(geometry) The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above).
(geometry) The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle.
armhole
armhole
noun
(anatomy, now rare Midlands dialect) A human armpit.
(anatomy, rare and obsolete) Similar structures in other animals.
(fashion) A hole for an arm in a piece of clothing.
ashmore
bemouth
bemouth
verb
(transitive) To mouth the praises of (a person); talk grandiloquently; declaim.
(transitive) To place in the mouth; to put one's mouth on; (by extension) to eat.
bioherm
bioherm
noun
(geology) A mass of rock constructed from the remains of marine organisms such as coral or algae
(geology) A massive, unlayered, mound-shape body in discordant relationship to the surrounding layered facies which drape over it; thus either a reef or a bank (after Asquith, 1979, p.73).
boehmer
bohemia
bohemia
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bohemia
bohmite
chefdom
chefdom
noun
Collectively, all chefs.
The state of being a chef.
chelmno
chemizo
chemosh
chessom
cholame
chomage
chomage
noun
(obsolete) A period when a mill, factory, etc. stands still or idle.
chomped
chomped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chomp
chomper
chomper
noun
(informal) A tooth.
(rare) One who, or that which, chomps.
chromed
chromed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chrome
chromel
chromes
chromes
noun
plural of chrome
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chrome
coheman
dahomey
dahomey
Proper noun
A former country in Africa, located in present-day Benin.
demchok
demchok
Proper noun
A small village and military encampment in the Indian-administered part of the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir, near Aksai Chin and the
dishome
dishome
verb
(transitive) To deprive of a home; to make homeless.
echoism
echoism
noun
The practice of creating words or language by imitating sounds from the environment.
elohism
emforth
emforth
Preposition
according to; in a way that is conformable to
ethmoid
ethmoid
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the ethmoid bone.
noun
(anatomy) A light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.
ethmose
gershom
gumshoe
gumshoe
noun
(slang, Canada, US) A detective.
A sneaker or rubber overshoe.
verb
(slang) To act as a detective.
hadrome
hadrome
noun
The portion of the mestome that transports fluids.
The rudimentary xylem in a cryptogam.
haemoid
haemony
haemony
noun
(rare) A magical plant mentioned by John Milton, said to be good against enchantments.
hambone
hambone
noun
(US slang, acting) A ham; an eager or inferior performer
(bowling, informal) Four consecutive strikes.
(music, dance) A certain type of dance that involves making noise with the body, especially by slapping parts of the body with one's hands
The bone at the center of a ham
verb
(intransitive) To dance the hambone.
haplome
haplome
noun
(genetics) A haplotype contig
hedeoma
hegemon
hegemon
noun
A dominating leader or force, especially that which dominates a separate political entity; a hegemonist.
heirdom
heirdom
noun
An inheritance or succession.
helmont
hemagog
hemapod
hemiola
hemiola
noun
(music) The articulation of two bars in triple time as if they were three bars in duple time.
hemiope
hemipod
hemlock
hemlock
noun
Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees.
Cicuta, water hemlock plant.
Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides.
The poison obtained from these Conium and Cicuta plants.
hemocry
hemodia
hemopod
hermosa
heroism
heroism
noun
The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
himeros
hobbema
hogmace
hogmane
hogmane
noun
The mane of a horse when cut short.
holeman
holmdel
homaged
homaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of homage
homager
homager
noun
One who pays feudal homage, hence a vassal.
homages
homages
noun
plural of homage
hombres
hombres
noun
plural of hombre
homelet
homelet
noun
A little home.
homelyn
homelyn
noun
Raia maculata, the European sand ray.
homeoid
homeoid
noun
(mathematics) A shell bounded by two similar ellipsoids having a constant ratio of axes http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Homeoid.html.
homeown
homered
homered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of homer
homeric
homeric
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Homeric.
homerid
homerid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Homeridae.
homerus
homiest
homiest
adj
superlative form of homey: most homey
hominem
homines
hommage
hommage
noun
A homage, especially something in an artwork which has been done in respectful imitation of another artist.
homoean
homoean
Adjective
Pertaining to the belief established in the fourth century as a middle ground between the homoousian and homoiousian positions, contending merely that the Father is ‘like’ the Son.
Noun
Someone who subscribes to this belief.
homogen
homosex
homosex
noun
(sexuality) Homosexual sexual intercourse.
homovec
hoodmen
hoodmen
noun
plural of hoodman
hoopmen
hordeum
hormone
hormone
noun
(LGBT, colloquial, usually in the plural) Sex hormones, as used in hormone replacement therapy for transgender or intersex people.
(botany) Any similar substance in plants.
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
(physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
verb
(transitive, colloquial) To treat with hormones.
horreum
hoseman
hoseman
noun
A firefighter who carries and directs the hose.
hotmelt
hotmelt
noun
An adhesive that is applied in a liquid molten form but sets into a solid form as it cools.
hugsome
hugsome
adj
Characterised or marked by hugging
humnoke
humored
humored
adj
(Canada, US) Alternative form of humoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humor
humorer
hydrome
hydrome
noun
(biology) A vascular bundle, in plants, that transports water
hymnode
isohume
isohume
noun
(meteorology) An isoline connecting places with equal relative humidity.
(mining, rare) An isoline connecting places in which the coal seam has equal moisture content.
mahomet
mahoney
manetho
manhole
manhole
noun
(informal) A man's anus, in a sexual context.
A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.
A hole providing access to the inside of a boiler, tank etc.
megohms
megohms
noun
plural of megohm
menorah
menorah
noun
(Judaism) A candelabrum with nine branches, used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah.
(Judaism) A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
menthol
menthol
noun
(chemistry) a cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes
A menthol cigarette.
mershon
methods
methods
noun
plural of method
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of method
methody
methody
Noun
A Methodist.
methone
methone
Proper noun
One of the Alkyonides.
A small satellite of Saturn.
methoxy
methoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical CH₃-O- derived from methanol
metochy
moersch
mohamed
mohamed
Proper noun
name: spelling of
mohaves
mohegan
mohegan
Proper noun
An indigenous people of New England who, at the time of European contact, formed a unit with the Pequot, but later became separate.
The language of this people; Mohegan-Pequot.
Noun
A member of this people.
mohelim
mohelim
noun
plural of mohel
moither
moither
verb
(UK, dialect) To toil; to labour.
(Yorkshire, dialect) to bother or harass
To perplex; to confuse.
moluche
mooched
mooched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mooch
moocher
moocher
noun
(chiefly derogatory) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.
mooches
mooches
noun
plural of mooch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mooch
moorhen
moorhen
noun
(Britain) A female red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scotica.
Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.
mophead
mophead
noun
Alternative spelling of mop head
moreish
moreish
adj
(UK, informal, of food, drink, or other consumable) Causing one to want to have more.
moriche
morphea
morphea
noun
(medicine) localized scleroderma
morphew
morphew
noun
A blemish or mark on the skin, especially a blister caused by scurvy.
mosheim
moshell
moshesh
mothers
mothers
noun
plural of mother
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mother
mothery
mothery
adj
Consisting of, containing, or resembling mother (in vinegar).
mothier
mothier
adj
comparative form of mothy: more mothy
mouched
mouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mouch
mouches
mouches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mouch
mouthed
mouthed
adj
(in combination) Having a specified type of mouth.
(obsolete) Formed into a mouth.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mouth
mouther
mouther
noun
A person who mouths
mouthes
mouthes
noun
(archaic, dialectal) plural of mouth
verb
(archaic, dialectal) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mouth
mudhole
mudhole
noun
A hole full of mud, especially one in a road
A hole near the bottom of a steam boiler, through which the sediment is withdrawn.
nathemo
nonheme
nonheme
adj
That does not originate in heme.
nonhome
nonhome
adj
Not of or pertaining to a home (domestic residence).
ohmages
ohmages
noun
plural of ohmage
okeghem
omphale
orpheum
oshtemo
phenoms
phenoms
noun
plural of phenom
philome
phloems
phloems
noun
plural of phloem
phloeum
phoneme
phoneme
noun
An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
phytome
ponemah
proheim
rhizome
rhizome
noun
(botany) A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes.
(philosophy, critical theory) A so-called “image of thought” that apprehends multiplicities.