(biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
(medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
An agreement to adhere.
Persistent attachment or loyalty.
The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.
adiaphon
admonish
admonish
verb
(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.
(transitive) To instruct or direct.
(transitive, with of or against) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
adolphus
adonijah
aggadoth
almohade
amphipod
amphipod
noun
Any species of the taxonomic order Amphipoda of small, shrimp-like crustaceans.
anchored
anchored
adj
(heraldry) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor. (Compare sarcelly, moline.)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchor
anhedron
anthodia
anthodia
noun
plural of anthodium
aphodian
aphodius
aphthoid
aphthoid
adj
(pathology) Of the nature of aphtha; resembling thrush.
archbold
archdolt
asphodel
asphodel
noun
(Greek mythology) The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead.
Flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flowers of these plants.
athetoid
athetoid
adj
(medicine) characterised by athetosis
athodyds
athodyds
noun
plural of athodyd
athyroid
aunthood
aunthood
noun
The quality or state of being an aunt.
authored
authored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of author
avouched
avouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avouch
babehood
babehood
noun
Babyhood.
babyhood
babyhood
noun
The state or period of infancy.
badmouth
badmouth
verb
(informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
bandhook
bardolph
barthold
bedworth
beholden
beholden
adj
(usually with 'to') Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged.
beholder
beholder
noun
(fantasy) A fictional monster in roleplaying games, a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth and many eyes on stalks.
Someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator.
behooped
behooved
behooved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behoove
behowled
behowled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behowl
berthold
berthold
Proper noun
A city in North Dakota.
berthoud
beshadow
beshadow
verb
(transitive) To cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow.
beshroud
beshroud
verb
(transitive) To cover with or as with a shroud.
(transitive, figuratively) To hide in darkness, as with a cloak.
bhadgaon
birdhood
birdhood
noun
The state or condition of being a bird.
birdshot
birdshot
noun
A rifle or pistol cartridge containing small shot instead of a single larger projectile.
A small lead or steel shot, or ammunition, used in shotgun shells.
birthdom
birthdom
noun
Privilege of birth; one's inheritance; birthright.
The land of one's birth.
bishoped
bishoped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bishop
blondish
blondish
adj
Similar to a stereotypical dumb blonde.
Somewhat blond in colour.
blotched
blotched
adj
Covered in blotches (“uneven patches of colour or discolouration”).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blotch
blowhard
blowhard
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
boathead
bodewash
bodhisat
bodhisat
noun
Synonym of bodhisattva
bodyhood
bodyhood
noun
The state or condition of a body (literal and figurative)
bolthead
bolthead
noun
(chemistry) A round-bottomed flask with a long neck (used especially for distillation)
The head of a bolt.
bondhold
bondship
bonehead
bonehead
noun
(slang) Someone who is stubborn, thick-skulled, or stupid.
boohooed
boohooed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boohoo
bookhood
bookhood
noun
Knowledge of books; scholarship.
The state or dignity of a book.
borghild
bothered
bothered
adj
Caused to show discomposure.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bother
bouchard
bowditch
bowheads
bowheads
noun
plural of bowhead
boyhoods
boyhoods
noun
plural of boyhood
broached
broached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of broach
broadish
broadish
adj
Somewhat broad.
brodench
brodhead
brooched
brooched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brooch
budworth
bushbody
bushidos
bushwood
caboched
caboched
adj
Alternative form of caboshed
caboshed
caboshed
adj
(heraldry, of an animal) Shown face-on, showing the full face, but cut off immediately behind the ears and hence showing nothing of the neck.
calfhood
calfhood
noun
The state or time of being a calf.
camphoid
cathodal
cathodal
adj
(biochemistry) Attracted towards a cathode
cathodes
cathodes
noun
plural of cathode
cathodic
cathodic
adj
(anatomy) Proceeding from a nerve centre; efferent.
