(alchemy) The vital principle or force believed by the Paracelsians to be responsible for alchemical reactions within living bodies, and hence for the growth and continuation of life.
arghoul
arthaud
ashburn
ashburn
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
aurochs
aurochs
noun
(zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus).
An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
plural of auroch
aurthur
autarch
autarch
noun
A despotic ruler
authors
authors
noun
plural of author
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of author
bahadur
bahadur
noun
(India, historical) A Mughal honorific connoting martial courage and valor, suffixed to name or title, which it raises by half a degree. Commonly bestowed upon loyal princes and victorious military commanders by Mughal emperors, and later by their British successors.
(originally) A warrior, especially a Mongol.
barthou
bearhug
bearhug
noun
Alternative spelling of bear hug
verb
(transitive) To embrace in a bear hug.
bourkha
bruscha
bukhara
bukhara
Proper noun
A city in Uzbekistan, founded in the 6th century
burdash
burdash
noun
(obsolete) A form of fringed sash or cravat worn by gentlemen
burghal
burghal
adj
(UK) Relating to a burgh or borough.
burhans
burhead
burhead
noun
(US) Any plant in the genus Echinodorus
burnham
burnham
Proper noun
A village in Buckinghamshire and partly in Slough, Berkshire, England.
A town in Essex, England; see Burnham-on-Crouch.
A seaside town in Somerset, England; see Burnham-on-Sea.
burucha
burucha
noun
Scraps of rubber that dry in the wounds made to the tree.
chaguar
chaguar
noun
Any of several related species of South American plants of the family Bromeliaceae, among them Bromelia serra, Bromelia hieronymi, Deinacanthon urbanianum and Pseudananas sagenarius.
charque
charqui
charqui
noun
(South America, Central America, Western US) jerky
chaucer
chaucer
Proper noun
notably borne by a 14th century English author, best remembered for The Canterbury Tales.
chaufer
chaumer
chelura
chtaura
chualar
chuddar
chukars
chukars
noun
plural of chukar
chukkar
chunari
churada
churada
noun
(meteorology) A heavy downpour, typical of the Mariana Islands during the winter months.
churdan
churoya
craunch
craunch
noun
(archaic) A grinding or crunching sound.
(mining) A portion of a stratum or vein left in excavating to support the roof.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.
curaghs
curaghs
noun
plural of curagh
curbash
currach
currach
noun
(nautical) An Irish boat, constructed like a coracle, and originally the same shape; now a boat of similar construction but conventional shape and large enough to be operated by up to eight oars.
curragh
curragh
noun
Alternative spelling of currach
dhourra
dhurnas
dourahs
draught
draught
noun
(Australia) Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
(Britain) A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
(British spelling) Alternative form of draft in some of its senses.
(UK, medicine, obsolete) A mild vesicatory.
(UK, obsolete) A sudden attack upon an enemy.
(UK, obsolete) Any picture or drawing.
(obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
verb
(UK) Alternative spelling of draft
duarchy
duarchy
noun
A government by two persons.
dusehra
fathmur
faucher
fraught
fraught
adj
(figuratively, with with) Loaded up or charged with; accompanied by; entailing.
(of a cargo-carrier) Laden.
(with with) Furnished, equipped.
Distressed or causing distress, for example through complexity.
noun
(Scotland) A load; a burden.
(Scotland) Two bucketfuls (of water).
(obsolete) A ship's cargo, lading or freight.
(obsolete) Money paid to hire a ship or boat to transport cargo; freight
(obsolete) The hire of a ship or boat to transport cargo.
(obsolete) The transportation of goods, especially in a ship or boat.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To form the cargo of a vessel.
(transitive, obsolete except in past participle) To load (a ship, cargo etc.).
fraunch
fuhrman
futharc
futhark
futhark
noun
The Germanic runic alphabet; especially specifically the Elder or Younger futhark alphabet (of Scandinavia and the European mainland), as contrasted with the Anglo-Saxon futhorc.
gaucher
guarish
guarish
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To heal or cure.
gunthar
gurkhas
hachure
hachure
noun
(cartography, chiefly historical) A line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope.
verb
To mark a map with hachures.
haircut
haircut
noun
(finance) The difference between the value of a loan and the value of its collateral.
(law) In a bankruptcy proceeding, the proportional reduction in the debt that will be paid to each creditor, based on an evaluation of the total debt owed and the total assets of the debtor.
The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician.
The style into which the hair is cut.
verb
To reduce the value assigned to an asset.
halurgy
halurgy
noun
The act or practice of working with salt.
hamburg
hamburg
noun
(slang, Midwestern US) hamburger (food)
(uncountable, New England) ground beef; hamburger meat
verb
(Grenada) To annoy.
hamfurd
hamular
hamular
adj
Hooked; hooklike; hamate.
hanbury
hanfurd
harbour
harbour
noun
Commonwealth standard spelling of harbor.
hardunn
harebur
harenut
harmful
harmful
adj
of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious
harmout
harpula
harumph
harumph
intj
An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, refusal or dismissal.
noun
An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, or dismissal; a huff, grunt, or snort.
verb
To dislike, protest, or dismiss.
hauberk
hauberk
noun
(less common) A similar shirt of scale mail, plate, leather, or other armor material.
A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless.
haulers
haulers
noun
plural of hauler
haulier
haulier
noun
(mining) A miner who hauls coal from the coalface to the bottom of the shaft.
