(biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
(medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
An agreement to adhere.
Persistent attachment or loyalty.
The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.
aethogen
aethogen
noun
(chemistry) A compound of nitrogen and boron which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride.
akehorne
alphonse
amaethon
anchinoe
anchored
anchored
adj
(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
anechoic
anechoic
adj
(acoustics) lacking echoes; that absorbs sound
anethole
anethole
noun
(organic chemistry) A particular aromatic compound found in anise.
anethols
anethols
noun
plural of anethol
anhedron
anhelose
anhelose
adj
Alternative form of anhelous
anhelous
anhelous
adj
Short of breath; panting.
anophele
anophyte
anophyte
noun
(botany) A moss or similar plant with cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.
anthrone
anthrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A tricyclic aromatic ketone, used in a popular cellulose assay and in the colorimetric determination of carbohydrates; any derivative of this compound
antihero
antihero
noun
(literature, role-playing games) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.
aphelion
aphelion
noun
(astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, etc., where it is farthest from the Sun.
archeion
archelon
asherton
ashstone
atcheson
atherton
atherton
Proper noun
A town in Wigan borough, Greater Manchester, England.
derived from the placename.
athonite
athonite
Adjective
of or relating to Athos
Noun
Someone from Athos
beholden
beholden
adj
(usually with 'to') Obligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged.
behoving
behoving
verb
present participle of behove
bethorns
biphenol
biphenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound that has two phenolic hydroxy groups; such a phenolic derivative of biphenyl
boehmian
boeschen
boethian
boethian
Adjective
Of or relating to (Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, c. 480–524 or 525 AD), philosopher of the early 6th century.
bohemian
bohemian
adj
Unconventional, especially in habit or dress.
noun
An unconventional or nonconformist artist or writer.
bohereen
bohireen
bohireen
noun
Alternative form of boreen
bonchief
boneache
boneache
noun
Pain in the bones, or seemingly in the bones.
bonefish
bonefish
noun
(New England) A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
Albula vulpes, the type of the genus and family.
Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
bonehead
bonehead
noun
(slang) Someone who is stubborn, thick-skulled, or stupid.
boneshaw
bonhomie
bonhomie
noun
(countable) A cheerful remark.
(uncountable) A friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.
(uncountable) An atmosphere of friendliness and good cheer.
bonhomme
boughten
boughten
adj
(archaic or regional, West Country, Cornwall, Canada, US) Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).
verb
(archaic or regional, chiefly US) past participle of buy
brehonia
brodench
brotchen
bunghole
bunghole
noun
Alternative spelling of bung-hole
canephor
cenotaph
cenotaph
noun
A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.
cephalon
cephalon
noun
(zoology) The head of a trilobite.
chaconne
chaconne
noun
(music) The music for such a dance, often containing variations on a theme.
A slow, stately Baroque dance.
chalcone
chalcone
noun
(organic chemistry, countable) Any derivative of this compound.
(organic chemistry, uncountable) The compound 1,3-diphenylpropenone (PhCH=CHCOPh).
chalkone
chalones
chalones
noun
plural of chalone
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.
charneco
charneco
noun
(obsolete) A sort of sweet wine.
chawbone
cheilion
cheilion
noun
The corner of the mouth (as used in cephalometry)
chelidon
chelidon
noun
(rare, anatomy) Synonym of elbow pit
chelingo
chelonia
chelonid
chelonid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Cheloniidae of sea turtles.
chelonin
chenopod
chenopod
noun
Any member of the subfamily Chenopodioideae, (the main part of the sometime family Chenopodiaceae); the goosefoots
cheribon
cheriton
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.
chicoine
chinbone
chinbone
noun
That part of the mandible that forms the chin.
chinones
chinones
noun
plural of chinone
chlorine
chlorine
noun
A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.
choanate
choanate
adj
(biology) Having a choana
choanite
choanite
noun
A spongiform fossil of the historical genus Choanites, thought to resemble a petrified sea-anemone.
