A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.
verb
To paint using an airbrush.
To touch up or enhance a photograph or person, often with intent to mislead.
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
amorphus
amorphus
noun
(pathology) A malformed foetus
(physics) Any amorphous material
anheuser
anorchus
aphareus
archaeus
archaeus
noun
Alternative form of archeus
arethusa
arethusa
noun
A bog orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, sole species of the genus Arethusa, having a magenta flower; the dragon's mouth.
arethuse
arthrous
arthrous
adj
(grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being the use of a term together with a grammatical article.
(specifically, of a term or phrase) Used with or headed by a grammatical article.
backrush
backrush
noun
A rushing backward; a retreat.
bahadurs
bahadurs
noun
plural of bahadur
bathurst
bathurst
Proper noun
a regional city in New South Wales, Australia.
bearbush
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
branchus
brauhaus
brushman
brushman
noun
(informal) A male painter.
A man employed to clean with a brush.
carhouse
carhouse
noun
(Southern US, dated) A garage attached to a house.
(US, dated) A storage depot for streetcars.
charquis
charquis
noun
plural of charqui
charruas
chasseur
chasseur
noun
(cooking) A dish of meat cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots and white wine.
A hotel messenger, especially in France.
A hunter or huntsman.
A servant or attendant.
A soldier equipped for rapid movement; also, any of several light infantry regiments, especially in France.
chaufers
choragus
choragus
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.
chuddars
chuddars
noun
plural of chuddar
chukkars
chukkars
noun
plural of chukkar
clathrus
courbash
currachs
currachs
noun
plural of currach
curraghs
curraghs
noun
plural of curragh
dhourras
draughts
draughts
noun
(board games, Britain, Australia, uncountable) A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
A mild vesicatory.
plural of draught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draught
dushehra
dussehra
dusserah
eucharis
eucharis
noun
A type of plant of the genus Eucharis, found in Central and South America and with white flowers.
euphrasy
euphrasy
noun
The eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis.
fraughts
fraughts
noun
plural of fraught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraught
fulshear
futharcs
futharks
futharks
noun
plural of futhark
garshuni
gracchus
gracchus
Proper noun
definition
guytrash
guytrash
noun
Alternative form of gytrash
habsburg
hachures
hachures
noun
plural of hachure
haircuts
haircuts
noun
plural of haircut
hamburgs
hapsburg
harbours
harbours
noun
plural of harbour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harbour
harpalus
harumphs
harumphs
noun
plural of harumph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harumph
haruspex
haruspex
noun
A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced divination by inspecting entrails.
hatbrush
hatbrush
noun
A kind of clothesbrush for use on hats.
hauberks
hauberks
noun
plural of hauberk
hauliers
hauliers
noun
plural of haulier
haulster
haunters
haunters
noun
plural of haunter
hausfrau
hausfrau
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Hausfrau
haustral
haustral
adj
Relating to the haustra.
haustrum
haustrum
noun
(anatomy) Any of the small pouches of the colon caused by sacculation, giving the colon its segmented appearance.
hauteurs
hauteurs
noun
plural of hauteur
haviours
hilarius
hirasuna
honduras
horatius
hudibras
humerals
humerals
noun
plural of humeral
ischuria
ischuria
noun
ischury
karshuni
karthaus
kashruth
kashruts
kourbash
kourbash
noun
Alternative spelling of kurbash
kroushka
lathyrus
laughers
laughers
noun
plural of laugher
learchus
manhours
manhours
noun
plural of manhour
maturish
maturish
adj
Quite mature, reasonably mature.
nishapur
nuraghes
oakhurst
orchamus
outhears
outhears
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outhear
outsharp
phaedrus
phousdar
purchase
purchase
noun
(law, dated) Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
(obsolete) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
(rock climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
(uncountable, also figuratively) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and in nautical terminology the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
verb
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
pushcard
pushcard
noun
A punchboard.
pushcart
pushcart
noun
A small cart, normally with two or four wheels, that can be pushed by hand.
quashers
quashers
noun
plural of quasher
raghouse
raghouse
noun
(historical) Part of a paper mill in which the rags are prepared.
raphanus
rashbuss
rauscher
rhubarbs
rhubarbs
noun
plural of rhubarb.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rhubarb
rushland
sahoukar
sahoukar
noun
Alternative form of sahukar
sahuaros
sahuaros
noun
plural of sahuaro
sambhurs
sambhurs
noun
plural of sambhur
schurman
scraunch
seahurst
serahuli
sharkful
sharkful
adj
Abounding in sharks.
sharnbud
sharnbug
sholapur
southard
southard
noun
Archaic form of southward.
spherula
spherula
noun
Alternative form of spherule
squarish
squarish
adj
approximately square
oblong
squasher
squasher
noun
One who, or that which, squashes.
staucher
straucht
straughn
straught
straught
adj
(Scotland) straight
(obsolete) Insane, mad, distraught.
verb
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To stretch; make straight.
(obsolete) Alternative form of stretched
subahdar
subahdar
noun
Alternative form of subadar
subgraph
subgraph
noun
(graph theory) A graph or network that makes up part of a larger graph or network.
sugihara
tarbrush
tarbrush
noun
A brush used for applying tar
teuthras
thesauri
thesaury
thruways
thruways
noun
plural of thruway
thursday
thursday
Noun
The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.
Adverb
on Thursday
thurstan
trumbash
unearths
unearths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unearth
unhearse
unlasher
unrashly
unshared
unshared
adj
Not shared; exclusive.
unstarch
unstarch
verb
(transitive) To free from starch; to make limp or pliable.
upharsin
uphoards
uphoards
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of uphoard
urethans
urethans
noun
plural of urethan
urethras
urradhus
urradhus
adj
(law, historical) Designating minor laws in ancient Ireland which could be administered by nobles and magistrates, as opposed to those laws of universal application which could be administered only by duly qualified judges.