hor: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of hor
- author«Word Popularity Bar5/5
author
- noun writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
writer.
- noun someone who originates or causes or initiates something
source; generator.
- he was the generator of several complaints
- noun writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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metaphor
- noun a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
- noun a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
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anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
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thor
(Scand. Myth.) The god of thunder, and son of Odin.
- coauthor3/5
coauthor
- noun a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
joint author.
- noun a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
- camphor3/5
camphor
- noun a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment
- noun a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment
- abhor3/5
abhor
- verb find repugnant
abominate; execrate; loathe.
- I loathe that man
- She abhors cats
- verb find repugnant
- phosphor3/5
phosphor
- noun a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes
- noun a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes
- senghor2/5
senghor
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- hathor2/5
hathor
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- shor2/5
shor
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- senhor2/5
senhor
- noun a Portuguese title of respect; equivalent to English `Mr'
- noun a Portuguese title of respect; equivalent to English `Mr'
- anaphor2/5
anaphor
- noun a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent
- noun a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent
- khor2/5
khor
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- ichor1/5
ichor
- noun (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods
- noun a fluid product of inflammation
festering; sanies; suppuration; purulence; pus.
- noun (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods
- achor1/5
achor
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- markhor1/5
markhor
- noun large Himalayan goat with large spiraled horns
markhoor; Capra falconeri.
- noun large Himalayan goat with large spiraled horns
- ephor1/5
ephor
(Gr. Antiq.) A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.
- iodophor1/5
iodophor
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- coanchor1/5
- bohor1/5
bohor
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- multiauthor1/5
multiauthor
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Suffixes of hor
- horse«Word Popularity Bar5/5
horse
- noun solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Equus caballus.
- noun a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
gymnastic horse.
- noun solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
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horse
- noun solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Equus caballus.
- noun a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
gymnastic horse.
- noun solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- horizontal5/5
horizontal
- noun something that is oriented horizontally
- adjective parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line
- a horizontal surface
- noun something that is oriented horizontally
- horizon5/5
horizon
- noun the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
visible horizon; skyline; sensible horizon; apparent horizon.
- noun the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
purview; view.
- It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge
- noun the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
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horror
- noun intense and profound fear
- noun something that inspires dislike; something horrible
- the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him
- noun intense and profound fear
- hormone5/5
hormone
- noun the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
endocrine; internal secretion.
- noun the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
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horn
- noun a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
- noun one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
- noun a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
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horrible
- adjective satellite provoking horror
frightful; ugly; horrifying; atrocious.
- an atrocious automobile accident
- a frightful crime of decapitation
- an alarming, even horrifying, picture
- war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill
- an ugly wound
- adjective satellite provoking horror
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hormone
- noun the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
endocrine; internal secretion.
- noun the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
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horace
- noun Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
- noun Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
- horns4/5
horn
- noun a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
- noun one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
- noun a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
- horizons4/5
horizon
- noun the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
visible horizon; skyline; sensible horizon; apparent horizon.
- noun the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
purview; view.
- It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge
- noun the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
- horseback4/5
horseback
- noun the back of a horse
- noun a narrow ridge of hills
hogback.
- noun the back of a horse
- horrors4/5
horror
- noun intense and profound fear
- noun something that inspires dislike; something horrible
- the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him
- noun intense and profound fear
- horizontally4/5
horizontally
- adverb in a horizontal direction
- a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally
- adverb in a horizontal direction
- hormonal4/5
hormonal
- adjective of or relating to or caused by hormones
- hormonal changes
- adjective of or relating to or caused by hormones
- horrified4/5
horrified
- adjective satellite stricken with horror
horror-struck; horror-stricken.
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
horrify; dismay; alarm; appall; appal.
- I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
- The news of the executions horrified us
- adjective satellite stricken with horror
- horsemen4/5
horseman
- noun a man skilled in equitation
horseback rider; equestrian.
- noun a person who breeds and cares for horses
horse fancier.
- noun a man skilled in equitation
- horrid4/5
horrid
- adjective satellite exceedingly bad
- when she was bad she was horrid
- adjective satellite grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
outrageous; hideous; horrific.
- subjected to outrageous cruelty
- a hideous pattern of injustice
- horrific conditions in the mining industry
- adjective satellite exceedingly bad
- horton4/5
horton
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- horrific3/5
horrific
- adjective satellite grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
outrageous; hideous; horrid.
- subjected to outrageous cruelty
- a hideous pattern of injustice
- horrific conditions in the mining industry
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
dreadful; direful; fearful; frightening; terrible; dread; dire; horrendous; awful; dreaded; fearsome.
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
- adjective satellite grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
- horribly3/5
horribly
- adverb of a dreadful kind
dreadfully; awfully.
- there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning
- adverb of a dreadful kind
- horsepower3/5
horsepower
- noun a unit of power equal to 746 watts
HP; H.P..
- noun a unit of power equal to 746 watts
- horowitz3/5
horowitz
- noun Russian concert pianist who was a leading international virtuoso (1904-1989)
Vladimir Horowitz.
- noun Russian concert pianist who was a leading international virtuoso (1904-1989)
- horatio3/5
horatio
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- hordes3/5
horde
- noun a vast multitude
legion; host.
- noun a nomadic community
- noun a vast multitude
- horseshoe3/5
horseshoe
- noun game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes
- noun U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
shoe.
- noun game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes
- horticultural3/5
horticultural
- adjective of or relating to the cultivation of plants
- adjective of or relating to the cultivation of plants
- horticulture3/5
horticulture
- noun the cultivation of plants
gardening.
- noun the cultivation of plants
- horseman3/5
horseman
- noun a man skilled in equitation
horseback rider; equestrian.
- noun a person who breeds and cares for horses
horse fancier.
- noun a man skilled in equitation
- horde3/5
horde
- noun a vast multitude
legion; host.
- noun a nomadic community
- noun a vast multitude
- horned3/5
horned
- adjective having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind
- horned viper
- great horned owl
- the unicorn--a mythical horned beast
- long-horned cattle
- verb stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
tusk; horn.
- the rhino horned the explorer
- adjective having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind
- horrifying3/5
horrifying
- adjective satellite provoking horror
frightful; ugly; atrocious; horrible.
- an atrocious automobile accident
- a frightful crime of decapitation
- an alarming, even horrifying, picture
- war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill
- an ugly wound
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
horrify; dismay; alarm; appall; appal.
- I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
- The news of the executions horrified us
- adjective satellite provoking horror
- horst3/5
horst
- noun a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land
- noun a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land
- horrendous3/5
horrendous
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
dreadful; direful; horrific; fearful; frightening; terrible; dread; dire; awful; dreaded; fearsome.
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
- horner3/5
horner
One who works or deal in horn or horns. R. Grew.
- horus3/5
horus
- noun Egyptian solar god with the head of a falcon; the son of Osiris and Isis
- noun Egyptian solar god with the head of a falcon; the son of Osiris and Isis
- horny3/5
horny
- adjective satellite feeling great sexual desire
turned on; randy; ruttish; steamy; aroused.
- feeling horny
- adjective satellite having horns or hornlike projections
- horny coral
- horny (or horned) frog
- adjective satellite feeling great sexual desire
- hors3/5
horse
- noun solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Equus caballus.
- noun a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
gymnastic horse.
- noun solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- horoscope3/5
horoscope
- noun a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets
- noun a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place
- noun a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets
- hornet3/5
hornet
- noun large stinging paper wasp
- noun large stinging paper wasp
- horne3/5
horn
- noun a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
- noun one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
- noun a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
- hortense3/5
- horseradish3/5
horseradish
- noun the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning
horseradish root.
- noun coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root
Armoracia rusticana; horse radish; red cole.
- noun the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning
- hora3/5
hora
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- hort2/5
hort
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- horsemanship2/5
horsemanship
- noun skill in handling and riding horses
- noun skill in handling and riding horses
- hornets2/5
hornet
- noun large stinging paper wasp
- noun large stinging paper wasp
- horoscopes2/5
horoscope
- noun a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets
- noun a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place
- noun a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets
- hornblower2/5
hornblower
One who, or that which, blows a horn.
- horseshoes2/5
horseshoes
- noun a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it
quoits.
- noun game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes
horseshoe.
- noun a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it
- horsehair2/5
horsehair
- noun hair taken from the mane or tail of a horse
- noun a fabric made from fibers taken from the mane or tail of horses; used for upholstery
- noun hair taken from the mane or tail of a horse
- horney2/5
horney
- noun United States psychiatrist (1885-1952)
Karen Danielsen Horney; Karen Horney.
- noun United States psychiatrist (1885-1952)
- hornblende2/5
hornblende
- noun a green to black mineral of the amphibole group; consists of silicates of calcium and sodium and magnesium and iron
- noun a green to black mineral of the amphibole group; consists of silicates of calcium and sodium and magnesium and iron
- horthy2/5
horthy
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- horizonte2/5
horizonte
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- horeb2/5
horeb
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- horta2/5
horta
- noun Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947)
Victor Horta.
- noun Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947)
- horacio2/5
horacio
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- horsey2/5
horsey
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- horas2/5
horas
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- hormonally2/5
hormonal
- adjective of or relating to or caused by hormones
- hormonal changes
- adjective of or relating to or caused by hormones
- hormuz2/5
hormuz
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- hore2/5
hoar
- noun ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
hoarfrost; frost; rime.
- adjective satellite showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
gray-headed; gray; grey-haired; grey-headed; hoary; grizzly; grey; white-haired; gray-haired.
- whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
- nodded his hoary head
- noun ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
- horseplay2/5
horseplay
- noun rowdy or boisterous play
- noun rowdy or boisterous play
- hortatory2/5
hortatory
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
exhortatory; hortative; exhortative.
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
- hordeum2/5
hordeum
- noun annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley
genus Hordeum.
- noun annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley
- hortus2/5
hortus
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- horatius2/5
- horsetail2/5
horsetail
- noun perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America
- noun perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America
- horseflesh2/5
horseflesh
- noun the flesh of horses as food
horsemeat.
- noun the flesh of horses as food
- horatian2/5
horatian
Of or pertaining to Horace, the Latin poet, or resembling his style.
- hornbeam2/5
hornbeam
- noun any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus
- noun any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus
- horning2/5
horn
- noun a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
- noun one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
- noun a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
- horseless2/5
horseless
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- horticulturist2/5
horticulturist
- noun an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
plantsman.
- noun an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
- horry2/5
- hornbill2/5
hornbill
- noun bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers
- noun bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers
- hortensia2/5
hortensia
- noun deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue
Hydrangea macrophylla hortensis.
- noun very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads
Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia; golden glow; double gold.
- noun deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue
- horseshit2/5
horseshit
- noun obscene words for unacceptable behavior
crap; Irish bull; dogshit; bull; bullshit; shit.
- I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
- what he said was mostly bull
- noun obscene words for unacceptable behavior
- horticulturists2/5
horticulturist
- noun an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
plantsman.
