(botany) Any plant of the genus Anchusa (within family Boraginaceae) of rough and hairy Old World herbs with one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.
bunches
bunches
noun
Hair gathered together in two or more parts; pigtails.
plural of bunch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bunch
canthus
canthus
noun
(anatomy) Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet.
chaunts
chaunts
noun
plural of chaunt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaunt
chesnut
chesnut
noun
Obsolete spelling of chestnut
chesoun
cohunes
cohunes
noun
plural of cohune
cushing
cushion
cushion
noun
(figuratively) a sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.
(finance, countable, uncountable) Money kept in reserve.
(historical) A pad supporting a woman's hair.
(historical) The dancer in the cushion dance who currently holds the cushion, or the dance itself.
(historical) The rubber of an electrical machine.
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.
A mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston.
A pad on which gilders cut gold leaf.
A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support; for sitting on, kneeling on, resting one's head on etc.
An engraver's pad.
The pillow used in making bone lace.
verb
To absorb or deaden the impact of.
To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
To furnish with cushions.
To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
cushman
cutshin
dunches
dunches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dunch
duncish
duncish
adj
Of the nature of a dunce; duncelike.
echinus
echinus
noun
(architecture) The egg-and-anchor or egg-and-dart moulding, because often identified with the Roman Doric capital.
(architecture) The quarter-round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style.
(architecture) The rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve.
eunuchs
eunuchs
noun
plural of eunuch
fuchsin
fuchsin
noun
Alternative spelling of fuchsine
hunches
hunches
noun
plural of hunch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hunch
inachus
kuchens
lunches
lunches
noun
plural of lunch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lunch
manchus
munches
munches
noun
plural of munch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of munch
nachusa
nonsuch
nonsuch
noun
Alternative spelling of nonesuch
nuchals
nuchals
noun
plural of nuchal
punches
punches
noun
plural of punch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of punch
sauncho
schinus
schnurr
schrund
schrund
noun
Short for bergschrund.
schuman
scrunch
scrunch
noun
A crunching noise.
verb
(transitive) To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
(with object "one's face") To contract the muscles of one's face so as to draw their facial features together, out of pain, discomfort, uncertainty, etc.
Alternative form of scranch
sichuan
sonchus
squench
squinch
squinch
noun
(architecture) A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure, as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room.
verb
(transitive) To scrunch up (one's face, etc.).
staunch
staunch
adj
(by extension) Impermeable to air or other gases; airtight.
(chiefly hunting) Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.
(obsolete) Cautious, restrained.
Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.
Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.
Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition.
noun
(mining) Synonym of afterdamp (“suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp”)
(obsolete) An act of stanching or stopping.
(obsolete) That which stanches or checks a flow.
(specifically, archaic) A plant or substance which stops the flow of blood; a styptic.
Alternative spelling of stanch (“a floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river”)