Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish.
bountihead
bountihead
noun
Bounteousness.
brinehouse
bufflehorn
bunkhouses
bunkhouses
noun
plural of bunkhouse
buttonhole
buttonhole
noun
(attributive) So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
(chiefly Britain) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
(lightly vulgar) anus, batty hole.
(obsolete) vagina, coin slot.
(surgery) A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
The mouth and/or nose and/or eyes if appearing tiny.
verb
(intransitive, archaic, rare) To attain buttonhole-like formations on cutting.
(transitive) To sew by buttonhole stitch.
(transitive, colloquial) To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
(transitive, intransitive) To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
(transitive, rare) To apply a flowery formation in.
(transitive, surgery, chiefly archaic) To make a small slot-like incision in (intentionally or unintentionally).
canephorus
cenanthous
cenanthous
adj
(botany, of a perianth) That lacks both stamens and pistil
cetorhinus
chadbourne
chaogenous
chaogenous
adj
That which is born from chaos.
chapournet
chaumontel
cherubicon
cherubikon
chirurgeon
chirurgeon
noun
(archaic) A doctor or surgeon.
chondrules
chondrules
noun
plural of chondrule
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chunderous
chunderous
adj
(Australia, slang) sickening; nauseating
cornhusker
cornhusker
noun
(usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
A person or device that removes husks from corn.
cothurnate
cothurnate
adj
Relating to tragedy; solemn; grave.
Wearing a cothurn.
couthiness
couthiness
noun
(Scotland) The quality of being couthie.
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
disulphone
doublehung
doughiness
doughiness
noun
The state or condition of being doughy.
earthbound
earthbound
adj
(figuratively) Unimaginative or mundane.
(science fiction) Heading towards Earth.
Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually.
elychnious
enshrouded
enshrouded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enshroud
epiphanous
epiphanous
adj
Being or relating to an epiphany.
eponychium
eponychium
noun
(anatomy) The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
(zoology, veterinary medicine) The protective capsule that surrounds the hoof of foetuses and neonates of hoofed animals, which disappears soon after birth, but remnants of which remain as part of the permanent hoof.
escutcheon
escutcheon
noun
(heraldry) A small shield used to charge a larger one.
(heraldry) An individual or corporate coat of arms.
(medicine) The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound.
(nautical) The part of a ship's stern where its name is displayed.
A decorative and/or protective plate or bezel to fill the gap between a switch, pipe, valve, control knob, etc., and the surface from which it protrudes.
A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It was once taken as an index of milking qualities.
The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
The insignia around a doorknob's exterior hardware or a door lock's cosmetic plate.
euchlorine
euchlorine
noun
(chemistry, archaic) A yellow or greenish-yellow gas, supposed to consist of chlorine dioxide with some free chlorine.
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.
euornithes
euornithic
euphonetic
euphonical
euphonical
adj
(archaic) Euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
euphonious
euphonious
adj
Of sounds, especially speech: demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding.
euphonised
euphonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphonise
euphonized
euphonized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphonize
euphorbine
euphorbine
noun
Alternative form of euphorbin
euphoriant
euphoriant
adj
Producing euphoria.
noun
A drug, stimulus, or other agent that produces feelings of euphoria.
euphrosyne
euphrosyne
Proper noun
One of the three Charites and the goddess of joy.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
euxanthone
euxanthone
noun
(organic chemistry) A naturally occurring xanthonoid with the molecular formula C₁₃H₈O₄.
evtushenko
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
flugelhorn
flugelhorn
noun
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
forfoughen
fourhanded
fourhanded
adj
Having four hands; quadrumanous.
Requiring four hands.
Requiring or involving four people.
a fourhanded card game
fourteenth
fourteenth
adj
The ordinal form of the number fourteen.
noun
(music) The interval comprising an octave and a seventh.
One of fourteen equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the fourteenth position.
frankhouse
fraunhofer
fundholder
fundholder
noun
(Britain) A general practitioner who manages his or her own budget, purchasing healthcare from one or more hospital trusts.
One who has money in the public funds.
gothenburg
gothenburg
Proper noun
It is the second-largest city in Sweden.
greenhouse
greenhouse
noun
(UK military slang, dated) The glass of a plane's cockpit.
(climatology) A hot state in global climate.
