(biology) Not having a proto-spinal chord at any stage of development.
achyrodes
adelphous
adelphous
adj
(botany) Having coalescent or clustered filaments.
adhesions
adhesions
noun
plural of adhesion
aforehand
aforehand
adj
Beforehand in condition; forehanded.
adv
(archaic or dialect) Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation.
afterhold
aldershot
aldershot
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England.
almohades
angelhood
angelhood
noun
The state of being an angel.
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.
ankerhold
antheroid
antheroid
adj
Resembling an anther.
aphidozer
aphidozer
noun
A device like a hopperdozer for the removal of aphids.
aphorised
aphorised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aphorise
aphorized
aphorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aphorize
aphrodite
aphrodite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum.
archdemon
archdemon
noun
(religion) A chief demon; an archdevil.
archidome
arrhenoid
arrowhead
arrowhead
noun
(symbol) The pointed part of an arrow.
(weaponry) The pointed part of an arrow.
Any plant in the genus Sagittaria.
asphodels
asphodels
noun
plural of asphodel
athetoids
atrophied
atrophied
adj
Characterized by atrophy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atrophy
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.
barhopped
barhopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barhop
beachwood
beadhouse
beadhouse
noun
(historical) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
beasthood
beasthood
noun
The property or state of being a beast.
beclothed
beclothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclothe
bedehouse
bedehouse
noun
Alternative form of beadhouse
beechwood
beechwood
noun
A wood largely populated with beech trees.
The wood of beech trees (Fagus spp.).
beholders
beholders
noun
plural of beholder
beholding
beholding
adj
Obsolete form of beholden.
noun
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
verb
present participle of behold
bellehood
bellehood
noun
The state or period of being a belle.
beshadows
beshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshadow
beshouted
beshouted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshout
beshrouds
beshrouds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshroud
besoothed
besoothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besoothe
bethorned
betrothed
betrothed
adj
Engaged to be married.
noun
One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of betroth
birdhouse
birdhouse
noun
A small house for birds.
An aviary.
blechnoid
blockhead
blockhead
noun
(colloquial) A stupid person.
A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.
verb
(rare) To behave in a stupid manner.
To perform as a human blockhead.
bloodshed
bloodshed
noun
(literally) The shedding or spilling of blood.
(obsolete) A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.
(obsolete) The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
bodenheim
bodycheck
bodycheck
noun
Alternative spelling of body check
boltheads
boltheads
noun
plural of bolthead
boneheads
boneheads
noun
plural of bonehead
boschveld
botchedly
botchedly
adv
In a clumsy manner.
bothsided
boucharde
boxhauled
boxhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boxhaul
boxholder
boxholder
noun
A renter of a post office box.
An owner of a box in a theatre/theater, stadium, etc.
bridehood
bridehood
noun
The state or condition of being a bride.
broadhead
broadhead
noun
(bowhunting) A flat arrowhead with razor-sharp sides, intended to kill prey by causing severe bleeding.
brothered
brothered
noun
Alternative form of brotherred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brother
cardhouse
cardhouse
noun
(countable) A business establishment that hosts card-playing, especially one where patrons play poker.
(countable) Synonym of house of cards (any sense).
(uncountable) A structure of plate-like mineral deposits that rest on each other's edges, similar to a cardhouse.
cephaloid
cephaloid
adj
Shaped like the head or the brain.
chaetodon
chaetodon
noun
butterflyfish (of the genus Chaetodon)
chaetopod
chaetopod
noun
(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Chaetopoda, an invertebrate phylum (more or less equivalent to the modern Annelida) made up of groups characterized by lateral bundles of bristles called chaetae used for locomotion.
chalcedon
chamoised
chamoised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chamois
charioted
charioted
adj
Furnished with, or located in, a chariot.
cheiropod
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
chiefdoms
chiefdoms
noun
plural of chiefdom
chignoned
chignoned
adj
(of hair) Arranged in a chignon.
chlordane
chlordane
noun
(organic chemistry) A very toxic chlorinated polycyclic hydrocarbon once used as an insecticide.
