(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.
berhymed
berhymed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of berhyme
bethylid
bethylid
noun
(zoology) Any wasp in the family Bethylidae.
busyhead
chelydra
chelydre
chelydre
noun
(obsolete) A fetid water snake.
cyphered
cyphered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cypher
dashedly
dashedly
adv
damnably; confoundedly
dayshine
deathday
deathday
noun
Date of (someone's previous) death; anniversary of a death.
deathify
decarchy
decarchy
noun
(politics) A government of ten people, especially (historical) various Greek councils of ten men
delphyne
demarchy
demarchy
noun
Government by decision-makers who have been randomly selected by sortition (lot) from a pool of eligible citizens.
demyship
demyship
noun
A type of scholarship, specifically for Magdalen College, Oxford.
deyhouse
dimethyl
dimethyl
noun
(organic chemistry) (in combination) Two methyl groups in a molecule.
diphenyl
diphenyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of biphenyl
dohickey
dohickey
noun
Alternative spelling of doohickey
dolhenty
dryhouse
dyehouse
dyehouse
noun
A building where dyeing takes place.
dyophone
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.
endothys
enhydris
enhydros
enhydros
noun
A geode of chalcedony containing trapped water.
ephydrid
ephydrid
noun
(zoology) Any species of the shore fly family Ephydridae.
eyeshade
eyeshade
noun
(countable) A type of headgear for shielding the eyes from glaring light, usually consisting of a visor and a headband, more popular among indoor workers in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries than today.
(not countable) A cosmetic product which may be applied to the upper eyelid and to the area near the eye to change skin coloration.
grayhead
grayhead
noun
(Canada, US) A person with gray hair; an elderly person.
handedly
handedly
adv
(nonstandard) Easily; with ease; misconstruction of handily.
handymen
handymen
noun
plural of handyman
hardesty
hayfield
hayfield
noun
A field of hay.
hayrides
hayrides
noun
plural of hayride
hayseeds
hayseeds
noun
plural of hayseed
headachy
headachy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a headache.
Suffering from a headache
headstay
headstay
noun
(nautical) Synonym of forestay
headways
headways
noun
plural of headway
heatedly
heatedly
adv
In a heated manner.
heighday
hemihdry
hendecyl
hendecyl
noun
(dated, organic chemistry) undecyl
henmoldy
heraldry
heraldry
noun
(countable) An armorial ensign along with its history and description.
(uncountable) Pageantry.
(uncountable) The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.
heredity
heredity
noun
Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.
hexandry
hexapody
hexapody
noun
(poetry, countable) Six metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
(zoology, uncountable) The property of being a hexapod; six-leggedness.
heydeguy
heydeguy
noun
(obsolete) A kind of hay (country dance or round) popular during the English Renaissance.
heydrich
hiddenly
hiddenly
adv
In a hidden manner.
hideaway
hideaway
adj
Capable of being stored out of sight when not in use.
noun
a hiding place, somewhere one can go to get away from other people
hinderly
hinderly
adv
(archaic) In the hinder or rear position.
hintedly
holyhead
holyhead
Proper noun
A town on the island of Angelsey, Wales
holytide
holytide
noun
(religion) A holy day, or religious festival.
homebody
homebody
noun
(Canada, US, informal) A person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhere.
homodyne
homodyne
adj
(physics, of radiation) Pertaining to two waves which originate from a single radiation source, or have exactly the same frequency.
verb
To combine two waves of identical frequency.
honeydew
honeydew
adj
Of a light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons.
noun
(countable) Short for honeydew melon (“a melon from the Cucumis melo Inodorus cultivar group, with sweet, light green or white flesh and a smooth greenish-white or yellow rind”).
(countable, figuratively) Something that is enjoyable or pleasant.
(uncountable) A blackish mould (often called sooty mould) produced by fungi of the order Dothideales, feeding on the substance mentioned in sense 1.
(uncountable) A light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons.
(uncountable) A sweet liquid substance resembling the substance mentioned in sense 1, such as honey, nectar, or manna in the Bible.
(uncountable) A sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves and other plant parts by insects (especially aphids and scale insects) feeding on plant sap, or by fungi.
(uncountable, originally US) In full honeydew tobacco: a fine sort of tobacco moistened with a sweet substance (originally molasses).
honeypod
hoorayed
hoorayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hooray
hoydened
hoydened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hoyden
huntedly
huntedly
adv
In a hunted manner; as though being hunted.
hurrayed
hurrayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hurray
hushedly
hushedly
adv
In a hushed way; quietly, softly.
hybridae
hydetown
hydrases
hydrases
noun
plural of hydrase
hydrated
hydrated
adj
(chemistry) Combined chemically with water.
(of a person) Not suffering from dehydration.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hydrate
hydrates
hydrates
noun
plural of hydrate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrate
hydremia
hydremia
noun
Thinness of the blood.
hydremic
hydremic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting hydremia.
hydrides
hydrides
noun
plural of hydride
hydriote
hydrogel
hydrogel
noun
A colloid gel in which water is the continuous phase; they have a number of medical and industrial applications.
hydrogen
hydrogen
noun
A molecule of this molecular species
A sample of the element/molecule.
An atom of the element.
Molecular hydrogen (H₂), a colourless, odourless and flammable gas at room temperature.
The lightest chemical element (symbol H), with an atomic number of 1 and atomic weight of 1.00794.
hydrolea
hydromel
hydromel
noun
A liquor consisting of honey diluted in water; mead prior to fermentation.
hydruret
hydruret
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A binary compound of hydrogen; a hydride.
hyenadog
hymenoid
hyoideal
hyoideal
Adjective
hyoid
hyoidean
hyoidean
adj
(anatomy, zootomy, relational) Synonym of hyoid.
hyphened
hyphened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hyphen
hypoderm
hypoderm
noun
Alternative form of hypodermis
lecythid
meredyth
phoneyed
phoneyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of phoney
phyllade
phyllode
phyllode
noun
(botany) A flattened petiole or leaf rachis that resembles and functions as a leaf, and may or may not be combined with an actual lamina.
physidae
rhythmed
rhythmed
adj
Having a (specified kind of) rhythm.
sashayed
sashayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sashay
shamoyed
shamoyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of shamoy
sherwynd
shrewdly
shrewdly
adv
In a shrewd manner.
shuddery
shuddery
adj
Characterized by shuddering motions.
sixhynde
syphered
syphered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sypher
syphoned
syphoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of syphon
tethydan
tethydan
noun
(obsolete) tunicate
theodicy
theodicy
noun
(theology, philosophy) A justification of a deity or of particular attributes of a deity; specifically, a justification of the existence of evil and suffering in the world; a work or discourse justifying the ways of God.
threnody
threnody
noun
A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy.
thundery
thundery
adj
Of weather: stormy, with thunder and lightning.
Resembling or characteristic of thunder.
thyeiads
thyiades
thyraden
thyreoid
twyhynde
typehead
typehead
noun
The assembly within a typewriter, teleprinter, etc., that physically prints characters onto the page.