- noun an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
- horizontals2/5
horizontal
- noun something that is oriented horizontally
- adjective parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line
- a horizontal surface
- noun something that is oriented horizontally
- horrify2/5
horrify
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
dismay; alarm; appall; appal.
- I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
- The news of the executions horrified us
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
- hormel2/5
hormel
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- horizontality2/5
horizontality
- noun the quality of being parallel to the horizon
- houses with a pronounced horizontality
- noun the quality of being parallel to the horizon
- horsewoman2/5
horsewoman
- noun a woman horseman
- noun a woman horseman
- horseracing2/5
- hornpipe2/5
hornpipe
- noun a British solo dance performed by sailors
- noun music for dancing the hornpipe
- noun a British solo dance performed by sailors
- horsed1/5
horse
- noun solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Equus caballus.
- noun a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
gymnastic horse.
- noun solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- horsing1/5
horse
- noun solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Equus caballus.
- noun a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
gymnastic horse.
- noun solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- horrendously1/5
horrendous
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
dreadful; direful; horrific; fearful; frightening; terrible; dread; dire; awful; dreaded; fearsome.
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
- horehound1/5
horehound
- noun any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium
- noun a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant
- noun any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium
- horsewhip1/5
horsewhip
- noun a whip for controlling horses
- verb whip with a whip intended for horses
- noun a whip for controlling horses
- horsetails1/5
horsetail
- noun perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America
- noun perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America
- hornbook1/5
hornbook
- noun a primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge
- noun a primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge
- hornbills1/5
hornbill
- noun bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers
- noun bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers
- horticulturalists1/5
horticulturalists
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- horrifically1/5
horrifically
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- horae1/5
horae
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- horary1/5
horary
- adjective relating to the hours
- the horary cycle
- adjective relating to the hours
- horsemeat1/5
horsemeat
- noun the flesh of horses as food
horseflesh.
- noun the flesh of horses as food
- horsa1/5
horsa
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- horrifies1/5
horrify
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
dismay; alarm; appall; appal.
- I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
- The news of the executions horrified us
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
- horrifyingly1/5
horrifyingly
- adverb in a horrifying manner
- he laughed horrifyingly
- adverb in a horrifying manner
- hornless1/5
hornless
- adjective having no horns
- hornless cattle
- adjective having no horns
- horsefly1/5
horsefly
- noun winged fly parasitic on horses
Hippobosca equina; horse tick.
- noun large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
clegg; horse fly; cleg.
- noun winged fly parasitic on horses
- horseflies1/5
horsefly
- noun winged fly parasitic on horses
Hippobosca equina; horse tick.
- noun large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
clegg; horse fly; cleg.
- noun winged fly parasitic on horses
- horridly1/5
horridly
- adverb in a hideous manner
monstrously; hideously.
- her face was hideously disfigured after the accident
- adverb in a hideous manner
- horizonal1/5
- horsy1/5
horsy
Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing; Colloq.as, horsy manners; garments of fantasticallyhorsy fashions.
- horsehead1/5
horsehead
- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
Selene setapinnis; horse-head; horsefish; dollarfish; moonfish; Atlantic moonfish.
- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
- hortensis1/5
hortensis
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- hordeolum1/5
hordeolum
- noun an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
stye; eye infection; sty.
- noun an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- horserace1/5
- horsewhipped1/5
horsewhip
- noun a whip for controlling horses
- verb whip with a whip intended for horses
- noun a whip for controlling horses
- horribilis1/5
horribilis
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- horticulturalist1/5
horticulturalist
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- horridus1/5
horridus
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- hornworm1/5
hornworm
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- horologium1/5
- hornfels1/5
hornfels
- noun a fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks
hornstone.
- noun a fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks
- horopter1/5
horopter
(Opt.) The line or surface in which are situated all the points which are seen single while the point of sight, or the adjustment of the eyes, remains unchanged. The sum of all the points which are seen single, while the point of sight remains unchanged, is called the horopter. J. Le Conte.
- horribles1/5
horrible
- adjective satellite provoking horror
frightful; ugly; horrifying; atrocious.
- an atrocious automobile accident
- a frightful crime of decapitation
- an alarming, even horrifying, picture
- war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill
- an ugly wound
- adjective satellite provoking horror
- horsecar1/5
horsecar
- noun an early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses
- noun an early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses
- horsehide1/5
horsehide
- noun leather from the hide of a horse
- noun leather from the hide of a horse
- hory1/5
hoary
- adjective satellite showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
gray-headed; gray; grey-haired; grey-headed; grizzly; grey; white-haired; hoar; gray-haired.
- whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
- nodded his hoary head
- adjective satellite ancient
rusty.
- hoary jokes
- adjective satellite showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
- hornworts1/5
hornwort
- noun any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
- noun liverworts with slender hornlike capsules
- noun any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
- hornpipes1/5
hornpipe
- noun a British solo dance performed by sailors
- noun music for dancing the hornpipe
- noun a British solo dance performed by sailors
- horniness1/5
horniness
- noun a state of sexual arousal
hotness; hot pants.
- noun a state of sexual arousal
- hortative1/5
hortative
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
exhortatory; hortatory; exhortative.
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
- hormonelike1/5
- hornbooks1/5
hornbook
- noun a primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge
- noun a primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge
- horology1/5
horology
- noun the art of designing and making clocks
- noun the art of designing and making clocks
- hornlike1/5
hornlike
- adjective satellite made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)
corneous; horny.
- adjective satellite made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)
- horological1/5
horological
Relating to a horologe, or to horology.
- hortorum1/5
hortorum
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- hormos1/5
- horla1/5
horla
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- horizontalis1/5
horizontalis
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- horsewomen1/5
horsewoman
- noun a woman horseman
- noun a woman horseman
- horticulturally1/5
horticulturally
- adverb by means of horticulture
- adverb by means of horticulture
- horsecars1/5
horsecar
- noun an early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses
- noun an early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses
- horselike1/5
- hornworms1/5
- horsts1/5
horst
- noun a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land
- noun a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land
- horseshoeing1/5
horseshoe
- noun game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes
- noun U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
shoe.
- noun game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes
- hording1/5
hording
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- horsefeathers1/5
horsefeathers
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- horsewhipping1/5
horsewhipping
- noun the act of whipping with a horsewhip
- that villain needs a good horsewhipping
- verb whip with a whip intended for horses
horsewhip.
- noun the act of whipping with a horsewhip
- hormetic1/5
- hornwort1/5
hornwort
- noun any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
- noun liverworts with slender hornlike capsules
- noun any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
- hornier1/5
horny
- adjective satellite feeling great sexual desire
turned on; randy; ruttish; steamy; aroused.
- feeling horny
- adjective satellite having horns or hornlike projections
- horny coral
- horny (or horned) frog
- adjective satellite feeling great sexual desire
- hornbeams1/5
hornbeam
- noun any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus
- noun any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus
- horsely1/5
horse
- noun solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Equus caballus.
- noun a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
gymnastic horse.
- noun solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- horologe1/5
horologe
- noun a measuring instrument or device for keeping time
timepiece; timekeeper.
- noun a measuring instrument or device for keeping time
- horsebox1/5
horsebox
- noun a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses
- noun a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses
- horoscopic1/5
- horridum1/5
horridum
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- hormogonia1/5
- hornel1/5
hornel
(Zoöl.) The European sand eel. Scot.
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- horribleness1/5
horribleness
The state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness; hideousness. The horribleness of the mischief. Sir P. Sidney.
- horme1/5
horme
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- hordein1/5
hordein
(Chem.) A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is complex mixture. R.
- hornwork1/5
hornwork
(Fort.) An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.
- horsetrading1/5
horsetrading
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- horseweed1/5
horseweed
- noun erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States
stone root; horse balm; richweed; stone-root; stoneroot; Collinsonia canadensis.
- noun common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron
fleabane; Erigeron canadensis; Conyza canadensis; Canadian fleabane.
- noun erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States
- horsemint1/5
horsemint
- noun an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico
Monarda citriodora; lemon mint.
- noun tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico
Monarda punctata.
- noun an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico
- horripilation1/5
horripilation
- noun reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation
goose bump; gooseflesh; goose pimple; goosebump; goose skin; pilomotor reflex.
- noun reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation
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horsehead
- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
Selene setapinnis; horse-head; horsefish; dollarfish; moonfish; Atlantic moonfish.
- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
- hornitos1/5
hornito
(Geol.) A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit. Humboldt.
- hormic1/5
- horsewhips1/5
horsewhip
- noun a whip for controlling horses
- verb whip with a whip intended for horses
- noun a whip for controlling horses
- hornstone1/5
hornstone
- noun a fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks
hornfels.
- noun a fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks
Derived words of hor
- short«Word Popularity Bar5/5
short
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- noun accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
short circuit.
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
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authority
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
potency; say-so; authorisation; dominance; authorization.
- he has the authority to issue warrants
- deputies are given authorization to make arrests
- a place of potency in the state
- noun (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
- the authorities have issued a curfew
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- authors5/5
author
- noun writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
writer.
- noun someone who originates or causes or initiates something
source; generator.
- he was the generator of several complaints
- noun writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
- authorities5/5
authorities
- noun the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
regime; government.
- the government reduced taxes
- the matter was referred to higher authorities
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
potency; authority; say-so; authorisation; dominance; authorization.
- he has the authority to issue warrants
- deputies are given authorization to make arrests
- a place of potency in the state
- noun the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
- shore5/5
shore
- noun the land along the edge of a body of water
- noun a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
shoring.
- noun the land along the edge of a body of water
- shortly5/5
shortly
- adverb for a short time
- he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive
- adverb in the near future
before long; soon; presently.
- the doctor will soon be here
- the book will appear shortly
- she will arrive presently
- we should have news before long
- adverb for a short time
- thoroughly5/5
thoroughly
- adverb in an exhaustive manner
exhaustively.
- we searched the files thoroughly
- adverb completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
good; soundly.
- he was soundly defeated
- we beat him good
- adverb in an exhaustive manner
- shorter5/5
short
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- noun accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
short circuit.
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
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authorized
- adjective endowed with authority
authorised.
- verb grant authorization or clearance for
authorize; clear; authorise; pass.
- Clear the manuscript for publication
- The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
- adjective endowed with authority
- thorough5/5
thorough
- adjective satellite painstakingly careful and accurate
- our accountant is thorough
- thorough research
- adjective satellite performed comprehensively and completely
exhaustive; thoroughgoing.
- an exhaustive study
- made a thorough search
- thoroughgoing research
- adjective satellite painstakingly careful and accurate
- chorus5/5
chorus
- noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- a chorus of boos
- noun a group of people assembled to sing together
- noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- metaphors4/5
metaphor
- noun a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
- noun a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
- shortage4/5
shortage
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
shortfall; deficit.
- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
- noun an acute insufficiency
famine; dearth.
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- authoritative4/5
authoritative
- adjective satellite having authority or ascendancy or influence
important.
- an important official
- the captain's authoritative manner
- adjective satellite of recognized authority or excellence
definitive; classical; classic.
- the definitive work on Greece
- classical methods of navigation
- adjective satellite having authority or ascendancy or influence
- authorization4/5
authorization
- noun a document giving an official instruction or command
authorisation; mandate.
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
potency; authority; say-so; authorisation; dominance.
- he has the authority to issue warrants
- deputies are given authorization to make arrests
- a place of potency in the state
- noun a document giving an official instruction or command
- shores4/5
shore
- noun the land along the edge of a body of water
- noun a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
shoring.
- noun the land along the edge of a body of water
- authoritarian4/5
authoritarian
- noun a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
dictator.
- my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime
- adjective satellite characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
dictatorial; despotic; tyrannic; autocratic; tyrannical.
- an authoritarian regime
- autocratic government
- despotic rulers
- a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war
- a tyrannical government
- noun a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
- cohort4/5
cohort
- noun a company of companions or supporters
- noun a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
- noun a company of companions or supporters
- offshore4/5
offshore
- adjective (of winds) coming from the land
seaward.
- offshore winds
- adjective satellite at some distance from the shore
- offshore oil reserves
- an offshore island
- adjective (of winds) coming from the land
- phosphorus4/5
phosphorus
- noun a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
P; atomic number 15.
- noun a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
daystar; Lucifer; morning star.
- noun a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
- shortcomings4/5
shortcoming
- noun a failing or deficiency
defect.
- that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information
- noun a failing or deficiency
- ashore4/5
ashore
- adverb towards the shore from the water
- we invited them ashore
- adverb towards the shore from the water
- anchored4/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- thoracic4/5
thoracic
- adjective of or relating to the chest or thorax
pectoral.
- pectoral organ
- adjective of or relating to the chest or thorax
- chord4/5
chord
- noun a straight line connecting two points on a curve
- noun a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
- noun a straight line connecting two points on a curve
- unauthorized4/5
unauthorized
- adjective not endowed with authority
unauthorised.
- adjective satellite without official authorization
unauthorised; wildcat.
- an unauthorized strike
- wildcat work stoppage
- adjective not endowed with authority
- shorts4/5
shorts
- noun trousers that end at or above the knee
trunks; short pants.
- noun underpants worn by men
underdrawers; drawers; boxers; boxershorts.
- noun trousers that end at or above the knee
- shortcut4/5
shortcut
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
crosscut; cutoff.
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
- shortest4/5
short
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- noun accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
short circuit.
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- chores4/5
chore
- noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
job; task.
- estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
- the job of repairing the engine took several hours
- the endless task of classifying the samples
- the farmer's morning chores
- noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
- authorship4/5
authorship
- noun the act of creating written works
penning; composition; writing.
- writing was a form of therapy for him
- it was a matter of disputed authorship
- noun the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
paternity.
- the authorship of the theory is disputed
- noun the act of creating written works
- shortages4/5
shortage
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
shortfall; deficit.
- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
- noun an acute insufficiency
famine; dearth.
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- metaphorical4/5
metaphorical
- adjective satellite expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
metaphoric.
- a metaphorical expression
- metaphoric language
- adjective satellite expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
- hawthorne4/5
hawthorn
- noun a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
haw.
- noun a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
- shortened4/5
shortened
- adjective satellite cut short
sawed-off; sawn-off.
- a sawed-off shotgun
- a sawed-off broomstick
- the shortened rope was easier to use
- verb make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
shorten.
- He shortened his trip due to illness
- adjective satellite cut short
- phosphorylation4/5
phosphorylation
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- thorn4/5
thorn
- noun something that causes irritation and annoyance
irritant.
- he's a thorn in my flesh
- noun a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
pricker; spine; prickle; spikelet; sticker.
- noun something that causes irritation and annoyance
- authorize4/5
authorize
- verb grant authorization or clearance for
clear; authorise; pass.
- Clear the manuscript for publication
- The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
- verb give or delegate power or authority to
empower; authorise.
- She authorized her assistant to sign the papers
- verb grant authorization or clearance for
- thornton4/5
thornton
- noun American architect (1759-1828)
William Thornton.
- noun American architect (1759-1828)
- electrophoresis4/5
electrophoresis
- noun the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode
cataphoresis; dielectrolysis; ionophoresis.
- noun the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode
- chords4/5
chord
- noun a straight line connecting two points on a curve
- noun a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
- noun a straight line connecting two points on a curve
- shortening4/5
shortening
- noun fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
- noun act of decreasing in length
- the dress needs shortening
- noun fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
- authored4/5
author
- noun writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
writer.
- noun someone who originates or causes or initiates something
source; generator.
- he was the generator of several complaints
- noun writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
- authorised4/5
authorised
- adjective endowed with authority
authorized.
- verb give or delegate power or authority to
authorize; empower; authorise.
- She authorized her assistant to sign the papers
- adjective endowed with authority
- thoreau4/5
thoreau
- noun United States writer and social critic (1817-1862)
Henry David Thoreau.
- noun United States writer and social critic (1817-1862)
- whore4/5
whore
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; tart.
- verb work as a prostitute
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- shoreline4/5
shoreline
- noun a boundary line between land and water
- noun a boundary line between land and water
- cohorts4/5
cohort
- noun a company of companions or supporters
- noun a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
- noun a company of companions or supporters
- anchorage4/5
anchorage
- noun the condition of being secured to a base
- the plant needs a firm anchorage
- the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family
- noun a fee for anchoring
- noun the condition of being secured to a base
- anchors4/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- thorns4/5
thorn
- noun something that causes irritation and annoyance
irritant.
- he's a thorn in my flesh
- noun a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
pricker; spine; prickle; spikelet; sticker.
- noun something that causes irritation and annoyance
- lahore4/5
lahore
- noun city in northeast Pakistan
- noun city in northeast Pakistan
- authorizing4/5
authorize
- verb grant authorization or clearance for
clear; authorise; pass.
- Clear the manuscript for publication
- The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
- verb give or delegate power or authority to
empower; authorise.
- She authorized her assistant to sign the papers
- verb grant authorization or clearance for
- shortcuts4/5
shortcut
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
crosscut; cutoff.
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
- shorthand4/5
shorthand
- noun a method of writing rapidly
stenography; tachygraphy.
- adjective satellite written in abbreviated or symbolic form
- shorthand notes
- noun a method of writing rapidly
- shorten4/5
shorten
- verb make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
- He shortened his trip due to illness
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abbreviate; abridge; contract; foreshorten.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
- plethora3/5
plethora
- noun extreme excess
embarrassment; overplus; superfluity.
- an embarrassment of riches
- noun extreme excess
- choral3/5
choral
- noun a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
chorale.
- adjective related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir
- choral composition
- choral ensemble
- noun a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
- metaphorically3/5
metaphorically
- adverb in a metaphorical manner
- she expressed herself metaphorically
- adverb in a metaphorical manner
- thorax3/5
thorax
- noun the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen
- noun the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
chest; pectus.
- noun the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen
- exhortation3/5
exhortation
- noun a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
- noun the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
incitement.
- noun a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
- authoritarianism3/5
authoritarianism
- noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
tyranny; absolutism; dictatorship; monocracy; Stalinism; shogunate; despotism; one-man rule; Caesarism; totalitarianism.
- noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- euphoria3/5
euphoria
- noun a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation
euphory.
- noun a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation
- thorpe3/5
thorpe
A group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a dorp; -- now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons; "Within a little thorp I staid." Fairfax.as, Al .thorp , Mablethorpe Then thorpe and byre arose in fire. Tennyson.
- anchoring3/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- authorizes3/5
authorize
- verb grant authorization or clearance for
clear; authorise; pass.
- Clear the manuscript for publication
- The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
- verb give or delegate power or authority to
empower; authorise.
- She authorized her assistant to sign the papers
- verb grant authorization or clearance for
- authorial3/5
authorial
- adjective of or by or typical of an author
auctorial.
- authorial comments
- auctorial flights of imagination
- adjective of or by or typical of an author
- shortness3/5
shortness
- noun the property of being of short spatial extent
- the shortness of the Channel crossing
- noun the condition of being short of something
- there was no shortness of money
- can cause shortness of breath
- noun the property of being of short spatial extent
- authoring3/5
author
- noun writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
writer.
- noun someone who originates or causes or initiates something
source; generator.
- he was the generator of several complaints
- noun writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
- thorny3/5
thorny
- adjective satellite bristling with perplexities
- the thorny question of states' rights
- adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
barbed; burry; briary; bristly; briery; setaceous; barbellate; prickly; spiny; burred; setose; bristled.
- a horse with a short bristly mane
- bristly shrubs
- burred fruits
- setaceous whiskers
- adjective satellite bristling with perplexities
- chore3/5
chore
- noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
job; task.
- estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
- the job of repairing the engine took several hours
- the endless task of classifying the samples
- the farmer's morning chores
- noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
- seashore3/5
seashore
- noun the shore of a sea or ocean
sea-coast; seacoast; coast.
- noun the shore of a sea or ocean
- shortfall3/5
shortfall
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
deficit; shortage.
- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- exhorted3/5
exhort
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
urge; inspire; barrack; cheer; urge on; root on; pep up.
- The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
- verb force or impel in an indicated direction
press; urge; urge on.
- I urged him to finish his studies
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
- pneumothorax3/5
pneumothorax
- noun abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis)
- noun abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis)
- metaphoric3/5
metaphoric
- adjective satellite expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
metaphorical.
- a metaphorical expression
- metaphoric language
- adjective satellite expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
- authorisation3/5
authorisation
- noun a document giving an official instruction or command
authorization; mandate.
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
potency; authority; say-so; dominance; authorization.
- he has the authority to issue warrants
- deputies are given authorization to make arrests
- a place of potency in the state
- noun a document giving an official instruction or command
- choreography3/5
choreography
- noun a show involving artistic dancing
stage dancing.
- noun the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes
- noun a show involving artistic dancing
- whores3/5
whore
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; tart.
- verb work as a prostitute
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- shortcoming3/5
shortcoming
- noun a failing or deficiency
defect.
- that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information
- noun a failing or deficiency
- thoroughfare3/5
thoroughfare
- noun a public road from one place to another
- noun a public road from one place to another
- phosphorylated3/5
phosphorylated
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hawthorn3/5
hawthorn
- noun a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
haw.
- noun a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
- exhortations3/5
exhortation
- noun a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
- noun the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
incitement.
- noun a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action
- thorndike3/5
thorndike
- noun English actress (1882-1976)
Dame Sybil Thorndike.
- noun United States educational psychologist (1874-1949)
Edward Lee Thorndike.
- noun English actress (1882-1976)
- thoroughness3/5
thoroughness
- noun conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task
- noun conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task
- shorn3/5
shorn
- adjective having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers
sheared.
- picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor
- naked as a sheared sheep
- adjective having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers
- abhorrence3/5
abhorrence
- noun hate coupled with disgust
odium; execration; abomination; detestation; loathing.
- noun hate coupled with disgust
- choruses3/5
chorus
- noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- a chorus of boos
- noun a group of people assembled to sing together
- noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- chorionic3/5
chorionic
- adjective of or relating to a chorion
- a chorionic villus is a minute vascular projection on the fetal chorion
- adjective of or relating to a chorion
- unauthorised3/5
unauthorised
- adjective not endowed with authority
unauthorized.
- adjective satellite without official authorization
unauthorized; wildcat.
- an unauthorized strike
- wildcat work stoppage
- adjective not endowed with authority
- aphorism3/5
aphorism
- noun a short pithy instructive saying
apophthegm; apothegm.
- noun a short pithy instructive saying
- phosphoric3/5
phosphoric
- adjective containing or characteristic of phosphorus
phosphorous.
- phosphoric acid
- adjective containing or characteristic of phosphorus
- shorty3/5
shorty
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- choroid3/5
choroid
- noun a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye
choroid coat.
- noun a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye
- abhorred3/5
abhor
- verb find repugnant
abominate; execrate; loathe.
- I loathe that man
- She abhors cats
- verb find repugnant
- aphorisms3/5
aphorism
- noun a short pithy instructive saying
apophthegm; apothegm.
- noun a short pithy instructive saying
- thoroughgoing3/5
thoroughgoing
- adjective satellite performed comprehensively and completely
exhaustive; thorough.
- an exhaustive study
- made a thorough search
- thoroughgoing research
- adjective satellite without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
perfect; double-dyed; complete; gross; arrant; unadulterated; sodding; stark; consummate; pure; utter; everlasting; staring.
- an arrant fool
- a complete coward
- a consummate fool
- a double-dyed villain
- gross negligence
- a perfect idiot
- pure folly
- what a sodding mess
- stark staring mad
- a thoroughgoing villain
- utter nonsense
- the unadulterated truth
- adjective satellite performed comprehensively and completely
- thoroughbred3/5
thoroughbred
- noun a well-bred person
- noun a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares
- noun a well-bred person
- onshore3/5
onshore
- adjective (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
seaward; shoreward; inshore.
- an inshore breeze
- an onshore gale
- sheltered from seaward winds
- adjective satellite on the edge of the land
- an onshore lighthouse
- adjective (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
- choreographed3/5
choreograph
- verb compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music
- Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music
- verb plan and oversee the development and details of
- The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed
- verb compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music
- bighorn3/5
bighorn
- noun wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns
Ovis canadensis; cimarron; Rocky Mountain bighorn; Rocky Mountain sheep; bighorn sheep.
- noun a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana
Bighorn River.
- noun wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns
- electrophoretic3/5
electrophoretic
- adjective of or relating to electrophoresis
cataphoretic.
- adjective of or relating to electrophoresis
- abhorrent3/5
abhorrent
- adjective satellite offensive to the mind
detestable; repulsive; repugnant; obscene.
- an abhorrent deed
- the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
- morally repugnant customs
- repulsive behavior
- the most repulsive character in recent novels
- adjective satellite offensive to the mind
- euphoric3/5
euphoric
- adjective exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation
- adjective exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation
- authoritatively3/5
authoritatively
- adverb in an authoritative and magisterial manner
magisterially.
- she spoke authoritatively
- adverb in an authoritative and magisterial manner
- choroidal3/5
choroidal
(Anat.) Pertaining to the choroid coat.
- exhort3/5
exhort
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
urge; inspire; barrack; cheer; urge on; root on; pep up.
- The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
- verb force or impel in an indicated direction
press; urge; urge on.
- I urged him to finish his studies
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
- harpsichord3/5
harpsichord
- noun a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
cembalo.
- noun a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
- choreographer3/5
choreographer
- noun someone who creates new dances
- noun someone who creates new dances
- inshore3/5
inshore
- adjective (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
seaward; shoreward; onshore.
- an inshore breeze
- an onshore gale
- sheltered from seaward winds
- adjective satellite close to a shore
- inshore fisheries
- adjective (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
- shortfalls3/5
shortfall
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
deficit; shortage.
- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- exhorting3/5
exhort
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
urge; inspire; barrack; cheer; urge on; root on; pep up.
- The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
- verb force or impel in an indicated direction
press; urge; urge on.
- I urged him to finish his studies
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
- shortstop3/5
shortstop
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
- noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
short.
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
- phosphorous3/5
phosphorous
- adjective containing or characteristic of phosphorus
phosphoric.
- phosphoric acid
- adjective containing or characteristic of phosphorus
- coauthored3/5
coauthor
- noun a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
joint author.
- noun a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
- authorizations3/5
authorization
- noun a document giving an official instruction or command
authorisation; mandate.
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
potency; authority; say-so; authorisation; dominance.
- he has the authority to issue warrants
- deputies are given authorization to make arrests
- a place of potency in the state
- noun a document giving an official instruction or command
- authorise3/5
authorise
- verb give or delegate power or authority to
authorize; empower.
- She authorized her assistant to sign the papers
- verb grant authorization or clearance for
authorize; clear; pass.
- Clear the manuscript for publication
- The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
- verb give or delegate power or authority to
- thoroughfares3/5
thoroughfare
- noun a public road from one place to another
- noun a public road from one place to another
- semaphore2/5
semaphore
- noun an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
- verb send signals by or as if by semaphore
- noun an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
- chorea2/5
chorea
- noun chorea in dogs
canine chorea.
- noun any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
- noun chorea in dogs
- whorls2/5
whorl
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
gyre; ringlet; scroll; coil; curl; curlicue; roll.
- noun a strand or cluster of hair
lock; curl; ringlet.
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- shortens2/5
shorten
- verb make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
- He shortened his trip due to illness
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abbreviate; abridge; contract; foreshorten.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
- shortsighted2/5
shortsighted
- adjective satellite lacking foresight or scope
unforesightful; short; myopic.
- a short view of the problem
- shortsighted policies
- shortsighted critics derided the plan
- myopic thinking
- adjective unable to see distant objects clearly
nearsighted; myopic.
- adjective satellite lacking foresight or scope
- exhorts2/5
exhort
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
urge; inspire; barrack; cheer; urge on; root on; pep up.
- The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
- verb force or impel in an indicated direction
press; urge; urge on.
- I urged him to finish his studies
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
- lakeshore2/5
lakeshore
- noun the shore of a lake
lakeside.
- noun the shore of a lake
- anaphora2/5
anaphora
- noun using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier
- noun repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
epanaphora.
- noun using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier
- chorale2/5
chorale
- noun a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
choral.
- noun a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
- thorium2/5
thorium
- noun a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands
atomic number 90; Th.
- noun a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands
- anaphoric2/5
anaphoric
- adjective relating to anaphora
- anaphoric reference
- adjective relating to anaphora
- oglethorpe2/5
oglethorpe
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- coauthors2/5
coauthor
- noun a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
joint author.
- noun a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
- amphora2/5
amphora
- noun an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine
- noun an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine
- thoracotomy2/5
thoracotomy
- noun surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity
- noun surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity
- reauthorization2/5
reauthorization
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- leghorn2/5
leghorn
- noun a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
Panama hat; skimmer; Panama; sailor; boater; straw hat.
- noun a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- shorelines2/5
shoreline
- noun a boundary line between land and water
- noun a boundary line between land and water
- shoring2/5
shoring
- noun a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
shore.
- noun the act of propping up with shores
shoring up; propping up.
- noun a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
- shortwave2/5
shortwave
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- thoracolumbar2/5
- whorl2/5
whorl
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
gyre; ringlet; scroll; coil; curl; curlicue; roll.
- noun a strand or cluster of hair
lock; curl; ringlet.
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- thorp2/5
thorp
A group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a dorp; -- now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons; "Within a little thorp I staid." Fairfax.as, Al .thorp , Mablethorpe Then thorpe and byre arose in fire. Tennyson.
- intrathoracic2/5
intrathoracic
Within the thora or chest.
- chromophore2/5
chromophore
- noun the chemical group that gives color to a molecule
- noun the chemical group that gives color to a molecule
- thorstein2/5
thorstein
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- shorted2/5
short
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- noun accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
short circuit.
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- nearshore2/5
- authorising2/5
authorise
- verb give or delegate power or authority to
authorize; empower.
- She authorized her assistant to sign the papers
- verb grant authorization or clearance for
authorize; clear; pass.
- Clear the manuscript for publication
- The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
- verb give or delegate power or authority to
- amphorae2/5
amphora
- noun an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine
- noun an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine
- phosphorescent2/5
phosphorescent
- adjective satellite emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous
- the phosphorescent glow of decaying wood
- adjective satellite emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous
- dysphoria2/5
dysphoria
- noun abnormal depression and discontent
- noun abnormal depression and discontent
- longshore2/5
longshore
Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore. "Longshore thieves." R. Browning.
- offshoring2/5
offshore
- adjective (of winds) coming from the land
seaward.
- offshore winds
- adjective satellite at some distance from the shore
- offshore oil reserves
- an offshore island
- adjective (of winds) coming from the land
- abhors2/5
abhor
- verb find repugnant
abominate; execrate; loathe.
- I loathe that man
- She abhors cats
- verb find repugnant
- racehorse2/5
racehorse
- noun a horse bred for racing
bangtail; race horse.
- noun a horse bred for racing
- phytophthora2/5
phytophthora
- noun destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants
genus Phytophthora.
- noun destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants
- phosphorescence2/5
phosphorescence
- noun a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased
- noun a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased
- longshoremen2/5
longshoreman
- noun a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
dock worker; dock-walloper; lumper; dockhand; loader; stevedore; dockworker; docker.
- noun a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
- workhorse2/5
workhorse
- noun machine that performs dependably under heavy use
- the IBM main frame computers have been the workhorse of the business world
- noun a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor
- noun machine that performs dependably under heavy use
- phosphorylase2/5
phosphorylase
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- choreographers2/5
choreographer
- noun someone who creates new dances
- noun someone who creates new dances
- notochord2/5
notochord
- noun a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates
- noun a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates
- foreshore2/5
foreshore
- noun the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
- noun the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
- orthorhombic2/5
orthorhombic
(Crystallog.) Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequal axes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See Crystallization .
- dysphoric2/5
dysphoric
- adjective generalized feeling of distress
distressed; unhappy.
- adjective generalized feeling of distress
- transthoracic2/5
- choreographic2/5
choreographic
- adjective of or concerned with choreography
- adjective of or concerned with choreography
- foreshortened2/5
foreshorten
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abbreviate; abridge; shorten; contract.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- diaphoresis2/5
diaphoresis
- noun the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
perspiration; sweating; hidrosis; sudation.
