A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs.
The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.
absinthe green:
absinths
absinths
noun
plural of absinth
acanthus
acanthus
noun
(architecture) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of Acanthus spinosus, used in the capitals of the Corinthian and composite orders.
A member of the genus Acanthus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae, order Lamiales (formerly Scrophulariales)) found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India.
acushnet
althorns
althorns
noun
plural of althorn
altschin
anasitch
anesthyl
anethols
anethols
noun
plural of anethol
anhistic
anthemas
anthemis
anthemis
noun
camomile, in genus Anthemis.
antheses
antheses
noun
plural of anthesis
anthesis
anthesis
noun
(botany) The event of a flower opening.
anthills
anthills
noun
plural of anthill
antiphas
antiphus
antiship
antiship
adj
(fandom slang) Pertaining to the activities of antishippers
(military) Designed to attack a naval ship.
verb
(fandom slang) To participate in the activities of anti-shippers
ashantee
asherton
ashplant
ashplant
noun
(Ireland) A walking stick.
A stick kept for administering corporal punishment, a cane.
An ash sapling.
ashstone
asthenia
asthenia
noun
(medicine) Weakness; loss of strength.
asthenic
asthenic
adj
Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.
noun
A person who has asthenia.
asthorin
astonish
astonish
verb
To surprise greatly.
astrahan
ataghans
ataghans
noun
plural of ataghan
atcheson
atchison
atchison
Proper noun
A city in Kansas, USA
athanasy
athanasy
noun
An absence of death or the condition of everlasting life.
auntship
auntship
noun
The status of being an aunt.
bashment
bashment
noun
(slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
(slang, uncountable, music, especially Jamaican) Dancehall music.
behistun
bestench
bethanks
bethanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethank
bethinks
bethinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethink
bethorns
bluntish
bluntish
adj
Somewhat blunt.
They spent hours laboriously chopping wood with bluntish axes.
bosthoon
brenthis
brushton
burthens
burthens
noun
plural of burthen
bushment
bushment
noun
(obsolete) A surprise party; a company of soldiers secretly deployed.
(obsolete) An ambush.
(obsolete) The troops concealed in an ambush.
caanthus
cashment
cashtown
chanters
chanters
noun
plural of chanter
chanteys
chanteys
noun
plural of chantey
chanties
chanties
noun
plural of chantie
plural of chanty
chantors
chantors
noun
plural of chantor
chastain
chastens
chastens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chasten
cheshunt
cheshunt
Proper noun
A town in Hertfordshire, England.
chestnut
chestnut
adj
Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.
noun
(UK) The horse-chestnut.
(figurative) An old joke; a worn-out meme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective (often in the phrase "old chestnut").
(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.
(uncountable) The wood of a chestnut tree.
A nut of this tree or shrub.
A reddish-brown horse.
A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.
A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
chinfest
chinfest
noun
(colloquial) A session of chat or gossip; a chinwag.
chintses
chintses
noun
plural of chints
chintzes
chintzes
noun
plural of chintz
chitlins
chitlins
noun
Pronunciation spelling of chitterlings.
chitosan
chitosan
noun
(biochemistry) An oligosaccharide derived from chitin, sometimes used in the absorption of fat
cholents
cholents
noun
plural of cholent
christan
christen
christen
verb
(colloquial) To use for the first time.
(informal) To douse or wet with blood, urine, tears, or other liquid.
(obsolete) To Christianize.
(transitive) To perform the religious act of baptism upon; to baptize.
(transitive, by extension) To name.
christin
chronist
chronist
noun
A chronicler, a person who produces a chronological account.
chunters
chunters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunter
chutnees
chutnees
noun
plural of chutnee
chutneys
chutneys
noun
plural of chutney
citherns
citherns
noun
plural of cithern
cithrens
cithrens
noun
plural of cithren
cothurns
cothurns
noun
plural of cothurn
cynthius
dahlsten
dianthus
dianthus
noun
Any plant, such as carnations and pinks, of the genus Dianthus.
dishaunt
dishaunt
verb
(transitive) To leave or depart from; to cease to haunt.
disthene
disthene
noun
(mineralogy) Kyanite.
dozenths
dozenths
noun
plural of dozenth
dunseath
dunseith
enchants
enchants
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enchant
endothys
endsheet
endsheet
noun
Synonym of endpaper
ensheath
ensheath
verb
Alternative spelling of ensheathe
enswathe
enswathe
verb
(transitive) To swathe or envelop (someone or something), as in swaddling clothes.
