(Scotland, law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.
(medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
A close physical union of two objects.
Faithful support for some cause.
adherency
adherency
noun
(obsolete) That which adheres.
(obsolete) The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
adherends
adherends
noun
plural of adherend
adherents
adherents
noun
plural of adherent
adhesions
adhesions
noun
plural of adhesion
adigranth
aforehand
aforehand
adj
Beforehand in condition; forehanded.
adv
(archaic or dialect) Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation.
afterhand
afterhand
adj
(Scotland, law, archaic) Paid afterwards, rather than in advance.
adv
(archaic) Afterwards; subsequently.
afterhend
ahungered
ahungered
adj
pinched with hunger; very hungry
andrarchy
angelhood
angelhood
noun
The state of being an angel.
angrbodha
anguished
anguished
adj
Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anguish
anhedonia
anhedonia
noun
(medicine, psychiatry) The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.
anhedonic
anhedonic
adj
(psychiatry, also figuratively) Showing anhedonia; having no capacity to feel pleasure.
noun
(psychiatry) A person who has anhedonia.
anhimidae
anhydrate
anhydrate
noun
(chemistry) The anhydrous form of a normally hydrated compound
(organic chemistry) An acid anhydride
verb
To dehydrate, especially in food processing.
anhydride
anhydride
noun
(chemistry) any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides
anhydrite
anhydrite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate.
anhydrize
anhydrous
anhydrous
adj
(chemistry) Having no water of crystallization.
Having little or no water.
ankerhold
antherids
antheroid
antheroid
adj
Resembling an anther.
anthidium
anthodium
anthodium
noun
(botany) The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into an involucrate head.
anthribid
anthribid
noun
Any weevil of the family Anthribidae.
aphidians
aphidians
noun
plural of aphidian
aphidlion
apprehend
apprehend
verb
(also figuratively) To take possession of (something); to seize.
(archaic or obsolete, also figuratively) To seize or take (something); to take hold of.
(law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
To be apprehensive; to fear.
To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
To feel (something) emotionally.
To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
To learn (something).
To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
arachnida
arachnids
arachnids
noun
plural of arachnid
arachnoid
arachnoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arachnoid mater.
(arachnology, relational) Relating to or resembling spiders.
Relating to or resembling spider webs; covered with or composed of soft loose hairs or fibers.
noun
(astronomy) A round network of fractures in the crust of Venus.
(neuroanatomy) Ellipsis of arachnoid mater..
An arachnid.
archdemon
archdemon
noun
(religion) A chief demon; an archdevil.
archfiend
archfiend
noun
(preceded by “the”, often capitalized) Satan.
(transferred sense) A diabolically evil person.
A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
ardhanari
arianrhod
arrhenoid
asidehand
audiphone
audiphone
noun
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly.
aunthoods
backhands
backhands
noun
plural of backhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhand
baduhenna
baldachin
baldachin
noun
Alternative spelling of baldacchin
bandwidth
bandwidth
noun
(informal) The capacity, energy or time required.
(networking, informal) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
(of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
bechained
bechained
adj
(rare) in chains
bechanced
bechanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bechance
bednights
beheading
beheading
noun
An instance of a person being beheaded.
verb
present participle of behead
beholding
beholding
adj
Obsolete form of beholden.
noun
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
verb
present participle of behold
behusband
benchland
benchland
noun
(geology) bench (thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by slopes)
(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
bernhardi
bernhardt
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
bethorned
bethunder
birthland
birthland
noun
The land of one's birth, or where one was born.
blanchard
blanchard
Proper noun
A village in Iowa, US.
A town in Louisiana, US.
A city in Oklahoma, US.
A town in Wisconsin, US.
blandarch
blechnoid
blindfish
blindfish
noun
Any of various fish, having only rudimentary eyes, that inhabit underground waters.
blindheim
blunthead
boarhound
boarhound
noun
A large dog, descended from breeds originally used to hunt boars.
bodenheim
boneheads
boneheads
noun
plural of bonehead
brahmanda
brakehand
brandreth
brandreth
noun
(now historical) A tripod or stand for a cask, a haystack, etc.
