(chemistry) A compound of nitrogen and boron which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride.
apophyge
apophyge
noun
(architecture) A curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns.
apothegm
apothegm
noun
A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.
baghouse
baghouse
noun
A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.
begorrah
begorrah
intj
(Ireland) Alternative spelling of begorra
behoving
behoving
verb
present participle of behove
berghoff
bergholz
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
betrough
boothage
borghese
botteghe
botteghe
noun
plural of bottega
boughten
boughten
adj
(archaic or regional, West Country, Cornwall, Canada, US) Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).
verb
(archaic or regional, chiefly US) past participle of buy
bughouse
bughouse
adj
(US, slang) Crazy, insane.
noun
(South Africa, slang) A cheap and dirty cinema.
(US, slang) A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
(US, slang) A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum.
bunghole
bunghole
noun
Alternative spelling of bung-hole
chelingo
choregic
choregic
adj
Of or relating to a choregus.
choregus
choregus
noun
The leader of a chorus in Ancient Greece
The leader of a group (especially of performers)
chughole
chughole
noun
(US) pothole
cleghorn
cloghead
clougher
cogwheel
cogwheel
noun
(attributive) Something behaving in a jerky manner similar to a a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine.
A gear wheel.
cohering
cohering
verb
present participle of cohere
coughers
coughers
noun
plural of cougher
cowhages
croighle
dogeship
dogeship
Noun
The role or status of doge (chief magistrate).
doghouse
doghouse
noun
(informal) Any shabby or disreputable establishment.
(nautical) A difficult or demoralizing situation.
A structure of small size, similar to a doghouse, but offering useful shelter for a human.
A traffic signal with five sections: two on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on top.
Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.
Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.
dogshore
dogshore
noun
(nautical) One of several shores used to prevent a ship from moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.
dogteeth
dogteeth
noun
plural of dogtooth
donaghue
donoghue
doughier
doughier
adj
comparative form of doughy: more doughy
doughmen
dragshoe
drogheda
echogram
echogram
noun
sonogram
edgeshot
egophony
egophony
noun
(medicine) A bleating sound sometimes observed in patients with various lung conditions
eightvos
enthrong
entrough
escoheag
esophagi
esophagi
noun
plural of esophagus
esophago
ethology
ethology
noun
(obsolete) The study of the human ethos.
(zoology) The scientific study of human and animal behaviour.
ethrogim
exograph
exophagy
exophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group.
foughten
foughten
verb
(archaic) past participle of fight
galoshed
galoshed
adj
Wearing galoshes.
galoshes
galoshes
noun
plural of galosh
plural of galoshe
gashouse
gashouse
noun
gasworks
geelhout
geelhout
noun
Broad-leaved yellowwood, Podocarpus latifolius, or any other Podocarpus tree.
gemshorn
gemshorn
noun
An instrument of the ocarina family, historically made from the horn of a chamois, goat, or other animal.
An organ stop with conical tin pipes.
geophagy
geophagy
noun
The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.
geophila
geophone
geophone
noun
(geology) A form of microphone that detects and records seismic vibrations.
(music) A percussion instrument consisting of a drum filled with pellets, played by swirling it around to produce a sound like shifting earth.
geophyte
geophyte
noun
(botany) A perennial plant, for example the potato or daffodil, which in spring propagates from an underground organ such as a bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome.
geotherm
geotherm
noun
A geoisotherm.
gheorghe
gheraoed
gheraoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gherao
gheraoes
gherardo
ghetchoo
ghettoed
ghettoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ghetto
ghettoes
ghettoes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ghetto
ghiordes
ghostess
ghostess
noun
A female ghost.
ghostier
ghostier
adj
comparative form of ghosty: more ghosty
ghostlet
ghostlet
noun
A little ghost.
ghoulery
ghoulery
noun
ghoulishness
ginhouse
ginhouse
noun
A building where cotton is ginned.
glenecho
goatherd
goatherd
noun
A person who herds, tends goats.
godelich
godelich
Adjective
goodly
goderich
godheads
godheads
noun
plural of godhead
goethals
goethean
goethean
Adjective
Of or relating to Johann Wolfgang Goethe, a German writer and thinker.
goethian
goethite
goethite
noun
(mineralogy) An iron oxyhydroxide that is the main constituent of rust.
goldhead
goldhead
noun
A kind of fishing lure, usually bright yellow.
goloshes
goloshes
noun
plural of golosh
goodhope
gorefish
goschens
gothites
gothites
noun
plural of gothite
gotthelf
gouaches
gouaches
noun
plural of gouache
grenloch
gronseth
groschen
groschen
noun
(numismatics) Any of several obsolete European silver coins.
grothine
grothite
grouched
grouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grouch
grouches
grouches
noun
plural of grouch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grouch
gtersloh
gumpheon
gumshoed
gumshoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gumshoe
gumshoes
gumshoes
noun
plural of gumshoe
gunhouse
gunhouse
noun
(naval) The rotating part of a gun turret seen above deck.
gunkhole
gunkhole
noun
(nautical) A small cove, especially a small fishing community.
verb
(nautical) To cruise in shallow coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
gytheion
hagstone
hagstone
noun
(Wicca) A ceremonial stone with a hole drilled into used to ward off evil or see into other worlds
hagueton
halogens
halogens
noun
plural of halogen
hangover
hangover
noun
(figurative) An unpleasant relic left from prior events.
