verb] Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ. CIPHONY (17) CIPOLIN (11) [noun] A whitish marble from Rome, containing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc. CIRCLED (12) [verb] To travel around along a curved path. | [verb] To surround. | [verb] To place or mark a circle around. CIRCLER (11) [noun] One who circles; something that moves in a circular path. | [noun] In some contexts, a person who draws circles. CIRCLES (11) [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. CIRCLET (11) [noun] A small circle. | [noun] A ring (typically of gold or silver) worn as an ornament on the head | [noun] A crown without arches or a covering. CIRCUIT (11) [noun] The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution | [noun] The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area. | [noun] That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown. CIRCUSY (14) CIRQUES (18) [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. CIRRATE (9) [adjective] Having cirri or curl-like appendages; furnished with cirri. CIRROSE (9) [adjective] Having cirri or tendril-like appendages; resembling or characterized by cirrus formations. CIRROUS (9) [adjective] Resembling or consisting of cirrus clouds; thin and wispy. | [adjective] Of or relating to a cirrus or cirri (hair-like or tendril-like appendages). CIRSOID (10) [adjective] Resembling or having the form of a varicose vein; characterized by a twisted or coiled appearance. CISCOES (11) [noun] Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes. CISSIES (9) [noun] A cisgender or cissexual person. | [noun] An effeminate boy or man. | [noun] A timid, unassertive or cowardly person. CISSOID (10) [noun] A plane curve generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line, used in mathematics and geometry. CISTERN (9) [noun] A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use. | [noun] In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank. | [noun] A cisterna. CISTRON (9) [noun] The unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein; sometimes used interchangeably with the word gene. CITABLE (11) [adjective] Worthy of or able to be cited; suitable for citation or reference. CITADEL (10) [noun] A strong fortress that sits high above a city. | [noun] (sometimes figurative) A stronghold or fortified place. | [noun] An armoured portion of a warship, housing important equipment. CITATOR (9) [noun] A person or device that cites or quotes sources. | [noun] In legal research, a tool or publication that lists cases and their subsequent citations and uses in other legal decisions. CITHARA (12) [noun] An ancient Greek stringed instrument, which could be considered a forerunner of the guitar. CITHERN (12) [noun] A stringed instrument (chordophone), played with a plectrum (a pick), and most commonly possessing four wire strings and chromatic frets. CITHERS (12) [noun] Plural of cither, a stringed musical instrument similar to a zither. CITHREN (12) CITIZEN (18) [noun] A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally-recognized rights or duties. | [noun] A legally-recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role. | [noun] An inhabitant or occupant: a member of any place. CITOLAS (9) [noun] A short sword or cutlass, particularly one used in medieval times or by sailors. CITOLES (9) [noun] An archaic musical instrument whose exact form is uncertain, generally shown with four strings. CITRALS (9) [noun] Plural of citral, an unsaturated aldehyde found in lemongrass and other plants, used in perfumes and flavorings. CITRATE (9) [noun] Any salt or ester of citric acid. | [verb] To cause to form citrate. CITRINE (9) [noun] A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon. | [noun] A brownish-yellow quartz. | [adjective] Of a goldish-yellow colour. CITRINS (9) [noun] Plural of citrin, a type of yellow or golden quartz crystal, or a bioflavonoid compound found in citrus fruits. CITRONS (9) [noun] A greenish yellow colour. | [noun] A small citrus tree, Citrus medica. | [noun] The fruit of a citron tree. CITROUS (9) CITRUSY (12) [adjective] Resembling a citrus fruit in taste or aroma. CITTERN (9) [noun] A stringed instrument (chordophone), played with a plectrum (a pick), and most commonly possessing four wire strings and chromatic frets. CIVILLY (15) [adverb] In a polite, courteous, or respectful manner. | [adverb] In accordance with civil law or civil procedure. CIVISMS (14) CIVVIES (15) [noun] Civilian clothes | [noun] A civilian; someone who is not in the military. CLABBER (13) [noun] Sour or curdled milk. | [noun] Wet clay or mud. | [verb] To sour or curdle. CLACHAN (14) [noun] A small village or hamlet, especially in the Highlands or Western Scotland. CLACKED (16) [verb] To make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click. | [verb] To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click. | [verb] To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration. CLACKER (15) [noun] A device that makes a sharp clicking or clacking sound. | [noun] A person or thing that clacks. CLADIST (10) [noun] A biologist or scientist who practices or specializes in cladistics, the study of evolutionary relationships based on shared derived characteristics. CLADODE (11) [noun] A flattened organ arising from the stem of a plant. These often replace the leaves in photosynthetic function, as leaves in such plants (for example asparagus, butchers broom) are typically reduced to scales. The term may also refer to the generally flattened shoot such as the cactus shown. CLAGGED (12) [verb] Past tense of clag; to stick or adhere; to clog or become blocked with sticky material. CLAIMED (12) [verb] To demand ownership of. | [verb] To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true. | [verb] To demand ownership or right to use for land. CLAIMER (11) [noun] A person who makes a claim; a claimant. | [noun] A pretender to a royal title. | [noun] A racehorse offered for sale before a race and delivered to the buyer afterwards. CLAMANT (11) [adjective] Urgent. | [adjective] Crying earnestly; beseeching clamorously. CLAMBER (13) [noun] The act of clambering; a difficult or haphazard climb. | [verb] To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion. CLAMMED (14) [verb] To dig for clams. | [verb] To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang. | [verb] To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. CLAMMER (13) [noun] One who clams; a person who digs for or harvests clams. | [noun] A clam digger tool or device used to extract clams from the ground. CLAMORS (11) [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. CLAMOUR (11) [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. CLAMPED (14) [verb] To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp. | [verb] To hold or grip tightly. | [verb] To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range. CLAMPER (13) [noun] A device or tool used to hold or secure something firmly in place. | [noun] A member of a clamping organization or group. CLANGED (11) [verb] To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang. | [verb] To give out a clang; to resound. CLANGER (10) [noun] Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively). | [noun] The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound. | [noun] A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas. CLANGOR (10) [noun] A loud, repeating clanging sound; a loud racket; a din. | [verb] To make a clanging sound. CLANKED (14) [verb] To make a clanking sound | [verb] To cause to sound with a clank. CLAPPED (14) [verb] To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound. | [verb] To applaud. | [verb] To slap with the hand in a jovial manner. CLAPPER (13) [noun] One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands. | [noun] An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue. | [noun] A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper. | [noun] A rabbit burrow. CLAQUER (18) CLAQUES (18) [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. CLARETS (9) [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. CLARIES (9) CLARIFY (15) [verb] (of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter | [verb] To make clear or easily understood; to explain in order to remove doubt or obscurity | [verb] To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification. CLARION (9) [noun] A medieval brass instrument, related to the trumpet, or its sound. | [noun] A different type of musical instrument resembling an organ. | [verb] To sound a clarion (trumpet-like instrument). CLARITY (12) [noun] The state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity. CLARKIA (13) [noun] Any of several annual flowering plants, of the genus Clarkia, native to the Americas. CLAROES (9) CLASHED (13) [verb] To make a clashing sound. | [verb] To cause to make a clashing sound. | [verb] To come into violent conflict. CLASHER (12) [noun] One who clashes; a person or thing that clashes or conflicts. | [noun] In some contexts, a cymbal or similar percussion instrument that produces a clashing sound. CLASHES (12) [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. CLASPED (12) [verb] To take hold of; to grasp; to grab tightly. | [verb] To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp. CLASPER (11) [noun] Anything that clasps. | [noun] Any of several appendages, in insects, crustacea and fish, that are used to clasp the female during copulation. | [noun] The tendril of a plant. CLASSED (10) [verb] To assign to a class; to classify. | [verb] To be grouped or classed. | [verb] To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes. CLASSER (9) [noun] One who classes or categorizes things. | [noun] A student in a particular class or grade level. CLASSES (9) [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. CLASSIC (11) [noun] A perfect and/or early example of a particular style. | [noun] An artistic work of lasting worth, such as a film or song. | [noun] The author of such a work. CLASSIS (9) [noun] A division or class in ancient Rome, especially a group of citizens organized by wealth for military service. | [noun] In biology, a taxonomic rank below phylum and above order. CLASTIC (11) [noun] A rock made from fragments of pre-existing rocks. | [adjective] Made up of parts that are easily removable. | [adjective] (of rock) Made from fragments of pre-existing rocks. CLATTER (9) [noun] A rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt, sharp sounds. | [noun] A loud disturbance. | [noun] Noisy talk or chatter. CLAUCHT (14) CLAUGHT (13) [verb] Past tense and past participle of "claught," an archaic or dialectal form meaning to clutch, grab, or seize. | [verb] Scottish dialect: to catch or grip. CLAUSAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or containing a clause or clauses in grammar. CLAUSES (9) [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. CLAVATE (12) [adjective] Resembling a club, becoming increasingly wide from the base to the distal end. CLAVERS (12) [noun] Gossip or idle talk; chatter. | [noun] Plural of claver, one who clavs or gossips. CLAVIER (12) [noun] The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium. CLAWERS (12) [noun] Plural of clawer; animals or creatures that claw. | [noun] Things that claw or scratch. CLAWING (13) [verb] To scratch or to tear at. | [verb] To use the claws to seize, to grip. | [verb] To use the claws to climb. CLAXONS (16) [noun] Loud mechanical horns or warning devices that produce a sharp, piercing sound. | [noun] Plural of claxon, a brand name that became a generic term for such horns. CLAYIER (12) [adjective] More clayey; containing a greater amount of clay or having characteristics more similar to clay. CLAYING (13) [verb] Present participle of clay, meaning to treat, coat, or work with clay; or to purify (as in oil refining) by treating with clay. CLAYISH (15) CLAYPAN (14) [noun] A compact stratum of partially permeable material rich in clay. CLEANED (10) [verb] To remove dirt from a place or object. | [verb] To tidy up, make a place neat. | [verb] To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed. CLEANER (9) [noun] A person whose occupation is to clean floors, windows and other things. | [noun] A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner. | [noun] A substance used for cleaning, a cleaning agent. | [adjective] (heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances. CLEANLY (12) [adjective] Being habitually clean, practising good hygiene. | [adjective] Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. | [adjective] Adroit; dexterous; artful. | [adverb] In a clean way, neatly. CLEANSE (9) [noun] An act of cleansing; a purification. | [verb] To free from dirt; to clean, to purify. | [verb] To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge. CLEANUP (11) [noun] The act of cleaning or tidying something. | [noun] Fourth in the batting order; a cleanup hitter. CLEARED (10) [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. CLEARER (9) [adjective] Transparent in colour. | [adjective] Bright, not dark or obscured. | [adjective] Free of obstacles. CLEARLY (12) [adverb] (manner) In a clear manner. | [adverb] (modal) Without a doubt; obviously. | [adverb] (degree) To a degree clearly discernible. CLEATED (10) [adjective] Fitted with cleats, or having cleats attached. | [verb] Past tense of cleat; to furnish or equip with cleats. CLEAVED (13) [adjective] Cleft or cloven. CLEAVER (12) [noun] A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc. | [noun] (Bahamas) A type of clave, or rhythm stick, a concussive musical instrument used in traditional Bahamian music. | [noun] (metaphoric) The act of eliminating someone or something, especially when done by someone with a history of other eliminations; a dismissal, rejection, or removal. CLEAVES (12) [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. CLEEKED (14) [verb] Past tense of "cleek," to strike or hit a golf ball with a cleek (a type of golf club). | [verb] To seize or snatch. CLEFTED (13) [adjective] Having a cleft or split; divided into two parts. CLEMENT (11) [adjective] Lenient or merciful; charitable. | [adjective] Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances). CLEOMES (11) [noun] Any flowering plant in the genus Cleome. CLEPING (12) [verb] To give a call; cry out; appeal. | [verb] To call; call upon; cry out to. | [verb] To call to oneself; invite; summon. CLERICS (11) [noun] A clergy member. CLERIDS (10) [noun] Plural of clerid; a family of beetles (Cleridae) known as checkered beetles or bark beetles, typically having a checkered or spotted pattern on their wing covers. CLERISY (12) [noun] An elite group of intellectuals; learned people, the literati. | [noun] The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity. CLERKED (14) [verb] To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk CLERKLY (16) [adjective] Of clerks; befitting a clerk. | [adjective] Scholarly. | [adverb] In a scholarly manner. CLEWING (13) [verb] To roll into a ball | [verb] (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail) CLICHED (15) [verb] To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché. | [adjective] Repeated so often that it has become stale or commonplace; hackneyed. CLICHES (14) [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. CLICKED (16) [verb] To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click. | [verb] To press and release (a button on a computer mouse). | [verb] To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button. CLICKER (15) [noun] The remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment. | [noun] An electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc. | [noun] A person who cuts out the uppers of shoes from pieces of leather using a flexible knife that clicks as it changes direction. CLIENTS (9) [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. CLIMATE (11) [noun] An area of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude. | [noun] A region of the Earth. | [noun] The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years). CLIMBED (14) [verb] To ascend; rise; to go up. | [verb] To mount; to move upwards on. | [verb] To scale; to get to the top of something. CLIMBER (13) [noun] One who climbs. | [noun] A plant that climbs, such as a vine. | [noun] A bird that climbs, such as a woodpecker or a parrot. | [verb] To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber. CLINGED (11) [verb] Past tense of cling; held on tightly or adhered closely to something. CLINGER (10) [noun] One that clings or adheres to something. | [noun] A person who is overly dependent or emotionally needy. CLINICS (11) [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. CLINKED (14) [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. CLINKER (13) [noun] A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands. | [noun] A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat. | [noun] Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. | [noun] Someone or something that clinks. | [noun] A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks. CLIPPED (14) [verb] To grip tightly. | [verb] To fasten with a clip. | [verb] To hug, embrace. CLIPPER (13) [noun] Anything that clips. | [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails. | [noun] Something that moves swiftly; especially: CLIQUED (19) [verb] Past tense of clique, meaning to form or associate with a clique or exclusive group. CLIQUES (18) [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. CLIQUEY (21) [adjective] Having the characteristics of a clique CLITICS (11) [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). CLIVERS (12) [noun] Plural of cliver, a climbing or clinging plant, particularly cleavers (a sticky plant with hooked hairs). CLIVIAS (12) [noun] Any plant of the genus Clivia, native to southern Africa. CLOACAE (11) [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. CLOACAL (11) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a cloaca, the common chamber in birds, reptiles, and some fish where the intestinal, urinary, and reproductive tracts open. CLOACAS (11) [noun] Plural of cloaca; a common cavity in birds, reptiles, and some other animals