(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
anarchoindividualist
aphidivorous
aphidivorous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids.
archvagabond
avouched
avouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avouch
behaviored
behooved
behooved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behoove
behoved
behoved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behove
boddhisattva
boddhisattva
noun
Alternative form of bodhisattva
bodhisattva
bodhisattva
noun
(Buddhism) A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment.
(Buddhism) An enlightened being existing in a form of existence beyond the ordinary forms of physical reality understood and acknowledged by scientific thought, resembling the Western notion of angels, but with a wealth of its own nuances and expectations. These include the compassionate working for enlightenment of all sentient beings.
bodhisattvas
bodhisattvas
noun
plural of bodhisattva
bolshevized
bolshevized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bolshevize
boschveld
brodheadsville
chevroned
chevroned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chevron
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.
clavichordist
clavichordist
noun
Someone who plays the clavichord.
clavichordists
clavichordists
noun
plural of clavichordist
clavichords
clavichords
noun
plural of clavichord
davoch
davoch
noun
Alternative form of daugh (“Scots land unit”)
dehortative
dehortative
adj
dissuasive
dervishhood
devilhood
devonshire
devonshire
Proper noun
The former (pre-1974) name for the county of Devon, England.
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.
dichlorvoses
disavouch
disavouch
verb
(transitive) To disavow.
disvouch
disvouch
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To discredit or contradict.
dovehouse
dovehouse
noun
A dovecote.
dovish
dovish
adj
(figurative) Peaceful, conciliatory.
Disfavoring increasing interest rates; inclined against increasing interest rates.
Pertaining to a dove; dove-like.
dovishness
dovishness
noun
(politics) The condition of being a dove, as opposed to a hawk.
The state, quality, or condition of being dovish.
dovishnesses
dovzhenko
eindhoven
eindhoven
Proper noun
A city and municipality in North Brabant, the Netherlands.
ervenholder
ervenholder
noun
A person possessing an erf (small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement).
erythrodegenerative
erythrodegenerative
adj
Relating to degeneration of the red blood cells.
evehood
evilmouthed
forevouched
forevouched
adj
Avowed or affirmed in advance.
governesshood
governesshood
noun
The office of governess.
grooverhead
hammondsville
handwoven
handwoven
adj
Woven by hand, or with a hand-operated loom.
hardcover
hardcover
adj
(of a book) Having a rigid binding.
noun
A book with a rigid binding, often of cardboard or leather.
hardcovered
hardcovered
adj
Of a book, having a rigid cover.
hardcovers
hardcovers
noun
plural of hardcover
haverford
haviored
havioured
havocked
heavenhood
heavenhood
noun
Heavenliness.
Heavenly quality or character; fitness for heaven; sanctification.
hendersonville
hodgenville
hodmezovasarhely
holdenville
holdover
holdover
noun
(firearms) The distance (at target) by which a rifle scope is aimed higher than the intended point of impact in order to compensate for bullet drop over the distance to the target.
Something left behind, saved or remaining from an earlier time.
holdovers
holdovers
noun
plural of holdover
hooved
hooved
adj
(UK) Alternative form of hoofed
hordville
hovedance
hoveled
hoveled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hovel
hovelled
hovered
hovered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hover
hovland
hudsonville
hydroaviation
hydroaviation
noun
The part of aviation dealing with seaplanes and floatplanes.
hydrogalvanic
hydrogalvanic
adj
Pertaining to, produced by, or consisting of, electricity evolved by the action or use of fluids.
hydronegative
hydropositive
hydropositive
adj
Attracted to water.
hydrovane
hydrovane
noun
A hydrofoil.
hyperdivision
hyperdivision
noun
Extreme or excessive division.
hypovanadate
hypovanadic
hypovanadious
hypovanadous
impoverished
impoverished
adj
Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.
Reduced to poverty.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impoverish
invalidhood
invalidhood
noun
The state of being an invalid; invalidism.
levophed
livelihood
livelihood
noun
(now rare) Property which brings in an income; an estate.
(obsolete) Liveliness; appearance of life.
