(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
archmugwump
argusfishes
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
augitophyre
auriphrygia
auriphrygia
Noun
Properly, gold embroidery; ecclesiastically, an ornamental band on various vestments; an orphrey: used especially of the orphrey of a miter, which is a richly adorned band around its lower edge.
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autographal
autographal
adj
(obsolete) autographic
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autographer
autographer
noun
Someone who writes an autograph
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
auxographic
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
budgereegah
budgereegah
noun
Archaic form of budgerigar.
bulgarophil
burghmaster
burghmaster
noun
(UK, mining, historical) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers.
A burgomaster.
bushrangers
bushrangers
noun
plural of bushranger
bushranging
bushranging
noun
The outlaw lifestyle of a bushranger.
cardophagus
chargehouse
chargehouse
noun
(nonce word, obsolete) A schoolhouse.
chateaugray
chaulmaugra
chaulmoogra
chaulmoogra
noun
A tree found in Southeast Asia, Hydnocarpus wightiana, which yields an oil that was formerly used as a treatment for leprosy.
chemurgical
chemurgical
Adjective
Relating to chemurgy.
chikmagalur
chirurgical
chirurgical
adj
(archaic) Surgical.
chitragupta
chitragupta
Proper noun
A Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth.
chloragogue
chloragogue
adj
Relating to or characteristic of chloragogen cells
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
creophagous
creophagous
adj
flesh-eating
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
downdraught
downdraught
noun
Alternative spelling of downdraft
draughtiest
draughtiest
adj
superlative form of draughty: most draughty
draughtsman
draughtsman
noun
(obsolete) A book illustrator.
(obsolete) One who drinks drams; a tippler.
A person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans.
A piece in the game of draughts (checkers).
draughtsmen
draughtsmen
noun
plural of draughtsman
dreadnaught
dreadnaught
noun
Alternative spelling of dreadnought
dreadnought
dreadnought
noun
(informal) A type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.
(military, nautical, historical) A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
(music) A type of acoustic guitar with a very large body and a waist that is less pronounced than on other guitar shapes, producing a deep, bold sound.
A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.
A person who fears nothing.
One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind.
Something that assures against fear.
The cloth itself; fearnaught.
earthtongue
earthtongue
noun
Alternative form of earth tongue
eurygnathic
euryphagous
euryphagous
adj
(ecology) Feeding on a large variety of food.
farnborough
farnborough
Proper noun
a town in north-east Hampshire, England.
a residential area in the London Borough of Bromley.
a village in Berkshire, and a village in Warwickshire, both in England.
figureheads
figureheads
noun
plural of figurehead
fireflaught
flaughtbred
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
forstraught
forstraught
adj
(obsolete, rare) Distracted.
galeorhinus
gaultherase
gaultherine
goddaughter
goddaughter
noun
A female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.
grangemouth
grihyasutra
guardhouses
guardhouses
noun
plural of guardhouse
gyracanthus
haircutting
haircutting
noun
The act or service of cutting hair.
hamletsburg
handgravure
handwrought
handwrought
adj
Made by hand, handmade
harangueful
harangueful
adj
Full of haranguing.
hardinsburg
harmonsburg
harrodsburg
harrumphing
harrumphing
verb
present participle of harrumph
hartstongue
hartstongue
noun
Alternative spelling of hart's tongue.
harveysburg
harzburgite
harzburgite
noun
An ultramafic igneous rock, a variety of peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.
hattiesburg
headborough
headborough
noun
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: a peace officer or underconstable.
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: the head of a tithing.
healthguard
hemautogram
heptangular
heptangular
adj
Having seven angles.
hercogamous
hercogamous
adj
(botany) Not capable of self-fertilization; said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle prevents autogamy.
hierurgical
hierurgical
adj
Relating to hierurgy.
hippotragus
hollansburg
horselaughs
horselaughs
noun
plural of horselaugh
hourglasses
hourglasses
noun
plural of hourglass
hucksterage
hucksterage
noun
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
hydrargyrum
hydrargyrum
noun
(chemistry, medicine) Mercury (chemical element)
hygromatous
hypergamous
hypergamous
adj
Of or pertaining to hypergamy.
hypergeusia
hypergeusia
noun
A taste disorder in which the sense of taste is abnormally heightened
languishers
languishers
noun
plural of languisher
largemouths
largemouths
noun
plural of largemouth
laughterful
laughterful
adj
Full of laughter; indicative of, characterised by, or expressing laughter or mirth.
laughworthy
laughworthy
adj
(rare) Deserving to be laughed at, laughable.
macrophagus
marlborough
marlborough
Proper noun
a town in Wiltshire, England
Marlborough College
a dukedom in the British peerage
a region and former province in the South Island of New Zealand.
