A tendency to regard the epoch in which one lives as superior to others.
ethmoids
ethmoids
noun
plural of ethmoid
ethrogim
euchrome
euphonym
euphonym
noun
A pleasant-sounding name.
falmouth
falmouth
Proper noun
definition
A harbour town in Cornwall, England.
famechon
farmhold
fathomed
fathomed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fathom
fathomer
fathomer
noun
One who fathoms.
fishworm
fishworm
noun
A worm used as bait in angling.
fredholm
gascromh
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.
geotherm
geotherm
noun
A geoisotherm.
ghostdom
ghostdom
noun
The condition, state, or realm of ghosts or spirits; spirituality; spiritualism.
ghostism
ghostism
noun
Belief in ghosts.
gomashta
gomashta
noun
(India, now historical) A native Indian clerk or steward.
gomorrah
gomorrah
Proper noun
A city in the Middle East which, according to the Hebrew Bible and to Islamic tradition, was destroyed by God (along with Sodom) for the sins of its inhabitants.
gomorrha
goombahs
goombahs
noun
plural of goombah
groomish
gulmohar
gumpheon
gumphion
gumphion
noun
(historical) A flag or banner carried in a funeral procession.
gumshoed
gumshoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gumshoe
gumshoes
gumshoes
noun
plural of gumshoe
haemopod
hagstrom
hairworm
hairworm
noun
A nematomorph.
halesome
halesome
adj
healthy
wholesome
halfmoon
halfmoon
noun
(biology) Any of certain fish in subfamily Scorpidinae, such as
a species of sea chub, Medialuna californiensis, native to the Pacific coast of North America.
halidome
halidoms
halidoms
noun
plural of halidom
halimous
hallmoot
hallmote
hallmote
noun
(law) In England, a court held in a justice's hall; a court-leet; court-baron.
hallroom
hamboned
hamboned
adj
Extremely drunk
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hambone
hambones
hambones
noun
plural of hambone
hamforrd
hamiform
hamiform
adj
(conchology) Curved at the extremity.
Shaped like a hook.
hamilton
hamilton
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Hamilton (slang: a United States ten-dollar bill).
haminoea
hamitoid
hammocks
hammocks
noun
plural of hammock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hammock
hamulose
hamulose
adj
Bearing a small hook at the end
hamulous
hamulous
adj
Shaped like a little hook, or hamule.
handloom
handloom
noun
A simple machine used for weaving by hand.
handsome
handsome
adj
(now of a man or boy) Attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect.
(now of a woman) Statuesque, beautiful in a masculine or otherwise imposing way.
(obsolete, said of things and people) Dexterous; skillful.
(of weather) Fine, clear and bright.
Ample; moderately large.
Generous or noble in character.
Good, appealing, appropriate.
Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly
Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To render handsome.
handworm
hangworm
haplomid
harmonia
harmonia
noun
(music) A harmonic mode in ancient Greek music, characterized by a particular set of chords and rhythmic patterns.
harmonic
harmonic
adj
(Australianist linguistics) Of or relating to a generation an even number of generations distant from a particular person.
(mathematics) used to characterize various mathematical entities or relationships supposed to bear some resemblance to musical consonance
(phonology) Exhibiting or applying constraints on what vowels (e.g. front/back vowels only) may be found near each other and sometimes in the entire word.
pertaining to harmony
pleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious
recurring periodically
noun
(CB radio slang) One's child.
(mathematics) One of a class of functions that enter into the development of the potential of a nearly spherical mass due to its attraction.
(music) The place where, on a bowed string instrument, a note in the harmonic series of a particular string can be played without the fundamental present.
(physics) A component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.
harmonie
hawkmoth
hawkmoth
noun
(entomology) Any of several moths, of the family Sphingidae, that hover over flowers when sucking nectar through a long proboscis.
headmold
headmold
noun
(architecture) A hoodmold.
headmost
headmost
adj
Closest to the front of a group or pack
headroom
headroom
noun
(electronics) The ability of a system to reproduce loud sounds free of distortion; dynamic headroom.
The distance between the actual performance of an algorithm and its maximum possible performance.
The vertical clearance above someone's head, as in a tunnel, doorway etc.
The vertical measurement, top to bottom, for example for clearance under a bridge.
healsome
healsome
adj
(dialectal, Scotland) Wholesome; healthful.
hebdomad
hebdomad
noun
(Gnosticism) A group of seven world-creating archons (supernatural beings) often regarded as somewhat hostile; also, a term of address for the Demiurge (“a being sometimes seen as the creator of evil”).
(historical or Christianity) A period of seven days; a week.
(obsolete) A group of seven.
hebetomy
hebotomy
hecatomb
hecatomb
noun
(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) A great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen.
