(aeronautics) the downward slope of an aircraft’s wing
anhedron
anhydric
anhydric
adj
anhydrous
anthemed
anthemed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthem
antherid
anthodia
anthodia
noun
plural of anthodium
aphidian
aphidian
adj
Like an aphid.
noun
A member of genus Aphidoidea.
aphodian
arachnid
arachnid
noun
Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.
archband
archdean
archdean
noun
A member of a discontinued Catholic ecclesiastical office, higher in rank than a dean.
aunthood
aunthood
noun
The quality or state of being an aunt.
backhand
backhand
adj
(ice hockey) Of a play that uses the back side of the hockey stick
(of handwriting) Slanting to the left.
(of strokes or throws) In the backhand style
noun
(Ultimate Frisbee) the standard throw; a throw during which the disc begins on the off-hand side and travels across the chest to be released from the opposite side.
(surfing) the hand towards the back of the board.
(tennis) a stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.
Handwriting that leans to the left
The reverse side of the human hand.
verb
to execute a backhand stroke or throw
to slap with the back of one's hand
bahmanid
bandfish
bandfish
noun
Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae
bandhava
bandhook
banished
banished
adj
Having been subject to banishment; kicked out and forbidden from returning; forbidden and prohibited.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of banish
bankhead
barnhard
bedrench
bedrench
verb
(archaic, transitive) To drench thoroughly; to make extremely wet; saturate with moisture; soak.
behinder
behinder
adv
(nonstandard) comparative form of behind: more behind
noun
A person employed in metalworking to take folded metal sheets from the doubler and pass them back to the rollerman.
beholden
beholden
adj
(usually with 'to') Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged.
bernhard
bhadgaon
bhandari
bindwith
binhdinh
blanched
blanched
adj
bleached
lacking complexion or color
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blanch
blandish
blandish
verb
(transitive) To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole.
(transitive) To praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up.
blenched
blenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blench
blindish
blindish
adj
As if blind; characteristic of blindness.
blondish
blondish
adj
Similar to a stereotypical dumb blonde.
Somewhat blond in colour.
bondhold
bondship
bonehead
bonehead
noun
(slang) Someone who is stubborn, thick-skulled, or stupid.
branched
branched
adj
Having branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of branch
brandish
brandish
noun
The act of flourishing or waving.
verb
(transitive) To bear something with ostentatious show.
(transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.
brodench
brunched
brunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brunch
brunhild
brynhild
bushland
bushland
noun
(chiefly Australia) An area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
cachunde
chadburn
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.
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
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
chanidae
chapland
chaudoin
chaudron
chaudron
noun
Obsolete form of chawdron.
chaunted
chaunted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaunt
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
chelidon
chelidon
noun
(rare, anatomy) Synonym of elbow pit
chelonid
chelonid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Cheloniidae of sea turtles.
chenopod
chenopod
noun
Any member of the subfamily Chenopodioideae, (the main part of the sometime family Chenopodiaceae); the goosefoots
chicaned
chicaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chicane
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
children
children
noun
plural of child.
chilodon
chinband
chinband
noun
A band of fabric worn around the chin.
chindwin
chinwood
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
chondral
chondral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to cartilage
chondria
chondric
chondrin
chondrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance resembling gelatin, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water.
chondrus
chording
chording
noun
(computing) The ability, using a keyboard or similar device, to enter characters or commands in the form of "chords" by pressing several keys simultaneously.
An arrangement of musical chords.
verb
present participle of chord
chundari
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
clubhand
clubhand
noun
(medicine) A short, distorted hand.
conchoid
conchoid
noun
(geology) A conchoidal fracture in rock.
(mathematics, geometry) Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts).
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
cranched
cranched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cranch
crunched
crunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crunch
dagenham
dagenham
Proper noun
A large suburb of east London, England.
dahlgren
dahlsten
dainchas
dainteth
daintith
dakerhen
dakerhen
noun
Alternative form of daker-hen
damanhur
dandyish
dandyish
adj
Characteristic of or resembling the style of a dandy.
danelagh
danforth
danialah
daphnaea
daphnean
daphnean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Daphne.
daphnias
daphnias
noun
plural of daphnia
daphnite
daphnoid
darshana
darshana
noun
Alternative form of darshan
darshans
darshans
noun
plural of darshan
dasheens
dasheens
noun
plural of dasheen
dauphine
dauphine
noun
The wife of the dauphin; dauphiness.
dauphins
dauphins
noun
plural of dauphin
dayshine
deadhand
deanship
deanship
noun
The position or role of a dean.
deashing
deashing
verb
present participle of deash
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.
deerhorn
deerhorn
noun
horn from a deer
definish
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.
dehradun
deknight
delichon
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
demijohn
demijohn
noun
A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
demiphon
demonish
demonish
adj
Like or characteristic of a demon; demonic.
demophon
denehole
denehole
noun
An underground structure consisting of a number of small chalk caves entered by a vertical shaft.
denshare
denshire
depthing
dethrone
dethrone
verb
(figuratively) To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.
To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.
To remove any governing authority from power.
To remove from any position of high status or power.
detrench
detrench
verb
(military) To force (an army) out of trenches, or to be so forced out.
To cut off or slice; to sever.
To dig out and remove from a trench.
To render something that was entrenched less thoroughly established.
devachan
devachan
noun
The dwelling-place of the gods, according to theosophy.
dhunchee
dianthus
dianthus
noun
Any plant, such as carnations and pinks, of the genus Dianthus.
diaphane
diaphane
noun
(Aristotelian philosophy) Essence or nature as encapsulated in a mental construct.
A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures.
Something transparent or diaphanous.
diaphany
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.