that serves as the outlet for the digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems. | [noun] In ancient Rome, a sewer or underground drainage system. CLOAKED (14) [verb] To cover as with a cloak. | [verb] To hide or conceal. | [verb] To render or become invisible via futuristic technology. CLOBBER (13) [noun] A thumping or beating. | [noun] A bash on say the head, typically with a tool or object rather than with fists. | [verb] To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage. | [noun] Clothing; clothes. | [noun] A paste used by shoemakers to hide the cracks in leather. CLOCHES (14) [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. CLOCKED (16) [verb] To measure the duration of. | [verb] To measure the speed of. | [verb] To hit (someone) heavily. CLOCKER (15) [noun] A person who clocks (illegally winds back the milometer of) a motor car | [noun] A low-level drug dealer who operates on the streets. | [noun] A clucking hen. CLOGGED (12) [verb] To block or slow passage through (often with 'up'). | [verb] To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper. | [verb] To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex. CLOGGER (11) [noun] One who, or that which, clogs. | [noun] A maker of the shoes called clogs. | [noun] A physically aggressive player. CLOMPED (14) [verb] To walk heavily or clumsily, as with clogs. | [verb] To make some object hit something, thereby producing a clomping sound. CLONERS (9) [noun] Plural of cloner; organisms or devices that produce clones. | [noun] People or entities that create unauthorized copies of something. CLONING (10) [verb] To create a clone of. | [noun] The production of an exact copy of an object. | [noun] The production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum. CLONISM (11) CLONKED (14) [verb] To make such a sound. CLOPPED (14) [verb] To make this sound; to walk so as to make this sound. CLOQUES (18) [noun] Small blisters or puffs in fabric caused by uneven shrinkage or manufacturing defects. | [verb] Third person singular of cloque, meaning to cause such blistering in fabric. CLOSELY (12) [adverb] In a close manner. | [adverb] Secretly; privately CLOSERS (9) [noun] Someone or something that closes. | [noun] Someone or something that concludes. | [noun] The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course. CLOSEST (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. CLOSETS (9) [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. CLOSING (10) [verb] (physical) To remove a gap. | [verb] (social) To finish, to terminate. | [verb] To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine. CLOSURE (9) [noun] An event or occurrence that signifies an ending. | [noun] A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period. | [noun] A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing. CLOTHED (13) [verb] To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing. | [verb] To cover or invest, as if with a garment. | [adjective] Wearing clothes or clothing. | [adjective] Covered with a cloth. CLOTHES (12) [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. | [verb] To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing. CLOTTED (10) [verb] To form a clot or mass. | [verb] To cause to clot or form into a mass. | [adjective] Containing clots. CLOTURE (9) [noun] In legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate (that is, a filibuster): a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter. For example, in the United States Senate, a three-fifths majority vote of the body is required to invoke cloture and terminate debate. | [verb] To end legislative debate by this means. CLOUDED (11) [verb] To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight. | [verb] To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds. | [verb] To make obscure. CLOUGHS (13) [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. CLOURED (10) CLOUTED (10) [verb] To form a clot or mass. | [verb] To cause to clot or form into a mass. | [verb] To hit, especially with the fist. CLOUTER (9) CLOVERS (12) [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. CLOWDER (13) [noun] A group of cats or other small felines. CLOWNED (13) [verb] To act in a silly or playful fashion. | [verb] To ridicule. CLOYING (13) [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. CLUBBED (14) [verb] To hit with a club. | [verb] To join together to form a group. | [verb] To combine into a club-shaped mass. CLUBBER (13) [noun] One who partakes in clubbing, who frequents nightclubs. | [noun] One who clubs, who hits objects with a club. CLUBMAN (13) [noun] A man who attends a social club. | [noun] A warrior who uses a club as a weapon. CLUBMEN (13) [noun] A man who attends a social club. | [noun] A warrior who uses a club as a weapon. CLUCKED (16) [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. CLUEING (10) [verb] To provide with a clue. | [verb] To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up"). CLUMBER (13) [noun] A breed of spaniel dog with a long, silky coat, originally bred for hunting in heavy cover. CLUMPED (14) [verb] To form clusters or lumps. | [verb] To gather in dense groups. | [verb] To walk with heavy footfalls. CLUNKED (14) [verb] To make such a sound CLUNKER (13) [noun] A decrepit motor car. | [noun] Anything which is in poor condition or of poor quality. CLUPEID (12) [noun] A fish of the family Clupeidae, which includes herrings, sardines, and anchovies. CLUSTER (9) [noun] A group or bunch of several discrete items that are close to each other. | [noun] A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob. | [noun] A group of galaxies or stars that appear near each other. CLUTCHY (17) CLUTTER (9) [noun] A confused disordered jumble of things. | [noun] Background echoes, from clouds etc., on a radar or sonar screen. | [noun] A group of cats; the collective noun for cats. CLYPEAL (14) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a clypeus (a shield-like structure, especially the broad flat area on the face of certain insects). CLYPEUS (14) [noun] The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax. CLYSTER (12) [noun] A medicine applied via the rectum; an enema or suppository. COACHED (15) [verb] To train. | [verb] To instruct; to train. | [verb] To study under a tutor. COACHER (14) [noun] A person who coaches or gives instruction; a coach. | [noun] A coachman. | [noun] A coach horse. COACHES (14) [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. COACTED (12) [verb] Past tense of coact; to act together or in conjunction with another. COACTOR (11) [noun] An actor who performs together with another actor in the same production. COADMIT (12) [verb] To admit jointly or together with another person or party. COAEVAL (12) [adjective] Existing or occurring at the same time; contemporary. | [noun] A person or thing that is coeval with another. COAGENT (10) [noun] A person or agent that acts jointly with another; a joint agent or associate in an action or agency. COAGULA (10) [noun] A mass of coagulated material; a clot or curd COALBIN (11) [noun] A bin or container used for storing coal. COALBOX (18) [noun] A box or container used to store coal for heating purposes. COALERS (9) [noun] A vehicle used for carrying or supplying coal. COALIER (9) [adjective] More coal-like in appearance or quality; resembling coal more closely. COALIFY (15) COALING (10) [verb] To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships). | [verb] To supply with coal. | [verb] To be converted to charcoal. COALPIT (11) [noun] A pit or mine from which coal is extracted; a coal mine. COAMING (12) [noun] On a boat, the vertical side of above-deck structures, such as the coach roof, hatch, and cockpit. | [noun] A raised frame, designed to deflect or prevent entry of water, around an opening (e.g., a hatch or skylight) in a flat surface, such as a roof or deck. COANNEX (16) COAPTED (12) [verb] Past tense of coapt; to fit or adapt together precisely, especially in medical contexts where bone fragments or wound edges are brought into close alignment. COARSEN (9) [verb] To make (more) coarse. | [verb] To become (more) coarse. COARSER (9) [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. COASTAL (9) [adjective] Relating to the coast; on or near the coast, as a coastal town, a coastal breeze COASTED (10) [verb] To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power. | [verb] To sail along a coast. | [verb] To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort. COASTER (9) [noun] Agent noun of coast: one who coasts. | [noun] Something that coasts, such as a sled or toboggan. | [noun] A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters. COATEES (9) [noun] A coat with short flaps. COATERS (9) [noun] Animals that coat or cover something. | [noun] Workers or machines that apply a coating to surfaces. COATING (10) [verb] To cover with a coating of some material. | [verb] To cover like a coat. | [verb] To clothe. COAXERS (16) [noun] Plural of coaxer; people or things that coax or persuade someone gently or gradually. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of coax; persuades someone gradually or gently to do something. COAXIAL (16) [noun] A coaxial cable | [adjective] Having a common central axis COAXING (17) [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. COBALTS (11) [noun] A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal. | [noun] Cobalt blue. COBBERS (13) [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. COBBIER (13) [adjective] More cobby; having a more compact or sturdy build (used to describe horses or dogs). COBBLED (14) [verb] To make shoes (what a cobbler does). | [verb] To assemble in an improvised way. | [verb] To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc. COBBLER (13) [noun] A person who makes and repairs shoes | [noun] A person who lays cobbles; a roadworker | [noun] A kind of pie, usually filled with fruit, that lacks a crust at the base COBBLES (13) [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). COBNUTS (11) [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. COBWEBS (16) [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. COCAINE (11) [noun] A stimulant narcotic, derived from cultivated plants of the genus Erythroxylum, in the form of a white powder that users generally self-administer by insufflation through the nose. | [noun] Any derivative of cocaine. COCAINS (11) [noun] Plural of cocaine, the crystalline alkaloid drug derived from coca leaves. COCCIDS (14) [noun] Plural of coccid, referring to scale insects of the family Coccidae that are plant pests. COCCOID (14) [adjective] Resembling or shaped like a coccus (a spherical bacterium). COCCOUS (13) [adjective] Relating to or shaped like a coccus; spherical in form, especially referring to bacteria. COCHAIR (14) [noun] Someone who serves as the chair of a meeting or organization together with one or more other chairs. | [verb] To chair (a meeting) jointly. COCHINS (14) [noun] Plural of Cochin, a breed of large, fluffy chickens with feathered legs originating from India. | [noun] Inhabitants or natives of Cochin, a city in India. COCHLEA (14) [noun] The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses. | [noun] A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail. COCKADE (16) [noun] A rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat, especially as an office or party badge. | [noun] An emblem of concentric circles of different colours, identifying the country to which an aircraft belongs. COCKERS (15) [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. COCKEYE (18) [noun] A person who has a cock eye; someone with an eye that turns inward or outward. | [verb] To squint or look with one eye closed. COCKIER (15) [adjective] Overly confident; arrogant and boastful. COCKILY (18) [adverb] In a cocky manner; with arrogant or overconfident behavior. COCKING (16) [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. COCKISH (18) COCKLED (16) [verb] To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker. | [adjective] Enclosed in a shell. COCKLES (15) [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”). COCKNEY (18) [noun] A native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London | [noun] The accent and speech mannerisms of these people | [noun] An effeminate person; a spoilt child. COCKPIT (17) [noun] The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile). | [noun] The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous area in a spacecraft. | [noun] A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting. COCKSHY (21) [noun] A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks. | [noun] An object at which stones are flung; (by extension) a person who is abused or vilified. COCKUPS (17) [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. COCOMAT (13) COCONUT (11) [noun] A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed. | [noun] A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity. | [noun] The edible white flesh of this fruit. COCOONS (11) [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 COCOTTE (11) [noun] Small casserole (pot) for individual portions, similar to a Dutch oven | [noun] Promiscuous woman, prostitute COCOYAM (16) [noun] New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga. | [noun] Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro. CODABLE (12) [adjective] Capable of being encoded or converted into a code. CODDERS (11) CODDING (12) [verb] To attempt to deceive or confuse. | [adjective] Lustful CODDLED (12) [verb] To treat gently or with great care. | [verb] To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point. | [verb] To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect. CODDLER (11) [noun] A person who coddles; one who treats someone with excessive care or indulgence. | [noun] A device for cooking eggs by surrounding them with hot water. CODDLES (11) [verb] To treat gently or with great care. | [verb] To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point. | [verb] To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect. CODEIAS (10) CODEINA (10) CODEINE (10) [noun] An addictive alkaloid narcotic derived from opium and used as a hypnotic, analgesic and cough suppressant; often mixed with aspirin etc. CODEINS (10) CODFISH (16) [noun] A cod (the fish). | [noun] The flesh of the cod as food. CODGERS (11) [noun] An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man. CODICES (12) [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. CODICIL (12) [noun] An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one. CODLING (11) [noun] A young small cod. | [noun] A hake (cod-related food fish), notably from the genus Urophycis. | [verb] To treat gently or with great care. | [noun] A small, immature apple CODLINS (10) [noun] A type of cooking apple, or the plural of codlin, which is an elongated apple variety used in cooking. CODRIVE (13) [verb] To drive a vehicle jointly with another person, typically taking turns at the wheel. CODROVE (13) COEDITS (10) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "coedit," meaning to edit jointly with another person or to serve as a co-editor. COELIAC (11) [noun] Someone who has coeliac disease. | [adjective] Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen. | [adjective] Abbreviation of coeliac disease; used attributively. COELOME (11) [noun] A body cavity in animals that is lined with mesoderm and contains the internal organs; also spelled coelom. COELOMS (11) [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. COEMPTS (13) [verb] Third person singular of "coempt," an archaic legal term meaning to purchase jointly or to buy up the entire stock of something. COENACT (11) [verb] To enact together; to perform jointly or in concert. COENURE (9) COENURI (9) [noun] Plural of coenus, a larval stage of certain tapeworms that forms multiple scoleces within a single bladder. COEQUAL (18) [noun] An equal person or thing. | [adjective] Equal to each other in size, rank or position. COERCED (12) [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. COERCER (11) [noun] One who coerces; a person who compels or forces another to do something against their will. COERCES (11) [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. COERECT (11) COESITE (9) [noun] A dense form of silica mineral that is produced under extreme pressure and temperature, found in meteorite impact craters and used in scientific research. COEVALS (12) [noun] Something of the same era. | [noun] Somebody of the same age. COEXERT (16) COEXIST (16) [verb] (of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area. COFFEES (15) [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. COFFERS (15) [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. COFFING (16) [verb] Present participle of "coff," meaning to buy or purchase (archaic/dialectal usage). | [verb] Present participle of "coff," meaning to scoff or jeer at something. COFFINS (15) [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. COFFLED (16) [verb] Past tense of coffle, meaning to chain or shackle together in a coffle (a line of people or animals chained together). COFFLES (15) [noun] A line of people or animals fastened together, especially a chain of prisoners or slaves. COFFRET (15) [noun] A small ornamental box or case, typically used for holding jewelry or other valuable items. COFOUND (13) [verb] To found at the same time as another. | [verb] To found with one or more other people. COGENCY (15) [noun] The state of being cogent; the characteristic or quality of being reasonable and persuasive. COGGING (12) [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. COGITOS (10) [noun] Plural of cogito, referring to instances of thinking or conscious thought, derived from Descartes' philosophical principle "cogito, ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am). COGNACS (12) [noun] A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France. COGNATE (10) [noun] One of a number of things allied in origin or nature. | [noun] One who is related to another on the female side. | [noun] One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages. COGNISE (10) [verb] To know, perceive, or become aware of. | [verb] To