Any plant of the genus Adelphia, of Latin America.
adelphic
adelphic
adj
Describing a form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers
fraternal
adelphoi
adolphus
aldehyde
aldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.
(aeronautics) the downward slope of an aircraft’s wing
archbald
archbold
archdolt
ashfield
ashfield
noun
A field that is covered in ash.
ashlared
ashlared
adj
Built with ashlars.
ashlered
ashlered
adj
Alternative form of ashlared
asphodel
asphodel
noun
(Greek mythology) The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead.
Flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flowers of these plants.
athelred
audhumla
baldhead
baldhead
noun
(Rastafari) A person who is not Rastafarian.
A person whose head is bald.
A white-headed variety of pigeon.
bardolph
bardulph
barthold
bathelda
bathilda
bathulda
bedlight
bedlight
noun
A bedside light.
beheadal
beheadal
noun
beheading
beholden
beholden
adj
(usually with 'to') Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged.
beholder
beholder
noun
(fantasy) A fictional monster in roleplaying games, a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth and many eyes on stalks.
Someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator.
behowled
behowled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behowl
berthold
berthold
Proper noun
A city in North Dakota.
beshield
beshield
verb
(transitive) To provide or outfit with a shield.
(transitive, reflexive, archaic) To shield around or about; protect; defend.
bethylid
bethylid
noun
(zoology) Any wasp in the family Bethylidae.
billhead
billhead
noun
A printed form used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts.
blanched
blanched
adj
bleached
lacking complexion or color
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blanch
blandish
blandish
verb
(transitive) To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole.
(transitive) To praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up.
bleached
bleached
adj
Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight.
Having the hair lightened by bleaching.
Whitened; made white using bleach
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bleach
blenched
blenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blench
blighted
blighted
adj
Having caused to suffer a blight.
Having suffered a blight.
Ruined, spoiled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blight
blindish
blindish
adj
As if blind; characteristic of blindness.
blondish
blondish
adj
Similar to a stereotypical dumb blonde.
Somewhat blond in colour.
blotched
blotched
adj
Covered in blotches (“uneven patches of colour or discolouration”).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blotch
blowhard
blowhard
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
bluehead
bluehead
noun
The blunt-headed wrasse or blue-headed wrasse, a fish of the species Thalassoma amblycephalum or Thalassoma bifasciatum.
bolthead
bolthead
noun
(chemistry) A round-bottomed flask with a long neck (used especially for distillation)
The head of a bolt.
bondhold
borghild
brunhild
brynhild
buchwald
bulkhead
bulkhead
noun
(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
A retaining wall along a waterfront.
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
bullhead
bullhead
noun
(Canada, US) The black bullhead, Ameiurus melas.
(Canada, US) The brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus.
(Canada, US) The yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis.
(Europe, Asia) Any of various sculpins of the suborder Scorpaenoidei
(Europe, Asia) The European bullhead, Cottus gobio.
(New Zealand) A fish of species Gobiomorphus gobioides.
(horology) A chronograph (watch or stopwatch) with two push buttons arranged like the horns of a bull on the top end of the case, typically with the crown between them.
(rail transport) A bullhead rail.
(rare) An obstinate person.
A bullhead shark (Heterodontus spp.).
bullhide
busheled
bushland
bushland
noun
(chiefly Australia) An area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
bushveld
bushveld
noun
(South Africa) A terrain of thick scrubby trees and bush in dense thickets, with grassy groundcover between.
calfhood
calfhood
noun
The state or time of being a calf.
cathodal
cathodal
adj
(biochemistry) Attracted towards a cathode
ceilidhe
cephalad
cephalad
adv
(anatomy) Towards the head (or anterior extremity), a direction that in humans corresponds to superior.
chackled
chackled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chackle
chadelle
chadless
chadless
adj
Not having or producing chads.
chadlock
chadlock
noun
Alternative form of charlock (Sinapis arvensis etc.)
chalcids
chalcids
noun
plural of chalcid
chaldaei
chaldaic
chaldaic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Chaldea.
Proper noun
The lect spoken by the Chaldeans.
Noun
A Chaldean.
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.
chaldese
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
chaliced
chaliced
adj
Having a calyx or cup; cup-shaped.
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
chapeled
chapland
charlady
charlady
noun
(chiefly archaic or historical) A woman who cleans houses and offices as an occupation.
chedlock
cheerled
chelated
chelated
adj
(chemistry, of a metal atom) bound with one or more chelates
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chelate
chelidon
chelidon
noun
(rare, anatomy) Synonym of elbow pit
cheliped
cheliped
noun
(anatomy) A leg bearing a chela, or pincer-like claw.
cheloids
cheloids
noun
plural of cheloid
chelonid
chelonid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Cheloniidae of sea turtles.
chelydra
chelydre
chelydre
noun
(obsolete) A fetid water snake.
cheswold
childage
childbed
childbed
noun
(countable) The bed in which a baby is born.
(uncountable) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement.
childers
childers
noun
plural of childer
childing
childing
adj
(horticulture) Of a flowering plant: producing younger florets around an older flower.
(obsolete, figuratively) Fruitful; productive.
Able to bear children; fertile; also, pregnant, or in the process of childbirth, or having just given birth to a child.
noun
(archaic) gerund of child: the act or process of childbearing or childbirth.
verb
present participle of child
childish
childish
adj
Immature in thought or behaviour.
Of or suitable for a child.
children
children
noun
plural of child.
chiliads
chiliads
noun
plural of chiliad
chilidog
chilidog
noun
A hot dog made with chili con carne
chilodon
chilopod
chilopod
noun
Any myriapod of the class Chilopoda, a centipede.
chiseled
chiseled
adj
(US) Having strongly defined facial features.
(of a physique) Having well-developed muscles with minimal bodyfat.
verb
(US) simple past tense and past participle of chisel
chlodwig
chlordan
chlordan
noun
Alternative form of chlordane
chloride
chloride
noun
(chemistry) any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium chloride, or any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical
chlorids
chlorids
noun
plural of chlorid
chloroid
chloroid
adj
Resembling chlorine.
yellow-green in color.
chondral
chondral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to cartilage
chortled
chortled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chortle
chuckled
chuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chuckle
cichlids
cichlids
noun
plural of cichlid
cichloid
clapdish
clapdish
noun
A wooden dish, once used by beggars, that had a lid that could be clapped to attract attention
clenched
clenched
adj
Closed tightly.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clench
clinched
clinched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clinch
clochard
clochard
noun
A beggar or tramp, especially in France.
cloddish
cloddish
adj
Like a clod, a person who is foolish, stupid or parochial.
Of or pertaining to lumpy soil.
clodhead
cloghead
clubhand
clubhand
noun
(medicine) A short, distorted hand.
clutched
clutched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clutch
coalshed
coalshed
noun
A shed in which coal is stored.
cohdwell
coherald
coherald
noun
(rare) A joint herald.
coholder
coholder
noun
A joint holder (of an account, a record, etc.).
colthood
colthood
noun
The state of being a colt; the youth of a (male) horse.
copyhold
copyhold
noun
(property law, historical) A former form of tenure in which the title deeds were a copy of the manorial roll.
cuckhold
cuckhold
noun
Obsolete form of cuckold.
dahlgren
dahlsten
danelagh
danialah
dashedly
dashedly
adv
damnably; confoundedly
dayblush
daylight
daylight
noun
(countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
(countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
(figurative) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
A clear, open space.
A light source that simulates daylight.
Daybreak.
Exposure to public scrutiny.
The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.
The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
verb
(architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
(intransitive) To gain exposure to the open.
(landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
To expose to daylight
dealfish
dealfish
noun
A deep-sea ribbonfish, Trachipterus arcticus, from the north Atlantic
deathful
deathful
adj
(literary) Subject to death; mortal.
Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly.
Resembling or pertaining to death; deathly.
dechlore
declutch
declutch
verb
To disengage the clutch on a vehicle or other engine with PTO
delichon
delights
delights
noun
plural of delight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delight
delphian
delphian
Adjective
Of or relating to Delphi in Greece; Delphic.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Delphi.
Proper noun
A dialect of Ancient Greek.
delphina
delphine
delphine
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of dolphins.
delphini
delphyne
deludher
demolish
demolish
verb
(figuratively) To defeat, refute, discredit, or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent).
(literally) To destroy (of buildings, especially in a planned and intentional fashion).
demophil
demophil
noun
Dated form of demophile (“friend of the people”).
denehole
denehole
noun
An underground structure consisting of a number of small chalk caves entered by a vertical shaft.
dephlegm
dephlegm
verb
(obsolete, chemistry) To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.
depolish
depolish
verb
(transitive) To remove the polish from.
deschool
deschool
verb
(transitive) To remove the schools from; to divest (a society) of its formal education system.