(heraldry) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor. (Compare sarcelly, moline.)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchor
anchorer
anchorer
noun
One who or that which anchors.
anchoret
anchoret
noun
Alternative spelling of anchorite
archaean
archaean
noun
(biology) Any organism of the domain Archaea.
archdean
archdean
noun
A member of a discontinued Catholic ecclesiastical office, higher in rank than a dean.
archeion
archelon
archenia
archines
archines
noun
plural of archine
archness
archness
noun
The state of being arch.
bedrench
bedrench
verb
(archaic, transitive) To drench thoroughly; to make extremely wet; saturate with moisture; soak.
beichner
benchers
benchers
noun
plural of bencher
benchmar
blancher
blancher
noun
(obsolete) One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside.
A machine for blanching or whitening.
One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; especially, one who anneals and cleanses money, or a chemical preparation for this purpose.
blencher
blencher
noun
(obsolete) One who flinches or shrinks back.
(obsolete) One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer during a hunt.
branched
branched
adj
Having branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of branch
brancher
brancher
noun
(falconry) A young owl or other raptor that is just too young to fly. So called because of the bird still clinging to the branches while practising flying movements with the wings.
That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.
branches
branches
noun
plural of branch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of branch
brechans
brodench
brotchen
brunched
brunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brunch
brunches
brunches
noun
plural of brunch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brunch
buchnera
bunchier
bunchier
adj
comparative form of bunchy: more bunchy
canephor
catherin
catheryn
catheryn
Proper noun
name, a rare nonstandard spelling variant of Catherine.
cathrine
cenchrus
cerinthe
cerinthe
noun
Any member of the genus Cerinthe of vascular plants in the family Boraginaceae.
chairmen
chairmen
noun
plural of chairman
chancery
chancery
adv
(boxing) With the head of an antagonist under one's arm, so that one can pommel it with the other fist at will.
(figurative) In an awkward situation; wholly under the power of someone else.
noun
(boxing, slang) The position of a boxer's head when under his adversary's arm.
(historical) In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity.
(historical) In the Middle Ages, a government office that produced and notarized official documents.
(slang, archaic) Any awkward predicament.
(writing) Short for chancery hand.
In the United States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity.
The type of building that houses a diplomatic mission or embassy.
The type of building that houses the offices and administration of a diocese; the offices of a diocese.
chancier
chancier
adj
comparative form of chancy: more chancy
chancres
chancres
noun
plural of chancre
chandler
chandler
noun
(historical) A servant in a large household responsible for providing candles.
A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler.
A person who makes or sells candles.
changers
changers
noun
plural of changer
chanters
chanters
noun
plural of chanter
chanteur
chanteur
noun
A male singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
chantier
chaperno
chaperon
chaperon
noun
A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
A type of hood, often ornamental or official, with an attached cape and a tail, later worn as a hat with the face hole put over the top of the head instead.
An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.
verb
To accompany; to escort.
To mother.
charente
charente
Proper noun
One of the départements of Poitou-Charentes, France (INSEE code 16)
A river in western France
charlean
charleen
charlena
charlene
charline
charlyne
charmane
charmine
charneco
charneco
noun
(obsolete) A sort of sweet wine.
charnels
charnels
noun
plural of charnel
chaunter
chaunter
noun
(UK, slang, obsolete) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.
(colloquial) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.
The chanter or flute of a bagpipe.
cheering
cheering
noun
A cheer.
verb
present participle and gerund of cheer
chemarin
chephren
cheribon
cherilyn
cheriton
cherubin
cherubin
noun
Obsolete form of cherub.
Obsolete form of cherubim (plural of cherub)
chessner
chevener
chevener
noun
(obsolete) A person who embroidered hosiery
cheveron
cheveron
noun
Dated form of chevron. (V-shaped ornament)
chevrone
chevrons
chevrons
noun
plural of chevron
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chevron
chevrony
chevrony
adj
Chevron-shaped, zigzag, especially (heraldry) chevronwise.
Having chevrons, especially (heraldry) charged with chevrons.
chicaner
chicaner
noun
One who uses chicanery.
children
children
noun
plural of child.
chiltern
chiltern
Proper noun
a local government district in Buckinghamshire, England, named after the Chiltern Hills (the Chilterns).
a town in Victoria, Australia.
chincher
chinkers
chinkier
chinners
chinnier
chinnier
adj
comparative form of chinny: more chinny
chirimen
chirimen
noun
Japanese raw silk crêpe, widely used to make kimono.
chlorine
chlorine
noun
A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.
choreman
choreman
noun
A man employed to carry out chores.
choremen
choremen
noun
plural of choreman
chorines
chorines
noun
plural of chorine
chretien
chrisney
christen
christen
verb
(colloquial) To use for the first time.
(informal) To douse or wet with blood, urine, tears, or other liquid.
(obsolete) To Christianize.
(transitive) To perform the religious act of baptism upon; to baptize.
(transitive, by extension) To name.
chromene
chromene
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of 1-benzopyran
chromone
chromone
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,4-benzopyrone, a derivative of benzopyran with a substituted keto group on the pyran ring
chrysene
chrysene
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, 1,2-benzphenanthrene, containing four fused benzene rings
chunkier
chunkier
adj
comparative form of chunky: more chunky
chunters
chunters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunter
churners
churners
noun
plural of churner
citherns
citherns
noun
plural of cithern
cithrens
cithrens
noun
plural of cithren
cleghorn
clencher
clencher
noun
One who clenches.
clincher
clincher
noun
(cycling) A tyre with a bead around the edge to attach to the rim of the wheel when inflated.
That which clinches; that which makes something final or firm.
cochrane
cochrane
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada
A town and river in Chile
A town in Ontario, Canada
A village in Wisconsin
coherent
coherent
adj
(botany) Attaching or pressing against an organ of the same nature.
(mathematics, of a sheaf) Belonging to a specific class of sheaves having particularly manageable properties closely linked to the geometrical properties of the underlying space.
(physics) Of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase, as light in a laser.
Aesthetically ordered.
Having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious: a coherent design.
Orderly, logical and consistent.
Unified; sticking together; making up a whole.
cohering
cohering
verb
present participle of cohere
coinhere
coinhere
verb
(intransitive) To inhere or exist together, as in one substance.
cornhole
cornhole
noun
(UK, dated) A small room connected to a threshing floor.
(US) A game similar to beanbag toss, popular in Ohio, in which a bag is filled with corn feed and thrown into a hole.
(slang, vulgar) The anus.
verb
(slang, vulgar) To have anal intercourse with; to penetrate anally.
corniche
corniche
noun
A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).
cranched
cranched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cranch
cranches
cranches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cranch
crenshaw
crunched
crunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crunch
cruncher
cruncher
noun
A person or thing that crunches.
crunches
crunches
noun
plural of crunch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crunch
detrench
detrench
verb
(military) To force (an army) out of trenches, or to be so forced out.
To cut off or slice; to sever.
To dig out and remove from a trench.
To render something that was entrenched less thoroughly established.
drenched
drenched
adj
Completely wet; sodden
verb
simple past tense and past participle of drench
drencher
drencher
noun
A fire prevention device, like a sprinkler but ejecting a denser curtain of water and sometimes mounted on the outside of a building to prevent the spread of fire from those nearby.
One who, or that which, drenches.
drenches
drenches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drench
enarched
enarched
adj
(heraldry) Bent into a curve; said of a bend or other ordinary.
encharge
encharge
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To give to somebody as a charge; to entrust with a duty or task.
enchaser
enchaser
noun
One who enchases.
enchoric
enchoric
adj
Alternative form of enchorial
enchurch
encipher
encipher
verb
To convert plain text into cipher; to encrypt
encroach
encroach
noun
(rare) Encroachment.
verb
(intransitive) to advance gradually beyond due limits
(intransitive) to intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory
(transitive, obsolete) to seize, appropriate
endarchy
endarchy
noun
(botany) A vascular system in which development starts nearest the axis center and spreads outward.
A system in which decision-making is centralized.
enfranch
enhancer
enhancer
noun
(genetics) A short region of DNA that can increase transcription of genes
Something that enhances.
enriched
enriched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enrich
enricher
enricher
noun
(automotive) The choke; the component that supplies a richer mixture of fuel to the engine when required.
One who enriches.
enriches
enriches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enrich
ensearch
ensearch
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To search; to try to find something.
(obsolete, transitive) To search for; to seek.
entrench
entrench
verb
(construction, archaeology) To dig or excavate a trench; to trench.
(figuratively) To become completely absorbed in and fully accept one's beliefs, even in the face of evidence against it and refusing to be reasoned with.
(figuratively) To establish a substantial position in business, politics, etc.
(military) To surround or provide with a trench, especially for defense; to dig in.
To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; usually followed by on or upon.
ethnarch
ethnarch
noun
(historical) The governor of a Jewish province under the Roman Empire.
A leader of an ethnic community, especially a Jewish or (in the Ottoman Empire) Eastern Orthodox leader having political as well as spiritual authority.
euchenor
euchring
euchring
verb
present participle of euchre
euchrone
euchrone
noun
(chemistry) A blue compound obtained from euchroic acid.
eunuchry
eunuchry
noun
The state of being a eunuch.
finchery
finchery
noun
(historical) A structure into which finches are decoyed so that they can be caught in a net.
flincher
flincher
noun
One who flinches.
frenched
frenched
adj
(cooking) Alternative form of Frenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of french
frenchen
frenches
frenches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of french
frenchly
frenchly
Adjective
French.
Adverb
In the manner of the French or their language.
genarcha
genearch
genearch
noun
The chief of a family or tribe.
grenache
grenache
noun
A specific widely-planted variety of red wine grape, or a wine made from such grapes
grenloch
gretchen
gretchen
Proper noun
name of German origin; a pet form of Margaret.
Heroine of the play Faust by Goethe.
groschen
groschen
noun
(numismatics) Any of several obsolete European silver coins.