glycerotoxin
A neurotoxin present in the polychete Glycera convoluta

glycerotoxins
plural of glycerotoxin

goldpiece
Alternative spelling of gold piece.

goldpieces
plural of goldpiece

gopnitsa
Female gopnik.

goyims
plural of goy

gradini
plural of gradino

gradino
A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar.

gradinos
plural of gradino

grasshooks
plural of grasshook

guazil
Synonym of vizier.
a high-ranking official or judge in a Muslim country.

guazils
plural of guazil

gubbins
Fragments; parings; scraps (especially of fish).
Assorted stuff, especially if of little value; tat.

gyre
A swirling vortex.
A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”).
An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.

gyres
plural of gyre

gyrofluid
A fluid that is undergoing gyroscopic movement; used attributively to describe the flow effects of rotation.

gyrofluids
plural of gyrofluid

haematotoxin
A hemotoxin.

haematotoxins
plural of haematotoxin

haitch
Alternative form of aitch.

haitches
plural of haitch

hallstand
A piece of furniture, near to an outside door, on which hats and coats are hung, and umbrellas are stored.

hallstands
plural of hallstand

harbringer
Alternative form of harbinger.

haseki
The chief consort of an Ottoman sultan; later, any of several consorts of the sultan.

hasekis
plural of haseki

hass
A kind of prebendal land revenue reserved for high-ranking officials of the Ottoman Empire.

hasses
plural of hass.

hassock
A dense clump of grass or vegetation; a tussock.
A cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying.
A thick cushion used as a seat; an ottoman or pouffe.

hassocks
plural of hassock

hazinedar
A treasurer in the Ottoman Empire.

hazinedars
plural of hazinedar

haznadar
Alternative form of hazinedar.

haznadars
plural of haznadar

headpost
A bedpost at the head of a bed.

heighth
Alternative form of height.

heighths
plural of heighth

heliolatitude
A latitude described in terms of solar coordinates.

heliolatitudes
plural of heliolatitude

heliolongitude
A longitude described in terms of solar coordinates.

heliolongitudes
plural of heliolongitude

hematotoxin
A hemotoxin.

hematotoxins
plural of hematotoxin

heptangle
A seven-pointed star with the construction lines retained.
A heptagram (seven-pointed star inscribed in a circle).
A heptagon.

heptangles
plural of heptangle

heterochain
Used attributively to describe polymers in which the main chain consists of atoms of more than one element

heterochains
plural of heterochain

heteromarriage
A heterosexual marriage.

heteromarriages
plural of heteromarriage

hexacle
A circumscribed hexagram.

hexacles
plural of hexacle

hexaemera
plural of hexaemeron

hexaemeron
Alternative form of hexameron.

hexagenarian
Synonym of sixtysomething: a person between 60 and 69 years old.

hexagenarians
plural of hexagenarian

hexagenerian
Misspelling of hexagenarian.

hexagenerians
plural of hexagenerian

hexahemera
plural of hexahemeron

hexahemeron
A term of six days, especially the hexameron, or six days of the biblical creation.

hexameron
The six days in which God created the world according to the biblical creation story.
The narrative in the Book of Genesis describing the events of the hexameron.
A treatise or sermon concerning the biblical creation story.

hexamerons
plural of hexameron

hextuplet
Synonym of sextuplet.

hextuplets
plural of hextuplet

hieratics
plural of hieratic

hierogrammat
A scribe who produces sacred writings.

hierogrammats
plural of hierogrammat

hierographer
A sacred scribe.

hierographers
plural of hierographer

highboard
A diving board placed at a high elevation above a pool of water.
A tall piece of furniture with cabinets or shelves.

highboards
plural of highboard.

highschool
Alternative form of high school.

highschools
plural of highschool

hillslopes
plural of hillslope

historiola
A spell which invokes a mythical narrative, asking for the events it describes or similar ones to be enacted (as found in some Greek, Egyptian and other inscriptions).

historiolae
plural of historiola

historiolas
plural of historiola

hodograph
A curve described by the moving extremity of a line whose other end is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; used in investigations respecting central forces.

hodographs
plural of hodograph

hollaback
Alternative form of hollaback girl.

hollabacks
plural of hollaback

homeware
Furnishings for the home, such as furniture and cushions.

homewares
plural of homeware

homoamino
used attributively to describe any derivative of an amino compound, especially an amino acid, having an extra methylene group

homochain
Used attributively to describe polymers in which the main chain consists of atoms a single element

homochains
plural of homochain

homophase
Used attributively to describe separate regions of the same phase (such as grain boundaries)

homophases
plural of homophase

hoosier
Alternative form of Hoosier.

hoosiers
plural of hoosier

hotep
A subscriber to Afrocentric conspiracy theories.

hoteps
plural of hotep

housefurnishing
Any item of furniture for the home.

housefurnishings
plural of housefurnishing

howcatchem
A mystery novel or drama which begins by showing or describing the commission of the crime, generally revealing the perpetrator's identity to the audience, then shows or describes how the detective proves the perpetrator's guilt.

howcatchems
plural of howcatchem

howto
Alternative form of how-to.

howtos
plural of howto

huntboard
A kind of American sideboard.

huntboards
plural of huntboard

hurley
A stick used in the game of hurling.
The game of hurling.

hurleys
plural of hurley

hyperstition
A cultural belief (especially a work of fiction) that makes itself real; a cultural self-fulfilling prophecy where some cultural idea or hype truly brings about the thing it describes.

hyperstitions
plural of hyperstition

hypoagency
Lack of agency, as sometimes ascribed to women in society.

hyponym
A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word.

hyponyms
plural of hyponym

ibrik
A long-spouted pitcher, typically made of brass.
A Turkish coffee pot or jezve.

ibriks
plural of ibrik

ichoglan
A boy servant recruited according to the devshirme system in the Ottoman Empire.

ichoglans
plural of ichoglan

icpalli
A seat or throne in ancient Aztec culture.

idafa
Alternative form of ʾiḍāfa.

idafah
Alternative form of ʾiḍāfa.

imaret
An Ottoman soup kitchen built between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, often part of a larger complex or waqf.

imarets
plural of imaret

immunopathway
immunological pathway

immunopathways
plural of immunopathway

immunotactoid
Of or relating to immunotactoids.

immunotactoids
plural of immunotactoid

imperfects
plural of imperfect

impetus
Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.
A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse.
The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus.
A principle of motive force, held as equivalent to weight times velocity by John Buridan, in an auxiliary theory of Aristotelian dynamics introduced by John Philoponus, describing projectile motion against gravity as linear until it transitions to a vertical drop and the intellectual precursor to the concepts of inertia, momentum and acceleration in classical mechanics.
An activity in response to a stimulus.

impetuses
plural of impetus

impositive
A kind of causative that describes the patient being put into a certain position.

impositives
plural of impositive.

indescribabilities
plural of indescribability