(physics) Of or pertaining to a cathode.
chadlock
chadlock
noun
Alternative form of charlock (Sinapis arvensis etc.)
chaldron
chaldron
noun
(archaic) An old English dry measure, containing four quarters. At London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke.
Alternative form of chawdron
chambord
chardock
chatwood
chatwood
noun
Little sticks; twigs for burning; firewood.
chaudoin
chaudron
chaudron
noun
Obsolete form of chawdron.
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
chedlock
chefdoms
chelidon
chelidon
noun
(rare, anatomy) Synonym of elbow pit
cheloids
cheloids
noun
plural of cheloid
chelonid
chelonid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Cheloniidae of sea turtles.
chenopod
chenopod
noun
Any member of the subfamily Chenopodioideae, (the main part of the sometime family Chenopodiaceae); the goosefoots
chessdom
chessdom
noun
The world of chess.
cheswold
chetopod
chetopod
noun
Alternative form of chaetopod
chiefdom
chiefdom
noun
(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe, but smaller or simpler than a state.
An area or region governed by a chief.
chilidog
chilidog
noun
A hot dog made with chili con carne
chilodon
chilopod
chilopod
noun
Any myriapod of the class Chilopoda, a centipede.
chinwood
chipwood
chiropod
chlodwig
chlordan
chlordan
noun
Alternative form of chlordane
chloride
chloride
noun
(chemistry) any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium chloride, or any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical
chlorids
chlorids
noun
plural of chlorid
chloroid
chloroid
adj
Resembling chlorine.
yellow-green in color.
choanoid
choanoid
adj
(anatomy) funnel-shaped; applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the eyeball in many reptiles and mammals
chokered
chokered
adj
Wearing a choker.
chokidar
chondral
chondral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to cartilage
chondria
chondric
chondrin
chondrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance resembling gelatin, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water.
chondrus
chordata
chordate
chordate
adj
Of such animals.
noun
A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.
chording
chording
noun
(computing) The ability, using a keyboard or similar device, to enter characters or commands in the form of "chords" by pressing several keys simultaneously.
An arrangement of musical chords.
verb
present participle of chord
chordoid
chordoid
adj
Relating to, resembling or composed of chordomas
choreoid
choreoid
Adjective
Resembling chorea.
chorioid
chorioid
noun
Alternative form of choroid
choroids
choroids
noun
plural of choroid
chortled
chortled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chortle
chorused
chorused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chorus
chowders
chowders
noun
plural of chowder
chromide
chromide
noun
Any of various cichlid fishes found in Asia.
cichloid
clochard
clochard
noun
A beggar or tramp, especially in France.
cloddish
cloddish
adj
Like a clod, a person who is foolish, stupid or parochial.
Of or pertaining to lumpy soil.
clodhead
cloghead
coalshed
coalshed
noun
A shed in which coal is stored.
cockhead
cockhead
noun
(engineering) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.
(vulgar, slang) The glans penis.
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) Dickhead, a term of abuse.
codshead
cohdwell
coheaded
coheaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohead
coherald
coherald
noun
(rare) A joint herald.
coholder
coholder
noun
A joint holder (of an account, a record, etc.).
cohosted
cohosted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohost
colthood
colthood
noun
The state of being a colt; the youth of a (male) horse.
conchoid
conchoid
noun
(geology) A conchoidal fracture in rock.
(mathematics, geometry) Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts).
conehead
conehead
noun
(Australia, slang) A person addicted to smoking marijuana with a bong.
(anthropology, archaeology, informal) A person who has undergone cranial modification in order to produce an elongated skull.
(fashion) A foam rubber rounded cone hat to be worn atop the head as a costume to appear to have a conical bald skull.
(slang) A pinhead, a stupid person.
An insect of the katydid subfamily Conocephalinae.
Any member of the order Protura of insect-like arthropods.
copyhold
copyhold
noun
(property law, historical) A former form of tenure in which the title deeds were a copy of the manorial roll.