maryborough
maryborough
Proper noun
A city in Queensland, Australia.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
megatherium
megatherium
noun
A ground sloth of the extinct genus Megatherium
multicharge
multicharge
adj
Involving, or capable of holding, more than one charge.
museography
museography
noun
The description of museum collections.
neurography
neurography
noun
(anatomy) imaging of the nerves
orthogamous
orthogamous
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to orthogamy
outcharging
outcharging
verb
present participle of outcharge
outcharming
outcharming
verb
present participle of outcharm
outmarching
outmarching
verb
present participle of outmarch
outreaching
outreaching
noun
An act of reaching out.
verb
present participle of outreach
overdraught
overdraught
noun
(chiefly Britain) An overdraft.
overfraught
overfraught
adj
Full of distress; overloaded with cares or worries.
verb
past participle of overfreight
overhaughty
overhaughty
adj
Excessively haughty.
overhauling
overhauling
noun
The act by which something is overhauled.
verb
present participle of overhaul
overslaughs
overslaughs
noun
plural of overslaugh
parachuting
parachuting
noun
The sport of jumping with a parachute.
verb
present participle of parachute
paragnathus
paragnathus
noun
(zoology) One of the small, horny, tooth-like jaws of certain annelids.
(zoology) One of the two lobes forming the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea.
perognathus
phragmidium
plattsburgh
ploughshare
ploughshare
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of plowshare
pluviograph
pluviograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the amount of water that has fallen (i.e. a rain gauge), with a feature to register the data in real time to demonstrate rainfall over a short period, often an automated graphing instrument.
pneumograph
pneumograph
noun
Alternative form of pneumatograph
prognathous
prognathous
adj
Having jaws that project forward more than is usual.
pseudograph
pseudograph
noun
(graph theory) A graph that contains loops as well as multiple edges between vertices
A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.
ramgunshoch
relaunching
relaunching
noun
A second or subsequent launching.
verb
present participle of relaunch
roughcaster
roughcaster
noun
someone who works with roughcasting.
roughtailed
sagebrusher
sagebrusher
noun
(US, historical, informal) A tourist who came to visit Yellowstone national park independently, bringing their own supplies and arranging their own bedding and transportation.
sagebrushes
sagebrushes
noun
plural of sagebrush
sarcophagus
sarcophagus
noun
(historical) A type of wine cooler (“a piece of equipment used to keep wine chilled”) shaped like a sarcophagus (sense 1).
(informal) The cement and steel structure that encases the destroyed nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
(obsolete except Ancient Greece, historical) A kind of limestone used by the Ancient Greeks for coffins, so called because it was thought to consume the flesh of corpses.
A stone coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture.
verb
(transitive) To enclose (a corpse, etc.) in a sarcophagus (noun sense 1).
scarborough
scarborough
Proper noun
A coastal town in England.
A district and former municipality in Toronto, Canada.
slaughtered
slaughtered
adj
(informal) Extremely drunk.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of slaughter
slaughterer
slaughterer
noun
A butcher (as a profession or job).
A ritual slaughterer, kosher slaughterer, kosher butcher, shochet / shokhet.
Agent noun of slaughter; one who slaughters.
spanishburg
sprauchling
sprauchling
verb
present participle of sprauchle
staggerbush
staggerbush
noun
Any of the genus Lyonia of ericaceous flowering plants.
sugarbushes
sugarbushes
noun
plural of sugarbush
sugarhouses
sugarhouses
noun
plural of sugarhouse
supercharge
supercharge
noun
(electrics, electronics) An instance of supercharging.
(heraldry) A charge borne upon an ordinary or other charge.
verb
(automotive) To increase the power of an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the crankshaft.
(electronics, electrics) To recharge a battery cell/pack at an extremely rapid pace.
(heraldry) To overlay one charge upon another.
(transitive) To make faster or more powerful.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see super, charge.
surchargers
surchargers
noun
plural of surcharger
surcharging
surcharging
verb
present participle of surcharge
thaumaturge
thaumaturge
noun
A performer of thaumaturgy; a performer of miracles; a magician.
thaumaturgi
thaumaturgy
thaumaturgy
noun
The working of miracles, wonderworking; magic, witchcraft, wizardry.
thingumaree
thoroughwax
thoroughwax
noun
An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves.
The thoroughwort.
thoroughway
thoroughway
noun
A thoroughfare.
A way through, passageway.
throughbear
throughgang
throughgang
noun
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) a thoroughfare; an entry; passage; passageway
throughways
throughways
noun
plural of throughway
tragelaphus
tragelaphus
noun
A fictional animal, half goat, half stag, used by the philosopher Aristotle as an example of something that is knowable even though it does not exist.
turbocharge
turbocharge
verb
(transitive) To increase the power of (an internal combustion engine, either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the exhaust air (through using a turbocharger).
(transitive, colloquial) To make faster or more powerful.