(obsolete) A railing around a well.
brandrith
brandrith
noun
Alternative form of brandreth
breadthen
breadthen
verb
(transitive) To increase in breadth.
brianhead
brindlish
broadhorn
broadhorn
noun
(nautical) Synonym of flatboat
brunhilda
brunhilde
brushland
brushland
noun
an area mostly covered with brush growth
buckhound
buckhound
noun
(UK) A hound for deer hunting.
bundahish
burnished
burnished
adj
(figurative) Blazing, bright.
Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burnish
burthened
burthened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burthen
bushlands
bushlands
noun
plural of bushland
catchland
cathidine
cavendish
cavendish
noun
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
chadbourn
chaetodon
chaetodon
noun
butterflyfish (of the genus Chaetodon)
chagrined
chagrined
adj
Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chagrin
chalcedon
chaldrons
chaldrons
noun
plural of chaldron
chaminade
chanceled
chancered
chancroid
chancroid
noun
(pathology) A sexually transmitted infection, caused by bacteria of species Haemophilus ducreyi, characterized by painful sores on the genitalia.
A sore characteristic of this infection.
chandelle
chandelle
noun
An aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
verb
To perform an aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
chandlers
chandlers
noun
plural of chandler
chandlery
chandlery
noun
A business, shop or warehouse used in candlemaking.
An operation (usually, a business) which provides supplies.
The art or trade of candlemaking.
The merchandise of a chandler.
chandless
chanelled
channeled
channeled
adj
(automotive, slang) Having a vehicle's height reduced by lowering the body with respect to the frame rails.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of channel
chastened
chastened
adj
Chastised.
Made chaste; purified; modest.
Made moderate; restrained.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chasten
chauldron
chavender
chavender
noun
A chub (fish).
cheapened
cheapened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cheapen
chelodina
chelodine
cheloniid
cheloniid
noun
(zoology) Any sea turtle in the family Cheloniidae.
chenopods
chenopods
noun
plural of chenopod
chevroned
chevroned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chevron
chickened
chickened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chicken
chidingly
chidingly
adv
In a chiding manner.
chiefland
chignoned
chignoned
adj
(of hair) Arranged in a chignon.
childkind
childkind
noun
All children, considered as a group.
childness
childness
noun
(obsolete) The manner that is characteristic of a child.
chilindre
chimneyed
chimneyed
adj
containing chimneys, or a particular type or number of chimney
chinoidin
chitinoid
chitinoid
adj
Resembling chitin.
chladnite
chladnite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of enstatite present in some meteorites
chlordane
chlordane
noun
(organic chemistry) A very toxic chlorinated polycyclic hydrocarbon once used as an insecticide.
chlordans
chlordans
noun
plural of chlordan
chondrify
chondrify
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
chondrite
chondrite
noun
A meteorite consisting of rock containing chondrules.
chondroid
chondroid
adj
Resembling cartilage
noun
(surgery) A "stone" formed of pus present in guttural pouches
chondroma
chondroma
noun
(medicine) A benign tumour formed from cartilage cells
chondrule
chondrule
noun
A small, round granule, formed from molten rock, found in chondritic meteorites.
choudrant
chowhound
chowhound
noun
(slang) A foodie or glutton.
chuadanga
chunkhead
chuntered
chuntered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chunter
clubhands
clubhands
noun
plural of clubhand
coheading
coheading
verb
present participle of cohead
cohusband
coinhered
coinhered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coinhere
coldfinch
conchoids
conchoids
noun
plural of conchoid
conhydrin
coonhound
coonhound
noun
(countable) Any of several American breeds of dog originally used in hunting raccoons.
cothurned
cothurned
adj
Wearing cothurns.
cowhiding
cowhiding
noun
A flogging with a cowhide.
verb
present participle of cowhide
craunched
craunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of craunch
crosshand
cushioned
cushioned
adj
(cycling) Having cushion tires.
Furnished with a cushion or cushions; padded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cushion
dachshund
dachshund
noun
A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties.
dadenhudd
dadenhudd
noun
(historical) In ancient Welsh inheritance law, the act of a son uncovering the hearth of the deceased father in order to claim his land.