1734, George Sale, The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, London: C. Ackers, Chapter 78, page 475:
1786, Hunter, John, A Treatise on the Venereal Disease, London, Part II, Chapter IX, Section VI, page 108:
Camphor.
Câfûr is the name of a fountain in paradise, so called from its resembling camphire (which the word signifies) in odour, and whiteness. Some take the word for an appellative, and think the wine of paradise will be mixed with camphire, because of its agreeable coolness and smell.
Sitting over the steam of warm water with camphire, might be tried, especially in such cases as are not disposed to be permanent, and rubbing the scrotum with mercurial ointment joined with camphire.
The district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.
chaperno
chaperon
chaperon
noun
A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
A type of hood, often ornamental or official, with an attached cape and a tail, later worn as a hat with the face hole put over the top of the head instead.
An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.
verb
To accompany; to escort.
To mother.
chapiter
chapiter
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A written summary of matters to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; articles.
(architecture) The capital or uppermost part of a column, upon which the roof and its decorations are supported.
Obsolete form of chapter.
chapters
chapters
noun
plural of chapter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chapter
chaptrel
chaptrel
noun
(architecture, obsolete) An impost.
cheapery
cheepers
cheepers
noun
plural of cheeper
cheepier
cheepier
adj
comparative form of cheepy: more cheepy
chephren
chepster
chippers
chippers
noun
plural of chipper
chippier
chippier
adj
comparative form of chippy: more chippy
chirpers
chirpers
noun
plural of chirper
chirpier
chirpier
adj
comparative form of chirpy: more chirpy
chompers
chompers
noun
plural of chomper
choppers
choppers
noun
(informal) teeth
plural of chopper
choppier
choppier
adj
comparative form of choppy: more choppy
ciphered
ciphered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cipher
cipherer
cipherer
noun
One who ciphers.
cohelper
copperah
coryphee
coryphee
noun
Alternative form of coryphée
crophead
cyphered
cyphered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cypher
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
diphaser
drophead
drophead
noun
(Britain) A drophead coupé.
earlship
earlship
noun
The rank or status of earl.
earphone
earphone
noun
A transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone.
earthpea
earthpea
noun
(US) A peanut, (Arachis hypogaea).
A pea
Any of a species of pea, Amphicarpaea bracteata, a climbing leguminous plant with hairy underground pods.
ecphoria
ecphoria
noun
A stage in memory retrieval in which a latent engram is activated
ekphoria
elaphure
elaphure
noun
Elaphurus davidianus, a Chinese deer with unusual antlers.
emirship
emirship
noun
The rank or office of an emir.
emperish
encipher
encipher
verb
To convert plain text into cipher; to encrypt
engraphy
enhamper
enseraph
ensphere
ensphere
verb
(transitive) To form into a sphere.
(transitive) To place in a sphere; to surround in all directions (as if) by a sphere (one of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth).
ephedras
ephedras
noun
plural of ephedra
ephedrin
ephedrin
noun
Archaic form of ephedrine.
ephemera
ephemera
noun
(by extension) Transitory audiovisual matter not intended to be retained or preserved.
(library science) Published single-sheet or single page documents which are meant to be thrown away after one use.
Objects, including collectable items, that are designed to be short-lived.
plural of ephemeron (“transitory thing”)
ephorate
ephorate
noun
The office of an ephor; ephors collectively
ephrayim
ephydrid
ephydrid
noun
(zoology) Any species of the shore fly family Ephydridae.
ephyrula
epigraph
epigraph
noun
(mathematics, of a function) The set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.
A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
An inscription, especially on a building.
verb
(transitive) To provide (a literary work) with an epigraph.
epiphora
epiphora
noun
(botany) Polystachya (a genus of orchids).
(medicine) Excessive tear production usually a result from an irritation of the eye.
(rhetoric) epistrophe
eriphyle
erysiphe
euphoria
euphoria
noun
(LGBT) Ellipsis of gender euphoria.
An excited state of joy; a feeling of intense happiness.
euphoric
euphoric
adj
Feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
Productive of euphoria, causing great joy
noun
A drug that causes euphoria; a euphoriant.
euphrasy
euphrasy
noun
The eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis.
euphroes
euphroes
noun
plural of euphroe
eutrophy
eutrophy
noun
(geography, of a body of water) The quality of being rich in minerals and nutrients.
(medicine) healthy nutrition
verb
(transitive, intransitive, of a body of water) To make or become rich in minerals and nutrients, which often manifests itself in a green color.
exograph
fairhope
foreship
foreship
noun
(obsolete) The fore part of a ship.
foreshop
foreshop
noun
A front shop; a shop placed near the front, facing the street
The front part of a shop
forshape
forshape
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.
