(biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
(medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
An agreement to adhere.
Persistent attachment or loyalty.
The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.
adiaphon
admonish
admonish
verb
(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.
(transitive) To instruct or direct.
(transitive, with of or against) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
adonijah
anchored
anchored
adj
(heraldry) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor. (Compare sarcelly, moline.)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchor
anhedron
anthodia
anthodia
noun
plural of anthodium
aphodian
aunthood
aunthood
noun
The quality or state of being an aunt.
bandhook
bhadgaon
bonehead
bonehead
noun
(slang) Someone who is stubborn, thick-skulled, or stupid.
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
chaudoin
chaudron
chaudron
noun
Obsolete form of chawdron.
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
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
chondral
chondral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to cartilage
chondria
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
danforth
daphnoid
diaphone
diaphone
noun
(phonology) A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme; all the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole.
A kind of organ pipe.
A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air.
diaphony
diaphony
noun
(music) A form of harmony in which the parts proceeded by parallel motion in fourths, fifths, and octaves.
diphonia
dockhand
dockhand
noun
Someone who works at a dock.
dohnanyi
donaghue
doniphan
doniphan
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Kansas, USA.
a small city in Missouri, USA
a village in Nebraska, USA.
doughman
downhaul
downhaul
noun
(nautical) Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.
downwash
downwash
noun
The downward motion of air as a result of eddies behind a wing or chimney, etc.
downward air turbulence caused by a propeller or jet, but especially by helicopter blades
doxantha
endothia
enhaloed
enhaloed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enhalo
enshadow
enshadow
verb
(transitive) To cover with a shadow.
forehand
forehand
adj
Beforehand; paid in advance.
noun
(archaic) The chief or most important part.
(disc sports) A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.
(racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
(surfing) The hand towards the front of the board.
All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
verb
(transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.
goshdarn
hadendoa
hadronic
hadronic
adj
(physics) of, related to, or composed of hadrons
hamboned
hamboned
adj
Extremely drunk
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hambone
handblow
handblow
noun
A blow struck with the hand.
handbolt
handbook
handbook
noun
(US, gambling) A place where illicit bets can be placed.
A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size.
handhold
handhold
noun
A projection that one may hold onto for support.
verb
Alternative form of hand-hold
handhole
handhole
noun
Alternative form of hand-hole
handiron
handiron
noun
Obsolete form of andiron.
handload
handlock
handlock
noun
A hold for restraining another person by immobilizing their hand.
A locking mechanism that operates by hand.
A restraint that attaches to the wrist, especially a shackle or handcuff.
Immobilization of the hand.
verb
To lock by means of a handlock.
To restrain by holding so as to immobilize the hand.
To restrain with, or as with, a handlock.
handloom
handloom
noun
A simple machine used for weaving by hand.
handoffs
handoffs
noun
plural of handoff, alternative form of hand-off.
handouts
handouts
noun
plural of handout
handpost
handpost
noun
A kind of signpost indicating what lies in various directions.
handsome
handsome
adj
(now of a man or boy) Attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect.
(now of a woman) Statuesque, beautiful in a masculine or otherwise imposing way.
(obsolete, said of things and people) Dexterous; skillful.
(of weather) Fine, clear and bright.
Ample; moderately large.
Generous or noble in character.
Good, appealing, appropriate.
Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly
Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To render handsome.
handwork
handwork
noun
Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine.
verb
(transitive) To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine.
handworm
hanforrd
hangdogs
hangdogs
noun
plural of hangdog
hansford
haplodon
hardnose
hardnose
noun
Alternative form of hard-nose
headlong
headlong
adj
(figuratively) Reckless, impetuous.
Plunging downwards head foremost.
Precipitous.
Rushing forward without restraint.
adv
Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; in haste, hastily.
With an unrestrained forward motion.
With the head first or down.
verb
(transitive) To precipitate.
headnote
headnote
noun
(law) A summary of the relevant aspects of a legal case, usually found at the beginning of a case report.
