(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.
archeus
archeus
noun
(alchemy) The vital principle or force believed by the Paracelsians to be responsible for alchemical reactions within living bodies, and hence for the growth and continuation of life.
aurochs
aurochs
noun
(zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus).
An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
plural of auroch
bacchus
bacchus
Proper noun
Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and vivid social gatherings.
becrush
bruchus
bruscha
buckish
buckish
adj
(now rare) Like a dandy; foppish.
(obsolete) Like a male goat; foul-smelling or lascivious.
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
butches
butches
noun
plural of butch
cachous
cachous
noun
plural of cachou
canthus
canthus
noun
(anatomy) Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet.
cepheus
cepheus
Proper noun
Husband of Cassiopeia, king of Eritrea, father of Andromeda. There may be two mythical kings by this name.
A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, located between Draco and Cassiopeia and representing the king Cepheus from Greek myth.
chabuks
chabuks
noun
plural of chabuk
chalcus
chaoush
chateus
chaunts
chaunts
noun
plural of chaunt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaunt
chausse
chausse
noun
(historical) A stocking, clothing covering the leg.
(historical) Armor for the legs, usually made of mail, either covering the entire leg from foot to thigh, or variously covering only the thigh or only the calf and foot, with the chausson covering the other half of the leg.
chemush
cheques
cheques
noun
plural of cheque
cherubs
cherubs
noun
plural of cherub
chesnut
chesnut
noun
Obsolete spelling of chestnut
chesoun
choreus
choreus
noun
(prosody) A tribrach.
(prosody) A trochee.
chorous
chouest
choughs
choughs
noun
plural of chough
choused
choused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chouse
chouser
chouser
noun
Agent noun of chouse: one who chouses.
chouses
chouses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chouse
chukars
chukars
noun
plural of chukar
chukkas
chukkas
noun
plural of chukka
chumash
chumash
Proper noun
Any book of the Pentateuch.
The Pentateuch collectively.
Proper noun
A native American tribe of southern California.
The language of the tribe.
churrus
churrus
noun
A device used in India for drawing water from wells
A narcotic gum resin which exudes from the flower heads, seeds, etc., of Indian hemp.
chusite
chutist
chutist
noun
A parachutist.
chuvash
chuvash
Adjective
From, or pertaining to, Chuvashia
Noun
Someone from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
Proper noun
An agglutinative language of the Bolgar branch of the Turkic language family and is spoken west of the Ural mountains in central Russia. Chuvash is the native language of the Chuvash people and an official language of Chuvashia. It is spoken by about two million people.
chylous
chylous
adj
(physiology) Consisting of, or similar to, chyle.
chymous
chymous
adj
Of or pertaining to chyme.
ciaphus
cirrhus
cirrhus
noun
(Mycology) A mucus-bound ribbon-like mass of spores exuded from a fungus.
Alternative form of cirrus
cloughs
cloughs
noun
plural of clough
cohunes
cohunes
noun
plural of cohune
couches
couches
noun
plural of couch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of couch
cowshut
crushed
crushed
adj
(not comparable, textiles) Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
Broken, saddened, depressed.
Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crush
crusher
crusher
noun
(slang, dated) A policeman.
A machine designed to crush rocks.
One who elicits a crush or intense infatiation in another.
Someone or something that crushes.
crushes
crushes
noun
plural of crush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crush
cubbish
cubbish
adj
Reminiscent of a cub, i.e. shy and naive.
cuishes
cuishes
noun
plural of cuish
culches
culches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culch
cultish
cultish
adj
(derogatory) Resembling a cult.
Having an intense admiration or enthusiasm for something.
cumshaw
cumshaw
noun
A gratuity or tip as thanks for a service
verb
To give or make a present to.
curaghs
curaghs
noun
plural of curagh
curbash
curches
curches
noun
plural of curch
currish
currish
adj
(now rare) Ignoble, mean-spirited.
Pertaining to a cur or mongrel.
curship
curship
noun
(obsolete) The state of being a cur; one who is currish.
cushats
cushats
noun
plural of cushat
cushaws
cushaws
noun
plural of cushaw
cushier
cushier
adj
comparative form of cushy: more cushy
cushily
cushily
adv
In a cushy way.
