(anatomy) Of or pertaining to arthrodia or to an arthrosis
bichloride
bichloride
noun
(chemistry) A dichloride.
billholder
billholder
noun
A device by means of which bills, etc., are held.
One who holds a bill or acceptance.
blandisher
blandisher
noun
Flatterer.
blightbird
brainchild
brainchild
noun
A creation, original idea, or innovation, usually used to indicate the originators
verb
(transitive, rare) To think up; to come up with.
brunnhilde
burchfield
cardiolith
chandelier
chandelier
noun
(obsolete, military) A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences.
(surgery) An endoilluminator used in eye surgery.
A branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling
charladies
charladies
noun
plural of charlady
chelydroid
childbirth
childbirth
noun
The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.
childermas
childermas
Proper noun
A day to commemorate the killing of the Holy Innocents. Variously held on 28th December in the Western Church and 29th December in the Eastern Church. In Spanish-speaking countries this is often a prank-filled day like April Fools' Day.
childproof
childproof
adj
Designed to be unable for a child to use, operate, or open.
Made safe for children.
Made safe from children; resistant to damage by children.
verb
To make something childproof.
chiliadron
chloralide
chloralide
noun
(organic chemistry) The lactone 2,5-bis(trichloromethyl)-1,3-dioxolan-4-one
chloramide
chloramide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The compound NHCl₂; part of the chloramine class.
(organic chemistry, countable) Any amide in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms attached to the nitrogen atom is replaced with chlorine
chlorazide
chlorazide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The pseudohalogen chlorine azide ClN₃
chloridate
chloridate
verb
(transitive) To treat or prepare with a chloride.
chloridize
chloridize
verb
(dated, transitive) To chloridate.
chloritoid
chloritoid
noun
(mineralogy) A mixed iron, magnesium, and manganese silicate mineral of metamorphic origin, with the chemical formula (Fe²⁺,Mg,Mn)₂Al₄Si₂O₁₀(OH)₄.
chlorodize
chondrilla
chordeiles
chorioidal
chromidial
chromidial
adj
Relating to chromidia
chronicled
chronicled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chronicle
chrysalida
chrysaloid
chrysaloid
adj
Resembling a chrysalis.
chytridial
cladothrix
clarichord
clarichord
noun
An old musical instrument in the form of a spinet; the manichord or clavichord.
clavichord
clavichord
noun
(music) An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents) attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings.
dacryolith
dacryolith
noun
(ophthalmology) A concretion of material in a lacrymal or nasal duct.
dealership
dealership
noun
A place that sells items, especially cars.
deflourish
delthyrial
delthyrial
noun
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the delthyrium.
delthyrium
delthyrium
noun
(zoology) The opening between the beak and the hinge in certain brachiopods, through which the pedicle passes.
demolisher
demolisher
noun
One who demolishes.
dendrophil
dhaulagiri
diabolarch
diarrhoeal
diarrhoeal
adj
Britain standard spelling of diarrheal.
diathermal
diathermal
adj
Freely permeable by radiant heat.
dichloride
dichloride
noun
(chemistry) any chloride containing two chlorine atoms bound to a single element or radical
dichlorvos
dichlorvos
noun
(pharmacology) A highly volatile organophosphate, 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate (DDVP), widely used as a fumigant to control household pests and to protect stored product from insects.
didrachmal
diplograph
diplograph
noun
(historical) An instrument used for double writing, such as one for producing embossed writing for the blind and ordinary writing at the same time.
disenthral
disenthral
verb
(Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of disenthrall
ditriglyph
ditriglyph
noun
(architecture) A space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns.
dolichuric
dolichurus
dollarfish
dollarfish
noun
Peprilus triacanthus, the American butterfish.
draughtily
draughtily
adv
In a draughty manner.
dreamwhile
drosophila
drosophila
noun
Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
dyarchical
earthslide
ehrwaldite
epichordal
epichordal
adj
(anatomy) Upon or above the notochord; applied especially to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.
fingerhold
fingerhold
noun
A grip with the fingers.
flichtered
flourished
flourished
adj
Decorated with flourishes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flourish
fluidrachm
fluidrachm
noun
Alternative form of fluidram
fluohydric
fluohydric
adj
(chemistry) hydrofluoric
goldenhair
grandchild
grandchild
noun
A child of someone's child.
halberdier
halberdier
noun
A soldier armed with a halberd.
hallieford
halohydrin
halohydrin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compound having a hydroxyl functional group and a halogen on neighbouring carbon atoms.
