(historical) A device for making mailing labels, used for much of the 20th century.
adelphogamy
adelphogamy
noun
A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
adelphophagy
adelphophagy
noun
The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenographical
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
adenopharyngeal
adenopharyngitis
adenophlegmon
adenophlegmon
noun
(obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland
adephaga
adephagan
adephagan
noun
Any of many beetles of the suborder Adephaga.
adephagia
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
adhering
adhering
verb
present participle of adhere
adighe
adyghe
adyghe
Proper noun
A Northwest Caucasian language spoken in the Republic of Adygea, in the Russian Federation, also known as West Circassian.
affrighted
affrighted
adj
(archaic) Terrified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affright
affrightedly
affrightedly
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
afterdischarge
afterdischarge
noun
Any discharge that occurs after the cause or stimulus has ceased
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
agatharchides
agathodaemon
agathodaemon
noun
A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
agathodaemonic
agathodaemonic
adj
Relating to an agathodaemon.
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
aglethead
agriochoeridae
ahmednagar
ahungered
ahungered
adj
pinched with hunger; very hungry
airfreighted
airfreighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airfreight
airohydrogen
airohydrogen
adj
Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and air.
albedograph
alighted
alighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alight
amygdophenin
androgametophore
andrographolide
andrographolide
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter labdane diterpenoid that is the main bioactive component of the medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata, effective against certain cancers
androsphinges
aneroidograph
angelhood
angelhood
noun
The state of being an angel.
angiocardiographies
anguished
anguished
adj
Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anguish
anhungered
anhungered
Adjective
Hungry.
anhydroglocose
anthologised
anthologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologise
anthologized
anthologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologize
appendorontgenography
apprehending
apprehending
noun
An act by which something is apprehended.
verb
present participle of apprehend
apprehendingly
apprehendingly
adv
With apprehension or understanding.
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
backlighted
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
bangladesh
barehanding
bechignoned
bechignoned
adj
Wearing one's hair in a chignon.
bedclothing
bedclothing
noun
bedclothes
bedight
bedight
adj
(archaic) That has been equipped or bedecked.
verb
(archaic) To equip or bedeck.
bedighted
bedighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedight
bedighting
bedighting
verb
present participle of bedight
bedights
bedights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedight
bedlight
bedlight
noun
A bedside light.
bedlingtonshire
bednighted
bednights
bedrenching
bedrenching
verb
present participle of bedrench
bedright
bedright
noun
Alternative form of bedrite
beggarhood
beggarhood
noun
The class of beggars generally.
The condition of being a beggar.
beghard
beghard
Noun
One of an association of religious laymen living in semimonastic communities in imitation of the Beguines, and influenced by Albigensian teachings and by the
beheading
beheading
noun
An instance of a person being beheaded.
verb
present participle of behead
behedge
behedge
verb
(transitive) To determine the boundary or limit of; define.
(transitive) To hedge about; surround with or as with a hedge.
(transitive) To straiten; restrict; constrain; limit.
(transitive) To surround; beset; plague; hinder.
behindsight
beholding
beholding
adj
Obsolete form of beholden.
noun
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
(figuratively, obsolete) Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.
(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
(obsolete) Plunged into darkness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benight
benightedly
benightedly
adv
In a benighted manner.
benightedness
benightedness
noun
The quality of being benighted.
berchtesgaden
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
bighead
bighead
noun
(countable, colloquial) Any of several species of fish having a large head.
(countable, colloquial, especially used by children) A person having an inflated opinion of himself; a conceited or arrogant person.
(uncountable, colloquial) Any of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head.
bigheaded
bigheaded
adj
Alternative spelling of big-headed
bigheads
bigheads
noun
plural of bighead
bighearted
bighearted
adj
Noble, kind and generous
bigheartedly
bigheartedly
adv
In a bighearted manner
bigheartedness
bigheartedness
noun
The quality of being bighearted.
bighted
bighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bight
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
billheading
bleachground
blighted
blighted
adj
Having caused to suffer a blight.
Having suffered a blight.
Ruined, spoiled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blight
bloodshedding
bloodshedding
noun
The act of shedding blood.
boardinghouse
boardinghouse
noun
Alternative spelling of boarding house
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
bodyweight
bodyweight
adj
Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.
noun
The weight or mass of an organism.
boltheading
borderlight
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
boughed
boughed
adj
Having (a specified kind of) boughs.
brachioganoidei
bradleigh
branchiostegidae
brandenburgh
breechloading
breechloading
adj
Describing a breechloader gun: one that has ammunition loaded from the rear of the barrel rather than where it will exit.
bridegroomship
bridgehampton
bridgehead
bridgehead
noun
(chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms
(military) A fortification around the end of a bridge.
(military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
An area around the end of a bridge.
bridgeheads
bridgeheads
noun
plural of bridgehead
brigadiership
brigadiership
noun
The role or position of a brigadier.
brightened
brightened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brighten
budgereegah
budgereegah
noun
Archaic form of budgerigar.
budgerigah
budgerygah
bughead
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulldoggishness
burgherdom
burgherhood
burgherhood
noun
The role or status of burgher.
cabbagehead
cabbagehead
noun
(geology) A roughly spherical aggregation of a mineral.
A common type of jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris
A head of cabbage.
A stupid person; an idiot.
A style of smokestack on a wood-burning locomotive that has a roughly spherical top on a straight narrow stack.
The larval form (caterpillar) of Crocidolomia pavonana, which is a pest that eats cabbages.
cabbageheaded
cabbageheadedness
cambridgeshire
cambridgeshire
Proper noun
An inland county of East Anglia, England. County town Cambridge, bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
campephagidae
campshedding
campshedding
noun
piles and boards used to line the bank of a river
verb
present participle of campshed
candlelight
candlelight
noun
The light emitted by a candle.
candlelighted
candlelighted
adj
candlelit
candlelighter
candlelighter
noun
A person who lights candles.
A spill used for lighting candles.
candlelighting
candlelighting
noun
The lighting of a candle, especially as part of a ceremony
candlelights
candlelights
noun
plural of candlelight
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
carbohydrogen
cardiganshire
cardiganshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Brecknockshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire.
cardiographer
cardiographer
noun
Synonym of cardiographist
cardiographies
cardiographies
noun
plural of cardiography
cardiopneumograph
casehardening
casehardening
verb
present participle of caseharden
cathodegraph
cathodegraph
noun
Alternative form of cathodograph
celidographer
celidography
chagrined
chagrined
adj
Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chagrin
chagrinned
chagrinned
adj
Alternative form of chagrined
chairmending
chalcogenide
chalcogenide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any binary compound of a chalcogen with a more electropositive element.
challenged
challenged
adj
(euphemistic) Lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill ; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.
(humorous) Used following adverbs to make adjectives in imitation of and mocking adjectives of this kind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of challenge
champagned
champagned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagne
champagnized
champagnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of champagnize
chandelling
chandelling
verb
present participle of chandelle
chandernagor
chandernagore
chandlering
chandlering
noun
The trade of a chandler
changed
changed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of change
changedale
changedale
noun
(Ireland, historical) A system of land tenure in which fields were reallotted when they went out of cultivation.