(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.
(transitive) To instruct or direct.
(transitive, with of or against) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
amaethon
amythaon
ancohuma
boehmian
bohemian
bohemian
adj
Unconventional, especially in habit or dress.
noun
An unconventional or nonconformist artist or writer.
bonhomie
bonhomie
noun
(countable) A cheerful remark.
(uncountable) A friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.
(uncountable) An atmosphere of friendliness and good cheer.
bonhomme
boothman
boothman
noun
(archaic or chiefly dialectal) A corn merchant, especially one in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
(rare) One who mans a booth, such as at a fair or (historically) a Thing.
A projectionist at a movie theater.
bornholm
bornholm
Proper noun
a Danish island in the Baltic Sea
chamfron
chamfron
noun
Protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears.
chamonix
chamonix
Proper noun
A town in the département of Haute-Savoie.
chamouni
champion
champion
adj
(attributive) Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
(attributive) Excellent; beyond compare.
(predicative, Ireland, Britain, dialect) Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
noun
(botany) A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.
An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
Someone who fights for a cause or status.
Someone who fights on another's behalf.
Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To challenge.
(transitive) To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
charmion
chaumont
chimango
chimango
noun
Milvago chimango, a South American bird of prey related to the falcon.
chironym
chockman
choirman
choirman
noun
A male chorister (in a church choir)
chomping
chomping
noun
The sound or action of one who chomps.
verb
present participle of chomp
choreman
choreman
noun
A man employed to carry out chores.
choremen
choremen
noun
plural of choreman
chrismon
chrismon
noun
(palaeography) A stylised siglum or character interpreted as an invocation of Christ in Merovingian and Carolingian documents.
A Christmas decoration with explicitly Christian religious symbolism.
A Christogram.
chromene
chromene
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of 1-benzopyran
chroming
chroming
noun
(Australia) The act of inhaling the fumes of substances such as glue or paint, usually by sniffing them from a paper bag or bottle, with the aim of getting intoxicated.
verb
present participle of chrome
chromone
chromone
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,4-benzopyrone, a derivative of benzopyran with a substituted keto group on the pyran ring
chronium
chymosin
chymosin
noun
(biochemistry) The proteolytic enzyme rennin
coachman
coachman
noun
(South Africa) A fish in the genus Heniochus, either Heniochus acuminatus or Heniochus diphreutes.
A man who drives a horse-drawn coach, a male coach driver.
coachmen
coachmen
noun
plural of coachman
cohanims
comanche
couchman
crumhorn
crumhorn
noun
(music) Any of several related simple woodwind instruments having a bent horn
demijohn
demijohn
noun
A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
demiphon
demonish
demonish
adj
Like or characteristic of a demon; demonic.
demophon
domenech
doughman
doughmen
emathion
euphonym
euphonym
noun
A pleasant-sounding name.
famechon
gemshorn
gemshorn
noun
An instrument of the ocarina family, historically made from the horn of a chamois, goat, or other animal.
An organ stop with conical tin pipes.
gumpheon
gumphion
gumphion
noun
(historical) A flag or banner carried in a funeral procession.
halfmoon
halfmoon
noun
(biology) Any of certain fish in subfamily Scorpidinae, such as
a species of sea chub, Medialuna californiensis, native to the Pacific coast of North America.
hamboned
hamboned
adj
Extremely drunk
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hambone
hambones
hambones
noun
plural of hambone
hamilton
hamilton
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Hamilton (slang: a United States ten-dollar bill).
haminoea
handloom
handloom
noun
A simple machine used for weaving by hand.
handsome
handsome
adj
(now of a man or boy) Attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect.
(now of a woman) Statuesque, beautiful in a masculine or otherwise imposing way.
(obsolete, said of things and people) Dexterous; skillful.
(of weather) Fine, clear and bright.
Ample; moderately large.
Generous or noble in character.
Good, appealing, appropriate.
Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly
Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To render handsome.
handworm
hangworm
harmonia
harmonia
noun
(music) A harmonic mode in ancient Greek music, characterized by a particular set of chords and rhythmic patterns.
harmonic
harmonic
adj
(Australianist linguistics) Of or relating to a generation an even number of generations distant from a particular person.
(mathematics) used to characterize various mathematical entities or relationships supposed to bear some resemblance to musical consonance
(phonology) Exhibiting or applying constraints on what vowels (e.g. front/back vowels only) may be found near each other and sometimes in the entire word.
pertaining to harmony
pleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious
recurring periodically
noun
(CB radio slang) One's child.
(mathematics) One of a class of functions that enter into the development of the potential of a nearly spherical mass due to its attraction.
(music) The place where, on a bowed string instrument, a note in the harmonic series of a particular string can be played without the fundamental present.
(physics) A component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.
harmonie
hedonism
hedonism
noun
(countable) A general devotion to the pursuit of pleasure.
(ethics, uncountable) The belief that pleasure or happiness is the highest good in life. Some hedonists, such as the Epicureans, have insisted that pleasure of the entire mind, not just pleasure of the senses, is the highest good.
hegemone
hegemone
Proper noun
One of the Charites and a goddess of flowers and fruit, worshipped at Athens along with Auxo and Damia.
One of the moons of Jupiter.
hegemony
hegemony
noun
(formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
Dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group or hegemon acquires some degree of consent from the subordinate, as opposed to dominance purely by force.
hemionus
hemionus
noun
Obsolete form of hemione.
hemitone
hemitone
Noun
A semitone.
hemozoon
henmoldy
hermione
hielamon
himation
himation
noun
(historical) A rectangular cloak of linen or wool, worn in Ancient Greece, usually over a chiton.
hindmost
hindmost
adj
superlative form of hind: most hind
hoastman
hoastman
noun
(historical) A member of an old merchant guild in Newcastle, in charge of coal shipping, etc.
hoffmann
hogmanay
hogmanay
Noun
New Year's Eve.
