(biology, of an organism) Not having legs, wings, or other limbs.
(linguistics) Not having a determiner.
(linguistics) Not having an article (especially of Greek nouns).
Nouns indicating status often appear in anarthrous noun phrases, ie, as bare nouns.
angletouch
anguishous
anguishous
adj
(obsolete) Full of anguish.
anhalonium
anthonomus
antichorus
antilochus
arthroncus
authorling
authorling
noun
A young or insignificant author.
autobahnen
autochthon
autochthon
noun
(geology) A large mass of rock in the place of its original formation, rooted to its basement (foundation rock) as opposed to an allochthon or nappe which has shifted from the place of formation; an autochthonous rock formation.
The earliest inhabitant of an area; an aborigine.
avouchment
avouchment
noun
A positive declaration.
The act of avouching.
azthionium
boethusian
bouchaleen
bountihead
bountihead
noun
Bounteousness.
boxhauling
boxhauling
verb
present participle of boxhaul
buckhannon
buckhannon
Proper noun
a city in West Virginia, USA
canephorus
cenanthous
cenanthous
adj
(botany, of a perianth) That lacks both stamens and pistil
chadbourne
chaogenous
chaogenous
adj
That which is born from chaos.
chapournet
charmonium
charmonium
noun
(physics) Any meson formed from a charm quark and its antiquark.
chaumontel
chiriguano
chousingha
chousingha
noun
The four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), a small antelope found in open forest in India and Nepal.
cothurnate
cothurnate
adj
Relating to tragedy; solemn; grave.
Wearing a cothurn.
cothurnian
couchantly
dachshound
dachshound
noun
Archaic form of dachshund.
diaphanous
diaphanous
adj
(physics) Isorefractive, having an identical refractive index.
Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial.
Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
diophantus
diophantus
Proper noun
A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra
duryodhana
duryodhana
Proper noun
A major character in the Hindu epic , the eldest of the Kauravas.
earthbound
earthbound
adj
(figuratively) Unimaginative or mundane.
(science fiction) Heading towards Earth.
Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually.
epiphanous
epiphanous
adj
Being or relating to an epiphany.
euharmonic
euharmonic
adj
(rare) Pleasingly melodious or harmonious — applied especially to the euharmonic organ invented by Henry Ward Poole (1825-1890), in whose design mathematical principles of harmony were employed.
euphonical
euphonical
adj
(archaic) Euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
euphoriant
euphoriant
adj
Producing euphoria.
noun
A drug, stimulus, or other agent that produces feelings of euphoria.
euxanthone
euxanthone
noun
(organic chemistry) A naturally occurring xanthonoid with the molecular formula C₁₃H₈O₄.
exhaustion
exhaustion
noun
(dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
(dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
(mathematics) An exhaustive procedure
Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
exhumation
exhumation
noun
The act of digging up that which has been buried.
fearnought
fearnought
noun
Alternative form of fearnaught
fourhanded
fourhanded
adj
Having four hands; quadrumanous.
Requiring four hands.
Requiring or involving four people.
a fourhanded card game
frankhouse
fraunhofer
guanophore
guanophore
noun
A type of chromatophore, in the skin of some fish and reptiles, that contains granules of guanine
haemonchus
halogenous
halogenous
adj
(chemistry) Of a compound: containing a halogen as part of the molecule.
harbouring
harbouring
verb
present participle of harbour
harmonious
harmonious
adj
Having components pleasingly or appropriately combined.
Melodious; in harmony.
Showing accord in feeling or action.
harmoniums
harmoniums
noun
plural of harmonium
haubergeon
haubergeon
noun
Alternative form of habergeon
hexagonous
hexagonous
adj
(botany) hexagonal in section
hexagynous
hexagynous
adj
(botany) Having six styles.
hexandrous
hexandrous
adj
Alternative form of hexandrian
himantopus
hogansburg
homoousian
homoousian
adj
Having the same essence or substance, especially with reference to the first and second persons of the Trinity.
noun
(historical) One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene Creed and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father.
homuncular
homuncular
adj
Of or pertaining to a homunculus.
honorarium
honorarium
noun
Compensation for services that do not have a predetermined value.
honourable
honourable
adj
Britain standard spelling of honorable.
honourably
honourably
adv
In an honourable manner.
hoonoomaun
hoonoomaun
noun
Archaic form of hanuman.
houndsbane
houndshark
houndshark
noun
Alternative spelling of hound shark
houpelande
houpelande
noun
Alternative form of houppelande
housatonic
houseclean
houseclean
verb
(intransitive) To clean the interior and furnishings of a residence.