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.
cushite
cushite
Adjective
Pertaining to the ancient people of Horn of Africa, considered the descendants of biblical Cush.
Proper noun
A member of one of the peoples of the Horn of Africa.
A sub-family of the Afro-Asiatic languages; Cushitic.
cushman
cutches
cutches
noun
plural of cutch
cutlash
cutlash
noun
(dialectal) Obsolete form of cutlass.
cutshin
cyathus
cyathus
noun
(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1⅔ Roman ounce of wine and equivalent to about 45 mL although differing slightly over time.
(historical) Synonym of kyathos, an ancient ladle and serving beaker.
Synonym of ladle, especially (historical) a small one used for serving wine in ancient Greece and Rome.
deutsch
douches
douches
noun
plural of douche
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of douche
duchess
duchess
noun
The female ruler of a duchy.
The wife or widow of a duke.
verb
(Australia, informal) to court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously.
duchies
duchies
noun
plural of duchy
duckish
duckish
adj
Characteristically resembling a duck; somewhat ducklike
noun
(Newfoundland) dusk
dunches
dunches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dunch
duncish
duncish
adj
Of the nature of a dunce; duncelike.
echemus
echetus
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.
euchres
euchres
noun
plural of euchre
eunuchs
eunuchs
noun
plural of eunuch
fuchsia
fuchsia
adj
Having a purplish-red colour.
noun
A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
fuchsin
fuchsin
noun
Alternative spelling of fuchsine
gauchos
gauchos
noun
Calf-length trousers with flared legs.
plural of gaucho
gulches
gulches
noun
plural of gulch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gulch
gulsach
haysuck
hiccups
hiccups
noun
(usually with "the") The condition of having the spasms of hiccupping.
plural of hiccup
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hiccup
hocused
hocused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hocus
hocuses
hocuses
noun
plural of hocus
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hocus
huascar
huastec
hubcaps
hubcaps
noun
plural of hubcap
huckles
huckles
noun
plural of huckle
hunches
hunches
noun
plural of hunch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hunch
huscarl
hutches
hutches
noun
plural of hutch
iacchus
ichthus
ichthus
noun
Alternative form of ichthys
inachus
ischium
ischium
noun
(anatomy) The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis.
ischury
ischury
noun
(medicine) A retention or suppression of urine.
jacchus
jacchus
noun
The marmoset (Hapale vulgaris)
kechuas
krusche
kuchens
lunches
lunches
noun
plural of lunch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lunch
lurches
lurches
noun
plural of lurch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lurch
malchus
manchus
moschus
mouches
mouches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mouch
mulches
mulches
noun
plural of mulch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mulch
munches
munches
noun
plural of munch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of munch
mutches
mutches
noun
plural of mutch
nachusa
nonsuch
nonsuch
noun
Alternative spelling of nonesuch
nuchals
nuchals
noun
plural of nuchal
ochimus
ochrous
ochrous
adj
Containing ochre.
Ochre-coloured; brownish-yellow.
pepusch
phascum
pholcus
pouches
pouches
noun
plural of pouch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pouch
puckish
puckish
adj
Mischievous; excessively playful.
punches
punches
noun
plural of punch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of punch
purchas
quaichs
quaichs
noun
plural of quaich
quetsch
quetsch
noun
(countable) A dark-skinned variety of plum.
A liqueur made from the fruit.
quiches
quiches
noun
plural of quiche
recrush
recrush
verb
(transitive) To crush again.
rhoecus
rouches
rouches
noun
plural of rouche
ruscher
sauncho
schillu
schinus
schlump
schlump
noun
(slang) Someone who is lazy, slovenly, or dull-looking.
verb
(slang, intransitive) To move in a heavy, lazy or slovenly way.
schmuck
schmuck
noun
(colloquial, derogatory) A deplorable, pitiful person; often in the form poor schmuck.
(colloquial, derogatory, US) A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because he or she is stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant.
schmusb
schnurr
schrund
schrund
noun
Short for bergschrund.
schuits
schuits
noun
plural of schuit
schuler
schultz
schulze
schuman
schumer
scouths
scrauch
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.