Describing a form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers
fraternal
archbald
archbold
archdolt
blanched
blanched
adj
bleached
lacking complexion or color
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blanch
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
blotched
blotched
adj
Covered in blotches (“uneven patches of colour or discolouration”).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blotch
buchwald
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.
dechlore
declutch
declutch
verb
To disengage the clutch on a vehicle or other engine with PTO
delichon
deschool
deschool
verb
(transitive) To remove the schools from; to divest (a society) of its formal education system.
dichlone
dichlone
Noun
A particular fungicide.
dithecal
dithecal
adj
(botany) Having two thecae.
dolichos
dolichos
noun
(historical) A long-distance race in the ancient Olympic Games.
Any plant of the genus Dolichos.
drachmal
drochuil
eldritch
eldritch
adj
Unearthly, supernatural, eerie, preternatural.
flanched
flanched
adj
(heraldry) Having flanches.
(presumably) Flanged.
fleeched
fleeched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fleech
flenched
flenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flench
fletched
fletched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fletch
flinched
flinched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flinch
flitched
flitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flitch
gadhelic
gadhelic
Adjective
Concerning the division of languages that includes Irish, Gaelic, and Manx
glochids
glochids
noun
plural of glochid
glunched
godchild
godchild
noun
A child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent. In some cases the relationship is maintained indefinitely, with the godchild being treated much like a niece or nephew.
godelich
godelich
Adjective
goodly
handclap
handclap
noun
A single clap of the hands
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.
headlock
headlock
noun
A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.
verb
(transitive) To restrain in a headlock.
helicoid
helicoid
adj
Having the form of a flattened helix
noun
(mathematics) A minimal surface in the form of a flattened helix
helladic
helladic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Hellas civilization that flourished in mainland Greece during the Bronze Age (3000 to about 1100
hendecyl
hendecyl
noun
(dated, organic chemistry) undecyl
heraclid
heraclid
Noun
Any member of the Heraclidae.
heraldic
heraldic
adj
Of, or relating to heraldry or heralds.
herculid
holdback
holdback
noun
The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.
The strap or part of the harness so used.
restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)
hrdlicka
launched
launched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of launch
lechered
lechered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lecher
lecythid
lederach
leechdom
leechdom
noun
(archaic) A medicine; remedy.
lichened
lichened
adj
Covered with lichen.
lockheed
manchild
muchfold
oldwench
padcloth
pholcoid
pilchard
pilchard
noun
Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.
pilcherd
pleached
pleached
adj
(horticulture) Of a hedge, trees, etc.: created by interweaving branches.
Entwined, intertwined, interwoven, plaited.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pleach
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.
rochdale
rochdale
Proper noun
A town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England
schedule
schedule
noun
(US, law) One of the five divisions into which controlled drugs are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification.
(computer science) An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources.
(law) A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract.
(obsolete) A slip of paper; a short note.
A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.
A serial record of items, systematically arranged.
verb
(Australia, medicine) To admit (a person) to hospital as an involuntary patient under a schedule of the applicable mental health law.
To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.
To create a time-schedule.
To plan an activity at a specific date or time in the future.
schooled
schooled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of school
shackled
shackled
adj
Restrained by shackles, chained.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shackle
shelduck
shelduck
noun
Any of various waterfowl of the genus Tadorna, native to Eurasia, Africa and Australasia.