All Wordscapes 5-Letter Words

AARGH

Expressing annoyance, dismay, embarrassment or frustration.

ABACK

Towards the back or rear; backwards.

ABASE

To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.

ABASH

To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.

ABATE

Abatement.

ABBEY

The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.

ABBOT

The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.

ABHOR

To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.

ABIDE

To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.

ABOVE

Heaven.

ABUSE

Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.

ABUZZ

Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz, buzzing.

ABYSS

Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.

ACEES

ACHED

To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.

ACHES

Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.

ACHNE

ACING

(US) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.

ACORN

The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.

ACRES

An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters.

ACRID

Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.

ACTED

To do something.

ACTIN

A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).

ACTOR

A person who performs, plays a part in a theatrical play or film.

ACUTE

A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.

ADAGE

An old saying which has obtained credit by long use

ADAPT

To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit

ADDED

To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.

ADDER

Any snake.

ADDLE

(provincial) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.

ADEPT

One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient

ADIEU

A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.

ADMAN

A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.

ADORE

To worship.

ADORN

Adornment

AEGIS

A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center.

AEONS

(preferred spelling, with æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.

AERIE

A local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

AFFIX

That which is affixed; an appendage.

AFIRE

On fire (often metaphorically).

AFORE

Before.

AFOUL

(principally nautical) In a state of collision or entanglement.

AGAIN

Another time; once more.

AGAPE

In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.

AGATE

A semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

AGAVE

A plant of the genus Agave, which includes the maguey or century plant (Agave americana), which produces a gigantic flower stem at maturity.

AGENT

One who exerts power, or has the power to act

AGILE

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move

AGING

To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.

AGONY

Extreme pain.

AGREE

To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur.

AHAUL

AIDED

To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.

AIDES

An assistant.

AILED

To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)

AIOLI

A type of sauce, similar to mayonnaise, made from garlic, egg, lemon juice and olive oil.

AIRED

To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.

AISLE

A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.

ALARM

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

ALBUM

A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.

ALDER

Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.

ALEPH

The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀, Aramaic 𐡀, Syriac ܐ, Hebrew א and Arabic ا.

ALERT

An alarm.

ALGAE

Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.

ALGAL

An alga.

ALIAS

Another name; an assumed name.

ALIBI

The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed

ALIEN

Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.

ALIGN

To form a line; to fall into line.

ALIKE

Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

ALIVE

Having life; living; not dead

ALKYD

A synthetic resin derived from a reaction between alcohol and certain acids, used as a base for many laminates, paints and coatings.

ALKYL

Any of a series of univalent radicals of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons.

ALLAY

Alleviation; abatement; check.

ALLEE

A tree-lined avenue, often particularly one that is part of a landscaped garden.

ALLEY

A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.

ALLOE

ALLOT

To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.

ALLOW

To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.

ALLOY

A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.

ALOES

(in the plural) The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica.

ALOFT

At, to, or in the air or sky.

ALONE

By oneself, solitary.

ALONG

In company; together.

ALOUD

Spoken out loud.

ALPHA

The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.

ALTAR

A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

ALTER

To change the form or structure of.

ALUMS

An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O).

AMASS

A large number of things collected or piled together.

AMAZE

Amazement, astonishment.

AMBIT

The sphere or area of control and influence of something.

AMBLE

An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.

AMEND

(usually in the plural) An act of righting a wrong; compensation.

AMIND

AMINE

A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.

AMINO

The amine functional group.

AMISS

Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.

AMONG

Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)

AMOUR

Love, affection.

AMUSE

To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions.

ANARY

ANGEL

An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.

ANGER

A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm.

ANGLE

A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).

ANGLO

An English person or person of English ancestry.

ANGRY

Displaying or feeling anger.

ANIMA

The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.

ANIME

An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.

ANION

A negatively charged ion.

ANISE

An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent.

ANNEX

An addition, an extension.

ANNOY

A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.

ANNUL

To formally revoke the validity of.

ANOLE

Any of the Anolis genus of arboreal American lizards (such as the American chameleon) from the iguana family which feature a brightly colored dewlap and color-changing ability.

ANTED

To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.

ANTES

A price or cost, as in up the ante.

ANTIC

A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.

ANTIS

A person opposed to a concept or principle.

ANTSY

Restless, apprehensive and fidgety

ANVIL

A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.

AORTA

The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.

APACE

Quickly, rapidly, with speed.

APART

(Used after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.

APNEA

The cessation of breathing.

APPLE

A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.

APPLY

To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)

APRON

An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.

APSES

A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.

ARCED

To move following a curved path.

ARDOR

Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

AREAL

ARENA

An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).

ARGON

The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.

ARGOT

A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.

ARIAS

A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

ARIES

ARISE

To come up from a lower to a higher position.

ARMED

To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

ARMOR

A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.

AROMA

A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.

AROSE

To come up from a lower to a higher position.

ARROW

A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.

ARSES

The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.

ARSON

The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.

ARTSY

(sometimes derogatory) Inclined towards the arts; arty.

ASHEN

Made from the wood of the ash-tree.

ASHES

The solid remains of a fire.

ASIDE

An incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.

ASKED

To request (information, or an answer to a question).

ASSET

Something or someone of any value; any portion of one's property or effects so considered.

ASTIR

In motion; characterized by motion.

ASUTE

ATLAS

A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.

ATMAN

(Vedanta) The true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman.

