(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).
auchinleck
bacchuslike
backhaul
backhaul
noun
(broadcasting) Uncut program content that is transmitted point-to-point to an individual television or radio station, network or other receiving entity where it will be integrated into a finished show.
(military) The shipment of material to or through an area from which the material had previously been shipped.
(transport) A return trip after delivery of cargo.
(travel, aviation, fare construction) Travel to a destination via a further point, or a higher fare point, than the destination (higher intermediate point).
verb
To transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted.
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
backhauls
backhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhaul
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
blackbrush
blackbrush
noun
A shrub of the genus Coleogyne
blackbush
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.
blockhouses
blockhouses
noun
plural of blockhouse
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
brushlike
brushlike
adj
Having the form of a brush.
buckholts
buckishly
buckishly
adv
In a buckish manner.
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
buhlwork
buhlwork
noun
(woodworking) Alternative form of buhl work
buhlworks
bulkhead
bulkhead
noun
(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
A retaining wall along a waterfront.
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
bulkheaded
bulkheaded
adj
Furnished with a bulkhead or bulkheads.
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulkheads
bulkheads
noun
plural of bulkhead
bulkish
bulkish
adj
bulky; large
bullwhack
bullwhack
verb
(US) To work as a bullwhacker, driving a bullock team.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bulrushlike
bulrushlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bulrush.
bundelkhand
bushelbasket
bushkill
bushlike
bushlike
adj
Resembling a bush; bushly.
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
chalkcutter
chaluka
chalukya
chalukyan
cheekful
cheekful
noun
A partial mouthful, enough to fill one's cheek.
cheekfuls
chelyuskin
cherublike
cherublike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cherub.
chikmagalur
chockful
chockful
adj
Alternative spelling of chock-full
chockfull
choruslike
choruslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.
chuckawalla
chuckawalla
noun
Alternative form of chuckwalla
chuckawallas
chuckawallas
noun
plural of chuckawalla
chuckfull
chuckhole
chuckhole
noun
(US) A pothole.
chuckholes
chuckholes
noun
plural of chuckhole
chuckingly
chuckle
chuckle
adj
(obsolete) Clumsy.
noun
A quiet laugh.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
(transitive) To communicate through chuckling.
(transitive, archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
(transitive, archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
To laugh quietly or inwardly.
chuckled
chuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chuckle
chucklehead
chucklehead
noun
(informal) A stupid or clumsy person.
A coastal rockfish of California, Sebastes chlorostictus.
chuckleheaded
chuckleheaded
adj
stupid, idiotic
chuckleheadedness
chuckleheadedness
noun
The quality of being chuckleheaded.
chuckleheads
chuckleheads
noun
plural of chucklehead
chuckler
chuckler
noun
(India, archaic) A shoemaker, a cobbler.
Someone who chuckles.
chucklers
chucklers
noun
plural of chuckler
chuckles
chuckles
noun
plural of chuckle
chucklesome
chucklesome
adj
Causing chuckles; humorous.
chuckling
chuckling
noun
(gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles
verb
present participle of chuckle
chucklingly
chucklingly
adv
in a chuckling manner
chuckwalla
chuckwalla
noun
An iguana, of the genus Sauromalus, living in arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
chuckwallas
chuckwallas
noun
plural of chuckwalla
chunkily
chunkily
adv
In a chunky way.
churchlike
churchlike
adj
Resembling or befitting a church or a worship service.
churnmilk
churnmilk
noun
Synonym of buttermilk
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.
clockmutch
clockmutch
noun
(New York, obsolete) A three-piece cap or bonnet worn by women, with a straight central piece reaching from the neck to the forehead and two side pieces reaching as far down as the chin.
crookshouldered
crutchlike
crutchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crutch.
cuckhold
cuckhold
noun
Obsolete form of cuckold.
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
dikelocephalus
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
duchesslike
duchesslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a duchess.
ducklingship
duskishly
duskishly
adv
In a duskish manner.
elkhound
elkhound
noun
Any Scandinavian breed of dog bred to hunt elk (US: moose).
Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).
elkhounds
elkhounds
noun
plural of elkhound
fleshquake
fleshquake
noun
A tremor or quiver of the body.
