(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.
akeylah
alchemy
alchemy
noun
(computing, slang, countable) Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.
(countable) The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.
anthemy
anywhen
anywhen
adv
(rare, nonstandard) At any point in time.
archery
archery
noun
(countable) A group of archers.
(uncountable) The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
astheny
astheny
noun
Dated form of asthenia.
atechny
ayuthea
aywhere
bashyle
bayhead
bayhead
noun
(ecology) A swamp habitat dominated by bay laurels.
behoney
behoney
verb
(transitive) To cover or smear with honey.
(transitive) To sweeten with honey, or with honeyed words.
berhley
berhyme
berhyme
verb
(transitive) To compose rhymes about; celebrate in rhyme; make poetry about someone.
(transitive) To lampoon.
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.
beyship
beyship
noun
The role or status of a bey.
bheesty
breachy
breachy
adj
Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly.
breathy
breathy
adj
Accompanied by audible breathing.
byepath
byepath
noun
Alternative spelling of bypath
cachexy
cachexy
noun
(medicine, archaic) Cachexia.
caughey
chafery
chafery
noun
An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.
chainey
chamyne
chancey
chancey
adj
Alternative spelling of chancy
chantey
chantey
noun
Alternative form of shanty (sailor's song).
charely
charley
charley
noun
Alternative form of Charlie (a fool)
charlye
chayote
chayote
noun
Sechium edule, a tropical American perennial herbaceous vine having tendrils, tuberous roots, and a green, pear-shaped fruit cooked as a vegetable.
(billiards, snooker) An indentation in the slate of a table that affects the path of a ball travelling over it
cheveys
cheyney
chiefly
chiefly
adj
of or relating to a chief
adv
(focus) Especially or primarily; above all.
(focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely.
chiefry
chiefry
noun
A chief's territory.
A rent paid to a chief or supreme lord.
chiefty
chifley
chimley
chimley
noun
(UK, dialect, New England, archaic) Alternative form of chimney
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.
chipley
chokeys
chokeys
noun
plural of chokey
choosey
choosey
adj
Alternative spelling of choosy
choregy
chorley
chorley
Proper noun
a market town and borough in Lancashire, England.
chryses
chryste
chuckey
chuckey
noun
Synonym of turducken
chumley
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.
chymase
chymase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a family of serine proteases present in mast cells
coshery
coshery
noun
(historical) The ancient right of an Irish chief to quarter himself and his retainers on his tenantry.
creachy
creeshy
creeshy
adj
(Scotland) Greasy; oily.
cyathea
cynthea
cynthie
cyphers
cyphers
noun
plural of cypher
cythera
dahomey
dahomey
Proper noun
A former country in Africa, located in present-day Benin.
deathly
deathly
adj
Appearing as though dead, or on the verge of death.
Deadly, fatal, causing death.
adv
Extremely, dreadfully.
In a way that resembles death.
deyship
dhooley
diethyl
diethyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Two ethyl groups attached to the same molecule.
dilthey
diphyes
dishley
dithery
dithery
adj
Characterized by dithering.
Constantly moving about
Unable to think straight; tending to dither.
doherty
duchery
dyphone
earthly
earthly
adj
(negative, informal) Used for emphasis
(obsolete) Made of earth; earthy.
Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven; terrestrial.
adv
in an earthly manner.
noun
(UK, colloquial) A slightest chance (of success etc.) or idea (about something).
(collective or in the plural) That which is of the earth or earthly; a terrestrial being.
echimys
ecphory
ecphory
noun
An automatic memory retrieval process engaged when a specific, proximal cue interacts with information stored in memory. The recovered product of that interaction can be the result of a strategic memory search, or it could act as fuel for subsequent strategic retrieval processes.
ecthyma
ecthyma
noun
An ulcerative pyoderma of the skin, caused by bacteria.
ekphory
ekphory
noun
Alternative form of ecphoria
empathy
empathy
noun
(obsolete slang) MDMA.
(parapsychology, science fiction) A paranormal ability to psychically read another person's emotions.
Capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding.
Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
enchyma
enchyma
noun
(biology) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.
enhappy
enhardy
enhydra
eophyte
eophyte
noun
(botany, paleontology) A fossil plant from the Silurian age
eparchy
eparchy
noun
A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon.
An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece.
In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.
In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.
ephydra
ephyrae
ephyrae
noun
plural of ephyra
epihyal
epihyal
noun
(anatomy) A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.
epimyth
epimyth
noun
The moral of a story.
erythea
ethelyn
ethenyl
ethenyl
noun
(chemistry) vinyl
ethinyl
ethinyl
noun
Alternative form of ethynyl
ethoxyl
ethoxyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The radical CH₃-CH₂-O- derived from ethanol
ethylic
ethylic
adj
(organic chemistry) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing ethyl.
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.
eupathy
eupathy
noun
Right feeling.
euphemy
euphony
euphony
noun
A pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
Pleasant phonetic quality of certain words.
euphory
euphory
noun
Synonym of euphoria
euthymy
exarchy
exarchy
noun
(botany) A vascular system in which development starts in the regions farthest from the axis and spreads inward.
