(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
ahousaht
antiphus
aphthous
aphthous
adj
(pathology) Of, or relating to aphtha.
aptychus
aptychus
noun
(paleontology) A hard calcareous plate forming part of the body of an ammonite.
arethusa
arethusa
noun
A bog orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, sole species of the genus Arethusa, having a magenta flower; the dragon's mouth.
arethuse
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
ateuchus
auntship
auntship
noun
The status of being an aunt.
azimuths
azimuths
noun
plural of azimuth
baltheus
bathtubs
bathtubs
noun
plural of bathtub
bathurst
bathurst
Proper noun
a regional city in New South Wales, Australia.
behistun
beshouts
beshouts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshout
besmutch
besmutch
Verb
To besmirch.
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
bethumps
bethumps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethump
bismuths
bismuths
noun
plural of bismuth
bluntish
bluntish
adj
Somewhat blunt.
They spent hours laboriously chopping wood with bluntish axes.
boethius
brushcut
brushcut
noun
Alternative form of brush cut
brushite
brushite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral formed by the interaction of guano with calcite and clay at a low pH, believed to be a precursor of apatite.
brushlet
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.]
buddhist
bullshit
bullshit
adj
(vulgar, slang) absurd, irrational, or nonsensical (Most often said of speech, information, or content.)
intj
(vulgar, slang) An expression of disbelief at what one has just heard.
noun
(card games, possibly vulgar) A card game in which players try to discard their hands first, following rules that encourage bluffing, calling others' bluffs, and penalizing others by tricking them into inaccurate accusations.
(philosophy) Statements made without regard for their truth value.
(rhetoric) Statements that are intentionally misleading, whether true or not.
(vulgar, literally) Feces produced by a bull.
(vulgar, slang) Statements that are transparently or offensively false.
(vulgar, slang) Synonym of shit (in its sense of any stuff, especially when viewed negatively or with collegial vulgarity).
(vulgar, slang, usual sense) Statements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener.
verb
(intransitive, vulgar, slang) To come up with on the spot; to improvise.
(intransitive, vulgar, slang) To have casual conversation with no real point; to shoot the breeze.
(transitive, intransitive, vulgar, slang) To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.
bullshot
bullshot
noun
(neologism, video games) A phony screenshot created for promotional purposes.
A cocktail made from vodka and beef bouillon.
burthens
burthens
noun
plural of burthen
bushgoat
bushiest
bushiest
adj
superlative form of bush: most bush
bushment
bushment
noun
(obsolete) A surprise party; a company of soldiers secretly deployed.
Alternative form of butcher's (Cockney rhyming slang).
plural of butcher
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butcher
caanthus
calathus
calathus
noun
(historical) A vase-shaped basket made from reeds or twigs, used in Ancient Greece.
catchups
catchups
noun
plural of catchup
catechus
catechus
noun
plural of catechu
cathetus
cathetus
noun
(geometry) A line perpendicular to a surface (or line); in particular, either of the sides of a right triangle other than its hypotenuse.
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.
chateaus
cheshunt
cheshunt
Proper noun
A town in Hertfordshire, England.
chestful
chestful
noun
As much as a chest will hold
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.
chetrums
chetrums
noun
plural of chetrum
chiquest
chuffest
chunters
chunters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunter
chutists
chutists
noun
plural of chutist
chutnees
chutnees
noun
plural of chutnee
chutneys
chutneys
noun
plural of chutney
chutzpas
chutzpas
noun
plural of chutzpa
clathrus
claughts
clutches
clutches
noun
(usually in the plural) Grasp; possession; control.
plural of clutch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clutch
cockshut
cockshut
noun
(countable, obsolete) A kind of net for catching woodcock.
(obsolete) Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night.
corythus
cothouse
cothouse
noun
(Scotland) A small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar.
cothurns
cothurns
noun
plural of cothurn
couthest
cretheus
crutches
crutches
noun
plural of crutch
cultches
cultches
noun
plural of cultch
cushiest
cushiest
adj
superlative form of cushy: most cushy
cushitic
cushitic
Adjective
Pertaining to the Cushites.
