| Word | Base word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 11-plus | 11-plus | (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school |
| blaes | blae | of bluish-black or grey-blue |
| blahs | blah | a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction |
| blase | blase | nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about housecleaning" |
| blaze | blaze | noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" |
| bless | bless | give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son" |
| bliss | bliss | a state of extreme happiness |
| blouse | blouse | a top worn by women |
| blows | blow | forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" |
| blues | blue | a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes |
| blues | blues | a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes |
| class | class | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" |
| clause | clause | (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence |
| claws | claw | a bird's foot |
| clays | clay | the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay" |
| clews | clew | the cords used to suspend a hammock |
| close | close | the concluding part of any performance |
| clothes | clothe | clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress" |
| clothes | clothes | clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress" |
| cloys | cloy | cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite" |
| cloze | cloze | based on or being a test of reading skill using the cloze procedure |
| clues | clue | evidence that helps to solve a problem |
| flaws | flaw | an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness |
| flays | flay | strip the skin off |
| fleas | flea | any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap |
| fleece | fleece | outer coat of especially sheep and yaks |
| flees | flee | run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" |
| flies | fly | (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains) |
| floes | floe | a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea |
| floss | floss | a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth |
| flows | flow | the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression |
| flues | flue | a conduit to carry off smoke |
| flus | flu | an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease |
| glace | glace | (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar |
| glass | glass | a small refracting telescope |
| glaze | glaze | a coating for ceramics, metal, etc. |
| glees | glee | great merriment |
| glis | glis | type genus of the Gliridae |
| gloss | gloss | an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color" |
| glows | glow | an appearance of reflected light |
| glues | glue | cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive |
| lace | lace | a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns |
| lahs | lah | the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization |
| Laos | Lao | a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949 |
| Laos | Laos | a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949 |
| las | la | the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization |
| lass | lass | a girl or young woman who is unmarried |
| laws | law | the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit |
| Laws | Laws | the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit |
| lays | lay | a narrative poem of popular origin |
| laze | laze | be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" |
| leas | lea | a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock |
| lease | lease | a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment |
| lees | lee | the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage |
| lees | leis | the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage |
| leis | lei | flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes |
| less | less | (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old" |
| less | little | (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old" |
| leys | ley | a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock |
| lice | louse | wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals |
| lies | lie | a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth |
| lis | li | Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers |
| loess | loess | a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind |
| loos | loo | Austrian architect (1870-1933) |
| loos | loos | Austrian architect (1870-1933) |
| loose | loose | become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" |
| lose | lose | be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation" |
| Loss | Loss | the act of losing someone or something; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock" |
| louse | louse | wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals |
| lows | low | the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving |
| luce | luce | United States playwright and public official (1902-1987) |
| lues | lues | a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) |
| lweis | lwei | 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza in Angola |
| place | place | a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" |
| plaice | plaice | large European food fish |
| plays | play | the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully |
| pleas | plea | an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed |
| please | please | give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" |
| plies | ply | (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood |
| ploce | ploce | (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning |
| ploughs | plough | a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing |
| plows | plow | a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing |
| ploys | ploy | a maneuver in a game or conversation |
| plus | plus | the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven" |
| slaws | slaw | basically shredded cabbage |
| slays | slay | kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" |
| sleaze | sleaze | tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar |
| sleighs | sleigh | a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow |
| slews | slew | a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers" |
| slice | slice | a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" |
| sloes | sloe | small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush |
| sloughs | slough | any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) |
| slows | slow | lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" |
| slues | slue | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" |
| sluice | sluice | conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate |
| splays | splay | an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger |
| splice | splice | joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together |
| Word | Base word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| ablaze | ablaze | lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" |
| ageless | ageless | continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" |
| aimless | aimless | aimlessly drifting |