A person or company engaged in the haulage of goods.
haunter
haunter
noun
One who haunts.
hausner
hauteur
hauteur
noun
Haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness.
haviour
haviour
noun
(obsolete) Demeanour, behaviour, comportment.
heaumer
heaumer
noun
(obsolete) A maker of helmets.
herault
herisau
heureka
heureka
intj
Alternative form of eureka
hilarus
homarus
horouta
houbara
houbara
noun
a houbara bustard
houvari
hrutkay
huarizo
huarizo
noun
The hybrid offspring of a male llama and a female alpaca.
huascar
hubbard
hubbard
Proper noun
A city in Iowa
A village in Nebraska
A city in Ohio
A city in Oregon
A village in Saskatchewan
A city in Texas
One of two towns in Wisconsin
hulbard
humaner
humaner
adj
comparative form of humane: more humane
humeral
humeral
adj
Of, pertaining to, or near the humerus or shoulder
noun
An oblong scarf worn round the priest's shoulders at certain parts of the Mass and of Benediction.
humiria
humoral
humoral
adj
(pathology, physiology) Relating to the body fluids or humours
hungary
hungary
Proper noun
in Europe.
hurgila
hurkaru
hurkaru
Noun
A running footman; a messenger.
hurlbat
hurlbat
noun
A lightweight medieval throwing-axe
hurrahs
hurrahs
noun
plural of hurrah
hurrays
hurrays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hurray
hurrian
hurrian
Noun
member of an ancient people who lived in northern Mesopotamia; they created a powerful kingdom called Mitanni in the 16-13th century BC
Adjective
of or pertaining to the Hurrians, their language or culture
Proper noun
the language of Hurrians; it is non-Indo-European and non-Semitic; the only known relative is the Urartian
huscarl
hussars
hussars
noun
plural of hussar
huzzard
hydraul
hydrula
hypural
hypural
adj
Under the tail; applied to the bones that support the caudal fin rays in most fishes
noun
Such a bone
juchart
kashrut
kashrut
noun
The Jewish dietary laws, stating which foods are fit to eat (kosher).
keturah
khartum
khudari
kurbash
kurbash
noun
A whip or strap about a yard in length.
verb
(transitive) To beat with a kurbash.
laugher
laugher
noun
A game in which an opponent is defeated by a sizable margin; a blowout.
A variety of the domestic pigeon.
One who laughs.
laughry
lophura
malheur
mathura
mauther
mauther
noun
(archaic, UK, dialect) A girl, especially, a large awkward girl.
(archaic, UK, dialect) A mother.
morrhua
muhajir
muhajir
noun
(Islam) a person who has immigrated.
mukhtar
mukhtar
noun
(India, historical) A person acting as an agent, particularly a lawyer.
(politics) A minor official—usually overseeing a village or town—in many Arab countries and (historical) in the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, including Turkey, Northern Cyprus, and formerly Albania.
(specifically) Alternative spelling of muhtar: an elected official overseeing a village or neighborhood in modern Turkey.
murrhas
murrhas
noun
plural of murrha
murtagh
nauther
nauther
adv
(now UK, dialectal) Neither.
pron
(obsolete) Neither.
neurath
nkrumah
nuraghe
nuraghe
noun
(archaeology) A dry-stone round megalithic tower found in Sardinia.
nuraghi
nuraghi
noun
plural of nuraghe
oruntha
outhear
outhear
verb
(transitive) To hear more acutely than.
pahrump
puchera
purbach
purchas
purdahs
purdahs
noun
plural of purdah
purshia
purusha
purusha
noun
(Hinduism) In early Vedas, a cosmic man whose sacrifice by the gods created all life.
(Hinduism) In the Upanishad, an abstract essence of self, spirit, and the Universal Principle that is eternal, without form and all-pervasive, distinguished from the mutable material world.
quasher
quasher
noun
One who quashes.
rashful
rashful
adj
(obsolete) rash; hasty; precipitate
rathaus
raughty
raughty
adj
Alternative spelling of rorty
raunchy
raunchy
adj
Lecherous.
Sexually seductive.
Smutty; indecent.
Very low-class; inferior; inadequate.
With dishonorable, base and vulgar expression.
raurich
rchauff
rhabdus
rhabdus
noun
A simple, straight spicule.
rhamnus
rhamnus
noun
(botany) Any of the plants in the genus Rhamnus; a buckthorn.
rhubarb
rhubarb
adj
Of the colour of rhubarb: either brownish-yellow (the colour of rhubarb rhizomes and roots used for medicinal purposes), or pale red (often the colour of the leafstalks of common rhubarb).
noun
(Britain, military, aviation, historical) A Royal Air Force World War II code name for operations by aircraft (fighters and fighter-bombers) involving low-level flight to seek opportunistic targets.
(Saskatchewan) A ditch alongside a road or highway.
(US, originally baseball, by extension, countable) A brawl.
(US, originally baseball, countable) An excited, angry exchange of words, especially at a sporting event.
(often attributive) The leafstalks of common rhubarb or garden rhubarb (usually known as Rheum × hybridum), which are long, fleshy, often pale red, and with a tart taste, used as a food ingredient; they are frequently stewed with sugar and made into jam or used in crumbles, pies, etc.
(originally theater, uncountable) General background noise caused by several simultaneous indecipherable conversations, which is created in films, stage plays, etc., by actors repeating the word rhubarb; hence, such noise in other settings.
Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous).
The dried rhizome and roots of Rheum palmatum (Chinese rhubarb) or Rheum officinale (Tibetan rhubarb), from China, used as a laxative and purgative.
verb
(Britain, military, aviation) Of fighter aircraft: to fire at a target opportunistically.
(intransitive, originally theater) Of an actor in a film, stage play, etc.: to repeat the word rhubarb to create the sound of indistinct conversation; hence, to converse indistinctly, to mumble.
(transitive) To articulate indistinctly or mumble (words or phrases); to say inconsequential or vague things because one does not know what to say, or to stall for time.