Deity of water; later, patron deity of the Achelous River.
achesoun
achilous
achilous
adj
(botany, anatomy) without a lip.
acholous
acholous
adj
(medicine) Lacking bile.
achroous
achroous
adj
Colorless; achromatic.
achylous
achylous
adj
(physiology) Without chyle
achymous
achymous
adj
(physiology) Without chyme.
adolphus
ahousaht
alehouse
alehouse
noun
A business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale is sold.
amorphus
amorphus
noun
(pathology) A malformed foetus
(physics) Any amorphous material
anhelous
anhelous
adj
Short of breath; panting.
anorchus
aphodius
aphonous
aphonous
adj
Without a voice; voiceless; aphonic.
aphthous
aphthous
adj
(pathology) Of, or relating to aphtha.
aquashow
aquashow
noun
A spectacle consisting of underwater dance and gymnastics.
arthrous
arthrous
adj
(grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being the use of a term together with a grammatical article.
(specifically, of a term or phrase) Used with or headed by a grammatical article.
ashuelot
avouches
avouches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avouch
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.
beehouse
beehouse
noun
A beehive or apiary.
beshouts
beshouts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshout
beshroud
beshroud
verb
(transitive) To cover with or as with a shroud.
(transitive, figuratively) To hide in darkness, as with a cloak.
besmouch
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
boethius
bohuslav
boroughs
boroughs
noun
plural of borough
bouchees
bouchons
boxhauls
boxhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boxhaul
broguish
broguish
adj
Pertaining to or marked by a brogue, a thick accent.
bronchus
bronchus
noun
Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs.
brushoff
brushoff
noun
Alternative spelling of brush-off
brushton
buckshot
buckshot
noun
(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]
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.
bullshot
bullshot
noun
(neologism, video games) A phony screenshot created for promotional purposes.
A cocktail made from vodka and beef bouillon.
bushbody
bushgoat
bushidos
bushongo
bushrope
bushrope
noun
Synonym of liana
bushwood
carhouse
carhouse
noun
(Southern US, dated) A garage attached to a house.
(US, dated) A storage depot for streetcars.
cathouse
cathouse
noun
(US, slang) A brothel.
(literally) Any small house, structure or fold used to house a cat.
catochus
catochus
noun
The trance-like mental state of a cataleptic patient.
chabouks
chabouks
noun
plural of chabouk
chausson
chausson
noun
(historical) A kind of slipper or sock.
(historical) A piece of armor for the leg and/or foot, chiefly in the form of chainmail covering the thigh above the knee (with the chausse covering the other half of the leg).
A French turnover (food).
chibouks
chibouks
noun
plural of chibouk
chlorous
chlorous
adj
(chemistry) Of a compound, containing chlorine with a lower oxidation number than equivalent chloric compounds; especially having an oxidation number of 3.
(obsolete) Relating to, or resembling, the electronegative character of chlorine; hence, electronegative; opposed to basylous or zincous.
choiseul
choiseul
Proper noun
A commune in France
A town and quarter in Saint Lucia
An island and a province in Solomon Islands
chondrus
choragus
choragus
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.
choregus
choregus
noun
The leader of a chorus in Ancient Greece
The leader of a group (especially of performers)
chorused
chorused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chorus
choruser
choruser
noun
Someone who choruses, or sings in a chorus.
choruses
choruses
noun
plural of chorus
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chorus
chousers
chousers
noun
plural of chouser
choushes
choushes
noun
plural of choush
chousing
chousing
verb
present participle of chouse
chromous
chromous
adj
(chemistry) of, relating to, or containing chromium, especially in oxidation state 2
chubasco
chubasco
noun
(nautical) A violent squall with thunder and lightning, encountered during the rainy season along the Pacific coast of Central America and South America.
cirrhous
cirrhous
adj
Alternative form of cirrhose
cobhouse
cobhouse
noun
(figuratively) A flimsy arrangement or structure.
A flimsy structure, as one built by children from small bits of wood and other materials.
A structure built of cob.
An outbuilding of inferior construction.
cockshut
cockshut
noun
(countable, obsolete) A kind of net for catching woodcock.
