(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
A retaining wall along a waterfront.
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
bullhead
bullhead
noun
(Canada, US) The black bullhead, Ameiurus melas.
(Canada, US) The brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus.
(Canada, US) The yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis.
(Europe, Asia) Any of various sculpins of the suborder Scorpaenoidei
(Europe, Asia) The European bullhead, Cottus gobio.
(New Zealand) A fish of species Gobiomorphus gobioides.
(horology) A chronograph (watch or stopwatch) with two push buttons arranged like the horns of a bull on the top end of the case, typically with the crown between them.
(rail transport) A bullhead rail.
(rare) An obstinate person.
A bullhead shark (Heterodontus spp.).
buraydah
burchard
burkhard
burrhead
burrhead
noun
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
bushland
bushland
noun
(chiefly Australia) An area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
(heraldry, of an animal) Shown face-on, showing the full face, but cut off immediately behind the ears and hence showing nothing of the neck.
cacheted
cacheted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cachet
cachunde
calfhood
calfhood
noun
The state or time of being a calf.
camphoid
campshed
campshed
noun
A supporting structure for a river bank, built from planks and piles.
verb
To build such a supporting structure.
capuched
capuched
adj
(obsolete) Covered with, or as if with, a hood.
catheads
catheads
noun
plural of cathead
cathedra
cathedra
noun
The chair or throne of a bishop.
The official chair of some position or office, as of a professor.
The rank of bishop.
cathodal
cathodal
adj
(biochemistry) Attracted towards a cathode
cathodes
cathodes
noun
plural of cathode
cathodic
cathodic
adj
(anatomy) Proceeding from a nerve centre; efferent.
(physics) Of or pertaining to a cathode.
cchaddie
cephadia
cephalad
cephalad
adv
(anatomy) Towards the head (or anterior extremity), a direction that in humans corresponds to superior.
cephidae
chackled
chackled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chackle
chadarim
chadburn
chadelle
chadless
chadless
adj
Not having or producing chads.
chadlock
chadlock
noun
Alternative form of charlock (Sinapis arvensis etc.)
chadwick
chalcids
chalcids
noun
plural of chalcid
chaldaei
chaldaic
chaldaic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Chaldea.
Proper noun
The lect spoken by the Chaldeans.
Noun
A Chaldean.
chaldean
chaldean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Chaldea specifically, or ancient Babylonia in general.
Noun
A native of Chaldea; a Chaldee.
A member of the Chaldean Catholic Church, a uniate church of the Roman Catholic Church.
A diviner or astrologer.
Proper noun
The Semitic language of the Chaldeans.
chaldese
chaldron
chaldron
noun
(archaic) An old English dry measure, containing four quarters. At London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke.
Alternative form of chawdron
chaliced
chaliced
adj
Having a calyx or cup; cup-shaped.
chamades
chamades
noun
plural of chamade
chambord
chamidae
chammied
chammied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chammy
chandala
chandala
noun
(India) A person involved in the disposal of corpses, traditionally a lower-caste Hindu and considered untouchable.
chandler
chandler
noun
(historical) A servant in a large household responsible for providing candles.
A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler.
A person who makes or sells candles.
chaneled
chanidae
chapeled
chapland
characid
characid
noun
(zoology) Any fish in the family Characidae.
charades
charades
noun
A game in which each player acts out a word or phrase, usually based on puns of each syllable and without speaking, for the others to guess.
plural of charade
chardock
charlady
charlady
noun
(chiefly archaic or historical) A woman who cleans houses and offices as an occupation.
charqued
charqued
adj
Prepared as charqui or jerky.
charquid
chasidic
chasidim
chatwood
chatwood
noun
Little sticks; twigs for burning; firewood.
chaudoin
chaudron
chaudron
noun
Obsolete form of chawdron.
chaunted
chaunted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaunt
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
cheddars
cheddars
noun
plural of cheddar
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheddar
chelated
chelated
adj
(chemistry, of a metal atom) bound with one or more chelates
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chelate
chelydra
chicadee
chicaned
chicaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chicane
childage
chiliads
chiliads
noun
plural of chiliad
chinband
chinband
noun
A band of fabric worn around the chin.
chipyard
chipyard
noun
(US) A storage area for sawdust and small pieces of wood at a sawmill.
chlordan
chlordan
noun
Alternative form of chlordane
choanoid
choanoid
adj
(anatomy) funnel-shaped; applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the eyeball in many reptiles and mammals
chokidar
chondral
chondral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to cartilage
chondria
chordata
chordate
chordate
adj
Of such animals.
noun
A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.
chresard
chresard
noun
(dated) The portion of the water in a sample of soil that is available to vegetation (e.g. plant roots)
chuddahs
chuddahs
noun
plural of chuddah
chuddars
chuddars
noun
plural of chuddar
chundari
clapdish
clapdish
noun
A wooden dish, once used by beggars, that had a lid that could be clapped to attract attention
clochard
clochard
noun
A beggar or tramp, especially in France.
clodhead
cloghead
clubhand
clubhand
noun
(medicine) A short, distorted hand.
coalshed
coalshed
noun
A shed in which coal is stored.
cockhead
cockhead
noun
(engineering) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.