(obsolete) The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour.
A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income).
livelihoods
livelihoods
noun
plural of livelihood
livlihood
lovehood
lovelihead
lovelihead
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of loveliness
loverhood
loverhood
noun
the state or quality of being a lover
mavrodaphne
mavrodaphne
noun
A dark sweet Greek red wine.
A variety of grape native to Achaea, northern Peloponnese, Greece, from which the wine is made.
medovich
misvouched
misvouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misvouch
nonadhesive
nonadhesive
adj
not adhesive
nonadhesively
nonadhesiveness
nonoverhead
nonoverhead
adj
Not overhead.
nonslaveholding
nonslaveholding
adj
Not slaveholding.
novachord
novemdecillionth
novicehood
novicehood
noun
The rank or period of being a novice.
orthovanadate
orthovanadate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of vanadium VO₄³⁻ or any salt containing this ion
orthovanadic
orthoveratraldehyde
outachieved
outachieved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outachieve
outshoved
outthieved
overachieved
overachieved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overachieve
overalcoholized
overapprehended
overarched
overarched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overarch
overattached
overattached
adj
Excessively attached.
overbepatched
overbleached
overbleached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overbleach
overchafed
overcharged
overcharged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcharge
overchased
overcherished
overcherished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcherish
overchidden
overchildish
overchildish
adj
Excessively childish.
overchildishly
overchildishness
overchilled
overchilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overchill
overcoached
overcoached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcoach
overdash
overdelighted
overdelighted
adj
delighted beyond measure
overdelightedly
overdischarge
overdistraught
overdraught
overdraught
noun
(chiefly Britain) An overdraft.
overdrench
overembellished
overembellished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overembellish
overemphasized
overemphasized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize
overexhausted
overfinished
overfinished
adj
Of animals reared for meat: obese; undesirably fat.
overfished
overfished
adj
Fished to the point of sustained reduction of fish species population.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overfish
overfleshed
overfranchised
overfreighted
overfreighted
adj
Laden with too much freight.
overfrighted
overfurnished
overfurnished
adj
cluttered
pretentiously or ostentatiously decorated.
overhand
overhand
adj
(masonry) Laid such that the surface of the wall to be jointed is on the opposite side of the wall from the mason, requiring the mason to lean over the wall to complete the work.
(mining) Done from below upward.
(of a loop in rope) With the working part on top of the standing part.
(sewing) Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together.
Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders.
adv
In an overhand manner
noun
The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
verb
Sew using an overhand stitch.
overhanded
overhanded
adj
Overhand
Overstaffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overhand
overhandicap
overhandicap
verb
(transitive) To handicap excessively.
overhandicapped
overhandicapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overhandicap
overhandicapping
overhandicapping
verb
present participle of overhandicap
overhanding
overhanding
verb
present participle of overhand
overhandle
overhandle
verb
(transitive) To handle excessively.
overhandled
overhandled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overhandle
overhandles
overhandles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overhandle
overhandling
overhandling
verb
present participle of overhandle
overhands
overhands
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overhand
overhard
overhard
adj
Too hard.
overharden
overharden
verb
To harden too much.
overhardness
overhardness
noun
Excessive hardness.
overhardy
overhardy
adj
Too hardy; overbold.
overharvested
overharvested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overharvest
overhated
overhated
adj
Given an excessive amount of hate; gets more hate than it actually deserves.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overhate
overhatted
overhauled
overhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overhaul
overhead
overhead
adj
(soccer) kicked over one's own head
located above, especially over the head
adv
(archaic) Per head; for each individual.
Above one's head; in the sky.
noun
(computing) Data or steps of computation used only to facilitate the computations in the system and not directly related to the actual program code or data being processed.
(countable) A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency.
(countable) An overhead projector.
(countable, business, accounting) The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
(juggling, by ellipsis) An overhead throw.
(nautical) The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel.
(tennis) A smash.
(transport) The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses.
(uncountable) Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to its progress or outcome.
(uncountable, business) Wasted money.
(uncountable, business, accounting) The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided.
A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft.