Of or pertaining to acheiria (lacking one or both hands)
acholuria
acholuria
noun
(pathology) A lack of bile pigments in the urine
acholuric
acholuric
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to acholuria
achromous
achromous
adj
colorless; achromatic
acoluthic
acoluthic
adj
Pertaining to a residual sense impression immediately following a stimulus, as with an afterimage
adelphous
adelphous
adj
(botany) Having coalescent or clustered filaments.
adulthood
adulthood
noun
The state or condition of a human being once it has reached physical maturity, and is presumed to have reached a state of psychological maturity, to wit: once it has become an adult.
The time period of a human being's majority; the time during which a human being has reached physical maturity, and ending with its death.
aegiochus
aglyphous
aglyphous
adj
(of a snake) Whose teeth are not specialized, especially whose teeth lack grooves for venom.
agnathous
agnathous
adj
(pathology) Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia.
Jawless.
akoluthia
alcathous
alehouses
alehouses
noun
plural of alehouse
allmouths
allmouths
noun
plural of allmouth
almshouse
almshouse
noun
A building of residence for the poor, sick or elderly of a parish. Originally founded by the Church. Usually a charity relying on donations for funding.
alphonsus
amorphous
amorphous
adj
(by extension) Being without definite character or nature.
(by extension) Lacking organization or unity.
(physics) In the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid.
(set theory, of a set) Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets.
Lacking a definite form or clear shape.
amphioxus
amphioxus
noun
The lancelet, particularly of the genus Branchiostoma.
amphitruo
amphorous
ananthous
ananthous
adj
(botany) Destitute of flowers; flowerless.
anhistous
anhistous
adj
(biology) Without definite structure.
anhydrous
anhydrous
adj
(chemistry) Having no water of crystallization.
Having little or no water.
anorchous
anthodium
anthodium
noun
(botany) The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into an involucrate head.
antiochus
antiochus
Proper noun
name, notably borne by the thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty.
aphidious
aphyllous
aphyllous
adj
(botany) Having no leaves; leafless.
aposthume
arbuthnot
archcount
archhouse
archrogue
archrogue
noun
An infamous or particularly egregious rogue.
The chief of a band of thieves or gypsies.
areithous
arrhizous
arrhizous
adj
(botany) Having no root: applied to parasitical plants which have no root, but adhere to other plants by any part of their surface, and derive their nourishment from them; also to mosses and Hepaticœ which are destitute of rhizoids.
arrowbush
ascyphous
ashburton
ashburton
Proper noun
a small town on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England.
a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
a river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
a large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.
a river (with two branches) in Canterbury which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.
a town in Natal, South Africa.
a neighbourhood in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
astichous
astichous
adj
(botany) having a structure or layout that is not in rows
athermous
athermous
adj
Alternative form of athermanous
atrichous
atrichous
adj
Without flagella.
atrochous
atrophous
audiphone
audiphone
noun
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly.
aulophyte
aunthoods
auriphone
aurochses
aurophore
authoress
authoress
noun
(dated) A female author.
authorial
authorial
adj
Of, coming from, or typical of an author (especially of books)
authoring
authoring
noun
The process of creating the content of a document or other content item, i.e., writing or composition.
The result of this process; a writing or composition.
verb
present participle of author
authorise
authorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize.
authorish
authorish
adj
Characteristic of an author.
authorism
authorism
noun
(archaic, uncountable) Authorship.
(countable, uncountable) A habit or practice of an author.
authority
authority
noun
(countable) A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit.
(countable) A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject.
(plural) Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement.
(uncountable) Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.
(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right.
(uncountable) Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation.
authorize
authorize
verb
(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
(transitive) To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).
authotype
autobahns
autobahns
noun
plural of autobahn
autochton
autograph
autograph
adj
(art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
Written in the author’s own handwriting.
noun
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
verb
(transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
(transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting
autohemic
automorph
automorph
adj
Alternative form of automorphic
autopathy
autopathy
noun
(biology) An interaction where a species affects its own subsequent growth, especially negatively.
(homeopathy) The philosophy that the cause of sickness in one individual is the same as the cause in another person.
autophagi
autophagi
noun
(zoology) Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.
autophagy
autophagy
noun
(cytology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion.
(cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.
(rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself.
autophoby
autophoby
noun
Archaic form of autophobia.
autophone
autophone
noun
(archaic) idiophone
autophony
autophony
noun
(medicine) An auscultatory process which consists of noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.