ATOLL

A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls

ATOPY

ATRIA

A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.

ATTAR

An essential oil extracted from flowers.

ATTIC

The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.

AUDIT

A judicial examination.

AUGHT

Anything whatsoever, any part.

AUGUR

A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.

AUNTS

The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.

AUNTY

The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.

AURAL

Of or pertaining to the ear.

AURAS

Distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something.

AUTOS

An automobile.

AVAIL

Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).

AVERS

To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.

AVIAN

A bird.

AVOID

To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun

AVOWS

To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.

AWAKE

Not asleep; conscious.

AWARD

A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

AWARE

Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

AWASH

Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.

AWFUL

Very bad.

AWOKE

To become conscious after having slept.

AXELS

A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.

AXIAL

A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds.

AXION

A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force.

AXLES

Shoulder.

AXONS

A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.

BABES

A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.

BACON

Cured meat from the sides, belly or back of a pig.

BADGE

A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.

BADLY

Ill, unwell.

BAGEL

A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.

BAILS

Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.

BAIRN

A child or baby.

BAITS

Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.

BAIZE

A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.

BAKED

(with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven.

BAKER

A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.

BAKES

The act of cooking food by baking.

BALDY

(sometimes derogatory) Someone who is bald.

BALED

To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.

BALES

A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.

BALKY

Refusing to proceed or cooperate.

BALMY

Producing balm.

BALSA

A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.

BANAL

Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.

BANCH

BANDS

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

BANDY

To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.

BANES

A cause of misery or death.

BANGS

A sudden percussive noise.

BANJO

A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.

BARBS

The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.

BARDS

A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

BARER

Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.

BARGE

A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

BARNS

A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.

BASAL

Base, bottom, minimum

BASED

To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

BASES

Something from which other things extend; a foundation.

BASIL

A plant (Ocimum basilicum).

BASIN

A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall

BASIS

A physical base or foundation.

BASSO

A bass singer, especially in opera.

BATED

To reduce the force of something; to abate.

BATHS

A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.

BATON

A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes

BBAIL

BBOYS

BEACH

The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.

BEADS

Prayer, later especially with a rosary.

BEAKS

Anatomical uses.

BEAKY

Beaked: having a beak.

BEAMS

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

BEANS

A reusable software component written in Java.

BEAUS

A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.

BEAUT

Something or someone that is physically attractive.

BEECH

A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches.

BEEFY

Similar to, or tasting like beef.

BEERS

An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt, often with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.

BEERY

Smelling or tasting of beer.

BEETS

Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

BEFIT

To be fit for

BEGAN

To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

BEGIN

Beginning; start.

BEGOT

To father; to sire; to produce (a child).

BEGUN

To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

BEIGE

A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.

BEING

A living creature.

BELAY

The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.

BELCH

The sound one makes when belching.

BELIE

To lie around; encompass.

BELLE

An attractive woman.

BELLS

A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

BELLY

The abdomen, especially a fat one.

BELOW

In a lower place.

BELTS

A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.

BENCH

A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.

BERET

A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.

BERMS

A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope

BERRY

A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.

BERTH

A fixed bunk for sleeping (in caravans, trains, etc).

BESET

To surround or hem in.

BESTS

The supreme effort one can make, or has made.

BETEL

Either of two plants often used in combination:

BEVEL

An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.

BIBLE

An exemplar of the Bible.

BIDED

To bear; to endure; to tolerate.

BIDES

To bear; to endure; to tolerate.

BIGHT

A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow

BIGOT

One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to one's own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.

BIKER

A person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles, sometimes a member of a motorcycle club.

BILGE

The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.

BILLS

Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.

BINGE

A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.

BINGO

A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.

BIOME

Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert

BIOTA

The living organisms of a region.

BIRDS

A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs.

BIRDY

BIRTH

The process of childbearing; the beginning of life.

BISON

A wild ox, Bison bonasus.

BITER

The act of biting.

BITES

The act of biting.

BITSY

BLADE

The sharp cutting edge of a knife, chisel, or other tool, a razor blade/sword.

BLAME

Censure.

BLAND

Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.

BLANK

A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence .

BLARE

A loud sound.

BLASE

Unimpressed with something because of over-familiarity.

BLAST

A violent gust of wind.

BLAZE

A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.

BLEAT

The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.

BLEED

An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.

BLEND

A mixture of two or more things.

BLESS

To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.

BLIGE

BLIND

A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

BLING

Ostentatious display of richness or style.

BLOAT

Distention of the abdomen from death.

BLOBS

Acronym of binary large object. (a data type that allows storage of binary data often of indeterminate length).

BLOCK

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

BLOKE

A man, a fellow; an ordinary man, a man on the street.

BLOOM

A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.

BLOWY

(sex) A blow job.

BLUED

To make or become blue.

BLUER

Of the colour blue.

BLUES

The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.

BLUFF

An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.

BLUNT

A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.

BLURB

A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.

BLURT

An abrupt outburst.

BLUSH

An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame, modesty, etc.

BOARD

A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

BOARS

A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.

BODES

An omen; a foreshadowing.

BOGEY

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

BOGIE

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

BOGUS

A liquor made of rum and molasses.

BOILS

A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

BOING

The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.

BOLLS

The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.

BOLUS

A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.

BONED

To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.

BONES

A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.

BONEY

BONGO

A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.

