| ACCLOY | • accloy v. (Transitive, obsolete) To drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame. • accloy v. (Transitive, obsolete) To overfill; to fill to satiety; to stuff full. • accloy v. (Transitive, obsolete) To clog, clog up; to block. |
| ALLOY | • alloy n. A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal. • alloy n. (Archaic) A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value. • alloy n. An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc. |
| CLOY | • cloy v. (Transitive) To fill up or choke up; to stop up. • cloy v. (Transitive) To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate. • cloy v. (Transitive) To fill to loathing; to surfeit. |
| COEMPLOY | • COEMPLOY v. to employ together. |
| COUNTERPLOY | • counterploy n. A clever trick used to counteract another clever trick. • COUNTERPLOY n. a ploy in return. |
| DEPLOY | • deploy v. (Transitive, ergative) To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use. • deploy v. (Transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use. • deploy v. (Computing) To install, test and implement a computer system or application. |
| DISEMPLOY | • disemploy v. (Transitive) To deprive of employment. • DISEMPLOY v. to throw out of employment. |
| EMPLOY | • employ n. The state of being an employee; employment. • employ n. (Obsolete) The act of employing someone or making use of something; employment. • employ n. (Obsolete) Occupation. |
| LOY | • loy n. (Ireland) A type of one-eared spade used in Ireland. • Loy prop.n. A surname. • LOY n. a long, narrow spade with a footrest on one side of the handle. |
| MISEMPLOY | • misemploy v. (Transitive) To employ incorrectly; to misuse. • MISEMPLOY v. to employ wrongly or badly. |
| OVERCLOY | • overcloy v. (Transitive) To fill beyond satiety. • OVERCLOY v. to eat to excess. |
| PERMALLOY | • permalloy n. Any of a class of nickel/iron alloys that have a high magnetic permeability. • PERMALLOY n. an alloy of nickel and iron, the most easily magnetized of all materials. |
| PLOY | • ploy n. A tactic, strategy, or scheme. • ploy n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Sport; frolic. • ploy n. (Obsolete) Employment. |
| REDEPLOY | • redeploy v. (Transitive) To deploy again. • redeploy v. (Transitive) To rearrange (military forces). • REDEPLOY v. to deploy again. |
| REEMPLOY | • reemploy v. To employ again. • reëmploy v. Rare spelling of reemploy. • re-employ v. Alternative form of reemploy. |
| SAVELOY | • saveloy n. (Chiefly Australia, Britain, New Zealand) A seasoned and smoked pork sausage, normally purchased ready-cooked. • SAVELOY n. a highly seasoned sausage, also SAV. |
| SUPERALLOY | • superalloy n. (Metallurgy) Any of several high-performance alloys that are resistant to high temperatures. • SUPERALLOY n. an alloy that has good stability at 600 degrees to 1000 degrees C. |
| ZIRCALLOY | • zircalloy n. Alternative form of zircaloy. • ZIRCALLOY n. an alloy of zirconium containing small amounts of tin, chromium, and nickel, used in pressurized-water reactors, also ZIRCALOY. |
| ZIRCALOY | • zircaloy n. (Metallurgy, nuclear industry) Any of a set of specialist alloys of zirconium. • ZIRCALOY n. an alloy of zirconium containing small amounts of tin, chromium, and nickel, used in pressurized-water reactors, also ZIRCALLOY. |