| airflows | airflow | the flow of air; "she adjusted the fan so that the airflow was directed right at her" |
| airless | airless | lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke" |
| alas | ala | by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay" |
| alas | alas | by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay" |
| allays | allay | satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" |
| alleys | alley | a narrow street with walls on both sides |
| allice | allice | European shad |
| Allies | Allies | an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy |
| allies | ally | an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy |
| allis | allis | European shad |
| allows | allow | allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something; "I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash" |
| alloys | alloy | the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something |
| aloes | aloe | a purgative made from the leaves of aloe |
| always | always | at all times; all the time and on every occasion; "I will always be there to help you"; "always arrives on time"; "there is always some pollution in the air"; "ever hoping to strike it rich"; "ever busy" |
| applause | applause | a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together |
| applies | apply | ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job" |
| armless | armless | having no arms; "the armless Venus de Milo" |
| artless | artless | simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance" |
| atlas | atlas | a figure of a man used as a supporting column |
| awless | awless | neither feeling nor showing respect |
| awnless | awnless | lacking or having only very short awns; "awnless bromegrass" |
| backflows | backflow | a flow that returns toward its source |
| backless | backless | lacking a back; "a stool is a backless and armless seat" |
| bailees | bailee | the agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered |
| baileys | bailey | the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle |
| balas | balas | a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel |
| ballets | ballet | a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers |
| ballies | bally | informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" |
| barleys | barley | a grain of barley |
| baseless | baseless | without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" |
| beakless | beakless | not having a beak or bill |
| beardless | beardless | lacking hair on the face; "a smooth-faced boy of 14 years" |
| bedclothes | bedclothes | coverings that are used on a bed |
| bedless | bedless | without a bed; "the cell was bedless" |
| belays | belay | something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured |
| belies | belie | represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" |
| Belize | Belize | a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control |
| bellies | belly | the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish |
| Bellis | Bellis | daisy |
| bellows | bellow | a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument |
| belows | below | at a later place; "see below" |
| beltless | beltless | lacking a belt; "unbelted jackets are in this season" |
| bibless | bibless | lacking a bib |
| billies | billy | male goat |
| billows | billow | a large sea wave |
| birthplace | birthplace | the place where someone was born |
| blackflies | blackfly | small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals |
| blameless | blameless | free of guilt; not subject to blame; "has lived a blameless life"; "of irreproachable character"; "an unimpeachable reputation" |
| bloodless | bloodless | destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden |
| blowflies | blowfly | large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds |
| blowies | blowy | abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff" |
| bobsleighs | bobsleigh | a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism |
| bolas | bola | a rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin |
| bolos | bolo | long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin |
| bolus | bolus | a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine |
| boneless | boneless | being without a bone or bones; "jellyfish are boneless" |
| booklouse | booklouse | minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers |
| bootlace | bootlace | a long lace for fastening boots |
| bootless | bootless | unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt" |
| botflies | botfly | stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals |
| boughless | boughless | having no boughs (of trees) |
| Boulez | Boulez | French composer of serial music (born in 1925) |
| boundless | boundless | seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent; "unbounded enthusiasm"; "children with boundless energy"; "a limitless supply of money" |
| brainless | brainless | not using intelligence |
| braless | braless | having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity; "topless waitresses"; "a topless cabaret" |
| branchless | branchless | having no branches |
| breastless | breastless | without a breast |
| breathless | breathless | appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead" |
| briefless | briefless | (of lawyers or barristers) lacking clients |
| brimless | brimless | without a brim; "a brimless hat" |
| brollies | brolly | colloquial terms for an umbrella |
| bubblies | bubbly | a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there |
| bugloss | bugloss | widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States |
| bullace | bullace | small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters |
| bullas | bulla | the round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull |
| bullies | bully | a cruel and brutal fellow |
| Byblos | Byblos | an ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated |
| bylaws | bylaw | a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members |
| byplays | byplay | incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious" |
| callas | calla | Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977) |
| Callas | Callas | Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977) |
| callous | callous | make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals |
| callus | callus | (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid |
| careless | careless | effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace" |
| Carlos | Carlos | Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949) |
| casteless | casteless | not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society; "the foreigner was a casteless person" |
| catchflies | catchfly | mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone |
| catclaws | catclaw | erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida |
| causeless | causeless | having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times" |
| ceaseless | ceaseless | uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger" |
| cellos | cello | a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing |
| chalets | chalet | a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style |
