(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
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
bloodhound
bloodhound
noun
(archaic) A bloodthirsty person.
(figurative) A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues.
A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners.
boethusian
boozehound
boozehound
noun
(informal) alcoholic, drunkard
bouchaleen
bounderish
bounderish
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish.
bountihead
bountihead
noun
Bounteousness.
boxhauling
boxhauling
verb
present participle of boxhaul
brinehouse
buckhannon
buckhannon
Proper noun
a city in West Virginia, USA
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
bufflehorn
buffoonish
buffoonish
adj
Characteristic of a buffoon.
bunkhouses
bunkhouses
noun
plural of bunkhouse
bunnymouth
buttonbush
buttonbush
noun
(US) Cephalanthus occidentalis, the common buttonbush
Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family.
Any of the genus Conocarpus of two species of tropical flowering plants; a mangrove.
buttonhold
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).
buttonhook
buttonhook
noun
(American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
(sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.
verb
(American football) To perform the buttonhook play.
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
charmonium
charmonium
noun
(physics) Any meson formed from a charm quark and its antiquark.
chaumontel
cherubicon
cherubikon
chiriguano
chironomus
chirurgeon
chirurgeon
noun
(archaic) A doctor or surgeon.
chlorinous
chlorinous
adj
Containing chlorine.
chondrules
chondrules
noun
plural of chondrule
chopunnish
chorussing
chosunilbo
chousingha
chousingha
noun
The four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), a small antelope found in open forest in India and Nepal.
chuckstone
chuckstone
Noun
A chuck; a pebble.
chunderous
chunderous
adj
(Australia, slang) sickening; nauseating
clothbound
clothbound
adj
(publishing) Bound with cloth, as opposed to other bindings such as paper or leather.
conchylium
conolophus
conorhinus
consulship
consulship
Noun
The office of a consul, in its various senses.
The term of office of a consul.
coonhounds
coonhounds
noun
plural of coonhound
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.
cothurnian
cottonbush
couchantly
countryish
countryish
adj
(music) Having characteristics of country music
cousinhood
cousinhood
noun
(uncountable) Cousins, or persons related by blood, collectively.
Relationship as of cousins.
The state or quality of being a cousin.
cousinship
cousinship
noun
The state of being cousins, or the relationship that exists among cousins.
couthiness
couthiness
noun
(Scotland) The quality of being couthie.
cowpuncher
cowpuncher
noun
(informal) A cowboy
cushioning
cushioning
verb
present participle of cushion
dachshound
dachshound
noun
Archaic form of dachshund.
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
deutonymph
deutonymph
noun
The third instar of a mite.
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.
dichronous
dinophilus
diophantus
diophantus
Proper noun
A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra
disulphone
dithionous
doublehung
doughiness
doughiness
noun
The state or condition of being doughy.
downthrust
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.
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.
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
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.
gluttonish
gluttonish
adj
gluttonous
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
groundhogs
groundhogs
noun
plural of groundhog
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
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
gunkholing
gunkholing
noun
(nautical) cruising in shallow, coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
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
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.
himantopus
hinoideous
hirudinoid
hitherunto
hitherunto
adv
(archaic) hereto, hitherto.
hobhouchin
hobhouchin
noun
(Britain, obsolete) An owl
hogansburg
homeground
homogenous
homogenous
adj
(biology) Having the same genetic structure; exhibiting homogeny.
(see usage notes) Alternative form of homogeneous (“having the same composition”)
homogonous
homogonous
adj
(botany) Having all the flowers alike in terms of the stamens and pistils.
homonomous
homonomous
adj
Having the same features or functions
Misspelling of homonymous.
homonymous
homonymous
adj
(ophthalmology) Homonymous hemianopsia (blindness in the same side of both eyes)
Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake).
Of or pertaining to a homonym.
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.
homoousion
homoousion
Noun
The inclusion of the term in the to describe the principle that the Son is ‘of one substance’ with the Father (as opposed to the Homoiousion).
homotonous
homotonous
adj
Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.