An informal social gathering where traditional Irish or Scottish folk music is played, with dancing and storytelling.
verb
To dance a ceilidh
cepheid
cepheid
adj
(astronomy) Relating to cepheid variables.
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Cepheidae
noun
(astronomy) A cepheid variable.
(zoology) Any jellyfish in the family Cepheidae
chaddie
chained
chained
adj
(computing, of data items) Linked in a chain.
Bound with chains.
Wearing or adorned with a chain.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chain
chaired
chaired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chair
chedite
chedite
noun
Alternative form of cheddite
chelide
cheloid
cheloid
noun
Dated form of keloid.
cherida
chevied
chevied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chevy
chidden
chidden
adj
chided, reproved, rebuked, scolded
verb
past participle of chide
chiders
chiders
noun
plural of chider
chields
chields
noun
plural of chield
childed
childed
adj
(obsolete) Having a child.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of child
childes
childre
chilled
chilled
adj
Cooled.
chilled out; relaxed
verb
simple past tense of chill
chindee
chindee
noun
Alternative form of chindi
chinked
chinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chink
chinned
chinned
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of chin or number of chins.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chin
chinsed
chinsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chinse
chipped
chipped
adj
(automotive, not comparable) Having had the engine management system upgraded, usually to increase power.
(not comparable) Having had a microchip fitted.
Having one or more chips (small pieces) missing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chip
chirked
chirked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirk
chirmed
chirmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirm
chirped
chirped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirp
chirred
chirred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirr
simple past tense and past participle of chirre
chisled
chitted
chitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chit
chivied
chivied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chivy
choired
choired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of choir
cinched
cinched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cinch
cliched
cliched
adj
Alternative spelling of clichéd
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cliche
cowhide
cowhide
noun
(countable) A hide of a cow.
(uncountable) Any quantity of hides of cows.
(uncountable) Leather made from the hide of cows.
A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
verb
(transitive) To flog with a cowhide.
cudeigh
dashier
dashier
adj
comparative form of dashy: more dashy
deadish
deadish
adj
Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless.
deafish
deafish
adj
Somewhat deaf.
deathin
deepish
deepish
adj
Somewhat deep.
dehisce
dehisce
verb
(intransitive, botany) To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content.
(intransitive, medicine) To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound.
delight
delight
noun
Joy; pleasure.
Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
verb
(intransitive) To have or take great pleasure.
To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
delilah
delilah
Proper noun
The mistress of Samson who betrayed him to the Philistines.
name of Biblical origin.
Noun
A beautiful, cunning and treacherous woman; a femme fatale.
A libertine; a harlot; a woman of loose morals.
delphia
delphic
delphic
adj
Alternative form of Delphic
Relating to a womb
delphin
delphin
noun
(organic chemistry) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise.
demihag
denbigh
dervish
dervish
noun
(by extension) Any irregular guerrilla fighter resembling the Mahdi in equipment, uniform, tactics, etc.
(historical) One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan, in the 1880s.
A member of the Dervish fraternity of Sufism, known for spinning.
desight
desight
noun
(obsolete) An unsightly object.
deyship
dhobies
dhobies
noun
plural of dhobie
plural of dhoby
dhootie
dhurrie
dhurrie
noun
A thick, flat-woven cotton Indian rug or carpet.
dianthe
dibhole
dibhole
noun
(UK, mining) The lowest part of a mine, into which the water drains.
dichter
didache
didache
Proper noun
An early Christian treatise, written in the first or second century C.E. and published in the nineteenth century.
didelph
diehard
diehard
adj
Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.
Fanatically opposing progress or reform.
Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.
noun
A person with such an attitude.
diether
diether
noun
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound having two ether functional groups.
diethyl
diethyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Two ethyl groups attached to the same molecule.
dighted
dighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dight
dighter
dighter
noun
(obsolete) One who dights.
dilthey
dinghee
diphase
diphase
noun
Synonym of biphase
diphead
diphead
noun
(rare, slang, derogatory, euphemistic) An idiot; a detestable person.
diphyes
disheir
disheir
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To disinherit.
dishelm
dishelm
verb
(poetic, transitive) To deprive of a helmet.
dishier
dishier
adj
comparative form of dishy: more dishy
dishley
dishome
dishome
verb
(transitive) To deprive of a home; to make homeless.
ditched
ditched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ditch
ditcher
ditcher
noun
In the game of bowls, a bowl that rolls off the green into the outer ditch.
One who digs ditches.
One who ditches, or abandons.
ditches
ditches
noun
plural of ditch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ditch
dithers
dithers
noun
(slang) The creeps; a feeling of fear or anxiety.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dither
dithery
dithery
adj
Characterized by dithering.
Constantly moving about
Unable to think straight; tending to dither.
dreisch
duchies
duchies
noun
plural of duchy
echidna
echidna
noun
Any of the species of small spined monotremes in family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.
echinid
echinid
noun
echinoid
echnida
edaphic
edaphic
adj
(geography) Relating to, or determined by, conditions of the soil, especially as it relates to biological systems.
eldrich
eldrich
adj
Archaic form of eldritch.
endship
endship
noun
(obsolete) A village.
erdrich
ethmoid
ethmoid
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the ethmoid bone.
noun
(anatomy) A light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.
faithed
faithed
adj
(obsolete) Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere.
Having faith of a specified quality or type.
filched
filched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of filch
finched
finched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of finch
fishbed
fishbed
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Fishbed
fitched
fitched
adj
(heraldry) Alternative form of fitchy
girthed
girthed
adj
Of a sizeable girth; portly.
habited
habited
adj
Clothed.
Dressed in a habit.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of habit
hadjemi
haemoid
hagride
hagride
verb
To harass or torment with dread or nightmares.
halides
halides
noun
plural of halide
handier
handier
adj
comparative form of handy: more handy
hardier
hardier
adj
comparative form of hardy: more hardy
hardies
hardies
noun
plural of hardy
harried
harried
adj
Harassed.
Stressed, rushed, panicked, overly busy or preoccupied.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of harry
hayride
hayride
noun
(US) A recreational ride in a vehicle full of hay.
hderlin
headier
headier
adj
comparative form of heady: more heady
headily
headily
adv
In a heady manner.
heading
heading
noun
(flags) A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.
(masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
(mining) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
(nautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
(sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
verb
present participle of head
headpin
headpin
noun
(ten-pin bowling) The kingpin.
A straight metal wire with a flat end, used for beads in jewelry making.
headrig
headrig
noun
A strip of land at the edge of a ploughed field temporarily left unploughed to allow the plough to turn
hederic
hederic
adj
Pertaining to, or derived from, ivy.
hederin
hederin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of triterpenoid saponin found in the seeds of Nigella sativa
hedgier
hedgier
adj
comparative form of hedgy: more hedgy
hedging
hedging
noun
(pragmatics, composition) The use of intentionally ambiguous or noncommittal statements.
Any plant used to form a hedge.
The act of one who hedges (in various senses).
verb
present participle of hedge
hedonic
hedonic
adj
Of or relating to pleasure
Of or relating to the hedonists or to hedonism
Pursuing pleasure in a devoted manner
hedrick
hedvige
hedwiga
heedily
heedily
adv
(obsolete) Heedfully; attentively.
heeding
heeding
verb
present participle of heed
heidrun
heimdal
heirdom
heirdom
noun
An inheritance or succession.
heisted
heisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of heist
helcoid
helcoid
adj
Of or pertaining to an ulcer; ulcerous.
heliand
heliced
helioid
helipad
helipad
noun
(aviation) A small landing place for helicopters, denoted by a large "H".
hematid
hemipod
hemodia
hendrik
hendrix
herdics
herdics
noun
plural of herdic
herding
herding
noun
A hirsel.
An act by which individuals are herded.
Manipulation of poll results by a polling organization so that they match those produced from other organizations.