| chalice | chalice | a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup |
| challahs | challah | (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking |
| challis | challis | a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed) |
| changeless | changeless | remaining the same for indefinitely long times |
| chartless | chartless | (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated; "uncharted seas" |
| chelas | chela | a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods |
| childless | childless | without offspring; "in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen" |
| chilies | chili | very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency |
| chilis | chili | very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency |
| chillies | chilli | very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency |
| chillies | chilly | very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency |
| chillis | chilli | very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency |
| chinless | chinless | having a receding chin |
| chollas | cholla | arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico |
| Christless | Christless | not believing in Christ |
| chylous | chylous | consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle |
| cinclus | cinclus | type genus of the family Cinclidae |
| classless | classless | favoring social equality; "a classless society" |
| Clios | Clio | (Greek mythology) the Muse of history |
| clothesless | clothesless | possessing no clothing |
| cloudless | cloudless | free from clouds; "under a cloudless sky" |
| clueless | clueless | totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring |
| cochleas | cochlea | the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti |
| colas | cola | carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States) |
| coleus | coleus | any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers |
| collies | collie | a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland |
| collies | colly | make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" |
| complies | comply | act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules" |
| coolies | coolie | (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer |
| coolies | cooly | (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer |
| cordless | cordless | not having a cord; "cordless telephone" |
| costless | costless | costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission" |
| cost-plus | cost-plus | determining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed-upon fee or rate of profit; "a cost-plus government contract" |
| coulisse | coulisse | a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel |
| countless | countless | too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands" |
| creaseless | creaseless | used especially of fabrics; "uncreased trousers" |
| crinklies | crinkly | uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves |
| crownless | crownless | not (especially not yet) provided with a crown; "the uncrowned king" |
| crumblies | crumbly | easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder; "friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue"; "friable curds formed in the stomach";"crumbly cookies" |
| cullis | cullis | a gutter in a roof |
| curlews | curlew | large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill |
| cutlas | cutlas | a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors |
| cutlass | cutlass | a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors |
| dailies | daily | a newspaper that is published every day |
| dalis | dali | surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989) |
| Dallas | Dallas | a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields |
| dallies | dally | consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" |
| dateless | dateless | unaffected by time; "few characters are so dateless as Hamlet"; "Helen's timeless beauty" |
| dauntless | dauntless | invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" |
| dayflies | dayfly | slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days |
| deathblows | deathblow | the blow that kills (usually mercifully) |
| deathless | deathless | never dying; "his undying fame" |
| declaws | declaw | remove the claws from; "declaw a cat" |
| delays | delay | the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time |
| delis | deli | a shop selling ready-to-eat food products |
| delouse | delouse | free of lice; "They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps" |
| deploys | deploy | place troops or weapons in battle formation |
| diddleys | diddley | a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" |
| diddlies | diddly | a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" |
| disclose | disclose | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" |
| displace | displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| displays | display | something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art" |
| displease | displease | give displeasure to |
| doilies | doily | a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl |
| dollhouse | dollhouse | a small model of a house used as a toy by children |
| dollies | dolly | a small replica of a person; used as a toy |
| doubtless | doubtless | without doubt; certainly; "it's undoubtedly very beautiful" |
| Douglas | Douglas | United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861) |
| Douglass | Douglass | United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895) |
| doulas | doula | an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes |
| downplays | downplay | understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry" |
| doyleys | doyley | a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl |
| doylies | doyly | a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl |
| dreamless | dreamless | untroubled by dreams; "a sound and dreamless sleep" |
| dripless | dripless | designed to prevent dripping; "a dripless faucet"; "dripless candles" |
| drugless | drugless | without the use of drugs; "drugless therapy" |
| ductless | ductless | not having a duct; "ductless glands" |
| eacles | eacles | imperial moths |
| earless | earless | lacking external ears; "earless seals" |
| Eblis | Eblis | (Islam) the principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology |
| edgeless | edgeless | lacking a cutting edge |
| Ellas | Ella | a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil |
| Ellas | Ellas | a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil |
| Ellis | Elli | (Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match |
| employs | employ | the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city" |
| enclose | enclose | introduce; "Insert your ticket here" |
| endless | endless | having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole; "an endless chain" |
| enlace | enlace | spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" |
| eyeless | eyeless | lacking eyes or eyelike features; "eyeless fish that evolved in dark caves"; "an eyeless needle" |
| faceless | faceless | without a face or identity; "a faceless apparition"; "the faceless accusers of the police state" |