BOOED

To shout extended boos derisively.

BOOMS

A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.

BOONS

A prayer; petition.

BOOTY

A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.

BORAX

A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.

BORED

To inspire boredom in somebody.

BORER

A tedious person.

BORES

A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.

BORIC

Of, pertaining to, or containing the element boron.

BORNE

To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

BORON

The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder.

BOSOM

(somewhat obsolete) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).

BOSON

A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.

BOTCH

An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.

BOUGH

A firm branch of a tree.

BOUND

To tie; to confine by any ligature.

BOUTS

A period of something, usually painful or unpleasant.

BOWEL

A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.

BRACE

Armor for the arm; vambrace.

BRADS

A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.

BRAIN

The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.

BRAKE

A fern; bracken.

BRAND

A conflagration; a flame.

BRASS

A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.

BRAVE

A Native American warrior.

BRAVO

A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.

BRAWL

A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

BRAWN

Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.

BRAYS

The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.

BREAK

An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.

BREED

All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.

BRIAR

Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.

BRIBE

Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.

BRICK

A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

BRIDE

A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

BRIEF

A writ summoning one to answer to any action.

BRIER

Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.

BRINY

The sea.

BRISK

(often with "up") To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.

BRITS

Brit milah

BROAD

A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.

BROIL

Food prepared by broiling.

BROKE

To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

BROME

Any grass of the genus Bromus.

BROOD

The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.

BROOM

A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

BROTH

Water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled.

BRROD

BRUSH

An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.

BRUTE

An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.

BUDGE

To move.

BUGLE

A horn used by hunters.

BUILD

The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.

BULBS

Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.

BULGE

Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.

BULLS

An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.

BULLY

A person who is intentionally, physically, or emotionally cruel to others; especially to those who are weaker or have less power or privilege.

BUNCH

A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

BUOYS

A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.

BURBS

(chiefly in the plural) A suburb.

BURLY

(usually of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.

BURNS

A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

BURPS

A belch.

BURQA

An Islamic garment that covers the whole body, which has a net screen covering the eyes so they cannot be seen, and is worn by women.

BURRO

A small donkey

BUSED

To transport via a motor bus.

BUSES

A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.

BUSHY

Like a bush in having many widely spread branches.

BUSTS

A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.

BUTTE

An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.

BUTTS

The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end

BUTYL

Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C4H9, formally derived from butane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.

BUYER

A person who makes one or more purchases.

CAASE

CABAL

# A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.

CABBY

A cabdriver; someone who drives a taxi.

CABER

A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games.

CABLE

(material) A long object used to make a physical connection.

CACHE

A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.

CACHY

CACLE

CACTI

Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.

CADDY

One hired to assist another in playing the game of golf.

CADET

A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.

CADRE

A frame or framework.

CAGEY

Wary, careful, shrewd.

CAIRN

A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.

CAKED

Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.

CAKES

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

CAKEY

CALLS

A telephone conversation.

CALVE

To give birth to a calf

CANAL

An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.

CANED

To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement

CANES

A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof

CANID

Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals.

CANNY

Careful, prudent, cautious.

CANOE

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.

CANON

A generally accepted principle; a rule.

CANOR

CANTO

One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

CAPED

Wearing a cape or capes.

CAPES

A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.

CAPON

A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.

CARAT

A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams.

CARED

To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).

CARER

Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.

CARES

Grief, sorrow.

CARGO

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

CARNY

A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).

CAROB

An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.

CAROL

A small closet or enclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study.

CAROM

(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.

CARVE

A carucate.

CASED

To propose hypothetical cases.

CASES

An actual event, situation, or fact.

CASKS

A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks.

CATCH

The act of seizing or capturing.

CATER

Caterer

CATTY

(of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy or upset, particularly among women.

CAUSE

(often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

CAVED

To surrender.

CAVEN

CAVER

CAWED

To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.

CCROC

CEASE

Cessation; extinction (see without cease).

CEDAR

A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.

CEDED

To give up; yield to another.

CEDES

To give up; yield to another.

CEILS

To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or similar.

CELEB

A celebrity; a famous person.

CELLO

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.

CELLS

A single-room dwelling for a hermit.

CELTS

A prehistoric chisel-bladed tool.

CENTS

(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.

CHADS

(pickup community) A very handsome, usually tall, man whom women find sexually attractive; at times seen as an alpha male of a group.

CHAFE

Heat excited by friction.

CHAIR

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.

CHALK

A soft, white, powdery limestone.

CHANT

Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.

CHAOS

The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.

CHARD

An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.

CHARY

In a chary manner.

CHASE

The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.

CHASM

A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.

CHATS

Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India, or served as a starter in an Indian restaurant

CHEAP

Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.

CHEAT

To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.

CHECK

A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.

CHEEK

The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

CHEEP

A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.

CHEER

A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.

CHEMO

Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.

CHERT

Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.

CHESS

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.

CHEST

A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

CHEWS

The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.

CHICK

A young bird.

CHIDE

To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.

CHIEF

A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.

CHILD

A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)

CHILE

The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.

CHILL

A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

CHIME

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.

CHINE

The top of a ridge.

CHINO

A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.

CHINS

The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.

CHIPS

A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

CHIRP

A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.

CHITS

A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.

CHIVE

A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.

CHOIR

Singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together.

CHOKE

A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.

CHORD

A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.

CHORE

A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.

CHOSE

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

CHUCK

Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

CHURN

A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.