- perspiration is a homeostatic process
- noun the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
- chordal2/5
chordal
- adjective relating to or consisting of or emphasizing chords
- chordal assonance in modern music
- chordal rather than contrapuntal music
- adjective relating to or consisting of or emphasizing chords
- chorion2/5
chorion
- noun the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
- noun the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
- chortled2/5
chortle
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
chuckle.
- verb laugh quietly or with restraint
laugh softly; chuckle.
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
- shorting2/5
short
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- noun accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
short circuit.
- noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- whorehouse2/5
whorehouse
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
cathouse; bordello; bagnio; house of prostitution; brothel; sporting house; bawdyhouse; house of ill repute.
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
- phosphors2/5
phosphor
- noun a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes
- noun a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes
- euphorbia2/5
euphorbia
(Bot.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.
- choristers2/5
chorister
- noun a singer in a choir
- noun a singer in a choir
- dephosphorylation2/5
dephosphorylation
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- chromophores2/5
chromophore
- noun the chemical group that gives color to a molecule
- noun the chemical group that gives color to a molecule
- shorebirds2/5
shorebird
- noun any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
shore bird; limicoline bird.
- noun any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
- oophorectomy2/5
oophorectomy
- noun surgical removal of one of both ovaries
ovariectomy.
- noun surgical removal of one of both ovaries
- longhorn2/5
longhorn
- noun long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States
Texas longhorn.
- noun long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States
- phosphorylates2/5
phosphorylates
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- authoress2/5
authoress
- noun a woman author
- verb be the author of
author.
- She authored this play
- noun a woman author
- anchorages2/5
anchorage
- noun the condition of being secured to a base
- the plant needs a firm anchorage
- the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family
- noun a fee for anchoring
- noun the condition of being secured to a base
- racehorses2/5
racehorse
- noun a horse bred for racing
bangtail; race horse.
- noun a horse bred for racing
- whitehorse2/5
whitehorse
- noun the provincial capital of the Yukon Territory
- noun the provincial capital of the Yukon Territory
- ultrashort2/5
- foreshortening2/5
foreshorten
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abbreviate; abridge; shorten; contract.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- phosphorylate2/5
phosphorylate
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- shored2/5
shore
- noun the land along the edge of a body of water
- noun a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
shoring.
- noun the land along the edge of a body of water
- thoroughbreds2/5
thoroughbred
- noun a well-bred person
- noun a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares
- noun a well-bred person
- whoring2/5
whore
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; tart.
- verb work as a prostitute
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- authorises2/5
authorise
- verb give or delegate power or authority to
authorize; empower.
- She authorized her assistant to sign the papers
- verb grant authorization or clearance for
authorize; clear; pass.
- Clear the manuscript for publication
- The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
- verb give or delegate power or authority to
- chorused2/5
chorus
- noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- a chorus of boos
- noun a group of people assembled to sing together
- noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- johore2/5
- semaphores2/5
semaphore
- noun an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
- verb send signals by or as if by semaphore
- noun an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
- pronghorn2/5
pronghorn
- noun fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
Antilocapra americana; prongbuck; pronghorn antelope; American antelope.
- noun fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
- langhorne2/5
langhorne
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- matterhorn2/5
matterhorn
- noun a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy (14,780 feet high); noted for its distinctive shape
- noun a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy (14,780 feet high); noted for its distinctive shape
- podhoretz2/5
podhoretz
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- mapplethorpe2/5
mapplethorpe
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- greenhorn2/5
greenhorn
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
rookie; cub.
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
- elkhorn2/5
elkhorn
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- chorizo2/5
chorizo
- noun a spicy Spanish pork sausage
- noun a spicy Spanish pork sausage
- bullhorn2/5
bullhorn
- noun a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier
loud-hailer; loud hailer.
- noun a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier
- senhora2/5
senhora
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- dehors2/5
dehors
(Law) Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument.
- aphoristic2/5
aphoristic
- adjective containing aphorisms or maxims
axiomatic.
- axiomatic wisdom
- adjective satellite terse and witty and like a maxim
apothegmatic; epigrammatic.
- much given to apothegmatic instruction
- adjective containing aphorisms or maxims
- choriocarcinoma2/5
choriocarcinoma
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- shortbread2/5
shortbread
- noun very rich thick butter cookie
shortbread cookie.
- noun very rich thick butter cookie
- shortlist2/5
shortlist
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
short list.
- verb put someone or something on a short list
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
- thorazine2/5
thorazine
- noun a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer
chlorpromazine.
- noun a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer
- seahorse2/5
seahorse
- noun either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
walrus; sea horse.
- noun small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position
sea horse.
- noun either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
- cardiothoracic2/5
- anchorite2/5
anchorite
- noun one retired from society for religious reasons
hermit.
- noun one retired from society for religious reasons
- hemothorax2/5
hemothorax
- noun accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest)
haemothorax.
- noun accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest)
- organophosphorus2/5
- shortsightedness2/5
shortsightedness
- noun (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
nearsightedness; myopia.
- noun a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
improvidence.
- noun (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
- iontophoresis2/5
iontophoresis
- noun therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues
ionic medication; iontotherapy; EMDA; electromotive drug administration.
- noun therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues
- shortchanged2/5
shortchanged
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- foghorn2/5
foghorn
- noun a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships
fogsignal.
- noun a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone
- noun a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships
- blackthorn2/5
blackthorn
- noun a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
sloe; Prunus spinosa.
- noun erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries
pear hawthorn; Crataegus calpodendron; pear haw; Crataegus tomentosa.
- noun a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
- longhorns2/5
longhorn
- noun long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States
Texas longhorn.
- noun long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States
- chorda2/5
- chordae2/5
- shortlisted2/5
shortlist
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
short list.
- verb put someone or something on a short list
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
- thoracentesis2/5
thoracentesis
- noun removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
thoracocentesis.
- noun removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
- hartshorn2/5
hartshorn
The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.
- chordates2/5
chordate
- noun any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata
- noun any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
- anaphors2/5
anaphor
- noun a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent
- noun a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent
- warhorse2/5
warhorse
- noun a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition
- noun an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
old stager; veteran; oldtimer; old hand; old-timer; stager.
- noun a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition
- shoreward2/5
shoreward
- adjective (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
seaward; inshore; onshore.
- an inshore breeze
- an onshore gale
- sheltered from seaward winds
- adjective (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
- shortcake2/5
shortcake
- noun very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
- noun very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
- thoracoscopy2/5
- anchorman2/5
anchorman
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
anchorperson; anchor.
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
- buckthorn2/5
buckthorn
- noun a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
- noun any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
- noun a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
- thoracoabdominal2/5
- findhorn2/5
- choreograph2/5
choreograph
- verb compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music
- Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music
- verb plan and oversee the development and details of
- The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed
- verb compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music
- longshoreman2/5
longshoreman
- noun a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
dock worker; dock-walloper; lumper; dockhand; loader; stevedore; dockworker; docker.
- noun a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
- kinetochore2/5
kinetochore
- noun a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape
centromere.
- the centromere is difficult to sequence
- noun a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape
- chorister2/5
chorister
- noun a singer in a choir
- noun a singer in a choir
- euphorbiaceae2/5
euphorbiaceae
- noun a family of plants of order Geraniales
family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family.
- noun a family of plants of order Geraniales
- authorisations2/5
authorisation
- noun a document giving an official instruction or command
authorization; mandate.
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
potency; authority; say-so; dominance; authorization.
- he has the authority to issue warrants
- deputies are given authorization to make arrests
- a place of potency in the state
- noun a document giving an official instruction or command
- clavichord2/5
clavichord
- noun an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
- noun an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
- whoredom2/5
whoredom
- noun offering sexual intercourse for pay
harlotry; prostitution.
- noun offering sexual intercourse for pay
- shorthanded2/5
shorthand
- noun a method of writing rapidly
stenography; tachygraphy.
- adjective satellite written in abbreviated or symbolic form
- shorthand notes
- noun a method of writing rapidly
- neurohormonal2/5
- chorales2/5
chorale
- noun a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
choral.
- noun a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
- packhorse2/5
packhorse
- noun a workhorse used as a pack animal
- noun a workhorse used as a pack animal
- cleghorn2/5
cleghorn
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- authoritarians2/5
authoritarian
- noun a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
dictator.
- my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime
- adjective satellite characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
dictatorial; despotic; tyrannic; autocratic; tyrannical.
- an authoritarian regime
- autocratic government
- despotic rulers
- a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war
- a tyrannical government
- noun a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
- chordata2/5
chordata
(Zoöl.) A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.
- workhorses2/5
workhorse
- noun machine that performs dependably under heavy use
- the IBM main frame computers have been the workhorse of the business world
- noun a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor
- noun machine that performs dependably under heavy use
- lanthorn2/5
lantern
- noun light in a transparent protective case
- noun light in a transparent protective case
- anchorites2/5
anchorite
- noun one retired from society for religious reasons
hermit.
- noun one retired from society for religious reasons
- whorled2/5
whorled
- adjective satellite in the shape of a coil
helical; spiraling; spiral; turbinate; voluted; volute; coiling.
- adjective satellite forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)
verticillate; verticillated.
- adjective satellite in the shape of a coil
- diaphoretic2/5
diaphoretic
- noun used to produce perspiration
- adjective inducing perspiration
sudorific.
- noun used to produce perspiration
- cervicothoracic2/5
- choreographing2/5
choreograph
- verb compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music
- Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music
- verb plan and oversee the development and details of
- The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed
- verb compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music
- staghorn2/5
staghorn
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- ionophore2/5
ionophore
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- reauthorized2/5
reauthorized
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- packhorses2/5
packhorse
- noun a workhorse used as a pack animal
- noun a workhorse used as a pack animal
- phosphoryl2/5
phosphoryl
(Chem.) The radical PO , regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds.
- shoreface2/5
- unhorsed2/5
unhorse
- verb alight from (a horse)
light; dismount; get off; get down.
- verb alight from (a horse)
- shortchange2/5
shortchange
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- thoracostomy2/5
- tetrachord2/5
tetrachord
(Anc. Mus.) A scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a fourth. These extremes were immutable; the two middle sounds were changeable.
- amphoras1/5
amphora
- noun an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine
- noun an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine
- sawhorses1/5
sawhorse
- noun a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
buck; horse; sawbuck.
- noun a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
- chorioretinitis1/5
chorioretinitis
- noun inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina
- noun inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina
- alongshore1/5
alongshore
Along the shore or coast.
- chortle1/5
chortle
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
chuckle.
- verb laugh quietly or with restraint
laugh softly; chuckle.
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
- shorea1/5
shorea
- noun genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin
genus Shorea.
- noun genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin
- authoritativeness1/5
authoritativeness
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- chortling1/5
chortle
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
chuckle.
- verb laugh quietly or with restraint
laugh softly; chuckle.
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
- shorthorn1/5
shorthorn
- noun English breed of short-horned cattle
Durham.
