A plant that is a member of the family Acanthaceae.
anchored
anchored
adj
(heraldry) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor. (Compare sarcelly, moline.)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchor
anhydric
anhydric
adj
anhydrous
arachnid
arachnid
noun
Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.
archband
archdean
archdean
noun
A member of a discontinued Catholic ecclesiastical office, higher in rank than a dean.
backhand
backhand
adj
(ice hockey) Of a play that uses the back side of the hockey stick
(of handwriting) Slanting to the left.
(of strokes or throws) In the backhand style
noun
(Ultimate Frisbee) the standard throw; a throw during which the disc begins on the off-hand side and travels across the chest to be released from the opposite side.
(surfing) the hand towards the back of the board.
(tennis) a stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.
Handwriting that leans to the left
The reverse side of the human hand.
verb
to execute a backhand stroke or throw
to slap with the back of one's hand
blanched
blanched
adj
bleached
lacking complexion or color
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blanch
branched
branched
adj
Having branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of branch
cachunde
chadburn
chaldean
chaldean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Chaldea specifically, or ancient Babylonia in general.
Noun
A native of Chaldea; a Chaldee.
A member of the Chaldean Catholic Church, a uniate church of the Roman Catholic Church.
A diviner or astrologer.
Proper noun
The Semitic language of the Chaldeans.
chaldron
chaldron
noun
(archaic) An old English dry measure, containing four quarters. At London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke.
Alternative form of chawdron
chandala
chandala
noun
(India) A person involved in the disposal of corpses, traditionally a lower-caste Hindu and considered untouchable.
chandler
chandler
noun
(historical) A servant in a large household responsible for providing candles.
A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler.
A person who makes or sells candles.
chaneled
chanidae
chapland
chaudoin
chaudron
chaudron
noun
Obsolete form of chawdron.
chaunted
chaunted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaunt
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
chicaned
chicaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chicane
chinband
chinband
noun
A band of fabric worn around the chin.
chlordan
chlordan
noun
Alternative form of chlordane
choanoid
choanoid
adj
(anatomy) funnel-shaped; applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the eyeball in many reptiles and mammals
chondral
chondral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to cartilage
chondria
chundari
clubhand
clubhand
noun
(medicine) A short, distorted hand.
conehead
conehead
noun
(Australia, slang) A person addicted to smoking marijuana with a bong.
(anthropology, archaeology, informal) A person who has undergone cranial modification in order to produce an elongated skull.
(fashion) A foam rubber rounded cone hat to be worn atop the head as a costume to appear to have a conical bald skull.
(slang) A pinhead, a stupid person.
An insect of the katydid subfamily Conocephalinae.
Any member of the order Protura of insect-like arthropods.
cowhands
cowhands
noun
plural of cowhand
cranched
cranched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cranch
dainchas
deckhand
deckhand
noun
(nautical) A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
(theater) A stagehand.
verb
(intransitive) To work on a boat as a deckhand; crew.
devachan
devachan
noun
The dwelling-place of the gods, according to theosophy.
dibranch
dinarchy
dockhand
dockhand
noun
Someone who works at a dock.
dutchman
dutchman
noun
(carpentry, masonry) A piece of wood or stone used to repair a larger piece, shaped such that it fills as exactly as possible a void or cavity that is to be repaired.
(theater) A cloth strip attached to a flat to conceal a joint.
A flaw or void repaired with such a piece.
echidnae
echidnas
echidnas
noun
plural of echidna
enarched
enarched
adj
(heraldry) Bent into a curve; said of a bend or other ordinary.
encashed
encashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encash
enchased
enchased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enchase
endarchy
endarchy
noun
(botany) A vascular system in which development starts nearest the axis center and spreads outward.
A system in which decision-making is centralized.
enhanced
enhanced
adj
(bodybuilding, euphemistic) Having suffered the use of anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
In a version or form that has been improved or made better than some other standard form.
Raised up, amplified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enhance
flanched
flanched
adj
(heraldry) Having flanches.
(presumably) Flanged.
hacienda
hacienda
noun
A large homestead in a ranch or estate usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence.
hadronic
hadronic
adj
(physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons
handcars
handcars
noun
plural of handcar
handcart
handcart
noun
A cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand (as opposed to with a beast of burden.)
verb
(transitive) To transport in this kind of cart.
handclap
handclap
noun
A single clap of the hands
handcuff
handcuff
noun
One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair.
verb
(figuratively) to restrain or restrict.
To apply handcuffs to
handicap
handicap
noun
(obsolete, uncountable) Synonym of hand-in-cap (“old English trading game”)
(obsolete, uncountable, card games) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.
(sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
(sports) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
verb
(transitive) To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
(transitive, figurative, by extension) To place at disadvantage.
To estimate betting odds.
handlock
handlock
noun
A hold for restraining another person by immobilizing their hand.
A locking mechanism that operates by hand.
A restraint that attaches to the wrist, especially a shackle or handcuff.
Immobilization of the hand.
verb
To lock by means of a handlock.
To restrain by holding so as to immobilize the hand.
To restrain with, or as with, a handlock.
handpick
handpick
verb
To pick or harvest by hand.
To select carefully and with individual attention.
handspec
haunched
haunched
adj
Fitted with haunches (squat vertical support structures).
hindcast
hindcast
noun
(mathematics) A test of a mathematical model by using data from a past event.
verb
To test a mathematical model by using data from a past event.
hradcany
inachoid
inarched
inarched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inarch
launched
launched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of launch
machined
machined
adj
Created by machine, or as though created by machine.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of machine
manchild
marchand
naiditch
panached
paunched
paunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of paunch
rhodanic
richland
richland
Proper noun
A city in Stewart County, Georgia in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Rush County, Indiana in the United States.
A small city in Keokuk County, Iowa in the United States.
A village in Kalamazoo County, Michigan in the United States.
A city in Rankin County, Mississippi in the United States.
A city in Camden, Laclede and Pulaski Counties, Missouri in the United States.
A village in Colfax County, Nebraska in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Atlantic County, New Jersey in the United States.
A town in Oswego County, New York in the United States.
A small city in Baker County, Oregon in the United States.
A borough in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania in the United States.
A small unincorporated community in Union County, South Dakota in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Grainger County, Tennessee in the United States.
A small town in Navarro County, Texas in the United States.
A city in Benton County, Washington in the United States.
A town in Richland County, Wisconsin in the United States.
A small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
rondache
rondache
noun
A circular shield carried by foot soldiers.
sandwich
sandwich
adj
(US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.
noun
(UK) A layer cake or sandwich cake.
(archaic) A sandwichman (one who wears a sandwich board).
(by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.
A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serve(s) as the wrapper or container of some other food.
verb
(figuratively) To put or set something between two others, in time.
(sex) To double penetrate
To eat sandwiches.
To feed sandwiches.
To place one item physically between two other, usually flat, items.
schradan
shadchan
shadchan
noun
Alternative form of shadchen
shadchen
shadchen
noun
(Jewish) marriage broker, matchmaker
snatched
snatched
adj
(LGBT slang) Good-looking.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of snatch
stanched
stanched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stanch
tachinid
tachinid
noun
Any insect of the family Tachinidae of tachina flies