| faithless | faithless | having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist" |
| fallows | fallow | cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons |
| farmplace | farmplace | a farm together with its buildings |
| fatless | fatless | without fat or fat solids; "nonfat or fat-free milk" |
| faultless | faultless | without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record" |
| fearless | fearless | oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them |
| feckless | feckless | generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account" |
| felis | felis | type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats |
| fellahs | fellah | an agricultural laborer in Arab countries |
| fellas | fella | a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" |
| fellies | felly | rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted |
| felloes | felloe | rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted |
| fellows | fellow | a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" |
| fernless | fernless | devoid of ferns |
| filets | filet | lace having a square mesh |
| fillies | filly | a young female horse under the age of four |
| first-class | first-class | very good;of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind" |
| flawless | flawless | without a flaw; "a flawless gemstone" |
| fledgeless | fledgeless | (of an arrow) not equipped with feathers; "shot an unfledged arrow" |
| flightless | flightless | incapable of flying |
| flyways | flyway | the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate |
| follies | folly | a revue with elaborate costuming |
| follows | follow | keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies" |
| foodless | foodless | being without food |
| footless | footless | having no feet or analogous appendages |
| footloose | footloose | free to go or do as one pleases; "Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on"; "a footloose young man eager to see the big city" |
| forceless | forceless | lacking force; feeble; "a forceless argument" |
| foreclose | foreclose | subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage |
| foreplays | foreplay | mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse |
| formless | formless | having no physical form; "belief in a world filled with...formless but often malevolent beings" |
| friendless | friendless | excluded from a society |
| friendlies | friendly | troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces; "friendlies came to their rescue" |
| frillies | frilly | having decorative ruffles or frills |
| fruitless | fruitless | unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt" |
| Fulahs | Fulah | a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith |
| Fulas | Fula | a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages |
| furloughs | furlough | a temporary leave of absence from military duty |
| gadflies | gadfly | any of various large flies that annoy livestock |
| galas | gala | a gay festivity |
| galeas | galea | an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum |
| galleys | galley | the area for food preparation on a ship |
| gallflies | gallfly | any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed |
| gallous | gallous | alternative terms for gallows |
| gallows | gallow | an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging |
| gallows | gallows | an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging |
| Gallus | Gallus | common domestic birds and related forms |
| gaumless | gaumless | (British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality |
| ghillies | ghillie | a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep |
| gilas | gila | a river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River |
| gillies | gillie | a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep |
| gill-less | gill-less | having no gills |
| glassless | glassless | not furnished with glass; "windows were unglazed to admit as much light and air as possible" |
| glias | glia | sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system |
| gloveless | gloveless | devoid of gloves |
| goalies | goalie | the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring |
| goalless | goalless | having no points scores; "a scoreless inning" |
| godless | godless | not revering god |
| googlies | googly | a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way |
| gormless | gormless | (British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality |
| graceless | graceless | lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche" |
| grassless | grassless | lacking grass |
| greenflies | greenfly | greenish aphid; pest on garden and crop plants |
| grizzlies | grizzly | powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America |
| groundless | groundless | without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" |
| guileless | guileless | free of deceit |
| guiltless | guiltless | free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty" |
| gulas | gula | eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) |
| gullies | gully | deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour) |
| gunplays | gunplay | a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten |
| gutless | gutless | lacking courage or vitality; "he was a yellow gutless worm"; "a spineless craven fellow" |
| hairless | hairless | having no hair or fur; "a Mexican Hairless is about the size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on the head and tail" |
| hallahs | hallah | (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking |
| halloos | halloo | a shout to attract attention; "he gave a great halloo but no one heard him" |
| hallows | hallow | render holy by means of religious rites |
| hallways | hallway | an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the elevators were at the end of the hall" |
| haloes | halo | an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint |
| halos | halo | an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint |
| handless | handless | lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse |
| hapless | hapless | deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" |
| harmless | harmless | not causing or capable of causing harm; "harmless bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless" |
| hatless | hatless | not wearing a hat; "stood hatless in the rain with water dripping down his neck" |
| headless | headless | not having a head or formed without a head ; "the headless horseman"; "brads are headless nails" |
| heartless | heartless | lacking in feeling or pity or warmth |
| heatless | heatless | without generating heat; "luminescent organisms emit heatless light" |
| heedless | heedless | characterized by careless unconcern; "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds" |
| helloes | hello | an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged polite hellos" |
| hellos | hello | an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged polite hellos" |
| Heloise | Heloise | student and mistress and wife of Abelard (circa 1098-1164) |
| helpless | helpless | unable to manage independently; "as helpless as a baby" |
| high-class | high-class | pretentiously elegant; "a high-toned restaurant" |
| hilus | hilus | (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney" |
| hipless | hipless | having or seeming to have no hips; "slim and hipless" |
| hitless | hitless | (of a batter) without a hit; "he went hitless for three innings" |
| hollas | holla | a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" |
| hollies | holly | United States rock star (1936-1959) |
| holloas | holloa | a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" |
| holloes | hollo | a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" |
| hollos | hollo | a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" |
| hollows | hollow | a depression hollowed out of solid matter |
| homeless | homeless | poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in; "the homeless became a problem in the large cities" |
| hooplas | hoopla | blatant or sensational promotion |
| hopeless | hopeless | (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform; "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic" |
| hornless | hornless | having no horns; "hornless cattle" |
| hourglass | hourglass | a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes |
| hourlies | hourly | occurring every hour or payable by the hour; "hourly chimes"; "hourly pay" |
| hueless | hueless | of something totally lacking in saturation and therefore having no hue |
| hulas | hula | a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman |
| hullos | hullo | an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged polite hellos" |
| hylas | hyla | the type genus of the Hylidae; tree toads |
| igloos | igloo | an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome |
| iglus | iglu | an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome |
| ileus | ileus | blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel |
| implies | imply | express or state indirectly |
| inclose | inclose | introduce; "Insert your ticket here" |
| inflows | inflow | the process of flowing in |
| in-laws | in-law | a relative by marriage |
| inlays | inlay | a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface |
| jailhouse | jailhouse | a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) |
| jawless | jawless | of animals having no jaw |
| jealous | jealous | showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection" |
| jellies | jelly | a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit |
| jellos | jello | fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder |
| jobless | jobless | not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work" |
| jollies | jolly | a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work |
| joyless | joyless | not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings" |
| juiceless | juiceless | lacking juice |
| Julies | July | the month following June and preceding August |
| kalis | kali | wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi; "the black" |
| kellies | kelly | United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996) |
| keyless | keyless | lacking or not requiring a key; "a keyless lock operated by a series of pushbuttons" |
| kileys | kiley | an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex |
| kilos | kilo | one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds" |
| koalas | koala | sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark |
| kolas | kola | a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad |
| kylies | kylie | an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex |
| Lallies | Lally | support column consisting of a steel cylinder filled with concrete |
| landless | landless | owning no land; "the landless peasantry" |
| langleys | langley | United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906) |
| Laplace | Laplace | French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827) |
| last-place | last-place | lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place" |
| lawless | lawless | without law or control; "the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic" |
| leadless | leadless | not treated with lead; "unleaded gasoline" |
| leafless | leafless | having no leaves |
| leeways | leeway | a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits |
| legless | legless | not having legs; "a legless man in a wheelchair" |
| lend-lease | lend-lease | the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause; "lend-lease during World War II was extremely generous" |
| Leos | Leo | the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22 |
| lewis | lewis | English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963) |
| lidless | lidless | always watchful; "to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of the public weal"- Alfred Tennyson |
| lieus | lieu | the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of" |
| lifeless | lifeless | deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body" |
| lightless | lightless | without illumination; "came up the lightless stairs"; "the unilluminated side of Mars"; "through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets" |
| lilies | lily | any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers |
| Lilos | Lilo | a type of inflatable air mattress |
| limbless | limbless | having no limbs; "a snake is a limbless reptile" |
| lipless | lipless | without a lip or lips |
| listless | listless | lacking zest or vivacity; "he was listless and bored" |
| loamless | loamless | having no loam; "a stony loamless yard" |
| lollies | lolly | ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick; "in England a popsicle is called an ice lolly" |
| lordless | lordless | having no lord or master; "harsh punishments for sturdy vagabonds and masterless men" |
| lossless | lossless | characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy |
| Louis | Louis | United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981) |
| loveless | loveless | receiving no love; "a loveless childhood" |
| low-class | low-class | occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society |
| luaus | luau | an elaborate Hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment) |
| luckless | luckless | having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date" |
| lulus | lulu | a very attractive or seductive looking woman |
| lyes | lye | a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide |
| malaise | malaise | physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) |
| Malays | Malay | a western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages |
| malice | malice | the quality of threatening evil |
| malis | mali | a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years |
| mallees | mallee | any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts |
| malleus | malleus | the ossicle attached to the eardrum |
| mallows | mallow | any of various plants of the family Malvaceae |
| malus | malus | apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere |
| marbleize | marbleize | make something look like marble; "marbleize the fireplace" |
| matchless | matchless | eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art" |
| mateless | mateless | of someone who has no marriage partner |
| mayflies | mayfly | slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days |
