(dated, physics) A unit of inductance equal to one billionth (1 x 10⁻⁹) of a henry, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
abrahan
acharne
acheron
adrench
ahlgren
ahrendt
ahriman
ahungry
ahungry
adj
hungry (for)
alphorn
alphorn
noun
(music) A long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain-dwelling herders in the Alps, originally to call cattle but now only as musical instrument in classical and folk tunes.
althorn
althorn
noun
(music) An alto or tenor saxhorn
anarcho
anarchs
anarchs
noun
plural of anarch
anarchy
anarchy
noun
(countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
(uncountable) Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
(uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
Confusion in general; disorder.
anchors
anchors
noun
plural of anchor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anchor
anchory
anchory
adj
Synonym of ancrée
anither
annorah
anorchi
another
another
det
Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else.
Not the same; different.
One more/further, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
pron
An additional one of the same kind.
One of a group of things of the same kind.
One that is different from the current one.
anthers
anthers
noun
plural of anther
anthrax
anthrax
noun
(pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal.
anthrol
anthrop
anthryl
anthryl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric univalent radicals derived from anthracene
arachin
arachin
noun
(organic chemistry) The triglyceride of arachidic acid
arachne
archean
archine
arching
arching
adj
(nautical) hogging, as opposed to sagging
noun
The arched part of a structure.
verb
present participle of arch
archons
archons
noun
plural of archon Chief magistrates of ancient Athens.
archont
archsin
arsheen
arshine
arshine
noun
Alternative form of arshin
arshins
arshins
noun
plural of arshin
arthron
arthron
noun
An articulation or joint.
ashburn
ashburn
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
athanor
athanor
noun
(historical) A furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists.
athenor
athrong
athrong
adj
Thronged; crowded.
bahrain
bahrain
Proper noun
country in the Middle East. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain.
bahrein
bandhor
barchan
barchan
noun
An arc-shaped sand ridge comprising well-sorted sand.
barkhan
bechern
behrens
behring
behrman
bencher
bencher
noun
(Britain, obsolete, law) One of the senior governing members of an Inn of Court.
(Canada, law) A senior member of a law society in a Canadian province (except New Brunswick).
(UK, obsolete) An alderman of a corporation.
(obsolete) A member of a court or council.
(obsolete) One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.
benorth
benorth
prep
(now Scotland) North of.
bethorn
bhandar
bhunder
bhunder
Noun
A rhesus macaque.
bighorn
bighorn
Noun
Either of two North American species of sheep, Ovis canadensis and Ovis dalli, having large, curving horns.
birchen
birchen
adj
Made from birch wood.
bonheur
brahman
brahman
noun
Alternative form of brahmin (member of the Hindu priestly class).
brahmin
brahmin
adj
Scholarly.
noun
(chiefly US, capitalized) A member of a social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA.
A learned person of refined taste and mild manners.
A member of the Hindu priestly caste, one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society.
A scholar, teacher, priest, intellectual, researcher, scientist, knowledge-seeker, or knowledge worker.
One who has realized or attempts to realize Brahman, i.e. God or supreme knowledge.
branchi
branchy
branchy
adj
Having many branches.
Tending to branch frequently.
branham
brechan
brenham
brichen
brinish
brinish
adj
Like brine; somewhat salty.
brochan
brohman
bronchi
bronchi
noun
plural of bronchus
broncho
broncho
noun
Alternative spelling of bronco
brython
brython
Noun
A (historical) Briton: a member of that people that spoke Brythonic languages.
buchner
buncher
buncher
noun
(electronics, physics) A circuit that causes electrons or other charged particles in a particle beam to group together.
(manufacturing) A machine that twists strands together during the manufacture of metal wire; a strander.
(military, RAF, World War II) A ground-based radio transmitter, configured within a system to guide aircraft to their allocated airfields.
A person who bunches.
An illegitimate supplier of laboratory animals who obtains the animals by kidnapping pets or illegally trapping strays.
burhans
burnham
burnham
Proper noun
A village in Buckinghamshire and partly in Slough, Berkshire, England.
A town in Essex, England; see Burnham-on-Crouch.
A seaside town in Somerset, England; see Burnham-on-Sea.
burnish
burnish
noun
(uncountable) The making of something bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; (countable) an instance of this; a burnishing, a polishing, a shining.
A shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish.
A shiny layer applied to a surface or other thing.
verb
(by extension) Of a thing: to increase in size; to expand, to spread out, to swell.
(figuratively) To appear positive and highly respected.
(figuratively) To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.
Of a person's body: to grow large or stout; to fatten, to fill out.
Of a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.
To become bright, glossy, and smooth; to brighten, to gleam, to shine forth.
To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
burthen
burthen
noun
(obsolete or historical, nautical) The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds.
Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
verb
(reflexive, obsolete, rare) To be vexed or annoyed.
(transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.
chainer
chainer
noun
One who chains.
chancer
chancer
noun
(UK, Ireland, slang) A scheming opportunist.
chancre
chancre
noun
(pathology) Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.
chandra
chandry
chandry
noun
(obsolete) A chandlery.
changar
changer
changer
noun
A person employed in changing or discounting money.
Someone or something that changes or transforms itself.
Someone or something who changes things.
channer
channer
noun
(Internet slang) A user of the imageboard site 4chan; a 4channer.
(by extension) A user of other imageboard sites similar to 4chan.
A flat fragment of sandstone, slate, etc. found in soil.
chanter
chanter
noun
(archaic) One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
A priest who sings in a chantry.
One who chants or sings.
The hedge sparrow.
The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.
chantor
chantor
noun
Alternative form of chanter
chantry
chantry
noun
A chapel set up for this purpose
An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people
charbon
charbon
noun
A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.
A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle; anthrax.
chardin
chardon
chargen
charing
charing
verb
present participle of chare
charlyn
charnel
charnel
adj
Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral.
noun
(historical) Part of a helm, now usually identified as the hinge (near the neck) by which the helm was secured to the breastplate.
A chapel attached to a mortuary.
A repository for dead bodies.
charron
cheiron
chenier
chenier
noun
(Louisiana) An area of scrub oak growing in an accumulation of alluvial soil in a stream, creek, bayou, marsh or river.
A beach ridge consisting of sand or crushed shells raised above mudflats forming part of a strand plain
cherian
cherlyn
chernow
chevron
chevron
noun
(chiefly Britain) One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.
(heraldry) A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
(informal) A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.
A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.
A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””.
An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol.
verb
To form or be formed into chevrons
chinker
chinker
noun
Any material that is used to fill chinks
chinner
chireno
chirino
chirlin
chlorin
chlorin
noun
(organic chemistry) A large heterocyclic aromatic ring consisting, at the core, of three pyrroles and one pyrroline coupled through four methine linkages.
Archaic form of chlorine.
chondre
chondre
noun
Synonym of chondrule
chondri
chondri
noun
plural of chondrus
chorine
chorine
noun
A female chorus line dancer; a chorus girl.
choring
choring
verb
present participle of chore
chorion
chorion
noun
(anatomy, biology) The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus.
(biology, entomology) The outer case of an insect egg.
(botany) The outer membrane of seeds of plants.
chorten
chorten
noun
(Buddhism) A Tibetan stupa.
chorwon
chronal
chronal
adj
Of or pertaining to time.
chronic
chronic
adj
(informal) Extremely serious.
(medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.
(slang) Good, great; "wicked".
(slang) Very bad, awful.
Inveterate or habitual.
Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
noun
(medicine) A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
(slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.
chronol
chronon
chronon
noun
(physics) A hypothetical quantum or particle of time.
chronos
chrysin
chrysin
noun
(organic chemistry) The flavone 5,7-dihydroxy-2-phenyl-4H-chromen-4-one, isolated from the passionflower (Passiflora caerulea), sometimes used as an aromatase inhibitor supplement by bodybuilders and athletes
chunari
chunder
chunder
noun
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) An act of vomiting.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) Vomit.
Heavy, sticky snow that makes snowsports difficult.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, slang) To throw up, to vomit.
Of a motor vehicle: to rumble loudly, to roar.
chunner
chunner
verb
(intransitive) To talk tiresomely or at length; to chatter on.
chunter
chunter
verb
(British, Ireland, dialect) To grumble, complain.
(British, Ireland, dialect) To speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
churdan
churned
churned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of churn
churner
churner
noun
The vessel in which cream is churned to make butter.
cincher
cincher
noun
A waist cincher (type of corset).
Something that cinches as in holds and fastens, such as a belt or corset.
Something that proves a point or concludes a story
cithern
cithren
cochran
coehorn
coehorn
noun
(military, historical) A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two people.
concher
concher
noun
A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding.
A person who operates such a machine.
conrath
corinth
corinth
noun
(obsolete) A small fruit; a currant.
cornish
cornish
noun
(architecture) Alternative form of cornice
One of several decorative rings around the barrel of a cannon; the next ring from the muzzle backwards.
cothurn
cothurn
noun
A buskin anciently worn by tragic actors on the stage.
cowhorn
cranach
craunch
craunch
noun
(archaic) A grinding or crunching sound.
(mining) A portion of a stratum or vein left in excavating to support the roof.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.
croghan
cronish
crunchy
crunchy
adj
(slang) Having sensibilities of a counter-culture nature lover or hippie; derived from the concept of crunchy granola.
Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
noun
(usually in the plural) A pellet of dry cat food.
cthrine
danaher
darghin
darshan
darshan
noun
(Hinduism, Buddhism) Hierophany, theophany; being in the presence of the divine or holy (as a person or object).
dehorns
dehorns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehorn