Government by decision-makers who have been randomly selected by sortition (lot) from a pool of eligible citizens.
didrachm
didrachm
noun
Alternative form of didrachma
discharm
discharm
verb
(transitive) To remove the charm, or power of a charm, from.
dismarch
dismarch
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To march away.
drachmae
drachmai
drachmal
drachmas
drachmas
noun
plural of drachma
drammach
drammach
noun
A simple Scots food made from oatmeal and water.
dramshop
dramshop
noun
(US) A shop selling alcohol.
dreamish
dreamish
adj
Resembling a dream or the state of dreaming.
drumhead
drumhead
noun
Alternative spelling of drum head
farmhand
farmhand
noun
(baseball) A player in the minor leagues.
A person who works on a farm.
farmhold
hadamard
hamforrd
hammered
hammered
adj
(UK, slang) very drunk; inebriated.
Having been hit with a hammer or hammer-like object.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hammer
hampered
hampered
adj
impeded or encumbered as if chained or fettered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hamper
hamrnand
handworm
hardbeam
hardbeam
noun
A tree, the hornbeam.
headmark
headmark
noun
A credit (as toward a prize to be awarded) given to a pupil for reaching the head position in an examination conducted with the pupils lined up and each pupil advancing toward the head of the line according to the proportionate number of his or her correct answers.
A headland marking the limit of a field.
The distinction or peculiarity of the head, face, or features used in distinguishing each individual of a given species; personal appearance; facial features.
headroom
headroom
noun
(electronics) The ability of a system to reproduce loud sounds free of distortion; dynamic headroom.
The distance between the actual performance of an algorithm and its maximum possible performance.
The vertical clearance above someone's head, as in a tunnel, doorway etc.
The vertical measurement, top to bottom, for example for clearance under a bridge.
heemraad
heemraad
noun
(historical) A member of such a council.
(historical) In Holland, and, until the 19th century, also in Cape Colony, a council to assist a local magistrate in the government of rural districts.
herdsman
herdsman
noun
A person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep.
himwards
homaroid
homeward
homeward
adj
oriented towards home
adv
Towards home.
hreidmar
hydremia
hydremia
noun
Thinness of the blood.
madrasah
madrasah
noun
(Islam) A school for any kind of teaching, at any grade level; usually specifically a school that teaches Islamic theology.
mahendra
mandarah
mandarah
noun
A room used for receiving guests, in some Egyptian buildings.
marchand
merodach
midgarth
misheard
misheard
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mishear
moorhead
moorhead
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA
morehead
mouchard
mouchard
noun
(nautical) An inverted compass hanging above the captain's bed
An undercover investigator; a police spy, especially in a French-speaking country.
muirhead
myriadth
myriadth
adj
The ordinal form of myriad.
rathdrum
rhabdium
rhabdome
rhabdome
noun
In sponges, the shaft of a cladose rhabdus, bearing the cladome.
rhabdoms
rhabdoms
noun
plural of rhabdom
rhodamin
rhodamin
noun
Alternative spelling of rhodamine
rhumbaed
rhumbaed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rhumba
semihard
semihard
adj
Somewhat hard.
shrammed
shrammed
adj
(dialect, Southern Britain) Of a person, cold (in temperature); shrivelled with cold.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shram
thraldom
thraldom
noun
Alternative spelling of thralldom
unharmed
unharmed
adj
which has not suffered harm; which has not been injured or damaged