(nautical, obsolete) (of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.
noun
(informal) A hold, grip, grasp.
bodhi
bodhi
noun
(Buddhism) The state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and rebirth and leads to nirvana.
boodh
chold
chord
chord
noun
(aeronautics) The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.
(anatomy) A cord.
(computing) A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.
(engineering) A horizontal member of a truss.
(geometry) A straight line between two points of a curve.
(graph theory) An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle.
(music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
(nautical) An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech.
(rail transport) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.
The string of a musical instrument.
verb
(music) To accord; to harmonize together.
(transitive) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
(transitive) To write chords for.
depoh
dhlos
dhobi
dhobi
noun
A laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman, in India and Pakistan.
dhoby
dhoby
noun
Alternative form of dhobi
dhole
dhole
noun
An Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus.
dhoni
dhoni
noun
A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives.
dhoon
dhoon
noun
(India, chiefly in the plural) Any of the flat valleys lying parallel to the base of the Himalayas, and between the rise of that mountain mass and the low tertiary ranges known as the sub-Himalayan or Sivalik Hills, or rather between the interior and exterior of these ranges.
dhoti
dhoti
noun
(countable) A long loincloth worn by men in India.
(countable, uncountable) The cotton fabric used for such loincloths.
dhoty
dhoul
dhows
dhows
noun
plural of dhow
doeth
dolph
domph
dough
dough
noun
A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
verb
(transitive) To make into dough.
drogh
ephod
ephod
noun
(biblical, Judaism) A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi - xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.
haddo
harod
herod
herod
Proper noun
The name of any of a number of members of the Herodian dynasty who ruled in the Roman province of Judea.
The biblical king who is said to have ordered the execution of all baby boys under the age of two in the town of Bethlehem and the surrounding region, as he saw Jesus as a threat to his rule; identified with
hliod
hoard
hoard
noun
(archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.
A hidden supply or fund.
A hoarding (billboard).
A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction).
A projecting structure (especially of wood) in a fortification, somewhat similar to and later superseded by the brattice.
Misspelling of horde.
verb
To amass, usually for one's own private collection.
hodad
hodad
noun
(surfing, slang, derogatory) Someone who comes to the beach and has a surfboard, but never surfs, or that surfs poorly and annoys the local seasoned surfers.
hoddy
hoder
hodge
hodge
noun
(obsolete) A rustic; a country person.
hodur
hoked
hoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hoke
holds
holds
noun
plural of hold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hold
holed
holed
adj
Having one or more holes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hole
homed
homed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of home
honda
honda
noun
(Southwestern US) A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop.
(Southwestern US) A grommet or other device intended to strengthen or otherwise improve a simple rope honda.
hondo
honed
honed
adj
Made more accurate or precise.
Made sharp.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hone
hoods
hoods
noun
plural of hood
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hood
hoody
hoody
adj
(slang) Characteristic of inner-city life, especially that of crime-ridden ghettos.
noun
(Scotland) The hooded gull.
Alternative spelling of hoodie
The hooded crow.
hoped
hoped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hope
horde
horde
noun
A large number of people or things.
A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
verb
to travel en masse, to flock
hosed
hosed
adj
Ruined, messed up.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hose
hound
hound
noun
(by extension) A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.
(by extension) Someone who seeks something.
(nautical, in the plural) Projections at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on; foretop
A despicable person.
A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
A houndfish.
A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
Any canine animal.
verb
(transitive) To persistently harass.
(transitive) To urge on against; to set (dogs) upon in hunting.
howdy
howdy
intj
(chiefly US, informal) An informal greeting.
noun
(Scotland) A wife, a midwife.
verb
(transitive) To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy"
hydro
hydro
adj
hydroelectric
hydroponic
noun
(Britain, countable, dated) A spa.
(Canada, uncountable) electrical power supply; specifically, electrical power provided by a utility (as a publicly-owned one); payment or bills for this.
(countable, aviation, obsolete) Abbreviation of hydroaeroplane.
(uncountable) hydroelectric power
Alternative form of hydro- (“water”)
hyoid
hyoid
adj
(anatomy, zootomy) Shaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon.
(anatomy, zootomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the hyoid bone.
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of hyoid bone..
idaho
idaho
Proper noun
A Capital: Boise.
Noun
An Idaho potato.
khond
khond
Noun
Any member of an aboriginal hunter-gatherer tribe of India, inhabiting the tributary states of Orissa and Srikakulam.
lodha
oohed
oohed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ooh
rdhos
rhoda
rhode
rhode
Proper noun
In Greek mythology, the oldest Oceanid, a daughter of Tethys and Oceanus
rhody
shado
shkod
shoad
shoad
noun
(mining) Loose fragments (often of metal ore) mixed with earth.
verb
(mining) To be distributed as shoads.
(mining) To seek for a vein or mineral deposit by following a shode, or tracing them to whence they derived.
shode
shode
noun
Alternative spelling of shoad
shoed
shood
shood
verb
(dialectal) A feed mixture for horses consisting of chopped hay and beans.
(dialectal) The husk of oats after it has been threshed.