A game in which each player acts out a word or phrase, usually based on puns of each syllable and without speaking, for the others to guess.
plural of charade
charqued
charqued
adj
Prepared as charqui or jerky.
chaunted
chaunted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaunt
cheddars
cheddars
noun
plural of cheddar
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheddar
cheddite
cheddite
noun
Any of a class of explosives containing inorganic chlorates and organic nitro compounds.
chedites
chedlock
chedreux
cheerled
chefdoms
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.
chenopod
chenopod
noun
Any member of the subfamily Chenopodioideae, (the main part of the sometime family Chenopodiaceae); the goosefoots
cherried
cherried
adj
Prepared with cherries.
chessdom
chessdom
noun
The world of chess.
cheswold
chetopod
chetopod
noun
Alternative form of chaetopod
chicadee
chicaned
chicaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chicane
chicqued
chiefdom
chiefdom
noun
(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe, but smaller or simpler than a state.
An area or region governed by a chief.
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
children
children
noun
plural of child.
chisedec
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
chivvied
chivvied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chivvy
chloride
chloride
noun
(chemistry) any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium chloride, or any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical
chokered
chokered
adj
Wearing a choker.
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.
choreoid
choreoid
Adjective
Resembling chorea.
chortled
chortled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chortle
chorused
chorused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chorus
chowders
chowders
noun
plural of chowder
chresard
chresard
noun
(dated) The portion of the water in a sample of soil that is available to vegetation (e.g. plant roots)
christed
chromide
chromide
noun
Any of various cichlid fishes found in Asia.
chuckled
chuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chuckle
chudders
chudders
noun
plural of chudder
churched
churched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of church
ciderish
ciderish
adj
Synonym of cidery
ciphered
ciphered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cipher
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
clodhead
cloghead
clutched
clutched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clutch
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
cohdwell
coheaded
coheaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohead
coherald
coherald
noun
(rare) A joint herald.
coholder
coholder
noun
A joint holder (of an account, a record, etc.).
cohosted
cohosted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohost
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.
coshered
coshered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cosher
cowherds
cowherds
noun
plural of cowherd
cowhided
cowhided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cowhide
cowhides
cowhides
noun
plural of cowhide
cowsheds
cowsheds
noun
plural of cowshed
cranched
cranched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cranch
creeshed
creeshed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of creesh
crophead
crotched
crotched
adj
(UK, dialect) cross; peevish
(billiards) Lying within one of the crotches on the table.
Having a crotch or fork; forked.
Misspelling of crocheted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crotch
crouched
crouched
adj
In a crouching position.
Marked with, bearing, or wearing the sign of the cross.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crouch
crunched
crunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crunch
crutched
crutched
adj
Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched.
Supported upon crutches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crutch
cubehead
cyphered
cyphered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cypher
daberath
dagenham
dagenham
Proper noun
A large suburb of east London, England.
dahabeah
dahabeah
noun
Alternative form of dahabieh
dahabieh
dahabieh
noun
A traditional Egyptian sailing-boat.
dahlgren
dahlsten
dainteth
dakerhen
dakerhen
noun
Alternative form of daker-hen
danelagh
daphnaea
daphnean
daphnean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Daphne.
daphnite
dashedly
dashedly
adv
damnably; confoundedly
dasheens
dasheens
noun
plural of dasheen
dashiest
dashiest
adj
superlative form of dashy: most dashy
daughter
daughter
noun
(by extension) A female character of a creator.
(informal, uncommon, sometimes derogatory) A familiar address to a female person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
(physics) A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.
(syntax, of a parse tree) A descendant.
A daughter language.
A female descendant.
One’s female offspring.
dauphine
dauphine
noun
The wife of the dauphin; dauphiness.
dayshine
deadhand
deadhead
deadhead
noun
(slang) Alternative form of Deadhead (“fan of the rock band The Grateful Dead”)
(slang) Driftwood.
A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend.
A person staying at a lodging, such as a hotel or boarding house, without paying rent; freeloader.
A stupid or boring person; dullard.
A train or truck moved between cities with no passengers or freight, in order to make it available for service.
A tree or tree branch fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable body of water, partially submerged or rising nearly the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk; snag.
An employee of a transport company, especially a pilot, traveling as a passenger for logistical reasons, for example to return home or travel to the next assignment.
Anyone traveling for free.
verb
(intransitive) To travel as a deadhead, or non-paying passenger.
(transitive) To admit to a performance without charge.
(transitive) To remove spent or dead blossoms from a plant.
(transitive) To send (a person or message) for free.
(transitive, intransitive) To drive an empty vehicle.
dealfish
dealfish
noun
A deep-sea ribbonfish, Trachipterus arcticus, from the north Atlantic
deanship
deanship
noun
The position or role of a dean.
dearthfu
deashing
deashing
verb
present participle of deash
deathbed
deathbed
noun
The bed on which someone dies.
The last hours before death.
deathcup
deathday
deathday
noun
Date of (someone's previous) death; anniversary of a death.
deathful
deathful
adj
(literary) Subject to death; mortal.
Involving the danger of death; fatal, deadly.
Resembling or pertaining to death; deathly.
deathify
debarath
deborath
deboshed
deboshed
adj
Obsolete form of debauched.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of debosh.
debouche
debouche
verb
(hydrology, of a river or stream) To discharge into a larger body of water such as a lake or sea.
(military, of a body of soldiers) To enter into battle.
decarchy
decarchy
noun
(politics) A government of ten people, especially (historical) various Greek councils of ten men
dechlore
decipher
decipher
noun
A decipherment; a decoding.
verb
(transitive) To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.
(transitive) To find a solution to a problem.
(transitive) To make sense of a complex situation.
(transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure
deckhand
deckhand
noun
(nautical) A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
(theater) A stagehand.
verb
(intransitive) To work on a boat as a deckhand; crew.
deckhead
deckhead
noun
(nautical) The underside of a deck (equivalent to a ceiling).
declutch
declutch
verb
To disengage the clutch on a vehicle or other engine with PTO
decohere
decohere
verb
(physics) To cause, or to undergo decoherence.
dedagach
deerhair
deerherd
deerhorn
deerhorn
noun
horn from a deer
definish
dehairer
dehairer
noun
Something or someone that removes hair.
dehaites
dehisced
dehisced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehisce
dehisces
dehisces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehisce
dehorned
dehorned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehorn
dehorner
dehorner
noun
(also in plural form) A device for cutting the horns off an animal's head.
dehorted
dehorted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehort
dehorter
dehorter
noun
(obsolete) A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary.
dehradun
deiphobe
deknight
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
demarche
demarche
noun
Alternative spelling of démarche
demarchy
demarchy
noun
Government by decision-makers who have been randomly selected by sortition (lot) from a pool of eligible citizens.
demibath
demihake
demihigh
demijohn
demijohn
noun
A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
demiphon
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).
demonish
demonish
adj
Like or characteristic of a demon; demonic.
demophil
demophil
noun
Dated form of demophile (“friend of the people”).
demophon
demyship
demyship
noun
A type of scholarship, specifically for Magdalen College, Oxford.
denehole
denehole
noun
An underground structure consisting of a number of small chalk caves entered by a vertical shaft.