Proper noun
A sub-family of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages.
cynthius
deutsche
dewhurst
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.
draughts
draughts
noun
(board games, Britain, Australia, uncountable) A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
A mild vesicatory.
plural of draught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of draught
droughts
droughts
noun
plural of drought
druthers
druthers
noun
(US, informal, often humorous) Wishes, preferences, or ways.
dunseath
dunseith
durtschi
dustheap
dustheap
noun
A pile of rubbish.
dutchess
dutchess
noun
Archaic spelling of duchess.
elmhurst
enthused
enthused
verb
past participle of enthuse
enthuses
enthuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enthuse
etherous
euphuist
euphuist
noun
One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; applied especially to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth I, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.
eustache
eustashe
exhausts
exhausts
noun
plural of exhaust
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhaust
flaughts
flushest
flushest
adj
superlative form of flush: most flush
fraughts
fraughts
noun
plural of fraught
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraught
fuchsite
fuchsite
noun
(mineralogy) A green variety of muscovite
furthers
furthers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of further
furthest
furthest
adj
Most distant in time, space or degree.
superlative form of far: most far
adv
To the greatest degree or extent.
To, at or over the greatest distance in space, time or other extent.
futharcs
futharks
futharks
noun
plural of futhark
futhorcs
futhorcs
noun
plural of futhorc
futhorks
futhorks
noun
plural of futhork
gasthaus
gauchest
gauchest
adj
superlative form of gauche: most gauche
ghastful
ghastful
adj
(archaic) Causing fear; terrifying; dreadful; fit to make one aghast; exceedingly dismal.
(archaic) Terrified, frightened.
goatbush
grutches
grutches
noun
plural of grutch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grutch
gunshots
gunshots
noun
plural of gunshot
gunsmith
gunsmith
noun
a person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms.
gushiest
gushiest
adj
superlative form of gushy: most gushy
gustoish
guytrash
guytrash
noun
Alternative form of gytrash
habitues
habitues
noun
plural of habitue
hackbuts
hackbuts
noun
plural of hackbut
haircuts
haircuts
noun
plural of haircut
halibuts
halibuts
noun
plural of halibut
hametugs
handouts
handouts
noun
plural of handout
hangouts
hangouts
noun
plural of hangout
hasteful
hasteful
adj
(dated) hasty; rapid; speedy
hatbrush
hatbrush
noun
A kind of clothesbrush for use on hats.
hattusas
haulster
haunters
haunters
noun
plural of haunter
haustral
haustral
adj
Relating to the haustra.
haustrum
haustrum
noun
(anatomy) Any of the small pouches of the colon caused by sacculation, giving the colon its segmented appearance.
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
hautesse
hauteurs
hauteurs
noun
plural of hauteur
heiltsuk
helvtius
hiatuses
hiatuses
noun
plural of hiatus
hideouts
hideouts
noun
plural of hideout
hindguts
hindguts
noun
plural of hindgut
holdouts
holdouts
noun
plural of holdout
holibuts
holibuts
noun
plural of holibut
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
houselet
houselet
noun
A little house.
housesat
housesat
verb
simple past tense and past participle of housesit
housesit
housesit
verb
alternative spelling of house-sit
housetop
housetop
noun
The roof of a house.
huastecs
hubertus
huckster
huckster
noun
A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.
One who deceptively sells fraudulent products.
Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner.
Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.
verb
(intransitive) To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain.
(transitive) To promote or sell goods in an aggressive, showy manner.
(transitive) To sell or offer goods from place to place, to peddle.
huffiest
huffiest
adj
superlative form of huffy: most huffy
hulkiest
hulkiest
adj
superlative form of hulky: most hulky
humanest
humanest
adj
superlative form of humane: most humane
humanist
humanist
adj
(typography) Of a typeface: resembling classical handwritten monumental Roman letters rather than the 19th-century grotesque typefaces.
Relating to humanism or the humanities.
noun
(historical) In the Renaissance, a scholar of Greek and Roman classics.
A person who believes in the philosophy of humanism.
A scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities.
humblest
humblest
adj
superlative form of humble: most humble
humeston
humorist
humorist
noun
(medicine, now rare, historical) Someone who believes that health and temperament are determined by bodily humours; a humoralist.
(obsolete) Someone subject to whims or fancies; an eccentric.
A humorous or witty person, especially someone skilled in humorous writing or performance.
One who studies or portrays the humours of people.