(biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
(medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
An agreement to adhere.
Persistent attachment or loyalty.
The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.
adiaphon
admonish
admonish
verb
(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.
(transitive) To instruct or direct.
(transitive, with of or against) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
adolphus
adonijah
aggadoth
almohade
amphipod
amphipod
noun
Any species of the taxonomic order Amphipoda of small, shrimp-like crustaceans.
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
anhedron
anthodia
anthodia
noun
plural of anthodium
aphodian
aphodius
aphthoid
aphthoid
adj
(pathology) Of the nature of aphtha; resembling thrush.
archbold
archdolt
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.
athetoid
athetoid
adj
(medicine) characterised by athetosis
athodyds
athodyds
noun
plural of athodyd
athyroid
aunthood
aunthood
noun
The quality or state of being an aunt.
authored
authored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of author
avouched
avouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avouch
babehood
babehood
noun
Babyhood.
babyhood
babyhood
noun
The state or period of infancy.
badmouth
badmouth
verb
(informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
bandhook
bardolph
barthold
beshadow
beshadow
verb
(transitive) To cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow.
bhadgaon
blowhard
blowhard
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
boathead
bodewash
bodhisat
bodhisat
noun
Synonym of bodhisattva
bolthead
bolthead
noun
(chemistry) A round-bottomed flask with a long neck (used especially for distillation)
The head of a bolt.
bonehead
bonehead
noun
(slang) Someone who is stubborn, thick-skulled, or stupid.
bouchard
bowheads
bowheads
noun
plural of bowhead
broached
broached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of broach
broadish
broadish
adj
Somewhat broad.
brodhead
caboched
caboched
adj
Alternative form of caboshed
caboshed
caboshed
adj
(heraldry, of an animal) Shown face-on, showing the full face, but cut off immediately behind the ears and hence showing nothing of the neck.
calfhood
calfhood
noun
The state or time of being a calf.
camphoid
cathodal
cathodal
adj
(biochemistry) Attracted towards a cathode
cathodes
cathodes
noun
plural of cathode
cathodic
cathodic
adj
(anatomy) Proceeding from a nerve centre; efferent.
(physics) Of or pertaining to a cathode.
chadlock
chadlock
noun
Alternative form of charlock (Sinapis arvensis etc.)
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
chambord
chardock
chatwood
chatwood
noun
Little sticks; twigs for burning; firewood.
chaudoin
chaudron
chaudron
noun
Obsolete form of chawdron.
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
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
chokidar
chondral
chondral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to cartilage
chondria
chordata
chordate
chordate
adj
Of such animals.
noun
A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.
clochard
clochard
noun
A beggar or tramp, especially in France.
clodhead
cloghead
coalshed
coalshed
noun
A shed in which coal is stored.
cockhead
cockhead
noun
(engineering) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.
(vulgar, slang) The glans penis.
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) Dickhead, a term of abuse.
codshead
coheaded
coheaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohead
coherald
coherald
noun
(rare) A joint herald.
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
cowshard
crophead
cyathoid
damrosch
danforth
daphnoid
dashpots
dashpots
noun
plural of dashpot
deborath
dhourras
diadoche
diadochi
diadochi
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Diadochi
diadochy
diadochy
noun
the capability of an atom to replace another in a particular crystal structure
diaphone
diaphone
noun
(phonology) A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme; all the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole.
A kind of organ pipe.
A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air.
diaphony
diaphony
noun
(music) A form of harmony in which the parts proceeded by parallel motion in fourths, fifths, and octaves.
diaphote
diaphote
noun
(historical) A supposed instrument designed for transmitting pictures by telegraph. It turned out the device was a hoax.
diphonia
discoach
ditrocha
dochmiac
dochmiac
adj
(poetry) Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.
noun
(poetry) A verse in dochmiac metre.
dockhand
dockhand
noun
Someone who works at a dock.
dockhead
dogpatch
dogpatch
Proper noun
Any community inhabited by hillbillies.
dogwatch
dogwatch
noun
(by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
(nautical) A very brief period of naval service.
(nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
dohnanyi
dolthead
dolthead
noun
A dolt; a fool.
donaghue
doniphan
doniphan
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
a small city in Missouri, USA
a village in Nebraska, USA.
doorhawk
doorhead
dopehead
dopehead
noun
(derogatory) A person who frequently uses illicit, narcotic, or psychoactive drugs and has a drug addiction.
dorhawks
dorhawks
noun
plural of dorhawk
dorothea
dorothea
Proper noun
name, a Latinate variant of Dorothy.
doughman
douschka
dowhacky
downhaul
downhaul
noun
(nautical) Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.
downwash
downwash
noun
The downward motion of air as a result of eddies behind a wing or chimney, etc.
downward air turbulence caused by a propeller or jet, but especially by helicopter blades
doxantha
dragshoe
dramshop
dramshop
noun
(US) A shop selling alcohol.
drogheda
drophead
drophead
noun
(Britain) A drophead coupé.
duograph
duograph
noun
(historical) A picture printed from two halftone photographic plates made with the screen set at different angles, and usually printed in two shades of the same colour or in black and one tint.
duomachy
dworshak
dyschroa
endothia
enhaloed
enhaloed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enhalo
enshadow
enshadow
verb
(transitive) To cover with a shadow.
euchorda
farmhold
fasthold
fathomed
fathomed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fathom
foalhood
foalhood
noun
The state or time of being a foal.
foolhead
forehand
forehand
adj
Beforehand; paid in advance.
noun
(archaic) The chief or most important part.
(disc sports) A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.
(racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
(surfing) The hand towards the front of the board.
All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
verb
(transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.
forehard
forehead
forehead
noun
(countable) The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.
(uncountable) confidence; audacity; impudence.
The upper part of a mobile phone, above the screen.
forkhead
forkhead
noun
(biochemistry) A sequence of amino acids that forms a motif, in FOX proteins, that binds to DNA.
(minced oath) Euphemistic form of fuckhead.
(obsolete) An arrow with a barbed tip.
The forked end of a rod in a knuckle joint or similar.