make into an object of cognition (the process of acquiring knowledge through thought); to cogitate. COGNIZE (19) [verb] To know, perceive, or become aware of. | [verb] To make into an object of cognition (the process of acquiring knowledge through thought); to cogitate. COGWAYS (16) COHABIT (14) [verb] To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married. | [verb] To coexist in common environs with. | [verb] To engage in sexual intercourse; see coition. COHEADS (13) COHEIRS (12) [noun] Plural of coheir; two or more persons who inherit property or a title jointly. COHERED (13) [verb] To stick together physically, by adhesion. | [verb] To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose. COHERER (12) [noun] A detector of radio waves used in very early radio receivers. COHERES (12) [verb] To stick together physically, by adhesion. | [verb] To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose. COHORTS (12) [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. COHOSTS (12) [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). COHUNES (12) [noun] A species of palm, Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts. COIFFED (16) [verb] To style or arrange hair. COIFFES (15) [verb] Third person singular present of coiffe, meaning to arrange or dress the hair. | [noun] Plural of coiffe, a close-fitting cap or head covering. COIFING (13) [verb] To style or arrange hair. COIGNED (11) [verb] Past tense of "coign," meaning to provide with a coign (an external angle of a wall or building) or to position at a corner. | [verb] To treat or shape (stone) into a corner piece. COIGNES (10) [noun] Plural of coigne, an external angle or corner of a wall or building. | [noun] Quoins or cornerstone blocks used in masonry. COILERS (9) [noun] Plural of coiler; things or people that coil. | [noun] In electrical work, devices or workers that wind wire into coils. COILING (10) [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. COINAGE (10) [noun] The process of coining money. | [noun] Coins taken collectively; currency. | [noun] The creation of new words, neologizing. COINERS (9) [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.). COINFER (12) COINING (10) [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. COINTER (9) COITION (9) [noun] Sexual intercourse. COJOINS (16) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "cojoin," meaning to join together with another person or entity; to unite or combine jointly. COLDEST (10) [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. COLDISH (13) [adjective] Somewhat cold; moderately chilly. COLEADS (10) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "colead," meaning to lead jointly or together with another person or persons. COLICIN (11) [noun] Any of a class of proteins, secreted by certain strains of bacteria, that kill but do not lyse other strains COLICKY (18) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or suffering from colic COLITIC (11) COLITIS (9) [noun] Inflammation of the colon. | [noun] Short for ulcerative colitis. COLLAGE (10) [noun] A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface. | [noun] A composite object or collection (abstract or concrete) created by the assemblage of various media; especially for a work of art such as text, film, etc. | [noun] The technique of producing a work of art of this kind. COLLARD (10) [noun] A Mediterranean variety of kale, Brassica oleracea var. acephala. COLLARS (9) [noun] Anything that encircles the neck. | [noun] A piece of meat from the neck of an animal. | [noun] Any encircling device or structure. COLLATE (9) [verb] To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences. | [verb] To assemble something in a logical sequence. | [verb] To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding. COLLECT (11) [verb] To gather together; amass. | [verb] To get; particularly, get from someone. | [verb] To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation. | [noun] The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer. COLLEEN (9) [noun] Girl | [noun] Young single woman COLLEGE (10) [noun] A corporate group; a group of colleagues. | [noun] (in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals. | [noun] An electoral college. COLLETS (9) [noun] A lower servant in a church. | [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. COLLIDE (10) [verb] To impact directly, especially if violent. | [verb] To come into conflict, or be incompatible. COLLIED (10) [verb] Past tense of "colly," meaning to blacken or soil (especially the face with soot or coal dust). | [verb] To embrace or fondle. COLLIER (9) [noun] A person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining) coal or making charcoal or in its transporting or commerce. | [noun] A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal. | [noun] A sailor on such a vessel. COLLIES (9) [noun] Any of various breeds of dog originating in Scotland and England as sheepdogs | [verb] To make black, as with coal COLLINS (9) [noun] Any of various alcoholic drinks made with lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water. COLLOID (10) [noun] A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles. | [noun] An intimate mixture of two substances one of which, called the dispersed phase (or colloid), is uniformly distributed in a finely divided state throughout the second substance, called the dispersion medium (or dispersing medium). | [noun] A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale COLLOPS (11) [noun] A slice of meat. | [noun] A slice of bacon, a rasher. | [noun] A roll or fold of flesh on the body. COLLUDE (10) [verb] To act in concert with; to conspire COLOBUS (11) [noun] Any of several large arboreal African monkeys of the genus Colobus. COLOGNE (10) [noun] A type of perfume consisting of 2-5% essential oils, 70-90 % alcohol and water. COLONEL (9) [noun] A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines). | [verb] To act as or like a colonel. COLONES (9) [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. COLONIC (11) [noun] An enema. | [adjective] Of, relating to, affecting or within the colon. COLONUS (9) COLORED (10) [verb] To give something color. | [verb] To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons. | [verb] (of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow. COLORER (9) [noun] One who colors; a person or thing that applies color. | [noun] In art, a substance or medium used to impart color. COLOSSI (9) [noun] A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. | [noun] Any creature or thing of gigantic size. | [noun] Somebody or something very greatly admired and respected. COLOURS (9) [noun] The spectral composition of visible light | [noun] A subset thereof: | [noun] A paint. COLTERS (9) [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. COLTISH (12) [adjective] Resembling a colt, especially: COLUGOS (10) [noun] An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae native to South-east Asia. COLUMEL (11) [noun] A small column or columnlike structure, especially the bony or cartilaginous partition between the nostrils in vertebrates. COLUMNS (11) [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. COLURES (9) [noun] Either of two great circles (meridians) that intersect at the poles and either the equinoxes or solstices. COMAKER (15) [noun] A person who makes something jointly with another person. | [noun] A person who signs a promissory note or other document along with another person, making themselves liable for the debt. COMAKES (15) COMATES (11) [noun] Plural of comate; persons who share the same table or eat together. | [noun] Companions or associates, especially in a group or organization. COMATIC (13) [adjective] Relating to or affected by coma; in a state of coma or unconsciousness. COMATIK (15) COMBATS (13) [noun] A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used). | [noun] A struggle for victory | [verb] To fight; to struggle against. COMBERS (13) [noun] A person who combs wool, etc. | [noun] A machine that combs wool, etc. | [noun] A long, curving wave breaking on the shore. COMBINE (13) [noun] A combine harvester | [noun] A combination | [verb] To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite. COMBING (14) [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. COMBUST (13) [noun] That which undergoes burning. | [verb] To burn; to catch fire. | [verb] To erupt with enthusiasm or boisterousness. COMEDIC (14) [adjective] Relating to comedy. COMEDOS (12) [noun] Plural of comedo; blackheads or whiteheads formed by clogged pores in the skin. COMETIC (13) COMFIER (14) [adjective] Comfortable. COMFITS (14) [noun] A computerised image of a suspect produced for the police force. COMFORT (14) [noun] Contentment, ease. | [noun] Something that offers comfort. | [noun] A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry. COMFREY (17) [noun] Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically Symphytum officinale. COMICAL (13) [adjective] Originally, relating to comedy. | [adjective] Funny, whimsically amusing. | [adjective] Laughable; ridiculous. COMINGS (12) [noun] The act of arriving; an arrival COMITIA (11) [noun] A public assembly or gathering in ancient Rome. | [noun] The plural of comitium, referring to the place where such assemblies were held. COMMAND (14) [noun] An order to do something. | [noun] The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience. | [noun] Power of control, direction or disposal; mastery. COMMATA (13) [noun] Plural of comma, referring to multiple punctuation marks or pauses in speech or music. COMMEND (14) [noun] Commendation; praise. | [noun] (in the plural) Compliments; greetings. | [verb] To congratulate or reward. COMMENT (13) [noun] A spoken or written remark. | [noun] A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code. | [verb] To remark. COMMIES (13) [noun] One who subscribes to anticapitalism. | [noun] A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator. | [noun] A Holden Commodore. COMMITS (13) [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. COMMIXT (20) [adjective] Mixed together; blended or combined with other things. COMMODE (14) [noun] A low chest of drawers on short legs. | [noun] A stand for a washbowl and jug. | [noun] A chair containing a chamber pot. COMMONS (13) [noun] Mutual good, shared by more than one. | [noun] A tract of land in common ownership; common land. | [noun] The people; the community. COMMOVE (16) [verb] To disturb or agitate emotionally; to move or stir up. COMMUNE (13) [noun] A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community. | [noun] A local political division in many European countries. | [noun] The commonalty; the common people. | [verb] To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel. COMMUTE (13) [verb] To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen | [verb] Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result. | [noun] A regular journey to or from a place of employment, such as work or school. COMPACT (15) [noun] An agreement or contract. | [noun] A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into one's pocket. | [noun] A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style. COMPANY (16) [noun] A team; a group of people who work together professionally. | [noun] A small group of birds or animals. | [noun] An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation. COMPARE (13) [noun] Comparison. | [noun] An instruction or command that compares two values. | [noun] Illustration by comparison; simile. COMPART (13) COMPASS (13) [noun] A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north). | [noun] A pair of compasses (a device used to draw an arc or circle). | [noun] The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice. | [verb] To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round. COMPEER (13) [noun] The equal or peer of someone else; a close companion or associate. | [verb] To be equal with; to match. COMPELS (13) [verb] To drive together, round up | [verb] To overpower; to subdue. | [verb] To force, constrain or coerce. COMPEND (14) [noun] A brief summary or abridgment of a larger work; a compendium. | [verb] To make a compend of; to abridge or summarize. COMPERE (13) [noun] A master of ceremonies, especially for a television, variety, or quiz show. | [verb] To emcee, to act as compere. COMPETE (13) [verb] To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend | [verb] To be in a position in which it is possible to win or triumph. | [verb] To take part in a contest, game or similar event COMPILE (13) [noun] An act of compiling code. | [verb] To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources. | [verb] To construct, build. COMPING (14) [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). COMPLEX (20) [noun] A network of interconnected systems. | [noun] A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base. | [noun] An assemblage of related things; a collection. COMPLIN (13) [noun] The final church service of the day, traditionally said in the evening before retiring to bed. COMPLOT (13) [noun] A plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy | [verb] To plot together; conspire. COMPONE (13) [adjective] (Heraldry) Divided into a row of squares of alternating tinctures. | [verb] To divide into squares of alternating colors in heraldry. COMPONY (16) [adjective] Divided into a line of squares of alternating tinctures COMPORT (13) [noun] Manner of acting; conduct; deportment. | [verb] To tolerate, bear, put up (with). | [verb] To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord. COMPOSE (13) [verb] To make something by merging parts. | [verb] To make up the whole; to constitute. | [verb] To comprise. COMPOST (13) [noun] The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer. | [noun] A mixture; a compound. | [verb] To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer. COMPOTE (13) [noun] A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup. | [noun] A dish used for serving fruit. COMPTED (14) COMPUTE (13) [noun] Computational power | [verb] To reckon or calculate. | [verb] To make sense. COMRADE (12) [noun] A mate, companion, or associate. | [noun] A companion in battle; fellow soldier. | [noun] A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person. COMSYMP (18) CONATUS (9) [noun] An innate inclination of a thing to continue to exist and enhance itself; a striving or urge to persist and grow. CONCAVE (14) [noun] A concave surface or curve. | [noun] The vault of the sky. | [noun] One of the celestial spheres of the Ptolemaic or geocentric model of the world. CONCEAL (11) [verb] To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret. CONCEDE (12) [verb] To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant | [verb] To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of. | [verb] To admit to be true; to acknowledge. CONCEIT (11) [noun] Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought. | [noun] The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension. | [noun] Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy. CONCENT (11) CONCEPT (13) [noun] An abstract and general idea; an abstraction. | [noun] Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept). | [noun] In generic programming, a description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics. CONCERN (11) [noun] That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. The adposition before the matter of interest is usually over, about or for. | [noun] The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person. | [noun] A business, firm or enterprise; a company. CONCERT (11) [noun] Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action. | [noun] Musical accordance or harmony; concord. | [noun] A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part. CONCHAE (14) [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. CONCHAL (14) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a concha (a shell-shaped anatomical structure). | [adjective] Of or pertaining to a conch or shell. CONCHES (14) [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. CONCHIE (14) [noun] A conscientious objector. CONCISE (11) [verb] To make concise; to abridge or summarize. | [adjective] Brief, yet including all important information CONCOCT (13) [verb] To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking. | [verb] To contrive something using skill or ingenuity. | [verb] To digest. CONCORD (12) [noun] A state of agreement; harmony; union. | [noun] Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league | [noun] (grammar) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person or case. | [noun] A variety of sweet American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters; a Concord grape. | [verb] To agree; to act together CONCURS (11) [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. CONCUSS (11) [verb] To injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impact. | [verb] To force to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce. CONDEMN (12) [verb] To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate the perpetrators of. | [verb] To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty. | [verb] To confer eternal divine punishment upon. CONDIGN (11) [adjective] Fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment CONDOES (10) [noun] Plural of condo, referring to individually owned units in a multi-unit residential building. CONDOLE (10) [verb] To express sympathetic sorrow; to lament in sympathy (with someone on something). | [verb] To condole with (someone). | [verb] To say in an expression of sympathy. CONDOMS (12) [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. CONDONE (10) [verb] To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked). | [verb] To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked). | [verb] To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense). CONDORS (10) [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. CONDUCE (12) [verb] To contribute or lead to a specific result. CONDUCT (12) [noun] The act or method of controlling or directing | [noun] Skillful guidance or management; leadership | [noun] Behaviour; the manner of