A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
albedograph
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
backlighted
badgerbrush
badgerbrush
noun
The plant Symphoricarpos occidentalis.
barehanding
bechignoned
bechignoned
adj
Wearing one's hair in a chignon.
bedclothing
bedclothing
noun
bedclothes
bedrenching
bedrenching
verb
present participle of bedrench
behindsight
benightedly
benightedly
adv
In a benighted manner.
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
beshrouding
beshrouding
verb
present participle of beshroud
billheading
boltheading
borderlight
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
bridgeheads
bridgeheads
noun
plural of bridgehead
budgereegah
budgereegah
noun
Archaic form of budgerigar.
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
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.
candlelight
candlelight
noun
The light emitted by a candle.
chandelling
chandelling
verb
present participle of chandelle
chandlering
chandlering
noun
The trade of a chandler
changedness
changedness
noun
The quality of having been changed.
chargedness
chargedness
noun
The quality of being charged.
chargehands
chargehands
noun
plural of chargehand
chargrilled
chargrilled
adj
grilled on burning charcoal
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chargrill
chidingness
chiggerweed
chondrogeny
chugalugged
chugalugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chugalug
copygraphed
copygraphed
adj
Reproduced by the copygraph technique.
copyrighted
copyrighted
adj
(law) Covered by a copyright, not public domain.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copyright
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
deadheading
deadheading
noun
The driving of an unladen vehicle, such as a bus with no passengers, in order to take it from one place to another.
The removal of dead flowers from a plant in order to encourage the growth of new ones, and to prevent the production of seeds.
verb
present participle of deadhead
deadweights
deadweights
noun
plural of deadweight
deciphering
deciphering
noun
decipherment
verb
present participle of decipher
dehydrating
dehydrating
verb
present participle of dehydrate
delightable
delightable
adj
(obsolete) Delightful.
delightedly
delightedly
adv
In a delighted manner.
delightless
delightless
adj
Void of delight.
delightsome
delightsome
adj
Characterised or marked by delight; very pleasing; delightful.
demographer
demographer
noun
a person who studies demography
demographic
demographic
adj
Of or pertaining to demography.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
demolishing
demolishing
verb
present participle of demolish
demonograph
dendrograph
dendrograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the growth of trees.
dephlegmate
dephlegmate
verb
(chemistry, dated) To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; used of spirits and acids.
depolishing
depolishing
verb
present participle of depolish
dermography
dermography
noun
A change in skin coloration in response to an irritating stimulus, such as scratching.
desightment
desightment
noun
(obsolete) disfigurement
desmography
desmography
noun
The description of ligaments; a treatise describing ligaments
despatching
despatching
verb
present participle of despatch
dethatching
dethatching
verb
present participle of dethatch
diaphragmed
diaphragmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diaphragm
dichogamies
dihexagonal
dihexagonal
adj
Consisting of two hexagonal parts united.
Having twelve similar faces.
diphosgenes
diphthonged
disbenching
disbenching
verb
present participle of disbench
dischargees
dischargees
noun
plural of dischargee
dischargers
dischargers
noun
plural of discharger
disheathing
disheriting
disheriting
verb
present participle of disherit
disheveling
disheveling
verb
present participle of dishevel
ditchdigger
ditchdigger
Noun
One who digs ditches.
dogcatchers
dogcatchers
noun
plural of dogcatcher
doggishness
doggishness
noun
The quality of being doggish.
doughtiness
doughtiness
noun
The quality of being doughty.
doxographer
doxographer
noun
A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
dragonheads
dragonheads
noun
plural of dragonhead
draughtiest
draughtiest
adj
superlative form of draughty: most draughty
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.
drenchingly
drenchingly
adv
In a drenching manner.
droughermen
droughtiest
droughtiest
adj
superlative form of droughty: most droughty
echafaudage
endognathal
endognathal
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the endognath.
endophagous
endophagous
adj
(biology, of a parasite) That feeds from within the host organism
englishhood
enlightened
enlightened
adj
Educated or informed.
