(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
anchorites
anchorites
noun
plural of anchorite
antechoirs
antechoirs
noun
plural of antechoir
anthoceros
antiheroes
antiheroes
noun
plural of antihero
antrophose
astonisher
astonisher
noun
(journalism) A headline or lead (introductory paragraph) designed to capture attention through a surprising statement.
(typography, journalism, chiefly US) A short line of smaller type above (or sometimes below) the main headline of an article, usually placed flush-left.
(typography, printing, computing, chiefly US) An exclamation mark, the punctuation mark “!”.
Someone who astonishes.
Something that astonishes; an astonishing thing or event.
birthstone
birthstone
noun
Any of a similar list of less costly substitutes.
Any of twelve gemstones traditionally associated with the month of one's birth.
brotherson
cetorhinus
charleston
charleston
verb
(intransitive) To dance the Charleston.
chernovtsy
chervonets
chervonets
noun
Any of several former currencies of Russia: applied to various foreign gold coins prior to the reign of Peter I of Russia, then to a Russian gold coin of 1701-1757, and finally to a 1922 currency of the Soviet Union.
chervontsi
chesterton
chondrites
chondrites
noun
plural of chondrite
cornetfish
cornetfish
noun
Any of several slender, elongate tropical fish, of the family Fistulariidae, that live in shallow water
dinotheres
dinotheres
noun
plural of dinothere
disthroned
disthroned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disthrone
doryanthes
enthronise
enthronise
verb
Alternative spelling of enthronize
entosphere
erymanthos
erymanthos
Proper noun
A mountain in the southcentral part of the Achaia prefecture in southwestern Greece
A river in the southwestern Peloponnese in southwestern Greece, it flows into the Achaia and the Ilia prefectures
erythrosin
erythrosin
noun
(chemistry) A red dyestuff obtained from fluorescein by the action of iodine.
(chemistry) A red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosin.
esonarthex
esonarthex
noun
An inner narthex (in a church).
euornithes
fishertown
frithsoken
frothiness
frothiness
noun
The quality of being frothy
gershonite
gershonite
Noun
A member of one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times, supposed to have had the care of the curtains, hangings, and ropes of the sanctuary.
glenrothes
glenrothes
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland, and the administrative centre of Fife
hagerstown
hagerstown
Proper noun
A city in and county seat of located in the west-central part of the American state of Maryland.
A town in in the American state of Indiana.
hainesport
handstroke
handstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle
hartshorne
headstrong
headstrong
adj
Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
hezronites
hindermost
hindermost
adj
hindmost
hoernesite
horrescent
hortensial
hortensial
adj
(obsolete) Fit for a garden.
hortensian
hortensius
housefront
housefront
noun
The front of a house, the side that faces the street.
hyosternal
hyosternal
adj
(anatomy) Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or relating to both of them; infrahyoid.
(anatomy) Pertaining to the hyosternum of turtles.
(mineralogy) Any relatively large crystal embedded in a more fine-grained or glassy igneous rock
preshorten
preshorten
verb
(transitive) To shorten in advance.
prosthenic
prosthenic
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Having strong foreparts.
rawsthorne
reastonish
reastonish
verb
(transitive) To astonish again.
reshooting
reshooting
noun
A new recording onto film or video.
verb
present participle of reshoot
rhinestone
rhinestone
adj
Made of or encrusted with rhinestones.
noun
An artificial diamond, strass.
routhiness
ruthenious
ruthenious
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; designating those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with ruthenic compounds.
scunthorpe
scunthorpe
Proper noun
An industrial town in North Lincolnshire, England.
senhoritas
senhoritas
noun
plural of senhorita
shoestring
shoestring
adj
(US, chiefly American football, baseball) Of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player's shoes.
noun
(chiefly US) The string or lace used to secure a shoe to the foot; a shoelace.
(cooking) A long, narrow cut of a food; a julienne.
An object that is long and thin, like a shoestring (sense 1).
Chiefly in on a shoestring: very little money; a tight budget.
verb
(transitive, American football) To tackle (a player) using a shoestring tackle (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”).
(transitive, baseball) To catch (a ball) using a shoestring catch (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”).
shorefront
shorefront
adj
Of property or real estate: adjacent to the shore.
noun
The area fronting on a coastline.
shorteners
shorteners
noun
plural of shortener
shortening
shortening
noun
(US, cooking) Fat that is solid at room temperature, such as margarine or lard (not usually used of butter), used to make shortcrust pastry.
verbal noun of shorten: the process by which something is made shorter; a reduction in length.
verb
present participle of shorten
smothering
smothering
noun
The act by which someone or something is smothered.
verb
present participle of smother
southerner
southerner
noun
A native or inhabitant of the south of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as the United Kingdom.
Alternative letter-case form of Southerner (someone from one of the southeastern United States).
southernly
southernly
adj
Southerly, somewhat southern.
adv
In a Southern manner, in a way typical of a Southerner or of the South (the southern United States).
Southward, southerly.
southronie
spheration
stenograph
stenograph
noun
A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.
A shorthand character.
A stenography machine.
verb
To write or report in stenographic characters.
stenotherm
stenotherm
noun
(biology) An organism, often specifically an ectotherm, that functions only within a narrow temperature range
stonebrash
stonebrash
noun
A subsoil made up of small stones or finely broken rock.
stronghead
tensorship
theorising
theorising
noun
Alternative form of theorizing
verb
present participle of theorise
thermonous
thorniness
thorniness
noun
The property of being thorny (of having thorns or metaphorically being difficult).
thornstone
threnodies
threnodies
noun
plural of threnody
threnodist
threnodist
noun
(rare) A person who writes or says a threnody.
throneless
throneless
adj
Without a throne.
thunderous
thunderous
adj
Very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury.
tougheners
tougheners
noun
plural of toughener
treasonish
trihedrons
truncheons
truncheons
noun
plural of truncheon
undershoot
undershoot
noun
An instance of undershooting.
The situation where a neuron's membrane potential falls below the normal resting potential.
verb
(by extension) To underestimate.
To not go far enough when trying to reach a goal.
To shoot not far enough or not well enough.
undersshot
unworthies
unworthies
noun
plural of unworthy
urosthenic
worthiness
worthiness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being qualified or eligible.
(countable) The result or product of having value or merit.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being qualified or eligible.
(uncountable) The state or quality of having value or merit.