11 Letter 4 Letter 9 Letter Boggle Words Ending With H

AAH (6) ASH (6) [noun] The solid remains of a fire. | [noun] The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process. | [noun] Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash. | [noun] A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus. BAH (8) [interjection] (sometimes humorous) Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper. DAH (7) [noun] The spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code. | [noun] (Burma) A long knife or sword with a round cross-section grip, a long, gently curving blade with a single edge, and no guard. EDH (7) [noun] A letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language. ETH (6) [noun] A letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language. FEH (9) [interjection] An expression of disgust or contempt. FOH (9) HAH (9) [interjection] A representation of laughter. | [interjection] An exclamation of triumph or discovery. | [interjection] An exclamation of grief. | [noun] The fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). HEH (9) HUH (9) [interjection] (with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise. | [interjection] Used to express doubt or confusion. | [interjection] (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question. ICH (8) NAH (6) [interjection] No NOH (6) [noun] A form of classical Japanese music drama. NTH (6) [noun] The item at position n in a sequence. | [noun] The item in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series. | [adjective] Occurring at position n in a sequence. OOH (6) [noun] An exclamation of ooh. | [verb] To exclaim ooh. | [interjection] An expression of surprise. PAH (8) [interjection] Used to express distaste, disgust or outrage. | [noun] Father, papa. | [noun] Grandpa, grandfather. PEH (8) POH (8) RAH (6) [noun] A person (especially a student) with a posh accent who looks down on those who are "common". | [adjective] Posh. | [interjection] An exclamation of encouragement. | [interjection] An expression of surprise. SHH (9) [noun] An utterance of shh. | [verb] To utter shh. | [interjection] Requesting silence. UGH (7) [interjection] Used to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance. | [interjection] Used to express inarticulate vocalisations, such as used by a caveman. YAH (9) [adverb] Yes. | [noun] An upper-class person, especially a Sloane Ranger. YEH (9) [interjection] Expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc. | [pronoun] (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object. | [pronoun] (reflexive pronoun) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.

AMAH (9) [noun] In South Asia, a woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse. | [noun] In China and Southeast Asia, a female domestic helper. ANKH (11) [noun] A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the Egyptian triliteral ꜥnḫ and often used as an amulet or charm for this concept. | [noun] Tau cross ARCH (9) [noun] An inverted U shape. | [noun] An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward. | [noun] An architectural element having the shape of an arch | [noun] A chief. AYAH (10) [noun] A South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia. | [noun] A verse in the Quran. BACH (11) [noun] (northern) A holiday home, usually small and near the beach, often with only one or two rooms and of simple construction. | [verb] To live apart from women, as during the period when a divorce is in progress. (Compare bachelor pad.) BASH (9) [noun] A large party; gala event. | [noun] An attack that consists of placing all one's weight into a downward attack with one's fists. | [verb] To strike heavily. | [verb] To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance. BATH (9) [noun] A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub. | [noun] A building or area where bathing occurs. | [noun] The act of bathing. | [noun] A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons). BETH (9) [noun] The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁 | [noun] The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב | [noun] The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ BLAH (9) [noun] Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk. | [noun] (in plural, the blahs) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc. | [verb] To utter idle, meaningless talk. BOSH (9) [noun] Nonsense. | [interjection] An expression of disbelief or annoyance. | [noun] The lower part of a blast furnace, between the hearth and the stack. | [noun] A figure. | [verb] To consume (illicit drugs). BOTH (9) [pronoun] Each of the two, or of the two kinds. | [conjunction] Including both of (used with and). | [conjunction] Including all of (used with and). BUSH (9) [noun] A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category. | [noun] A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree. | [noun] A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. | [noun] A tavern or wine merchant. | [noun] (often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated. | [noun] Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior" | [noun] A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal. CAPH (11) [noun] The palm of the hand. | [noun] A Hebrew letter. CASH (9) [noun] Money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions. | [noun] Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged. | [noun] Money. | [noun] Any of several low-denomination coins of India, China, or Vietnam, especially the Chinese copper coin. | [verb] To disband. To do away with, kill COSH (9) [noun] A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack. | [noun] A blunt instrument such as a bludgeon or truncheon. | [noun] The cane. | [adjective] Cosy; snug DASH (8) [noun] Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar). | [noun] (by extension) The longer of the two symbols of Morse code. | [noun] A short run, flight. DISH (8) [noun] A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. | [noun] The contents of such a vessel. | [noun] (metonym) A specific type of prepared food. DOTH (8) [verb] (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. | [verb] To perform; to execute. | [verb] To cause, make (someone) (do something). EACH (9) [noun] (operations) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping. | [adverb] For one; apiece; per. | [pronoun] Every one; every thing. EATH (7) ETCH (9) [verb] To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards. | [verb] To engrave a surface. | [verb] To make a lasting impression. | [noun] An aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been been mowed; also, a field of such growth. FASH (10) [noun] A worry; trouble; bother. | [verb] To worry; to bother, annoy. | [verb] To trouble oneself; to take pains. | [noun] A fascist, a member of the far-right. FISH (10) [noun] A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills. | [noun] Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water. | [noun] The flesh of the fish used as food. | [noun] A period of time spent fishing. | [verb] To hunt fish or other aquatic animals. | [noun] A counter, used in various games. GASH (8) [noun] A deep cut. | [noun] A vulva. | [noun] A woman | [adjective] Ghastly; hideous GOSH (8) [interjection] (minced oath) A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm. GUSH (8) [noun] A sudden rapid outflow. | [verb] To flow forth suddenly, in great volume. | [verb] To send (something) flowing forth suddenly in great volume. HASH (10) [noun] Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together. | [noun] A confused mess. | [noun] The # symbol (octothorpe, pound). | [noun] Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant. HATH (10) [verb] To possess, own. | [verb] To hold, as something at someone's disposal. | [verb] Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject. HETH (10) HIGH (11) [noun] A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven. | [noun] A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best. | [noun] A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs. | [noun] Thought; intention; determination; purpose. | [verb] To hie; to hasten. HUNH (10) HUSH (10) [noun] A silence, especially after some noise | [noun] A mining method using water | [verb] To become quiet. INCH (9) [noun] A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres. | [noun] The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall. | [noun] The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch. | [noun] A small island ITCH (9) [noun] A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch. | [noun] A constant teasing desire or want. | [verb] To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched. JOSH (14) [noun] An instance of good-natured banter. | [verb] To tease someone in a kindly or friendly fashion. | [verb] To make or exchange good-natured jokes. KAPH (13) KITH (11) [noun] Friends and acquaintances. | [noun] (rural) An acquaintance or a friend. KOPH (13) LAKH (11) [numeral] (Sri Lanka) One hundred thousand; 100,000. Often used with units of money. LASH (7) [noun] The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given. | [noun] A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. | [noun] A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough. | [verb] To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten. | [adjective] Remiss, lax. LATH (7) [noun] A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc. | [verb] To cover or line with laths LECH (9) [noun] A strong, lecherous desire or craving. | [noun] A lecher. | [verb] To behave lecherously | [noun] The capstone of a cromlech. LICH (9) LOCH (9) [noun] A lake. | [noun] A bay or arm of the sea. | [noun] A medicine in a soft form taken by licking; a lambative, a linctus. LOTH (7) [adjective] Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling. | [adjective] Angry, hostile. | [adjective] Loathsome, unpleasant. | [noun] A measure of weight formerly used in Germany, the Netherlands and some other parts of Europe, equivalent to half of the local ounce. LUSH (7) [adjective] Juicy, succulent. | [adjective] Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile. | [adjective] (of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant. | [noun] Drunkard, sot, alcoholic. MACH (11) MASH (9) [noun] A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. | [noun] Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort. | [noun] Mashed potatoes. | [verb] To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure | [noun] A mesh. | [noun] An infatuation, a crush, a fancy MATH (9) [noun] A mowing; what is gathered from mowing. | [noun] Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math). | [noun] A math course. | [noun] A monastic or similar religious establishment in Hinduism and Jainism, usually more formal and hierarchical than an ashram. MESH (9) [noun] A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them. | [noun] The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space. | [noun] The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack. METH (9) [noun] Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride. | [noun] Methadone. | [noun] (Mancunian) A tramp. | [noun] A spiced mead, originally from Wales. MOTH (9) [noun] A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae. | [noun] Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing. | [verb] To hunt for moths. | [noun] The plant Vigna aconitifolia, moth bean. | [noun] A small particle; a speck. MUCH (11) [adjective] Large, great. | [adjective] Long in duration. | [adverb] To a great extent. MUSH (9) [noun] A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance. | [noun] A mixture of noise produced by the harmonics of continuous-wave stations. | [noun] The foam of a breaker. | [noun] A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge. | [noun] A walk, especially across the snow with dogs. | [noun] A magic mushroom. | [noun] (chiefly Southern England) A form of address to a man. | [verb] To notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp. MYTH (12) [noun] A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc. | [noun] Such stories as a genre. | [noun] A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality. NIGH (8) [verb] To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near | [adjective] Near, close by | [adjective] Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate. NOSH (7) [noun] Food; a light meal or snack. | [noun] Fellatio. | [verb] (usually with on) To eat a snack or light meal. OATH (7) [noun] A solemn pledge or promise, appealing to a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest to the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise. | [noun] A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge. | [noun] A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity. OKEH (11) OPAH (9) [noun] Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae. OUCH (9) [interjection] An expression of one's own physical pain. | [interjection] An expression in sympathy at another's pain. | [interjection] A reply to an insult seen as savage (frequently one that is tongue-in-cheek or joking). | [noun] A brooch or clasp for fastening a piece of clothing together, especially when valuable or set with jewels. OUPH (9) PASH (9) [noun] A passionate kiss. | [noun] A romantic infatuation; a crush. | [noun] The object of a romantic infatuation; a crush. | [noun] A crushing blow. | [verb] To throw (or be thrown) and break. PATH (9) [noun] A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians. | [noun] A course taken. | [noun] A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry. | [noun] (abbreviation) Pathology. PECH (11) [verb] To pant, to struggle for breath. PISH (9) [noun] A sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh") made by birders and ornithologists to attract small birds. | [verb] To try to attract birds by making a sibilant noise (e.g. "psshh"). | [verb] To express contempt. PITH (9) [noun] The soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees. | [noun] The spongy interior substance of a feather or horn. | [noun] The spinal cord; the marrow. | [noun] One divided by pi. POOH (9) [noun] Feces. | [noun] A piece of feces or an act of defecation. | [noun] Cannabis resin. POSH (9) [noun] Fragments produced by an impact | [noun] Slush | [adjective] Associated with the upper classes. PUGH (10) PUSH (9) [noun] A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing. | [noun] An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents. | [noun] A great effort (to do something). | [noun] A pustule; a pimple. QOPH (18) RASH (7) [adjective] Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty. | [adjective] So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn. | [adjective] Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent. | [noun] An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin. | [noun] An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted. | [verb] To pull off or pluck violently. RATH (7) [noun] A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age. | [noun] A Burmese carriage of state. | [adjective] Alternative form of rathe. RESH (7) RICH (9) [verb] To enrich. | [verb] To become rich. | [adjective] Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions. RUSH (7) [noun] Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water. | [noun] The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc. | [noun] The merest trifle; a straw. | [noun] A sudden forward motion. RUTH (7) [noun] Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy. | [noun] Repentance; regret; remorse. | [noun] Sorrow; misery; distress. SASH (7) [noun] A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist. | [noun] A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions. | [verb] To adorn with a sash. | [noun] The opening part (casement) of a window usually containing the glass panes, hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window. SHAH (10) [noun] A king of Persia or Iran. | [noun] A supreme ruler in some Middle Eastern or South Asian nations. | [noun] A Ukrainian monetary unit. SIGH (8) [noun] A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing. | [noun] Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament. | [noun] A person who is bored. SINH (7) [noun] A traditional tube skirt worn by Lao and Thai women, particularly northern Thai and northeastern Thai women. SITH (7) SOPH (9) SOTH (7) SUCH (9) [noun] Something being indicated that is similar to something else. | [pronoun] A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned. SUGH (8) SYPH (12) TACH (9) [noun] Tachometer | [noun] (costers) A hat. | [noun] Tachycardia. TETH (7) TOPH (9) TOSH (7) [noun] Copper; items made of copper | [noun] Valuables retrieved from sewers and drains | [noun] Rubbish, trash, especially in the sense of nonsense, bosh, balderdash | [verb] To make ‘tosh’: to tidy, to trim. | [noun] A half-crown coin; its value TUSH (7) [noun] A tusk. | [noun] A small tusk sometimes found on the female Indian elephant. | [noun] The buttocks. | [noun] Nonsense; tosh. | [verb] To pull or drag a heavy object such as a tree or log. | [noun] A half-crown coin; its value VUGH (11) WASH (10) [noun] The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid. | [noun] A liquid used for washing. | [noun] A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties. WICH (12) WISH (10) [noun] A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen. | [noun] An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power. | [noun] The thing desired or longed for. WITH (10) [adverb] Along, together with others, in a group, etc. | [preposition] Against. | [preposition] In the company of; alongside, close to; near to. | [noun] A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy. WYCH (15) YEAH (10) [interjection] Expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc. | [noun] A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference). | [noun] (by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star. YECH (12) [noun] An exclamation of disgust. | [interjection] An exclamation of disgust. YODH (11) YOGH (11) [noun] A letter of the Middle English alphabet (capital Ȝ, small ȝ), in form derived from the Old English shape of the letter g, and used to represent various palatal and velar sounds. YUCH (12)

