(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.
adonijah
anthodia
anthodia
noun
plural of anthodium
aphodian
blondish
blondish
adj
Similar to a stereotypical dumb blonde.
Somewhat blond in colour.
bondship
chaudoin
chelidon
chelidon
noun
(rare, anatomy) Synonym of elbow pit
chelonid
chelonid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Cheloniidae of sea turtles.
chilodon
chinwood
choanoid
choanoid
adj
(anatomy) funnel-shaped; applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the eyeball in many reptiles and mammals
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.
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
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).
daphnoid
delichon
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.
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.
dichlone
dichlone
Noun
A particular fungicide.
dihedron
dihedron
noun
(mathematics) A polyhedron having two faces
dinheiro
dinheiro
noun
(historical) A coin used from the 12th to the 15th century in Portugal.
diphenol
diphenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound that has two phenol groups; especially the isomeric benzenediols (catechol, resorcinol and hydroquinone).
diphonia
dishonor
dishonor
noun
US standard spelling of dishonour.
dohnanyi
dolphins
dolphins
noun
plural of dolphin
doniphan
doniphan
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
a small city in Missouri, USA
a village in Nebraska, USA.
douching
douching
noun
A washing or irrigation with a douche.
verb
present participle of douche
downhill
downhill
adj
(by extension) Easy.
Going down a slope or a hill.
Located down a slope or hill.
adv
(by extension) Deteriorating, getting worse.
Down a slope.
noun
(countable) A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.
(uncountable) The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
verb
To take part in downhill skiing.
downwith
droghlin
echinoid
echinoid
adj
Resembling a sea urchin.
noun
(zoology) Any sea urchin or sea dollar of the class Echinoidea.
endothia
ethenoid
findhorn
fishpond
fishpond
noun
A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food
ginhound
hadronic
hadronic
adj
(physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons
handiron
handiron
noun
Obsolete form of andiron.
hedonics
hedonics
noun
(psychology) The ethical study of pleasure
hedonism
hedonism
noun
(countable) A general devotion to the pursuit of pleasure.
(ethics, uncountable) The belief that pleasure or happiness is the highest good in life. Some hedonists, such as the Epicureans, have insisted that pleasure of the entire mind, not just pleasure of the senses, is the highest good.
hedonist
hedonist
noun
Someone devoted to hedonism.
heliodon
heliodon
noun
A mechanical device, used in architecture, for demonstrating the sun's motion relative to a building.
hernioid
hernioid
adj
Resembling a hernia.
herodian
herodian
Noun
One of a sect or party mentioned in the New Testament as having, in Galilee and Jerusalem, manifested an unfriendly disposition towards Jesus.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Biblical Herod.
hidation
hidation
noun
(history) Division (of a larger territory, such as a shire or hundred) into hides
hindmost
hindmost
adj
superlative form of hind: most hind
hindorff
hoarding
hoarding
noun
(UK) A temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public.
(chiefly Britain or India) A billboard.
(psychology) An anxiety disorder characterized by a compulsive need to accumulate goods and feelings of anxiety or discomfort about discarding such goods.
A good which is hoarded.
A roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them.
The practice by of accumulating goods.
verb
present participle of hoard
hodening
hodening
noun
Alternative spelling of hoodening
hoidened
hoidened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hoiden
holdings
holdings
noun
plural of holding
hominids
hominids
noun
plural of hominid
hominoid
hominoid
noun
Any primate (including humans and apes) belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea.
hondling
hoodwink
hoodwink
noun
(Britain, games, obsolete, uncountable) The game of blind man's buff.
(countable) An act of hiding from sight, or something that cloaks or hides another thing from view.
verb
(archaic) To hide or obscure.
(intransitive, obsolete, rare) To close the eyes.
(transitive, archaic) To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold.
To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead.
hordeins
hordeins
noun
plural of hordein
hounding
hounding
noun
(nautical) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless.
verb
present participle of hound
houndish
houndish
adj
Like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish; canine.
howdying
howdying
verb
present participle of howdy
hudsonia
humanoid
humanoid
adj
Having the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.).
noun
A being having the appearance or characteristics of a human.
hydronic
hydronic
adj
Being or relating to a heating system that involves circulating hot water or steam.
hymenoid
hyoidean
hyoidean
adj
(anatomy, zootomy, relational) Synonym of hyoid.
idahoans
inachoid
inholder
inholder
noun
(obsolete, in the abstract) The active forces of nature.
An indweller, or anything indwelling; inhabitant; occupant.
ironhard
ironhead
ironhead
noun
Synonym of goldeneye
Synonym of knapweed
ironshod
ironshod
adj
Of a stick or cane: covered in iron at one end.
joinhand
kinghood
kinghood
noun
The quality or state of being a king; kingship.
The state of being a king.
lindholm
lionhood
lionhood
noun
The state of being a lion.
midmonth
midmonth
adj
Occurring in the middle of a month, neither at the beginning nor the end
noun
A point in the middle of a month.
mohandis
monished
monished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of monish
mouedhin
muishond
muishond
noun
A species of weasel found in southern Africa, Poecilogale albinucha.
nephroid
nephroid
adj
kidney-shaped
noun
(geometry) A plane curve resembling two intersecting ellipses
nordheim
onychoid
ophidian
ophidian
adj
Of or pertaining to the suborder Serpentes; of, related to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent.
noun
Any species of the suborder Serpentes; a snake or serpent.
ophidion
ophionid
phenoxid
phenoxid
noun
Archaic form of phenoxide.
phoronid
phoronid
noun
(zoology) Any hermaphroditic wormlike marine animals of the phylum Phoronida.
phrynoid
pondfish
pondfish
noun
Any of numerous species of American freshwater fishes belonging to the family Centrarchidae.
povindah
pythonid
pythonid
noun
(zoology) Any of the family Pythonidae of non-venomous snakes, distinguished from the boids by teeth on the premaxilla.
reinhold
rhodamin
rhodamin
noun
Alternative spelling of rhodamine
rhodanic
rhodinal
rhodinol
rhodinol
noun
(organic chemistry) The chemical compound 3,7-dimethyloct-7-en-1-ol, used in perfumery.
richmond
richmond
Proper noun
A common place name (Richmonds on Wikipedia):
A town in south-west London (properly
A market town in North Yorkshire, England.
A city in Indiana, USA
A city in Kentucky, USA
A city in Missouri, USA
A county of New York State, coterminous with the borough of Staten Island.
Until 1975, a borough of New York City, now the borough of Staten Island.
The capital city of the state of Virginia in the United States of America.
derived from the English place name.
name transferred from the surname.
rochkind
roundish
roundish
adj
Somewhat round.
shinwood
siphoned
siphoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of siphon
sondheim
sphenoid
sphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the sphenoid bone which forms the base of the cranium, behind the eye and below the front part of the brain. It has two pairs of broad lateral ‘wings’ and a number of other projections, and contains two air-filled sinuses.
Having a wedged shape.
noun
(anatomy) The sphenoid bone.
(crystallography) A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles; the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.
thindown
twinhood
twinhood
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being a twin; twinship.
unhonied
unhonied
adj
Alternative form of unhoneyed
unichord
unmodish
unmodish
adj
Not modish.
urrhodin
urrhodin
noun
(organic chemistry) Indigo red, a product of the decomposition or oxidation of indican, sometimes found in the sediment of pathological urines.
whodunit
whodunit
noun
A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator.
windhoek
windhoek
Proper noun
The capital of Namibia.
windhole
xiphodon
xiphodon
noun
An extinct camel-like animal of the genus Xiphodon.
zoanthid
zoanthid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the order Zoanthidea of cnidarians commonly found in coral reefs and other marine environments.