CHELONE | • chelone n. (Botany) Chelone, a genus of four species of perennial herbaceous plants that are native to eastern North America. • Chelone prop.n. (Greek mythology) A woman who became the tortoise as punishment for disobeying a summons from the gods. • CHELONE n. a genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, natives of North America. |
ECHELON | • echelon n. A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society. • echelon n. (Cycling) A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road. • echelon n. (Military) A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows. |
ELENCHI | • elenchi n. Plural of elenchus. • ELENCHUS n. (Greek) a refutation, also ELENCH. |
ELENCHS | • elenchs n. Plural of elench. • ELENCH n. (obsolete) in logic, that part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends, also ELENCHUS. |
ENFLESH | • enflesh v. (Obsolete, transitive) To clothe with flesh. • ENFLESH v. to turn into flesh. |
ENSHELL | • enshell v. (Transitive) To enclose in a shell. • ENSHELL v. to enclose in a shell, also INSHELL. |
ENWHEEL | • enwheel v. Alternative form of inwheel. • ENWHEEL v. (Shakespeare) to encircle. |
FLEHMEN | • flehmen v. Alternative form of flehm. • flehmen n. (Especially in the compound "flehmen response") Flaring of the lip in mammals, associated with intensive… • Flehmen n. Nonstandard form of flehmen. |
HEELING | • heeling v. Present participle of heel. • heeling n. (Nautical) An inclination to one side; a tilt. • HEELING n. the act of inclining laterally. |
HELIMEN | • helimen n. Plural of heliman. • HELIMAN n. a helicopter operator. |
HEMLINE | • hemline n. The line formed by the bottom edge of a skirt, dress, or coat; hem. • hemline n. The height of this line, measured from the floor. • hem-line n. Alternative spelling of hemline. |
HENLEYS | • henleys n. Plural of henley. • Henleys prop.n. Plural of Henley. • HENLEY n. a type of sweater. |
HENLIKE | • henlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a hen. • HENLIKE adj. like a hen. |
LETHEAN | • lethean adj. Of or relating to death or forgetfulness. • Lethean adj. (Chiefly poetic, Greek mythology) Of or relating to the river Lethe, one of the four rivers of Hades… • LETHEAN adj. resembling in effect the water of Lethe, causing oblivion. |
LEUCHEN | • LAUCH v. (Scots) to laugh. |
LEUGHEN | • LAUCH v. (Scots) to laugh. |
THEELIN | • theelin n. (Biochemistry, steroids) The steroid hormone estrone. • THEELIN n. a female sex hormone. |
UNHELED | • unheled v. Simple past tense and past participle of unhele. • UNHELE v. (Spenser) to uncover, disclose, also UNHEAL. |
UNHELES | • unheles v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unhele. • UNHELE v. (Spenser) to uncover, disclose, also UNHEAL. |