(by extension) Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed or destroyed; a large amount.
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.
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.
heirdoms
heirdoms
noun
plural of heirdom
heirloom
heirloom
noun
(horticulture) An old crop variety that has been passed down through generations of farmers by seed saving and cultivation, in contrast to modern cultivars used in large-scale agriculture.
A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.
heloderm
helotism
helotism
noun
(zoology) A form of mutualism in which one species is forced to perform tasks for another, for their mutual benefit
The permanent oppression of a nominally free group of people
helotomy
helpsome
helpsome
adj
(UK dialectal) Marked by a readiness or a willingness to help; characteristically helpful.
hemagogs
hematoid
hematoid
adj
(biology) Resembling blood.
hematoma
hematoma
noun
(pathology) A swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of broken blood vessels.
hematose
hemidome
hemiform
hemiobol
hemiobol
noun
(historical) A coin worth half an obol.
hemiolas
hemiolas
noun
plural of hemiola
hemiolia
hemiolic
hemiolic
adj
In the proportion of 1½ to 1, or 3 to 2.
hemionus
hemionus
noun
Obsolete form of hemione.
hemiopia
hemiopia
noun
hemianopia
hemiopic
hemiopic
adj
hemianopsic
hemipode
hemipode
noun
Any of a small group of birds containing 15 species, all but one of which are in the genus Turnix.
hemitone
hemitone
Noun
A semitone.
hemlocks
hemlocks
noun
plural of hemlock
hemocoel
hemocoel
noun
Alternative form of haemocoel
hemocyte
hemocyte
noun
(cytology) Any blood cell, especially that of an invertebrate
hemogram
hemogram
noun
A detailed record of various blood tests
hemology
hemolyze
hemolyze
verb
To subject to hemolysis.
hemoptoe
hemostat
hemostat
noun
(medicine) An instrument that clamps blood vessels to diminish or halt blood flow.
hemozoon
hempwort
hempwort
noun
Any plant of the family Cannabaceae; a hemp or hop.
henmoldy
hepatoma
hepatoma
noun
(pathology) A cancer originating in the liver.
herefrom
herefrom
adv
(archaic) henceforth, from now on
(formal) from this, from here
hermione
heroisms
heroisms
noun
plural of heroism
heteromi
hielamon
highmoor
highmore
highmost
highmost
adj
(obsolete) highest
himation
himation
noun
(historical) A rectangular cloak of linen or wool, worn in Ancient Greece, usually over a chiton.
hindmost
hindmost
adj
superlative form of hind: most hind
hoastman
hoastman
noun
(historical) A member of an old merchant guild in Newcastle, in charge of coal shipping, etc.
hobbyism
hobbyism
noun
An interest in hobbies.
hoboisms
hobomoco
hochheim
hoffmann
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.
hogmanay
hogmanay
Noun
New Year's Eve.
A celebration or gift for New Year's Eve.
hogmanes
hogmanes
noun
plural of hogmane
hogmenay
hogmolly
hogmolly
noun
Synonym of hogsucker (“a kind of fish”)
hoistman
hoistman
noun
(mining) A person who operates the hoisting machinery.
holcombe
holdsman
holloman
holmgang
holmgang
noun
In Norse and Icelandic culture, a duel to the death.
holmiums
holmiums
noun
plural of holmium
hologamy
hologamy
noun
(biology) A form of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are approximately the same shape and size as the somatic cells
hologram
hologram
noun
A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.
homagers
homagers
noun
plural of homager
homaging
homaging
verb
present participle of homage
homagium
homaloid
homaloid
noun
(geometry) An element of a homaloidal system, in particular the image of a hyperplane under a Cremona transformation.
homarine
homarine
adj
Of, or pertaining to, the lobster.
noun
A metabolite found in many molluscs.
homaroid
homaxial
homburgs
homburgs
noun
plural of homburg
homebody
homebody
noun
(Canada, US, informal) A person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhere.
homeborn
homeborn
adj
born at home, by homebirth, rather than in a hospital
born in a given place, native, indigenous
homebred
homebred
adj
Born or raised in one's own home or country; native, indigenous.
Homely or rustic; plain, unpolished.
noun
A person or animal raised at home.
An inexperienced or unsophisticated person; a rustic.
homebrew
homebrew
noun
(Canada, sports, countable) A player who plays for the team named after their own native town.
(informal) Anything created by enthusiasts rather than commercial entities (especially video games or amateur radio equipment).
A beer brewed by enthusiasts rather than commercially.
verb
(informal) To create something as an enthusiast, rather than using a commercial option.
To brew one's beer or other alcoholic beverage at home.