(dated, physics) A unit of inductance equal to one billionth (1 x 10⁻⁹) of a henry, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
ahungry
ahungry
adj
hungry (for)
ahypnia
akhyana
akhyana
noun
A traditional Indian musical theater performance, telling stories from religious texts.
anarchy
anarchy
noun
(countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
(uncountable) Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
(uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
Confusion in general; disorder.
anchory
anchory
adj
Synonym of ancrée
anchovy
anchovy
noun
Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in 16 genera, of which the genus Engraulis is widely sold as food.
anthemy
anthony
anthony
Proper noun
name, in regular use since the Middle Ages.
A city in Kansas, USA
A city in New Mexico
A town in Texas
anthryl
anthryl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric univalent radicals derived from anthracene
anychia
anywhen
anywhen
adv
(rare, nonstandard) At any point in time.
astheny
astheny
noun
Dated form of asthenia.
atechny
behoney
behoney
verb
(transitive) To cover or smear with honey.
(transitive) To sweeten with honey, or with honeyed words.
bethany
bethany
Proper noun
The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.
The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1)
Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene.
name, transferred use of the biblical place name.
bhayani
branchy
branchy
adj
Having many branches.
Tending to branch frequently.
brython
brython
Noun
A (historical) Briton: a member of that people that spoke Brythonic languages.
cathryn
cathryn
Proper noun
name, a rare spelling variant of Catherine.
chainey
chaingy
chamyne
chancay
chancey
chancey
adj
Alternative spelling of chancy
chandry
chandry
noun
(obsolete) A chandlery.
chanduy
chanoyu
chanoyu
noun
A traditional Japanese tea ceremony in which matcha is prepared and presented.
chantey
chantey
noun
Alternative form of shanty (sailor's song).
chantry
chantry
noun
A chapel set up for this purpose
An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people
charlyn
cheeney
cherlyn
chesney
chesney
noun
(billiards, snooker) An indentation in the slate of a table that affects the path of a ball travelling over it
cheyney
chimney
chimney
noun
(Britain) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
(Northern Ireland, slang) A black eye; a shiner.
(vulgar, euphemistic) A vagina.
A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.
The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
verb
(climbing) To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.
chinafy
chinchy
chinchy
adj
Alternative spelling of chintzy
chintzy
chintzy
adj
(figuratively) Excessively reluctant to spend; miserly, stingy.
(figuratively) Tastelessly showy; cheap, gaudy, or tacky.
Of or decorated with chintz.
chrysin
chrysin
noun
(organic chemistry) The flavone 5,7-dihydroxy-2-phenyl-4H-chromen-4-one, isolated from the passionflower (Passiflora caerulea), sometimes used as an aromatase inhibitor supplement by bodybuilders and athletes
chutney
chutney
noun
(music) A style of Indo-Caribbean music from the West Indies, associated especially with Trinidad and Tobago.
A sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green or dried red chili peppers.
ciphony
ciphony
noun
The process of encrypting telecommunication signals, as to prevent information from being intercepted by an enemy or competitor.
crunchy
crunchy
adj
(slang) Having sensibilities of a counter-culture nature lover or hippie; derived from the concept of crunchy granola.
Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
noun
(usually in the plural) A pellet of dry cat food.
cynthea
cynthia
cynthia
Proper noun
The Moon, personified.
cynthie
cynthla
dohnnyi
dyphone
enchyma
enchyma
noun
(biology) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.
enhappy
enhardy
enhydra
ethelyn
ethenyl
ethenyl
noun
(chemistry) vinyl
ethinyl
ethinyl
noun
Alternative form of ethynyl
ethylin
ethylin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several ethyl ethers of glycerol
ethynes
ethynes
noun
plural of ethyne
ethynyl
ethynyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical HC≡C- derived from acetylene.
euphony
euphony
noun
A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
Pleasant phonetic quality of certain words.
fenchyl
fenchyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical derived from fenchol
flyingh
frenchy
frenchy
Noun
A native or resident of France, or a francophone, or a person of French lineage.
Proper noun
A short form for various names: Francine, Franchelle, Francoise, etc., e.g. Franchelle "Frenchie" Davis.
girhiny
greyhen
gryphon
gryphon
noun
Alternative form of griffin
guhayna
gwyneth
hackney
hackney
adj
(figuratively) Much used; trite; mean.
