| BALLUTE | • ballute n. A parachute that incorporates a toroidal balloon. • BALLUTE n. a small inflatable parachute. |
| COMMUTE | • commute v. To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in… • commute v. (Intransitive, mathematics) Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing… • commute n. A regular journey between two places, typically home and work. |
| COMPUTE | • compute v. (Transitive) To reckon, calculate. • compute v. (Intransitive, informal) To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken… • compute n. (Computing, informal) computation. |
| CONFUTE | • confute v. (Transitive, now rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute. • CONFUTE v. to disprove or overcome through argument. |
| CORNUTE | • cornute v. (Transitive) To give ’horns’ to; to make a cuckold of. • cornute adj. Cornuted. • CORNUTE v. to cuckold. |
| DISPUTE | • dispute n. An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree. • dispute n. (Uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate. • dispute v. (Intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another. |
| ELOCUTE | • elocute v. (US, law) To state, assert or admit. • ELOCUTE v. to speak publicly. |
| EMBRUTE | • embrute v. Alternative form of imbrute. • EMBRUTE v. (archaic) to degrade to the state of a brute, also IMBRUTE. |
| EVOLUTE | • evolute n. (Geometry) A curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve. • evolute adj. (Malacology) Having or being a (mollusc) spiral shell in which the whorls touch along a surface. • EVOLUTE v. to develop by evolution. |
| EXECUTE | • execute v. (Transitive) To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime. • execute v. (Transitive) To carry out; to put into effect. • execute v. (Transitive) To perform. |
| HIRSUTE | • hirsute adj. Covered in hair or bristles; hairy. • HIRSUTE adj. roughly hairy. |
| IMBRUTE | • imbrute v. To make brutal. • imbrute v. To degrade to the state of a brute. • IMBRUTE v. (archaic) to degrade to the state of a brute, also EMBRUTE. |
| PERMUTE | • permute v. (Transitive) change the order of. • permute v. (Transitive, mathematics) make a permutation of. • PERMUTE v. to alter the order, sequence, or arrangement of, also PERMUTATE. |
| POLLUTE | • pollute v. (Transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product. • pollute v. (Transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction… • pollute v. To corrupt or profane. |
| REROUTE | • reroute v. To change the route taken by something. • reroute n. The use of a different route from one planned or used before. • REROUTE v. to choose a different route. |
| STATUTE | • statute n. Written law, as laid down by the legislature. • STATUTE n. a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government. |
| TRIBUTE | • tribute n. An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift. • tribute n. A payment made by one nation to another in submission. • tribute n. Extortion; protection money. |
| VELOUTE | • velouté n. (Cooking) A mother sauce in French cuisine, consisting of a light stock thickened with a blond roux. • VELOUTE n. (French) a kind of sauce prepared from a white stock of chicken etc. |
| VERSUTE | • versute adj. Crafty; wily; artful. • VERSUTE adj. crafty; wily. |