AARGH (9) [interjection] Expressing annoyance, dismay, embarrassment or frustration. ABASH (10) [verb] To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. | [verb] To lose self-possession; to become ashamed. AIRTH (8) [noun] A direction or point of the compass, specifically the cardinal direction between north and east; also used in Scottish English to mean direction or quarter. | [noun] The earth or ground. AITCH (10) [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter H. ALEPH (10) [noun] The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀, Aramaic 𐡀, Syriac ܐ, Hebrew א and Arabic ا. ALMAH (10) ALMEH (10) APISH (10) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of an ape AWASH (11) [adjective] Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water. | [adjective] (by extension) Covered, overspread (with or in something). AZOTH (17) [noun] The mercury of the alchemists, regarded as the universal remedy or elixir of life. | [noun] An alchemical term for the first matter or prima materia used in creating the philosopher's stone. BAITH (10) [noun] A Scottish word meaning both or the two of something. BATCH (12) [noun] The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time. | [noun] (by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation. | [noun] A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business. | [noun] A bank; a sandbank. | [verb] To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married. BEACH (12) [noun] The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly. | [noun] A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water. | [noun] The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle. BEECH (12) [noun] A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches. | [noun] The wood of the beech tree. BELCH (12) [noun] The sound one makes when belching. | [noun] Malt liquor. | [verb] To expel (gas) loudly from the stomach through the mouth. BENCH (12) [noun] A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools. | [noun] The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary. | [noun] The place where the judges sit. | [noun] The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed. | [verb] To recite the Birkat Hamazon. BERTH (10) [noun] A fixed bunk for sleeping (in caravans, trains, etc). | [noun] Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.) | [noun] A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park. BIMAH (12) [noun] The raised platform in the front of a synagogue where the Torah is read on a podium. BIRCH (12) [noun] Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere. | [noun] A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture. | [noun] A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment. BIRTH (10) [noun] The process of childbearing; the beginning of life. | [noun] An instance of childbirth. | [noun] A beginning or start; a point of origin. BITCH (12) [noun] (dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother. | [noun] A promiscuous woman, slut, whore. | [noun] A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman. BLUSH (10) [noun] An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame, modesty, etc. | [noun] A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red. | [noun] Feeling or appearance of optimism. | [noun] The collective noun for a group of boys. BOOTH (10) [noun] A small stall for the display and sale of goods. | [noun] An enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person. | [noun] An enclosed table with seats, as in a diner or café. BOTCH (12) [noun] An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work. | [noun] A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. | [noun] A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing. | [noun] A tumour or other malignant swelling. BOUGH (11) [noun] A firm branch of a tree. | [noun] The gallows. BRACH (12) [noun] A female hunting dog, especially a pointer or setter. | [noun] A woman or girl (archaic or dialectal). BRASH (10) [noun] A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness. | [noun] A sudden burst of rain. | [noun] An attack or assault. | [noun] Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge. BROTH (10) [noun] Water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled. | [noun] A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat. BRUGH (11) [noun] A fairy mound or underground dwelling in Irish mythology. BRUSH (10) [noun] An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair. | [noun] The act of brushing something. | [noun] A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine. BUMPH (14) [noun] Toilet paper. | [noun] Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc. BUNCH (12) [noun] A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together. | [noun] The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race. | [noun] An informal body of friends. BURGH (11) [noun] A small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names). | [noun] A borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland). BUTCH (12) [noun] A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner. | [adjective] (originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude. CATCH (12) [noun] The act of seizing or capturing. | [noun] The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball. | [noun] The act of noticing, understanding or hearing. CHETH (13) [noun] The eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. | [noun] A fence or hedge. CINCH (12) [noun] A simple saddle girth used in Mexico. | [noun] Something that is very easy to do. | [noun] A firm hold. | [noun] A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game. CLACH (12) [noun] A stone or rock, especially a large one; a boulder or cliff. | [noun] In Scottish, a stone used in the game of curling. CLASH (10) [noun] A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects. | [noun] A skirmish, a hostile encounter. | [noun] A match; a game between two sides. CLOTH (10) [noun] A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. | [noun] Specifically, a tablecloth, especially as spread before a meal or removed afterwards. | [noun] A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose. COACH (12) [noun] A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power. | [noun] A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit. | [noun] (originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor. CONCH (12) [noun] A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell. | [noun] The shell of this sea animal. | [noun] A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet. COOCH (12) [noun] The hootchy-kootchy, a type of erotic dance. | [noun] (chiefly US) The vagina or vulva. COUCH (12) [noun] Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed. COUGH (11) [noun] A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary. | [noun] A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough. | [noun] Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame COUTH (10) [verb] (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to. | [verb] (modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to. | [verb] (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible. | [noun] Social grace, refinement, sophistication; etiquette, manners. CRASH (10) [noun] A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals. | [noun] An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident. | [noun] A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable. | [noun] (fibre) A type of rough linen. CRUSH (10) [noun] A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. | [noun] Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd. | [noun] A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure. CRWTH (13) [noun] A bowed stringed instrument of Welsh origin, similar to a violin, with a flat body and typically six strings. CUISH (10) [noun] Defensive armour for the thighs CULCH (12) [noun] The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves. | [verb] To prepare an oyster bed with such (culch) attachments. | [verb] To accumulate small household items of little value. CURCH (12) CUTCH (12) [noun] Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster. | [noun] Young or seed oysters together with the shells and other objects to which they are usually attached. | [noun] Rubbish; debris; refuse. DEASH (9) DEATH (9) [noun] The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state. | [noun] (often capitalized) The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper. The pronoun he is not the only option, but probably the most traditional one, as it matches with the male grammatical gender of Old English dēaþ, also with cognate German der Tod. The fourth apocalyptic rider (Bible, revelations 6:8) is male θᾰ́νᾰτος (thanatos) in Greek. It has the female name Mors in Latin, but is referred to with male forms qui and eum. The following quotes show this rider on a pale horse is his in the English Bible and she in Peter Gabriel's lyrics. | [noun] (the death) The collapse or end of something. DEPTH (11) [noun] The vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep | [noun] The distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet | [noun] The intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc. DITCH (11) [noun] A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage. | [verb] To discard or abandon. | [verb] To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water. | [noun] Dirt ingrained on the hands, or in cracks, crevices, etc. DOETH (9) [verb] (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. | [verb] To perform; to execute. | [verb] To cause, make (someone) (do something). DOUGH (10) [noun] A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked. | [noun] Money. | [verb] To make into dough. DUNCH (11) DUTCH (11) [noun] Wife | [verb] To treat cocoa beans or powder with an alkali solution to darken the color and lessen the bitterness of the flavor. EARTH (8) [proper noun] The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live. | [proper noun] The personification of the Earth or earth, as a fertile woman or goddess. | [noun] Soil. EPHAH (13) [noun] A former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L). EPOCH (12) [noun] A particular period of history, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable. | [noun] A notable event which marks the beginning of such a period. | [noun] A precise instant of time that is used as a point of reference. FAITH (11) [noun] A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence. | [noun] The process of forming or understanding abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience or observation. | [noun] A religious or spiritual belief system. FAUGH (12) [interjection] An exclamation of contempt, or of disgust, especially for a smell. FETCH (13) [noun] An act of fetching, of bringing something from a distance. | [noun] The object of fetching; the source of an attraction; a force, propensity, or quality which attracts. | [noun] A stratagem or trick; an artifice. | [noun] (originally Ireland) The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith. FIFTH (14) [noun] The person or thing in the fifth position. | [noun] One of five equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The fifth gear of an engine. FILCH (13) [noun] Something which has been filched or stolen. | [noun] An act of filching; larceny, theft. | [noun] A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief. FILTH (11) [noun] Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles. | [noun] Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution. | [noun] (with definite article) The police. FINCH (13) [noun] Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak. | [verb] To hunt for finches, to go finching. FIRTH (11) [noun] An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary. | [noun] An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary. | [noun] Peace; security. FITCH (13) [noun] The European polecat, Mustela putorius. | [noun] The skin of the polecat | [noun] A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads "spelt". FLASH (11) [noun] A device that produces a short flash of light to help illuminate a scene, mostly for night-time or indoors photography. | [noun] A sudden, short, temporary burst of light. | [noun] A very short amount of time. | [noun] A pool. FLESH (11) [noun] The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat. | [noun] The skin of a human or animal. | [noun] (by extension) Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso. FLUSH (11) [noun] A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc. | [verb] To cause to take flight from concealment. | [verb] To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover. | [adjective] Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out. | [noun] A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes. | [noun] A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit. FORTH (11) [adverb] Forward in time, place or degree. | [adverb] Out into view; from a particular place or position. | [adverb] Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. FRESH (11) [noun] A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood. | [noun] A stream or spring of fresh water. | [noun] The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea. | [adjective] Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward. FRITH (11) [noun] Peace; security. | [noun] Sanctuary, asylum. | [verb] To protect; guard. | [noun] A forest or wood; woodland generally. | [noun] An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary. FROSH (11) [noun] A frog. | [noun] A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities. | [verb] To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way. FROTH (11) [noun] Foam | [noun] Unimportant events or actions; drivel | [verb] To create froth in (a liquid). GALAH (9) [noun] A pink and grey species of cockatoo, Eolophus roseicapilla, native to Australia. | [noun] A fool, an idiot. GARTH (9) [noun] A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters | [noun] A close; a yard; a croft; a garden. | [noun] A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in northern England GERAH (9) GIRSH (9) GIRTH (9) [noun] A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place. | [noun] The part of an animal around which the girth fits. | [noun] One's waistline circumference, most often a large one. GLYPH (14) [noun] A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea. | [noun] Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information. | [noun] A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style. GNASH (9) [noun] A sudden snapping of the teeth. | [verb] To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger. | [verb] To grind between the teeth. GRAPH (11) [noun] (applied mathematics) A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or indicative numbers) and a reference set, whose elements are indexed to those of the former set(s) and may or may not be numbers. | [noun] A set of points constituting a graphical representation of a real function; (formally) a set of tuples (x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_m, y)\in\R^{m+1}, where y=f(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_m) for a given function f: \R^m\rightarrow\R. | [noun] (formally) An ordered pair of sets (V,E), where the elements of V are called vertices or nodes and E is a set of pairs (called edges) of elements of V; (less formally) a set of vertices (or nodes) together with a set of edges that connect (some of) the vertices. GRITH (9) GULCH (11) [noun] A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully. | [noun] An act of gulching or gulping. | [noun] A glutton. GURSH (9) HARSH (11) [verb] To negatively criticize. | [verb] To put a damper on (a mood). | [adjective] Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses. HATCH (13) [noun] A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling. | [noun] A trapdoor. | [noun] An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through. | [noun] The act of hatching. | [verb] To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch). HAUGH (12) [noun] A low-lying meadow by the side of a river. HEATH (11) [noun] A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland. | [noun] Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae. | [noun] Certain butterflies and moths HEIGH (12) [interjection] An exclamation designed to call attention, give encouragement, etc. HEUCH (13) HEUGH (12) [noun] A steep crag or cliff, especially one with overhanging sides | [noun] A glen with steep, overhanging sides | [noun] A steep excavation, especially a coal pit HITCH (13) [noun] A sudden pull. | [noun] Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope. | [noun] A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer. HOOCH (13) [noun] Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky. | [noun] A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling. HORAH (11) [noun] A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide. | [noun] A branch of traditional Indian astrology, dealing with the finer points of predictive methods. HOTCH (13) [verb] To move irregularly up and down. | [verb] To swarm (with). HUMPH (15) [verb] To utter "humph!" in doubt or disapproval. | [interjection] Used to express doubt or disapproval HUNCH (13) [noun] A hump; a protuberance. | [noun] A stooped or curled posture; a slouch. | [noun] A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen. HUTCH (13) [noun] A cage for keeping rabbits, guinea pigs, etc. | [noun] A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed. | [noun] A measure of two Winchester bushels. KENCH (14) KETCH (14) [noun] A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post. | [verb] (heading) To capture, overtake. | [verb] (heading) To seize hold of. | [noun] A hangman. KHAPH (17) KHETH (15) KNISH (12) [noun] An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough LAICH (10) LAIGH (9) LAITH (8) LARCH (10) [noun] A coniferous tree, of genus Larix, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles. | [noun] The wood of the larch. LATCH (10) [verb] To close or lock as if with a latch. | [verb] To catch; lay hold of. | [noun] A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side. | [verb] To smear; to anoint. LAUGH (9) [noun] An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. | [noun] Something that provokes mirth or scorn. | [noun] A fun person. LEACH (10) [noun] A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. | [noun] A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. | [noun] A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century. | [verb] To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid. LEASH (8) [noun] A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog. | [noun] A brace and a half; a tierce. | [noun] A set of three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general. LEECH (10) [noun] An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. | [noun] A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion. | [noun] A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum. | [noun] A physician. | [verb] To treat, cure or heal. | [noun] The vertical edge of a square sail. LETCH (10) [noun] Strong desire; passion. | [noun] A lecher. | [noun] A stream or pool in boggy land. | [noun] A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. LOACH (10) [noun] A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea. | [noun] Acronym of light observation helicopter. LOATH (8) [adjective] Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling. | [adjective] Angry, hostile. | [adjective] Loathsome, unpleasant. | [verb] To detest, hate, revile. LOTAH (8) LOUGH (9) [noun] A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland. LUNCH (10) [noun] A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day. | [noun] A break in play between the first and second sessions. | [noun] (Minnesota) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering. LURCH (10) [noun] A sudden or unsteady movement. | [verb] To make such a sudden, unsteady movement. | [verb] To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. | [noun] An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables. LYMPH (15) [noun] (poetical) Pure water. | [noun] A colourless, watery bodily fluid, carried by the lymphatic system, that consists mainly of white blood cells. | [noun] Discharge from a sore, inflammation etc. LYNCH (13) [verb] To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob. | [noun] A ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet. | [noun] An acclivity; a small hill or hillock. MARCH (12) [noun] A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies. | [noun] A political rally or parade | [noun] Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music) | [noun] A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary. | [noun] Smallage. MARSH (10) [noun] An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass. MATCH (12) [noun] A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match. | [noun] Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority. | [noun] Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison. | [noun] A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface. MILCH (12) [adjective] (of a cow, animal, etc.) Giving milk; in note | [adjective] Tender; pitiful; weeping. MIRTH (10) [noun] The emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety. | [noun] That which causes merriment. MONTH (10) [noun] A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon. | [noun] A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof. | [noun] (in