(medicine) A person, especially a man, who delivers a baby (in childbirth).
acrorhagus
acrorhagus
noun
Any of a set of marginal tubercles of sea anemones containing specialized nematocysts
afterhours
aftertouch
aftertouch
noun
(music, uncountable) Pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
(rare) A touch (feature or characteristic) added finally or as an afterthought.
(video games) A feature in football/soccer games allowing the player to swerve the ball immediately after kicking it.
agathyrsus
airbrushed
airbrushed
adj
(by extension) Having had imperfections and blemishes removed through digital manipulation.
Having been manipulated with an airbrush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airbrush
airbrushes
airbrushes
noun
plural of airbrush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airbrush
allenhurst
amaranthus
amaranthus
noun
Any of the genus Amaranthus; an amaranth.
amateurish
amateurish
adj
Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
amphiaraus
amphigouri
amphimarus
amphineura
amphithura
amphoterus
anabathrum
anarthrous
anarthrous
adj
(biology, of a limb) Not having joints.
(biology, of an organism) Not having legs, wings, or other limbs.
(linguistics) Not having a determiner.
(linguistics) Not having an article (especially of Greek nouns).
Nouns indicating status often appear in anarthrous noun phrases, ie, as bare nouns.
anhungered
anhungered
Adjective
Hungry.
anischuria
antechurch
anthericum
anthericum
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Anthericum of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae.
anthriscus
antichorus
antichurch
antichurch
adj
Opposed to the church; against the Christian institution.
archemorus
archeunuch
archgunner
archhumbug
archibuteo
archidamus
archiereus
archimagus
archimagus
noun
Alternative form of archimage
archivault
arthroncus
arthurdale
arthuriana
arthuriana
Noun
Things relating to King Arthur.
ashburnham
aurigraphy
aurigraphy
noun
The art of writing with or in gold.
aurophobia
aurophobia
noun
The fear of gold; by extension, the fear of wealth.
austrophil
autarchies
autarchies
noun
plural of autarchy
autarchist
autarchist
noun
A proponent of autarchy.
authorhood
authorhood
Noun
The status or period of being an author.
authorised
authorised
adj
Alternative spelling of authorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of authorise
authoriser
authoriser
noun
Alternative form of authorizer
authorized
authorized
adj
Explicitly allowed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of authorize
authorizer
authorizer
noun
One who, or that which, authorizes.
authorizes
authorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authorize
authorless
authorless
adj
Without an author.
authorling
authorling
noun
A young or insignificant author.
authorship
authorship
noun
The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.
The source; origin; origination
autochrome
autochrome
noun
An early photograph produced by means of a glass plate coated on one side with a random mosaic of microscopic dyed grains of potato starch under silver halide emulsion.
autochromy
autochromy
noun
The production of autochrome photographs.
autographs
autographs
noun
plural of autograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autograph
autography
autography
noun
(countable, rare) An autobiography.
A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.
Writing in one's own handwriting.
autoheader
autothermy
autotrophy
autotrophy
noun
(biology) The synthesis of food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy
auxochrome
auxochrome
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) any atom or group which, when added to a chromophore, causes a bathochromic shift in its spectrum
auxotrophy
auxotrophy
noun
(biology) The inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, often as a result of mutation.
backrushes
backrushes
noun
plural of backrush
bahawalpur
bahawalpur
Proper noun
A city in West Punjab in Pakistan.
The district surrounding this city.