- noun English breed of short-horned cattle
- dephosphorylated1/5
- chylothorax1/5
- whorehouses1/5
whorehouse
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
cathouse; bordello; bagnio; house of prostitution; brothel; sporting house; bawdyhouse; house of ill repute.
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
- seahorses1/5
seahorse
- noun either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
walrus; sea horse.
- noun small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position
sea horse.
- noun either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
- sawhorse1/5
sawhorse
- noun a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
buck; horse; sawbuck.
- noun a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
- terpsichore1/5
terpsichore
- noun taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
dance; saltation; dancing.
- noun (Greek mythology) the Muse of the dance and of choral song
- noun taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
- ephors1/5
ephor
(Gr. Antiq.) A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.
- shorebird1/5
shorebird
- noun any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
shore bird; limicoline bird.
- noun any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
- epiphora1/5
epiphora
- noun repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
epistrophe.
- noun repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
- thore1/5
thore
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- plethoric1/5
plethoric
- adjective satellite excessively abundant
rife; overabundant.
- adjective satellite excessively abundant
- choreographies1/5
choreography
- noun a show involving artistic dancing
stage dancing.
- noun the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes
- noun a show involving artistic dancing
- seashores1/5
seashore
- noun the shore of a sea or ocean
sea-coast; seacoast; coast.
- noun the shore of a sea or ocean
- rhizophora1/5
rhizophora
(Bot.) A genus of trees including the mangrove. See Mangrove .
- electrophoresed1/5
electrophoresed
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- hawthorns1/5
hawthorn
- noun a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
haw.
- noun a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
- shortenings1/5
shortening
- noun fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
- noun act of decreasing in length
- the dress needs shortening
- noun fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
- harpsichords1/5
harpsichord
- noun a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
cembalo.
- noun a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
- chordate1/5
chordate
- noun any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata
- noun any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
- shortchanging1/5
shortchanging
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- unanchored1/5
unanchor
To loose from the anchor, as a ship. De Quincey.
- buckhorn1/5
- conidiophores1/5
conidiophore
- noun a specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia
- noun a specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia
- phosphorylating1/5
phosphorylating
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- greenhorns1/5
greenhorn
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
rookie; cub.
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
- neurohormones1/5
neurohormone
- noun a hormone that is released by nerve impulses (e.g., norepinephrine or vasopressin)
- noun a hormone that is released by nerve impulses (e.g., norepinephrine or vasopressin)
- chorioretinal1/5
- shortgrass1/5
shortgrass
- noun any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains
short-grass.
- noun any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains
- thorvaldsen1/5
- abhorring1/5
abhor
- verb find repugnant
abominate; execrate; loathe.
- I loathe that man
- She abhors cats
- verb find repugnant
- phosphorite1/5
phosphorite
(min.) A massive variety of apatite.
- scapulothoracic1/5
- choric1/5
choric
- adjective relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus
- a choric Greek tragedy
- adjective relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus
- extrathoracic1/5
- thoracodorsal1/5
- ephorus1/5
ephorus
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- shoehorn1/5
shoehorn
- noun a device used for easing the foot into a shoe
- verb fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited
- noun a device used for easing the foot into a shoe
- kinetochores1/5
kinetochore
- noun a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape
centromere.
- the centromere is difficult to sequence
- noun a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape
- pechora1/5
pechora
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- shorthair1/5
shorthair
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- spermatophore1/5
spermatophore
(Physiol.) Same as Spermospore .
- perichoresis1/5
- anchoress1/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- cephalothorax1/5
cephalothorax
(Zoöl.) The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax.
- parathormone1/5
parathormone
- noun hormone synthesized and released into the blood stream by the parathyroid glands; regulates phosphorus and calcium in the body and functions in neuromuscular excitation and blood clotting
parathyroid hormone.
- noun hormone synthesized and released into the blood stream by the parathyroid glands; regulates phosphorus and calcium in the body and functions in neuromuscular excitation and blood clotting
- pneumothoraces1/5
- reauthorize1/5
reauthorize
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- antiauthoritarian1/5
antiauthoritarian
- adjective satellite opposed to authoritarianism
- adjective satellite opposed to authoritarianism
- hydrothorax1/5
hydrothorax
- noun accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys
- noun accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys
- choroiditis1/5
choroiditis
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- melanophores1/5
- chromatophores1/5
chromatophore
(Zoöl.) A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods.
- warhorses1/5
warhorse
- noun a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition
- noun an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
old stager; veteran; oldtimer; old hand; old-timer; stager.
- noun a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition
- prothorax1/5
prothorax
- noun the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs
- noun the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs
- hexachord1/5
hexachord
(Mus.) A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.
- choriomeningitis1/5
choriomeningitis
- noun a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges
- noun a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges
- commiphora1/5
commiphora
- noun genus of East Indian and African trees yielding balsamic products
genus Commiphora.
- noun genus of East Indian and African trees yielding balsamic products
- kinghorn1/5
kinghorn
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- thorniest1/5
thorny
- adjective satellite bristling with perplexities
- the thorny question of states' rights
- adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
barbed; burry; briary; bristly; briery; setaceous; barbellate; prickly; spiny; burred; setose; bristled.
- a horse with a short bristly mane
- bristly shrubs
- burred fruits
- setaceous whiskers
- adjective satellite bristling with perplexities
- choriocapillaris1/5
- unshorn1/5
unshorn
- adjective not sheared
unsheared.
- a grizzly unshorn beard
- unshorn sheep
- adjective not sheared
- shoreless1/5
shoreless
Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; Young.as, a .shoreless ocean
- hobbyhorse1/5
hobbyhorse
- noun a topic to which one constantly reverts
- don't get him started on his hobbyhorse
- noun a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
hobby; rocking horse.
- noun a topic to which one constantly reverts
- exhorter1/5
exhorter
One who exhorts or incites.
- chorten1/5
chorten
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- choropleth1/5
choropleth
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- shorthaired1/5
- immunoelectrophoresis1/5
immunoelectrophoresis
- noun electrophoresis to separate antigens and antibodies
- noun electrophoresis to separate antigens and antibodies
- photophosphorylation1/5
photophosphorylation
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- ionophores1/5
- thoro1/5
thoro
Thorough. Reformed spelling.
- thornless1/5
thornless
- adjective satellite lacking thorns
spineless.
- adjective satellite lacking thorns
- undershorts1/5
undershorts
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- thornbush1/5
thornbush
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- anchorwoman1/5
anchorwoman
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- phosphorites1/5
phosphorite
(min.) A massive variety of apatite.
- phytohormones1/5
phytohormone
- noun (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
growth regulator; plant hormone.
- noun (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
- diaphorase1/5
- phoria1/5
phoria
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- electrophoretically1/5
electrophoretically
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- prokhorov1/5
prokhorov
- noun Russian physicist whose research into ways of moving electrons around atoms led to the development of masers and lasers for producing high-intensity radiation (1916-2002)
Aleksandr Mikjailovich Prokhorov; Aleksandr Prokhorov.
- noun Russian physicist whose research into ways of moving electrons around atoms led to the development of masers and lasers for producing high-intensity radiation (1916-2002)
- adiaphora1/5
- whorish1/5
whorish
Resembling a whore in character or conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste. --Whor"ish*ly , adv. --Whor"ish*ness , n.
- khorana1/5
khorana
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- shortish1/5
shortish
- adjective satellite somewhat short
- adjective satellite somewhat short
- shoreside1/5
- shoehorned1/5
shoehorn
- noun a device used for easing the foot into a shoe
- verb fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited
- noun a device used for easing the foot into a shoe
- whoreson1/5
whoreson
- noun the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
bastard; illegitimate; by-blow; illegitimate child; love child.
- noun insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
mother fucker; bastard; SOB; prick; motherfucker; dickhead; son of a bitch; asshole; cocksucker; shit.
- noun the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
- prothoracic1/5
prothoracic
(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the prothorax.
- eichhornia1/5
eichhornia
- noun water hyacinth; water orchid
genus Eichhornia.
- noun water hyacinth; water orchid
- cladophora1/5
- chorioallantoic1/5
chorioallantoic
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- tetrachords1/5
tetrachord
(Anc. Mus.) A scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a fourth. These extremes were immutable; the two middle sounds were changeable.
- monochord1/5
monochord
(Mus.) An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them.
- subhorizontal1/5
- chordee1/5
chordee
(Med.) A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea.
- choreiform1/5
- exhortatory1/5
exhortatory
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
hortatory; hortative; exhortative.
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
- isochoric1/5
- foghorns1/5
foghorn
- noun a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships
fogsignal.
- noun a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone
- noun a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships
- coauthorship1/5
- anaphorically1/5
- thornier1/5
thorny
- adjective satellite bristling with perplexities
- the thorny question of states' rights
- adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
barbed; burry; briary; bristly; briery; setaceous; barbellate; prickly; spiny; burred; setose; bristled.
- a horse with a short bristly mane
- bristly shrubs
- burred fruits
- setaceous whiskers
- adjective satellite bristling with perplexities
- iontophoretic1/5
- chorography1/5
chorography
the mapping or description of a region or district. The chorography of their provinces. Sir T. Browne.
- coauthoring1/5
coauthor
- noun a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
joint author.
- noun a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
- nonhormonal1/5
- thorow1/5
thorough
- adjective satellite painstakingly careful and accurate
- our accountant is thorough
- thorough research
- adjective satellite performed comprehensively and completely
exhaustive; thoroughgoing.
- an exhaustive study
- made a thorough search
- thoroughgoing research
- adjective satellite painstakingly careful and accurate
- shortliffe1/5
- spermatophores1/5
spermatophore
(Physiol.) Same as Spermospore .
- whoremongers1/5
whoremonger
- noun a prostitute's customer
trick; john; whoremaster.
- noun a pimp who procures whores
whoremaster.
- noun a prostitute's customer
- shortstops1/5
shortstop
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
- noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
short.
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
- exhorters1/5
exhorter
One who exhorts or incites.
- heterophoria1/5
- pronghorns1/5
pronghorn
- noun fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
Antilocapra americana; prongbuck; pronghorn antelope; American antelope.
- noun fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
- anchoritic1/5
anchoritic
- adjective satellite characterized by ascetic solitude
hermitical; eremitical; eremitic; hermitic.
- the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony
- his hermitic existence
- adjective satellite characterized by ascetic solitude
- chortles1/5
chortle
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
chuckle.
- verb laugh quietly or with restraint
laugh softly; chuckle.
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
- inkhorn1/5
inkhorn
A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials. "With a writer's inkhorn by his side." Ezek. ix. 2.From his pocket the notary drew his papers and inkhorn. Longfellow.
- lakeshores1/5
- shorthorns1/5
shorthorn
- noun English breed of short-horned cattle
Durham.
- noun English breed of short-horned cattle
- sophora1/5
sophora
(Bot.) (a) A genus of leguminous plants. (b) A tree ( Sophora Japonica ) of Eastern Asia, resembling the common locust; occasionally planted in the United States.
- organophosphorous1/5
organophosphorous
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- shortie1/5
shortie
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- whitethorn1/5
whitethorn
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
may; English hawthorn; Crataegus oxycantha; Crataegus laevigata.
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
- whoredoms1/5
whoredom
- noun offering sexual intercourse for pay
harlotry; prostitution.
- noun offering sexual intercourse for pay
- suprachoroidal1/5
suprachoroidal
(Anat.) Situated above the choroid; -- applied to the layer of the choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic.
- bighorns1/5
bighorn
- noun a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana
Bighorn River.
- noun wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns
Ovis canadensis; cimarron; Rocky Mountain bighorn; Rocky Mountain sheep; bighorn sheep.
- noun a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana
- cataphoric1/5
- exophoria1/5
- notochordal1/5
notochordal
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord.
- harpsichordist1/5
harpsichordist
- noun someone who plays the harpsichord
- noun someone who plays the harpsichord
- leghorns1/5
leghorn
- noun a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
Panama hat; skimmer; Panama; sailor; boater; straw hat.
- noun a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- thoron1/5
thoron
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- ctenophores1/5
ctenophore
- noun biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
comb jelly.
- noun biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
- dehorning1/5
dehorn
- verb prevent the growth of horns of certain animals
- verb take the horns off (an animal)
- verb prevent the growth of horns of certain animals
- chorusing1/5
chorus
- noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- a chorus of boos
- noun a group of people assembled to sing together
- noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- neurohormone1/5
neurohormone
- noun a hormone that is released by nerve impulses (e.g., norepinephrine or vasopressin)
- noun a hormone that is released by nerve impulses (e.g., norepinephrine or vasopressin)
- phosphorylations1/5
- anchoresses1/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- cichorium1/5
cichorium
- noun chicory
genus Cichorium.
- noun chicory
- firethorn1/5
firethorn
- noun any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
fire thorn; pyracanth; Pyracantha.
- noun any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
- bullhorns1/5
bullhorn
- noun a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier
loud-hailer; loud hailer.
- noun a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier
- chromophoric1/5
- shortlisting1/5
shortlist
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
short list.
- verb put someone or something on a short list
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
- redhorse1/5
redhorse
- noun North American sucker with reddish fins
redhorse sucker.
- noun North American sucker with reddish fins
- esophoria1/5
- eriophorum1/5
eriophorum
- noun cotton grass
genus Eriophorum.
- noun cotton grass
- calliphora1/5
calliphora
- noun type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies
genus Calliphora.
- noun type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies
- cnemidophorus1/5
cnemidophorus
- noun whiptails
genus Cnemidophorus.
- noun whiptails
- shorthold1/5
- camphorated1/5
camphorated
- adjective impregnated with camphor
- camphorated oil
- verb treat with camphor
camphorate.
- adjective impregnated with camphor
- camphora1/5
camphor
- noun a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment
- noun a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment
- calochortus1/5
calochortus
- noun large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
genus Calochortus.
- noun large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
- hexachords1/5
hexachord
(Mus.) A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.
- pyrophoric1/5
pyrophoric
Light-producing; of or pertaining to pyrophorus.
- shortleaf1/5
shortleaf
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- exhortative1/5
exhortative
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
exhortatory; hortatory; hortative.
- adjective satellite giving strong encouragement
- phormium1/5
phormium
(Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants, consisting of one species ( Phormium tenax ). SeeFlax-plant .
- theophoric1/5
- dephosphorylate1/5
dephosphorylate
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- authorizers1/5
authorizer
- noun an authority who authorizes (people or actions)
authoriser.
- the agents report back to their authorizers
- noun an authority who authorizes (people or actions)
- chording1/5
chord
- noun a straight line connecting two points on a curve
- noun a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
- noun a straight line connecting two points on a curve
- backshore1/5
- haemothorax1/5
haemothorax
- noun accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest)
hemothorax.
- noun accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest)
- oophoritis1/5
oophoritis
- noun inflammation of one or both ovaries
- noun inflammation of one or both ovaries
- nonauthoritative1/5
nonauthoritative
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- dephosphorylates1/5
- nonauthoritarian1/5
- thoracoplasty1/5
thoracoplasty
(Med.) A remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, the operation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural cavity in cases of empyema.
- euphorically1/5
euphorically
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- canephora1/5
canephora
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- choreic1/5
choreic
Of the nature of, or pertaining to, chorea; convulsive.
- isochore1/5
isochore
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- shoreland1/5
shoreland
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- euphorbias1/5
euphorbia
- noun type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice
genus Euphorbia.
- noun type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice
- thoracocentesis1/5
thoracocentesis
- noun removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
thoracentesis.
- noun removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
- electrophorus1/5
electrophorus
- noun a simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity
- noun type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels
genus Electrophorus.
- noun a simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity
- exophoric1/5
- prechordal1/5
- anchorperson1/5
anchorperson
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
anchorman; anchor.
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
- whoremonger1/5
whoremonger
- noun a prostitute's customer
trick; john; whoremaster.
- noun a pimp who procures whores
whoremaster.
- noun a prostitute's customer
- shortcakes1/5
shortcake
- noun very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
- noun very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
- isochores1/5
- calliphoridae1/5
calliphoridae
- noun blowflies
family Calliphoridae.
- noun blowflies
- ornithorhynchus1/5
ornithorhynchus
(Zoöl.) See Duck mole , underDuck .
- trochophore1/5
- authorizer1/5
authorizer
- noun an authority who authorizes (people or actions)
authoriser.
- the agents report back to their authorizers
- noun an authority who authorizes (people or actions)
- choreographs1/5
choreograph
- verb compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music
- Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music
- verb plan and oversee the development and details of
- The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed
- verb compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music
- reauthorizing1/5
reauthorizing
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- choristoneura1/5
- shorthairs1/5
- orthophosphoric1/5
orthophosphoric
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- photophores1/5
- conidiophore1/5
conidiophore
- noun a specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia
- noun a specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia
- thornbushes1/5
- ctenophora1/5
ctenophora
(Zoöl.) A class of Coelenterata, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. The separate paddles somewhat resemble combs.
- preauthorized1/5
- waythorn1/5
- whortleberry1/5
whortleberry
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
whinberry; blaeberry; Viccinium myrtillus; bilberry.
- noun blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
European blueberry; bilberry.
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
- trichord1/5
trichord
(Mus.) An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings.
- terpsichorean1/5
terpsichorean
- noun a performer who dances professionally
dancer; professional dancer.
- adjective of or relating to dancing
- her terpsichorean activities
- noun a performer who dances professionally
- phorate1/5
phorate
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- tinhorn1/5
tinhorn
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- whored1/5
whore
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; tart.
- verb work as a prostitute
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- mesothorax1/5
mesothorax
(Zoöl.) The middle segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera .
- phytohormone1/5
phytohormone
- noun (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
growth regulator; plant hormone.
- noun (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
- metathorax1/5
metathorax
(Zoöl.) The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera .
- chorally1/5
chorally
- adverb by a chorus
- chorally accompanied
- adverb by a chorus
- chorio1/5
chorio
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- anaphoras1/5
anaphora
- noun using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier
- noun repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
epanaphora.
- noun using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier
- flugelhorn1/5
flugelhorn
- noun a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore
fluegelhorn.
- noun a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore
- lophophore1/5
lophophore
(Zoöl.) A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the Bryozoa. See Phylactolemata .
- lanthorns1/5
lanthorn
See Obs.Lantern .
- foreshores1/5
foreshore
- noun the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
- noun the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
- ctenophore1/5
ctenophore
- noun biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
comb jelly.
- noun biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
- shortfin1/5
shortfin
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- powderhorn1/5
powderhorn
A horn in which gunpowder is carried.
- authorless1/5
authorless
Without an author; without authority; anonymous.
- sporangiophores1/5
sporangiophore
- noun stalk bearing one or more sporangia
- noun stalk bearing one or more sporangia
- shorefront1/5
- ramshorn1/5
ramshorn
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- ciliophora1/5
ciliophora
- noun class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle
class Ciliata; Ciliata; class Ciliophora.
- noun class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle
- entomophthorales1/5
entomophthorales
- noun coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae
order Entomophthorales.
- noun coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae
- electrophorese1/5
electrophorese
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- authorships1/5
authorship
- noun the act of creating written works
penning; composition; writing.
- writing was a form of therapy for him
- it was a matter of disputed authorship
- noun the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
paternity.
- the authorship of the theory is disputed
- noun the act of creating written works
- shorthands1/5
shorthand
- noun a method of writing rapidly
stenography; tachygraphy.
- adjective satellite written in abbreviated or symbolic form
- shorthand notes
- noun a method of writing rapidly
- doryphoros1/5
doryphoros
(Fine Arts) A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us.
- clotheshorse1/5
clotheshorse
- noun a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying)
- noun a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
gallant; dandy; fop; beau; swell; dude; sheik; fashion plate.
- noun a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying)
- pneumatophores1/5
pneumatophore
- noun an air-filled root (submerged or exposed) that can function as a respiratory organ of a marsh or swamp plant
- noun an air-filled root (submerged or exposed) that can function as a respiratory organ of a marsh or swamp plant
- thoreauvian1/5
thoreauvian
- adjective relating to or like or in the manner of Henry David Thoreau
- adjective relating to or like or in the manner of Henry David Thoreau
- foreshorten1/5
foreshorten
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abbreviate; abridge; shorten; contract.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- carthorse1/5
carthorse
- noun draft horse kept for pulling carts
drayhorse; cart horse.
- noun draft horse kept for pulling carts
- thorned1/5
thorn
- noun something that causes irritation and annoyance
irritant.
- he's a thorn in my flesh
- noun a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
pricker; spine; prickle; spikelet; sticker.
- noun something that causes irritation and annoyance
- thoracoacromial1/5
- shortcrust1/5
shortcrust
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- shortcutting1/5
shortcut
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
crosscut; cutoff.
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
- lighthorse1/5
lighthorse
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- metathoracic1/5
metathoracic
(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the metathorax.
- longhorned1/5
longhorn
- noun long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States
Texas longhorn.
- noun long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States
- shortchanges1/5
shortchanges
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- anchormen1/5
anchorman
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
anchorperson; anchor.
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
- subchorionic1/5
- shortlists1/5
shortlist
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
short list.
- verb put someone or something on a short list
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
- hobbyhorses1/5
hobbyhorse
- noun a topic to which one constantly reverts
- don't get him started on his hobbyhorse
- noun a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
hobby; rocking horse.
- noun a topic to which one constantly reverts
- hemichordates1/5
- chorded1/5
chord
- noun a straight line connecting two points on a curve
- noun a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
- noun a straight line connecting two points on a curve
- corchorus1/5
corchorus
- noun any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute
- noun widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia
genus Corchorus.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute
- tetrachoric1/5
tetrachoric
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- onychophora1/5
onychophora
(Zoöl.) Malacopoda.
