(alchemy) The vital principle or force believed by the Paracelsians to be responsible for alchemical reactions within living bodies, and hence for the growth and continuation of life.
arghoul
arthaud
ashburn
ashburn
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
aurochs
aurochs
noun
(zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus).
An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
plural of auroch
aurthur
autarch
autarch
noun
A despotic ruler
authors
authors
noun
plural of author
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of author
bahadur
bahadur
noun
(India, historical) A Mughal honorific connoting martial courage and valor, suffixed to name or title, which it raises by half a degree. Commonly bestowed upon loyal princes and victorious military commanders by Mughal emperors, and later by their British successors.
(originally) A warrior, especially a Mongol.
barthou
bearhug
bearhug
noun
Alternative spelling of bear hug
verb
(transitive) To embrace in a bear hug.
bebrush
becrush
bhunder
bhunder
Noun
A rhesus macaque.
blucher
blucher
noun
(historical) A form of horse-drawn carriage; a Blucher coach.
A sturdy laced leather half-boot.
blusher
blusher
noun
(countable) Agent noun of blush; one who blushes.
(countable) Any of several closely related, edible species of the genus Amanita, including Amanita rubescens and Amanita novinupta.
(countable, uncountable) Face makeup that makes the cheeks rosier.
bonheur
borough
borough
noun
(historical, Britain, law) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behaviour of each other.
(obsolete) A fortified town.
(rare) A town or city.
A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county.
A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.
An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to state or national law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity; most commonly used in American English to define the five counties that make up New York City.
Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.
boucher
bourkha
brought
brought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bring
bruchid
bruchid
noun
(zoology) Any of the bean weevils in the family Bruchidae, now considered to be the chrysomelid subfamily Bruchinae.
bruchus
bruscha
brushed
brushed
adj
rubbed, especially as a finish.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brush
brusher
brusher
noun
(Internet) An online seller who uses the fraudulent technique of brushing.
(mining, historical) A person employed to cut or blast the roof or floor of a roadway and so give more height.
(mining, historical) A person who gets the mineral down by blasting in the working face after it has been "holed".
Someone who brushes (any of the meanings).
brushes
brushes
noun
plural of brush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brush
brushet
brushup
brushup
noun
Alternative form of brush-up
brutish
brutish
adj
Bestial; lacking human sensibility
Of, or in the manner of a brute
buchner
buehler
buehrer
bukhara
bukhara
Proper noun
A city in Uzbekistan, founded in the 6th century
bulrush
bulrush
noun
(Americas) Sedges in the genera Bolboschoenus or Schoenoplectus (formerly considered Scirpus), having clusters of spikelets.
(UK) Cattails or reedmace, in the genus Typha
(biblical) A plant referred to in the story of Moses as growing along the banks of the Nile, which is believed to be the papyrus (Cyperus papyrus).
buncher
buncher
noun
(electronics, physics) A circuit that causes electrons or other charged particles in a particle beam to group together.
(manufacturing) A machine that twists strands together during the manufacture of metal wire; a strander.
(military, RAF, World War II) A ground-based radio transmitter, configured within a system to guide aircraft to their allocated airfields.
A person who bunches.
An illegitimate supplier of laboratory animals who obtains the animals by kidnapping pets or illegally trapping strays.
burbush
burdash
burdash
noun
(obsolete) A form of fringed sash or cravat worn by gentlemen
burfish
burfish
noun
A spinose plectognath fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States (especially Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur.
burghal
burghal
adj
(UK) Relating to a burgh or borough.
burgher
burgher
noun
A citizen of a medieval city.
A member of the medieval mercantile class.
A prosperous member of the community; a middle class citizen (may connote complacency).
burhans
burhead
burhead
noun
(US) Any plant in the genus Echinodorus
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.
burnish
burnish
noun
(uncountable) The making of something bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; (countable) an instance of this; a burnishing, a polishing, a shining.
A shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish.
A shiny layer applied to a surface or other thing.
verb
(by extension) Of a thing: to increase in size; to expand, to spread out, to swell.
(figuratively) To appear positive and highly respected.
(figuratively) To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.
Of a person's body: to grow large or stout; to fatten, to fill out.
Of a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.
To become bright, glossy, and smooth; to brighten, to gleam, to shine forth.
To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
burrhel
burrish
burrish
adj
rough; prickly; burry
burthen
burthen
noun
(obsolete or historical, nautical) The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds.
Archaic form of burden.
burucha
burucha
noun
Scraps of rubber that dry in the wounds made to the tree.
bushers
bushers
noun
plural of busher
bushier
bushier
adj
comparative form of bushy: more bushy
bushire
bushore
butcher
butcher
adj
comparative form of butch: more butch
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.
(colloquial, archaic, card games) A king playing card.
(figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
(informal, obsolete) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
verb
(transitive) To kill brutally.
(transitive) To mess up hopelessly; to botch.
(transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
(transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
(transitive) To work as a butcher.
chaguar
chaguar
noun
Any of several related species of South American plants of the family Bromeliaceae, among them Bromelia serra, Bromelia hieronymi, Deinacanthon urbanianum and Pseudananas sagenarius.
charque
charqui
charqui
noun
(South America, Central America, Western US) jerky
chaucer
chaucer
Proper noun
notably borne by a 14th century English author, best remembered for The Canterbury Tales.
chaufer
chaumer
chelura
chequer
chequer
noun
Alternative spelling of checker (in certain senses only)
The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.
verb
Alternative spelling of checker
chergui
chergui
noun
Alternative form of sharqi
cherubs
cherubs
noun
plural of cherub
chetrum
chetrum
noun
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bhutanese ngultrum
chirrup
chirrup
noun
(figurative, derogatory) A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement.
A series of chirps, clicks or clucks.
verb
(intransitive) To make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks.
(transitive) To express by chirping.
(transitive) To quicken or animate by chirping.
choreus
choreus
noun
(prosody) A tribrach.
(prosody) A trochee.
chorous
chouser
chouser
noun
Agent noun of chouse: one who chouses.
chtaura
chualar
chucker
chucker
noun
(cricket) A bowler who throws or chucks the ball rather than bowls it.
One who chucks; a thrower.
chuddar
chudder
chuffer
chugger
chugger
noun
(fishing) A type of fish lure or fly that makes a popping or chugging sound when twitched.
(informal, derogatory) A street fundraiser, especially a private contractor, working on behalf of a charity, who is aggressive or invasive.
A vehicle, train or boat with an engine that makes a chugging noise when running.
One who chugs a drink, especially an alcoholic drink.
chukars
chukars
noun
plural of chukar
chukkar
chukker
chukker
noun
One of the six playing periods, each 7½ minutes long, of a game of polo.
chummer
chummer
noun
One who fishes by casting chum into the water to attract the fish.
chunari
chunder
chunder
noun
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) An act of vomiting.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) Vomit.
Heavy, sticky snow that makes snowsports difficult.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, slang) To throw up, to vomit.
Of a motor vehicle: to rumble loudly, to roar.
chunner
chunner
verb
(intransitive) To talk tiresomely or at length; to chatter on.
chunter
chunter
verb
(British, Ireland, dialect) To grumble, complain.
(British, Ireland, dialect) To speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
churada
churada
noun
(meteorology) A heavy downpour, typical of the Mariana Islands during the winter months.
The vessel in which cream is churned to make butter.
churoya
churred
churred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of churr
churrip
churrus
churrus
noun
A device used in India for drawing water from wells
A narcotic gum resin which exudes from the flower heads, seeds, etc., of Indian hemp.
cirrhus
cirrhus
noun
(Mycology) A mucus-bound ribbon-like mass of spores exuded from a fungus.
Alternative form of cirrus
cleruch
cleruch
noun
(historical) A settler under the system of cleruchy
cluther
cothurn
cothurn
noun
A buskin anciently worn by tragic actors on the stage.
coucher
coucher
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic.
(papermaking) One who couches paper.
One who couches.