the plural) A woman's period; menstrual discharge. MOOCH (12) [noun] An aimless stroll. | [noun] One who mooches; a moocher. | [noun] A unit of time comprising ten days, used to measure how long someone holds a job. MORPH (12) [noun] (grammar) A physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds. | [noun] An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts. | [noun] Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour. | [noun] A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another. MOUCH (12) MOUTH (10) [noun] The opening of a creature through which food is ingested. | [noun] The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water. | [noun] An outlet, aperture or orifice. MULCH (12) [noun] Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture. | [noun] A material used as mulch, as a decorative redwood bark mulch. | [verb] To apply mulch. MUNCH (12) [noun] A location or restaurant where good eating can be expected. | [noun] An act of eating. | [noun] Food. MUSTH (10) [noun] A time during which male elephants exhibit increased levels of sexual activity and aggressiveness and often secrete leaking temporin from the sides of their heads. MUTCH (12) [noun] A nightcap (hat worn to bed). | [noun] A linen or muslin hat, especially one of a type once commonly worn by elderly women and young children. MYNAH (13) [noun] One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae. MYRRH (13) [noun] A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha. | [noun] The herb chervil. NATCH (10) [adverb] Naturally; of course. | [noun] The rump of beef, especially the lower and back part of the rump. | [noun] A notch. NEATH (8) [preposition] Beneath. NEIGH (9) [noun] The cry of a horse. | [verb] (of a horse) To make its cry. | [verb] To make a sound similar to a horse's cry. NINTH (8) [noun] The person or thing in the ninth position. | [noun] One of nine equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth). NORTH (8) [noun] One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N. | [noun] The up or positive direction. | [noun] The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole). NOTCH (10) [noun] A V-shaped cut. | [noun] An indentation. | [noun] A mountain pass; a defile. NUDZH (18) NYMPH (15) [noun] (Greek, Roman) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc. | [noun] A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful. | [noun] The larva of certain insects. OBEAH (10) [noun] A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean. | [noun] A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft. | [noun] A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell. OOMPH (12) [noun] Strength, power, passion or effectiveness; clout. | [noun] Sex appeal. | [noun] A bassy grunting or thudding sound. ORACH (10) [noun] The saltbush: any of several plants, of the genus Atriplex, especially Atriplex hortensis or Atriplex patula, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach. PARCH (12) [noun] The condition of being parched. | [verb] To burn the surface of, to scorch. | [verb] To roast, as dry grain. PATCH (12) [noun] A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole. | [noun] A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc. | [noun] A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future. | [noun] A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. PEACH (12) [noun] A tree (Prunus persica), native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit. | [noun] The soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed. | [noun] A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange color. | [verb] To inform on someone; turn informer. | [noun] A particular rock found in tin mines, sometimes associated with chlorite. PERCH (12) [noun] Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca. | [noun] Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially: | [noun] Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper. | [noun] Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca. PINCH (12) [noun] The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. | [noun] A close compression of anything with the fingers. | [noun] A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip. PITCH (12) [noun] A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap. | [noun] A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar. | [noun] Pitchstone. | [noun] A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand. | [noun] The perceived frequency of a sound or note. PLASH (10) [noun] A small pool of standing water; a puddle. | [noun] A splash, or the sound made by a splash. | [noun] A sudden downpour. | [noun] The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches. PLUSH (10) [noun] A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet. | [noun] A plush toy. | [adjective] Very extravagant. POACH (12) [noun] The act of cooking in simmering liquid. | [verb] To cook something in simmering liquid. | [verb] To be cooked in simmering liquid | [noun] The act of taking something unfairly, as in tennis doubles where one player returns a shot that their partner was better placed to return. POOCH (12) [noun] A dog. | [noun] A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel. | [noun] A bulge, an enlarged part PORCH (12) [noun] A covered and enclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. | [noun] A portico; a covered walk. | [noun] The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft. POUCH (12) [noun] A small bag usually closed with a drawstring. | [noun] A pocket in which a marsupial carries its young. | [noun] Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch. PSYCH (15) [noun] Psychology or psychiatry. | [noun] A psychologist; a psychiatrist. | [verb] To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up). PUJAH (17) PUNCH (12) [noun] A hit or strike with one's fist. | [noun] Power, strength, energy. | [noun] Impact. | [noun] A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface. | [noun] A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic. | [noun] Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia. QUASH (17) [verb] To defeat decisively. | [verb] To crush or dash to pieces. | [verb] To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.). QUOTH (17) [verb] To say or declare. | [verb] (defective, modal, auxiliary) to say QURSH (17) [noun] A monetary unit in Saudi Arabia equivalent to a twentieth of a rial. RAJAH (15) [noun] A Hindu prince or ruler in India. | [noun] Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Charaxes. RALPH (10) [verb] To vomit. | [noun] A raven. RANCH (10) [noun] A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock. | [noun] A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States. | [noun] A house or property on a plot of ranch land. RATCH (10) RAYAH (11) REACH (10) [noun] The act of stretching or extending; extension. | [noun] The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown. | [noun] The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity. RETCH (10) [noun] An unsuccessful effort to vomit. | [verb] To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. | [verb] To reck | [verb] To reach ROACH (10) [noun] Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including: | [noun] A cockroach. | [noun] An extra curve of material added to the leech (aft edge) of a sail to increase the sail area. | [noun] (smoking) Marijuana; cannabis used as a drug. | [noun] A bed or stratum of some mineral. ROTCH (10) ROUGH (9) [noun] The unmowed part of a golf course. | [noun] A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy. | [noun] A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce. ROUTH (8) ROWTH (11) SAITH (8) [verb] To pronounce. | [verb] To recite. | [verb] To tell, either verbally or in writing. | [noun] The pollock or coalfish or coley (Pollachius virens). SANGH (9) SAUCH (10) SAUGH (9) SELAH (8) [noun] A pause or rest of a contemplative nature. | [interjection] A word occurring between verses or paragraphs in parts of the Hebrew Bible, namely in Habakkuk and the Psalms; perhaps indicating a pause, either for contemplation or for the singer to clear his or her throat. SHUSH (11) [verb] To be quiet; to keep quiet. | [verb] To ask someone to be quiet, especially by saying shh. SIXTH (15) [noun] (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position. | [noun] One of six equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale, for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth. (Note that the interval covers six notes counting inclusively, for example C-D-E-F-G-A.) SKOSH (12) [noun] A tiny amount; a little bit; tad; smidgen; jot. SLASH (8) [noun] A slashing action or motion, particularly: | [noun] A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly: | [noun] Something resembling such a mark, particularly: | [noun] A drink of something; a draft. | [noun] A swampy area; a swamp. | [noun] The period of a transitory breeze. SLOSH (8) [noun] A quantity of a liquid; more than a splash. | [noun] A sloshing sound or motion. | [noun] Slush. | [noun] Backslash, the character \. SLOTH (8) [noun] Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour. | [noun] A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity. | [noun] A collective term for a group of bears. SLUSH (8) [noun] Half-melted snow or ice. | [noun] Liquid mud or mire. | [noun] Flavored shaved ice served as a drink. SMASH (10) [noun] The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together. | [noun] A traffic collision. | [noun] Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc); a hit. SMITH (10) [noun] A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith. | [noun] (by extension) One who makes anything; wright. | [noun] An artist. | [verb] To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding. SNASH (8) [noun] Verbal abuse; insolence; guff. | [verb] To talk impudently. SNATH (8) SOOTH (8) [noun] Truth. | [noun] Augury; prognostication. | [noun] Blandishment; cajolery. SOUGH (9) [noun] A murmuring sound; rushing, rustling, or whistling sound. | [noun] A gentle breeze; a waft; a breath. | [noun] A (deep) sigh. | [noun] A small drain; an adit. SOUTH (8) [noun] One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map, abbreviated as S. | [noun] The side of a church on the right hand of a person facing the altar. | [verb] To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south. STAPH (10) [noun] Staphylococcus bacteria and the infection it causes. STASH (8) [noun] A collection, sometimes hidden; a reserve. | [noun] A place where drugs are stored. | [verb] To hide or store away for later use. | [noun] Mustache STICH (10) SUBAH (10) SURAH (8) [noun] Any of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an. | [noun] Soft twilled silk SWASH (11) [noun] The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken | [noun] A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy. | [noun] A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes. SWATH (11) [noun] The track cut out by a scythe in mowing. | [noun] A broad sweep or expanse, such as of land or of people. SWISH (11) [noun] A short rustling, hissing or whistling sound, often made by friction. | [noun] A hissing, sweeping movement through the air, as of an animal's tail. | [noun] A sound of liquid flowing inside a container. SWITH (11) SYLPH (13) [noun] An invisible being of the air. | [noun] The elemental being of air, usually female. | [noun] (by extension) A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people. SYNCH (13) [noun] Harmony. | [noun] A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films. | [verb] To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video. SYNTH (11) [noun] A musical synthesizer. | [verb] To play on a musical synthesizer. TEACH (10) [verb] To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate. | [verb] (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to. | [verb] To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher. | [noun] (usually as a term of address) teacher TEETH (8) [noun] The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect. | [verb] To grow teeth. | [verb] To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth. TENCH (10) [noun] A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca. TENTH (8) [noun] The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position. | [noun] One of ten equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third. TEUCH (10) TEUGH (9) THIGH (12) [noun] The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee. | [noun] That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect. TILTH (8) [noun] Agricultural labour; husbandry. | [noun] The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture. | [noun] Rich cultivated soil. TOOTH (8) [noun] A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating. | [noun] A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement. | [noun] A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain. TORAH (8) TORCH (10) [noun] A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material. | [noun] A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight. | [noun] An arsonist. TOUCH (10) TOUGH (9) [noun] A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully. | [verb] To endure. | [verb] To toughen. TRASH (8) [noun] Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse. | [noun] A container into which things are discarded. | [noun] Something worthless or of poor quality. TROTH (8) [noun] An oath, pledge, or promise. | [noun] Truth; something true. | [verb] To pledge to marry somebody. TRUTH (8) [noun] True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality. | [noun] Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy. | [noun] The state or quality of being true to someone or something. VETCH (13) [noun] Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds | [noun] Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae VOUCH (13) [noun] Warrant; attestation. | [verb] To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest. | [verb] To warrant; to maintain by affirmations WATCH (13) [noun] A portable or wearable timepiece. | [noun] The act of guarding and observing someone or something. | [noun] A particular time period when guarding is kept. | [verb] To look at, see, or view for a period of time. WAUGH (12) WEIGH (12) [verb] To determine the weight of an object. | [verb] Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale. | [verb] To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate. WELCH (13) [noun] A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one. | [verb] To fail to repay a small debt. | [verb] To fail to fulfill an obligation. WELSH (11) [verb] To swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt. WENCH (13) [noun] (possibly offensive) A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one. | [noun] Used as a term of endearment for a female person, especially a wife, daughter, or girlfriend: darling, sweetheart. | [noun] A woman servant; a maidservant. WHICH (16) [pronoun] (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied). | [pronoun] The/Any ones that; whichever. | [pronoun] (relative) Introduces a relative clause giving further information about something previously mentioned. WHISH (14) WIDTH (12) [noun] The state of being wide. | [noun] The measurement of the extent of something from side to side. | [noun] A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric. WINCH (13) [noun] A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope or cable. | [noun] A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501). | [noun] A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth). | [verb] To wince; to shrink WITCH (13) [noun] A person who practices witchcraft; a woman or man who practices witchcraft. | [noun] An ugly or unpleasant woman. | [noun] One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person. | [noun] A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper. WOOSH (11) [noun] A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed. | [verb] To make a breathy sound like a whoosh. WORTH (11) [noun] Value. | [noun] Merit, excellence. | [noun] Wealth, fortune, riches, property, possessions. | [verb] (except in set phrases) To be, become, betide. WRATH (11) [noun] Great anger. | [noun] Punishment. | [verb] To anger; to enrage. WROTH (11) [adjective] Full of anger; wrathful. YECCH (15) [noun] An exclamation of disgust. | [interjection] An exclamation of disgust. YIRTH (11) YOUTH (11) [noun] The quality or state of being young. | [noun] The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood. | [noun] A young person. YUCCH (15) ZILCH (19) [noun] A nobody: a person who is worthless in importance or character. | [noun] Nothing, zero. | [verb] To cause to score nothing, to thoroughly defeat.

AARRGH (10) ABLUSH (11) [adjective] Blushing; ruddy. | [adverb] Blushing; ruddy. AFRESH (12) [adverb] Anew; again; once more AGUISH (10) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of an ague; feverish or shivering. | [adjective] Inclined to cause ague or fever. ALIYAH (12) [noun] The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah. | [noun] The immigration of Jews to Israel. | [noun] One of the major waves of immigration of Jews to Israel. AMBUSH (13) [noun] The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise. | [noun] An attack launched from a concealed position. | [noun] The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait. ANARCH (11) [noun] The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. ANKUSH (13) [noun] A pointed stick or rod used to guide and control an elephant. ASPISH (11) ATTACH (11) [verb] To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively). | [verb] To adhere; to be attached. | [verb] To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest. AVOUCH (14) [noun] Evidence; declaration | [verb] To declare freely and openly; to assert. | [verb] To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction. AWEIGH (13) [adjective] Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; said of the anchor. BANISH (11) [verb] (heading) To send someone away and forbid that person from returning. | [verb] To expel, especially from the mind. BLANCH (13) [verb] To grow or become white | [verb] To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach | [verb] To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water. | [verb] To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed. BLEACH (13) [adjective] Pale; bleak. | [noun] A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening. | [noun] A variety of bleach. | [noun] An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun. | [noun] A disease of the skin. BLENCH (13) [noun] A deceit; a trick. | [noun] A sidelong glance. | [verb] To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off. | [verb] To blanch. BLOTCH (13) [noun] An uneven patch of color or discoloration. | [noun] An irregularly shaped area. | [noun] Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain. BLUISH (11) [adjective] Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue. | [adjective] Somewhat depressed; sad. BORSCH (13) [noun] A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream. | [noun] Any similar sour soup made of other ingredients such as sorrel, cabbage, hogweed BOYISH (14) [adjective] Like a stereotypical boy in appearance or demeanor. BRANCH (13) [noun] The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing. | [noun] Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree. | [noun] A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. (compare Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia run, and New York and New England brook.) BREACH (13) [noun] A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence | [noun] A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out. | [noun] A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves BREATH (11) [noun] The act or process of