chlorider
chlorides
chlorides
noun
plural of chloride
chokedamp
chokedamp
noun
(mining) A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate.
chokeweed
choledoch
choledoch
noun
(anatomy) The common bile duct
choleroid
choleroid
adj
Like cholera; choleriform.
chondrite
chondrite
noun
A meteorite consisting of rock containing chondrules.
chondrule
chondrule
noun
A small, round granule, formed from molten rock, found in chondritic meteorites.
choppered
choppered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chopper
chordates
chordates
noun
plural of chordate
choroidea
chorussed
chowdered
chowdered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chowder
chromidae
chromides
chromides
noun
plural of chromide
chromized
chromized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chromize
cipherdom
cipherdom
noun
The condition of being a cipher / nonentity
cirrhosed
cirrhosed
adj
That is affected with cirrhosis
clerkhood
clerkhood
noun
The role or status of a clerk.
clothilde
coalsheds
coalsheds
noun
plural of coalshed
cochaired
cochaired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cochair
cockshead
cockshead
noun
A leguminous herb, Onobrychis caput-galli, with small spiny-crested pods.
codelight
codfisher
codfisher
noun
One who fishes for cod.
codfishes
codfishes
noun
plural of codfish
codheaded
cohabited
cohabited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohabit
coheading
coheading
verb
present participle of cohead
cohobated
cohobated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohobate
coholders
coholders
noun
plural of coholder
coinhered
coinhered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coinhere
cosphered
cothurned
cothurned
adj
Wearing cothurns.
coughweed
crocheted
crocheted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crochet
crosshead
crosshead
noun
(engineering) A metal beam that connects a piston to a connecting rod in an engine.
(journalism) Large text, like a headline but typically drawn from the article, placed partway through the article to break it up visually.
A screw with a cross-shaped indentation for gripping and turning, as opposed to a flathead.
cuddyhole
cupholder
cupholder
noun
A holder for a cup containing a drink, usually in a vehicle.
cushioned
cushioned
adj
(cycling) Having cushion tires.
Furnished with a cushion or cushions; padded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cushion
dahlonega
dahomeyan
dahomeyan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the state of Dahomey (later, Benin).
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Dahomey.
dalhousie
deadhouse
deadhouse
noun
A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.
dearworth
dearworth
adj
(obsolete) Precious, valuable; beloved.
deathblow
deathblow
noun
A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grace.
Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback.
deathroot
deathshot
deathworm
debouched
debouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of debouche
debouches
debouches
noun
plural of debouch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debouch
decachord
decachord
noun
An Ancient Greek musical instrument with ten strings, resembling the harp.
Anything having ten parts.
decathlon
decathlon
noun
A contest in science and math proving skill.
An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.
deckhouse
deckhouse
noun
A cabin that protrudes above a ship's deck.
decoherer
decoherer
noun
A mechanism in early radios to tap the coherer, mechanically disturbing the particles to reset it to the high resistance state.
deerhound
deerhound
noun
a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer
dehorners
dehorners
noun
plural of dehorner
dehorning
dehorning
verb
present participle of dehorn
dehorting
dehorting
verb
present participle of dehort
deiphobus
delaroche
demihorse
demijohns
demijohns
noun
plural of demijohn
demonship
demonship
noun
The state of a demon.
demophile
demophile
noun
A friend of the people.
A person who likes people, especially crowds of people.
demophobe
demophoon
dethroned
dethroned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dethrone
dethroner
dethroner
noun
One who dethrones.
dethrones
dethrones
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dethrone
devilhood
diaphones
diaphones
noun
plural of diaphone
diaporthe
diarrhoea
diarrhoea
noun
British standard spelling of diarrhea.
dichroite
dichroite
noun
(mineralogy) Iolite.
dicophane
dicophane
noun
Synonym of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (“DDT”)
dihalogen
dihalogen
adj
(organic chemistry, in combination) In which two hydrogen atoms are replaced by those of a halogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A diatomic molecule of a halogen
dihedrons
dihedrons
noun
plural of dihedron
dimethoxy
dimethoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Two methoxy groups in a molecule