(medicine) A structure that shields the operating table to protect against bacteria.
A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.
verb
(transitive) To place (plants) in a greenhouse.
(transitive, figurative) To nurture in order to promote growth.
greyhounds
greyhounds
noun
plural of greyhound
guanophore
guanophore
noun
A type of chromatophore, in the skin of some fish and reptiles, that contains granules of guanine
gumshoeing
gumshoeing
verb
present participle of gumshoe
haemonchus
halogenous
halogenous
adj
(chemistry) Of a compound: containing a halogen as part of the molecule.
haubergeon
haubergeon
noun
Alternative form of habergeon
hebegynous
heliconius
hemofuscin
hemogenous
herigonius
hexagonous
hexagonous
adj
(botany) hexagonal in section
hexagynous
hexagynous
adj
(botany) Having six styles.
hexandrous
hexandrous
adj
Alternative form of hexandrian
hieronymus
hieronymus
Proper noun
Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Saint Jerome.
name of historical use.
hinoideous
hitherunto
hitherunto
adv
(archaic) hereto, hitherto.
homeground
homogenous
homogenous
adj
(biology) Having the same genetic structure; exhibiting homogeny.
(see usage notes) Alternative form of homogeneous (“having the same composition”)
honeybunch
honeybunch
noun
(informal) A honey, a darling (term of endearment).
honeyfugle
honeyfugle
verb
Alternative form of honeyfuggle
honourable
honourable
adj
Britain standard spelling of honorable.
honourless
honourless
adj
Without honour; dishonourable or dishonoured.
hopperburn
hopperburn
noun
damage to plants as a result of infestation by planthoppers
horehounds
horehounds
noun
plural of horehound
horrendous
horrendous
adj
Extremely bad; awful; terrible.
hortensius
houghsinew
houndsbane
houpelande
houpelande
noun
Alternative form of houppelande
housebound
housebound
adj
Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity.
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.
housefront
housefront
noun
The front of a house, the side that faces the street.
houselling
houselling
verb
present participle of housel
houseowner
houseowner
noun
homeowner
housepaint
housephone
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.
hucklebone
hucklebone
noun
Alternative form of huckle bone
huddleston
huguenotic
humdudgeon
humdudgeon
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) An imaginary illness.
(Scotland, obsolete) An unnecessary outcry or complaint.
hungerford
hungerford
Proper noun
A town in Berkshire, England
hungerroot
huntertown
huttonweed
hydnaceous
hydnaceous
adj
(mycology) Belonging to the Hydnaceae.
hydraucone
hyosternum
hyosternum
noun
(anatomy) hyoplastron
hypertonus
hypertonus
noun
(medicine) An excessive level of muscle tone.
hypnaceous
hypnaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Hypnaceae of mosses.
hypoconule
hypogenous
hypogenous
adj
(botany) Produced or growing on the undersurface.
hyponeuria
hypotenuse
hypotenuse
noun
(geometry) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
ichneumous
ichneumous
adj
Relating to ichneumon wasps.
intertouch
isothujone
jonahesque
jotunnheim
leucophane
leucophane
noun
Alternative form of leucophanite
luncheoner
luncheoner
noun
(dated) Someone who eats lunch, especially in a diner or restaurant.
mccutcheon
millhousen
morgenthau
mousehound
mouthiness
mouthiness
noun
The property of being mouthy.
muskhogean
muskhogean
Noun
Muskogee
Proper noun
Muskogee
muttonhead
muttonhead
noun
(Britain, slang) A stupid or foolish person.
nautophone
neighbours
neighbours
noun
plural of neighbour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neighbour
neoholmium
neonychium
nephrodium
nephroncus
neurochord
neurochord
noun
Alternative form of neurocord
neurohumor
neurohumor
noun
(biochemistry) Any material produced in a neuron that activates a neighbouring neuron, muscle or gland; a neurotransmitter
neurolymph
neurolymph
noun
(medicine, obsolete) cerebrospinal fluid
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
neurophile
neuropsych
neuropsych
noun
(countable, colloquial) neuropsychologist
(uncountable, colloquial) neuropsychology
neutrophil
neutrophil
adj
(biology, medicine) Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.
noun
(biology, medicine) Such a cell, especially a particular type of white blood cell.