(chiefly US) A megaphone which electronically amplifies a person’s natural voice.
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.
choluria
choluria
noun
(pathology) The presence of bile pigments in the urine.
choultry
choultry
noun
Alternative form of choltry
chromule
chromule
noun
(botany, dated) Any colouring matter in plants other than chlorophyll, and especially in the petals.
clougher
drochuil
eurhodol
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.
fourthly
fourthly
adv
In the fourth place; fourth in a row.
furlough
furlough
noun
(Britain) especially one granted to a missionary.
(US) especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner.
A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.
The documents authorizing such leave.
verb
(transitive) To grant a furlough to (someone).
(transitive) To have (an employee) not work in order to reduce costs; to send (someone) on furlough.
ghoulery
ghoulery
noun
ghoulishness
gulmohar
honfleur
hongleur
hortulan
hortulan
adj
(obsolete) Belonging to a garden.
houlberg
hourless
hourless
adj
Without hours; unaware of the passing of time
hourlong
hourlong
adj
of or relating to an hourlong period of time
which lasts an hour, or approximately so
humorful
humorful
adj
humorous; comical
humoural
humoural
adj
Alternative form of humoral
illhumor
kolhapur
kolhapur
Proper noun
A city in Maharashtra province, western India.
lourdish
moulrush
outwhirl
outwhirl
verb
(rare, transitive) To surpass in whirling or spinning.
overhaul
overhaul
noun
(firefighting) The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure for signs of hot spots that may cause the structure to reignite. Often this includes the process of salvage under the blanket term, salvage and overhaul.
A major repair, renovation, or revision.
verb
(nautical) To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.
(transitive) To search (a ship) for contraband goods.
To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
To pass, overtake, or travel past.
overhurl
overlush
overlush
adj
Excessively lush.
plougher
plougher
noun
Alternative spelling of plower
replough
replough
verb
(transitive) To plough again.
reuphold
roughleg
roughleg
noun
Buteo lagopus, a bird of prey.
rudolphe
sholapur
shoulder
shoulder
noun
(anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
(aviation) A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.
(figurative) That which supports or sustains; support.
(firearms) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
(music) The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
(printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
(surfing) The part of a wave that has not yet broken.
A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
verb
(intransitive) To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
(intransitive) To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
(transitive) To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
(transitive) To place (something) against one's shoulders.
(transitive) To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
(transitive) To put (something) on one's shoulders.
(transitive) To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
(transitive, archaic, slang) Of a servant: to embezzle money from (the employer).
(transitive, figuratively) To accept responsibility for.
(transitive, figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
shoulerd
shurlock
sloucher
sloucher
noun
A person who slouches.
A slouch hat.
slughorn
slughorn
noun
(nonstandard, rare) A wind instrument.
Obsolete spelling of slogan (“a battle cry among the ancient Irish or highlanders of Scotland”)
trothful
turlough
turlough
noun
(Ireland) A temporary lake in an area of limestone, filled by rising groundwater during the rainy winter season.
ulorrhea
ulothrix
ultrahot
ultrahot
adj
Extremely or exceedingly hot.
unchoral
unholier
unholier
adj
comparative form of unholy: more unholy
upholder
upholder
noun
(obsolete) A dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholdster.
Someone who upholds something.
uroliths
uroliths
noun
plural of urolith
urushiol
urushiol
noun
(organic chemistry) An oil found in plants of the family Anacardiaceae, causing an allergic skin rash on contact; consists of a variable mixture of several related organic compounds.