(intransitive) To make major reforms; to clean house.
(transitive) To clean the interior and residential furnishings of.
(transitive) To rid of undesirable personnel and procedures.
housepaint
houseplant
houseplant
noun
A plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.
A variety of plant that is especially suited to such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.
humaniform
humaniform
adj
Like a human or that of a human in form or appearance.
noun
(science fiction) A robot resembling a human.
humilation
huntswoman
huntswoman
noun
A female huntsman.
hyaluronic
hyaluronic
adj
Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives
hydnaceous
hydnaceous
adj
(mycology) Belonging to the Hydnaceae.
hydraucone
hypnaceous
hypnaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Hypnaceae of mosses.
hyponeuria
inhaustion
inhumation
inhumation
noun
(medicine) arenation
The act of burial.
The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.
jonahesque
journalish
leucophane
leucophane
noun
Alternative form of leucophanite
ludolphian
mcnaughton
monanthous
monanthous
adj
(botany) Having only a single flower.
morgenthau
muskhogean
muskhogean
Noun
Muskogee
Proper noun
Muskogee
muttonhead
muttonhead
noun
(Britain, slang) A stupid or foolish person.
naturopath
naturopath
noun
(alternative medicine) A practitioner of naturopathy, a nature healer
nausithous
nautophone
neuropathy
neuropathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).
(medicine) Any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy.
neurophagy
nordhausen
notharctus
nothofagus
nothosauri
nouakchott
nouakchott
Proper noun
The capital of Mauritania.
nudophobia
oberhausen
ochnaceous
ochnaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Ochnaceae.
onslaughts
onslaughts
noun
plural of onslaught
onychauxis
ornithurae
ouananiche
ouananiche
noun
(dated) Alternative form of wananish
outchasing
outchasing
verb
present participle of outchase
outhearing
outhearing
verb
present participle of outhear
outlandish
outlandish
adj
(archaic) Foreign; alien.
Bizarre; strange.
outshaming
outshaming
verb
present participle of outshame
outshaping
outshaping
verb
present participle of outshape
outsharpen
outthanked
outthanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outthank
overhumane
overlaunch
overlaunch
verb
(shipbuilding, transitive) To run the butts or scarphs of planks or pieces of timber to a certain distance beyond the adjacent ones, in order to strengthen the work.
panhygrous
phalloncus
phenacodus
ploughgang
ploughgang
noun
A ploughgate.
ploughland
ploughland
noun
(historical) Synonym of carucate
land that has been or is meant to be ploughed
polyanthus
polyanthus
noun
A type of primula, apparently originally from a hybrid between the cowslip and the primrose, having many different-coloured flowers.
protohuman
protohuman
adj
Pertaining to the first humans or the beginning of humankind.
noun
One of the earliest humans preceding Homo sapiens.
punchboard
punchboard
noun
A board, having a number of holes filled with slips of paper, once used as a form of lottery
rhinobatus
rhumbatron
roughslant
schongauer
snakemouth
snakemouth
noun
The orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides.
snoquamish
sousaphone
sousaphone
noun
A valved brass instrument with the same length as a tuba, but shaped differently so that the bell is above the head, that the valves are situated directly in front of the musical instruments and a few inches above the waist, and that most of the weight rests on one shoulder.
sulphamino
sulphation
sulphation
noun
Alternative spelling of sulfation
sulphocyan
sulphonate
sulphonate
noun
(British spelling, chemistry) Alternative spelling of sulfonate
synanthous
synanthous
adj
(botany) Having the flowers and leaves appearing at the same time.
talcahuano
tautophony
tautophony
noun
repetition of the same sound
thenabouts
thenabouts
adv
(obsolete) about then
thiofurane
thionurate
thousandth
thousandth
adj
The ordinal numeral form of one thousand; last in order of a series of a thousand; next after the nine hundred and ninety-ninth.
noun
(singular only) The person or thing in the thousandth position.
One of a thousand equal parts of a whole.
thysanoura
tiahuanaco
tibouchina
tibouchina
noun
Any of various species of myrtalean trees of the genus Tibouchina, native to tropical America, many of which are used as garden ornamentals.