(Christianity) The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ
(linguistics) An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context.
(linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
(rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
plural of anaphor
anchored
anchored
adj
(heraldry) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor. (Compare sarcelly, moline.)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchor
anchorer
anchorer
noun
One who or that which anchors.
anchoret
anchoret
noun
Alternative spelling of anchorite
anhedron
anorchia
anorchia
noun
(medicine) An intersex condition of XY individuals where both testes are absent at birth.
anorchus
anorthic
anorthic
adj
(crystallography) Having three unequal axes that intersect obliquely
anthroic
anthrone
anthrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A tricyclic aromatic ketone, used in a popular cellulose assay and in the colorimetric determination of carbohydrates; any derivative of this compound
antihero
antihero
noun
(literature, role-playing games) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.
aphronia
aphronia
noun
The lack of practical judgment.
aporphin
aporphin
noun
Alternative form of aporphine
arathorn
archeion
archelon
archsnob
asherton
asthorin
atherton
atherton
Proper noun
A town in Wigan borough, Greater Manchester, England.
derived from the placename.
barahona
bethorns
bighorns
bighorns
noun
plural of bighorn
biochron
biochron
noun
the length of time represented by a biozone
bohereen
bohireen
bohireen
noun
Alternative form of boreen
boithrin
bokharan
bornholm
bornholm
Proper noun
a Danish island in the Baltic Sea
boxthorn
boxthorn
noun
Any plant of the genus Lycium.
brehonia
brighton
brochant
brodench
bronaugh
bronchia
bronchia
noun
plural of bronchium
bronchos
bronchos
noun
plural of broncho
bronchus
bronchus
noun
Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs.
brotchen
brownish
brownish
adj
Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
brushton
buckhorn
buckhorn
noun
A horn of a buck.
The royal fern, Osmunda regalis.
bullhorn
bullhorn
noun
(chiefly US) A megaphone which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice.
byronish
canephor
carancho
carancho
noun
southern crested caracara
chaffron
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
chamfron
chamfron
noun
Protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears.
chanfron
chanfron
noun
Alternative form of chamfron (protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears).
chantors
chantors
noun
plural of chantor
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.
chapourn
charango
charango
noun
A small guitar-like stringed instrument with five courses of eighteen to fifteen strings, originating in traditional Andean folk music.
chariton
chariton
Proper noun
the in Iowa and Missouri, USA, which is a tributary of the
a city in Iowa, USA, and the county seat of Named after a French trader.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA, named after the river.
charlton
charlton
Proper noun
Any of many place names in England, Australia and the United States, including:
a district in the London Borough of Greenwich, England, and the home of Charlton Athletic F.C.
a village between Shepperton and Ashford, Surrey, England.
derived from the English place name.
Charlton Athletic football club.
charmion
charneco
charneco
noun
(obsolete) A sort of sweet wine.
charonic
chaudron
chaudron
noun
Obsolete form of chawdron.
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
cheribon
cheriton
cheveron
cheveron
noun
Dated form of chevron. (V-shaped ornament)
chevrone
chevrons
chevrons
noun
plural of chevron
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chevron
chevrony
chevrony
adj
Chevron-shaped, zigzag, especially (heraldry) chevronwise.
Having chevrons, especially (heraldry) charged with chevrons.
chironym
chlordan
chlordan
noun
Alternative form of chlordane
chlorine
chlorine
noun
A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.
chlorins
chlorins
noun
plural of chlorin
chlorion
chlorion
noun
(archaic) A chlorine ion.
chlornal
choiring
choiring
verb
present participle of choir
choirman
choirman
noun
A male chorister (in a church choir)
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
choreman
choreman
noun
A man employed to carry out chores.
choremen
choremen
noun
plural of choreman
chorines
chorines
noun
plural of chorine
chorions
chorions
noun
plural of chorion
chrismon
chrismon
noun
(palaeography) A stylised siglum or character interpreted as an invocation of Christ in Merovingian and Carolingian documents.
A Christmas decoration with explicitly Christian religious symbolism.
A Christogram.
chromene
chromene
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of 1-benzopyran
chroming
chroming
noun
(Australia) The act of inhaling the fumes of substances such as glue or paint, usually by sniffing them from a paper bag or bottle, with the aim of getting intoxicated.
verb
present participle of chrome
chromone
chromone
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,4-benzopyrone, a derivative of benzopyran with a substituted keto group on the pyran ring
chronaxy
chronaxy
noun
Alternative form of chronaxie
chronica
chronics
chronics
noun
plural of chronic
chronist
chronist
noun
A chronicler, a person who produces a chronological account.
chronium
chronons
chronons
noun
plural of chronon
churoyan
cleghorn
cochrane
cochrane
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada
A town and river in Chile
A town in Ontario, Canada
A village in Wisconsin
coherent
coherent
adj
(botany) Attaching or pressing against an organ of the same nature.
(mathematics, of a sheaf) Belonging to a specific class of sheaves having particularly manageable properties closely linked to the geometrical properties of the underlying space.
(physics) Of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase, as light in a laser.
Aesthetically ordered.
Having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious: a coherent design.
Orderly, logical and consistent.
Unified; sticking together; making up a whole.
cohering
cohering
verb
present participle of cohere
coinhere
coinhere
verb
(intransitive) To inhere or exist together, as in one substance.
contchar
coranoch
cornhole
cornhole
noun
(UK, dated) A small room connected to a threshing floor.
(US) A game similar to beanbag toss, popular in Ohio, in which a bag is filled with corn feed and thrown into a hole.
(slang, vulgar) The anus.
verb
(slang, vulgar) To have anal intercourse with; to penetrate anally.
cornhusk
cornhusk
noun
The husk of an ear of corn (maize).
corniche
corniche
noun
A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).
(music) Any of several related simple woodwind instruments having a bent horn
danforth
deerhorn
deerhorn
noun
horn from a deer
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.
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.
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.
dishonor
dishonor
noun
US standard spelling of dishonour.
downrush
downrush
noun
A rushing down.
verb
(intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
droghlin
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.
enchoric
enchoric
adj
Alternative form of enchorial
encroach
encroach
noun
(rare) Encroachment.
verb
(intransitive) to advance gradually beyond due limits
(intransitive) to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory
(transitive, obsolete) to seize, appropriate
enharbor
enhorror
enhydros
enhydros
noun
A geode of chalcedony containing trapped water.
enshroud
enshroud
verb
(transitive) to cover with (or as if with) a shroud
enthrone
enthrone
verb
(transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture
(transitive, figuratively) To help a candidate to the succession of a monarchy (as a kingmaker does), or by extension in any other major organisation.
enthrong
entrough
enworthy
erythron
erythron
noun
All the erythrocytes circulating in the bloodstream together with their precursors
etherion
euchenor
euchrone
euchrone
noun
(chemistry) A blue compound obtained from euchroic acid.
findhorn
foghorns
foghorns
noun
plural of foghorn
forehand
forehand
adj
Beforehand; paid in advance.
noun
(archaic) The chief or most important part.
(disc sports) A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.
(racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
(surfing) The hand towards the front of the board.
All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
verb
(transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.
forehent
forthink
forthink
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To repent, be sorry for.
(reflexive, obsolete) To regret; repent.
(transitive, obsolete) To change one's mind about; to renounce.
(transitive, obsolete) To regret.
(transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To cause distress or regret to; cause to regret or repent; to vex.
fortranh
franchot
fronniah
frothing
frothing
noun
The act of something that froths.
verb
present participle of froth
gemshorn
gemshorn
noun
An instrument of the ocarina family, historically made from the horn of a chamois, goat, or other animal.