(historical) A sleeping arrangement, usually in homeless shelters, over a rope.
Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.
Similar negative effects caused by previous excessive consumption of another substance, such as a drug, coffee, sugar, etc.
headlong
headlong
adj
(figuratively) Reckless, impetuous.
Plunging downwards head foremost.
Precipitous.
Rushing forward without restraint.
adv
Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; in haste, hastily.
With an unrestrained forward motion.
With the head first or down.
verb
(transitive) To precipitate.
hedgcock
hedgehog
hedgehog
noun
(Australia) A type of chocolate cake (or slice), somewhat similar to an American brownie.
(US) Any of several spiny mammals, such as the porcupine, that are similar to the hedgehog.
(differential geometry) A type of plane curve; see Hedgehog (geometry).
(informal, military, historical) A spigot mortar-type of depth charge weapon from World War II that simultaneously fires a number of explosives into the water to create a pattern of underwater explosions intended to attack submerged submarines.
(military) Ellipsis of Czech hedgehog: an antitank obstacle constructed from three steel rails.
A form of dredging machine.
A kind of electrical transformer with open magnetic circuit, the ends of the iron wire core being turned outward and presenting a bristling appearance.
A small mammal, of the family Erinaceidae or subfamily Erinaceinae (spiny hedgehogs, the latter characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked.)
A way of serving food at a party, consisting of a half melon or potato etc. with individual cocktail sticks of cheese and pineapple stuck into it.
Medicago intertexta, the pods of which are armed with short spines.
Retzia capensis of South Africa.
The edible fungus Hydnum repandum.
verb
(military) To make use of a hedgehog barricade as a defensive maneuver.
(transitive, intransitive) To curl up into a defensive ball.
To array with spiky projections like the quills of a hedgehog.
hedgehop
hedgehop
verb
(intransitive) Of an aircraft: to fly very close to the ground, such that evasive manoeuvres need to be taken to avoid obstacles.
(intransitive) Of birds: to move along the line of a hedge; to move by flying from one hedge, bush, or the like, to another close by.
(intransitive) Of people: to run and jump over a series of hedges, fences, etc., as a pastime.
hedgerow
hedgerow
noun
a row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge
hegeleos
hegemone
hegemone
Proper noun
One of the Charites and a goddess of flowers and fruit, worshipped at Athens along with Auxo and Damia.
One of the moons of Jupiter.
hegemony
hegemony
noun
(formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
Dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group or hegemon acquires some degree of consent from the subordinate, as opposed to dominance purely by force.
helgeson
helloing
helloing
verb
present participle of hello
helotage
helotage
noun
The condition of a helot.
helsingo
hemagogs
hemogram
hemogram
noun
A detailed record of various blood tests
hemology
henghold
henogeny
heptagon
heptagon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with seven sides and seven angles.
heretoga
heretoga
noun
(historical) An Anglo-Saxon army leader or commander; a general; a duke.
hexaglot
hexaglot
adj
(rare) In six languages.
hexagons
hexagons
noun
plural of hexagon
highhole
highmore
histogen
histogen
noun
(biology) Any of the germ layers involved in histogenesis.
hodening
hodening
noun
Alternative spelling of hoodening
hogeland
hogframe
hogframe
noun
(nautical) A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness, used chiefly in American river and lake steamers.
hoggerel
hoggerel
noun
A sheep of the second year.
hogmanes
hogmanes
noun
plural of hogmane
hogmenay
hognoses
hognoses
noun
plural of hognose
hogreeve
hogreeve
noun
(obsolete) A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large.
hogshead
hogshead
noun
(Britain) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+¹⁄₂ imperial gallons; a half pipe.
A large barrel or cask of indefinite contents, especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
hogsteer
hogweeds
hogweeds
noun
plural of hogweed
holdrege
holdrege
Proper noun
a city in Nebraska, USA, and the county seat of It was named after George W. Holdrege.
holliger
homagers
homagers
noun
plural of homager
homegoer
homeling
homeling
noun
(obsolete) A native; a person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; an inhabitant.
homering
homering
verb
present participle of homer
homogene
homogene
adj
(obsolete) homogeneous
homogeny
homogeny
noun
(biology) Similarity in structure, though of different function, because of genetic relationships