(transitive, obsolete) To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.
gamphrel
gephyrea
grapheme
grapheme
noun
A fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean Hangeul.
In alphabetic writing, the shortest group of letters composing a phoneme.
graphite
graphite
noun
A grey colour, resembling graphite or the marks made with a graphite pencil.
An allotrope of carbon, consisting of planes of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal arrays with the planes stacked loosely, that is used as a dry lubricant, in "lead" pencils, and as a moderator in some nuclear reactors.
Short for graphite-reinforced plastic, a composite plastic made with graphite fibers noted for light weight strength and stiffness.
verb
(transitive) To apply graphite to.
griphite
griphite
noun
A vitreous, resinous, yellow or dark-brown, molecular compound that is both diploidal and isometric.
grumphie
grumphie
noun
(Scotland) A sow (female pig).
gryphaea
gryphaea
noun
(zoology) Any of the genus †Gryphaea of extinct gryphaeid oysters, devil's toenails.
gryphite
gryphite
noun
(paleontology) A shell of the genus Gryphea.
hagtaper
hampered
hampered
adj
impeded or encumbered as if chained or fettered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hamper
hamperer
hamperer
noun
One who hampers or hinders.
hanapers
hanapers
noun
plural of hanaper
hapteron
hapteron
noun
A branched swelling at the base of an aquatic plant (such as an alga) that it uses to fix itself in place
harelips
harelips
noun
plural of harelip
harpidae
harpless
harpless
adj
Without a harp.
harplike
harplike
adj
Resembling a harp or the sound of harp music
harpress
harpress
noun
(archaic) A woman who plays the harp.
harpster
harpwise
haruspex
haruspex
noun
A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced divination by inspecting entrails.
headrope
headrope
noun
(nautical) The part of a bolt rope that is sewn to the upper edge or head of a sail.
heartpea
heartpea
noun
heartseed
heatdrop
heelgrip
heirship
heirship
noun
The status of being heir to something or someone
heirskip
heliport
heliport
noun
(aviation) A facility, such as a small airport, designed to let helicopters take off and land.
hemicarp
hemicarp
noun
(botany) One portion of a fruit that spontaneously divides into halves.
hemipter
hemipter
noun
(zoology) Any organism of the order Hemiptera, including cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, and shield bugs.
hempwort
hempwort
noun
Any plant of the family Cannabaceae; a hemp or hop.
heparins
heparins
noun
plural of heparin
heptarch
heptarch
noun
a heptarchist
hepteris
hepworth
herdship
hereupon
hereupon
adv
Immediately afterwards; at this.
hereupto
heroship
heroship
noun
The character or personality of a hero.
herpeses
herpeses
noun
plural of herpes
herpetic
herpetic
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to herpes, or to any herpesvirus or herpesvirus-caused disease.
hesperia
hesperic
hesperid
hesperid
Noun
any one of the Hesperides
hesperis
hesperus
hexaplar
hexaplar
Adjective
Being or relating to a Hexapla.
hipberry
hipsters
hipsters
noun
A female undergarment with wider side sections than conventional panties.
plural of hipster
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hipster
holliper
homopter
homopter
noun
Any insect of the order Homoptera.
hoopster
hoopster
Noun
A basketball player.
hornpipe
hornpipe
noun
(music) A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
A hard-shoe solo dance commonly performed in Irish stepdance, usually danced in 2/4 time.
A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
Music played to the hornpipe dance
verb
(intransitive) To dance the hornpipe.
horopter
horopter
noun
For any system of binocular vision, a three-dimensional curve containing all points from which the light will converge into a single image.
horsepen
horsepox
horsepox
noun
A disease of horses caused by an orthopoxvirus.
hotpress
hotpress
verb
to apply both heat and mechanical pressure to something, especially as part of a laundry process, or as a method of printing.
humphrey
hypergol
hypergol
noun
(chemistry, aeronautics) Any hypergolic propellant.
hypergon
hyperion
hyperite
hyperite
noun
(geology) Synonym of hypersthenite
hypernic
hypernic
noun
The wood of a tropical tree Haematoxylon brasiletto (found in Nicaragua); a red dye extracted from it
hypernik
hyperons
hyperons
noun
plural of hyperon
hyperoon
hyperoon
noun
(biblical) An upper room.
hyperope
hyperope
noun
A farsighted person, a hyperopic person, a person with hyperopia.
hyperper
hyperper
noun
A Byzantine gold solidus
hypoderm
hypoderm
noun
Alternative form of hypodermis
hypomere
hypomere
noun
(biology) A part that the walls of a pleuroperitoneal cavity grow.
imperish
insphere
insphere
verb
Alternative form of ensphere
kreplach
kreplach
noun
(plural only) Small dumplings of Eastern European origin, filled with meat or cheese and served usually in soup.