entheasm
entheasm
noun
inspiration; enthusiasm
enthrals
enthrals
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enthral
enthused
enthused
verb
past participle of enthuse
enthuses
enthuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enthuse
eranthis
esthonia
esthonia
Proper noun
form of. The spelling "Estonia" had become more popular in English by about 1930.
etchants
etchants
noun
plural of etchant
etchings
etchings
noun
plural of etching
eternish
ethanols
ethanols
noun
plural of ethanol
ethinyls
ethinyls
noun
plural of ethinyl
ethnoses
ethnoses
noun
plural of ethnos
ethynyls
ethynyls
noun
plural of ethynyl
faintish
faintish
adj
Somewhat faint.
fasnacht
fishnets
fishnets
noun
Pairs or a pair of stockings made of fishnet fabric.
plural of fishnet
gahnites
gahnites
noun
plural of gahnite
gandhist
gandhist
Noun
A proponent of Gandhism.
gathings
ghosting
ghosting
noun
(colloquial) A method of ending a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation.
(computing) A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses trigger the action of a further key that was not in fact pressed.
(computing) Ghost imaging.
(electronics, television) The blurry appearance of a television picture resulting from interference caused by multipath reception.
A form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") who is not widely known to be deceased.
The phenomenon of the writing on one side of a page in a notebook being partly visible on the other side.
The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors.
verb
present participle of ghost
giantish
giantish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a giant.
noun
(fantasy) A fictional language spoken by giants.
gnathism
gnathism
noun
The classification of mankind based on measurements of the jaw.
greenths
gronseth
gunshots
gunshots
noun
plural of gunshot
gunsmith
gunsmith
noun
a person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms.
habitans
habitans
noun
plural of habitan
hagstone
hagstone
noun
(Wicca) A ceremonial stone with a hole drilled into used to ward off evil or see into other worlds
hairnets
hairnets
noun
plural of hairnet
haitians
hanaster
hanaster
noun
(UK, historical) A person paying the entrance fee of the guild merchant, and admitted as a freeman of the city of Oxford.
handfast
handfast
adj
(obsolete) Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands.
(rare) Strong; steadfast.
noun
(obsolete) A contract, agreement, covenant; specifically betrothal, espousal.
(obsolete) A hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping.
verb
(transitive) To pledge; to bind.
(transitive, Scotland, archaic or historical except Wicca) To betroth by joining hands, in order to allow for cohabitation before the celebration of marriage; to marry provisionally.
handiest
handiest
adj
superlative form of handy: most handy
handlist
handlist
noun
A list for easy reference.
handouts
handouts
noun
plural of handout
handpost
handpost
noun
A kind of signpost indicating what lies in various directions.
handrest
handrest
noun
Any surface designed to support the hand and wrist.
handsets
handsets
noun
plural of handset
hangnest
hangnest
noun
A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.
A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.
hangouts
hangouts
noun
plural of hangout
hangtags
hangtags
noun
plural of hangtag
hanksite
hanksite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and sulfur.
hansteen
haplonts
haplonts
noun
plural of haplont
haptenes
hastened
hastened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hasten
hastener
hastener
noun
A stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it.
Agent noun of hasten; one who hastens.
hastings
hastings
noun
Early fruit or vegetables, especially peas.
hatbands
hatbands
noun
plural of hatband
hatstand
hatstand
adj
(UK, slang) Crazy, insane.
noun
(UK) A device used to store hats upon, consisting of a vertical pole with a sturdy base to prevent toppling, and an array of pegs to hold the hats.
haunters
haunters
noun
plural of haunter
heartens
heartens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hearten
heathens
heathens
noun
plural of heathen
heatsman
hedonist
hedonist
noun
Someone devoted to hedonism.
heisting
heisting
verb
present participle of heist
hematins
hematins
noun
plural of hematin
henroost
henroost
noun
A place used by hens for roosting.
heptanes
heptanes
noun
plural of heptane
herstein
hesitant
hesitant
adj
Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.
hiestand
hindcast
hindcast
noun
(mathematics) A test of a mathematical model by using data from a past event.
verb
To test a mathematical model by using data from a past event.
hindguts
hindguts
noun
plural of hindgut
hindmost
hindmost
adj
superlative form of hind: most hind
hineston
hinnites
histamin
histamin
noun
Dated form of histamine.
histidin
histidin
noun
Dated form of histidine.
histogen
histogen
noun
(biology) Any of the germ layers involved in histogenesis.