(obsolete) Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night.
cophouse
cophouse
noun
(slang) A police station.
copihues
copihues
noun
plural of copihue
cornhusk
cornhusk
noun
The husk of an ear of corn (maize).
corythus
cothouse
cothouse
noun
(Scotland) A small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar.
cothurns
cothurns
noun
plural of cothurn
couchers
couchers
noun
plural of coucher
coughers
coughers
noun
plural of cougher
courbash
couthest
cowhouse
cowhouse
noun
A house or barn for keeping cows.
crouches
crouches
noun
plural of crouch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crouch
cushions
cushions
noun
plural of cushion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cushion
cushiony
cushiony
adj
Like a cushion; soft and yielding.
deyhouse
dhourras
dishouse
dishouse
verb
(transitive) To deprive of house or home.
dishumor
dishumor
noun
Alternative form of dishumour
disvouch
disvouch
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To discredit or contradict.
dochmius
dochmius
noun
(poetry) A metrical foot of five syllables used in Greek tragedy for highly anguished scenes. The metrical pattern is typically: short-long-long-short-long.
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.
douschka
downrush
downrush
noun
A rushing down.
verb
(intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
droughts
droughts
noun
plural of drought
drugshop
drugshop
noun
drugstore; pharmacy
dryhouse
dyehouse
dyehouse
noun
A building where dyeing takes place.
enchodus
enshroud
enshroud
verb
(transitive) to cover with (or as if with) a shroud
eohippus
eohippus
noun
An extinct early Eocene mammal, Hyracotherium leporinum, ancestral to the modern horse.
etherous
euphroes
euphroes
noun
plural of euphroe
fanhouse
fashious
flourish
flourish
noun
(architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
(music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
An ornamentation.
verb
(intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
(intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
(intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
(intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
(intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
(intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
(intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
(transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
(transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
(transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
forebush
fuchsone
futhorcs
futhorcs
noun
plural of futhorc
futhorks
futhorks
noun
plural of futhork
gashouse
gashouse
noun
gasworks
ghoulish
ghoulish
adj
Fascinated by corpses.
Of or pertaining to corpses and graverobbing.
Of or pertaining to ghouls.
ginhouse
ginhouse
noun
A building where cotton is ginned.
goatbush
gouaches
gouaches
noun
plural of gouache
grouches
grouches
noun
plural of grouch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grouch
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.
gunshots
gunshots
noun
plural of gunshot
gustoish
halimous
halinous
hallopus
hamulose
hamulose
adj
Bearing a small hook at the end
hamulous
hamulous
adj
Shaped like a little hook, or hamule.
handouts
handouts
noun
plural of handout
hangouts
hangouts
noun
plural of hangout
harbours
harbours
noun
plural of harbour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harbour
hautbois
hautbois
noun
Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.
Any of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.
hautboys
hautboys
noun
plural of hautboy
haviours
hemionus
hemionus
noun
Obsolete form of hemione.
henhouse
henhouse
noun
A small house or hutch for chickens or, more specifically, hens to live in.
hesiodus
hideouts
hideouts
noun
plural of hideout
hocusing
hocusing
verb
present participle of hocus
hocussed
hocusses
holdouts
holdouts
noun
plural of holdout
holibuts
holibuts
noun
plural of holibut
holmiums
holmiums
noun
plural of holmium
homburgs
homburgs
noun
plural of homburg
homespun
homespun
adj
(by extension) Plain and homely; unsophisticated and unpretentious.
(of clothing, etc.) Made from homespun fabric.
(of fabric) Woven in the home.
(of yarn) Spun in the home.
noun
(obsolete) An unpolished, rustic person.
Fabric made from homespun yarn. Also, machine made fabrics (usually cottons) similar to homespun fabrics in that solids, plaids, or stripes are created by weaving dyed threads (rather than printing), so that both sides of the fabric look the same.
honduras
honorius
honorius
Proper noun
name, notably borne by a Roman emperor and several popes
honorous
honorous
adj
honorable, honourable.
hoodlums
hoodlums
noun
plural of hoodlum
hopefuls
hopefuls
noun
plural of hopeful
horatius
hothouse
hothouse
noun
(figurative) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed.
(obsolete) A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel.
A heated greenhouse.
A heated room for drying greenware.
verb
(transitive) To provide (a child) with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.
hotspurs
hotspurs
noun
plural of hotspur
hounders
hounders
noun
plural of hounder
houndish
houndish
adj
Like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish; canine.
hounslow
hounslow
Proper noun
a town in west London, England.
a London Borough within Greater London.
hourless
hourless
adj
Without hours; unaware of the passing of time
houseboy
houseboy
noun
(chiefly historical) A young male domestic servant, especially in a British colony in former times.
(chiefly historical, derogatory, offensive) A non-white adult male domestic servant.
housebug
housefly
housefly
noun
Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.
The common housefly, Musca domestica, that frequents most homes and spreads some diseases.