(vulgar, slang) The glans penis.
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) Dickhead, a term of abuse.
codshead
coheaded
coheaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohead
coherald
coherald
noun
(rare) A joint herald.
conehead
conehead
noun
(Australia, slang) A person addicted to smoking marijuana with a bong.
(anthropology, archaeology, informal) A person who has undergone cranial modification in order to produce an elongated skull.
(fashion) A foam rubber rounded cone hat to be worn atop the head as a costume to appear to have a conical bald skull.
(slang) A pinhead, a stupid person.
An insect of the katydid subfamily Conocephalinae.
Any member of the order Protura of insect-like arthropods.
cowhands
cowhands
noun
plural of cowhand
cowshard
cranched
cranched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cranch
crophead
cubehead
cyathoid
dabchick
dabchick
noun
a small grebe, the little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis.
daberath
daduchus
dagenham
dagenham
Proper noun
A large suburb of east London, England.
dahabeah
dahabeah
noun
Alternative form of dahabieh
dahabiah
dahabieh
dahabieh
noun
A traditional Egyptian sailing-boat.
dahabiya
dahlgren
dahlsten
dainchas
dainteth
daintith
daishiki
daishiki
noun
Alternative form of dashiki
dakerhen
dakerhen
noun
Alternative form of daker-hen
damanhur
damrosch
dandyish
dandyish
adj
Characteristic of or resembling the style of a dandy.
danelagh
danforth
danialah
daphnaea
daphnean
daphnean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Daphne.
daphnias
daphnias
noun
plural of daphnia
daphnite
daphnoid
darshana
darshana
noun
Alternative form of darshan
darshans
darshans
noun
plural of darshan
dasahara
dashedly
dashedly
adv
damnably; confoundedly
dasheens
dasheens
noun
plural of dasheen
dashiest
dashiest
adj
superlative form of dashy: most dashy
dashikis
dashikis
noun
plural of dashiki
dashpots
dashpots
noun
plural of dashpot
daughter
daughter
noun
(by extension) A female character of a creator.
(informal, uncommon, sometimes derogatory) A familiar address to a female person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
(physics) A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.
(syntax, of a parse tree) A descendant.
A daughter language.
A female descendant.
One’s female offspring.
daughtry
dauphine
dauphine
noun
The wife of the dauphin; dauphiness.
dauphins
dauphins
noun
plural of dauphin
dayblush
daylight
daylight
noun
(countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
(countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
(figurative) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
A clear, open space.
A light source that simulates daylight.
Daybreak.
Exposure to public scrutiny.
The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.
The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
verb
(architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
(intransitive) To gain exposure to the open.
(landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
To expose to daylight
dayshine
deadhand
deadhead
deadhead
noun
(slang) Alternative form of Deadhead (“fan of the rock band The Grateful Dead”)
(slang) Driftwood.
A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend.
A person staying at a lodging, such as a hotel or boarding house, without paying rent; freeloader.
A stupid or boring person; dullard.
A train or truck moved between cities with no passengers or freight, in order to make it available for service.
A tree or tree branch fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable body of water, partially submerged or rising nearly the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk; snag.
An employee of a transport company, especially a pilot, traveling as a passenger for logistical reasons, for example to return home or travel to the next assignment.
Anyone traveling for free.
verb
(intransitive) To travel as a deadhead, or non-paying passenger.
(transitive) To admit to a performance without charge.
(transitive) To remove spent or dead blossoms from a plant.
(transitive) To send (a person or message) for free.
(transitive, intransitive) To drive an empty vehicle.
dealfish
dealfish
noun
A deep-sea ribbonfish, Trachipterus arcticus, from the north Atlantic
deanship
deanship
noun
The position or role of a dean.
dearthfu
deashing
deashing
verb
present participle of deash
deathbed
deathbed
noun
The bed on which someone dies.
The last hours before death.
deathcup
deathday
deathday
noun
Date of (someone's previous) death; anniversary of a death.