The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts.
cougher
cougher
noun
A person who coughs.
courche
courche
noun
Obsolete spelling of curch
couther
craunch
craunch
noun
(archaic) A grinding or crunching sound.
(mining) A portion of a stratum or vein left in excavating to support the roof.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.
crouche
crunchy
crunchy
adj
(slang) Having sensibilities of a counter-culture nature lover or hippie; derived from the concept of crunchy granola.
Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
noun
(usually in the plural) A pellet of dry cat food.
crushed
crushed
adj
(not comparable, textiles) Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
Broken, saddened, depressed.
Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crush
crusher
crusher
noun
(slang, dated) A policeman.
A machine designed to crush rocks.
One who elicits a crush or intense infatiation in another.
Someone or something that crushes.
crushes
crushes
noun
plural of crush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crush
culhert
curaghs
curaghs
noun
plural of curagh
curbash
curchef
curches
curches
noun
plural of curch
currach
currach
noun
(nautical) An Irish boat, constructed like a coracle, and originally the same shape; now a boat of similar construction but conventional shape and large enough to be operated by up to eight oars.
curragh
curragh
noun
Alternative spelling of currach
currish
currish
adj
(now rare) Ignoble, mean-spirited.
Pertaining to a cur or mongrel.
curship
curship
noun
(obsolete) The state of being a cur; one who is currish.
cushier
cushier
adj
comparative form of cushy: more cushy
cutcher
dhourra
dhurnas
dhurrie
dhurrie
noun
A thick, flat-woven cotton Indian rug or carpet.
dourahs
draught
draught
noun
(Australia) Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
(Britain) A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
(British spelling) Alternative form of draft in some of its senses.
(UK, medicine, obsolete) A mild vesicatory.
(UK, obsolete) A sudden attack upon an enemy.
(UK, obsolete) Any picture or drawing.
(obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
verb
(UK) Alternative spelling of draft
drought
drought
noun
(archaic) dryness, aridness, dry heat
(by extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.
A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
drouths
drouths
noun
plural of drouth
drouthy
drouthy
adj
(Scotland, US) Droughty, dry.
(Scotland, US) Thirsty.
druther
druther
noun
(rare, chiefly in the plural) singular of druthers
verb
(US, informal, often jocular) Would rather; would prefer to.
duarchy
duarchy
noun
A government by two persons.
duchery
dusehra
dushore
dutcher
dutcher
Noun
Dutchman
Dutchwoman
enrheum
enrheum
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To affect with a rheum.
enrough
ephorus
ephorus
noun
(historical) Alternative form of ephor
euchred
euchred
adj
(Australia, slang) exhausted; worn out
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euchre
euchres
euchres
noun
plural of euchre
euphory
euphory
noun
Synonym of euphoria
euphroe
euphroe
noun
(nautical) A long wooden slat, with holes for cords, that holds up an awning.
exhumer
exhumer
noun
One who exhumes.
fathmur
faucher
flusher
flusher
noun
(US, politics) A worker for a political campaign who encourages voters to vote on Election Day.
Agent noun of flush: one who flushes.
The mechanical part of a toilet that causes the toilet bowl's contents to be sucked down the drain.
fluther
fourche
fourche
adj
(heraldry) Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.
fourths
fourths
noun
plural of fourth
fraught
fraught
adj
(figuratively, with with) Loaded up or charged with; accompanied by; entailing.
(of a cargo-carrier) Laden.
(with with) Furnished, equipped.
Distressed or causing distress, for example through complexity.
noun
(Scotland) A load; a burden.
(Scotland) Two bucketfuls (of water).
(obsolete) A ship's cargo, lading or freight.
(obsolete) Money paid to hire a ship or boat to transport cargo; freight
(obsolete) The hire of a ship or boat to transport cargo.
(obsolete) The transportation of goods, especially in a ship or boat.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To form the cargo of a vessel.
(transitive, obsolete except in past participle) To load (a ship, cargo etc.).
fraunch
froughy
froughy
adj
(UK, dialect, archaic) Loose, spongy, or easily broken.