Any species of the genus Amorpha of leguminous shrubs.
amorphi
amorphi
noun
plural of amorphus
amorphy
amorphy
noun
(obsolete) shapelessness
amphora
amphora
noun
(botany) A lower valve of a fruit that opens transversely.
(chiefly historical) A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.
(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 80 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 26 L although differing slightly over time.
(historical) A Roman unit of ship capacity, similar to tonnage.
amphore
armhole
armhole
noun
(anatomy, now rare Midlands dialect) A human armpit.
(anatomy, rare and obsolete) Similar structures in other animals.
(fashion) A hole for an arm in a piece of clothing.
armhoop
ashmore
bimorph
bimorph
noun
A cantilever that consists of two active layers: piezoelectric and metal.
bioherm
bioherm
noun
(geology) A mass of rock constructed from the remains of marine organisms such as coral or algae
(geology) A massive, unlayered, mound-shape body in discordant relationship to the surrounding layered facies which drape over it; thus either a reef or a bank (after Asquith, 1979, p.73).
boehmer
brohman
camphor
camphor
noun
(organic chemistry) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.
charmco
chomper
chomper
noun
(informal) A tooth.
(rare) One who, or that which, chomps.
chorism
chrisom
chrisom
noun
(historical) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.
Short for chrisom child.
chromas
chromas
noun
plural of chroma
chromed
chromed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chrome
chromel
chromes
chromes
noun
plural of chrome
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chrome
chromic
chromic
adj
(chemistry) of, relating to, or containing chromium, especially in oxidation state 3
chromid
chromid
noun
(zoology) One of the Chromidae, a family of freshwater fishes abundant in the tropical parts of America and Africa.
chromos
chromos
noun
plural of chromo
chromyl
chromyl
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The divalent radical CrO₂: or cation CrO₂²⁺
dimorph
dimorph
noun
Either of a pair of dimorphous substances
emforth
emforth
Preposition
according to; in a way that is conformable to
fordham
frohman
gershom
hadrome
hadrome
noun
The portion of the mestome that transports fluids.
The rudimentary xylem in a cryptogam.
hagworm
hagworm
noun
(UK, dialectal) A blindworm.
(UK, dialectal) A common snake (as an adder or a viper).
hamborn
hamford
harmony
harmony
noun
(music) The academic study of chords.
(music) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
(music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.
A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
Agreement or accord.
harmoot
harmost
harmost
noun
(historical) A governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities they subjugated.
harmout
heirdom
heirdom
noun
An inheritance or succession.
hemocry
hermosa
heroism
heroism
noun
The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
himeros
homager
homager
noun
One who pays feudal homage, hence a vassal.
homarus
hombres
hombres
noun
plural of hombre
homburg
homburg
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Homburg
homered
homered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of homer
homeric
homeric
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Homeric.
homerid
homerid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Homeridae.
homerus
hordeum
hormigo
hormion
hormism
hormist
hormone
hormone
noun
(LGBT, colloquial, usually in the plural) Sex hormones, as used in hormone replacement therapy for transgender or intersex people.
(botany) Any similar substance in plants.
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
(physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
verb
(transitive, colloquial) To treat with hormones.
horreum
horsham
horsham
Proper noun
a market town in West Sussex, England.
humidor
humidor
noun
A container designed to keep its contents at a constant humidity; especially such a box for storing cigars.
humoral
humoral
adj
(pathology, physiology) Relating to the body fluids or humours
humored
humored
adj
(Canada, US) Alternative form of humoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humor
humorer
humorum
humours
humours
noun
plural of humour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humour
hydrome
hydrome
noun
(biology) A vascular bundle, in plants, that transports water
hygroma
hygroma
noun
a discrete, fluid-filled sac that can form on the joints of dogs or other animals in response to repeated pressure.
knorhmn
komarch
koorhmn
lohrman
machzor
machzor
noun
(Judaism) A prayerbook for a Jewish holiday.
maharao
maharao
noun
Synonym of maharaja
mahzors
markhor
markhor
noun
A large wild goat, Capra falconeri, especially Capra falconeri megaceros, syn. Capra megaceros, having huge flattened spiral horns, found in the western Himalayas.
masorah
masorah
Proper noun
The collection of marginal notes on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the 8th-9th centuries
menorah
menorah
noun
(Judaism) A candelabrum with nine branches, used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah.
(Judaism) A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
mershon
microhm
mochras
mochras
noun
An astringent gum-resin obtained from Bombax ceiba.
moersch
mohairs
mohairs
noun
plural of mohair
moharai
mohatra
mohatra
adj
(historical, law) Of or characterized by an avoidance of laws against usury by a pair of sales between a lender and a borrower (or their agents), where the first purchase is made on credit and an immediate repurchase is made in cash, the difference in prices amounting to the interest of the loan.
moither
moither
verb
(UK, dialect) To toil; to labour.
(Yorkshire, dialect) to bother or harass
To perplex; to confuse.
monarch
monarch
noun
(Aboriginal English) A police officer.
(often capitalised) A stag which has sixteen or more points or tines on its antlers.
Any bird of the family Monarchidae.
The chief or best thing of its kind.
The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.
The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
moocher
moocher
noun
(chiefly derogatory) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.
moorhen
moorhen
noun
(Britain) A female red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scotica.
Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.
moorish
moorish
adj
(now rare) Of ground, soil etc: boggy, marshy.
Resembling or characteristic of a moor; abounding in moorland.
moreish
moreish
adj
(UK, informal, of food, drink, or other consumable) Causing one to want to have more.
moriche
morphea
morphea
noun
(medicine) localized scleroderma
morphew
morphew
noun
A blemish or mark on the skin, especially a blister caused by scurvy.
morphia
morphia
noun
Synonym of morphine
morphic
morphic
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to morphs.
(rare) Of or pertaining to shape or form; morphological.
morphin
morphin
noun
Obsolete form of morphine.
morphol
morphon
morphon
noun
(biology) A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, according to Ernst Haeckel.
(linguistics) A unit of morphology.
morphos
morphos
noun
plural of morpho
morrhua
mothers
mothers
noun
plural of mother
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mother
mothery
mothery
adj
Consisting of, containing, or resembling mother (in vinegar).
mothier
mothier
adj
comparative form of mothy: more mothy
mouther
mouther
noun
A person who mouths
murdoch
myrrhol
myrrhol
noun
The volatile oil of myrrh.
nomarch
nomarch
noun
(historical) The governor of an ancient Egyptian nome.
The chief administrator of a modern Greek nomarchy.
northam
ochroma
onmarch
orpheum
orphism
orphism
Proper noun
A religious movement in antiquity, supposed to have been founded by Orpheus.
A minor Cubist art movement focusing on pure abstraction and bright colours.
orthman
proheim
ramhood
ramhood
noun
The state of being a ram.
rhabdom
rhabdom
noun
Any of the rods that support each ommatidium in the compound eye of arthropods
rhiamon
rhizoma
rhizoma
noun
Alternative form of rhizome
rhizome
rhizome
noun
(botany) A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes.
(philosophy, critical theory) A so-called “image of thought” that apprehends multiplicities.
rhodium
rhodium
noun
A rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.
rhombic
rhombic
adj
Having the characteristics of a rhombus.
rhombos
rhombos
noun
A musical instrument used in ancient mystical ceremonies, whirled to producing a roaring sound.
rhombus
rhombus
noun
(geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.
(zoology, archaic) Snails, now in genus Conus or family Conidae.
(zoology, now rare) Any of several flatfishes, including the brill and turbot, once considered part of the genus Rhombus, now in Scophthalmus.
In early Greek religion, an instrument whirled on the end of a string similar to a bullroarer.
The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).
richdom
richdom
noun
(rare) Wealth; riches; richness; prosperity.
rockham
romansh
rompish
rompish
adj
Given to boisterous play; inclined to romp.
roomthy
roomthy
adj
(obsolete) roomy; spacious
rumshop
rumshop
noun
A store where rum is sold.
shamrao
shiroma
smother
smother
noun
(Australian rules football) The act of smothering a kick (see verb section).
(dated) Stifling smoke; thick dust.
(dated) The state of being stifled; suppression.
Cookware used in such cooking.
Smoldering; slow combustion.
verb
(Australian rules football) To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
(boxing) To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.
(intransitive) To be suffocated.
(intransitive) To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
(intransitive, figuratively) to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
(intransitive, of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
(soccer) To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
(transitive) To daub or smear.
(transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
(transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
(transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
(transitive, cooking) To cook in a close dish.
sorghum
sorghum
noun
(Southern US) Sorghum syrup.
A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).
teraohm
teraohm
noun
Alternative spelling of tera-ohm
thamora
theorem
theorem
noun
(logic) A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
(mathematics) A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.
(mathematics, colloquial, nonstandard) A mathematical statement that is expected to be true
verb
(transitive) To formulate into a theorem.
theorum
theorum
noun
Misspelling of theorem.
thermos
thermos
noun
(historical) A unit of measure whose identification remains very unclear.
A bottle, flask or similar vessel having a vacuum between its inner and outer silvered walls; designed to maintain the temperature of its contents
thorium
thorium
noun
A chemical element (symbol Th) with atomic number 90: a weakly radioactive, malleable, moderately hard silvery metal that tarnishes black when exposed to air.