The jurisdiction of an exarch (any definition); an exarchate.
eyebath
eyebath
noun
a cup-shaped vessel used to apply eyewash
eyehole
eyehole
noun
The hole in a helmet, skull, etc. corresponding to the position of the eye.
The hole to which the viewer places his or her eye in a device such as a telescope.
eyehook
eyehook
noun
Alternative form of eye hook
eyelash
eyelash
noun
one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids
eyeshot
eyeshot
noun
(archaic) A brief glance.
(photography) Range.
Range of vision, a distance in which something is visible.
eyewash
eyewash
noun
(countable, uncountable) A soothing medicated lotion for the eyes.
(countable, uncountable) The washing out of the eyes with copious water (usually water alone) to quickly remove an irritant, as for example in laboratories and industrial plants.
(uncountable, slang) Nonsense, flattery, or pretentiousness.
verb
(intelligence) To keep information secret by sending false information to many people in one's own organization, and correct information to a select few.
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical derived from fenchol
fishery
fishery
noun
(countable) A fishing company.
(countable) A right to fish in a particular location; Territorial fishing waters.
(uncountable) Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
A place where fish or other seafood are caught: a fishing ground.
A place where fish or other seafood are processed: a seafood factory.
A place where fish or other seafood are raised: a fish farm.
fisheye
fisheye
noun
An undesirable dull appearance in the table of a diamond that has been cut too shallow.
An undesirable effect in paint, particularly automotive finishes, normally caused by oil or other contaminants on the painted surface.
An unfriendly or suspicious glance.
Short for fisheye lens.
fleshly
fleshly
adj
Of or relating to non-spiritual or non-religious matters.
Of or relating to pleasurable (often sexual) sensations.
Of or relating to the body.
Of, relating to or resembling flesh; composed of flesh; having a lot of flesh.
adv
(archaic) In a sensual way; in a sexual way; carnally.
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.
freshly
freshly
adv
(uncommon) In a rude or impertinent manner.
Recently, newly.
greyhen
greyish
greyish
adj
Alternative spelling of grayish
guthrey
gwyneth
hackery
hackery
noun
(obsolete) A two-wheeled cart used in Asia.
(slang, chiefly derogatory) Advocacy of a position when motivated by political allegiance, public relations interests, or for other reasons considered crass compared to personal conviction.
(slang, computing) The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).
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.
hadlyme
haemony
haemony
noun
(rare) A magical plant mentioned by John Milton, said to be good against enchantments.
haleday
haletky
hambley
handley
hartley
hartley
noun
A unit of information (symbol Hart) representing the information content of an event if the probability of that event occurring is 1/10. It is therefore equal to the information contained in one decimal digit
hashery
hattery
hawkery
hawkery
noun
A place where hawks used for hunting are kept.
Aggressive salesmanship.
Alternative form of Hawkery
The practice of hunting using hawks.
hawkeye
hawkeye
noun
Alternative spelling of hawk-eye
hawkeys
hawkeys
noun
plural of hawkey
haybote
haybote
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote.
haylage
haylage
noun
(agriculture) A type of silage with a high dry-matter content, made from the same grasses or legumes from which hay is made (such as alfalfa, timothy, and others) but not dried as much as hay nor as little as direct-chop/green-chop silage (before being ensiled).
hayrake
hayrake
noun
A rake for collecting hay; especially, a large rake drawn by a horse or horses.
verb
To collect hay with a rake of this kind.
hayride
hayride
noun
(US) A recreational ride in a vehicle full of hay.
hayseed
hayseed
adj
Characteristic of or befitting a hayseed (person); rustic, uncultivated, backwater.
noun
(countable) A rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin.
(countable, uncountable) Cruft from bits of hay that sticks to clothing, etc.
(countable, uncountable) Seeds from grass that has become hay.
haytime
haytime
noun
The season in which hay is cut.
hayweed
haywire
haywire
adj
Behaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially of a machine or mechanical process; usually used with the verb "go".
Roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs).
noun
Wire used to bind bales of hay.
hazelly
hazelly
adj
Composed of a mix of sand, clay and earth.
Of the light brown colour of the hazelnut.
headily
headily
adv
In a heady manner.
headway
headway
noun
(coal-mining) A cross-heading.
(countable) The clearance beneath an object, such as an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom.
(countable, transport) The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route.
(nautical) Forward motion, or its rate.
(uncountable, figuratively) Progress toward a goal.
Movement ahead or forward.
healthy
healthy
adj
(figuratively) Significant, hefty; beneficial.
Conducive to health.
Enjoying good health; well; free from disease or disorder.
Evincing health.
hearsay
hearsay
noun
(law) An out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted, which is normally inadmissible because it is not subject to cross-examination unless the hearsay statement falls under one of a number of exceptions.
(law) Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.
Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.
heartly
heartly
adj
(rare) Full of heart; cordial; from the heart; hearty
adv
(archaic) In a hearty or heart-felt manner; cordially; heartily