(chiefly archaic or historical) A woman who cleans houses and offices as an occupation.
chelydra
chelydre
chelydre
noun
(obsolete) A fetid water snake.
chipyard
chipyard
noun
(US) A storage area for sawdust and small pieces of wood at a sawmill.
copyhold
copyhold
noun
(property law, historical) A former form of tenure in which the title deeds were a copy of the manorial roll.
cyathoid
cyphered
cyphered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cypher
decarchy
decarchy
noun
(politics) A government of ten people, especially (historical) various Greek councils of ten men
demarchy
demarchy
noun
Government by decision-makers who have been randomly selected by sortition (lot) from a pool of eligible citizens.
diachyma
diachyma
noun
The parenchyma of leaves.
diadochy
diadochy
noun
the capability of an atom to replace another in a particular crystal structure
dihydric
dihydric
adj
(chemistry) Containing two hydroxyl functional groups.
dinarchy
diptychs
diptychs
noun
plural of diptych
dohickey
dohickey
noun
Alternative spelling of doohickey
dowhacky
duomachy
dutchify
dutchify
Verb
To render more Dutch.
dyarchic
dyarchic
adj
Alternative form of diarchic
dyschroa
endarchy
endarchy
noun
(botany) A vascular system in which development starts nearest the axis center and spreads outward.
A system in which decision-making is centralized.
hardcopy
hardcopy
noun
Alternative form of hard copy
headachy
headachy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a headache.
Suffering from a headache
hendecyl
hendecyl
noun
(dated, organic chemistry) undecyl
heydrich
hradcany
hydracid
hydracid
noun
(chemistry) An acid that does not contain any oxygen as opposed to an oxyacid; they are all binary compounds of hydrogen and a halogen or pseudohalogen.
hydrarch
hydremic
hydremic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting hydremia.
hydronic
hydronic
adj
Being or relating to a heating system that involves circulating hot water or steam.
hydropac
hydropic
hydropic
adj
(biology, of an egg) Having a yolk deficiency.
(obsolete) Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy).
Dropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).
Swollen with water; characterized by swelling and accumulation of fluid.
hydrotic
hydrotic
adj
Causing a discharge of water or phlegm.
noun
(medicine) A hydrotic medicine.
hypoacid
hypoacid
adj
hypoacidic
hyracoid
hyracoid
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the hyraxes (order Hyracoidea).
Displaying characteristics typical of hyraxes.
noun
An animal of the order Hyracoidea, i.e. a hyrax.
lecythid
onychoid
pachypod
pachypod
noun
(zoology, sometimes attributive) Any of a group of animals with thick feet.
psychoda
psychoid
psychoid
adj
Pertaining to or characteristic of psychoids; Involving the causal interaction between the psychological or instinctive and the physical.
noun
An innate physical reaction to a psychological stimulus.
theodicy
theodicy
noun
(theology, philosophy) A justification of a deity or of particular attributes of a deity; specifically, a justification of the existence of evil and suffering in the world; a work or discourse justifying the ways of God.