A small guitar-like stringed instrument with five courses of eighteen to fifteen strings, originating in traditional Andean folk music.
choiring
choiring
verb
present participle of choir
chording
chording
noun
(computing) The ability, using a keyboard or similar device, to enter characters or commands in the form of "chords" by pressing several keys simultaneously.
An arrangement of musical chords.
verb
present participle of chord
chroming
chroming
noun
(Australia) The act of inhaling the fumes of substances such as glue or paint, usually by sniffing them from a paper bag or bottle, with the aim of getting intoxicated.
verb
present participle of chrome
cleghorn
cohering
cohering
verb
present participle of cohere
droghlin
enthrong
entrough
foghorns
foghorns
noun
plural of foghorn
frothing
frothing
noun
The act of something that froths.
verb
present participle of froth
gemshorn
gemshorn
noun
An instrument of the ocarina family, historically made from the horn of a chamois, goat, or other animal.
An organ stop with conical tin pipes.
goshdarn
grenloch
gronseth
groschen
groschen
noun
(numismatics) Any of several obsolete European silver coins.
grothine
gryphons
gryphons
noun
plural of gryphon
hangover
hangover
noun
(figurative) An unpleasant relic left from prior events.
(historical) A sleeping arrangement, usually in homeless shelters, over a rope.
Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.
Similar negative effects caused by previous excessive consumption of another substance, such as a drug, coffee, sugar, etc.
hangworm
harpagon
harpagon
noun
(obsolete) A grappling hook.
highborn
highborn
adj
(archaic) Born a member of an upper-level social class (although not necessarily retaining high social standing)
(archaic) Of high social standing as a result of having been born a member of an upper-level social class.
(figuratively) Of superior or premium quality; magnificent; expensive.
Of, pertaining to, or befitting people of high social standing.
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
homering
homering
verb
present participle of homer
honegger
hongleur
honoring
honoring
verb
present participle of honor
hormogon
horngeld
horngeld
noun
(historical) A kind of tax on cattle.
hourigan
hourlong
hourlong
adj
of or relating to an hourlong period of time
which lasts an hour, or approximately so
hovering
hovering
noun
The act of one who hovers.
verb
present participle of hover
humoring
humoring
verb
present participle of humor
hydrogen
hydrogen
noun
A molecule of this molecular species
A sample of the element/molecule.
An atom of the element.
Molecular hydrogen (H₂), a colourless, odourless and flammable gas at room temperature.
The lightest chemical element (symbol H), with an atomic number of 1 and atomic weight of 1.00794.
hypergon
ingrowth
ingrowth
noun
(medicine) Growth inwards.
inthrong
inthrong
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To throng or collect together.
kinghorn
leghorns
leghorns
noun
plural of leghorn
longhair
longhair
adj
(derogatory, music) Concerning or characteristic of classical music.
noun
A cat with hair longer than the norm.
A person considered to have excessively refined taste for the arts.
A person with a deep interest in the classical arts, especially music.
A person with hair longer than the norm, especially someone viewed as bohemian, non-conventional or a hippie.
longhorn
longhorn
noun
A breed of beef cattle, having long horns, bred in Texas and other parts of southwest United States.
morphgan
negroish
negroish
adj
(dated, now offensive) Resembling or characteristic of black people.
neighbor
neighbor
noun
US standard spelling of neighbour.
northing
northing
noun
(cartography) The distance north of a standard reference latitude.
(nautical) A distance traveled northward.
verb
present participle of north
ochering
ochering
verb
present participle of ocher
onhanger
onhanger
noun
That which, or one who, hangs on to, relies on, or is dependent upon another; a dependent.
orangish
orangish
adj
Relatively orange in colour.
Similar to an orange.
orphange
overhang
overhang
noun
(architecture) That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
(economics) The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply.
A fatty roll of pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals; a FUPA.
Anything that overhangs or protrudes over its base, such as a wave immediately before breaking, or a protruding cliff or rock wall.
verb
(intransitive) To impend.
(transitive) To hang over (something).
overhung
overhung
adj
Covered over; ornamented with hangings.
Suspended from above or from the top.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overhang
overnigh
overnigh
adj
Misspelling of overnight.
excessively close or near
porching
rehoning
rehoning
verb
present participle of rehone
rhizogen
rhizogen
noun
(botany) One of a proposed class of flowering plants growing on the roots of other plants and lacking green foliage.
roaching
roaching
verb
present participle of roach
roughens
roughens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roughen
roughing
roughing
verb
present participle of rough
shagroon
shagroon
noun
(historical) A settler of the New Zealand province of Canterbury who came from somewhere other than Britain, most commonly Australia.
shorings
shorings
noun
plural of shoring
shorling
shorling
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A person who is shorn; a shaveling.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A sheep of the first year's shearing.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) The skin of a sheep after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep.
(UK, dialect, obsolete, by extension, derogatory) A priest.
shorting
shorting
verb
present participle of short
shroving
shroving
noun
(obsolete) The festivity of Shrovetide.
slughorn
slughorn
noun
(nonstandard, rare) A wind instrument.
Obsolete spelling of slogan (“a battle cry among the ancient Irish or highlanders of Scotland”)
staghorn
staghorn
noun
(countable) A staghorn coral.
(uncountable) The antlers of a stag when used to make handles etc.
thorning
thorning
verb
present participle of thorn
throeing
throeing
verb
present participle of throe
thronged
thronged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of throng
thronger
throning
throning
verb
present participle of throne
throwing
throwing
noun
The act by which something is thrown.
The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel
verb
present participle of throw
torching
torching
noun
A way of catching fish at night with torchlight and spear.
An act of arson.
verb
present participle of torch
troching
troching
noun
(zoology) One of the small branches of a stag's antler.