Exceedingly wise.
Freed from illusion.
Made aware of something.
noun
Someone who has been introduced to the mysteries of some activity, religion especially Buddhism
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enlighten
enshielding
enshielding
verb
present participle of enshield
enshrouding
enshrouding
noun
The process or situation of something being enshrouded; a covering.
verb
present participle of enshroud
featheredge
featheredge
noun
Alternative form of feather edge
figureheads
figureheads
noun
plural of figurehead
fingerholds
fingerholds
noun
plural of fingerhold
flaughtbred
foresighted
foresighted
adj
Having foresight; foreseeing; provident.
forgathered
forgathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of forgather
freeholding
freeholding
noun
property held in freehold
freightyard
freightyard
noun
A yard where goods to be transported are stored.
frogmarched
frogmarched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of frogmarch
gaddishness
gaddishness
noun
(nonce word) Quality of being gaddish.
ganderteeth
gatecrashed
gatecrashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gatecrash
gederathite
gelechiidae
geophilidae
gerhardtite
gerhardtite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
gladhearted
gladhearted
adj
cheerful
globeholder
glochideous
glochidiate
glochidiate
adj
(botany) Having barbs
goatherdess
goatherdess
noun
A female goatherd.
godchildren
godchildren
noun
plural of godchild
goddaughter
goddaughter
noun
A female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.
goddesshood
goddesshood
noun
The state of being a goddess; goddess-ship.
goddessship
goddessship
noun
Rare spelling of goddess-ship
godfathered
godfathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of godfather
godmothered
godmothered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of godmother
goldenmouth
goldfinches
goldfinches
noun
plural of goldfinch
goldthwaite
goldthwaite
Proper noun
a small city in Texas, USA
goodhearted
goodhearted
adj
kind, generous and altruistic
goodishness
goodishness
noun
The quality of being goodish.
grandeeship
grandeeship
noun
The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship.
grandfather
grandfather
noun
(by extension) A male forefather.
(computing) The archived older version of a file that immediately preceded the father file.
A father of someone's parent.
verb
(transitive) To be, or act as, a grandfather to.
(transitive, chiefly US, law) To retain discontinued laws or rules for (a thing, person or organization previously affected by them).
grandmother
grandmother
noun
A female ancestor or progenitor.
A mother of someone's parent.
grandnephew
grandnephew
noun
A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
graphitized
graphitized
adj
(chemistry, of carbon) Converted to graphite
verb
simple past tense and past participle of graphitize
greenheaded
grooverhead
groundsheet
groundsheet
noun
A sheet of waterproof material that is spread on the ground, often beneath a tent, and upon which a person may sit or sleep.
guardhouses
guardhouses
noun
plural of guardhouse
gudebrother
haggardness
haggardness
noun
The characteristic of being haggard; tiredness.
halogenated
halogenated
adj
(chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with a halogen.
(chemistry) Treated or reacted with a halogen.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of halogenate
hamstringed
handgravure
handreading
handselling
handsetting
handweaving
handweaving
noun
the manufacture of handwoven goods
handwringer
handwringer
noun
A person who clasps and squeezes the hands in an excessive expression of distress.
harbingered
harbingered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harbinger
headborough
headborough
noun
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: a peace officer or underconstable.
(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: the head of a tithing.
headhunting
headhunting
noun
(anthropology) The practice of cutting off and preserving the head of one's enemy.
The active recruitment of executive or talented personnel.
verb
present participle of headhunt
headsprings
headsprings
noun
plural of headspring
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of headspring
headworking
healthguard
hedgehopped
hedgehopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hedgehop
hedgehopper
hedgehopper
noun
An aircraft that hedgehops.
hedgemaking
hedgemaking
noun
The construction of hedges.
hedgesville
hemorrhaged
hemorrhaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hemorrhage