| CERNE | • CERNE v. (Shakespeare) to concern. |
| DERNS | • derns n. Plural of dern. • Derns prop.n. Plural of Dern. • DERNS n. DERN. |
| DERNY | • derny n. (Cycling) A motorized bicycle for paced cycling events such as keirin. • DERNY n. a bicycle with a small motor, used to set the pace in cycling events such as the keirin. |
| ERNED | • erned v. Simple past tense and past participle of ern. • ERN v. (Milton) to earn. |
| ERNES | • ernes n. Plural of erne. • Ernes prop.n. Plural of Erne. • ERNE n. an eagle, esp. a long-winged sea eagle with a short white wedge-shaped tail. |
| FERNS | • ferns n. Plural of fern. • Ferns prop.n. Plural of Fern. • FERN n. a flowerless vascular plant. |
| FERNY | • ferny adj. Of, or pertaining to ferns. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) • ferny adj. Resembling or characteristic of a fern, in appearance, smell, etc. • ferny adj. Covered in or filled with ferns; flanked or surrounded by ferns. |
| GERNE | • GERNE v. (Spenser) to grin or gape, also GIRN, GURN. |
| HERNS | • herns n. Plural of hern. • Herns prop.n. Plural of Hern. • HERN n. (dialect) a heron. |
| KERNE | • kerne n. Alternative spelling of kern. • KERNE n. a medieval foot soldier. |
| KERNS | • kerns n. Plural of kern. • kerns v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kern. • KERN v. to be formed with a projecting typeface. |
| PERNS | • perns n. Plural of pern. • PERN v. to move with a spiralling motion. |
| QUERN | • quern n. A mill for grinding corn, especially a hand-mill made of two circular stones. • quern v. (Transitive) To grind; to use a quern. • QUERN n. a hand operated stone mill for grinding corn. |
| STERN | • stern adj. Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner. • stern adj. Grim and forbidding in appearance. • stern n. (Nautical) The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel. |
| TERNE | • terne adj. Colourless, drab, dull. • terne n. (Also attributively) An alloy coating made of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often… • terne n. Synonym of terneplate (“thin iron or steel sheeting coated with this alloy”). |
| TERNS | • terns n. Plural of tern. • TERN n. a long-winged aquatic bird, related to the gulls. |