A Jewish woman who is trapped in a marriage from which she cannot escape, either because her husband has disappeared or because he will not grant her a gett.
ainhum
ainhum
noun
(medicine) A painful constriction of the base of the fifth toe, frequently followed by autoamputation, occurring predominantly in black Africans and their descendants.
akhund
akhund
noun
(chiefly historical) A spiritual leader in Persia, parts of Central Asia and Xinjiang, China.
(colloquial, Central Asia or Xinjiang) Uyghur; Dungan; Hui Muslim
anahau
aneuch
ankush
anthus
authon
bandhu
behung
behung
adj
Draped; ornamented with something hanging.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behang
benhur
bhudan
bhungi
bhutan
bohunk
bohunk
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A brawny or coarse person.
(Canada, US, ethnic slur) An immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated.
brunch
brunch
noun
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
verb
To eat brunch.
buchan
buchan
Proper noun
an administrative district in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
and (Clan Buchan). Of note is John Buchan, the author.
bunche
bunchy
bunchy
adj
Having, or growing in bunches.
bunyah
bunyah
noun
Alternative form of bunya (“banyan; Hindu caste member”)
caunch
chacun
chandu
charnu
chauna
chaunt
chaunt
noun
Obsolete spelling of chant
cheung
chinua
chonju
chouan
chuana
chulan
chulan
noun
The fragrant flowers of Chloranthus spicatus (formerly Chloranthus inconspicuus), used in China for perfuming tea.
chunam
chunam
noun
A type of plaster used in India, made from shell-lime and sand.
verb
(transitive) To plaster or waterproof with chunam.
chunga
chunks
chunks
noun
plural of chunk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunk
chunky
chunky
adj
(euphemistic, of a person) Fat.
Having chunks.
Of a cat: having a large, solid bodyline.
noun
Alternative form of chunkey (Native American game).
chupon
chupon
noun
Any of several South American trees (Bumelia obtusifolia or Gustavia yaracuyensis)
churns
churns
noun
plural of churn
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of churn
clunch
clunch
noun
(UK) A traditional building material mostly made of chalk or clay.
verb
(transitive) To grasp firmly; clench.
cohune
cohune
noun
A species of palm, Attalea cohune, native to South America, that produces large nuts.
crunch
crunch
noun
(chiefly US) The symbol #.
(cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
(exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
(slang) A shortage.
(software engineering, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
A critical moment or event.
A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
A problem that leads to a crisis.
verb
(automotive, transitive) To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
(computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
(slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
(software engineering, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
To grind or press with violence and noise.
cuchan
cunjah
curhan
daunch
dhanuk
dhurna
dhurna
noun
(India) Alternative form of dharna
duchan
dunham
eneuch
eneugh
enhusk
enough
enough
adv
Fully; quite; used after adjectives to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very.
Sufficiently.
Used after certain adverbs to emphasise that a quality is notable, unexpected, etc.
det
Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
intj
Stop! Don't do that any more!
noun
(rare, chiefly in the plural) An instance of being sufficient, or of doing something sufficiently.
pron
A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
ethbun
eunuch
eunuch
noun
(in translations of ancient texts) A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate.
A castrated human male.
Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials.
euphon
faunch
faunch
noun
(dated, fandom slang) A desire; a yearning.
verb
(US, chiefly Midland American English and Western American English) To complain; to rant; to rave.
(US, chiefly Midland American English and Western American English) To worry; to be eager; to show impatience.
(US, equestrianism) To bite the bit, especially when restless; to champ.
(dated, fandom slang) To desire; to yearn; to covet.
fushun
fushun
Proper noun
A city in Liaoning province, China.
gaunch
gaunch
verb
Alternative form of ganch (“to impale”)
glunch
grunch
grunth
gunjah
gunyah
gunyah
noun
(Australia) A traditional Aboriginal dwelling made of bark and sticks.
gunyeh
haikun
hamsun
hangul
hangul
noun
The Kashmir stag.
hangup
hangup
noun
Alternative spelling of hang-up
hankul
hannus
haroun
haroun
noun
(by extension) The leading figures of the Daraawiish (i.e. commanders, governors, representatives, judges etc.) considered collectively.
(idiomatic, by extension) The Daraawiish government.
haugen
haunce
haunce
noun
(obsolete, historical) Alternative form of hanse.
verb
(obsolete) To enhance.
haunch
haunch
noun
(anatomy) The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.
(architecture) A squat vertical support structure.
(dialect) A jerked underhand throw.
The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food.
verb
(transitive, architecture) To provide with a haunch or supporting structure.
(transitive, dialect) To throw with an underhand movement.
haunts
haunts
noun
plural of haunt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of haunt
haunty
hausen
hausen
noun
European sturgeon (Huso huso)
hauyne
hauyne
noun
Alternative spelling of haüyne
haxtun
heunis
heusen
hindus
hognut
hognut
noun
(UK) Conopodium majus, a tuberous plant of the Apiaceae.
(US) The pignut or hickory (Carya glabra of family Juglandaceae).
Certain rushpeas, particularly Hoffmannseggia glauca (syn. Hoffmannseggia densiflora) Indian rushpea, of the Fabaceae.
Hyptis suaveolens of the Lamiaceae.
holmun
honomu
honour
honour
noun
(countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen.
(countable, card games) In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.
(feudal law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
(golf) The right to play one's ball before one's opponent.
(heraldry, countable) The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point).
(in the plural) (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank.
(in the plural) The privilege of going first.
(uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).
(uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.
A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
A privilege.
verb
British spelling, Canadian spelling, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
honshu
houdan
houdan
Noun
A domestic chicken of an old French breed, having an unusual butterfly-shaped comb and five toes rather than the usual four.
Proper noun
A commune in Yvelines, France.
houdon
hounce
hounds
hounds
noun
plural of hound
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hound
houndy
houndy
adj
Like, resembling, or characteristic of a hound; houndlike.
housen
housen
noun
(now chiefly dialectal) plural of house
howund
hubing
huchen
huchen
noun
Hucho hucho, a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes.
hudnut
hudson
hudson
Proper noun
A river in United States that flows through upstate New York down the Hudson valley into the Atlantic Ocean.
name, transferred from the surname.
A town in Colorado
A in Florida
A village in Illinois
A town in Indiana
A city in Iowa
A city in Kansas
A town in Maine
A town in Massachusetts
A city in Michigan
A town in New Hampshire
A city in New York State
A town in North Carolina
A city in Ohio
A in Pennsylvania
A city in Quebec, Canada
A town in South Dakota
A city in Texas
A city in Wisconsin
A town in Wyoming
huggin
hultin
hulton
humane
humane
adj
Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.
Obsolete spelling of human
Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.
humans
humans
noun
plural of human
humean
hunchy
hunder
hungar
hunger
hunger
noun
(by extension) Any strong desire.
A need or compelling desire for food.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To make hungry; to famish.
(figuratively, intransitive, usually with 'for' or 'after') To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
(intransitive) To be in need of food.
hungry
hungry
adj
(figuratively) Eager, having an avid desire (‘appetite’) for something.
Affected by hunger; having an uncomfortable feeling in your stomach because you need food.
Causing hunger.
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
hunker
hunker
noun
(dated) A political conservative.
verb
(intransitive) To apply oneself to a task
(intransitive) To crouch or squat close to the ground or lie down
hunkie
hunkie
noun
Alternative form of hunky
hunley
hunner
hunnic
hunnic
Adjective
Relating to the Huns.
Proper noun
The language of the Huns.
hunted
hunted
adj
(figuratively) Nervous and agitated, as if pursued.
Being the subject of a hunt.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hunt
hunter
hunter
noun
(psychology) A person who bottles up their aggression and eventually releases it explosively.
A dog used in hunting.
A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
A pocket watch with a spring-hinged circular metal cover that closes over the dial and crystal, protecting them from dust and scratches.
One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
One who hunts or seeks after anything.
huntly
hunyak
hurden
hurden
noun
(UK, dialect) A coarse kind of linen made from hurds.
husain
husein
huston
hutner
hutson
huttan
hutton
hutung
hutung
noun
Dated spelling of hutong.
hydnum
hypnum
hypnum
noun
Any member of the genus Hypnum of mosses.
hypnus
inbush
ingush
ingush
Adjective
Of, or pertaining to Ingushetia, a republic of Russia.
Noun
A person from Ingushetia
Proper noun
A Caucasian language spoken in and around Ingushetia
inhaul
inhaul
noun
(nautical) A rope used to haul in the clew of a sail, or a jib boom
inhume
inhume
verb
(transitive) To bury in a grave.
inpush
inrush
inrush
noun
A crowding or flooding in.
The initial flow of electricity into a component when it is switched on.
verb
(obsolete) To rush in.
ithunn
kahuna
kahuna
noun
(Hawaii) A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion.
(surfing) A great surfer.
khanum
khanum
noun
(historical) An aristocratic lady in the Middle East or South Asia.
khulna
khulna
Proper noun
A prefecture-level city in Khulna District, western Bangladesh
kuchen
kuchen
noun
Any of several types of cake, typically eaten with coffee.
kuhnau
kuhnia
launch
launch
noun
(nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
(nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.
(nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
verb
(intransitive) Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
(intransitive, computing, of a program) To start to operate.
(intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
(transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
(transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
(transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale
(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
(transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
(transitive, computing) To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
(transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
manchu
maunch
maunch
noun
(heraldry) A long stylised sleeve.
verb
(obsolete) To munch.
mochun
munchy
munchy
noun
(informal) A snack.
munich
munith
munshi
munshi
noun
(South Asia) A clerk or secretary.
(South Asia) A language teacher, especially one teaching Hindustani or Persian.