(historical) A device that reduces the mechanical vibration of telegraph wires to prevent their making a humming sound.
ashamnu
ashamnu
noun
(Judaism) A Jewish confession in the form of an acrostic, customarily recited aloud.
athumia
azimuth
azimuth
noun
An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.
The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
bakhmut
balmuth
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.
bethumb
bethumb
verb
(transitive) To take hold of or mark with the thumbs; soil or mark with frequent thumbing.
bethump
bethump
verb
(transitive) To thump soundly.
bismuth
bismuth
noun
A chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal.
buchman
budmash
budmash
noun
(India) Alternative spelling of badmash
burnham
burnham
Proper noun
A village in Buckinghamshire and partly in Slough, Berkshire, England.
A town in Essex, England; see Burnham-on-Crouch.
A seaside town in Somerset, England; see Burnham-on-Sea.
bushman
bushman
noun
(Australia) A man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush or outback.
bushmen
bushmen
noun
plural of bushman
chambul
chamuel
chaumer
chemult
chemung
chemung
Proper noun
an unincorporated CDP in McHenry County, Illinois, USA.
a town in Chemung County, New York, USA, named after the Chemung River.
an unincorporated community in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA.
a river in New York State.
chemush
chetrum
chetrum
noun
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bhutanese ngultrum
chillum
chillum
noun
A conical pipe used for smoking marijuana, usually made of fired clay, porcelain, soapstone, glass or, more rarely, wood.
The part of such a pipe that contains the tobacco and charcoal balls.
chumash
chumash
Proper noun
Any book of the Pentateuch.
The Pentateuch collectively.
Proper noun
A native American tribe of southern California.
The language of the tribe.
chumawi
chumble
chumble
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To peck at or nibble.
chumley
chummed
chummed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chum
chummer
chummer
noun
One who fishes by casting chum into the water to attract the fish.
chumped
chumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chump
chumulu
chymous
chymous
adj
Of or pertaining to chyme.
cumshaw
cumshaw
noun
A gratuity or tip as thanks for a service
verb
To give or make a present to.
cushman
duchamp
duhamel
dumpish
dumpish
adj
(obsolete) Stupid, dull.
Melancholy, sad.
echemus
enrheum
enrheum
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To affect with a rheum.
euphemy
euthymy
exhumed
exhumed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exhume
exhumer
exhumer
noun
One who exhumes.
exhumes
exhumes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhume
fathmur
fuhrman
fulhams
fulhams
noun
plural of fulham
galumph
galumph
verb
(intransitive) To move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph.
gaumish
gaumish
adj
(UK, dialectal, rare) Intelligent, perceptive.
gomukhi
grumphy
grumphy
noun
Alternative form of grumphie (“a sow”)
gumihan
gumihan
noun
(Philippines) The tropical evergreen tree Artocarpus sericicarpus.
gumshoe
gumshoe
noun
(slang, Canada, US) A detective.
A sneaker or rubber overshoe.
verb
(slang) To act as a detective.
hafnium
hafnium
noun
A chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal.
hahnium
hahnium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for dubnium.
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for hassium.
hamatum
hamatum
noun
(anatomy) The hamate bone.
hamauls
hamauls
noun
plural of hamaul
hamburg
hamburg
noun
(slang, Midwestern US) hamburger (food)
(uncountable, New England) ground beef; hamburger meat
verb
(Grenada) To annoy.
hamfurd
hamhung
hamhung
Proper noun
The provincial capital of South Hamgyong in North Korea, the country's 2nd-largest city and 3rd-largest port.
hamular
hamular
adj
Hooked; hooklike; hamate.
hamulus
hamulus
noun
(anatomy) A hook, or hooklike process.
(zoology) A hooked barbicel of a feather.
hanuman
hanuman
noun
The entellus (Semnopithecus entellus, syn. Presbytis entellus)
harmful
harmful
adj
of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious
harmout
harumph
harumph
intj
An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, refusal or dismissal.
noun
An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, or dismissal; a huff, grunt, or snort.
verb
To dislike, protest, or dismiss.
heaumer
heaumer
noun
(obsolete) A maker of helmets.
heaumes
heaumes
noun
plural of heaume
hegumen
hegumen
noun
(Christianity) The head of a monastery of the Eastern Orthodox Church or Eastern Catholic Churches.
heliums
heliums
noun
plural of helium
helmuth
hendrum
heumite
hiiumaa
hiiumaa
Proper noun
The second-largest island of Estonia.