The unusually loud hearing of a person's own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds.
autophyte
autophyte
noun
Any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
autosight
autotroph
autotroph
noun
(ecology) Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.
auxograph
auxotroph
auxotroph
noun
Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation
avouchers
avouchers
noun
plural of avoucher
avouching
avouching
verb
present participle of avouch
babyhouse
babyhouse
Noun
A doll's house.
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
badmouths
badmouths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badmouth
bakehouse
bakehouse
noun
(UK dialectal) Bakery.
A building or an apartment used for the preparing and baking of bread and other baked goods.
A building principally containing ovens.
barouches
barouches
noun
plural of barouche
barouchet
barouchet
noun
Alternative spelling of barouchette
bathhouse
bathhouse
noun
A building where swimmers can change clothes.
A building with baths for communal use.
A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.
beadhouse
beadhouse
noun
(historical) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
beamhouse
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
behaviour
behaviour
noun
Britain standard spelling of behavior.
beothukan
blabmouth
boarhound
boarhound
noun
A large dog, descended from breeds originally used to hunt boars.
boathouse
boathouse
noun
A building at the edge of a river, lake or other body of water in which boats are kept.
boucharde
bouphonia
boxhauled
boxhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boxhaul
broughams
broughams
noun
plural of brougham
broughtas
brouhahas
brouhahas
noun
plural of brouhaha
bushgoats
bushwoman
bushwoman
noun
(Australia) A woman who lives or has lived in the Australian outback.
cakehouse
cakehouse
noun
(archaic) A place for the storage of cakes of material, such as seedcake.
(archaic) A place where cakes are sold.
caoutchin
caoutchin
noun
(organic chemistry) An inflammable, volatile, oily liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.
capouches
capouches
noun
plural of capouch
cardhouse
cardhouse
noun
(countable) A business establishment that hosts card-playing, especially one where patrons play poker.
(countable) Synonym of house of cards (any sense).
(uncountable) A structure of plate-like mineral deposits that rest on each other's edges, similar to a cardhouse.
cartouche
cartouche
noun
(Egyptian hieroglyphs) An oval figure containing the characters of an important personal name, such as that of royal or divine people.
(architecture) An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield.
A gunner's bag for ammunition.
A military pass for a soldier on furlough.
A paper cartridge.
A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon.
casthouse
cathouses
cathouses
noun
plural of cathouse
cauchillo
cauchillo
noun
(archaic) The rubbery dried resin of a South American tree, the Colombian or bastard chicle.
ceanothus
ceanothus
noun
Any of the genus Ceanothus of North American buckthorns.
cephalous
cephalous
adj
(zoology) Having a head; applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a division of mollusks.
chabichou
chadbourn
chamicuro
chamicuro
Noun
A member of an indigenous people of Peru.
Proper noun
Their Western Maipuran language, a member of the Arawakan family.
chancrous
chancrous
adj
(medicine) Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
chauldron
chloralum
chloralum
noun
An impure aqueous solution of aluminium chloride, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
choleuria
choluteca
choragium
chouanize
choudrant
chrisoula
chuanchow
chubascos
chubascos
noun
plural of chubasco
churrasco
churrasco
noun
A type of barbecued steak, popular in Latin-American countries
cloanthus
coalheugh
coauthors
coauthors
noun
plural of coauthor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coauthor
cohusband
conchubar
conchuela
conchuela
noun
Chlorochroa ligata, a stinkbug of Central America and North America.
conemaugh
connaught
coralbush
coralbush
noun
The plant Jatropha multifida.
cothurnal
couchancy
couchancy
noun
The state of lying down for repose, being couchant.
couchmate
couchmate
noun
A person with whom one shares a couch.
coulthard
coumaphos
coumaphos
noun
A nonvolatile, fat-soluble organophosphate with ectoparasiticidal properties.
courbache
coushatta
coushatta
Noun
A member of a Native American people found mainly in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Proper noun
Their Muskogean language.
crosshaul
crouchant
crouchant
adj
(heraldry) Lying down with the head erect.
crouchmas
cutthroat
cutthroat
adj
Involving the cutting of throats.
Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.
Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog.
noun
(uncountable) A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.
A murderer who slits the throats of victims.
An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
dadouchos
dalhousie
dartmouth
dartmouth
Proper noun
A town and port in Devon, England.
A town in Massachusetts
A community in Nova Scotia
A town in Victoria, Australia
Popular short form of Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, U.S.
deadhouse
deadhouse
noun
A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.
disavouch
disavouch
verb
(transitive) To disavow.
dithalous
doughface
doughface
noun
(derogatory) a person, especially a politician, who is pliable, moldable like dough.