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
flunkyish
flunkyish
adj
Like a flunky.
gemuetlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
noun
Alternative form of Gemütlichkeit
grieshuckle
gulfhammock
gumpoldskirchner
gunkhole
gunkhole
noun
(nautical) A small cove, especially a small fishing community.
verb
(nautical) To cruise in shallow coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
gunkholed
gunkholed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gunkhole
gunkholing
gunkholing
noun
(nautical) cruising in shallow, coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
gurkhali
hackleburg
hakalau
hakenkreuzler
hakluyt
halucket
halukkah
handkerchiefful
handkerchiefful
noun
As much as a handkerchief will hold.
hankul
haulback
hecklau
heiltsuk
heilungkiang
hikuli
holluschick
holluschick
noun
A "bachelor seal"; a holluschickie.
holluschickie
holluschickie
noun
A bachelor seal; a young male seal which is prevented from mating by its herd's older males, mated bulls defending their territory.
plural of holluschick
holoku
holoku
noun
(Hawaii) Synonym of Mother Hubbard: a kind of loose dress introduced to Hawaii by Christian missionaries.
honeysuckle
honeysuckle
noun
Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers.
Banksia aquilonia (northern banksia)
Banksia integrifolia (coast banksia)
Banksia marginata (silver banksia)
Banksia serrata (red honeysuckle)
Lambertia multiflora (many-flowered honeysuckle)
honeysuckled
honeysuckled
adj
Covered with honeysuckle.
honeysuckles
honeysuckles
noun
plural of honeysuckle
houlka
houndlike
houndlike
adj
Like, resembling, or characteristic of a hound; houndly.
hounskull
hounskull
noun
A type of visor, drawn out into a conical point like a muzzle or beak which improved ventilation and deflected blows, or a helmet having such a visor.
housekeeperlike
housekeeperly
housekeeperly
adj
Befitting a housekeeper.
houseleek
houseleek
noun
Any of several succulent plants, of the genus Sempervivum, having a rosette of fleshy leaves
huckle
huckle
noun
(Tyneside, derogatory) A homosexual man.
(obsolete) The hip, the haunch.
A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
huckleback
hucklebacked
huckleberries
huckleberries
noun
plural of huckleberry
huckleberry
huckleberry
noun
(US, slang) The person one is looking for; the right person for the job.
(slang) A person of little consequence.
A shrub growing this fruit.
A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.
A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.
verb
(intransitive) To pick huckleberries.
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
huckles
huckles
noun
plural of huckle
hukbalahap
hukill
hulk
hulk
noun
(archaic) A large ship used for transportation; (more generally) a large ship that is difficult to manoeuvre.
(bodybuilding) An excessively muscled person.
(by extension) A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and rigging, and often put to other uses such as accommodation or storage.
(figuratively) A big (and possibly clumsy) person.
(figuratively) A large structure with a dominating presence.
verb
(intransitive) Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily.
(intransitive) To be a hulk, that is, a large, hulking, and often imposing presence.
(transitive) To move (a large, hulking body).
(transitive, obsolete except Britain, dialectal) To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.
To reduce (a ship) to a non-functional hulk.
To temporarily house (goods, people, etc.) in such a hulk.
hulkage
hulked
hulked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hulk
hulkier
hulkier
adj
comparative form of hulky: more hulky
hulkiest
hulkiest
adj
superlative form of hulky: most hulky
hulkily
hulkiness
hulking
hulking
adj
Large and bulky, heavily built; massive.
noun
A kind of sloping embankment used as a coastal defence.
verb
present participle of hulk
hulkingly
hulkingly
adv
In a hulking manner.
hulkingness
hulks
hulks
noun
plural of hulk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hulk
hulky
hulky
adj
Large; hulking.
hullock
hullock
noun
(sailing) A small part of a sail lowered in a gale to keep the ship’s head to the sea.
humanlike
humanlike
adj
Having characteristics of a human.
humuslike
humuslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of humus (compounds in soil).
hunlike
hunterlike
hunterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hunter.
hurkle
hurkle
verb
(intransitive) to draw in the parts of the body, especially with pain or cold