Any of genus Choanites Mantell, 1822 sensu Laubenfels, 1936, accepted as Suberites Nardo, 1833, certain demosponges.
choleine
cholents
cholents
noun
plural of cholent
cholines
cholines
noun
plural of choline
cholones
chopines
chopines
noun
plural of chopine
choreman
choreman
noun
A man employed to carry out chores.
choremen
choremen
noun
plural of choreman
chorines
chorines
noun
plural of chorine
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
cleghorn
coachmen
coachmen
noun
plural of coachman
cochrane
cochrane
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada
A town and river in Chile
A town in Ontario, Canada
A village in Wisconsin
cohenite
cohenite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal yellowish white mineral containing carbon, cobalt, iron, and nickel.
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
cohesion
cohesion
noun
(biology) Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.
(linguistics) Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.
(physics, chemistry) Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
(software engineering) Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together.
State of cohering, or of working together.
coinhere
coinhere
verb
(intransitive) To inhere or exist together, as in one substance.
comanche
conchate
conchies
conchies
noun
plural of conchy
conchite
conchite
noun
(paleontology) A fossil or petrified conch or shell.
conchyle
conehead
conehead
noun
(Australia, slang) A person addicted to smoking marijuana with a bong.
(anthropology, archaeology, informal) A person who has undergone cranial modification in order to produce an elongated skull.
(fashion) A foam rubber rounded cone hat to be worn atop the head as a costume to appear to have a conical bald skull.
(slang) A pinhead, a stupid person.
An insect of the katydid subfamily Conocephalinae.
Any member of the order Protura of insect-like arthropods.
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).
cutcheon
deerhorn
deerhorn
noun
horn from a deer
dehorned
dehorned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehorn
dehorner
dehorner
noun
(also in plural form) A device for cutting the horns off an animal's head.
delichon
demijohn
demijohn
noun
A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
demiphon
demonish
demonish
adj
Like or characteristic of a demon; demonic.
demophon
denehole
denehole
noun
An underground structure consisting of a number of small chalk caves entered by a vertical shaft.
dethrone
dethrone
verb
(figuratively) To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.
To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.
To remove any governing authority from power.
To remove from any position of high status or power.
diaphone
diaphone
noun
(phonology) A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme; all the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole.
A kind of organ pipe.
A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air.
dichlone
dichlone
Noun
A particular fungicide.
dihedron
dihedron
noun
(mathematics) A polyhedron having two faces
dinheiro
dinheiro
noun
(historical) A coin used from the 12th to the 15th century in Portugal.
diphenol
diphenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound that has two phenol groups; especially the isomeric benzenediols (catechol, resorcinol and hydroquinone).
dolhenty
domenech
donaghue
donoghue
doughmen
dozenths
dozenths
noun
plural of dozenth
dyophone
earphone
earphone
noun
A transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone.
echelons
echelons
noun
plural of echelon
echikson
echinoid
echinoid
adj
Resembling a sea urchin.
noun
(zoology) Any sea urchin or sea dollar of the class Echinoidea.
echinops
ecophene
ecophene
noun
(genetics, ecology) The range of phenotypes produced by a genotype in a particular habitat
egophony
egophony
noun
(medicine) A bleating sound sometimes observed in patients with various lung conditions
elkhound
elkhound
noun
Any Scandinavian breed of dog bred to hunt elk (US: moose).
Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).
emathion
encheson
enchodus
enchoric
enchoric
adj
Alternative form of enchorial
enclothe
enclothe
verb
(transitive) To cover with clothing.
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
endothia
endothys
enhallow
enhaloed
enhaloed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enhalo
enhaloes
enharbor
enhorror
enhydros
enhydros
noun
A geode of chalcedony containing trapped water.
enshadow
enshadow
verb
(transitive) To cover with a shadow.
enshroud
enshroud
verb
(transitive) to cover with (or as if with) a shroud
ensophic
enthrone
enthrone
verb
(transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture
(transitive, figuratively) To help a candidate to the succession of a monarchy (as a kingmaker does), or by extension in any other major organisation.