hardboiled
hardboiled
adj
Alternative spelling of hard-boiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hardboil
hardyville
harelipped
harelipped
adj
having a harelip
harpalides
hartsfield
headliners
headliners
noun
plural of headliner
heidelberg
heidelberg
Proper noun
A city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
hemihedral
hemihedral
adj
(of a crystal) Having only half the plane faces needed for the highest degree of symmetry in its system
heraclidae
heraclidan
heraklidan
heraldical
heraldical
adj
heraldic
heraldists
heraldists
noun
plural of heraldist
heraldries
heraldries
noun
plural of heraldry
heraldship
heraldship
noun
The status or office of a herald.
herbicidal
herbicidal
adj
having the ability to damage or destroy plants, especially weeds
of, or relating to herbicides
hexaradial
hexaradial
adj
Having hexagonal radial symmetry
hierodulic
hierodulic
adj
Pertaining to hierodules.
highholder
highlander
highlander
noun
(collectible card games, often capitalized) A game format in which players are allowed no more than one of any card (except basic resource cards) in their decks.
A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.
Any person who lives in mountainous or hilly terrain.
highlandry
highlandry
Noun
Highlanders collectively.
hilarytide
hildagarde
hildebrand
hildegaard
hildegarde
hildegarde
Proper noun
name, variant of Hildegard.
hinderlins
hinderlins
noun
plural of hinderlin
hinterland
hinterland
noun
(figuratively) Anything vague or ill-defined, especially something that is ill understood.
(figuratively) That which is unknown or unexplored about someone.
A remote or undeveloped area, a backwater.
The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port.
hirondelle
hirschfeld
holdership
holdership
noun
The legal right to possess and use something that is owned by someone else.
The state of being a holder; the condition of having rights to something.
holohedric
hurdlewise
hurdsfield
hydraulics
hydraulics
noun
The engineering science that deals with practical applications where liquid is in motion and transmits energy.
The hydraulic system of a vehicle or other machine.
hydraulist
hydraulist
noun
One who works in the field of hydraulics.
hydrically
hydrocleis
hydrofoils
hydrofoils
noun
plural of hydrofoil
hydrologic
hydrologic
adj
Of or pertaining to hydrology.
hydrolysis
hydrolysis
noun
(chemistry) A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.
hydrolytic
hydrolytic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by hydrolysis.
hydrophile
hydrophile
adj
Hydrophilic.
noun
(chemistry) Any hydrophilic substance.
(zoology) Any organism that thrives in the presence of water.
hydrophily
hydrophily
noun
A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by the flow of waters, particularly in rivers and streams.
hydropical
hydropical
adj
(obsolete) Insatiably thirsty.
Dropsical.
Swollen with water.
hydrosolic
hydrosolic
adj
Relating to a hydrosol.
hydrotical
hydroxylic
hydroxylic
adj
(chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or containing hydroxyl groups
hydurilate
hyperdulia
hyperdulia
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A level of veneration higher than dulia but less than latria, properly given to the Virgin Mary only.
hyperdulic
hyperdulic
adj
(religion) Relating to hyperdulia.
hyperploid
hyperploid
adj
(genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds an exact multiple of the haploid number
(medicine) Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds the diploid number
noun
A hyperploid organism.
hypersolid
hypersolid
noun
(geometry) A solid that extends into hyperspace, having more than three dimensions.
hyporadial
illhumored
inthralled
inthralled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inthral
simple past tense and past participle of inthrall
leadership
leadership
noun
A group of leaders.
The capacity of someone to lead others.
The office or status of a leader.
leatheroid
leichhardt
lethbridge
lienholder
lienholder
noun
(law) Used in instances of title of property (such as a vehicle) to refer to the person who has right of property, as opposed to the party that merely has right of possession. The party that only has right of possession is referred to as a registered owner, and in the event the registered owner fails to pay off the lien according to the agreed-to terms, the lienholder has the right to invoke repossession of the property (vehicle).
lifeholder
lightboard
lightboard
noun
An electronic console used to control the lights in a theatre.
lightwards
lightwards
adv
Synonym of lightward
lizardfish
lizardfish
noun
Any member of the family Synodontidae of aulopiform fish.
longhaired
longhaired
adj
(derogatory) Hippie-like.
(sometimes derogatory) Artistic or intellectual.
Having long hair.
marshfield
multichord
multichord
adj
Relating to multiple musical chords.
nephridial
nephridial
adj
Of or pertaining to a nephridium.
orchidales
osphradial
osphradial
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the osphradium.
outwhirled
outwhirled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwhirl
oxychlorid
philanders
philanders
noun
plural of philander
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of philander
philodoxer
philodoxer
noun
One who is interested in opinions or beliefs, rather than facts.