A celebration or gift for New Year's Eve.
hogmanes
hogmanes
noun
plural of hogmane
hogmenay
hoistman
hoistman
noun
(mining) A person who operates the hoisting machinery.
holdsman
holloman
holmgang
holmgang
noun
In Norse and Icelandic culture, a duel to the death.
homaging
homaging
verb
present participle of homage
homarine
homarine
adj
Of, or pertaining to, the lobster.
noun
A metabolite found in many molluscs.
homeborn
homeborn
adj
born at home, by homebirth, rather than in a hospital
born in a given place, native, indigenous
homeland
homeland
noun
(South Africa, historical) An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.
One's country of birth.
One's country of residence.
The country that one regards as home.
The traditional territory of an ethnic group.
homeling
homeling
noun
(obsolete) A native; a person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; an inhabitant.
homerian
homerian
Adjective
Of or relating to Homer, the Ancient Greek poet.
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Silurian period.
homering
homering
verb
present participle of homer
homespun
homespun
adj
(by extension) Plain and homely; unsophisticated and unpretentious.
(of clothing, etc.) Made from homespun fabric.
(of fabric) Woven in the home.
(of yarn) Spun in the home.
noun
(obsolete) An unpolished, rustic person.
Fabric made from homespun yarn. Also, machine made fabrics (usually cottons) similar to homespun fabrics in that solids, plaids, or stripes are created by weaving dyed threads (rather than printing), so that both sides of the fabric look the same.
hometown
hometown
noun
(attributive) Designating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference.
An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
hominess
hominess
noun
Alternative spelling of homeyness
hominian
hominids
hominids
noun
plural of hominid
hominies
hominies
noun
plural of hominy
hominify
hominine
hominine
adj
Of or relating to the Homininae, a subfamily of Hominidae that includes humans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and some extinct relatives.
noun
Any member of the subfamily Homininae
hominize
hominize
verb
(transitive) To make human, or treat as if human.
hominoid
hominoid
noun
Any primate (including humans and apes) belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea.
homodont
homodont
adj
(zoology) Having teeth that are all of the same type.
noun
(zoology) Any organism with teeth all of the same type.
homodyne
homodyne
adj
(physics, of radiation) Pertaining to two waves which originate from a single radiation source, or have exactly the same frequency.
verb
To combine two waves of identical frequency.
homogene
homogene
adj
(obsolete) homogeneous
homogeny
homogeny
noun
(biology) Similarity in structure, though of different function, because of genetic relationships
homogone
homogony
homogony
noun
(botany) The condition of having homogonous flowers.
homonomy
homonomy
noun
(biology) The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes.
homonyms
homonyms
noun
plural of homonym
homonymy
homonymy
noun
(semantics) The property of being a homonym.
homotony
homotony
noun
The quality of being homotonous.
homuncio
homuncle
honeyman
hormogon
hormonal
hormonal
adj
(biochemistry) Pertaining to hormones.
(colloquial) Of or pertaining to the menstrual cycle.
Strongly affected by one's hormones.
hormones
hormones
noun
(LGBT, slang) Hormone replacement therapy.
plural of hormone
hormonic
hormonic
adj
Relating to hormones.
hornbeam
hornbeam
noun
A hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana).
A tree of the genus Carpinus, having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, common along the banks of streams in the United States.
The wood of these trees.
hornsman
hornsman
noun
A snake, the horned viper (Bitis cornuta).
One who plays a horn.
hornworm
hornworm
noun
A caterpillar of a hawk moth that has a hornlike tail process.
Some moths in the genus Manduca of the hawk moth family Sphingidae.
horseman
horseman
noun
(UK, agriculture, obsolete) A man in charge of work horses.
(archaic) Any fish of the genus Equetus.
(archaic) Any of the swift-running land crabs of the genus Ocypode.
A man skilled in horsemanship.
A man who rides a horse.
A soldier on horseback.
horsemen
horsemen
noun
plural of horseman
hosfmann
hotelman
hotelman
noun
A person who operates a hotel.
hotelmen
hotelmen
noun
plural of hotelman
houndman
houseman
houseman
noun
(chiefly UK) A medical graduate gaining practical experience in a hospital; a house officer.
(now chiefly US) A male follower or retainer; a male domestic worker or servant.
housemen
housemen
noun
plural of houseman
humanoid
humanoid
adj
Having the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.).
noun
A being having the appearance or characteristics of a human.
humation
humation
noun
(archaic) burial, internment, inhumation; by association, death
humeston
humoring
humoring
verb
present participle of humor
humulone
humulone
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter-tasting chemical compound found in the resin of mature hops (Humulus lupulus).
hymenoid
hymnbook
hymnbook
noun
(Britain) A book containing a collection of hymns.
hyponome
hyponome
noun
An organ of a cephalopod to expel water
inchworm
inchworm
noun
The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
verb
To crawl or creep slowly.
To move in a looping fashion, like an inchworm.
insomuch
insomuch
adv
Because of; since; as a result of.
To the extent that.
johnsmas
jonahism
konomihu
krumhorn
krumhorn
noun
Alternative form of krummhorn
lemonish
lemonish
adj
lemony
lindholm
lohrmann
loughman
macmahon
mahjongg
mahjongg
noun
Alternative spelling of mahjong
mahjongs
mahnomen
mahogany
mahogany
adj
Having the colour of mahogany; dark reddish-brown.
Made of mahogany.
noun
(countable) Any of the trees from which such wood comes.
(obsolete, colloquial) A table made from mahogany wood; a dining table.
(regional) A Cornish drink made from gin and treacle.
(uncountable) The wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture.
A reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany wood.