breathing. | [noun] A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air. | [noun] Air expelled from the lungs. BREECH (13) [noun] (now only in the plural) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. | [noun] The buttocks or backside. | [noun] The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. BROACH (13) [noun] A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here. | [noun] A broad chisel for stone-cutting. | [noun] A spit for cooking food. | [verb] To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves. BROOCH (13) [noun] A piece of women’s ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body. | [noun] A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting. | [verb] To adorn as with a brooch. BRUNCH (13) [noun] A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals. | [verb] To eat brunch. BYPATH (16) [noun] An unfrequented path; an indirect route; a byway. CALASH (11) [noun] A silk and whalebone hood worn by ladies to shade the face. | [noun] A type of carriage with low wheels, especially pulled by horses. CALIPH (13) [noun] The political leader of the Muslim world, successor of Muhammad's political authority, not religious or spiritual. CAROCH (13) CASBAH (13) [noun] The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East. | [noun] (by synecdoche) The medina, the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East. CERIPH (13) [noun] A small line or stroke extending from the end of a letter in certain typefaces; a serif. CHALAH (14) [noun] A braided loaf of bread traditionally eaten by Jews, especially on the Sabbath and holidays. CHALEH (14) CHETAH (14) CHINCH (16) [noun] The bedbug (Cimex lectularius). CHOUGH (15) [noun] Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia. | [noun] The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands. CHOUSH (14) CHURCH (16) [noun] A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place. | [noun] Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity. | [noun] A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general. CLENCH (13) [noun] Tight grip. | [noun] A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings. | [noun] A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion. CLINCH (13) [noun] Any of several fastenings. | [noun] The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip or grasp. | [noun] A pun. CLOUGH (12) [noun] A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge. | [noun] A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land. | [noun] A cliff; a rocky precipice. | [noun] Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight. CLUTCH (13) [noun] The claw of a predatory animal or bird. | [noun] (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil. | [noun] A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car. | [noun] A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs. | [noun] An important or critical situation. COHOSH (14) [noun] A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), the rough rootstock of which is used in medicine. | [noun] A smooth herb, Actaea racemosa, marketed for medicinal use. COMETH (13) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "come" in archaic or biblical English usage. COOLTH (11) [noun] The state of being cool, temperature-wise; coolness. COPRAH (13) [noun] The dried meat or kernel of the coconut, used for extracting coconut oil. COYISH (14) CRANCH (13) [verb] To crush or crunch with the teeth; to chew noisily. CRATCH (13) [verb] To scratch. | [noun] A grated crib or manger. | [noun] The vertical planks at the forward end of the hold of a traditional English narrowboat which constrain the cargo and support the top plank or walkway. | [noun] A swelling on a horse's pastern, under the fetlock. CREESH (11) CROTCH (13) [noun] The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place. | [noun] The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus. | [noun] Either the male or female genitalia. CROUCH (13) [noun] A bent or stooped position. | [verb] To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear. | [verb] To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility. | [noun] A cross. CRUNCH (13) [noun] A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching. | [noun] A critical moment or event. | [noun] A problem that leads to a crisis. CRUTCH (13) [noun] A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg. | [noun] Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop | [noun] A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk. CULTCH (13) [noun] Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster. | [noun] Young or seed oysters together with the shells and other objects to which they are usually attached. | [noun] Rubbish; debris; refuse. CURAGH (12) [noun] A light, portable boat made of animal skins stretched over a wooden or wicker frame, used traditionally in Ireland and other Celtic regions. DALEDH (11) DALETH (10) DANISH (10) [noun] Danish pastry, light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruit or cheese. DEARTH (10) [noun] A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine. | [noun] (by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply. | [noun] Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly. DETACH (12) [verb] To take apart from; to take off. | [verb] To separate for a special object or use. | [verb] To come off something. DOURAH (10) DOVISH (13) DREICH (12) [adjective] Bleak, miserable, dismal, cheerless, dreary. DREIGH (11) DRENCH (12) [noun] A draught administered to an animal. | [noun] A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging. | [verb] To soak, to make very wet. | [noun] A military vassal, mentioned in the Domesday Book. DRIEGH (11) DROUTH (10) [noun] A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell. | [noun] (by extension) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport. DRYISH (13) DUDISH (11) EIGHTH (13) [noun] The person or thing in the eighth position. | [noun] One of eight equal parts of a whole. | [noun] An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs. ELFISH (12) [adjective] Characteristic of an elf; elfin, elven. | [adjective] Mischievous. ELVISH (12) [adjective] Of or having to do with elves; elven. ENCASH (11) [verb] To convert a financial instrument or funding source into cash. ENMESH (11) [verb] To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh or net like manner. | [verb] To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult | [verb] To involve in difficulties. ENOUGH (10) [adverb] Sufficiently. | [adverb] Fully; quite; used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very. | [pronoun] A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc. ENRICH (11) [verb] To enhance. | [verb] To make (someone or something) rich or richer. | [verb] To adorn, ornate more richly. EOLITH (9) [noun] Crudely chopped flints, believed to be naturally produced by geological processes such as glaciation. EPARCH (13) [noun] The governor or prefect of a province. | [noun] The ruler of an eparchy. | [noun] The metropolitan bishop of a province or eparchy. EUNUCH (11) [noun] A castrated human male. | [noun] Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials. | [noun] (in translations of ancient texts) A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate. EXARCH (18) [noun] In the Byzantine Empire, a governor of a distant province. | [noun] In the Eastern Christian Churches, the deputy of a patriarch, or a bishop who holds authority over other bishops without being a patriarch. | [noun] In these same churches, a bishop appointed over a group of the faithful not yet large enough or organized enough to constitute an eparchy or diocese. FAMISH (14) [verb] To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger. | [verb] To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hunger. | [verb] To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary. FELLAH (12) [noun] A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa. | [noun] (chiefly South US) used to address a male | [noun] A colleague or partner. FETICH (14) [noun] Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. | [noun] Sexual attraction to or arousal at something sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a part of the body. | [noun] An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation; an obsession. FETISH (12) [noun] Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. | [noun] Sexual attraction to or arousal at something sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a part of the body. | [noun] An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation; an obsession. FINISH (12) [noun] An end; the end of anything. | [noun] A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces. | [noun] The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth. FLEECH (14) FLENCH (14) [verb] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. FLETCH (14) [noun] The vane toward the back of an arrow, used to stabilise the arrow during flight. | [noun] (fisheries) A large boneless fillet of halibut, swordfish or tuna. | [verb] To feather, as an arrow. FLINCH (14) [noun] A reflexive jerking away. | [noun] The slipping of the foot from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet. | [verb] To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe. | [verb] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. FLITCH (14) [noun] The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon. | [noun] A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber). | [verb] To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips. FLYSCH (17) [noun] A series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary. FOURTH (12) [noun] (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position. | [noun] (chiefly American) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole. | [noun] (not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine. FRENCH (14) [verb] To prepare food by cutting it into strips. | [verb] To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth. | [verb] To kiss in this manner. GALOSH (10) [noun] A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow. | [noun] A waterproof rubber boot, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions. | [verb] To walk while wearing, or as if wearing, galoshes; to splash about. GANJAH (17) GARISH (10) [adjective] Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste. GLITCH (12) [noun] A problem affecting function. | [noun] An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time. | [noun] A bug or an exploit. GLUNCH (12) GOLOSH (10) GONOPH (12) GOYISH (13) GRINCH (12) [noun] A grouch or killjoy. | [noun] A person who aggressively sets out to ruin the Christmas holidays for others. GROUCH (12) [noun] A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor. | [noun] One who is grumpy or irritable. | [verb] To be grumpy or irritable; to complain. GROWTH (13) [noun] An increase in size, number, value, or strength. | [noun] The act of growing, getting bigger or higher. | [noun] Something that grows or has grown. GRUTCH (12) HADITH (13) [noun] An eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad (or sometimes one of his companions) not otherwise found in the Quran. | [noun] A particular accepted collection of such accounts, as from a single source or within a particular branch of Islam or Islamic jurisprudence. HALLAH (12) HALVAH (15) [noun] A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in South Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. HAMZAH (23) HAUNCH (14) [noun] The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters. | [noun] The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food. | [noun] A squat vertical support structure. HEALTH (12) [noun] The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness. | [noun] A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level. | [noun] Physical condition. | [noun] A warrior; hero; man. HEARTH (12) [noun] A brick, stone or cement floor to a fireplace or oven. | [noun] An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built. | [noun] The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace. HIGHTH (16) HOOKAH (16) [noun] A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored. HOORAH (12) HOOTCH (14) [noun] Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky. | [noun] A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling. HOUDAH (13) HOWDAH (16) [noun] A seat, usually with a canopy, carried on the back of an elephant or camel. | [noun] An ornate carriage which is positioned on the back of elephants or occasionally other animals, used most often in the past for rich people who travelled in India via elephant. HURRAH (12) [noun] A cheer; a cry of hurrah!. | [verb] To give a hurrah (to somebody). | [interjection] Expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness. HUZZAH (30) [noun] A cheer often associated with sailors, shouted by a group in praise of a thing or event. | [verb] To cheer with a huzzah sound. | [interjection] Used as a call for coordinated physical effort, as in hoisting. IMMESH (13) IMPISH (13) [adjective] Mischievous; of or befitting an imp. INARCH (11) [verb] To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete. INMESH (11) INRUSH (9) [noun] A crowding or flooding in. | [noun] The initial flow of electricity into a component when it is switched on. | [verb] To rush in. JADISH (17) JARRAH (16) [noun] Eucalyptus marginata, a eucalypt tree occurring in the southwest of Western Australia, or its wood. JOSEPH (18) JUBBAH (20) JUBHAH (21) KALIPH (15) KASBAH (15) [noun] The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East. | [noun] (by synecdoche) The medina, the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East. KEBLAH (15) KEDDAH (15) [noun] An elephant trap; an enclosure constructed to entrap wild elephants. KHEDAH (17) KIAUGH (14) KIBBEH (17) [noun] A form of dumpling, from the Levant, made of spiced lamb and bulgur wheat. KIBLAH (15) [noun] The direction in which Muslims face while praying, currently determined as the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca. KIBOSH (15) [noun] Nonsense, bosh. | [noun] Fashion; style. | [verb] To decisively terminate. KIRSCH (15) [noun] (often capitalized) A clear brandy made from black cherries: kirschwasser. KITSCH (15) [noun] Art, decorative objects and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar. | [adjective] Of art and decor: of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar. KLATCH (15) [noun] An informal social gathering, especially one held over coffee for the purpose of conversation. KVETCH (18) [noun] A person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything. | [noun] An instance of kvetching; a complaint or whine. | [verb] To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly. KYBOSH (18) [noun] Nonsense, bosh. | [noun] Fashion; style. | [verb] To decisively terminate. LAMEDH (12) LATISH (9) [adjective] Somewhat late. LAUNCH (11) [noun] The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.) | [noun] The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.). | [noun] An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party. | [noun] The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch". LAVISH (12) [verb] To give out extremely generously; to squander. | [verb] To give out to (somebody) extremely generously. | [adjective] Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal. LENGTH (10) [noun] The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object. | [noun] Duration. | [noun] The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race. LIROTH (9) LOOFAH (12) [noun] A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd | [noun] The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing | [noun] Any bathing sponge LOWISH (12) MARISH (11) MATSAH (11) MATZAH (20) [noun] Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine. | [noun] A piece of the above bread. MATZOH (20) [noun] Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine. | [noun] A piece of the above bread. MENSCH (13) [noun] A person (chiefly male) of strength, integrity and honor or compassion. | [noun] A gentleman. MIKVAH (18) [noun] A ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed. MIKVEH (18) [noun] A ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed. MINISH (11) MODISH (12) [adjective] Conforming with fashion or style. | [adjective] In the current mode. MOLLAH (11) MOLOCH (13) [noun] Moloch horridus, an Australian lizard thought to be the sole member of the genus Moloch. MONISH (11) MOOLAH (11) [noun] A religious scholar and teacher of sharia law. | [noun] Money, cash. MOPISH (13) MULISH (11) [adjective] Characteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, or intractable MULLAH (11) [noun] A religious scholar and teacher of sharia law. | [verb] To grind up into, or as if into, powder. | [verb] To beat; to thrash (a person). NAUTCH (11) [noun] A dance in South Asia, performed by professional dancing girls. NEWISH (12) NULLAH (9) [noun] A stream-bed, ravine, or other watercourse; a drain for rain or floodwater. OAFISH (12) [adjective] Characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid. ODDISH (11) [adjective] Somewhat odd. OFFISH (15) [adjective] Aloof OGRISH (10) OLDISH (10) ONRUSH (9) [noun] A forceful rush or flow forward. | [noun] An aggressive assault. | [verb] To rush or flow forward forcefully. OOLITH (9) [noun] A spherical granule of which oolite is composed, formed by concentric accretion of thin layers of a mineral around a core. Calcium carbonate (limestone) is the most common mineral that forms ooliths, but they may also form from other minerals such as dolomite and silica. | [noun] Oolite. OOMPAH (13) [noun] A genre of Germanic music (especially Bavarian music) typically involving brass instruments. | [noun] A bassline characteristic of such music, alternating lower and higher notes or chords on the beat, or in a mid-high-low-high sequence. | [verb] To produce an oom-pah sound. OWLISH (12) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of an owl. | [adjective] Wise and solemn. | [adjective] Stupid; dull-looking. PAINCH (13) PALISH (11) PARAPH (13) [noun] A flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery. | [noun] A mark used by medieval rubricators to indicate textual division. | [verb] To add a paraph to; to sign, especially with one's initials. PARDAH (12) PARIAH (11) [noun] A person who is rejected from society or home; an outcast. | [noun] A demographic group, species, or community that is generally despised. | [noun] Someone in exile. PARISH (11) [noun] In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church. | [noun] The community attending that church; the members of the parish. | [noun] An ecclesiastical society, usually not bounded by territorial limits, but composed of those persons who choose to unite under the charge of a particular priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live. | [verb] To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing. PAUNCH (13) [noun] The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen. | [noun] The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one. | [noun] A paunch mat. PERISH (11) [verb] To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing. | [verb] To decay in such a way that it can't be used for its original purpose | [verb] To die; to cease to live. PLANCH (13) PLEACH (13) [noun] An act or result of interweaving; specifically, a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc. | [noun] A branch of a shrub, tree, etc., used for pleaching; a pleacher. | [noun] A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out. PLENCH (13) PLINTH (11) [noun] A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based. | [noun] The bottom course of stones or bricks supporting a wall. | [noun] A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet. PLOUGH (12) [noun] The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres. | [noun] A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting. | [noun] The