(historical) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.
Short for chrisom child.
chromas
chromas
noun
plural of chroma
chromes
chromes
noun
plural of chrome
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chrome
chromos
chromos
noun
plural of chromo
gershom
harmost
harmost
noun
(historical) A governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities they subjugated.
hermosa
heroism
heroism
noun
The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
himeros
homarus
hombres
hombres
noun
plural of hombre
homerus
hormism
hormist
horsham
horsham
Proper noun
a market town in West Sussex, England.
humours
humours
noun
plural of humour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humour
mahzors
masorah
masorah
Proper noun
The collection of marginal notes on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the 8th-9th centuries
mershon
mochras
mochras
noun
An astringent gum-resin obtained from Bombax ceiba.
moersch
mohairs
mohairs
noun
plural of mohair
moorish
moorish
adj
(now rare) Of ground, soil etc: boggy, marshy.
Resembling or characteristic of a moor; abounding in moorland.
moreish
moreish
adj
(UK, informal, of food, drink, or other consumable) Causing one to want to have more.
morphos
morphos
noun
plural of morpho
mothers
mothers
noun
plural of mother
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mother
orphism
orphism
Proper noun
A religious movement in antiquity, supposed to have been founded by Orpheus.
A minor Cubist art movement focusing on pure abstraction and bright colours.
rhombos
rhombos
noun
A musical instrument used in ancient mystical ceremonies, whirled to producing a roaring sound.
rhombus
rhombus
noun
(geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.
(zoology, archaic) Snails, now in genus Conus or family Conidae.
(zoology, now rare) Any of several flatfishes, including the brill and turbot, once considered part of the genus Rhombus, now in Scophthalmus.
In early Greek religion, an instrument whirled on the end of a string similar to a bullroarer.
The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).
romansh
rompish
rompish
adj
Given to boisterous play; inclined to romp.
rumshop
rumshop
noun
A store where rum is sold.
shamrao
shiroma
smother
smother
noun
(Australian rules football) The act of smothering a kick (see verb section).
(dated) Stifling smoke; thick dust.
(dated) The state of being stifled; suppression.
Cookware used in such cooking.
Smoldering; slow combustion.
verb
(Australian rules football) To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
(boxing) To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.
(intransitive) To be suffocated.
(intransitive) To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
(intransitive, figuratively) to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
(intransitive, of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
(soccer) To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
(transitive) To daub or smear.
(transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
(transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
(transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
(transitive, cooking) To cook in a close dish.
sorghum
sorghum
noun
(Southern US) Sorghum syrup.
A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).
thermos
thermos
noun
(historical) A unit of measure whose identification remains very unclear.
A bottle, flask or similar vessel having a vacuum between its inner and outer silvered walls; designed to maintain the temperature of its contents