- chromatophore1/5
chromatophore
(Zoöl.) A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods.
- unhorse1/5
unhorse
- verb alight from (a horse)
light; dismount; get off; get down.
- verb alight from (a horse)
- senhores1/5
senhores
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- iodophors1/5
- mohorovicic1/5
mohorovicic
- noun Yugoslav geophysicist for whom the Mohorovicic discontinuity was named (1857-1936)
Andrija Mohorovicic.
- noun Yugoslav geophysicist for whom the Mohorovicic discontinuity was named (1857-1936)
- isophorone1/5
- thoracoscope1/5
- symphoricarpos1/5
symphoricarpos
- noun deciduous shrubs of North America and Central America and China
genus Symphoricarpos.
- noun deciduous shrubs of North America and Central America and China
- thorpes1/5
thorpe
- noun outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953)
James Francis Thorpe; Jim Thorpe.
- noun outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953)
- whortleberries1/5
whortleberry
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
whinberry; blaeberry; Viccinium myrtillus; bilberry.
- noun blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
European blueberry; bilberry.
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
- chordotonal1/5
- shorewards1/5
shoreward
- adjective (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
seaward; inshore; onshore.
- an inshore breeze
- an onshore gale
- sheltered from seaward winds
- adjective (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
- oxhorn1/5
- trichords1/5
trichord
(Mus.) An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings.
- ephorate1/5
- authoresses1/5
authoress
- noun a woman author
- verb be the author of
author.
- She authored this play
- noun a woman author
- choriocarcinomas1/5
- chorographic1/5
chorographic
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- chorine1/5
chorine
- noun a woman who dances in a chorus line
chorus girl; showgirl.
- noun a woman who dances in a chorus line
- whoremaster1/5
whoremaster
- noun a prostitute's customer
whoremonger; trick; john.
- noun a pimp who procures whores
whoremonger.
- noun a prostitute's customer
- schorl1/5
schorl
- noun black tourmaline
- noun black tourmaline
- thort1/5
thort
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- shortsightedly1/5
shortsighted
- adjective satellite lacking foresight or scope
unforesightful; short; myopic.
- a short view of the problem
- shortsighted policies
- shortsighted critics derided the plan
- myopic thinking
- adjective unable to see distant objects clearly
nearsighted; myopic.
- adjective satellite lacking foresight or scope
- entomophthora1/5
entomophthora
- noun type genus of the Entomophthoraceae; fungi parasitic on insects
genus Entomophthora.
- noun type genus of the Entomophthoraceae; fungi parasitic on insects
- cephalochordates1/5
cephalochordate
- noun fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column
- noun fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column
- pentachord1/5
pentachord
An ancient instrument of music with five strings.
- clavichords1/5
clavichord
- noun an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
- noun an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
- urochordates1/5
urochordate
- noun primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
tunicate; urochord.
- noun primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
- chordophones1/5
chordophone
- noun a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers
- noun a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers
- phoretic1/5
phoretic
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- ahorse1/5
ahorse
- adjective satellite traveling on horseback
ahorseback.
- a file of men ahorseback passed by
- adverb on the back of a horse
ahorseback; horseback.
- he rode horseback to town
- managed to escape ahorse
- policeman patrolled the streets ahorseback
- adjective satellite traveling on horseback
- antiauthoritarianism1/5
antiauthoritarianism
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- siphonophores1/5
siphonophore
- noun a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored
- noun a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored
- anchorhold1/5
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- reauthorizations1/5
- choroidea1/5
choroidea
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- polyplacophora1/5
polyplacophora
(Zoöl.) See Placophora .
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- sporangiophore1/5
sporangiophore
- noun stalk bearing one or more sporangia
- noun stalk bearing one or more sporangia
- choristoma1/5
- chorology1/5
chorology
(Biol.) The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc. Its distribution or chorology. Huxley.
- urochordata1/5
urochordata
- noun tunicates
subphylum Tunicata; Urochorda; subphylum Urochordata; subphylum Urochorda; Tunicata.
- noun tunicates
- choroids1/5
choroid
- noun a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye
choroid coat.
- noun a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye
- melanophore1/5
melanophore
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- metaphorize1/5
metaphorize
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- hysterophorus1/5
hysterophorus
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- chorines1/5
chorine
- noun a woman who dances in a chorus line
chorus girl; showgirl.
- noun a woman who dances in a chorus line
- plasmodiophora1/5
plasmodiophora
- noun type genus of Plasmodiophoraceae comprising minute plant parasitic fungi similar to and sometimes included among the slime molds
genus Plasmodiophora.
- noun type genus of Plasmodiophoraceae comprising minute plant parasitic fungi similar to and sometimes included among the slime molds
- authorially1/5
authorial
- adjective of or by or typical of an author
auctorial.
- authorial comments
- auctorial flights of imagination
- adjective of or by or typical of an author
- aphorist1/5
aphorist
- noun someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms
- noun someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms
- mesothoracic1/5
mesothoracic
(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the mesothorax.
- euphoriant1/5
euphoriant
- noun a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoria
- adjective satellite tending to produce euphoria
- noun a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoria
- thoroughbass1/5
- thoria1/5
thoria
(Chem.) A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; -- formerly called also thorina .
- chorals1/5
choral
- noun a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
chorale.
- adjective related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir
- choral composition
- choral ensemble
- noun a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
- shorties1/5
shorties
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- wetterhorn1/5
- aphoristically1/5
aphoristically
In the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily.
- chorizos1/5
chorizo
- noun a spicy Spanish pork sausage
- noun a spicy Spanish pork sausage
- sporophores1/5
sporophore
- noun a spore-bearing branch or organ: the part of the thallus of a sporophyte that develops spores; in ferns and mosses and liverworts is practically equivalent to the sporophyte
- noun a spore-bearing branch or organ: the part of the thallus of a sporophyte that develops spores; in ferns and mosses and liverworts is practically equivalent to the sporophyte
- shoehorning1/5
shoehorn
- noun a device used for easing the foot into a shoe
- verb fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited
- noun a device used for easing the foot into a shoe
- diaphoretics1/5
diaphoretic
- noun used to produce perspiration
- adjective inducing perspiration
sudorific.
- noun used to produce perspiration
- trichorrhexis1/5
- chorological1/5
- lophophora1/5
lophophora
- noun two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal
genus Lophophora.
- noun two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal
- thoracotomies1/5
thoracotomy
- noun surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity
- noun surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity
- dephosphorylating1/5
dephosphorylating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hemopneumothorax1/5
- tetrachordon1/5
- longshoring1/5
longshore
Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore. "Longshore thieves." R. Browning.
- rhizophoraceae1/5
rhizophoraceae
- noun trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts
mangrove family; family Rhizophoraceae.
- noun trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts
- pogonophora1/5
pogonophora
- noun beard worms
phylum Pogonophora.
- noun beard worms
- oophorectomized1/5
- phorid1/5
phorid
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- ephori1/5
ephor
(Gr. Antiq.) A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.
- mastigophora1/5
mastigophora
- noun protozoa having flagella
Flagellata; class Flagellata; class Mastigophora.
- noun protozoa having flagella
- chorographical1/5
chorographical
Pertaining to chorography. --Cho`ro*graph"ic*al*ly , adv.
- bronchorrhea1/5
- dehorned1/5
dehorn
- verb prevent the growth of horns of certain animals
- verb take the horns off (an animal)
- verb prevent the growth of horns of certain animals
- pyothorax1/5
- phthorimaea1/5
phthorimaea
- noun potato moths
genus Phthorimaea.
- noun potato moths
- thornback1/5
thornback
(Zoöl.) A European skate ( Raia clavata ) having thornlike spines on its back.
- anchorless1/5
anchorless
Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
- hyalophora1/5
hyalophora
- noun American silkworm moth
genus Hyalophora.
- noun American silkworm moth
- coccolithophorid1/5
coccolithophorid
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- cephalochordata1/5
cephalochordata
- noun lancelets
subphylum Cephalochordata.
- noun lancelets
- onychophorans1/5
onychophoran
- noun any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
peripatus; velvet worm.
- noun any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
- foreshortenings1/5
foreshorten
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abbreviate; abridge; shorten; contract.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- weisshorn1/5
weisshorn
- noun a mountain in the Alps in Switzerland (14,804 feet high)
- noun a mountain in the Alps in Switzerland (14,804 feet high)
- waldhorn1/5
- phoradendron1/5
phoradendron
- noun any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoe
genus Phoradendron.
- noun any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoe
- chorions1/5
chorion
- noun the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
- noun the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
- cataphora1/5
- luminophore1/5
- choreographically1/5
choreographically
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- thoracica1/5
thoracic
- adjective of or relating to the chest or thorax
pectoral.
- pectoral organ
- adjective of or relating to the chest or thorax
- antiauthority1/5
- endothoracic1/5
- cohortative1/5
- semichorus1/5
semichorus
(Mus.) A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir.
- unhorsing1/5
unhorse
- verb alight from (a horse)
light; dismount; get off; get down.
- verb alight from (a horse)
- ichorous1/5
ichorous
- adjective of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies
sanious.
- an ichorous discharge
- the sanious discharge from an ulcer
- adjective of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies
- carthorses1/5
carthorse
- noun draft horse kept for pulling carts
drayhorse; cart horse.
- noun draft horse kept for pulling carts
- choragic1/5
choragic
- adjective pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus
- adjective pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus
- hydropneumothorax1/5
hydropneumothorax
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hemichorea1/5
- choragus1/5
choragus
- noun (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus
- noun (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus
- chordophone1/5
chordophone
- noun a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers
- noun a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers
- heliamphora1/5
heliamphora
- noun genus of pitcher plants of the Guiana Highlands in South America
genus Heliamphora.
- noun genus of pitcher plants of the Guiana Highlands in South America
- phoronida1/5
phoronida
- noun small phylum of wormlike marine animals
Phoronidea; phylum Phoronida.
- noun small phylum of wormlike marine animals
- anchoret1/5
anchoret
One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. Written by some authors anachoret .Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.
- rhamphorhynchus1/5
rhamphorhynchus
(Paleon.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.
- thoriated1/5
thoriated
- adjective being or sounding of nervous or suppressed laughter
tittering.
- verb impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission
thoriate.
- adjective being or sounding of nervous or suppressed laughter
- polyphosphoric1/5
polyphosphoric
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hyperphoria1/5
- coehorn1/5
coehorn
(Mil.) A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.
- choreas1/5
chorea
- noun chorea in dogs
canine chorea.
- noun any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
- noun chorea in dogs
- thoracopagus1/5
- doryphorus1/5
- shortbreads1/5
shortbread
- noun very rich thick butter cookie
shortbread cookie.
- noun very rich thick butter cookie
- foreshortens1/5
foreshorten
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
reduce; cut; abbreviate; abridge; shorten; contract.
- The manuscript must be shortened
- verb shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
- verb reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
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