Hiiu County in Estonia.
himerus
holmium
holmium
noun
A chemical element (symbol Ho) with atomic number 67: a soft and malleable silvery-white metal, too reactive to be found uncombined in nature.
homadus
homarus
homburg
homburg
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Homburg
homerus
hoodlum
hoodlum
noun
A gangster; a hired thug.
A rough or violent youth.
hoquiam
hordeum
horreum
houmous
houmous
noun
Alternative spelling of hummus
housman
huchnom
huesman
huffman
hugsome
hugsome
adj
Characterised or marked by hugging
humacao
humaner
humaner
adj
comparative form of humane: more humane
humanly
humanly
adv
In a human manner.
humates
humates
noun
plural of humate
humayun
humbert
humbert
Proper noun
name, rare in English.
humbird
humbird
noun
(obsolete) A hummingbird.
humbled
humbled
adj
(proscribed) (usually qualifying a first-person pronoun) Grateful for the support of others, touched; honored, flattered.
Overcome with humility; in awe of the strength of another or one's own weakness
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humble
humbler
humbler
adj
comparative form of humble: more humble
noun
(BDSM) A physical restraint that clamps around the base of the scrotum and prevents straightening of the legs.
One who humbles.
humbles
humbles
noun
(archaic) Entrails of a deer.
plural of humble
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humble
humblie
humblie
adv
Obsolete form of humbly.
humbugs
humbugs
noun
plural of humbug
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humbug
humbuzz
humbuzz
noun
(UK, dialect) The cockchafer.
humdrum
humdrum
adj
Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.
noun
(countable, dated) A stupid fellow.
(uncountable) The quality of lacking variety or excitement.
humeral
humeral
adj
Of, pertaining to, or near the humerus or shoulder
noun
An oblong scarf worn round the priest's shoulders at certain parts of the Mass and of Benediction.
humerus
humerus
noun
(anatomy) The bone of the upper arm.
humetty
humetty
adj
(heraldry, postpositive) Bearing a humet.
humfrey
humfrid
humidly
humidly
adv
In a humid manner.
humidor
humidor
noun
A container designed to keep its contents at a constant humidity; especially such a box for storing cigars.
humific
humilis
humiria
hummaul
hummeri
hummers
hummers
noun
plural of hummer
humming
humming
adj
(archaic) Of ale or beer: very strong.
Making a hum sound.
noun
The sound of something that hums; a hum.
verb
present participle of hum
hummock
hummock
noun
(Scotland) A fistful.
A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.
A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
humnoke
humoral
humoral
adj
(pathology, physiology) Relating to the body fluids or humours
humored
humored
adj
(Canada, US) Alternative form of humoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humor
humorer
humorum
humours
humours
noun
plural of humour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humour
humpage
humphed
humphed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humph
humpier
humpier
adj
comparative form of humpy: more humpy
humpies
humpies
noun
plural of humpie
plural of humpy
humping
humping
noun
A hump or mound.
verb
present participle of hump
humulon
humulus
humuses
humuses
noun
plural of humus
hungnam
huskamp
hussism
hutment
hutment
noun
(military) An encampment of huts
hyakume
inhuman
inhuman
adj
Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.
Transcending or different than what is human.
inhumed
inhumed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inhume
inhumer
inhumer
noun
One who inhumes.
inhumes
inhumes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inhume
ischium
ischium
noun
(anatomy) The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis.
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.
isthmus
isthmus
noun
(anatomy) Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures.
(graph theory) An edge in a graph whose deletion increases the number of connected components of the graph.
A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.
ketchum
khartum
kuhlman
kumshaw
lithium
lithium
noun
(pharmacology, uncountable) Lithium carbonate or other preparations of lithium metal used to treat manic depression and bipolar disorders.
(uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3. It is a soft, silvery metal.