behaving CONDUIT (10) [noun] A pipe or channel for conveying water etc. | [noun] A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway. | [noun] A means by which something is transmitted. CONDYLE (13) [noun] A smooth prominence on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone. CONFABS (14) [noun] A casual conversation; a chat. | [noun] A fabricated memory believed to be true. CONFECT (14) [noun] A rich, sweet, food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection, comfit. | [verb] To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct. | [verb] To make into a confection; to prepare as a candy, sweetmeat, preserve, or the like. CONFERS (12) [verb] To grant as a possession; to bestow. | [verb] To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. | [verb] To compare. CONFESS (12) [verb] To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed. | [verb] To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in. | [verb] To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution. CONFIDE (13) [verb] To trust, have faith (in). | [verb] To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone. | [verb] To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. ( + in) CONFINE (12) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) A boundary or limit. | [verb] To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area. | [verb] To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with. CONFIRM (14) [verb] To strengthen; to make firm or resolute. | [verb] To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone). | [verb] To assure the accuracy of previous statements. CONFITS (12) [noun] Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation. CONFLUX (19) [noun] A merger of rivers, or the place where rivers merge. | [noun] A convergence or moving gathering of forces, people, or things. CONFORM (14) [verb] (of persons, often followed by to) To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure. | [verb] (of things, situations, etc.) To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations, or with a policy or guideline. | [verb] To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt. CONFUSE (12) [verb] To puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody). | [verb] To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another). | [verb] To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder. CONFUTE (12) [verb] To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute. CONGAED (11) [verb] To dance the conga. CONGEAL (10) [verb] To change from a liquid to solid state perhaps by cold | [verb] To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly | [verb] To make rigid or immobile CONGEED (11) CONGEES (10) [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. CONGERS (10) [noun] Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters | [noun] A chain of booksellers. CONGEST (10) [noun] (history) a farmer whose lands do not support him adequately. | [verb] To hinder or block the passage of something moving, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding. CONGIUS (10) [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. CONGOES (10) [noun] Plural of congo, a type of drum from Africa, or a line dance in which people form a single file and move together to rhythmic music. CONGOUS (10) [noun] A type of Chinese black tea, also spelled "congou," known for its large leaves and full-bodied flavor. CONICAL (11) [noun] A bullet with a conical shape. | [adjective] Of or relating to a cone or cones. | [adjective] Shaped like a cone. CONIDIA (10) [noun] A fungal spore produced asexually in a conidiophore. CONIFER (12) [noun] A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree. CONIINE (9) [noun] A poisonous alkaloid found in poison hemlock and the yellow pitcher plant; it is a neurotoxin which disrupts the peripheral nervous system. CONINES (9) [noun] Plural of conine, a toxic alkaloid compound found in hemlock plants. CONIUMS (11) [noun] Plural of conium, a genus of poisonous plants commonly known as hemlock, particularly the common hemlock (Conium maculatum). CONJOIN (16) [verb] To join together; to unite; to combine. | [verb] To marry. | [verb] (grammar) To join as coordinate elements, often with a coordinating conjunction, such as coordinate clauses. CONJURE (16) [noun] The practice of magic; hoodoo; conjuration. | [verb] To perform magic tricks. | [verb] To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power. CONKERS (13) [noun] A horse chestnut, used in the game of conkers. CONKING (14) [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. CONNATE (9) [adjective] Of the same or a similar nature; proceeding from the same stock or root. | [adjective] Inborn. | [adjective] United with other organs of the same kind (for example sepals connate with sepals, petals connate with petals, or stamens with stamens). CONNECT (11) [verb] (of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. | [verb] (of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other. | [verb] (of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other. CONNERS (9) CONNING (10) [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. CONNIVE (12) [verb] Often followed by with: to secretly cooperate with another person or persons in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. | [verb] Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent. | [verb] Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately. CONNOTE (9) [verb] To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning. | [verb] To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence. | [verb] To express without overt reference; to imply. CONOIDS (10) [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. CONQUER (18) [verb] To defeat in combat; to subjugate. | [verb] To acquire by force of arms, win in war. | [verb] To overcome an abstract obstacle. CONSENT (9) [noun] Voluntary agreement or permission. | [noun] Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination. | [noun] Advice; counsel. CONSIGN (10) [verb] To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping. | [verb] To entrust to the care of another. | [verb] To send to a final destination. CONSIST (9) [verb] To be. | [verb] To exist. | [verb] (with in) To be comprised or contained. | [noun] A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit. CONSOLE (9) [noun] A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one that houses home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system. | [noun] A cabinet that controls, instruments, and displays are mounted upon. | [noun] An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system. | [verb] To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc. CONSOLS (9) [noun] A perpetual bond issued by the United Kingdom, from the 18th century. CONSORT (9) [noun] The spouse of a monarch. | [noun] A husband, wife, companion or partner. | [noun] A ship accompanying another. CONSULS (9) [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. CONSULT (9) [noun] The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation | [noun] The result of consultation; determination; decision. | [noun] A council; a meeting for consultation. CONSUME (11) [verb] To use up. | [verb] To eat. | [verb] To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of. CONTACT (11) [noun] The act of touching physically; being in close association. | [noun] The establishment of communication (with). | [noun] A nodule designed to connect a device with something else. CONTAIN (9) [verb] To hold inside. | [verb] To include as a part. | [verb] To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. CONTEMN (11) [verb] To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt. | [verb] To commit an offence of contempt, such as contempt of court; to unlawfully flout (e.g. a ruling). CONTEND (10) [verb] To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. | [verb] To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend. | [verb] To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue. CONTENT (9) [noun] (except in phrases) Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure. | [verb] To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to make happy. | [verb] To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite | [noun] That which is contained. CONTEST (9) [noun] Controversy; debate. | [noun] Struggle for superiority; combat. | [noun] A competition. CONTEXT (16) [noun] The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence. | [noun] The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning. | [noun] The surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's function and/or cultural meaning. CONTORT (9) [verb] To twist in a violent manner. | [verb] To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression. CONTOUR (9) [noun] An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape. | [noun] A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth. | [noun] A speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another. CONTRAS (9) [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). CONTROL (9) [noun] Influence or authority over something. | [noun] A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or non-existent. | [noun] The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button. CONTUSE (9) [verb] To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise. CONVECT (14) [verb] To carry or convey; to move (a warm fluid) upward through a cooler fluid, to transfer heat or a fluid by convection. CONVENE (12) [verb] To come together; to meet; to unite. | [verb] To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble. | [verb] To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke. CONVENT (12) [noun] A religious community whose members (especially nuns) live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows. | [noun] The buildings and pertaining surroundings in which such a community lives. | [noun] A Christian school. CONVERT (12) [noun] A person who has converted to a religion. | [noun] A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked. | [noun] The equivalent of a conversion in rugby CONVEYS (15) [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. CONVICT (14) [noun] A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body. | [noun] A person deported to a penal colony. | [noun] The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform. CONVOKE (16) [verb] To convene, to cause to assemble for a meeting. | [verb] To call together. CONVOYS (15) [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. COOCHES (14) [noun] The hootchy-kootchy, a type of erotic dance. | [noun] (chiefly US) The vagina or vulva. COOEYED (13) COOKERS (13) [noun] A device for heating food, a stove. | [noun] (except in compounds) An appliance or utensil for cooking food. | [noun] A cooking apple. COOKERY (16) [noun] The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking. | [noun] A delicacy; a dainty. | [noun] Cooking tools or apparatus. COOKEYS (16) COOKIES (13) [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. COOKING (14) [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. COOKOUT (13) [noun] A gathering for a meal that is cooked and eaten outside; either a domestic barbecue or a larger social event. COOKTOP (15) [noun] An assembly of burners for cooking, designed to fit onto a surface such as the top of a table COOLANT (9) [noun] A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object. COOLERS (9) [noun] Anything which cools. | [noun] An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping. | [noun] A device for refrigerating dead bodies in a morgue. COOLEST (9) [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. COOLIES (9) [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. COOLING (10) [verb] To lose heat, to get colder. | [verb] To make cooler, less warm. | [verb] To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate. COOLISH (12) COOLTHS (12) [noun] The plural of coolth, referring to the quality of being cool or composure in difficult situations. | [noun] Comfort achieved through cooling, or the opposite of warmth. COOMBES (13) [noun] A valley, often wooded and often with no river | [noun] A cirque. COONCAN (11) [noun] An early form of the card game rummy. COONTIE (9) [noun] A cycad plant native to Florida and the West Indies, having a stout trunk and compound leaves, from which starch is extracted. COOPERS (11) [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. COOPERY (14) [noun] Cooperage (the art or trade of a cooper). | [noun] Cooperage (cooper's workshop). | [adjective] Relating to a cooper; coopered. COOPING (12) [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. COOPTED (12) [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. COOTERS (9) [noun] A freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemus. | [noun] The box turtle. | [noun] A redneck. COOTIES (9) [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). COPAIBA (13) [noun] Any of several South American trees of the genus Copaifera | [noun] An oleoresin, extracted from such trees, used in varnishes, ointments and as a perfume fixative. COPALMS (13) COPECKS (17) [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. COPEPOD (14) [noun] Any of very many small crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda, that are widely distributed and ecologically important. COPIERS (11) [noun] A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator. | [noun] A person who copies documents. | [noun] A program or process that copies. COPIHUE (14) [noun] A climbing vine with bell-shaped flowers native to Chile, also known as Chilean bellflower. COPILOT (11) [noun] A backup or assistant pilot of an aircraft. | [verb] To serve as relief or assistant pilot. COPINGS (12) [noun] The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water. | [noun] The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict. | [noun] Clipping the beak or talons of a bird. COPIOUS (11) [adjective] Vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale. | [adjective] Having an abundant supply. | [adjective] Full of thought, information, or matter; exuberant in words, expression, or style. COPLOTS (11) [verb] Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coplot, meaning to plot together with another person or to be a co-plotter in a conspiracy. COPPERS (13) [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. COPPERY (16) [adjective] Resembling the metal copper, especially in color. COPPICE (15) [noun] A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse. | [verb] To manage (a wooded area) sustainably, as a coppice, by periodically cutting back woody plants to promote new growth. | [verb] To sprout from the stump. COPPING (14) [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. COPPRAS (13) COPRAHS (14) COPTERS (11) [noun] A helicopter. COPULAE (11) [noun] Plural of copula, a verb that links a subject to a predicate adjective or nominative (such as "is" in "the sky is blue"). | [noun] In logic and mathematics, connecting links or relationships between elements. COPULAR (11) [adjective] Relating to or functioning as a copula, a verb that links a subject to its complement (such as "is" or "seems"). COPULAS (11) [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. COPYBOY (19) [noun] A newspaper office boy or junior employee who carries copy and runs errands. | [noun] In printing, an assistant who handles manuscript copy. COPYCAT (16) [noun] One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work. | [noun] A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just been or recently committed by someone else. | [verb] To act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way COPYING (15) [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. COPYIST (14) [noun] A person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings. COQUETS (18) [noun] A flirtatious female; a coquette. | [noun] A flirtatious male. | [verb] To act as a flirt or coquet. COQUINA (18) [noun] Any of several small marine clams, of the species Donax variabilis, common in United States coastal waters. | [noun] A soft form of limestone made of fragments of shells, sometimes used as a building or road paving material. COQUITO (18) [noun] A traditional Puerto Rican alcoholic eggnog made with coconut. CORACLE (11) [noun] A small circular or oblong boat made of wickerwork and made watertight with hides or pitch, propelled and steered with a single paddle and light enough to be carried on a person's back. CORANTO (9) [noun] A fast, lively dance popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. | [noun] A newspaper or news pamphlet from the 17th century. CORBANS (11) [noun] Plural of corban, a gift or offering dedicated to God in Jewish tradition. CORBEIL (11) [noun] A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits. | [noun] A basket filled with earth and set up as a protection from the fire of the enemy. CORBELS (11) [noun] A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight. CORBIES (11) [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. CORBINA (11) [noun] A large game fish of the drum family found in Pacific coastal waters, valued for sport fishing. CORDAGE (11) [noun] A set of ropes and cords, especially that used for a ship's rigging. | [noun] An amount of wood measured in cords. CORDATE (10) [adjective] Heart-shaped, with a point at the apex and a notch at the base. CORDERS (10) CORDIAL (10) [noun] A concentrated noncarbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking. | [noun] An individual serving of such a diluted drink. | [noun] A pleasant-tasting medicine. CORDING (11) [verb] To furnish with cords | [verb] To tie or fasten with cords | [verb] To flatten a book during binding CORDITE (10) [noun] A smokeless propellent made by combining two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, used in some firearm ammunition. CORDOBA (12) [noun] The currency of Nicaragua, divided into 100 centavos. CORDONS (10) [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. COREIGN (10) COREMIA (11) CORKAGE (14) [noun] A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that a diner has provided. CORKERS (13) [noun] One who puts corks into bottles. | [noun] A