(botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
(of a manuscript) Lacking the first portion of the text.
(prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
(rare) Without a beginning.
(social sciences, political science, sociology) A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.
(zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
Having no head.
adulthoods
adulthoods
noun
plural of adulthood
allophylus
almshouses
almshouses
noun
plural of almshouse.
antilochus
asphodelus
athalamous
athalamous
adj
(botany, rare) Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, like the thallus of certain lichens.
austrophil
authorless
authorless
adj
Without an author.
biophilous
biophilous
adj
(psychology) Exhibiting or relating to biophilia.
blockhouse
blockhouse
noun
(dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
boselaphus
bullshoals
catholicus
cephalotus
chalybeous
chalybeous
adj
(zoology) steel blue; of the colour of tempered steel.
chauliodes
chivalrous
chivalrous
adj
(of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
involving chivalry.
chlorinous
chlorinous
adj
Containing chlorine.
chondrules
chondrules
noun
plural of chondrule
choruslike
choruslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.
chosunilbo
choultries
choultries
noun
plural of choultry
chrysobull
chrysobull
noun
(religion) golden bull
chuckholes
chuckholes
noun
plural of chuckhole
chylaceous
chylaceous
adj
(physiology) Resembling or consisting of chyle.
clockhouse
clockhouse
noun
(architecture) A house or dwelling featuring a large visible clock on its exterior.
(architecture) A part of a building featuring such a clock; the section of a clocktower in which the clock is housed.
closemouth
clubhouses
clubhouses
noun
plural of clubhouse
cochliodus
conolophus
consulship
consulship
Noun
The office of a consul, in its various senses.
The term of office of a consul.
cubbyholes
cubbyholes
noun
plural of cubbyhole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cubbyhole
deflourish
didelphous
didelphous
adj
Synonym of didelphic
dinophilus
diphyllous
diphyllous
adj
(botany) Having two leaves.
disulphone
dolicholus
dolichurus
dollhouses
dollhouses
noun
plural of dollhouse
dustcloths
dustcloths
noun
plural of dustcloth
elychnious
euhyostyly
euomphalus
eurylochus
exomphalus
exomphalus
noun
Alternative form of exomphalos
flophouses
flophouses
noun
plural of flophouse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flophouse
flourished
flourished
adj
Decorated with flourishes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flourish
flourisher
flourisher
noun
One who flourishes.
flourishes
flourishes
noun
plural of flourish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish
flushboard
flushboard
noun
Alternative form of flashboard
geophilous
geophilous
adj
(botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground.
(phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi.
Fruiting underground.
Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
ghoulishly
ghoulishly
adv
In a ghoulish manner.
glasshouse
glasshouse
noun
(Britain military slang) A military prison.
A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
A greenhouse, especially one for commercial use.
gluttonish
gluttonish
adj
gluttonous
halogenous
halogenous
adj
(chemistry) Of a compound: containing a halogen as part of the molecule.
halosaurus
haustorial
haustorial
adj
Relating to a haustorium.
heliconius
helleborus
hemophilus
heredolues
heredolues
noun
heredosyphilis
herophilus
hiliferous
hillhousia
hippolytus
hirtellous
hirtellous
adj
(botany, zoology) pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs
hobblebush
hobblebush
noun
A low bush of species Viburnum lantanoides, having long, straggling branches and pretty flowers, found in the northern United States.
A similar bush of India (Viburnum grandiflorum)
holocausts
holocausts
noun
plural of holocaust
holodiscus
hologamous
hologamous
adj
(biology) Relating to, or exhibiting hologamy
holosteous
homologous
homologous
adj
(biology) Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.
(chemistry) Belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds that differ only by the addition of a CH₂ group.
(cultural anthropology, structural anthropology) Playing the same role as seen in another culture, whether by historical connection, psychological archetype, convergent cultural evolution, or otherwise (as may be hypothesized but not known with certainty by current science), as for example with the cryptozoologic concepts of yeti and sasquatch, the use of polite and familiar pronouns, or other similarities.
(genetics) Having the same morphology as another chromosome or locus; relating to a homologue.
(mathematics) In corresponding proportion.
homosexual
homosexual
adj
(dated) Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.
(of a person or animal, formal, distancing or dated) Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)
(of a romantic or sexual act or relationship, formal, distancing or dated) Between two people of the same sex; gay.
noun
(typically formal, distancing or dated) A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.
homunculus
homunculus
noun
A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.
The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.
honourless
honourless
adj
Without honour; dishonourable or dishonoured.
hoodlumish
hoodlumish
adj
Characteristic of hoodlums.
hoodlumism
hoodlumism
noun
Behavior characteristic of a hoodlum.
horselaugh
horselaugh
noun
A loud, boisterous laugh.
houseclean
houseclean
verb
(intransitive) To clean the interior and furnishings of a residence.
(intransitive) To make major reforms; to clean house.
(transitive) To clean the interior and residential furnishings of.
(transitive) To rid of undesirable personnel and procedures.
houseflies
houseflies
noun
plural of housefly
households
households
noun
plural of household
houselling
houselling
verb
present participle of housel
houseplant
houseplant
noun
A plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.
A variety of plant that is especially suited to such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.
huddleston
hulotheism
hulotheism
noun
Alternative form of hylotheism
humoralism
humoralism
noun
(obsolete, medicine) The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humours; humorism.
(obsolete, medicine) The state or quality of being humoral.
humoralist
humoralist
noun
One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.
humorously
humorously
adv
In a humorous manner; jocularly
humourless
humourless
adj
(British spelling, Canada) Alternative spelling of humorless
hushllsost
hylocereus
hylotomous
hyoglossus
hyoglossus
noun
(anatomy) A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the body and the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone.
hypohalous
hypohalous
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Describing any oxyacid of a halogen having a general formula H-O-X
jailhouses
jailhouses
noun
plural of jailhouse
jewelhouse
jewelhouse
noun
A building where jewels are stored.
journalish
lachrymous
lethocerus
lighthouse
lighthouse
noun
A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.
lithodomus
longshucks
louchettes
louchettes
noun
Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting vision only directly in front.
loudmouths
loudmouths
noun
plural of loudmouth
lunchrooms
lunchrooms
noun
plural of lunchroom
melichrous
millhousen
mollicrush
mouthishly
nonplushed
nonplushed
adj
(dated, pronunciation spelling) nonplussed
olivehurst
onslaughts
onslaughts
noun
plural of onslaught
ophiobolus
oughtlings
outblushed
outblushed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outblush
outblushes
outblushes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outblush
outlandish
outlandish
adj
(archaic) Foreign; alien.
Bizarre; strange.
overlushly
overslaugh
overslaugh
noun
(US, dialect) A bar in a river.
verb
(US, dialect, slang, transitive) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or impediment.
oxyphilous
oxysulphid
parlourish
parlourish
adj
Britain standard spelling of parlorish.
phalloncus
phaseolous
philoetius
phocomelus
phocomelus
noun
(dated) Phocomelia.
A person with phocomelia.
pilothouse
pilothouse
noun
(nautical) A wheelhouse.
A yacht or other small vessel which has a wheelhouse.
playhouses
playhouses
noun
plural of playhouse
plethorous
pliohippus
ploughfish
ploughshoe
ploughwise
ploughwise
adj
Moving, like a plough on a field, alternately from left to right and from right to left.
adv
In a ploughwise manner.
polyanthus
polyanthus
noun
A type of primula, apparently originally from a hybrid between the cowslip and the primrose, having many different-coloured flowers.
polyphemus
polyphemus
noun
Synonym of polyphemus moth
prothallus
prothallus
noun
A prothallium.
proudishly
proudishly
adv
In a proudish manner.
psilothrum
pullshovel
pushmobile
pushmobile
noun
An improvised wheeled vehicle propelled by pushing, used in children's races.
reflourish
reflourish
verb
(intransitive) To flourish again.
reshoulder
reshoulder
verb
(transitive) To place (a burden) back onto one's shoulder.
After a break for lunch, we reshouldered our backpacks and resumed the hike.
roughishly
roughishly
adv
In a roughish manner; somewhat roughly.
roughslant
russophile
russophile
Noun
A person who loves the country, culture or people of Russia.
shellbound
shillhouse
shouldered
shouldered
adj
(in combination) Having or pertaining to (a specific kind of) shoulders.