The administrative division of Pakistan which contains this district.
bahuvrihis
bahuvrihis
noun
plural of bahuvrihi
bargehouse
batrachium
behaviours
behaviours
noun
plural of behaviour
bellarthur
bequeather
bequeather
noun
One who bequeaths.
bestraught
bestraught
adj
(obsolete) Distracted; mad, distraught.
blackbrush
blackbrush
noun
A shrub of the genus Coleogyne
bluehearts
bluethroat
bluethroat
noun
A small Old World passerine bird, Luscinia svecica, the male in spring having a bright blue throat.
brachyoura
brachyural
brachyural
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the Brachyura.
brachyuran
brachyuran
adj
Of or pertaining to crabs.
noun
(zoology) A crab.
brachyurus
branchipus
branchiura
brauhauser
bravuraish
breakshugh
broadmouth
broadmouth
noun
One of the Eurylaimidae, a family of East Indian passerine birds.
brunanburh
brunnichia
brushmaker
brushmaker
noun
A person who makes brushes.
buckwasher
budgerigah
budgerygah
bugbearish
bugbearish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bugbear; terrifying; frightful.
bundesrath
burckhardt
burgherage
burhinidae
burlingham
burrheaded
bursarship
bursarship
noun
The rank or office of a bursar.
burthenman
burushaski
burushaski
Proper noun
A language of northwestern Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.
bushbeater
bushhammer
bushhammer
noun
Alternative form of bush hammer
verb
To dress with bush hammer.
bushmaster
bushmaster
noun
A venomous pit viper, Lachesis muta, from tropical America.
bushranger
bushranger
noun
(Australia, historical) A convict or outlaw who escapes to the bush to avoid capture; a roving bandit who lives in the bush.
(Australia, obsolete) A person skilled in bushcraft.
butterhead
butterhead
noun
butterhead lettuce
canephorus
carruthers
carthusian
carthusian
Noun
A member of a Christian contemplative order of monks founded by Bruno of Cologne (St Bruno) in 1084.
A pupil of Charterhouse School (founded in a Carthusian monastery)
Adjective
Of, or relating to this order.
cartouches
cartouches
noun
plural of cartouche
catarrhous
catarrhous
adj
catarrhal
catharsius
cedarhurst
cerianthus
chadbourne
channelure
chapacuran
chapournet
chapterful
chapterful
noun
As much as fills a chapter.
characeous
characeous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Characeae of green algae.
characetum
charadrius
charcutier
charcutier
noun
A French or French-style butcher, one specializing in charcuterie.
charmfully
charmfully
adv
In a charmful manner.
charmonium
charmonium
noun
(physics) Any meson formed from a charm quark and its antiquark.
charthouse
charthouse
noun
(nautical) The place on a (Royal Navy) ship in which the course is plotted manually on charts
chartreuse
chartreuse
adj
Of a bright yellowish-green colour.
noun
(art) A kind of enamelled pottery.
(color) A greenish-yellow color.
(cooking) A French dish of vegetables (and sometimes meat) wrapped tightly in a decorative layer of salad or vegetable leaves and cooked in a dome-shaped mould.
A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
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chartulary
chartulary
noun
Alternative form of cartulary
chaucerian
chaucerian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Geoffrey Chaucer or his writings.
Noun
A poet influenced by Chaucer.
chaucerism
chaudfroid
chaudfroid
noun
Alternative form of chaud-froid
chauffeurs
chauffeurs
noun
plural of chauffeur
chaukidari
chaulmugra
chaulmugra
noun
Alternative form of chaulmoogra
chaussures
chaussures
noun
plural of chaussure
cherubical
cherubical
adj
cherubic
chiricahua
chiricahua
Noun
A member of a particular Native American tribe.
Proper noun
The Apache language these people speak.
chiriguano
chivalrous
chivalrous
adj
(of a man) Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
involving chivalry.
choraguses
choriambus
choriambus
noun
(poetry) A metrical foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the others short; a choreus, or trochee, united with an iambus.
chromatium
chteauroux
chuprassie
churchward
churchward
adv
Towards a church.
noun
(Christianity) Obsolete spelling of churchwarden
churchyard
churchyard
noun
A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.
churnstaff
cleruchial
cleruchial
adj
Relating to a cleruch or to cleruchy
coauthered
coauthored
coauthored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coauthor
coryphaeus
coryphaeus
noun
The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.