| mealies | mealie | an ear of corn |
| mealies | mealy | composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy residue" |
| meatless | meatless | lacking meat; "meatless days" |
| medflies | medfly | small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit |
| medleys | medley | a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources |
| melees | melee | a noisy riotous fight |
| mellows | mellow | make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit" |
| milkless | milkless | having no milk; "milkless breasts" |
| milos | milo | small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains |
| mindless | mindless | requiring little mental effort; "mindless tasks" |
| mirthless | mirthless | lacking mirth |
| mislays | mislay | place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses" |
| misplace | misplace | place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position; "misplaced modifiers" |
| misplays | misplay | (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed |
| molas | mola | among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters |
| Molise | Molise | a region of south central Italy |
| mollahs | mollah | a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque |
| mollies | mollie | popular aquarium fish |
| mollies | molly | popular aquarium fish |
| monthlies | monthly | a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year) |
| moolahs | moolah | informal terms for money |
| moonless | moonless | without a moon or a visible moon; "the dark moonless night"; "a moonless planet" |
| morales | morale | the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed |
| motleys | motley | a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England |
| mouthless | mouthless | having no mouth or mouthlike opening |
| mueslis | muesli | mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits |
| mullahs | mullah | a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque |
| mullas | mulla | a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque |
| mullus | mullus | type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes |
| Nablus | Nablus | an ancient city in the West Bank to the north of Jerusalem; the home of Jacob in biblical times |
| nameless | nameless | being or having an unknown or unnamed source; "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor" |
| necklace | necklace | jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women) |
| neckless | neckless | lacking or apparently lacking a neck |
| needless | needless | unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life" |
| nerveless | nerveless | marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament" |
| newsless | newsless | not providing news or information |
| Nicklaus | Nicklaus | United States golfer considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time (born in 1940) |
| nightclothes | nightclothes | garments designed to be worn in bed |
| noblesse | noblesse | members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility) |
| noiseless | noiseless | making no sound; "th' inaudible and noiseless foot of time"- Shakespeare |
| nonplus | nonplus | be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" |
| noseless | noseless | having no nose |
| nuclease | nuclease | general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units |
| nucleus | nucleus | the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex |
| nullahs | nullah | a ravine or gully in southern Asia |
| ollas | olla | leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper |
| outclass | outclass | cause to appear in a lower class; "The Yankees outclassed Cincinnati" |
| outflows | outflow | the discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak" |
| outlaws | outlaw | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
| outlays | outlay | the act of spending or disbursing money |
| outplays | outplay | excel or defeat in a game; "The Knicks outplayed the Lakers" |
| owlclaws | owlclaws | stout perennial herb of western United States having flower heads with drooping orange-yellow rays; causes spewing sickness in sheep |
| paellas | paella | saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken |
| paillasse | paillasse | mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust |
| painless | painless | requiring little hard work or exertion; "a painless solution to the problem" |
| Paisleys | Paisley | a soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes |
| palace | palace | official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign) |
| palas | palas | East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye |
| Pallas | Pallas | a large asteroid; the second asteroid to be discovered |
| Pangloss | Pangloss | an incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire |
| parlays | parlay | a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers |
| parleys | parley | a negotiation between enemies |
| parlous | parlous | fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery" |
| parsleys | parsley | aromatic herb with flat or crinkly leaves that are cut finely and used to garnish food |
| pathless | pathless | lacking pathways; "trackless wilderness"; "roadless areas" |
| Peleus | Peleus | a king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles |
| pelisse | pelisse | a sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur |
| peplos | peplos | a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist |
| peplus | peplus | a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist |
| phallus | phallus | the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) |
| pholas | pholas | type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks |
| Pholis | Pholis | type genus of the Pholidae: gunnels |
| phyllos | phyllo | tissue thin sheets of pastry used especially in Greek dishes |
| pilaus | pilau | rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes |
| pilaws | pilaw | rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes |
| pileus | pileus | a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom |
| pillows | pillow | a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person |
| pilose | pilose | covered with hairs especially fine soft ones |
| pilous | pilous | covered with hairs especially fine soft ones |
| pilus | pilus | hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism |
| planless | planless | aimlessly drifting |
| poilus | poilu | thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S. |
| pointless | pointless | not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless" |
| police | police | the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" |
| polos | polo | a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball |
| polyose | polyose | any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules |
| priceless | priceless | having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth |
| psyllas | psylla | small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices |
| pueblos | pueblo | a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States |
| pulas | pula | the basic unit of money in Botswana |
| pulleys | pulley | a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope |
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