(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone, especially to a centre of ossification there in the embryo
noun
The basisphenoid bone
bedfordshire
bedfordshire
Proper noun
A midland county of England, county town Bedford, bounded by Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Bed.
beneighbored
bleachground
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
bloodshedder
bloodshedder
noun
One who sheds blood; a murderer.
bloodshotten
bloodshotten
adj
Obsolete form of bloodshot.
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
borohydrides
borohydrides
noun
plural of borohydride
bostrychidae
botherheaded
bottleholder
bottleholder
noun
(colloquial) A person who attends a boxer during a bout.
(colloquial, by extension) One who assists or supports another in a contest; a backer.
bounderishly
bounderishly
adv
In a bounderish manner.
brachypodine
breechloader
breechloader
noun
A variety of firearm in which the weapon is loaded from the breech (the end opposite that which discharges the projectile).
broadhearted
bromohydrate
brotherhoods
brotherhoods
noun
plural of brotherhood
buttonholder
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
carbohydrase
carbohydrase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of polysaccharides into simple sugars
carbohydrate
carbohydrate
noun
(colloquial, by extension, metonymically) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.
(organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
carbohydride
carbohydride
noun
(chemistry) A hydrocarbon.
checkerboard
checkerboard
noun
(film) A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.
A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.
A pattern of squares of alternating colours.
verb
(transitive) To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.
chequerboard
chequerboard
noun
Alternative spelling of checkerboard
coachbuilder
coachbuilder
noun
(historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
A car customizer, such as limousine conversion companies.
A person or company who makes and fits the bodywork of vehicles such as cars, buses and railway carriages.
cobridgehead
debouchments
debouchments
noun
plural of debouchment
deipnophobia
deipnophobia
noun
(rare) A fear of banquets or dinner parties.
demonophobia
demonophobia
noun
An irrational fear of demons.
dishonorable
dishonorable
adj
Lacking respect for ethical principles.
Without honor, or causing dishonor.
doublehanded
doublehanded
adj
(sailing) Requiring or using a crew consisting of two people.
Alternative form of double-handed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of doublehand
doubleheader
doubleheader
noun
Alternative form of double-header
doublehorned
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
doughbellies
embrothelled
guidebookish
guidebookish
adj
Having the tone or style of a guidebook.
hebdomadally
hebdomadally
adv
In periods of seven days; weekly.
hebetudinous
hebetudinous
adj
Displaying mental lethargy or dullness.
hedonophobia
hedonophobia
noun
An irrational fear of pleasure or joy, especially engaging in pleasurable or joyful activities while others are experiencing depression, illness, pain, economic hardship, or other grief.
hemerobiidae
herringboned
herringboned
adj
Having a herringbone (zigzag) pattern.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of herringbone
hobbledehoys
hobbledehoys
noun
plural of hobbledehoy
homebuilders
homebuilders
noun
plural of homebuilder
homebuilding
homebuilding
noun
The part of the construction industry concerned with building individual homes.
hoodwinkable
hoodwinkable
adj
Able to be hoodwinked.
hornblendite
hornblendite
noun
A plutonic, ultramafic igneous rock composed mostly of hornblende.
housebuilder
housebuilder
noun
One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
househusband
househusband
noun
A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife.
hydrobatidae
hydrobenzoin
hydrobiplane
hydrobiplane
noun
(aviation, dated) A hydroaeroplane having two supporting planes.
hydrobromate
hydrobromate
noun
(chemistry) hydrobromide
hydrobromide
hydrobromide
noun
(organic chemistry) A compound of hydrobromic acid with an organic base (distinguished from a bromide, in which only the bromine unites with the base).
hydrocarbide
hydrocarbide
noun
(obsolete, organic chemistry) hydrocarbon
hydrolysable
hydrolysable
adj
Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable
hydrolyzable
hydrolyzable
adj
Able to be hydrolyzed
hydroturbine
hyperbolized
hyperbolized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hyperbolize
hyperboloids
hyperboloids
noun
plural of hyperboloid
iodobehenate
iodobehenate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of iodobehenic acid.
judaeophobia
leatherboard
leatherboard
noun
An imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.
lyndeborough
methobromide
motherboards
motherboards
noun
plural of motherboard
mouthbreeder
mouthbreeder
noun
(zoology) Synonym of mouthbrooder
mouthbrooder
mouthbrooder
noun
(zoology) Any animal that cares for its offspring, either eggs or juveniles, by holding them in its mouth for extended periods of time.
neighborhood
neighborhood
noun
(chiefly obsolete) The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity.
(dated) Close proximity; nearness.
(graph theory) The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
(obsolete) The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
(topology) The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point.
A set containing an open set which contains some specified point.
Alternatively: An open ball which contains some specified point.
Alternatively: An open set which contains some specified point.
An approximate amount.
The inhabitants of a residential area.
The quality of physical proximity.
The residential area near one's home.
noblehearted
overbleached
overbleached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overbleach
photobromide
pseudobranch
pseudobranch
noun
pseudobranchia
rhabdocoelan
rhabdocoeles
rhabdomancer
rhabdomancer
noun
One who carries out rhabdomancy; the user of a divining rod.
rhabdopleura
rhabdosphere
rhabdosphere
noun
A minute sphere composed of rhabdoliths.
rhinobatidae
rhombohedral
rhombohedral
adj
(crystallography) Having three equal axes and oblique angles.
rhombohedric
rhombohedric
adj
rhombohedral
rhombohedron
rhombohedron
noun
A prism with six faces, each a rhombus.
shuffleboard
shuffleboard
noun
(countable) The long, narrow board on which this game is played.
(uncountable) A game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target.
siderophobia
subthreshold
subthreshold
adj
(medicine) subsyndromal
Below a threshold.
Describing a stimulus that is not strong enough to elicit a response
sulphobenzid
thoroughbred
thoroughbred
adj
Bred from pure stock.
well-bred and properly educated.
noun
(loosely) Any purebred horse.
A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse).
A well-bred person.
Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred (“horse bred for racing”)
thunderbolts
thunderbolts
noun
plural of thunderbolt
turbocharged
turbocharged
adj
Having a turbocharger
verb
simple past tense and past participle of turbocharge
unbeholdable
unbeholdable
adj
Not beholdable.
unneighbored
unneighbored
adj
Alternative form of unneighboured
unprohibited
unprohibited
adj
Not prohibited.
unshadowable
unshadowable
adj
Not shadowable.
weatherboard
weatherboard
noun
(nautical) A plank placed over an opening to keep out driven water.
(nautical) The windward side of a vessel.
Any of a series of horizontal boards used to cover the exterior of a timber-framed building; clapboard.
verb
(transitive) To cover with a weatherboard.
weatherbound
weatherbound
adj
(often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.