person or thing that is exceptional or remarkable. CORKIER (13) [adjective] Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork. | [adjective] Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled. CORKING (14) [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. CORMELS (11) [noun] A small corm that develops at the base of an existing corm. CORMOID (12) CORMOUS (11) [adjective] Relating to or resembling a corm, a short, thick underground plant stem used for storage and reproduction. CORNCOB (13) [noun] The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows. | [verb] (of turbines and rotor blades) to disintegrate by the blades becoming severed from the axis | [verb] To destroy, to destruct, to defeat CORNEAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or affecting the cornea, the transparent front part of the eye. CORNEAS (9) [noun] The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber. CORNELS (9) [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. CORNERS (9) [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. CORNETS (9) [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. CORNFED (13) [adjective] (of an animal) Fed on corn. | [adjective] (sometimes derogatory, of a person) Sheltered; uncultured. | [adjective] (of a vehicle) Running on ethanol (E85). CORNICE (11) [noun] A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls. | [noun] A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding. | [noun] A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy. CORNIER (9) [adjective] Boring and unoriginal. | [adjective] Hackneyed or excessively sentimental. | [adjective] Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn. CORNILY (12) [adverb] In a corny manner; in a way that is trite, banal, or overly sentimental. CORNING (10) [verb] The process of preserving food, typically meat, by curing it with salt or salt brine. | [noun] A city in New York State known for glassmaking. CORNROW (12) [noun] A hairstyle, of African origin, having rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp | [verb] To braid the hair in this fashion. CORNUAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or shaped like a horn or horns. CORNUTE (9) [adjective] Wearing or bearing horns; horned. | [verb] To make a cuckold of; to betray a spouse. CORNUTO (9) COROLLA (9) [noun] An outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused. CORONAE (9) [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. CORONAL (9) [noun] A crown or coronet. | [noun] A wreath or garland of flowers. | [noun] The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands. | [noun] A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines). CORONAS (9) [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. CORONEL (9) [noun] A military officer ranking above a major, typically commanding a regiment. | [noun] A crown or coronet. CORONER (9) [noun] A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, cases of treasure trove, and debris from shipwrecks. | [noun] A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint. | [noun] The administrative head of a sheading. CORONET (9) [noun] A small crown, such as is worn by a noble. | [noun] The ring of tissue between a horse's hoof and its leg. | [noun] The traditional lowest regular commissioned officer rank in the cavalry. CORPORA (11) [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. CORPSES (11) [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. CORRADE (10) [verb] To wear away or erode by friction or abrasion, especially of rock or soil by flowing water. CORRALS (9) [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. CORRECT (11) [adjective] Free from error; true; accurate. | [adjective] With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour. | [verb] To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from. CORRIDA (10) [noun] A bullfight CORRIES (9) [noun] A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation. CORRODE (10) [verb] To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali. | [verb] To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair. | [verb] To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. CORRODY (13) [noun] A form of pension or annuity given as provision for maintenance. CORRUPT (11) [verb] To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert. | [verb] To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot. | [verb] To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify. CORSACS (11) [noun] Plural of corsac, a small fox found in Central Asia and steppes regions. CORSAGE (10) [noun] The size or shape of a person's body. | [noun] The waist or bodice of a woman's dress. | [noun] A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress. CORSAIR (9) [noun] A French privateer, especially from the port of St-Malo | [noun] A privateer or pirate in general | [noun] The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality CORSETS (9) [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. CORSLET (9) [noun] A piece of armor covering the torso, consisting of a breastplate and backplate fastened together. | [noun] A woman's close-fitting undergarment with stays, similar to a corset. CORTEGE (10) [noun] A ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral or following a king. CORTINS (9) CORULER (9) [noun] A person who rules jointly with another; a joint ruler. CORVEES (12) [noun] Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord. | [noun] Labor, especially for roads or dams, in lieu of taxes. CORVETS (12) [noun] Plural of corvet, a horse's movement in which it leaps with all four feet off the ground simultaneously, or a ship's movement; a prancing leap or bound. CORVINA (12) [noun] Any of various fish, including Cilus gilberti, Larimichthys polyactis, and members of the genera Cynoscion and Isopisthus. | [noun] A red Italian grape variety, used in wines from Valpolicella and the wider region around the city of Verona. CORVINE (12) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of crows or ravens. CORYMBS (16) [noun] A cluster of flowers with a flat or convex top. CORYZAL (21) [adjective] Relating to or affected by coryza, a condition involving inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose. CORYZAS (21) [noun] Plural of coryza, an acute inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose; the common cold. COSHERS (12) [verb] To treat with excessive indulgence or pampering. | [noun] Plural of cosher, meaning acts of coddling or indulging. COSHING (13) [verb] To strike with a weapon of this kind. COSIEST (9) [adjective] Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social COSIGNS (10) [verb] To sign a document jointly with another person, sometimes as an endorsement. | [verb] To agree with or endorse COSINES (9) [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 COSMISM (13) [noun] A philosophical movement emphasizing the unity of the cosmos and humanity's role within it, or the belief that the universe is an ordered whole. COSMIST (11) COSSACK (15) [noun] A member or descendant of an originally (semi-)nomadic population of Eastern Europe and the adjacent parts of Asia, formed in part of runaways from the neighbouring countries, that eventually settled in parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian tsarist Empire (where they constituted a legendary military caste), particularly in areas now comprising southern Russia and Ukraine. | [noun] A member of a military unit (typically cavalry, originally recruited exclusively from the above) | [noun] A Ukrainian. COSSETS (9) [noun] A pet, especially a pet lamb. | [noun] Someone indulged or cosseted. COSTARD (10) [noun] A large cooking apple. | [noun] The tree on which large cooking apples grow. | [noun] The human head. COSTARS (9) [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. COSTATE (9) [adjective] Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs | [adjective] Having one or more longitudinal ribs COSTERS (9) [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. COSTING (10) [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. COSTIVE (12) [adjective] Constipated | [adjective] Miserly, parsimonious COSTREL (9) [noun] A small flask or bottle, typically made of leather or earthenware, used for carrying liquids such as wine or water. COSTUME (11) [noun] A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people. | [noun] An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc. | [noun] A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season. COSYING (13) [verb] To become snug and comfortable. | [verb] To become friendly with. COTEAUX (16) [noun] Plural of coteau; a small hill or the side of a hill, particularly in French geographical terminology used in English contexts. COTERIE (9) [noun] A circle of people who associate with one another. | [noun] An exclusive group of people, who associate closely for a common purpose. | [noun] A communal burrow of prairie dogs. COTHURN (12) [noun] A high boot worn by actors in ancient Greek and Roman tragedy. | [noun] Tragic drama or style, in contrast to comedy. COTIDAL (10) [adjective] Describing the locations (and of related lines on a chart) linking places where tides occur at the same time of day COTTAGE (10) [noun] A small house. | [noun] A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location. | [noun] A public lavatory. COTTARS (9) [noun] A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage. COTTERS (9) [noun] A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together. | [noun] A cotter pin. | [noun] A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage. COTTIER (9) [noun] A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together. | [noun] A cotter pin. | [noun] A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage. COTTONS (9) [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 provide with cotton. COTTONY (12) [adjective] Resembling or containing cotton in texture or appearance; soft, fluffy, or downy. | [adjective] (Of sound) muffled or indistinct. COTYPES (14) [noun] Plural of cotype, which refers to specimens used in the original description of a species when no single holotype was designated. | [noun] In taxonomy, specimens that are of equal standing in defining a species type. COUCHED (15) [adjective] Couché. COUCHER (14) [noun] A person who lies down or reclines. | [noun] In printing, a device or person that places sheets of paper on a surface. COUCHES (14) [verb] To lie down or recline on a surface. | [verb] To express or phrase something in particular words. | [noun] A piece of furniture for sitting or lying down. COUGARS (10) [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”. COUGHED (14) [verb] To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion. | [verb] (sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing. | [verb] To make a noise like a cough. COUGHER (13) [noun] One who coughs. COULDST (10) [verb] Archaic second person singular past tense of "can," meaning "were able to" or "could" in modern English. COULEES (9) [noun] A stream. | [noun] A lava flow. | [noun] A deep gulch or ravine, frequently dry in summer. COULOIR (9) [noun] A steep gorge along a mountainside. COULOMB (13) [noun] In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C COULTER (9) [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. COUNCIL (11) [noun] A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council). | [noun] Discussion or deliberation. COUNSEL (9) [noun] The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation. | [noun] Exercise of judgment; prudence. | [noun] Advice; guidance. COUNTED (10) [verb] To recite numbers in sequence. | [verb] To determine the number (of objects in a group). | [verb] To be of significance; to matter. COUNTER (9) [noun] One who counts | [noun] A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator. | [noun] An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc. | [noun] A deal to swap goods or services. COUNTRY (12) [noun] (chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region. | [noun] A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, speakers of the same language etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc. | [noun] The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area; a sovereign state. COUPING (12) COUPLED (12) [verb] To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another). | [verb] To join in wedlock; to marry. | [verb] To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate. COUPLER (11) [noun] Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages. | [noun] Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages. | [noun] A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together. COUPLES (11) [noun] Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship. | [noun] Two of the same kind connected or considered together. | [noun] A small number. COUPLET (11) [noun] A pair of lines with rhyming end words. | [noun] A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas. | [noun] A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key. COUPONS (11) [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. COURAGE (10) [noun] The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate. | [noun] The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening. | [noun] The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal. COURANT (9) [noun] A piece of music in triple time. | [noun] A lively dance; a coranto. | [noun] A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper. COURIER (9) [noun] A person who looks after and guides tourists | [noun] A person who delivers messages | [noun] A company that delivers messages COURLAN (9) [noun] A wading bird of tropical America, similar to a rail, with long legs and a long neck. COURSED (10) [verb] To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood). | [verb] To run through or over. | [verb] To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after. COURSER (9) [noun] A dog used for coursing. | [noun] A person who practises coursing. | [noun] A hunter. COURSES (9) [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. COURTED (10) [verb] To seek to achieve or win. | [verb] To risk (a consequence, usually negative). | [verb] To try to win a commitment to marry from. COURTER (9) [noun] One who courts; a person who seeks the affection or favor of another. | [noun] One who frequents a court. COURTLY (12) [adjective] Befitting of a royal court; reflecting the manners or behaviour of people at court. | [adjective] Of or relating to a royal court. | [adjective] Overly eager to please or obey. COUSINS (9) [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. COUTEAU (9) COUTERS (9) [noun] Pieces of armor that protect the elbows, worn as part of medieval plate armor. COUTHER (12) COUTHIE (12) [adjective] Friendly, agreeable, pleasant. COUTURE (9) [noun] The production of high-end, custom-made clothing COUVADE (13) [noun] A practice among some peoples, such as the Basques, of the husband of a woman in the last stages of pregnancy taking to bed, avoiding certain foods, or imitating other behaviours of a pregnant woman. | [noun] Sympathetic pregnancy: the involuntary sympathetic experience of the husband of symptoms of his wife's pregnancy, such as weight gain or morning sickness. COVERED (13) [verb] To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect. | [verb] To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect. | [verb] To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal. COVERER (12) [noun] One who covers; something that covers. | [noun] In insurance, an entity that provides coverage. COVERTS (12) [noun] A covering. | [noun] A disguise. | [noun] A hiding place. COVERUP (14) [noun] An attempt to conceal or disguise something, especially a wrongdoing or a mistake. | [noun] An item of clothing to be worn over a swimsuit while not in the water. COVETED (13) [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. COVETER (12) [noun] One who covets; a person who desires something that belongs to another. | [verb] Present participle of covet; desiring or wishing for something, especially something that belongs to another. COVINGS (13) [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. COWAGES (13) [noun] Plural of cowage, a tropical plant (Mucuna pruriens) with stinging hairs on its pods, also known as velvet bean. | [noun] The pods or seeds of this plant, formerly used medicinally. COWARDS (13) [noun] A person who lacks courage. COWBANE (14) [noun] Any of several related poisonous plants of the genus Cicuta | [noun] Cicuta virosa, the name species of this genus. COWBELL (14) [noun] The lead cow in a herd. | [noun] A leader; an influencer. | [noun] A bell worn by cows; sometimes with an ornate strap. COWBIND (15) COWBIRD (15) [noun] Any bird of the genus Molothrus. The cowbirds are brood parasites. COWBOYS (17) [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. COWEDLY (16) COWERED (13) [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. COWFISH (18) [noun] Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae. | [noun] The grampus, Grampus griseus, Risso's dolphin. | [noun] A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii. COWFLAP (17) COWFLOP (17) [noun] A piece of cow dung, especially when dried. | [noun] Something of little value or importance. COWGIRL (13) [noun] A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West. | [noun] A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat. | [noun] A playing card of queen rank. COWHAGE (16) [noun] A tropical climbing plant (Mucuna pruriens) with stinging hairs on its pods that cause itching. | [noun] The stinging hairs or pod of this plant. COWHAND (16) [noun] One who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West. COWHERB (17) [noun] A plant of the pink family with small pink or white flowers, found in temperate regions. COWHERD (16) [noun] A person who herds cattle; a cowboy. COWHIDE (16) [noun] A hide of a cow. | [noun] Any quantity of hides of cows. | [noun] Leather made from the hide of cows. COWIEST (12) [adjective] Most resembling or characteristic of a cow; bovine in nature or appearance. COWLICK (18) [noun] An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex. COWLING (13) [noun] A young or little cow; calf. | [verb] To cover with, or as if with, a cowl (hood). | [verb] To wrap or form (something made of fabric) like a cowl. COWPATS (14) [noun] A dropping of cow dung. COWPEAS (14) [noun] Any of the plants in the species Vigna unguiculata, including the black-eyed pea. COWPIES (14) [noun] Dried excrement of a cow, often found in pastures. | [noun] A dessert consisting of chocolate cake or brownie with a gooey filling, resembling cow manure in appearance. COWPLOP (16) COWPOKE (18) [noun] A cowhand (one who tends free-range cattle) | [noun] A 19th-century device used around the necks of cows and other livestock to prevent them from challenging fencing. The action of the device was to poke the cow when the device came into contact with the fence. COWRIES (12) [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. COWRITE (12) [verb] To write in collaboration with another person COWROTE (12) [verb] To write in collaboration with another person COWSHED (16) [noun] A small barn for keeping cows. COWSKIN (16) COWSLIP (14) [noun] A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers. | [noun] Any of several other plants related or similar in appearance | [noun] Short for cowslip tea: a kind of green tea; an herbal tea made with cowslip flowers. COXALGY (20) [noun] Pain in the hip joint or hip region. COXCOMB (22) [noun] The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe. | [noun] The fleshy red pate of a rooster. | [noun] (by extension) A foolish or conceited person; a dandy. COXITIS (16) [noun] Inflammation of the hip joint or the coxa (hip bone). COYDOGS (14) [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. COYNESS (12) [noun] The property of being coy. COYOTES (12) [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. COYPOUS (14) [noun] Plural of coypu, a large rodent native to South America that resembles a nutria, often found in wetlands and considered an invasive species in many regions. COZENED (19) [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. COZENER (18) [noun] One who deceives or cheats; a deceiver. COZIEST (18) [adjective] Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social COZYING (22) [verb] To become snug and comfortable. | [verb] To become friendly with. CRAALED (10) CRABBED (14) [verb] To fish for crabs. | [verb] To ruin. | [verb] To complain. CRABBER (13) [noun] A person who catches crabs. | [noun] A wrestling move in which a wrestler arches their back while supporting themselves on their hands and feet. CRACKED (16) [verb] To form cracks. | [verb] To break apart under pressure. | [verb] To become debilitated by psychological pressure. CRACKER (15) [noun] A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers). | [noun] A short piece of twisted string tied to the end of a whip that creates the distinctive sound when the whip is thrown or cracked. | [noun] A firecracker. CRACKLE (15) [noun] A fizzing, popping sound. | [noun] A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks. | [noun] The fifth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, and jounce), i.e. the rate of change of jounce. CRACKLY (18) [adjective] Making a series of sharp, snapping sounds. | [adjective] Having a texture that breaks or crumbles easily with a crisp sound. CRACKUP (17) [noun] A crash or wreck, generally involving a car or airplane. CRADLED (11) [verb] To contain in or as if in a cradle. | [verb] To rock (a baby to sleep). | [verb] To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively. CRADLER (10) [noun] One who cradles; a person or device that holds or rocks something gently. | [noun] A framework or structure used to support or hold something in place. CRADLES (10) [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. CRAFTED (13) [verb] To make by hand and with much skill. | [verb] To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman). | [verb] To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine. CRAGGED (12) [adjective] Having crags CRAMBES (13) [noun] Plural of crambe, a genus of plants in the cabbage family, or a game in which players create words from a given word. CRAMBOS (13) [noun] A word game or puzzle in which one player gives a definition or description and another must find a word that rhymes with it. | [noun] Plural of crambo, a game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries involving rhyming words. CRAMMED (14) [verb] To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity. | [verb] To fill with food to satiety; to stuff. | [verb] To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination. CRAMMER (13) [noun] One who crams or stuffs. | [noun] A book used for accelerated study in preparation for an examination. | [noun] A student who studies hard for an examination. CRAMPED (14) [verb] (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably. | [verb] To affect with cramps or spasms. | [verb] To prohibit movement or expression of. CRAMPIT (13) CRAMPON (13) [noun] An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes. Used for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice. | [noun] An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy. | [noun] A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook. CRANIAL (9) [adjective] Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull. CRANING (10) [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. CRANIUM (11) [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. CRANKED (14) [verb] To turn by means of a crank. | [verb] To turn a crank. | [verb] (of a crank or similar) To turn. CRANKER (13) [noun] A person or thing that cranks. | [noun] In surfing slang, an excellent or impressive wave or surfer. CRANKLE (13) [verb] To bend or wind in a winding or zigzag course. | [noun] A bend or angle in something; a winding path or course. CRANKLY (16) CRANNOG (10) [noun] An artificial island, used in prehistoric and medieval times in Scotland and Ireland for dwelling. CRAPING (12) [verb] Present participle of "crape," meaning to cover or drape with crape (a thin, stiff fabric) or to form into small wrinkles or ridges. | [verb] Making a harsh, creaking sound. CRAPPED (14) [verb] To defecate. | [verb] To defecate in or on (clothing etc.). | [verb] To bullshit. CRAPPER (13) [adjective] (mildly) Of poor quality. | [noun] A chamber pot or toilet, particularly a flush toilet by Thomas Crapper. | [noun] A lavatory or outhouse. | [noun] A half-glass of whiskey. CRAPPIE (13) [noun] A member of either of two species of North American sunfish of the genus Pomoxis. Both are silvery-white with black speckles, and prized as gamefish. CRASHED (13) [verb] To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently. | [verb] To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else. | [verb] (via gatecrash) To attend a social event without invitation, usually with unfavorable intentions. CRASHER (12) [noun] A person or thing that crashes. | [noun] A person who attends an event without an invitation or ticket. CRASHES (12) [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. CRASSER (9) [adjective] Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination | [adjective] Materialistic | [adjective] Dense CRASSLY (12) [adverb] In a crude, insensitive, or grossly offensive manner. CRATERS (9) [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. CRATING (10) [verb] To put into a crate. | [verb] To keep in a crate. CRATONS (9) [noun] A part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents. CRAUNCH (14) [verb] To crunch or crush with a grinding sound. | [noun] A crunching sound. CRAVATS (12) [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. CRAVENS (12) [noun] A coward. | [verb] To make craven. CRAVERS (12) [noun] Plural of craver; people who have an intense desire or yearning for something. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of crave; desires intensely or longingly. CRAVING (13) [noun] A strong desire; yearning. | [verb] To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for. | [verb] To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim. CRAWDAD (14) [noun] The crayfish. CRAWLED (13) [verb] To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground. | [verb] To move forward slowly, with frequent stops. | [verb] To act in a servile manner. CRAWLER (12) [noun] A person who is abused, physically or verbally, and returns to the abuser a supplicant. | [noun] A sycophant. | [noun] A child who is able to creep using his hands and knees but is not able to walk. CRAYONS (12) [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. CRAZIER (18) [adjective] Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle. | [adjective] Sickly, frail; diseased. | [adjective] Of unsound mind; insane, demented. CRAZIES (18) [noun] An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot. | [noun] Eccentric behaviour; lunacy. CRAZILY (21) [adverb] In a crazy manner. | [adverb] Very, extremely. CRAZING (19) [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. CREAKED (14) [verb] To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances. | [verb] To produce a creaking sound with. | [verb] To suffer from strain or old age. CREAMED (12) [verb] To puree, to blend with a liquifying process. | [verb] To turn a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream. | [verb] To obliterate, to defeat decisively. CREAMER (11) [noun] A jug for holding cream. | [noun] A separator for removing cream from milk to leave skimmed milk. | [noun] A nondairy product that adds a creamy texture to coffee. CREASED (10) [verb] To make a crease in; to wrinkle. | [verb] To undergo creasing; to form wrinkles. | [verb] To lightly bloody; to graze. CREASER (9) [noun] A tool or person that creates creases or folds in paper, fabric, or other materials. CREASES (9) [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. CREATED (10) [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. CREATES (9) [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. CREATIN (9) [noun] A naturally occurring organic compound found in muscle tissue that plays a role in energy metabolism. | [noun] A dietary supplement derived from creatine, used by athletes to enhance muscle performance. CREATOR (9) [noun] Something or someone which creates or makes something. | [noun] (social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature. | [noun] (sometimes capitalized) The deity that created the world. CRECHES (14) [noun] A representation of the nativity scene. | [noun] A hospital for orphaned infants; a foundling hospital. | [noun] A day nursery. CREDENT (10) CREDITS (10) [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. CREEDAL (10) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a creed. CREELED (10) [verb] Past tense of creel, meaning to catch fish and place them in a creel (a fishing basket), or to move in a winding or meandering path. CREEPER (11) [noun] A person or a thing that crawls or creeps. | [noun] (often in the plural) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper. | [noun] A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position. CREEPIE (11) [noun] A low stool. CREESES (9) [noun] An Indonesian or Malay dagger with a wavy, or rigid serpentine blade. | [noun] A Moro sword with an asymmetrical blade. CREMATE (11) [verb] To burn something to ashes. | [verb] To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial). CRENATE (9) [noun] Any salt or ester of crenic acid | [adjective] Having round or blunt teeth on its margin; scalloped. CRENELS (9) [noun] The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement. CREOLES (9) [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). CREOSOL (9) [noun] The methoxy phenol 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol that is a constituent of creosote CREPIER (11) CREPING (12) [verb] The process of creating a crinkled or wrinkled texture on paper or fabric. | [verb] Scraping or pushing something with a crepe tool or similar implement. CREPONS (11) [noun] A thin fabric made from silk or fine wool CRESOLS (9) [noun] Any of the three isomeric phenols derived from toluene: ortho-, meta- or para-methylphenol. CRESSES (9) [noun] (plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic. CRESSET (9) [noun] A metal cup, suspended from a pole and filled with burning pitch etc; once used as portable illumination. | [noun] (coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. CRESTAL (9) [adjective] That is situated on, or forms part of, a crest CRESTED (10) [verb] Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak. | [verb] To reach the crest of (a hill or mountain) | [verb] To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for. CRESYLS (12) [noun] Plural of cresyl, a chemical compound derived from cresol, used in organic chemistry and industrial applications. CRETICS (11) [noun] A verse of this kind. CRETINS (9) [noun] A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. | [noun] (by extension) An idiot. CREVICE (14) [noun] A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall. | [verb] To crack; to flaw. CREWELS (12) [noun] Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery. | [noun] Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck. CREWING (13) [verb] Present participle of crew; serving as a member of a crew on a ship, aircraft, or other vessel. | [verb] Assembling or providing a crew for something. CREWMAN (14) [noun] A member of a crew, especially the crew of a ship. | [noun] Synonym of armoured crewman CREWMEN (14) [noun] A member of a crew, especially the crew of a ship. | [noun] Synonym of armoured crewman CRIBBED (14) [verb] To place or confine in a crib. | [verb] To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp. | [verb] To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document or as an aid for some task; to create a crib sheet. CRIBBER (13) [noun] One who cribs; a person who plagiarizes or copies another's work. | [noun] A horse that bites or gnaws on the edges of its manger or other objects. CRICKED (16) [verb] To develop a crick (cramp, spasm). | [verb] To cause to develop a crick; to create a crick in. | [verb] To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain. CRICKET (15) [noun] An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs. | [noun] A wooden footstool. | [noun] A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions. | [noun] A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries. CRICKEY (18) CRICOID (12) [noun] The ring-shaped cartilage (cricoid cartilage) of the larynx. | [adjective] Of, relating to, or being a cartilage of the larynx with which arytenoid cartilages articulate. CRIMMER (13) CRIMPED (14) [verb] To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate. | [verb] To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened. | [verb] To pinch and hold; to seize. CRIMPER (13) [noun] A small climbing hold that can only be held with the tips of a person's fingers. | [noun] A hairdresser. | [noun] A device for giving hair a wavy appearance. CRIMPLE (13) CRIMSON (11) [noun] A deep, slightly bluish red. | [verb] To become crimson or deep red; to blush. | [verb] To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden. CRINGED (11) [verb] To shrink, cower, tense or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment. | [verb] To bow or crouch in servility. | [verb] To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort. CRINGER (10) CRINGES (10) [noun] A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling. | [noun] A servile obeisance. | [noun] A crick. CRINGLE (10) [noun] A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc. | [noun] A withe for fastening a gate. | [verb] To fasten or attach with a cringle. CRINITE (9) [noun] A fossil crinoid. | [adjective] Having the appearance of a tuft of hair. | [adjective] Having a hair-like tail or train. CRINKLE (13) [noun] A wrinkle, fold, crease or unevenness. | [verb] To fold, crease, crumple, or wad. | [verb] To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved. CRINKLY (16) [noun] An old person. | [adjective] That crinkles. | [adjective] Having crinkles; wrinkly. CRINOID (10) [noun] One of the numerous animals that make up the class Crinoidea; the feather stars or sea lilies. | [adjective] Relating to or sharing the qualities and features of the class Crinoidea. CRINUMS (11) [noun] Plural of crinum, a genus of bulbous plants with large flowers, commonly grown as ornamentals. CRIOLLO (9) [noun] A member of a social class, in the 16th-century Spanish colonies, who were born in the colonies but had European lineage. CRIPPLE (13) [noun] (sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body. | [noun] A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window. | [noun] Scrapple. CRISPED (12) [verb] To make crisp. | [verb] To become crisp. | [verb] To cause to curl or wrinkle (of the leaves or petals of plants, for example); to form into ringlets or tight curls (of hair). CRISPEN (11) [verb] To make or become crisp. CRISPER (11) [adjective] (of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined. | [adjective] Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture. | [adjective] Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness. CRISPLY (14) [adverb] In a crisp manner. CRISSAL (9) [adjective] Relating to the crissum, which is the feathered area around the cloaca of a bird. CRISSUM (11) [noun] The lower belly and undertail coverts of a bird, especially the area around the cloaca. CRISTAE (9) [noun] The internal compartments formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion, where many chemical reactions take place. | [noun] A dental crest CRITICS (11) [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. CRITTER (9) [noun] (usually affectionate) A creature, an animal. CRITTUR (9) CROAKED (14) [verb] To make a croak. | [verb] To utter in a low, hoarse voice. | [verb] (of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its cry. CROAKER (13) [noun] One who croaks. | [noun] A vocal pessimist, grumbler, or doomsayer. | [noun] A frog. CROCEIN (11) [noun] A synthetic red dye derived from coal tar, used in textiles and other applications. CROCHET (14) [noun] Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle. | [noun] A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceros. | [verb] To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread. CROCINE (11) [noun] A yellow or orange pigment derived from saffron, used as a coloring agent in food and textiles. CROCKED (16) [verb] To break something or injure someone. | [verb] (leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another. | [verb] To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage. | [adjective] Drunk (of a person) CROCKET (15) [noun] Any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture. CROFTER (12) [noun] One who has the tenure of a croft, usually also the occupant and user. CROJIKS (20) CRONIES (9) [noun] (originally Cambridge University) Close friend. | [noun] Trusted companion or partner in a criminal organization. | [noun] An old woman; a crone. CROOKED (14) [verb] To bend, or form into a hook. | [verb] To become bent or hooked. | [verb] To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. | [adjective] Not straight; having one or more bends or angles. CROONED (10) [verb] To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner. | [verb] To say softly or gently | [verb] To soothe by singing softly. CROONER (9) [noun] One who croons; a singer, usually male, especially of popular music. CROPPED (14) [verb] To remove the top end of something, especially a plant. | [verb] To mow, reap or gather. | [verb] To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short. CROPPER (13) [noun] (normally confined to the expression come a cropper) A fall, a tumble. | [noun] A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop. | [noun] A person who nurtures and gathers a crop. | [noun] A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth. CROPPIE (13) CROQUET (18) [noun] (games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets). | [noun] (games) A shot in this game in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet. | [noun] A croquette. CROQUIS (18) [noun] A quick and sketchy drawing, often of a live model. Croquis drawings are usually made in a few minutes, after which the model changes pose and another croquis is drawn. CROSIER (9) [noun] A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office. | [noun] A young fern frond, before it has unrolled; fiddlehead CROSSED (10) [verb] To make or form a cross. | [verb] To move relatively. | [verb] (social) To oppose. CROSSER (9) [noun] One who crosses. | [noun] In cricket, a batsman who runs between wickets. | [noun] A tool or device used for crossing. CROSSES (9) [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). CROSSLY (12) [adverb] In a cross or angry manner; with irritation or annoyance. CROTONS (9) [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. CROUPES (11) [noun] The hindquarters or rump of a horse. | [noun] In architecture, a sloped or curved surface on a roof or buttress. CROUTON (9) [noun] A small, often seasoned, piece of dry or fried bread. CROWBAR (14) [noun] An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart. | [noun] An electrical circuit that prevents an overvoltage from causing damage. | [noun] A type of cocktail made with only Crown Royal whiskey and lemon lime soda. CROWDED (14) [verb] To press forward; to advance by pushing. | [verb] To press together or collect in numbers | [verb] To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram. CROWDER (13) [noun] One who crowds or presses into a space. | [noun] A medieval stringed instrument played with a bow, similar to a violin. CROWDIE (13) [noun] Gruel or thin porridge. | [noun] A Scottish form of cottage cheese. CROWERS (12) [noun] Plural of crower; those who crow or make crowing sounds. | [noun] Rooster birds, especially in dialect or informal usage. CROWING (13) [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. CROWNED (13) [verb] To place a crown on the head of. | [verb] To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc. | [verb] To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify. CROWNER (12) [noun] A coroner; an officer who investigates deaths. | [noun] One who crowns. CROWNET (12) [noun] A small crown or coronet, especially one worn as a ornament or decoration. CROZERS (18) [noun] Plural of crozer, a person who makes or sells crozers (ecclesiastical staffs), or alternative spelling of crosier, a bishop's ceremonial staff. CROZIER (18) [noun] A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office. | [noun] A young fern frond, before it has unrolled; fiddlehead CRUCIAL (11) [adjective] Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important. | [adjective] Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped. | [adjective] (Bermuda) Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music. CRUCIAN (11) [noun] A small greenish-brown carp, Carassius carassius, farmed in parts of Europe. CRUCIFY (17) [verb] To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross. | [verb] To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage. | [verb] To thoroughly beat at a sport or game. CRUDDED (12) [verb] Past tense of "crud," meaning to soil, dirty, or make filthy with crud (a sticky or oily substance). CRUDELY (13) [adverb] In a crude manner. CRUDEST (10) [adjective] In a natural, untreated state. | [adjective] Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made. | [adjective] Lacking concealing elements. CRUDITY (13) [noun] The state of being crude. | [noun] A crude act or characteristic. | [noun] Indigestion; undigested food in the stomach; badly-concocted humours. CRUELER (9) [adjective] Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless. | [adjective] Harsh; severe. | [adjective] Cool; awesome; neat. CRUELLY (12) [adverb] In a cruel manner. CRUELTY (12) [noun] An indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering. | [noun] A cruel act. CRUISED (10) [verb] To sail about, especially for pleasure. | [verb] To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency. | [verb] To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom. CRUISER (9) [noun] One who attends cruises. | [noun] A kind of bicycle that usually combines balloon tires, an upright seating posture, a single-speed drivetrain, and straightforward steel construction with expressive styling. | [noun] (in the days of sail) A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships. CRUISES (9) [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. CRULLER (9) [noun] A donut in the form of a twisted ring. CRUMBED (14) [verb] To cover with crumbs. | [verb] To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble. CRUMBER (13) [noun] A tool or device used for removing crumbs from a surface, such as a table or cloth. CRUMBLE (13) [noun] A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar. | [verb] To fall apart; to disintegrate. | [verb] To break into crumbs. CRUMBLY (16) [noun] A decrepit old person. | [adjective] Easy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable. CRUMBUM (15) CRUMMIE (13) [adjective] Of poor quality; shabby or unpleasant. | [noun] A cow or milk cow (Scottish dialect). CRUMPED (14) [verb] To produce such a sound. | [verb] For one's health to decline rapidly (but not as rapidly as crash). CRUMPET (13) [noun] A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter. | [noun] A person (or, collectively, persons), usually female, considered sexually desirable. CRUMPLE (13) [noun] A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold. | [verb] To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together. | [verb] To cause to collapse. CRUMPLY (16) [adjective] Having a wrinkled or creased appearance; tending to form creases or wrinkles easily. CRUNCHY (17) [noun] (usually in the plural) A pellet of dry cat food. | [adjective] Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten. | [adjective] Having sensibilities of a counter-culture nature lover or hippie; derived from the concept of crunchy granola. CRUNODE (10) [noun] A point on a curve where two branches cross each other, with different tangent lines at that point. CRUPPER (13) [noun] A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping. | [noun] The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse. | [noun] A piece of armour covering the hindquarters of a horse. CRUSADE (10) [noun] Any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims. | [noun] Any war instigated and blessed by the Church for alleged religious ends. Especially, papal sanctioned military campaigns against infidels or heretics. | [noun] A grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause. CRUSADO (10) [noun] A former Portuguese monetary unit, or a Portuguese gold coin. CRUSETS (9) [noun] Plural of cruet, small containers with stoppers used for serving condiments such as salt, pepper, or oil and vinegar at the table. CRUSHED (13) [verb] To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity of it, or to force together into a mass. | [verb] To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding | [verb] To overwhelm by pressure or weight. CRUSHER (12) [noun] A person or machine that crushes something. | [noun] Something that overwhelms or defeats completely. CRUSHES (12) [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. CRUSILY (12) CRUSTAL (9) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or forming a crust, especially the crust of the Earth or other planet. CRUSTED (10) [verb] To cover with a crust. | [verb] To form a crust. CRUZADO (19) [noun] The monetary unit of Brazil from 1986 to 1990. | [noun] An old monetary unit of Portugal in the 17th and 18th centuries. | [noun] An old monetary unit of Castile in the 14th century. CRYBABY (19) [noun] A baby who cries excessively. | [noun] Someone whose feelings are very easily hurt, often by trivial matters. | [noun] Someone who takes offense or excessively complains when things aren't going well. CRYOGEN (13) [noun] A cryogenic liquid (that boils below about -160°C) used as a refrigerant CRYONIC (14) [adjective] Relating to or involving the preservation of a dead body by freezing at very low temperatures. CRYPTAL (14) CRYPTIC (16) [noun] A cryptic crossword. | [adjective] Having hidden meaning. | [adjective] Mystified or of an obscure nature. CRYPTOS (14) [noun] Plural of crypto, informal term for cryptocurrency or a person who secretly supports a particular ideology or group. CRYSTAL (12) [noun] A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions. | [noun] A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass. | [noun] A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it. CTENOID (10) [noun] A ctenoidean. | [adjective] Having a toothed margin, usually fish scales | [adjective] Comb-like in shape. CUBAGES (12) [noun] Plural of cubage; the determination or calculation of cubic content or volume. | [noun] The cubic capacity or volume of a space or container. CUBBIES (13) [noun] A small, confined space. | [noun] In a school classroom, a cell of a shelf for students to place belongings in. CUBBISH (16) CUBICAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or having the shape of a cube. | [adjective] Of or relating to volume measured in cubic units. CUBICLE (13) [noun] A small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment. | [noun] A small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing. | [noun] A small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use. CUBICLY (16) CUBISMS (13) [noun] Plural of cubism, an early 20th-century art movement that rejected realistic depiction in favor of geometric abstraction and multiple viewpoints. CUBISTS (11) [noun] Plural of cubist; artists who practice or advocate cubism, an early 20th-century art movement emphasizing geometric forms and multiple perspectives. | [noun] Practitioners or followers of the cubist art style. CUBITAL (11) [noun] A sleeve covering the arm from the elbow to the hand. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the cubitus and/or the areas of the wing next to it. CUBOIDS (12) [noun] The cuboid bone. | [noun] A parallelepiped having six rectangular faces. CUCKOLD (16) [noun] A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact. | [noun] A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter. | [noun] The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species. CUCKOOS (15) [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. CUDBEAR (12) [noun] A purple dye obtained from certain lichens, used especially in dyeing textiles. CUDDIES (11) [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. CUDDLED (12) [verb] To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly. | [verb] To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth. | [verb] To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle. CUDDLER (11) [noun] Someone or something cuddly, who cuddles. | [noun] Someone who volunteers or works in a hospital by caring for babies (by showing human touch, giving cuddles etc.) CUDDLES (11) [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. CUDGELS (11) [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. CUDWEED (14) [noun] Any of many of species of flowering plants in family Asteraceae: | [noun] Cudbear (Lecanora tartarea) CUESTAS (9) [noun] A hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other. CUFFING (16) [verb] To furnish with cuffs. | [verb] To handcuff. | [verb] To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap. CUIRASS (9) [noun] A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle. | [noun] The breastplate taken by itself. | [verb] To cover with defensive armor; to armor-plate. CUISHES (12) [noun] Defensive armour for the thighs CUISINE (9) [noun] A characteristic style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin. | [noun] A kitchen or cooking department. | [noun] The art of cooking, generally. CUISSES (9) [noun] Defensive armour for the thighs CUITTLE (9) CULCHES (14) [noun] Oyster shells and other debris used to form a bed for oyster larvae to attach to during cultivation. | [noun] The larval stage of oysters that attach to culch material. CULICES (11) [noun] Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease. CULICID (12) [noun] A member of the Culicidae family, which includes mosquitoes. CULLAYS (12) CULLERS (9) [noun] Plural of culler; persons or devices that select or remove items from a group, particularly inferior or defective ones. | [noun] In agriculture, animals selected to be removed from a herd or flock. CULLETS (9) [noun] Recycled or waste glass that is melted down and reused in glassmaking. | [noun] Plural of cullet, pieces of discarded glass collected for remelting. CULLIED (10) [verb] Past tense of "cully," meaning to deceive or trick someone; to treat as a dupe or fool. CULLIES (9) [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. CULLING (10) [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. CULLION (9) [noun] A contemptible or cowardly person; a knave or scoundrel. CULMING (12) CULOTTE (9) [noun] Singular of culottes CULPRIT (11) [noun] The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime. | [noun] A prisoner accused but not yet tried. CULTISH (12) [adjective] Resembling a cult | [adjective] Having an intense admiration or fandom CULTISM (11) [noun] The practice of devotion to a cult or the beliefs and practices of a cult. | [noun] Excessive or inappropriate admiration for a particular person or thing. CULTIST (9) [noun] A member of a cult or someone who practices cultism. | [noun] A person who is excessively devoted to a particular person, idea, or activity. CULTURE (9) [noun] The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation. | [noun] The beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life. | [noun] The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising of the accepted norms and values of a society. CULVERS (12) [noun] Plural of culver, an archaic or dialectal term for a dove or pigeon. CULVERT (12) [noun] A transverse channel under a road or railway for the draining of water. | [verb] To channel (a stream of water) through a culvert. CUMARIN (11) [noun] A chemical compound found in various plants, used in perfumes and as a flavoring agent, and having anticoagulant properties. CUMBERS (13) [verb] To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber. CUMMERS (13) CUMMINS (13) CUMQUAT (20) [noun] A small, orange citrus-like fruit which is native to Asia (Citrus japonica, syn. Fortunella japonica). CUMSHAW (17) [noun] A bribe or gratuity, especially one given to facilitate a transaction in East Asian trade. | [noun] A gift or present. CUMULUS (11) [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. CUNDUMS (12) [noun] Plural of cundum, an archaic or dialectal term for a condom or sheath. CUNEATE (9) [adjective] Wedge-shaped. | [adjective] Wedge-shaped, with the narrow part at the base. | [adjective] Having straight, or almost straight sides meeting at the apex or base. CUNNERS (9) [noun] A marine European fish (Symphodus melops). | [noun] The related American conner (Tautogolabrus adspersus). CUNNING (10) [adjective] Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour. | [adjective] Skillful, artful. | [adjective] Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious. | [noun] Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity. CUPCAKE (17) [noun] A small cake baked in a paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top. | [noun] An attractive young woman. | [noun] A weak or effeminate man. CUPELED (12) [verb] To refine by means of a cupel. CUPELER (11) [noun] A person who operates a cupel, a small cup used in assaying to test the purity of metals. CUPFULS (14) [noun] The amount necessary to make a cup full | [noun] A half pint, i.e. eight ounces CUPLIKE (15) [adjective] Resembling or shaped like a cup; having a concave form similar to a cup. CUPOLAS (11) [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. CUPPERS (13) [noun] Plural of cupper, one who performs cupping therapy or a person who cups. | [noun] Plural of cupper, a device or tool used for cupping. CUPPIER (13) [adjective] More resembling a cup in shape or form. | [adjective] Comparative form of cuppy, meaning more inclined to cup or form into a cup shape. CUPPING (14) [noun] The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. | [noun] A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess. | [noun] Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface. | [verb] To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands. CUPRITE (11) [noun] A mineral composed of cuprous oxide and a minor ore of copper. CUPROUS (11) [adjective] Of, or of the nature of, copper. | [adjective] Containing copper with an oxidation number of 1. CUPRUMS (13) [noun] Plural of cuprum, the Latin name for the element copper. CUPSFUL (14) [noun] The plural form of cupful, meaning multiple quantities that fill a cup. CUPULAE (11) [noun] Plural of cupula; small cup-shaped anatomical structures, particularly in the inner ear or in botany where they form cup-like coverings for seeds or fruits. CUPULAR (11) [adjective] Relating to or shaped like a cupule, which is a small cup-shaped structure in plants. CUPULES (11) [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 CURABLE (11) [adjective] Capable of being cured. CURABLY (14) [adjective] In a manner capable of being cured or healed. CURACAO (11) [noun] A liqueur, made from eau-de-vie, sugar and, as flavor, dried peel of sweet and sour oranges. CURACOA (11) [noun] A liqueur, made from eau-de-vie, sugar and, as flavor, dried peel of sweet and sour oranges. CURAGHS (13) [noun] A traditional Irish or Scottish boat made of wickerwork or wooden frame covered with hide or canvas. CURARAS (9) [noun] Plural of curara, a toxic resin derived from South American plants, traditionally used as an arrow poison and in medicine as a muscle relaxant. CURARES (9) [noun] Plural of curare, a poisonous resin extracted from certain South American plants and used as an arrow poison or muscle relaxant. CURARIS (9) CURATED (10) [verb] To act as a curator for. | [verb] To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages. | [verb] To work or act as a curator. CURATES (9) [noun] An assistant rector or vicar. | [noun] A parish priest. CURATOR (9) [noun] A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo. | [noun] One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee. | [noun] A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc. CURBERS (11) [noun] People who curb or restrain something. | [noun] People who work on curbs, such as in construction or landscaping. CURBING (12) [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. CURCHES (14) [noun] Plural of church, referring to multiple buildings used for Christian worship or religious gatherings. CURCUMA (13) [noun] A tropical plant of the ginger family, especially turmeric, valued for its rhizomes used as a spice and in traditional medicine. CURDIER (10) [adjective] More curdled or having more curds; comparative form of curdy. CURDING (11) [verb] The process of curdling; forming into curds or separating into solid and liquid components, as in milk when treated with acid or rennet. CURDLED (11) [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 CURDLER (10) [noun] Something that causes curdling, such as an agent or substance that curdles milk or cream. CURDLES (10) [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 CURETTE (9) [noun] A spoon-shaped surgical instrument for cleaning a diseased surface. | [verb] To scrape with a curette. CURFEWS (15) [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. CURIOSA (9) [noun] Curiosities, especially erotic or pornographic books or articles. CURIOUS (9) [adjective] Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying. | [adjective] Caused by curiosity. | [adjective] Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual. CURITES (9) [noun] Plural of curite, a radioactive mineral containing uranium and other elements, or members of the Curetes in Greek mythology. CURIUMS (11) [noun] Plural of curium, a synthetic radioactive element with atomic number 96, named after Marie and Pierre Curie. CURLERS (9) [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. CURLEWS (12) [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. CURLIER (9) [adjective] Having curls. | [adjective] Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes) | [adjective] Complicated and difficult; knotty. CURLILY (12) [adverb] In a curly manner; with curls or in a curved, spiral fashion. CURLING (10) [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. CURRACH (14) [noun] An Irish boat, constructed like a coracle, and originally the same shape; now a boat of similar construction but conventional shape and large enough to be operated by up to eight oars. CURRAGH (13) [noun] An Irish boat, constructed like a coracle, and originally the same shape; now a boat of similar construction but conventional shape and large enough to be operated by up to eight oars. CURRANS (9) CURRANT (9) [noun] A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape, rarely more than 4mm diameter when dried. | [noun] The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red. | [noun] A shrub bearing such fruit. CURRENT (9) [noun] The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid. | [noun] The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially short for ocean current. | [noun] The time rate of flow of electric charge. CURRIED (10) [adjective] Cooked or flavoured with curry. | [verb] To cook or season with curry powder. | [verb] To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb. CURRIER (9) [noun] A specialist in the leather processing industry, who dresses the leather by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring. | [noun] One who grooms a horse with a curry comb. CURRIES (9) [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. CURRING (10) CURRISH (12) [adjective] Pertaining to a cur or mongrel. | [adjective] Ignoble, mean-spirited. CURSERS (9) [noun] Plural of curser; those who curse or use profane language. | [noun] Plural of cursor; pointing devices or indicators used in computing. CURSING (10) [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. | [noun] The act of one who curses. CURSIVE (12) [noun] A cursive character, letter or font. | [noun] A manuscript written in cursive characters. | [noun] Joined-up handwriting. CURSORS (9) [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 CURSORY (12) [adjective] Hasty; superficial; careless | [adjective] Running about; not stationary. CURTAIL (9) [noun] A scroll termination, as of a step, etc. | [verb] To cut short the tail of an animal | [verb] To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate. CURTAIN (9) [noun] A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light. | [noun] A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater. | [noun] (by extension) The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises. CURTALS (9) [noun] A variety of short-barrelled cannon. | [noun] An early type of bassoon. | [noun] A horse or other animal having a docked tail. CURTATE (9) [adjective] Shortened or reduced in length, especially referring to a curtate distance in astronomy or mathematics. CURTEST (9) [adjective] Superlative form of curt; most rudely brief or abrupt in speech or manner. CURTESY (12) [noun] A legal right of a widower to a life estate in the real property of his deceased wife, in some jurisdictions. | [noun] An archaic spelling of "courtesy." CURTSEY (12) [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. CURVETS (12) [verb] Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic. | [verb] To cause to leap about, dart or jump. | [verb] (of a bird) To fly or swim with darting movements. CURVIER (12) [adjective] Having curves. | [adjective] Buxom or curvaceous. CURVING (13) [verb] To bend; to crook. | [verb] To cause to swerve from a straight course. | [verb] To bend or turn gradually from a given direction. CUSHATS (12) [noun] A pigeon, wood pigeon or ring dove. CUSHAWS (15) [noun] Any of certain cultivars of Cucurbita argyrosperma (Cucurbita mixta), one of the species of winter squash. CUSHIER (12) [adjective] Easy, making few demands, comfortable. | [adjective] Comfortable; often in a way that will suit a person's body. CUSHILY (15) [adverb] In a comfortable, easy, or luxurious manner. CUSHION (12) [noun] A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support; for sitting on, kneeling on, resting one's head on etc. | [noun] Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact. | [noun] A sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective. CUSPATE (11) [adjective] Having a sharp point or pointed end; shaped like a cusp. CUSPIDS (12) [noun] A tooth with a single cusp; a canine. CUSSERS (9) [noun] Plural of cusser; people who curse or swear. | [noun] Things that cause cursing or annoyance. CUSSING (10) [verb] To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely. | [noun] The act of one who cusses, or uses bad language. CUSTARD (10) [noun] A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches, or eaten as a stand-alone dessert. CUSTODY (13) [noun] The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children. | [noun] Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property. | [noun] The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial. CUSTOMS (11) [noun] (in the plural) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods. | [noun] (in the singular) The government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods. | [noun] Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving. CUTAWAY (15) [noun] A cut to a shot of person listening to a speaker so that the audience can see the listener's reaction. | [noun] The interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else. | [noun] A coat with a tapered frontline. CUTBACK (17) [noun] A reduction of some sort in an existing program. | [noun] Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking. | [noun] (roofing) Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings. CUTBANK (15) [noun] A steep or overhanging bank of earth, typically formed by erosion along a river or stream. CUTCHES (14) [noun] Plural of cutch, a type of catechu or astringent extract from plants used in tanning and dyeing. | [noun] Plural of cutch, referring to temporary or makeshift shelters or huts. CUTDOWN (13) [noun] An emergency medical procedure in which the vein is exposed and a cannula is inserted into it. | [noun] A customized scooter with parts of the bodywork removed or cut away. CUTESIE (9) [adjective] Affectedly or excessively cute; attempting to be cute in an artificial or annoying manner. CUTICLE (11) [noun] The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis. | [noun] The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail. | [noun] Dead or cornified epidermis. CUTISES (9) [noun] Plural of cutis, the skin or outer layer of the body. CUTLASS (9) [noun] A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship. | [noun] A similarly shaped tool; a machete. | [verb] To cut back (vegetation) with a cutlass. CUTLERS (9) [noun] One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery. CUTLERY (12) [noun] A collective ensemble of eating and serving utensils such as knives, forks and spoons. | [noun] The business of a cutler. CUTLETS (9) [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. CUTLINE (9) [noun] In production, a hypothetical line that separates items that will be executed and publicized, versus items that will be cut. | [noun] A caption under a photograph, or more narrowly just the explanatory text block under a photograph, excluding the title. | [noun] In software testing, a hypothetical line that separates tests that will be performed from tests that may not be performed due to lack of time. CUTOFFS (15) [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. CUTOUTS (9) [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. CUTOVER (12) [noun] An area of cutover land. | [noun] The discontinuity that occurs when switching from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. | [noun] The process of quickly replacing a telephone switchboard, in which the connections are duplicated to the new machine and the original connections are then suddenly disconnected. CUTTAGE (10) [noun] A method of plant propagation in which a cutting from a plant is induced to develop roots and form a new plant. | [noun] The cuttings or shoots collectively prepared for propagation. CUTTERS (9) [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. CUTTIES (9) [noun] A cutback. | [noun] A T-shirt that has had the sleeves removed. | [noun] A hare. CUTTING (10) [verb] (heading) To incise, to cut into the surface of something. | [verb] To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument. | [verb] (heading, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce. CUTTLED (10) [verb] Past tense of cuttle, meaning to release ink as a defense mechanism (as a cuttlefish does), or to move in a manner resembling a cuttlefish. CUTTLES (9) [noun] A knife. | [noun] A foul-mouthed fellow. | [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 CUTWORK (16) [noun] A form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away CUTWORM (14) [noun] The larva of any of many moths of the family Noctuidae; it is an agricultural pest. CUVETTE (12) [noun] A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table | [noun] A cunette | [noun] A small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer CYANATE (12) [noun] Any salt or ester of cyanic acid | [verb] To treat or react with cyanide CYANIDE (13) [noun] Any compound containing the -C≡N radical or the C≡N-1 anion. | [noun] Potassium cyanide - a water soluble poison | [noun] Hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide gas - a poisonous gas CYANIDS (13) [noun] Plural of cyanid, a compound containing the cyano group (CN), particularly salts or esters of hydrocyanic acid. CYANINE (12) [noun] Any of a class of organic dyes containing a polymethine chain linking two nitrogen-containing heterocyclic rings, used in photography and as biological stains. CYANINS (12) [noun] Plural of cyanin, a blue or blue-green pigment or dye compound found in plants and used in various applications. CYANITE (12) [noun] A blue neosilicate mineral, Al2SiO5, found in metamorphic rocks. CYBORGS (15) [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. CYCASES (14) [noun] Plural of cycas, a genus of tropical and subtropical plants with feathery fronds, often resembling palms. CYCASIN (14) [noun] A toxic glucoside compound found in cycad plants that can cause neurological disease if ingested. CYCLASE (14) [noun] An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of a ring structure in a molecule, particularly in the synthesis of cyclic compounds. CYCLERS (14) [noun] People who ride bicycles or motorcycles. | [noun] Things that cycle or move in cycles. CYCLERY (17) [noun] A shop where bicycles are sold or repaired. | [noun] Bicycles collectively or the sport of cycling. CYCLING (15) [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 CYCLIST (14) [noun] A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling. | [noun] A user of the software language CycL. CYCLIZE (23) [verb] To undergo, or cause to undergo, a reaction resulting in the formation of an aromatic or ring structure. CYCLOID (15) [noun] The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line. | [noun] A fish having cycloid scales. | [adjective] Resembling a circle; cycloidal. CYCLONE (14) [noun] (broad sense) A weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a center of low atmospheric pressure | [noun] (narrow sense) Such weather phenomenon occurring in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean | [noun] A low pressure system. CYCLOPS (16) [noun] A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology. | [noun] A one-eyed creature of any species. | [noun] A person with only one working eye. CYGNETS (13) [noun] The young of a swan. CYLICES (14) [noun] Plural of calyx, the outer whorl of sepals of a flower that encloses the petals and other reproductive parts. CYMATIA (14) [noun] A molding with a wavy profile, used in classical architecture. | [noun] The plural of cymatium, an ornamental molding. CYMBALS (16) [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. CYMENES (14) [noun] Plural of cymene, a hydrocarbon found in essential oils of plants like cumin and thyme. CYMLING (15) [noun] A round summer squash with a scalloped edge, similar to a patty pan squash. CYMLINS (14) [noun] Plural of cymlin, a type of summer squash similar to a zucchini, typically pale green or white in color. CYNICAL (14) [adjective] Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness. | [adjective] Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others. | [adjective] Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking. CYPHERS (17) [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. CYPRESS (14) [noun] An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis. | [noun] A thin, translucent, usually black fabric, a kind of crape. CYPRIAN (14) [noun] A native or inhabitant of Cyprus. | [adjective] Of or relating to Cyprus or its people. CYPSELA (14) [noun] An achene formed from a double ovary, especially in plants of the family Compositae. CYSTEIN (12) [noun] An amino acid containing sulfur that is found in proteins and plays a role in protein structure and cell function. CYSTINE (12) [noun] A nonessential amino acid formed by the oxidation of cysteine; it contains two cysteine residues linked by a disulfide bond. CYSTOID (13) [adjective] Resembling a cyst or having the form of a cyst. | [noun] A fossil echinoderm of the class Cystoidea, characterized by a rounded or sac-like body. CYTOSOL (12) [noun] The aqueous solution of a cell's cytoplasm, consisting of water, organic molecules and inorganic ions. CZARDAS (19) [noun] An intricate Hungarian folk dance characterized by variations in tempo. | [noun] The music for such a dance. CZARDOM (21) [noun] The domain, authority, or rule of a czar; autocratic rule or government. CZARINA (18) [noun] An empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar. CZARISM (20) [noun] A system of government by an absolute ruler or czar, particularly that of imperial Russia. | [noun] Autocratic or authoritarian rule or control. CZARIST (18) [adjective] Of, relating to, or characteristic of a czar or czarism; autocratic or authoritarian.