The native language spoken by the Pit River people of present-day California.
achromia
achromia
noun
(medicine) Absence of pigmentation, especially in the skin or blood
achromic
achromic
adj
(sciences) Uncoloured; not pigmented; lacking in colour.
admonish
admonish
verb
(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.
amollish
amorphia
amorphia
noun
Synonym of amorphism
amorphic
amorphic
adj
(genetics, of a mutation) Causing a complete loss of gene function.
Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
amphioxi
amphipod
amphipod
noun
Any species of the taxonomic order Amphipoda of small, shrimp-like crustaceans.
amphoric
amphoric
adj
(chiefly historical) Of or related to an amphora, either as a large vessel or a Roman unit of liquid measure.
(medicine) Produced by or indicating a hollow cavity in the lungs, giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter.
aphorism
aphorism
noun
A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.
verb
To speak or write aphorisms.
azohumic
bhumibol
bichrome
bichrome
adj
Having two colours
bigmouth
bigmouth
adj
(zoology) Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth.
noun
(informal, derogatory) One who talks too much or says things which should not be said.
bimorphs
bimorphs
noun
plural of bimorph
biochemy
biochemy
noun
(archaic) biochemistry
bioherms
bioherms
noun
plural of bioherm
birthdom
birthdom
noun
Privilege of birth; one's inheritance; birthright.
The land of one's birth.
boehmian
boehmist
boehmite
boehmite
noun
(mineralogy) A mixed oxide and hydroxide of aluminium.
bohemian
bohemian
adj
Unconventional, especially in habit or dress.
noun
An unconventional or nonconformist artist or writer.
bohemias
bohemias
noun
plural of bohemia
bohemium
bohemium
noun
(chemistry) Former name of rhenium.
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.
bothrium
bothrium
noun
(zoology) A tentacle; a nerve ending that has a similar morphology
camphoid
chambioa
chamisos
chamisos
noun
plural of chamiso
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
chemosis
chemosis
noun
(medicine) Swelling and/or (especially) edema of the conjunctiva of the eye.
chemotic
chemotic
adj
Relating to chemosis.
chiefdom
chiefdom
noun
(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe, but smaller or simpler than a state.
An area or region governed by a chief.
chiliomb
chimango
chimango
noun
Milvago chimango, a South American bird of prey related to the falcon.
chimbote
chiromys
chironym
chisholm
choirman
choirman
noun
A male chorister (in a church choir)
cholemia
cholemia
noun
Alternative form of cholaemia
choliamb
choliamb
noun
(poetry) A limping iamb.
chomping
chomping
noun
The sound or action of one who chomps.
verb
present participle of chomp
choriamb
choriamb
noun
A choriambus.
chorioma
chorioma
noun
(pathology) A trophoblastic proliferation
chowtime
chowtime
noun
(slang) The time when food is eaten; a mealtime.
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.
chrisoms
chrisoms
noun
plural of chrisom
chromide
chromide
noun
Any of various cichlid fishes found in Asia.
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
chromism
chromism
noun
chromatism
chromite
chromite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark brown mineral species with the formula FeCr₂O₄.
Any member of the chromite-magnesiochromite series that is a mixed oxide of iron, magnesium and chromium with the formula (Fe,Mg)Cr₂O₄. It is a commercial source of chromium.
chromium
chromium
noun
A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.
chromize
chromize
verb
(transitive) To chrome; to treat with chromium.
chronium
chymosin
chymosin
noun
(biochemistry) The proteolytic enzyme rennin
cohanims
combfish
combfish
noun
An Australasian wrasse, Coris picta, having a comb-like stripe
complish
complish
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To accomplish.
copemish
demijohn
demijohn
noun
A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
demiphon
demolish
demolish
verb
(figuratively) To defeat, refute, discredit, or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent).
(literally) To destroy (of buildings, especially in a planned and intentional fashion).
demonish
demonish
adj
Like or characteristic of a demon; demonic.
demophil
demophil
noun
Dated form of demophile (“friend of the people”).
dimorphs
dimorphs
noun
plural of dimorph
dishumor
dishumor
noun
Alternative form of dishumour
dithymol
dochmiac
dochmiac
adj
(poetry) Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.
noun
(poetry) A verse in dochmiac metre.
dochmius
dochmius
noun
(poetry) A metrical foot of five syllables used in Greek tragedy for highly anguished scenes. The metrical pattern is typically: short-long-long-short-long.
echoisms
echoisms
noun
plural of echoism
elohimic
emathion
epochism
epochism
noun
A tendency to regard the epoch in which one lives as superior to others.
ethmoids
ethmoids
noun
plural of ethmoid
ethrogim
fishworm
fishworm
noun
A worm used as bait in angling.
ghostism
ghostism
noun
Belief in ghosts.
groomish
gumphion
gumphion
noun
(historical) A flag or banner carried in a funeral procession.
hairworm
hairworm
noun
A nematomorph.
halidome
halidoms
halidoms
noun
plural of halidom
halimous
hamiform
hamiform
adj
(conchology) Curved at the extremity.
Shaped like a hook.
hamilton
hamilton
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Hamilton (slang: a United States ten-dollar bill).
haminoea
hamitoid
haplomid
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.
heirdoms
heirdoms
noun
plural of heirdom
heirloom
heirloom
noun
(horticulture) An old crop variety that has been passed down through generations of farmers by seed saving and cultivation, in contrast to modern cultivars used in large-scale agriculture.
A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.
helotism
helotism
noun
(zoology) A form of mutualism in which one species is forced to perform tasks for another, for their mutual benefit
The permanent oppression of a nominally free group of people
hematoid
hematoid
adj
(biology) Resembling blood.
hemidome
hemiform
hemiobol
hemiobol
noun
(historical) A coin worth half an obol.
hemiolas
hemiolas
noun
plural of hemiola
hemiolia
hemiolic
hemiolic
adj
In the proportion of 1½ to 1, or 3 to 2.
hemionus
hemionus
noun
Obsolete form of hemione.
hemiopia
hemiopia
noun
hemianopia
hemiopic
hemiopic
adj
hemianopsic
hemipode
hemipode
noun
Any of a small group of birds containing 15 species, all but one of which are in the genus Turnix.
hemitone
hemitone
Noun
A semitone.
hermione
heroisms
heroisms
noun
plural of heroism
heteromi
hielamon
highmoor
highmore
highmost
highmost
adj
(obsolete) highest
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
hobbyism
hobbyism
noun
An interest in hobbies.
hoboisms
hochheim
hoistman
hoistman
noun
(mining) A person who operates the hoisting machinery.
holmiums
holmiums
noun
plural of holmium
homaging
homaging
verb
present participle of homage
homagium
homaloid
homaloid
noun
(geometry) An element of a homaloidal system, in particular the image of a hyperplane under a Cremona transformation.
homarine
homarine
adj
Of, or pertaining to, the lobster.
noun
A metabolite found in many molluscs.
homaroid
homaxial
homelier
homelier
adj
comparative form of homely: more homely
homelife
homelife
noun
The manner in which a person conducts themselves at home, as opposed to how they act in a professional setting.
homelike
homelike
adj
Having the comfortable characteristics of a home.
homelily
homelily
adv
In a homely way; plainly; inelegantly.
homeling
homeling
noun
(obsolete) A native; a person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; an inhabitant.
homeosis
homeosis
noun
(archaic) Usage of similitude in rhetoric; drawing a conclusion from similarity of two objects of study.
(pathology) The formation of a normal plant or animal structure or organ in place of another at an abnormal site; the transformation of one body part to another.
homeotic
homeotic
adj
Of or pertaining to homeosis
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
homerist
homerite
homesick
homesick
adj
(often with for) Missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic.
homesite
homesite
noun
The plot of land on which a house is or can be built
homicide
homicide
noun
(countable) A person who kills another.
(countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
(uncountable, US) The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide.
homiform
homiform
adj
(obsolete, rare or science fiction) In human form.
homilete
homilete
noun
A homilist.
homilies
homilies
noun
plural of homily
homilist
homilist
noun
One who prepares homilies; one who preaches to a congregation.
homilite
homilite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, calcium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.