A note at the head of a page or chapter.
healdton
hernando
hernando
Proper noun
a CDP in Florida, USA.
a city in Mississippi, USA
hernardo
herodian
herodian
Noun
One of a sect or party mentioned in the New Testament as having, in Galilee and Jerusalem, manifested an unfriendly disposition towards Jesus.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Biblical Herod.
hidation
hidation
noun
(history) Division (of a larger territory, such as a shire or hundred) into hides
hoagland
hoarding
hoarding
noun
(UK) A temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public.
(chiefly Britain or India) A billboard.
(psychology) An anxiety disorder characterized by a compulsive need to accumulate goods and feelings of anxiety or discomfort about discarding such goods.
A good which is hoarded.
A roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them.
The practice by of accumulating goods.
verb
present participle of hoard
hogeland
holandry
holandry
noun
The property of being holandric.
holdsman
hollands
hollands
noun
plural of holland
homeland
homeland
noun
(South Africa, historical) An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid.
One's country of birth.
One's country of residence.
The country that one regards as home.
The traditional territory of an ethnic group.
honduran
honduras
honorand
honorand
noun
One who receives an honor.
hookland
hopeland
houndman
hudsonia
humanoid
humanoid
adj
Having the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.).
noun
A being having the appearance or characteristics of a human.
hyenadog
hyoidean
hyoidean
adj
(anatomy, zootomy, relational) Synonym of hyoid.
idahoans
inachoid
ironhard
ironhead
ironhead
noun
Synonym of goldeneye
Synonym of knapweed
joinhand
knothead
knothead
noun
(informal) A stupid or stubborn person.
landhold
landhold
noun
A landholding, a piece of land that is held (owned).
lashonda
lashonde
leonhard
longhand
longhand
adv
Written by hand (with pen or pencil), rather than printed out; handwritten.
Written by hand in normal characters, as opposed to shorthand.
noun
The written characters used in the common method of writing; opposed to shorthand, or typing or printing; handwriting.
longhead
lughdoan
manhoods
manhoods
noun
plural of manhood
methadon
methadon
noun
Alternative form of methadone
mohandas
mohandis
moonhead
neodesha
nonhardy
nonhardy
adj
(chiefly botany) Not hardy.
notehead
notehead
noun
A letterhead.
The elliptical head of a note in musical notation.
omadhaun
omadhaun
noun
(Ireland) A fool, someone who is out of their senses, simpleton.
openhead
ophidian
ophidian
adj
Of or pertaining to the suborder Serpentes; of, related to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent.
noun
Any species of the suborder Serpentes; a snake or serpent.
orphaned
orphaned
adj
Abandoned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of orphan
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.
phonated
phonated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of phonate
povindah
randolph
randolph
Proper noun
A city in Iowa
A city in Kansas
A town in Maine
A hamlet in Manitoba
A city in Massachusetts
A city in Minnesota
A city in Missouri
A city in Nebraska
A town in New Hampshire
A township in New Jersey.
A town in New York
A town in Utah
A town in Vermont
A town and a village in Wisconsin
rhodamin
rhodamin
noun
Alternative spelling of rhodamine
rhodanic
rhodinal
rodanthe
rondache
rondache
noun
A circular shield carried by foot soldiers.
sandhogs
sandhogs
noun
plural of sandhog
sandshoe
sandshoe
noun
(Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, Northern England) A sports or walking shoe with canvas upper and rubber sole; a sneaker.
seahound
seahound
noun
Alternative form of sea hound
shopland
shouldna
shouldna
verb
(colloquial) Contraction of should not have.
Alternative form of shouldnae.
swanhood
thanedom
thanedom
noun
The property or jurisdiction of a thane
thousand
thousand
num
A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³
unhaloed
unhaloed
Adjective
Without a halo.
unhoaxed
unhoaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unhoax
unshadow
unshadow
verb
(transitive) To free from shadow; to allow to become illuminated.
(transitive, computing) To combine (a password file) with its corresponding "shadow file" in order to facilitate cracking of the passwords.
wahconda
waldhorn
waldhorn
noun
A French horn.
washdown
washdown
noun
A particularly thorough washing.
workhand
workhand
noun
A workman or laborer; a hand.
zoanthid
zoanthid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the order Zoanthidea of cnidarians commonly found in coral reefs and other marine environments.