CHUTE

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.

CIDER

An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples; hard cider; apple cider

CIGAR

Tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.

CINCH

A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.

CIRCA

Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)

CITED

To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.

CITES

To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.

CIVET

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.

CIVIL

Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.

CLACK

An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.

CLADE

A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.

CLAIM

A demand of ownership made for something.

CLANG

A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.

CLANS

A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.

CLASS

A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.

CLAVE

To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.

CLAWS

A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.

CLAYS

A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.

CLEAN

Removal of dirt.

CLEAR

Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.

CLEAT

A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.

CLEFS

A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff

CLEFT

An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.

CLERK

One who occupationally works with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

CLICK

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.

CLIFF

A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

CLIMB

An act of climbing.

CLIME

A particular region defined by its weather or climate.

CLINE

A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group.

CLINK

The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.

CLIPS

Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.

CLLAN

CLOCK

An instrument used to measure or keep track of time; a non-portable timepiece.

CLODS

A lump of something, especially of earth or clay.

CLOMP

The sound of feet hitting the ground loudly.

CLONE

A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.

CLOSE

An end or conclusion.

CLOTH

A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.

CLOTS

A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.

CLOUD

A rock; boulder; a hill.

CLOUT

Influence or effectiveness, especially political.

CLOVE

A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.

CLUCK

The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.

CLUDE

CLUED

To provide with a clue.

CLUES

A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.

CLUMP

A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.

CLUNK

A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact.

COACH

A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.

COALS

A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.

COATI

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.

COBRA

Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.

COCOA

The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.

CODEC

A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.

CODED

To write software programs.

CODER

A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses.

CODES

A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.

CODEX

An early manuscript book.

CODON

A handbell used for summoning monks.

COEDS

A young woman who attends college.

COHOS

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.

COILS

Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.

COINS

(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.

COKED

To produce coke from coal.

COLAS

The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.

COLDS

A condition of low temperature.

COLIC

Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).

COLON

The punctuation mark ":".

COLOR

The spectral composition of visible light

COLTS

A young male horse.

COMAS

A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.

COMES

To move from further away to nearer to.

COMET

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.

COMIC

A comedian.

COMMA

The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.

COMPS

Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images.

CONCH

A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.

CONDO

Joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more countries.

CONES

A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.

CONGA

A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin

CONIC

A conic section.

COOED

To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon.

COOLY

COOPS

A unit of a housing co-operative; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep.

COOPT

To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.

COOTS

Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.

COPAL

A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.

COPED

To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.

COPES

To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.

COPSE

A thicket of small trees or shrubs.

CORAL

A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps.

CORDS

A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.

CORED

To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.

CORES

Various former units of volume, particularly:

CORKY

Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.

CORMS

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

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.

CORNY

Boring and unoriginal.

CORPS

A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.

COSTS

To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.

COTTA

A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.

COUCH

Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.

COUGH

A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.

COULD

(auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.

COUNT

The act of counting or tallying a quantity.

COUPE

An ice cream dessert; the glass it is served in.

COUPS

A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.

COURT

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.

COVEN

A formal group or assembly of witches.

COVER

A lid.

COVET

To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.

COVEY

A group of 8–12 (or more) quail.

COWER

To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.

CRACK

A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

CRAFT

Strength; power; might; force .

CRAMS

The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something).

CRANE

Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

CRANK

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.

CRASS

Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination

CRATE

A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.

CRAVE

A formal application to a court to make a particular order.

CRAWL

The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops.

CRAZE

Craziness; insanity.

CRAZY

An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.

CREAK

The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

CREAM

The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

CREDO

A belief system.

CREED

That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.

CREEK

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.

CREEP

To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.

CREME

A very sugary, fluffy white cream derivative.

CREPE

A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.

CREPT

To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.

CREST

The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.

CREWS

A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs

CRIBS

A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.

CRICK

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.)

CRIED

To shed tears; to weep.

CRIER

One who cries.

CRIES

A shedding of tears; the act of crying.

CRIME

A specific act committed in violation of the law.

CRISP

A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack.

CROCK

A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.

CROCS

A crocodile.

CRONE

An old woman.

CRONY

(originally Cambridge University) Close friend.

CROOK

A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.

CROON

A soft or sentimental hum or song.

CROPS

A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

CROSS

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.

CROUP

An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.

CROWS

A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.

CRUDE

Any substance in its natural state.

CRUEL

To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)

CRUMB

A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).

CRUSH

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

CRUST

A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.

CRYPT

A cave or cavern.

CUBBY

A small, confined space.

CUBED

To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.

CUBIC

A cubic curve.

CUFFS

Glove; mitten

CULEX

Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.

CULLS

A selection.

CULTS

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.

CUMIN

The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.

CURBS

A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand)

CURDS

The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.

CURED

To restore to health.

CURES

A method, device or medication that restores good health.

CURIA

CURIE

3.7×1010 decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.

CURIO

A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.

CURLY

A person or animal with curly hair.

CURRY

One of a family of dishes originating from South Asian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce.

CURSE

A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.

CURVE

A gentle bend, such as in a road.

CUSHY

Easy, making few demands, comfortable.

CUTER

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.

CUTIE

A cute person or animal.

CYCLE

An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.

CYNIC

A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.

DAILY

Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.

DALES

A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.

DAMES

Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.

DANCE

A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.

DANDY

A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.

DARED

To have enough courage (to do something).

DARES

A challenge to prove courage.

DARNS

Euphemism of damn.

DARTS

A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin

DATED

To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.

DATES

The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.

DAUBS

Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.

DAUNT

To discourage, intimidate.

DAVIT

A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship.

DAZED

To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear

DDUPE

DEALS

A division, a portion, a share.

DEALT

To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.

DEANS

A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).

DEARS

A very kind, loving person.

DEARY

DEATH

The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

DEBTS

An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.

DEBUG

The action, or a session, of reviewing source code to find and eliminate errors.

DEBUT

A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.

DECAF

A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink.

DECAL

A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.

DECAY

The process or result of being gradually decomposed.

DECKS

Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

DECOR

The style of decoration of a room or building.

DECOY

A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.

DEEDS

An action or act; something that is done.

DEEMS

An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.

DEEPS

(with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.

DEFER

To delay or postpone

DEIFY

To make a god of (something or someone).

DEIGN

To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity.

DEISM

A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural phenomena or specific religious doctrines.

DEIST

DEITY

A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess.

DEKES

A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.

DELAY

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

DELFT

A style of blue and white earthenware.

DELIS

A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.

DELLS

A valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep.

DELTA

The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.

DELVE

To dig the ground, especially with a shovel.

DEMOS

A demonstration or visual explanation.

DEMUR

Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.

DENDS

DENIM

A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

DENSE

A thicket.

DENTS

A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.

DEPOT

A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.

DEPTH

The vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep

DERID

DESKS

A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.

DETER

To prevent something from happening.

DETOX

Detoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or illegal, addictive drugs.

DEUCE

A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.

DEVIL

An evil creature.

DHOWS

A traditional sailing vessel used along the coasts of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean, generally having a single mast and a lateen sail.

DIALS

A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).

DICED

To play dice.

DICES

Gaming with one or more dice.

DICTA

An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.

DIETS

The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.

DIGIT

A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)

DIKES

A well-dressed man.

DILLS

Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.

DIMER

A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge.

DIMES

A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.

DIMLY

In a dim manner.

DINAR

The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia and Tunisia.

DINED

To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

DINER

One who dines.

DINES

To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

DINGE

DINGO

Canis lupus dingo, a wild dog native to Australia.

DINGS

Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.

DINGY

Drab; shabby; dirty; squalid

DINKY

Tiny and cute; small and attractive.

DIODE

An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.

DIPPY

Lacking common sense.

DIRGE

A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

DIRTY

To make (something) dirty.

DISCO

A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.

DISKS

A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

DITCH

A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

DITTO

That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.

DIVAN

A Muslim council of state, specifically that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan).

DIVAS

Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.

DIVED

To swim under water.

DIVER

Someone who dives, especially as a sport.

DIVES

A supernatural entity of disagreeable nature.

DIVVY

A dividend; a share or portion.

DLEAD

DOCKS

Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially common dock, and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.

DODGE

An act of dodging.

DOFFS

(clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing.

DOILY

A small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a surface from scratches by hard objects such as vases or bowls; or to decorate a plate of food.

DOING

(auxiliary) A syntactic marker.

DOLED

To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.

DOLES

To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.

DOLLS

A toy in the form of a human.

DOLLY

A doll.

DOLOR

Sorrow, grief, misery or anguish.

DOLTS

A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

DOMED

In the form of a dome.

DOMES

A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere; a cupola

DONOR

One who makes a donation.

DONUT

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape, and mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, sometimes filled with jelly, custard or cream.

DOPED

To affect with drugs.

DOPER

DOPES

Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.

DOPEY

Stupid, silly.

DOSED

DOSES

DOTED

(usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.

DOTES

A darling, a cutie.

DOUBT

Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.

DOULA

A support person, usually female, who may not have medical or midwifery training, who provides emotional and practical assistance to a pregnant mother or couple before, during or after childbirth.

DOUSE

A sudden plunging into water.

DOVES

A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.

DOWED

DOWNS

A negative aspect; a downer.

DOWRY

Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.

DOYEN

A commander in charge of ten men.

DOZEN

A set of twelve.

DRABS

DRAFT

A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.

DRAIN

A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)

DRAKE

A male duck.

DRAMA

A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue

DRANK

Dextromethorphan

DRAPE

A curtain; a drapery.

DRAWN

To move or develop something.

DREAD

Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

DREAM

Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.

DREAR

Dreary.

DRECK

Trash; worthless merchandise.

DREGS

(collectively) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.

DRESS

An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes skirts below the waist.

DRIBS

DRIED

Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.

DRIER

One who, or that which, dries; a desiccative.

DRIES

The process by which something is dried.

DRILL

A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.

DRILY

In a dry manner

DRINK

To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

DRIVE

Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition.

DROID

A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human.

DROLL

A funny person; a buffoon, a wag.

DRONE

A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee.

DROOL

Saliva trickling from the mouth.

DROOP

Something which is limp or sagging

DROVE

A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.

DROWN

To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.

DRUGS

A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.

DRUNK

To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

DRYER

One who, or that which, dries; a desiccative.

DTEND

DUCKS

To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

DUDES

A man, generally a younger man.

DUELS

Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.

DUETS

A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).

DUFFS

To disguise something to make it look new.

DUKED

DUKES

The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).

DULLS

To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.

DULLY

In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre.

DUNCE

An unintelligent person.

DUNES

A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind.

DUNNE

DUPED

To swindle, deceive, or trick.

DUPES

A person who has been deceived.

DUPLE

Double.

DURAL

DURUM

Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum (hard wheat), the flour of which is used to make pasta and bread.

DUSTS

Fine particles

DUSTY

Covered with dust.

DUVET

A thick, padded quilt used instead of blankets.

DWARF

Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.

DWEEB

(originally college slang) A boring, studious, or socially inept person.

DWELL

A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.

DYERS

One who dyes, especially one who dyes cloth etc. as an occupation.

DYING

To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

EAGER

Sharp; sour; acid.

EAGLE

Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.

EARED

EARLY

A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.

EARTH

The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.

EASED

To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.

EASEL

An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.

EASES

To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.

EATEN

To ingest; to be ingested.

EATER

One who eats.

EAVES

The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.

EBBED

To flow back or recede

EBONY

A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.

EBOOK

(authorship) Electronic book, a book published in electronic form.

ECHOS

ECLAT

A brilliant or successful effect; brilliance of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.

EDECK

EDEER

EDEMA

An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

EDGED

To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

EDGER

EDGES

The boundary line of a surface.

EDICT

A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.

EDIFY

To build, construct.

EDISE

EDITS

A change to the text of a document.

EDIVE

EERIE

Strange, weird, fear-inspiring.

EEYED

EGALE

EGGED

To throw eggs at.

EGRET

Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.

EIGHT

The digit/figure 8.

EJECT

To compel (a person or persons) to leave.

ELAND

A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh.

ELBOW

The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.

ELDER

An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.

ELECT

One chosen or set apart.

ELEER

ELFIN

An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.

ELIDE

To leave out or omit (something).

ELITE

A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society.

ELODE

ELOPE

(of a married person) To run away from home with a paramour.

ELUDE

To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill

ELVES

A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.

EMBER

A glowing piece of coal or wood.

EMEOW

EMERY

An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.

EMILE

EMIRS

A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.

EMITS

To send out or give off

EMOTE

A virtual action, presented to other users as reported speech, rather than a direct message.

ENACT

Purpose; determination

ENDED

To come to an end

ENDER

ENDOW

To provide with a dower or a dowry.

ENEMA

An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.

ENJOY

To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something

ENNUI

A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

ENSUE

To follow (a leader, inclination etc.).

ENTER

The "Enter" key on a computer keyboard.

ENTRY

The act of entering.

ENVOY

A short stanza at the end of a poem, used either to address a person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem.

EOSIN

A red, acidic dye commonly used in histological stains.

EPICS

An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.

EPIER

EPOCH

A particular period of history, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.

EQUAL

A person or thing of equal status to others.

EQUIP

To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging)

ERASE

The operation of deleting data.

ERECT

Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.

ERGOT

Any fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.

ERODE

To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction.

ERRED

To make a mistake.

ERROR

The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.

ERUPT

To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).

ESEEM

ESKER

A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.

ETELL

ETHER

The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.

ETHIC

A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.

ETHOS

The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.

ETHYL

The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.

ETUBE

ETUDE

A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.

EUROS

Person living or originating from Europe

EUSES

EVADE

To get away from by cunning; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to cleverly escape from

EVENT

An occurrence; something that happens.

EVERY

EVICE

EVICT

To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

EVILS

Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.

EVOKE

To call out; to draw out or bring forth.

EWERS

A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle.

EXACT

To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.

EXALT

To honor; to hold in high esteem.

EXCEL

To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.

EXECS

Executive, executive officer

EXERT

To put in vigorous action.

EXILE

The state of being banished from one's home or country.

EXIST

(stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality

EXITS

An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.

EXPEL

To eject or erupt.

EXPOS

An exposition.

EXUDE

To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.

EXULT

To rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph.

EYHIC

EYRIE

The nest of a bird of prey.

FABLE

A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.

FACED

(of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).

FACET

Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.

FACIA

A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.

FADED

To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

FADER

Weak; insipid; tasteless.

FADES

A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook, draw.

FAERY

The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.

FAINT

The act of fainting, syncope.

FAIRS

A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.

FAIRY

The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.

FAKED

To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

FAKER

One who fakes something.

FALSE

One of two options on a true-or-false test.

FAMED

Having fame; famous or noted.

FANCY

The imagination.

FANNY

The female genitalia.

FARCE

A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.

FARED

To go, travel.

FASTS

A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations

FATAL

A fatality; an event that leads to death.

FATED

To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.

FATES

The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

FATSO

Someone who is overweight.

FAULT

A defect; something that detracts from perfection.

FAVOR

A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).

FAXED

Having a head of hair; hairy.

FDEED

FEARL

FEAST

A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.

FEATS

A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.

FECES

Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from the bowels; excrement.

FEEDS

Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.

FEELS

Of or relating to the emotions.

FEIGN

To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

FEINT

A movement made to confuse the opponent; a dummy.

FELLA

(chiefly South US) used to address a male

FELLS

A cutting-down of timber.

FELON

A person who has committed a felony.

FEMUR

A thighbone.

FENCE

A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.

FENDS

To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.

FERAL

A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.

FERNS

Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.

FERRY

A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.

FETCH

An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance.

FETED

(usually in the passive) To celebrate (a person).

FETES

A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.

FETID

The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts.

FETUS

An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.

FEUDS

A state of long-standing mutual hostility.

FEVER

A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.

FEVOR

FIATS

An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.

FIBER

A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.

FIBRE

A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.

FICUS

A plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant.

FIEFS

An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior.

FIELD

A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.

FIEND

A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.

FIERY

Of or relating to fire.

FIFES

A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music

FIFTY

A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50.

FIGHT

To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.

FILCH

Something which has been filched or stolen.

FILED

To commit (official papers) to some office.

FILER

FILES

A collection of papers collated and archived together.

FILET

A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.

FILLS

To occupy fully, to take up all of.

FILLY

A young female horse.

FILMY

Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy

FILTH

Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.

FINAL

A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.

FINCH

Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

FINDS

Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.

FINED

To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.

FINER

Senses referring to subjective quality.

FINES

Fine champagne; French brandy.

FINNY

(of a fish) Having one or more fins.

FIORD

A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.

FIRED

To set (something, often a building) on fire.

FIRES

A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.

FIRST

The person or thing in the first position.

FISHY

A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.

FISTS

A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.

FITLY

FIVER

A banknote with a value of five units of currency.

FIXED

To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

FIXER

Agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes.

FLAIL

A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.

FLAIR

A natural or innate talent or aptitude.

FLAKE

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

FLAKY

Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

FLAME

The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.

FLANK

The flesh between the last rib and the hip; the side.

FLARE

A sudden bright light.

FLASH

A device that produces a short flash of light to help illuminate a scene, mostly for night-time or indoors photography.

FLAYS

To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).

FLEAS

To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).

FLECK

A flake

FLEES

To run away; to escape.

FLEET

A group of vessels or vehicles.

FLESH

The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.

FLICK

A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.

FLIED

To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).

FLIER

That which flies, as a bird or insect.

FLIES

The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung.

FLINT

A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck.

FLIRT

A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion

FLITS

A fluttering or darting movement.

FLOAT

A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.

FLOES

A low, flat mass of floating ice.

FLOOD

A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.

FLOOR

The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.

FLORA

Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.

FLOSS

A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.

FLOUR

Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.

FLOUT

The act by which something is flouted; violation of a law.

FLOWN

Suspended in the flies.

FLUES

A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).

FLUFF

Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

FLUID

Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.

FLUKY

Lucky

FLUME

A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.

FLUNG

To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.

FLUNK

Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.

FLUSH

A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.

FLUTE

A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.

FLYER

That which flies, as a bird or insect.

FOCAL

Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus

FOCUS

A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.

FOGEY

A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow.

FOILS

A very thin sheet of metal.

FOLIC

FOLLY

Foolishness.

FOODS

Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.

FORCE

Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

FORGE

Furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.

FORGO

To let pass, to leave alone, to let go.

FORME

(heading, physical) To do with shape.

FORTE

A strength or talent.

FORTH

Forward in time, place or degree.

FORTS

A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.

FORTY

A bottle of beer containing forty fluid ounces.

FORUM

A place for discussion.

FOSSE

A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.

FOULS

A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.

FOUND

To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.

FOURS

The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.

FOYER

A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.

FRAIL

A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.

FRAME

The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.

FRANK

Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).

FREAK

A sudden change of mind

FREED

To make free; set at liberty; release.

FREER

(social) Unconstrained.

FREES

Free transfer

FRESH

A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.

FRIAR

A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).

FRIED

Cooked by frying.

FRIES

(usually in the plural, fries) A fried strip of potato.

FRILL

A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.

FRING

FRISK

A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.

FRIZZ

Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.

FROST

A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.

FROTH

Foam

FROZE

Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

FRUIT

(often in the plural) In general, a product of plant growth useful to man or animals.

FRUMP

A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.

FRYER

A container for frying food.

FUELS

Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.

FUGAL

Relating to a fugue

FULLY

In a full manner; without lack or defect.

FUMED

To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.

FUNDS

A sum or source of money.

FUNGO

A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.

FUNKY

Offbeat, unconventional or eccentric.

FUNNY

A joke.

FUROR

A general uproar or commotion

FURRY

An animal character with human-like characteristics; most commonly refers to such characters created by members of the furry subculture.

FUSED

To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.

FUSES

A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.

FUSTY

Moldy or musty.

GABLE

The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).

GAFFE

A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.

GAGES

Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).

GAILY

Merrily.

GAINS

The act of gaining; acquisition.

GAITS

Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.

GALAS

Pomp, show, or festivity.

GAMED

To gamble.

GAMES

A playful or competitive activity.

GAMIN

A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy.

GAMMA

The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).

GASES

Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid) (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.

GASSY

Having the nature of, or containing, gas.

GATED

To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.

GATOR

Alligator.

GAUGE

A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

GAUNT

Lean, angular and bony

GAUSS

The unit of magnetic field strength in CGS systems of units, equal to 0.0001 tesla.

GAVEL

Rent.

GAYER

(possibly obsolete) Happy, joyful, and lively.

GAZED

To stare intently or earnestly.

GAZER

GEARS

Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.

GELID

Very cold; icy or frosty.

GENES

A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.

GENET

Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta in the family Viverridae, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.

GENIE

A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.

GENRE

A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.

GENUS

A rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank.

GESSO

A mixture of plaster of Paris and glue used to prepare a surface for painting.

GETUP

Enthusiastic and energetic drive or ambition

GHATS

A descending path or stairway to a river; a ford or landing-place.

GHOST

The spirit; the soul of man.

GHOUL

(Muslim demonology) A demon said to feed on corpses.

GIBES

Alternative spelling of gybe

GILLS

(animal anatomy) a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals

GIMPY

GIRDS

To bind with a flexible rope or cord.

GIRLY

Girl.

GIRTH

A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.

GIVER

One who gives; a donor or contributor.

GIVES

(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

GLACE

GLADE

An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.

GLAND

An organ that synthesizes a substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).

GLARE

An intense, blinding light.

GLASS

To apply fibreglass to.

GLAZE

The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).

GLEAN

A collection made by gleaning.

GLENS

A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.

GLIAL

GLIDE

The act of gliding.

GLINT

A short flash of light.

GLOBE

Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

GLOOM

Darkness, dimness or obscurity.

GLORY

Great or overwhelming beauty or splendour.

GLOSS

A surface shine or luster/lustre

GLOVE

An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

GLUED

To join or attach something using glue.

GLUES

A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.

GLUEY

Viscous and adhesive, as glue.

GLUON

A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force.

GMAMA

GNARE

GNARL

A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.

GNOME

A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying.

GOALS

A result that one is attempting to achieve.

GODLY

Of or pertaining to a god

GOERS

One who, or that which, goes.

GOFER

A worker who runs errands; an errand boy.

GOING

To move:

GONER

Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case.

GOODS

The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.

GOODY

A good character in a story, often a hero.

GOOEY

Of or relating to goo

GOOPY

GOORE

GOOSE

Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks.

GORED

(of an animal) To pierce with the horn.

GORES

(of an animal) To pierce with the horn.

GORGE

GORSE

Evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having spiny leaves and yellow flowers.

GOUGE

Senses relating to cutting tools.

GOURD

Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).

GRACE

Charming, pleasing qualities.

GRADE

A rating.

GRAIL

The Holy Grail.

GRAIN

The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

GRAND

(plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)

GRANT

The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.

GRAPH

(applied mathematics) A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or indicative numbers) and a reference set, whose elements are indexed to those of the former set(s) and may or may not be numbers.

GRATE

A horizontal metal grill through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot

GRAVE

An excavation in the earth as a place of burial

GRAVY

A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.

GRAYS

An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.

GRAZE

The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

GREAT

A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.

GREBE

Any of several waterbirds in the cosmopolitan family Podicipedidae. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.

GREED

A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

GREEN

Having green as its color.

GREET

To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means e.g. writing or over the phone/internet

GREYS

An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.

GRIDE

GRIDS

A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.

GRIEF

Suffering, hardship.

GRIFT

A confidence game or swindle.

GRILL

A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.

GRIME

Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.

GRIMY

Stained or covered with grime.

GRINS

A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.

GRIOT

A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet.

GRIPE

A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.

GRIPS

To take hold of, particularly with the hand.

GRIST

Grain that is to be ground in a mill.

GRITS

(usually in the plural) Husked but unground oats.

GROAN

A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.

GROIN

The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.

GROOM

A man who is about to marry.

GROPE

An act of groping, especially sexually.

GROSS

Twelve dozen = 144.

GROUT

A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.

GROVE

A small forest.

GROWL

A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.

GROWN

To become larger, to increase in magnitude.

GRUEL

A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.

GRUFF

To speak gruffly.

GRUMP

A habitually grumpy or complaining person.

GRUNT

A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.

GUARD

A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

GUESS

To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.

GUEST

A recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

GUILE

Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.

GUILT

Responsibility for wrongdoing.

GUISE

Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)

GULAG

A prison camp.

GULLS

A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.

GULLY

A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.

GUNNY

A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp.

GUSTS

A strong, abrupt rush of wind.

GUTTA

GYRES

A swirling vortex.

GYROS

A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce.

GYRUS

A ridge or fold on the cerebral cortex.

HABIT

An action performed on a regular basis.

HACKS

A tool for chopping.

HAILS

Of hail, to fall from the sky.

HAIRS

A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

HAKES

To loiter; to sneak.

HALLO

The cry "hallo!"

HALON

A hydrocarbon in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by halogens

HALVE

To reduce to half the original amount.

HAMMY

Resembling or characteristic of ham.

HANDS

The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.

HAPPY

A happy event, thing, person, etc.

HARDY

(usually in the plural) Anything, especially a plant, that is hardy.

HAREM

The private part of an Arab household, traditionally forbidden to male strangers.

HARES

Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.

HARKS

To listen attentively; often used in the imperative.

HARMS

Physical injury; hurt; damage

HARSH

To negatively criticize.

HASTE

Speed; swiftness; dispatch.

HASTY

Acting in haste; being too hurried or quick

HATCH

A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

HATED

To dislike intensely or greatly.

HATER

One who hates.

HATES

An object of hatred.

HAUNT

A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.

HAVEN

A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.

HAVOC

Widespread devastation, destruction

HAWED

HAWKS

A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.

HEADS

The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.

HEADY

Intoxicating or stupefying.

HEALS

A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment.

HEARD

(stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.

HEARS

(stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.

HEART

A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.

HEATH

A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.

HEATS

Thermal energy.

HEAVE

An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.

HEDGE

A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.

HEEDS

To guard, protect.

HEELS

The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.

HEIRS

Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.

HEIST

A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.

HELLO

"Hello!" or an equivalent greeting.

HELLS