| ABASE | • abase v. (Transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings;… • abase v. (Transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop. • abase v. (Transitive, obsolete) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase. |
| BLASE | • blase adj. Alternative spelling of blasé. • Blase prop.n. A male given name from Latin. • blasé adj. Unimpressed with something because of over-familiarity. |
| CEASE | • cease v. (Formal, intransitive) To stop. • cease v. (Formal, transitive) To stop doing (something). • cease v. (Obsolete, intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish. |
| CHASE | • chase n. The act of one who chases another; a pursuit. • chase n. A hunt; the act of hunting; the pursuit of game. • chase n. (Uncountable) A children’s game where one player chases another. |
| ERASE | • erase v. (Transitive) to remove markings or information. • erase v. (Transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage)… • erase v. (Transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite. |
| FEASE | • fease n. Alternative form of feeze. • fease v. Alternative form of feeze. • FEASE v. to unsettle, also FAZE, FEAZE, FEESE, FEEZE, PHEESE, PHEEZE, PHESE. |
| LEASE | • lease n. (Formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited… • lease n. An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat. • lease n. The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted. |
| LYASE | • lyase n. (Biochemistry) Any of many classes of enzyme that catalyze the breaking of a specific form of bond. • LYASE n. an enzyme. |
| MEASE | • mease n. (UK, dialect, dated) A measure of varying quantity, often five or six (long or short) hundred, used… • mease n. (Obsolete) A mess, a mese: a meal. • mease n. (Obsolete) A dwelling or messuage. |
| PEASE | • pease n. (Archaic) Alternative form of pea (“common plant; its edible seed”). • pease v. (Obsolete) To make peace between (Conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile. • pease v. (Obsolete) To bring (a war, conflict) to an end. |
| PHASE | • phase n. A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time. • phase n. That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among… • phase n. Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view. |
| PRASE | • prase n. (Mineralogy) A variety of cryptocrystalline of a green colour. • PRASE n. a leek-green quartz. |
| SEASE | • sease v. Obsolete form of seize. • Sease prop.n. A surname. • SEASE v. (Spenser) to seize, also SEAZE. |
| TEASE | • tease v. (Transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material). • tease v. (Transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction. • tease v. (Transitive) To backcomb. |
| UKASE | • ukase n. An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or (later) emperor. • ukase n. (Figuratively) Any absolutist order or arrogant proclamation. • Ukase n. Alternative letter-case form of ukase. |
| URASE | • urase n. Alternative form of urease. • URASE n. an enzyme that converts urea to a salt, also UREASE. |