Offered for hire.
noun
(archaic) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
(transitive) To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
(transitive) To use as a hackney.
haemony
haemony
noun
(rare) A magical plant mentioned by John Milton, said to be good against enchantments.
halcyon
halcyon
adj
(figurative) Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.
Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.
noun
(poetic) A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act as a weather vane when hung from a beam.
hanbury
handily
handily
adv
(chiefly US) Effortlessly; readily.
(chiefly US) In a handy manner; skillfully; conveniently.
handley
hanyang
harmony
harmony
noun
(music) The academic study of chords.
(music) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
(music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.
A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
Agreement or accord.
haryana
haryana
Proper noun
State in northern India which has union territory Chandigarh as its capital; Faridabad is its biggest city.
haunchy
hawkyns
hayband
hayband
noun
A crude rope made from hay.
hayings
hayings
noun
plural of haying
hendaye
hendley
henebry
hennery
hennery
noun
(rare) A place where domestic fowl, such as chickens, are reared; a poultry farm.
hensley
henyard
henyard
noun
A yard or similar area where hens run free.
heptyne
hercyna
heronry
heronry
noun
A breeding woodland for herons; a heron rookery.
hessney
hexagyn
heyburn
heyburn
Proper noun
A city in Idaho.
heymann
heymans
hinkley
hockney
homelyn
homelyn
noun
Raia maculata, the European sand ray.
homonym
homonym
noun
(loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both), technically called a homophone (same sound, different spelling) or a homograph (same spelling, different sound), or if both are the same, a homonym.
(semantics, strict sense) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.
(taxonomy) A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.
honeoye
honesty
honesty
noun
(countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly Lunaria annua.
(uncountable, countable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest.
(transitive) To make horny, or like horn in texture; to harden.
(transitive, colloquial) To make horny; to excite sexually; to arouse.
(transitive, obsolete) To horn; to cuckold.
hornily
hornily
adv
In a horny manner.
hornsby
hoydens
hoydens
noun
plural of hoyden
humanly
humanly
adv
In a human manner.
humayun
hunfysh
hungary
hungary
Proper noun
in Europe.
huntley
hunyadi
hunyady
huygens
hyacine
hyacine
noun
(obsolete) A hyacinth.
hyaenas
hyaenas
noun
plural of hyaena
hyaenic
hyaenic
adj
Alternative form of hyenic
hyaenid
hyaenid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Hyaenidae; an aardwolf or hyena.
hyaline
hyaline
adj
Glassy, transparent; amorphous.
noun
(biochemistry) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.
(poetic) Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
(zoology, anatomy) A clear translucent substance in tissues.
hyalins
hyalins
noun
plural of hyalin
hyannis
hydnoid
hydnoid
noun
One of a group of fungi that have basidiocarps producing spores on tooth- or spine-like projections.
hydnora
hydrant
hydrant
noun
An outlet from a liquid/fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped.
(computing, slang, of a macro) The property of having an expansion that is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.
Cleanliness.
The science of health, its promotion and preservation.
Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.
hyginus
hygrine
hygrine
noun
(organic chemistry) A pyrrolidine alkaloid found mainly in coca leaves, extracted as a thick, pungent, pale-yellow oil of a burning taste.
hyingly
hymenal
hymenal
adj
Of, or pertaining to, the hymen
hymenia
hymenia
noun
plural of hymenium
hymenic
hymnals
hymnals
noun
plural of hymnal
hymnary
hymnary
Noun
A book of hymns.
hymning
hymning
noun
A singing of hymns.
verb
present participle of hymn
hymnist
hymnist
noun
A writer of hymns.
hymnode
hymnody
hymnody
noun
(countable) The hymns of a particular church or of a particular time.
(uncountable) The writing, composing, or singing of hymns or psalms.
hyndman
hyoidan
hypanis
hypaton
hyperin
hyperon
hyperon
noun
(physics) Any baryon (a three-quark particle) with a non-zero strangeness (i.e., whose composition includes one or more strange or anti-strange quarks).
hyphens
hyphens
noun
plural of hyphen
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hyphen
hypnale
hypnody
hypnoid
hypnoid
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling sleep (or hypnosis)