use of a plough; tillage. POLISH (11) [noun] A substance used to polish. | [noun] Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess. | [noun] Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation. POPISH (13) [adjective] (used by early Protestants) of or pertaining to Roman Catholicism | [adjective] Acting like, or holding beliefs similar to, the pope. POTASH (11) [noun] The water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer. | [noun] An impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts. | [noun] Potassium. Chiefly used in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash". PREACH (13) [noun] A religious discourse. | [verb] To give a sermon. | [verb] To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue. PRUTAH (11) PUNISH (11) [verb] To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action. | [verb] To treat harshly and unfairly. | [verb] To handle or beat severely; to maul. PUNKAH (15) [noun] A fan, especially made of leaf or cloth and hung from the ceiling; in the past often operated by a servant. PURDAH (12) [noun] A curtain, especially as used to conceal and divide women from men and strangers in some Hindu or Muslim traditions. | [noun] A striped cotton cloth which is used to make curtains. | [noun] The state or system of social gender seclusion in some Muslim or Hindu communities. PUTSCH (13) [noun] A coup d'état; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government. QUAICH (20) [noun] A traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin symbolizing friendship. It was originally used to toast the arrival or departure of a visitor. | [noun] (by extension) Any two-handled drinking vessel or trophy. QUAIGH (19) [noun] A traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin symbolizing friendship. It was originally used to toast the arrival or departure of a visitor. | [noun] (by extension) Any two-handled drinking vessel or trophy. QUENCH (20) [noun] The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state. | [noun] A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system. | [verb] To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst. QUITCH (20) [verb] To shake (something); to stir, move. | [verb] To stir; to move. | [verb] To flinch; shrink. | [noun] Elymus repens, couch grass (a species of grass, often considered a weed) QURUSH (18) RADISH (10) [noun] A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root. | [noun] The root of this plant used as food. Some varieties are pungent and usually eaten raw in salads, etc., while others have a milder taste and are cooked. | [noun] With a distinguishing word: some other plant of the Raphanus genus or Brassicaceae family. RAKISH (13) [adjective] Dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance. | [adjective] Like a rake; dissolute; profligate. RAUNCH (11) [noun] Low class condition or content; inferiority; inadequacy. | [noun] Dishonorable, base, and vulgar expression. | [noun] Socially unacceptable sexual behavior. RAVISH (12) [verb] To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. | [verb] (usually passive) To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. | [verb] To rape. RAWISH (12) REHASH (12) [noun] Something reworked, or made up from old materials. | [noun] A recomputation of the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items. | [verb] To repeat with minor variation. RELISH (9) [noun] A pleasant taste | [noun] Enjoyment; pleasure. | [noun] A quality or characteristic tinge. REWASH (12) [noun] The act of washing something again | [verb] Wash again RUPIAH (11) [noun] The unit of currency in Indonesia. SAMECH (13) SAMEKH (15) SCARPH (13) SCORCH (13) [noun] A slight or surface burn. | [noun] A discolouration caused by heat. | [noun] Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi. SCOTCH (13) [noun] A surface cut or abrasion. | [noun] A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch. | [noun] A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping. | [noun] (as a plural noun, the Scotch) The people of Scotland. | [noun] Scotch tape SCOUTH (11) SCUTCH (13) [noun] An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them. | [noun] The woody fibre of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. | [verb] To beat or whip; to drub. | [noun] A tuft or clump of grass. SEARCH (11) [noun] An attempt to find something. | [noun] The act of searching in general. | [verb] To look in (a place) for something. SERAPH (11) [noun] A six-winged angel; the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God. They are the 5th highest order of angels in Jewish angelology. A detailed description can be found at the beginning of Isaiah chapter 6 SHAUGH (13) SHEATH (12) [noun] A holster for a sword; a scabbard. | [noun] (by extension) Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide. | [noun] The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses. | [verb] To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath. SHEIKH (16) [noun] The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe. | [noun] An Islamic religious cleric; the leader of an Islamic religious order. | [noun] (some Arab Gulf countries) An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent families. SHEUCH (14) SHEUGH (13) [noun] A ditch, especially a field boundary ditch usually used to drain fields and mark their boundaries. | [noun] The space between the buttocks. | [noun] The Atlantic ocean, the sea. SHIBAH (14) SHIVAH (15) [noun] A weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative. SIRRAH (9) [noun] A term of address to an inferior male or more commonly a child. A modern day equivalent would be "little man". SKEIGH (14) SKETCH (15) [noun] A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines. | [noun] A rough design, plan, or draft, as a rough draft of a book. | [noun] A brief description of a person or account of an incident; a general presentation or outline. SLATCH (11) SLEIGH (10) [noun] A vehicle, generally pulled by an animal, which moves over snow or ice on runners, used for transporting persons or goods. (contrast "sled", which is smaller) | [verb] To ride or drive a sleigh. | [adjective] Sly. SLEUTH (9) [noun] A detective. | [noun] A sleuth-hound; a bloodhound. | [noun] An animal’s trail or track. | [noun] Slowness; laziness, sloth. SLOUCH (11) [noun] A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance | [noun] Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim. | [noun] Someone who is slow to act. SLOUGH (10) [noun] The skin shed by a snake or other reptile. | [noun] Dead skin on a sore or ulcer. | [verb] To shed (skin). | [noun] A muddy or marshy area. SMIRCH (13) [noun] Dirt, or a stain. | [noun] A stain on somebody's reputation. | [verb] To dirty; to make dirty. | [noun] A chirp of radiation power from an astronomical body that has a smeared appearance on its plot in the time-frequency plane (usually associated with massive bodies orbiting supermassive black holes) SMOOCH (13) [noun] A kiss. | [verb] To kiss. | [verb] To soil, stain or smudge. SMOOTH (11) [noun] Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily. | [noun] A smoothing action. | [noun] A domestic animal having a smooth coat. SMUTCH (13) SNATCH (11) [noun] A quick grab or catch. | [noun] A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. | [noun] A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation. SNEESH (9) SNITCH (11) [noun] A thief. | [noun] An informer, usually one who betrays his group. | [noun] A nose. SPEECH (13) [noun] The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate. | [noun] A session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person. | [noun] A style of speaking. SPILTH (11) [noun] A spillage; spilled material. SPLASH (11) [noun] The sound made by an object hitting a liquid. | [noun] A small amount of liquid. | [noun] A small amount (of color). SPLOSH (11) [noun] A heavy splashing sound. | [noun] Tea (the drink). | [verb] To make a heavy splashing sound. SQUASH (18) [noun] A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets. | [noun] A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water. | [noun] A place or a situation where people have limited space to move. | [noun] A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. | [noun] Muskrat. SQUISH (18) [noun] The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed. | [noun] A political moderate. | [noun] Marmalade. | [noun] A non-romantic and generally non-sexual infatuation with somebody one is not dating, or the object of that infatuation; a platonic crush. SQUUSH (18) STANCH (11) [noun] That which stanches or checks a flow. | [noun] A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. | [verb] To stop the flow of. STARCH (11) [noun] A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc. | [noun] (nutrition) Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods. | [noun] A stiff, formal manner; formality. STENCH (11) [noun] A strong foul smell; a stink. | [noun] A foul quality. | [noun] A smell or odour, not necessarily bad. STITCH (11) [noun] A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. | [noun] An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style. | [noun] An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise. | [verb] To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches. STRATH (9) [noun] A wide, flat river valley. SUCCAH (13) [noun] A temporary dwelling or booth used by practising Jews during Tabernacles (Sukkot). SUKKAH (17) [noun] A temporary dwelling or booth used by practising Jews during Tabernacles (Sukkot). SUMACH (13) [noun] Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and other genera in Anacardiaceae, particularly the elm-leaved sumac, Sicilian sumac, or tanner's sumac (Rhus coriaria). | [noun] Dried and chopped-up leaves and stems of a plant of the genus Rhus, particularly the tanner's sumac (see sense 1), used for dyeing and tanning leather or for medicinal purposes. | [noun] A sour spice popular in the Eastern Mediterranean, made from the berries of tanner's sumac. SUNNAH (9) SWARTH (12) SWATCH (14) [noun] A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material. | [noun] A selection of such samples bound together. | [noun] A clump or portion of something. | [noun] A channel or passage of water between sandbanks, or between a sandbank and a seashore. SWITCH (14) [noun] A bundle of thin sticks, typically made of wood, sometimes bond in such a way that binding can be moved so that it varies the tightness of the binding. | [noun] A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow. | [noun] A change or exchange. SWOOSH (12) [noun] A swooshing movement or sound | [noun] A pattern or logo suggesting a swooshing movement. | [verb] To move with a rushing or swirling sound TEMPEH (13) [noun] An Indonesian food made from partially-cooked fermented soybeans, mixed with a fungus (Rhizopus oligosporus). TERAPH (11) [noun] An image of a Semitic household god. THATCH (14) [noun] Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. | [noun] Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. | [noun] A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn. | [verb] To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc. THOUGH (13) [adverb] Despite that; however. | [adverb] (degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed. | [conjunction] Despite the fact that; although. THRASH (12) [noun] A beat or blow; the sound of beating. | [noun] Thrash metal | [verb] To beat mercilessly. THRESH (12) [verb] To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery. | [verb] To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub. THRUSH (12) [noun] Any of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae, often with spotted underbellies such as the bluebird, nightingale, and American robin have. | [noun] A female singer. | [noun] A fungal infection caused by Candida, now especially of the vagina; candidiasis. TONISH (9) TOROTH (9) TOYISH (12) TREFAH (12) TRENCH (11) [noun] A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground. | [noun] A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces. | [noun] A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation. TROUGH (10) [noun] A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals. | [noun] Any similarly shaped container. | [noun] A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates. TROWTH (12) TUSSAH (9) [noun] A deep gold-coloured silk produced from larvae of several species of silk worms belonging to the moth genus Antheraea | [noun] Any of the moth species used to produce tussar silk TUSSEH (9) TWITCH (14) [noun] Couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed) UNLASH (9) [verb] To unfasten. UNMESH (11) UNWISH (12) UPPISH (13) [adjective] (since circa 1678) Having plenty of money. | [adjective] Proud; arrogant; assuming | [adjective] (of a shot) In which the ball is hit into the air, with the chance of being caught. UPRUSH (11) [noun] An upwards rush. | [verb] To rush upward. VANISH (12) [noun] The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part. | [noun] A magic trick in which something seems to disappear. | [verb] To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed. WALLAH (12) [noun] A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah. | [noun] A guy or bloke. | [adverb] By God (Allah); may God be my witness used in making a solemn oath WARMTH (14) [noun] A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm. | [noun] Friendliness, kindness or affection. | [noun] Fervor, intensity of emotion or expression. WEALTH (12) [noun] Riches; valuable material possessions. | [noun] A great amount; an abundance or plenty. | [noun] Prosperity; well-being; happiness. WHIDAH (16) [noun] Any of various black and white African weaverbirds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds. WHOOSH (15) [noun] A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed. | [verb] To make a breathy sound like a whoosh. WHYDAH (19) [noun] Any of various black and white African weaverbirds with distinctive drooping long tailfeathers on males in mating season, suitable as cage birds. WIDISH (13) WINISH (12) WRAITH (12) [noun] A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death. WREATH (12) [noun] Something twisted, intertwined, or curled. | [noun] An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor. | [noun] An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms. WRENCH (14) [noun] A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. | [noun] An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. | [noun] A trick or artifice. | [verb] To violently move in a turn or writhe. WRETCH (14) [noun] An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person. | [noun] An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person. | [noun] An exile. ZENITH (18) [noun] The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir. | [noun] The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body. | [noun] (by extension) Highest point or state; peak. ZEROTH (18) [adjective] In the initial position in a sequence whose elements are numbered starting at zero; the ordinal number corresponding to zero. | [adjective] Corresponding to a position preceding the first. ZIBETH (20) ZILLAH (18) [noun] A district or local division, as of a province, in India. ZIZITH (27)

AARRGHH (14) ABOLISH (12) [verb] To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. | [verb] To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. ABROACH (14) ABSINTH (12) [noun] The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood. | [noun] Bitterness; sorrow. | [noun] A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs. ACALEPH (14) [noun] A jellyfish or similar gelatinous marine animal; any of various free-swimming marine organisms including jellyfish and comb jellies. AGOROTH (11) [noun] Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel. ANGUISH (11) [noun] Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress. | [verb] To suffer pain. | [verb] To cause to suffer pain. AZIMUTH (21) [noun] An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object. | [noun] The quadrant of an azimuth circle. BABYISH (17) [adjective] Like a baby; childish BALDISH (13) BATFISH (15) [noun] Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae | [noun] Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax. BEAMISH (14) [adjective] Smiling broadly; beaming with joy or cheerfulness. BEARISH (12) [adjective] Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy. | [adjective] (of the price of financial instruments) Characterized by falling prices. | [adjective] (by extension) Pessimistic about the future. BEAUISH (12) BEGORAH (13) [interjection] An exclamation used to express surprise, wonder, or emphasis, often associated with Irish English dialect. BENEATH (12) [adverb] Below or underneath. | [preposition] Below. | [preposition] In a position that is lower in rank, dignity, etc. BESEECH (14) [noun] A request. | [verb] To beg or implore (a person) | [verb] To request or beg for BETROTH (12) [verb] To promise to give in marriage. | [verb] To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to. BEWITCH (17) [verb] To cast a spell upon. | [verb] To fascinate or charm. | [verb] To astonish, amaze. BIGGISH (14) [adjective] Somewhat large or fairly big in size. BIMORPH (16) [noun] A device consisting of two layers of different materials that bend when heated or cooled, used in sensors and actuators. | [noun] In biology, an organism or structure composed of two distinct parts or forms. BIOTECH (14) [noun] Biotechnology | [noun] A company specializing in biotechnology, or stock in such a company | [adjective] Of, or relating to biotechnology BISMUTH (14) [noun] A chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal. | [noun] A single atom of this element. BLEMISH (14) [noun] A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot. | [noun] A moral defect; a character flaw. | [verb] To spoil the appearance of. BLUEISH (12) [adjective] Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue. | [adjective] Somewhat depressed; sad. BOARISH (12) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a boar; swinish, brutish, or coarse in manner or behavior. BOGGISH (14) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a bog; wet, marshy, or swampy. BOOBISH (14) BOOKISH (16) [adjective] Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result. | [adjective] Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books. BOORISH (12) [adjective] Behaving as a boor; rough in manners. BOROUGH (13) [noun] A fortified town. | [noun] A town or city. | [noun] A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights. BOXFISH (22) [noun] Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes. | [noun] Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion. BREADTH (13) [noun] The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is. | [noun] A piece of fabric of standard width. | [noun] Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill. BRINISH (12) BRUTISH (12) [adjective] Of, or in the manner of a brute | [adjective] Bestial; lacking human sensibility BUCKISH (18) [adjective] Characteristic of or resembling a buck; bold or impudent in manner. BULLISH (12) [adjective] Having a muscular physique | [adjective] Aggressively self-confident or assertive; bullheaded | [adjective] (of the price of financial instruments) Characterized by rising value. BULRUSH (12) [noun] Any of several wetland plants, mostly in the family Cyperaceae (the sedges): BURNISH (12) [noun] Polish; lustre. | [verb] To make smooth or shiny by rubbing; to polish; to shine. | [verb] To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large. BUSHWAH (18) [noun] Nonsense. CADDISH (14) [adjective] Characteristic of a cad. CAPOUCH (16) [noun] A hood or head covering, especially one that is part of a garment or cloak. | [noun] A type of hood or cowl worn by monks or as part of religious attire. CARLISH (12) CAROACH (14) CARROCH (14) CARWASH (15) [noun] An event at which people (often children) wash cars, often for a small fee or donation | [noun] A place at which a car is washed, usually for a fee and often mechanically by driving the car through a tunnel. | [noun] An instance of washing a car, especially such a place. CATARRH (12) [noun] Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat. | [noun] A discharge of fluid associated with this condition. CATFISH (15) [noun] Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth | [verb] To fish for catfish | [noun] Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people. CATTISH (12) [adjective] Catlike; in the manner of a cat | [adjective] Stealthy | [adjective] Sly and spiteful; marked by malice CHALLAH (15) [noun] A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for Yom Tov. | [noun] The commandment to separate a portion of bread or bread dough for the cohanim (Numbers 15:17–21); in contemporary practice, the portion is burned until inedible. | [noun] The portion separated in fulfillment of the above. CHALOTH (15) [noun] A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for Yom Tov. | [noun] The commandment to separate a portion of bread or bread dough for the cohanim (Numbers 15:17–21); in contemporary practice, the portion is burned until inedible. | [noun] The portion separated in fulfillment of the above. CHEETAH (15) [noun] A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head. It is native to Africa and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal. CHERISH (15) [verb] To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care. | [verb] To have a deep appreciation of; to hold dear. | [verb] To cheer, to gladden. CHUDDAH (17) [noun] A large piece of cloth worn as a shawl or wrap by women in India and some other South Asian countries. CLAYISH (15) COCKISH (18) CODFISH (16) [noun] A cod (the fish). | [noun] The flesh of the cod as food. COLDISH (13) [adjective] Somewhat cold; moderately chilly. COLTISH (12) [adjective] Resembling a colt, especially: COOLISH (12) COWFISH (18) [noun] Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae. | [noun] The grampus, Grampus griseus, Risso's dolphin. | [noun] A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii. CRAUNCH (14) [verb] To crunch or crush with a grinding sound. | [noun] A crunching sound. CUBBISH (16) CULTISH (12) [adjective] Resembling a cult | [adjective] Having an intense admiration or fandom CURRACH (14) [noun] An Irish boat, constructed like a coracle, and originally the same shape; now a boat of similar construction but conventional shape and large enough to be operated by up to eight oars. CURRAGH (13) [noun] An Irish boat, constructed like a coracle, and originally the same shape; now a boat of similar construction but conventional shape and large enough to be operated by up to eight oars. CURRISH (12) [adjective] Pertaining to a cur or mongrel. | [adjective] Ignoble, mean-spirited. DAMPISH (15) DARKISH (15) DEAFISH (14) DEBAUCH (15) [noun] An individual act of debauchery. | [noun] An orgy. | [verb] To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce. DEBOUCH (15) [noun] A narrow outlet from which a body of water pours. | [noun] A fortress at the end of a defile. | [verb] To pour forth from a narrow opening; to emerge from a narrow place like a defile into open country or a wider space. DERVISH (14) [noun] A member of the Dervish fraternity of Sufism, known for spinning. | [noun] A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), the Dhulbahante anti-colonial polity geographically corresponding with Khaatumo. | [noun] One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan, in the 1880s. DIGRAPH (14) [noun] A directed graph. | [noun] A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character. | [noun] A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme. DIMORPH (15) DIPTYCH (18) [noun] A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within. | [noun] A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges. | [noun] A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church. DISTICH (13) [noun] A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense. | [noun] Any couplet. | [adjective] Distichous. DOGFISH (15) [noun] Any of various small sharks | [noun] The bowfin, Amia calva. DOGGISH (13) [adjective] Currish, resembling a mongrel dog, notably in its worst qualities | [adjective] Stylish in a showy way DOLLISH (11) DOLTISH (11) [adjective] Like a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid. DONNISH (11) [adjective] Characteristic of a (university) don | [adjective] (of a person) Bookish, theoretical and pedantic, as opposed to practical. DOZENTH (20) [noun] A twelfth. | [adjective] Twelfth. DRONISH (11) DULLISH (11) DUMPISH (15) DUNCISH (13) DUSKISH (15) ELDRICH (13) ENDARCH (13) ENGLISH (11) [noun] Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling. | [noun] An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance. EPITAPH (14) [noun] An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased. | [noun] A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person. | [verb] To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. EVANISH (13) [verb] To vanish. EYELASH (13) [noun] One of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids EYEWASH (16) [noun] A soothing medicated lotion for the eyes | [noun] Nonsense; flattery; pretentiousness. | [verb] To fool with nonsense or flattery. FADDISH (15) FAIRISH (13) FATTISH (13) FINFISH (16) FLEMISH (15) [noun] A rope that has been coiled into a neat mat; a flemish coil. | [verb] To coil a rope into a neat pattern on the deck of a ship. FOGYISH (17) FOLKISH (17) [adjective] Popular; referring to the culture of ordinary people. | [adjective] In the style of folk music. FOOLISH (13) [adjective] (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise. | [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a fool. FOPPISH (17) [adjective] Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance; vain and showy. FOXFISH (23) FURBISH (15) [verb] To polish or burnish. | [verb] To renovate or recondition. FURNISH (13) [noun] Material used to create an engineered product. | [verb] To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment. | [verb] To supply or give (something). GALUMPH (15) [verb] To move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph. GARFISH (14) [noun] Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone. | [noun] Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae. GARNISH (11) [noun] A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types. | [noun] Pewter vessels in general. | [noun] Something added for embellishment. GAWKISH (18) GIRLISH (11) [adjective] Like (that of) a girl; feminine. | [adjective] Of or relating to girlhood. GNOMISH (13) GOATISH (11) GOODISH (12) [adjective] Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable. | [adjective] Considerable; goodly. GOOMBAH (15) [noun] A person of Italian descent. | [noun] A companion, pal, close friend, or associate, used especially among Italian-American men. It sometimes has the connotation of an older friend who acts as a patron, protector or adviser. | [noun] A style of music from Guinea-Bissau which is primarily vocal and percussive. GOULASH (11) [noun] A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika. | [noun] A style of play in which the cards are not thoroughly shuffled between consecutive deals, so as to make the suits less evenly distributed between the players. GRAYISH (14) GREENTH (11) GREYISH (14) HAGBUSH (16) HAGFISH (17) [noun] Any of several primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather. HAGGISH (15) HALAKAH (17) HALALAH (13) HALAVAH (16) HALLOTH (13) HARUMPH (17) HASHISH (16) [noun] The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking. | [noun] A cannabis extract. | [noun] Marijuana generally. HAWKISH (20) [adjective] Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action. | [adjective] Favouring increasing interest rates; inclined towards increasing interest rates. HEIGHTH (17) HEIMISH (15) HELLISH (13) [adjective] Causing pain, discomfort or distress. HICKISH (19) HIPPISH (17) HOGFISH (17) [noun] Lachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean. | [noun] Several of the species of Bodianus. | [noun] The pigfish or sailor's choice, Orthopristis chrysoptera, or other species in genus Orthospristis. HOGGISH (15) [adjective] Having the characteristics of a pig | [adjective] Having a gluttonous appetite HOGWASH (17) [noun] Foolish talk or writing; nonsense. | [noun] A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill. HOTTISH (13) HUFFISH (19) HUNNISH (13) HUTZPAH (24) [noun] Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion. IMPEACH (16) [verb] To hinder, impede, or prevent. | [verb] To bring a legal proceeding against a public official. | [verb] To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question. INEARTH (10) [verb] To put into the earth; inter. INVEIGH (14) [verb] (with against or occasionally about, formerly also with on, at, upon) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism | [verb] To draw in or away; to entice, inveigle. ISOBATH (12) ISOPACH (14) [noun] A line on a chart joining parts of a stratigraphic unit that have the same thickness; an isopachous line. ISOTACH (12) JACINTH (19) [noun] A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone; a hyacinth. JEWFISH (23) [noun] Any of several fish species, principally groupers and similar-appearing fish KADDISH (16) [noun] A Jewish prayer recited during services, and when mourning the death of a close relative. KHIRKAH (21) KIDDISH (16) KIDDUSH (16) [noun] A blessing recited over wine or grape juice in commemoration of the sanctity of the Shabbat or other Jewish holy day. KLATSCH (16) [noun] An informal social gathering, especially one held over coffee for the purpose of conversation. KNAVISH (17) [adjective] Having the characteristics of a knave; mischievous, roguish, waggish, rascally or impertinent KURBASH (16) [noun] A whip or strap about a yard in length. | [verb] To beat with a kurbash. LADYISH (14) LARGISH (11) LARKISH (14) LAZYISH (22) LEFTISH (13) LONGISH (11) [adjective] Somewhat long. LOUDISH (11) LOUTISH (10) [adjective] Resembling a lout. LUMPISH (14) [adjective] Shaped like a lump, lumpy, ill-defined in shape. | [adjective] Like lumps, lumpy, composed of unshaped or mismatched pieces. | [adjective] Like a lump, cloddish, dull, slow-witted. MADDISH (14) MAIDISH (13) MAMMOTH (16) [noun] Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia. | [noun] A mastodon. | [noun] Something very large of its kind. MANNISH (12) [adjective] (of a woman) Resembling or characteristic of a man, masculine. | [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a grown man (as opposed to a boy); mature, adult. | [adjective] Impertinent; assertive. MATZOTH (21) [noun] Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine. | [noun] A piece of the above bread. MAWKISH (19) [adjective] Feeling sick, queasy. | [adjective] Sickening or insipid in taste or smell. | [adjective] Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment; maudlin. MAYBUSH (17) MEGILPH (15) MENORAH (12) [noun] A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem. | [noun] A candelabrum (hanukkiah) with nine branches used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah. MESARCH (14) MESSIAH (12) [noun] (Abrahamic tradition) The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ. | [noun] A similar religious figure or awaited divine ruler, such as the Islamic Mahdi. | [noun] An extremely powerful figure. MEZUZAH (30) [noun] A piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21) and attached in a case to the doorpost of a house, in accordance with the mitzvah (Biblical commandment as interpreted in Jewish law) to "write the words of God on the gates and doorposts of your house" (Deuteronomy 6:9). MIDRASH (13) MIKVOTH (19) MINXISH (19) MITSVAH (15) MITZVAH (24) [noun] Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law | [noun] An act of kindness, a good deed. MOBBISH (16) MONARCH (14) [noun] The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy. | [noun] The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings. | [noun] (Aboriginal English) A police officer. MONKISH (16) [adjective] Pertaining to, or resembling, a monk or monasticism. | [adjective] Tending to self-denial; ascetic. MOONISH (12) MOORISH (12) [adjective] Boggy, marshy; like a moor. MUDFISH (16) [noun] Any of many fish that frequent muddy water or burrow in mud, including: NEBBISH (14) [noun] One who is fearful and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations, and in taking responsibility. NEOLITH (10) NERDISH (11) [adjective] Like a nerd; having the traits of a nerd. NOIRISH (10) NOMARCH (14) [noun] Chief administrator or magistrate of a nome or nomarchy NONCASH (12) NONSUCH (12) [noun] A person or thing with no equal. | [noun] Silene chalcedonica (syn. Lychnis chalcedonica) NOURISH (10) [noun] A nurse. | [verb] To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment. | [verb] To support; to maintain. NUNNISH (10) OARFISH (13) [noun] A large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae. OGREISH (11) OSTRICH (12) [noun] A large flightless bird (Struthio camelus) native to Africa. | [noun] One who buries one's head in the sand instead of acknowledging problems OTOLITH (10) [noun] A small particle, comprised mainly of calcium carbonate, found in the inner ear of vertebrates, being part of the balance sense. OUTFISH (13) OUTGUSH (11) OUTPUSH (12) OUTRUSH (10) [noun] A rushing outward. | [verb] To rush outward; to issue forcibly. | [verb] To rush more than the other team. OUTWASH (13) [noun] The sediment (mostly sand and gravel) deposited by water flowing from a melting glacier OUTWISH (13) PADSHAH (16) PANFISH (15) [noun] Any fish that is suitable for cooking in a frying pan by virtue of its size and taste. PEAKISH (16) PECKISH (18) [adjective] Mildly hungry | [adjective] Irritable; crotchety | [adjective] Of or pertaining to Peckham, a place in Southwark London. PEEVISH (15) [adjective] Characterized by or exhibiting petty bad temper, bad-tempered, moody, cross. | [adjective] Constantly complaining, whining; childishly fretful. | [adjective] Easily annoyed, especially by things that are not important; irritable, querulous. PERKISH (16) PETTISH (12) [adjective] Bad-tempered; peevish PHARAOH (15) [noun] The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the 'king' in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty | [noun] The card game faro. PIBROCH (16) [noun] A series of musical variations for the bagpipes, usually martial or funerary in nature. PIGFISH (16) [noun] Any one of several species of salt-water grunts, called also hogfish. | [noun] Any of several other fishes thought to resemble pigs, including PIGGISH (14) [adjective] Greedy or gluttonous | [adjective] Pigheaded | [adjective] Resembling a pig as being unpleasant or unclean PINFISH (15) PINKISH (16) PIXYISH (22) PLANISH (12) [verb] To repeatedly hammer (a sheet of metal) so as to shape and smooth it or create a decorative indented finish. PLENISH (12) [verb] To fill up, to stock or supply (something). | [verb] Specifically, to stock land or a house (with livestock or furniture). POOFTAH (15) POORISH (12) POTLACH (14) PREWASH (15) [noun] A quick rinse given to objects before they are washed properly. | [verb] To rinse something before washing it properly. PRUDISH (13) [adjective] Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters PRUTOTH (12) PUBLISH (14) [verb] To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale. | [verb] To announce to the public. | [verb] To issue the work of (an author). PUCKISH (18) [adjective] Mischievous; excessively playful. PUGGISH (14) PUNKISH (16) PUPFISH (17) [noun] Any of a group of small killifish belonging to ten genera of the family Cyprinodontidae. QUAMASH (21) [noun] Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia. RAFFISH (16) [adjective] Characterized by careless unconventionality; rakish. | [adjective] Low-class; disreputable; vulgar. RAMMISH (14) RANKISH (14) RASPISH (12) RATFISH (13) [noun] A fish of any of the species in family Chimaeridae. | [noun] A chimaera RATTISH (10) REBIRTH (12) [noun] Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first. | [noun] Revival, reinvigoration. | [noun] Spiritual renewal. REDDISH (12) [adjective] Somewhat red. REDFISH (14) [noun] Any of several fish with red skin or flesh. REFRESH (13) [noun] The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc. | [noun] The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data. | [noun] The process of modernizing something. REMATCH (14) [noun] A repeated contest staged between the same opponents or teams which played a previous contest. | [verb] To bring opponents together for such a contest. | [verb] To stage such a contest. REPATCH (14) RETEACH (12) [verb] Teach again RETOUCH (12) [noun] The act of retouching. | [verb] To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws. | [verb] To colour the roots of hair to match hair previously coloured. REWEIGH (14) [verb] To weigh again; to weigh something that has already been weighed. ROGUISH (11) [adjective] Unprincipled or unscrupulous. | [adjective] Mischievous and playful. ROMPISH (14) RUBBISH (14) [noun] Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash. | [noun] (by extension) An item, or items, of low quality. | [noun] (by extension) Nonsense. RUNTISH (10) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a runt; weak and stunted; puny. RUTTISH (10) SABBATH (14) [noun] Saturday, observed in Judaism and some Christian denominations as a day of rest and worship. | [noun] Sunday, observed in most of Christianity as a day of rest and worship. | [noun] Friday, observed in Islam as a day of rest and worship. SALTISH (10) SAWFISH (16) [noun] Any ray (marine fish with a flat body and wing-like fins) of the family Pristidae, having a snout that resembles a saw. SCRAICH (14) SCRAIGH (13) SCRATCH (14) [noun] A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching. | [noun] An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation. | [noun] A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing. SCREECH (14) [noun] A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface. | [noun] A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream. | [noun] (Newfoundlander) Newfoundland rum. SCROOCH (14) [verb] To crouch, or hunker down. SCRUNCH (14) [verb] To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. | [noun] A crunching noise. | [verb] To crumple and squeeze to make more compact. SELFISH (13) [adjective] Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making. | [adjective] Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being. SERFISH (13) SEVENTH (13) [noun] The person or thing in the seventh position. | [noun] One of seven equal parts of a whole. | [noun] A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison. SHANTIH (13) SHITTAH (13) SICKISH (16) SKREEGH (15) SKREIGH (15) SLAVISH (13) [adjective] In the manner of a slave; abject. | [adjective] (Of a copy) utterly faithful; totally lacking originality or creativity. SLOWISH (13) SOFTISH (13) SOTTISH (10) SOURISH (10) SPINACH (14) [noun] A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves. | [noun] Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleraceae is. | [noun] Plants with spinach-like leaves that are noxious in some way SPLOTCH (14) [noun] An irregular-shaped spot or stain. | [verb] To mark with splotches. SQUELCH (21) [noun] A squelching sound. | [noun] (radio technology) The suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver. | [noun] A heavy blow or fall. SQUINCH (21) [noun] A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure, as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room. | [verb] To scrunch up (one's face, etc.). SQUOOSH (19) STAUNCH (12) [verb] To stop the flow of (blood). | [verb] To stop, check, or deter an action. | [adjective] Loyal, trustworthy, reliable. STEALTH (10) [noun] The attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others. | [noun] An act of secrecy, especially one involving thievery. | [verb] To conceal or infiltrate through the use of stealth. STENGAH (11) STOMACH (14) [noun] An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion. | [noun] The belly. | [noun] Pride, haughtiness. STONISH (10) STRETCH (12) [noun] An act of stretching. | [noun] The ability to lengthen when pulled. | [noun] A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration. STYLISH (13) [adjective] Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress. | [adjective] Having a particular directing style or cinematography. SUCCOTH (14) [noun] A temporary dwelling or booth used by practising Jews during Tabernacles (Sukkot). SUKKOTH (18) [noun] A temporary dwelling or booth used by practising Jews during Tabernacles (Sukkot). SUNBATH (12) [noun] A period spent tanning (sunbathing) in the sun. SUNFISH (13) [noun] Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, often with iridescent colours and having a laterally compressed body. | [noun] Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body. SWINISH (13) TALLISH (10) TALLITH (10) [noun] A traditional Jewish prayer shawl with tassels which covers the chest and upper part of the back. TANNISH (10) TARBUSH (12) TARNISH (10) [noun] Oxidation or discoloration, especially of a decorative metal exposed to air. | [verb] To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation. | [verb] To soil, sully, damage or compromise TARTISH (10) TEREFAH (13) THROUGH (14) [noun] A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend. | [adjective] Passing from one side of something to the other. | [adjective] Finished; complete. | [noun] A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb. TIGRISH (11) TOADISH (11) TONNISH (10) TOWNISH (13) TOWPATH (15) [noun] A path alongside a canal or river, originally for horses towing barges, now more often used as a footpath TRIUMPH (14) [noun] A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest. | [noun] A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a victor. | [noun] Any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant. | [verb] To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation. TUNDISH (11) [noun] A kind of funnel used in brewing fitting into the bung-hole of a tun or cask. | [noun] A funnel used in smelting, foundry work etc. | [noun] A funnel used to create a siphonic break in a drainage system and/or provide visual indication of flow, usually in an overflow line. TURBETH (12) TURBITH (12) TURPETH (12) TWELFTH (16) [noun] One of twelve equal parts of a whole. | [noun] An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence. UNCOUTH (12) [adjective] Unfamiliar, strange, foreign. | [adjective] Clumsy, awkward. | [adjective] Unrefined, crude. UNEARTH (10) [verb] To drive or draw from the earth. | [verb] To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment | [verb] To dig up. UNFAITH (13) UNHITCH (15) [verb] To disconnect; to detach; to undo that which is hitched. UNLATCH (12) [verb] Remove from a latch UNLEASH (10) [verb] To free from a leash, or as from a leash. | [verb] To let go; to release. | [verb] To precipitate; to bring about. UNROUGH (11) UNTEACH (12) [verb] To cause someone to unlearn; to make someone forget something they have been taught. | [verb] To cause something previously learned to be forgotten. UNTRUTH (10) [noun] A lie or falsehood. | [noun] The condition of being false; truthlessness. UPREACH (14) UROLITH (10) VAMPISH (17) [adjective] Like a vamp (flirtatious woman). VARNISH (13) [noun] A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film. | [noun] Anything resembling such a paint; glossy appearance. | [noun] (by extension) A deceptively showy appearance. VERMUTH (15) VOGUISH (14) [adjective] Elegant, fashionable or chic. | [adjective] Trendy. WAGGISH (15) [adjective] Witty, jocular, like a wag | [adjective] Mischievous, tricky WAMPISH (17) WARMISH (15) WARPATH (15) [noun] The route taken by a party of Native Americans going on a warlike expedition. | [noun] A course of action that leads to battle or hostility. WASPISH (15) [adjective] Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp. | [adjective] Spiteful or irascible. WEAKISH (17) WEARISH (13) WENNISH (13) WETTISH (13) WHEYISH (19) WHITISH (16) WHORISH (16) [adjective] Resembling or befitting a whore. WILDISH (14) WIMPISH (17) [adjective] Characteristic of a wimp. WISPISH (15) WOLFISH (16) [adjective] Pertaining to wolves. | [adjective] Having the characteristics or habits of a wolf. | [adjective] Fierce; savage; menacing. WORMISH (15) XERARCH (19) ZANYISH (22) ZAPTIAH (21) ZAPTIEH (21) ZLOTYCH (24)

ACROLITH (13) [noun] A statue with a head and extremities of stone or marble and a wooden torso. ACTORISH (13) ADMONISH (14) [verb] To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. | [verb] To counsel against wrong practices; to caution or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; — followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause. | [verb] To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify. AEROLITH (11) [noun] A meteorite or stony meteoroid that falls to Earth from space. AGALLOCH (14) [noun] A fragrant resinous wood from an Asian tree, used in perfumery and incense. AIRBRUSH (13) [noun] A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs. | [verb] To paint using an airbrush. | [verb] To touch up or enhance a photograph or person, often with intent to mislead. AIRCOACH (15) ALLOPATH (13) [noun] A practitioner of allopathy ALTHOUGH (15) [conjunction] Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession. | [conjunction] But, except. AMARANTH (13) [noun] An imaginary flower that does not wither. | [noun] Any of various herbs of the genus Amaranthus. | [noun] The characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of these plants. ANAGLYPH (17) [noun] A decorative ornament worked in low relief or bas relief, such as a piece of cameo jewelry. | [noun] A matched pair of images designed to produce a three-dimensional effect when viewed using spectacles that have usually one red and one bluish-green lens, corresponding to the colors of the pairs of images. APPROACH (17) [noun] The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. | [noun] An access, or opportunity of drawing near. | [noun] (in plural) Movements to gain favor; advances. ASTONISH (11) [verb] To surprise greatly. BACKLASH (19) [noun] A sudden backward motion. | [noun] A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature. | [noun] The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear. BACKRUSH (19) BACKWASH (22) [noun] The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves. | [noun] The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine. | [noun] The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath. BADMOUTH (16) [verb] To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully. BAIRNISH (13) BAKSHISH (20) [noun] A bribe or gratuity given to expedite service, commonly used in Middle Eastern and South Asian contexts. | [noun] Money given as a tip or donation. BEDRENCH (16) [verb] To drench thoroughly or completely; to soak. BEGORRAH (14) [interjection] An exclamation used to express surprise, emphasis, or mild oath, often associated with Irish dialect. BEHEMOTH (18) [noun] A great and mighty beast God shows Job in Job 40:15–24. | [noun] (by extension) Any great and mighty monster. | [noun] Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions. BEQUEATH (22) [verb] To give or leave by will; to give by testament. | [verb] To hand down; to transmit. | [verb] To give; to offer; to commit. BESCORCH (17) BESMIRCH (17) [verb] To make dirty. | [verb] To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation. BESMOOTH (15) BIGMOUTH (16) [noun] One who talks too much or says things which should not be said. | [adjective] Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth. BILLFISH (16) [noun] Any of several fish, of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae, that have an elongated jaw. | [noun] Other fish with elongated jaws: BIRDBATH (16) [noun] A shallow basin, sometimes ornamental, filled with water for wild birds to drink from or bathe in. | [noun] Random, inconsequential amounts of residual water on a roof membrane. BIRROTCH (15) BLACKISH (19) [adjective] Somewhat black or dark in color; having a blackish hue. BLANDISH (14) [verb] To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole. | [verb] To praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up. BLEAKISH (17) BLIMPISH (17) [adjective] Characteristic of or resembling a blimp; resembling the pompous, reactionary attitudes stereotypically associated with the British upper class (as in Colonel Blimp). BLOCKISH (19) [adjective] Like a block in shape or nature; coming across as a block. | [adjective] Lacking understanding; stupid; obtuse; dull. | [adjective] Rude; clumsy; rough. BLONDISH (14) [adjective] Somewhat blonde or having a blonde-like quality; tending toward blonde in color. BLOWFISH (19) [noun] Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened. | [noun] A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins. BLUEFISH (16) [noun] A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. | [noun] (Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus). | [noun] A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea). BOARFISH (16) [noun] Any of a number of fish that have a projecting snout, in either of two families: BONEFISH (16) [noun] Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters. | [noun] A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus. | [noun] A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias. BRACKISH (19) [adjective] (of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries. | [adjective] Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste. | [adjective] Repulsive BRAINISH (13) BRANDISH (14) [noun] The act of flourishing or waving. | [verb] To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill. | [verb] To bear something with ostentatious show. BRASSISH (13) BRATTISH (13) [adjective] Characteristic of a brat; childishly rude and annoying. BROADISH (14) [adjective] Somewhat broad; moderately wide or expansive. BROGUISH (14) BROWNISH (16) [adjective] Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown. BULLRUSH (13) [noun] Any of several wetland plants, mostly in the family Cyperaceae (the sedges): | [noun] A headlong rush into something, heedless of danger. CABBALAH (17) [noun] A Jewish mystical tradition and system of interpretation of the Hebrew scriptures. | [noun] Any esoteric doctrine or secret knowledge. CALABASH (15) [noun] A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree. | [noun] The bottle gourd (calabash vine, Lagenaria siceraria), believed to have originated in Africa, which is grown for its fruit that are used as a vegetable and to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this plant. | [noun] A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material. CALIPASH (15) [noun] The upper shell or back of a turtle, especially as used in cooking. | [noun] The edible gelatinous substance found under the upper shell of a turtle. CARRITCH (15) CARTOUCH (15) [noun] A decorative frame or tablet, often oval or oblong, used in Egyptian hieroglyphics to enclose a royal name. | [noun] An ornamental or decorative panel or cartridge in architecture. CAVEFISH (19) [noun] Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters. CENOTAPH (15) [noun] A monument, especially in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere; especially members of the armed forces who died in battle. CEORLISH (13) [adjective] Of or relating to a ceorl, a Anglo-Saxon freeman of the lowest class. | [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a ceorl; boorish or uncouth. CHALLOTH (16) [noun] Plural of challah, a braided loaf of bread traditionally eaten by Jewish people on the Sabbath and holidays. CHEAPISH (18) [adjective] Somewhat cheap; moderately inexpensive or of mediocre quality. CHILDISH (17) [adjective] Of or suitable for a child. | [adjective] Behaving immaturely. CHURLISH (16) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic. | [adjective] Rude, surly, ungracious. | [adjective] Stingy or grudging. CHUTZPAH (27) [noun] Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion. CLANNISH (13) [adjective] Of or related to a clan. | [adjective] Socially exclusive. CLERKISH (17) [adjective] Of, relating to, or characteristic of a clerk; resembling or befitting a clerk in manner or appearance. CLIQUISH (22) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a clique. | [adjective] Tending to associate with a small and exclusive group. CLODDISH (15) [adjective] Like a clod, a person who is foolish, stupid or parochial. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to lumpy soil. CLOWNISH (16) [adjective] Like a circus clown; comical, ridiculous. | [adjective] Pertaining to peasants; rustic. | [adjective] Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse. CLUBBISH (17) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a club; tending to form groups or associations with others of similar interests or backgrounds. CLUMPISH (17) [adjective] Lumpy, thick, or having a clumsy, ungainly form or appearance. | [adjective] Dull or stupid in manner or behavior. COALFISH (16) [noun] Any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish. COPPERAH (17) CORONACH (15) [noun] Dirge, lamentation CRANKISH (17) CRAWFISH (19) [noun] (Midwest US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish. | [noun] Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish. | [noun] A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé). CRAYFISH (19) [verb] To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out). | [noun] Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller. | [noun] A rock lobster (family Palinuridae). CROMLECH (17) [noun] A dolmen or ancient underground tomb in Wales, usually made with stones disposed in a circular shape. DAHABEAH (17) [noun] A traditional Egyptian sailing-boat. DAHABIAH (17) DAHABIEH (17) DANDYISH (16) DEALFISH (15) [noun] A deep-sea ribbonfish, Trachipterus arcticus, from the north Atlantic DEMOLISH (14) [verb] To destroy. | [verb] To defeat or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent). DEPOLISH (14) DESPATCH (16) [noun] A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer. | [noun] The act of doing something quickly. | [noun] A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field. DEVILISH (15) [adjective] Resembling a devil. | [adjective] Characteristic of a devil. | [adjective] Extreme, excessive. DIAGRAPH (15) DIMINISH (14) [verb] To make smaller. | [verb] To become smaller. | [verb] To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming). DISPATCH (16) [noun] A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer. | [noun] The act of doing something quickly. | [noun] A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field. DOGTEETH (13) [noun] A canine tooth | [noun] An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth. DOGTOOTH (13) [noun] A canine tooth | [noun] An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth. DOGWATCH (18) [noun] Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. | [noun] (by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty. DOWDYISH (19) DOWNWASH (18) [noun] Downward air turbulence caused by a propeller or jet, but especially by helicopter blades | [noun] The downward motion of air as a result of eddies behind a wing or chimney, etc. DRAFFISH (18) DREGGISH (14) DRUMFISH (17) [noun] Any fish of the family Sciaenidae; they make a loud noise by means of an air bladder. DWARFISH (18) ELDRITCH (14) [adjective] Unearthly, supernatural, eerie. ELEVENTH (14) [noun] The person or thing in the eleventh position. | [noun] One of eleven equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord. ENCROACH (15) [noun] Encroachment. | [verb] To seize, appropriate | [verb] To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory ENRAVISH (14) ENSHEATH (14) [verb] To cover with or as if with a sheath. ENTRENCH (13) [verb] To dig or excavate a trench; to trench. | [verb] To surround or provide with a trench, especially for defense; to dig in. | [verb] To establish a substantial position in business, politics, etc. EPIGRAPH (16) [noun] An inscription, especially on a building. | [noun] A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text. | [noun] (of a function) The set of all points lying on or above the function's graph. ETHERISH (14) ETHNARCH (16) [noun] The governor of a province or people. EURYBATH (16) EYETEETH (14) [noun] A canine tooth of the upper jaw in humans. EYETOOTH (14) [noun] A canine tooth of the upper jaw in humans. FAINTISH (14) FALLFISH (17) [noun] A small silvery freshwater fish (Semotilus corporalis) found in North America. FEEBLISH (16) FEVERISH (17) [adjective] Having a fever, an elevated body temperature. | [adjective] Filled with excess energy. | [adjective] Morbidly eager. FIENDISH (15) [adjective] Sinister; evil; like a fiend. FIFTIETH (17) [noun] The person or thing in the fiftieth position. | [noun] One of fifty equal parts of a whole. | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number fifty. FIFTYISH (20) FILEFISH (17) [noun] Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies. FLATFISH (17) [noun] A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, the adults of which have both eyes on one side and usually swim with the other side down, such as a flounder, a halibut, or a sole. FLATTISH (14) FLATWASH (17) FLOURISH (14) [noun] A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag. | [noun] An ornamentation. | [noun] A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare. FOOLFISH (17) FOOTBATH (16) [noun] The act of soaking or washing the feet. | [noun] A small basin or bath designed for soaking or washing the feet. | [noun] A liquid mixture, often medicinal, for soaking or washing the feet with. FOOTPATH (16) [noun] A path for pedestrians. FORSOOTH (14) [adverb] Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully. FORTIETH (14) [noun] The person or thing in the fortieth position. | [noun] One of forty equal parts of a whole. | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number forty. FORTYISH (17) FREAKISH (18) [adjective] Resembling a freak. | [adjective] Strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre. | [adjective] Capricious, unpredictable. FROGFISH (18) [noun] Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure. | [noun] Any of the benthic ray-finned fish of the family Batrachoididae (the sole family of order Batrachoidiformes), which are ambush predators and have a toad-like appearance. | [noun] Any fish of genus Lophius. FRUMPISH (18) [adjective] Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind. | [adjective] Bad-tempered. FURLOUGH (15) [noun] A leave of absence or vacation. | [noun] The documents authorizing such leave. | [noun] A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs. GALABIEH (14) GHOULISH (15) [adjective] Of or pertaining to ghouls. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to corpses and graverobbing. | [adjective] Fascinated by corpses. GOATFISH (15) [noun] Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Mullidae, having two barbels on the chin. GOLDFISH (16) [noun] A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored. GRAYFISH (18) GREENISH (12) [adjective] Somewhat green. GRUFFISH (18) GRUMPISH (16) [adjective] Surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy GUNSMITH (14) [noun] A person skilled in the repair and servicing of firearms. GYPSYISH (20) HABDALAH (17) HAFTARAH (17) HAFTORAH (17) [noun] A selection from the books of Nevi'im and Ketuvim of the Tanach, usually corresponding to the week's parashah, publicly read in synagogue following the parashah. HAGGADAH (17) HALAKOTH (18) HARRUMPH (18) [noun] An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, or dismissal; a huff, grunt, or snort. | [verb] To dislike, protest, or dismiss. | [interjection] An expression of disdain, disbelief, protest, refusal or dismissal. HASHEESH (17) HAVDALAH (18) HAWFINCH (22) [noun] A large Eurasian finch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, with a thick bill. HAWKMOTH (23) [noun] Any of several moths, of the family Sphingidae, that hover over flowers when sucking nectar through a long proboscis. HEADFISH (18) HELMINTH (16) [noun] A parasitic worm; a fluke, tapeworm, or nematode. HEPTARCH (18) HEREWITH (17) [adverb] With this; especially, with this letter or communication | [adverb] By this means | [adverb] In this way, hereby HICCOUGH (19) [noun] A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound. | [noun] (by extension) Any spasm or sudden change. | [noun] A minor setback. HIERARCH (16) [noun] One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order. | [noun] A title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (arbiters of canon law) over their respective dioceses. HIGHBUSH (20) HIPPARCH (20) HOSANNAH (14) [noun] A cry of ‘hosanna’. | [verb] To give a cry of ‘hosanna’. HYACINTH (19) [noun] Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa. | [noun] A variety of zircon, ranging in color from brown, orange, reddish-brown and yellow; a jacinth. HYDRANTH (18) INGROWTH (15) [noun] Growth inwards. INSHEATH (14) INSOMUCH (15) [adverb] Because of; since; as a result of. | [adverb] To the extent that. INTRENCH (13) [verb] To dig or excavate a trench; to trench. | [verb] To surround or provide with a trench, especially for defense; to dig in. | [verb] To establish a substantial position in business, politics, etc. ISOGRAPH (14) ISOMORPH (15) [noun] Anything that exhibits isomorphism ISOPLETH (13) [noun] A line drawn on a map through all points having the same value of some measurable quantity. | [noun] A line in a phase diagram indicating the same mole fraction. JACKFISH (27) [noun] A jack (in any of the senses referring to types of fish). JINGOISH (19) KABBALAH (19) [noun] Alternative spelling of Kabballah KAFFIYEH (24) [noun] A headdress traditionally worn by some Arabs, also used as a scarf. KASHRUTH (18) [noun] The Jewish dietary laws, stating which foods are fit to eat (kosher). KEFFIYEH (24) [noun] A headdress traditionally worn by some Arabs, also used as a scarf. KEYPUNCH (22) [noun] A mechanical device whose keys are pressed, individually or in combination, to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to particular characters. | [noun] An electric machine with a keyboard that has the same function. | [verb] To use such a device or machine KINGFISH (19) [noun] Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroaker | [noun] Other Atlantic fish | [noun] Any of several similar fishes of the Pacific. KREPLACH (19) [noun] Small dumplings of Eastern European origin, filled with meat or cheese and served usually in soup. KRYOLITH (18) LADYFISH (18) [noun] A coastal dwelling fish (Elops saurus), found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions. | [noun] The Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus) | [noun] Albula vulpes, one of the fish called bonefish. LANGUISH (12) [verb] To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. | [verb] To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. | [verb] To live in miserable or disheartening conditions. LEMONISH (13) LIGHTISH (15) LIONFISH (14) LITTLISH (11) LIVERISH (14) [adjective] Not feeling well due to an upset digestive system; queasy. LOGOMACH (16) LUMPFISH (18) [noun] Lumpsucker LUNGFISH (15) [noun] Air-breathing fish, of the class Dipnoi, that have four limblike appendages instead of fins MASTABAH (15) [noun] A wide stone bench built into the wall of a house, shop etc. in the Middle East. | [noun] A rectangular structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides, built during Ancient Egyptian times above tombs that were situated on flat land. Mastabas were made of wood, mud bricks, stone, or a combination of these materials. Some are solid structures, while others can contain one or more rooms, sometimes decorated with paintings or inscriptions. MEGALITH (14) [noun] A construction involving one or several roughly hewn stone slabs of great size. | [noun] A large stone used in such a construction. MEGILLAH (14) MESHUGAH (17) [adjective] Crazy, mad, senseless, insane MEZUZOTH (31) [noun] A piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21) and attached in a case to the doorpost of a house, in accordance with the mitzvah (Biblical commandment as interpreted in Jewish law) to "write the words of God on the gates and doorposts of your house" (Deuteronomy 6:9). MIDMONTH (16) MIDWATCH (19) MILKFISH (20) [noun] Chanos chanos, an important food fish in southeast Asia. MISFAITH (16) MISHMASH (18) [noun] A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things. | [verb] To mix together, especially in a confused way. | [verb] To become mixed together. MISHMOSH (18) MISMATCH (17) [verb] To match unsuitably; to fail to match | [noun] Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable. MISPATCH (17) MISTEACH (15) [verb] To teach incorrectly. MISTOUCH (15) MISTRUTH (13) MITSVOTH (16) MITZVOTH (25) [noun] Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law | [noun] An act of kindness, a good deed. MONKFISH (20) [noun] Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth. | [noun] Angel sharks of the genus Squatina. MONOLITH (13) [noun] A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times. | [noun] Anything massive, uniform, and unmovable, especially a towering and impersonal cultural, political, or social organization or structure. | [noun] A substrate having many tiny channels that is cast as a single piece, which is used as a stationary phase for chromatography, as a catalytic surface, etc. MONTEITH (13) [noun] A bowl used for the cooling or washing of wine glasses. | [noun] A large 18th-century punchbowl, usually of silver, fluted and scalloped. | [noun] A cotton handkerchief with white spots on a coloured background. MOONFISH (16) [noun] Any of various flat, oval marine fish species. MUSQUASH (22) [noun] The muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus. MYOGRAPH (19) NABOBISH (15) NARGILEH (12) [noun] A large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it. NEOMORPH (15) NINNYISH (14) NONESUCH (13) [noun] A person or thing with no equal. | [noun] Silene chalcedonica (syn. Lychnis chalcedonica) NONTRUTH (11) NUMBFISH (18) [noun] An electric ray of the family Narcinidae, capable of delivering numbing shocks. NUTHATCH (16) [noun] Any of various small passerine birds from the family Sittidae found throughout the Northern hemisphere that have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first. ODOGRAPH (15) OILCLOTH (13) [noun] A fabric or cloth treated on one side with a waterproof covering, especially one made from linseed oil etc.; used for flooring, tablecloths, kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering. OLIGARCH (14) [noun] A member of an oligarchy; someone who is part of a small group that runs a country. | [noun] (especially Russia, USA, Europe, or China) A very rich person, particularly with political power; a plutocrat. | [noun] (cosmogony) A protoplanet formed during oligarchic accretion. OMNIARCH (15) ORANGISH (12) OUTBITCH (15) OUTBLUSH (13) OUTCATCH (15) OUTCOACH (15) OUTLAUGH (12) OUTMARCH (15) OUTMATCH (15) [verb] To surpass or be better than something or someone else OUTPITCH (15) OUTPUNCH (15) [verb] To punch harder or better than. OUTREACH (13) [noun] The act of reaching out. | [noun] The extent or length of one's reach. | [noun] The act or practice of visiting and providing services (of a charity, church, or other organization) to people who might not otherwise have access to those services. OUTWATCH (16) [verb] To watch more than someone else. | [verb] To maintain a vigil beyond the end. OUTWEIGH (15) [verb] To exceed in weight or mass. | [verb] To exceed in importance or value. OVERARCH (16) [verb] To form an arch over something. OVERFISH (17) [verb] To fish excessively, often substantially reducing over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area. OVERHIGH (18) OVERLUSH (14) OVERMUCH (18) [adjective] Excessive | [adverb] Too much; overly much | [pronoun] Too much OVERRASH (14) OVERRICH (16) PADISHAH (17) PAGANISH (14) PARASHAH (16) PARFLESH (16) PARRITCH (15) PEARLASH (13) PENTARCH (15) PERIANTH (13) [noun] The sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals). | [noun] The sterile, tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure in a leafy liverwort. PIPEFISH (18) [noun] A small fish of the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout. PIXIEISH (20) PLUMPISH (17) POLYMATH (18) [noun] A person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge. POORTITH (13) POTLATCH (15) [noun] A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth. | [noun] (chiefly Alaska) A communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share; a potluck. | [verb] To give; especially, to give as a gift during a potlatch ceremony. PRANKISH (17) [adjective] Given to or characterized by impishness or playfulness; mischievous. PRECRASH (15) PRELUNCH (15) PREPUNCH (17) PRIGGISH (15) [adjective] Like a prig. PUPPYISH (20) PURPLISH (15) PYGMYISH (22) QUACKISH (26) QUALMISH (22) QUEERISH (20) QUIPPISH (24) QUIRKISH (24) RAINWASH (14) [noun] The washing action of rain, capable of erosion and transporting soil. | [noun] A deposit formed by rain. REATTACH (13) [verb] To attach again. REBRANCH (15) REFINISH (14) [verb] To finish again; especially, to apply a fresh finish, as a new coat of varnish or paint. REGOLITH (12) [noun] The layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on Earth, the Moon, and other large solid aggregated celestial objects. Submarine regolith also exists. REGROWTH (15) [noun] That which has been regrown after removal. | [noun] The process of regrowing. RELAUNCH (13) [noun] A subsequent launch. | [verb] To launch again. REPOLISH (13) [verb] To polish again. REPROACH (15) [noun] A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism. | [noun] Disgrace or shame. | [noun] An object of scorn. RESEARCH (13) [noun] Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth. | [noun] A particular instance or piece of research. | [verb] To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently. RESKETCH (17) RESMOOTH (13) RESTITCH (13) RETRENCH (13) [verb] To dig or redig a trench where one already exists. ROCKFISH (20) [noun] (usually uncountable) Any of a large number of different species of fish, which dwell among rocks, specifically: | [noun] A black person who does not know how to swim. ROORBACH (15) ROSEBUSH (13) [noun] The shrub that roses grow on; a rose plant. ROSEFISH (14) [noun] A large marine food fish, Sebastes norvegicus, that lives off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America. ROUGHISH (15) ROUNDISH (12) ROWDYISH (18) SAGANASH (12) SAILFISH (14) [noun] A fish of the genus Istiophorus, having a characteristic sail-like fin on its back. | [noun] The basking shark. | [noun] The quillback. SALTBUSH (13) [noun] Any of the genus Atriplex of plants, especially Atriplex hortensis or Atriplex patula, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach, including many desert and seashore plants and halophytes. SANDFISH (15) [noun] Genus Gonorynchus spp. (also called beaked sandfish), long, thin ray-finned fishes (family Gonorychidae) | [noun] Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds | [noun] Other animals that notably burrow in sand: SANDWICH (17) [noun] A dish or foodstuff where two or more slices of bread serve as the wrapper or container of some other food. | [noun] (by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material. | [noun] A layer cake or sandwich cake. SAVANNAH (14) [noun] A tropical grassland with scattered trees SAWTEETH (14) SAWTOOTH (14) [noun] (plural "sawteeth") A cutting bit of a saw. | [noun] (plural "sawtooths") A sawtooth wave. | [noun] (plural "sawtooths") Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Prioneris. SCAMPISH (17) SCROOTCH (15) SEABEACH (15) SEECATCH (15) SELCOUTH (13) SEMIHIGH (17) SHADBUSH (17) [noun] Any plant in the genus Amelanchier. SHADRACH (17) SHAMMASH (18) SHEEPISH (16) [adjective] Having the characteristics of a sheep. | [adjective] Shy, meek, shameful or embarrassed. SHOFROTH (17) [noun] A ram’s-horn trumpet SHORTISH (14) SHREWISH (17) [adjective] Of or pertaining to a shrew (a nagging, ill-tempered woman). | [adjective] Bad-tempered; ill-natured; obstinate, as a shrew. SISSYISH (14) SIXTIETH (18) [noun] The person or thing in the sixtieth position. | [noun] One of sixty equal parts of a whole. | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number sixty. SIXTYISH (21) SKIRMISH (17) [noun] A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war. | [noun] (by extension) Any minor dispute. | [noun] A type of outdoor military style game using paintball or similar weapons. SKITTISH (15) [adjective] Easily scared or startled; timid. | [adjective] Wanton; changeable; fickle | [adjective] Difficult to manage; tricky. SLAPDASH (14) [verb] To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast. | [adjective] Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless. | [adverb] In a hasty or careless manner. SLOBBISH (15) [adjective] Like a slob; slovenly. SLUGGISH (13) [adjective] Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive | [adjective] Slow; having little motion | [adjective] Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert. SLUTTISH (11) [adjective] Like a slut; sexually promiscuous. | [adjective] Dirty or untidy; disorderly. SMALLISH (13) [adjective] Somewhat small. SNAPPISH (15) [adjective] Likely to snap or bite. | [adjective] Exhibiting irritation or impatience; curt; irascible. SNIFFISH (17) SNOBBISH (15) [adjective] Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors. SNOUTISH (11) SNOWBUSH (16) SPARKISH (17) SPOOKISH (17) SQUARISH (20) SQUIRISH (20) STABLISH (13) [verb] To establish. STANDISH (12) [noun] A stand to hold ink, pens, and other writing accessories; an inkstand. STARFISH (14) [noun] Any of various asteroids or other echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach. | [noun] Any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod. | [noun] A woman who reluctantly takes part in sexual intercourse, and lays on her back while spreading her limbs. STEEPISH (13) STIFFISH (17) STOCKISH (17) STOUTISH (11) [adjective] Reasonably stout, somewhat stout STRAMASH (13) [noun] A tumult or disturbance. | [verb] A noise, an uproar, a disturbance | [verb] To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy. STRENGTH (12) [noun] The quality or degree of being strong. | [noun] The intensity of a force or power; potency. | [noun] The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based. STUDFISH (15) SUBEPOCH (17) SUBGRAPH (16) SUCKFISH (20) SUNPORCH (15) SURFFISH (17) SWAINISH (14) SWAMPISH (18) SWEETISH (14) SYLPHISH (19) TAIGLACH (14) TARBOOSH (13) [noun] A red felt or cloth cap with a tassel, worn in the Arab world; a fez. TEIGLACH (14) TELEPATH (13) [noun] A person with telepathic ability, capable of reading the thoughts of others around them. | [verb] To communicate by thought; to use telepathy. TETRARCH (13) [noun] A governor of part of a country, especially of a fourth part of a province in Ancient Rome | [noun] An officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx in Ancient Greece THICKISH (20) THIEVISH (17) [adjective] Having a tendency to steal. | [adjective] Having the manner of a thief; furtive; stealthy. THINNISH (14) THOROUGH (15) [noun] A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water. | [adjective] Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail. | [adjective] Utter; complete; absolute. THUGGISH (16) [adjective] Characterized by thuggery; behaving in a violent or intimidating way; appearing to be violent or intimidating. | [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of the assassins known as thugs or Thuggees (often capitalized in this sense). TICKLISH (17) [adjective] Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled. | [adjective] Touchy, sensitive, or delicate. TIGERISH (12) [adjective] Having the characteristics of a tiger TILEFISH (14) [noun] Mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family Malacanthidae; an important food fish. TINSMITH (13) [noun] A person who makes or repairs things with tin or similar alloys. | [noun] A dealer in tin goods. TOADFISH (15) [noun] Any fish thought to resemble a toad TOADYISH (15) TOLBOOTH (13) [noun] A booth on a toll road or toll bridge where the toll is collected. TOPNOTCH (15) [adjective] Very good; of the highest level or quality. TOUGHISH (15) TOVARICH (16) [noun] Comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR. TOVARISH (14) [noun] Comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR. TRAMPISH (15) TRIBRACH (15) [noun] A metrical foot consisting of three short syllables. | [noun] A figure or object having three arms or branches. TRICKISH (17) [adjective] Using tricks or trickery. TRIGLYPH (17) [noun] A vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze. TRIGRAPH (14) [noun] A specific sequence of three letters, especially one used collectively to represent a single phoneme. | [noun] A three-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character. TRIMORPH (15) TRIPTYCH (18) [noun] A picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges. | [noun] A set of three se-tenant postage stamps that form a composite picture. TRISTICH (13) TZITZITH (29) UMTEENTH (13) UNBREECH (15) UNCHURCH (18) [verb] To expel from membership of a congregation or church; to excommunicate. UNCLENCH (15) [verb] To open (something that was clenched). | [verb] To relax, especially one's muscles. UNCLINCH (15) UNMODISH (14) UNSTITCH (13) [verb] To take out stitches from. | [verb] To unravel or disunite; to cause to come apart. UPGROWTH (17) [noun] The process or result of growing up; progress; development. VANQUISH (23) [verb] To defeat, to overcome. VAPORISH (16) [adjective] Characteristic of vapour. | [adjective] Hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish VERANDAH (15) [noun] A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. VERMOUTH (16) [noun] A dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks. | [noun] An aperitif wine that matches the general description of vermouth. VIGORISH (15) [noun] A charge taken on bets, as by a bookie or gambling establishment. | [noun] The interest on a loan of money, especially for loans made by a usurer or loan shark. | [noun] An amount owed on account of or payment of a bookie's charge or of interest. VIPERISH (16) VIXENISH (21) WARMOUTH (16) WATERISH (14) WEAKFISH (21) [noun] Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters. WHIPLASH (19) [noun] The lash of a whip | [noun] An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip | [verb] To jerk back and forth; to buffet WOLFFISH (20) [noun] Any fish of the family Anarhichadidae. WOMANISH (16) [adjective] Characteristic of a woman; feminine; effeminate. | [adjective] Carried out by or pertaining to a woman. XENOLITH (18) [noun] Any piece of rock having a different origin to that of the igneous rock in which it is found YESHIVAH (20) YOKELISH (18) YOUNGISH (15) ZOOMORPH (24)

ACRITARCH (16) [noun] A small organic-walled microfossil of unknown origin from the Precambrian and Paleozoic eras, possibly representing a resting stage of ancient marine organisms. AFTERMATH (17) [noun] A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season. | [noun] That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe. ALLOGRAPH (15) [noun] A variant form of a letter (or other grapheme). | [noun] A signature made by one person for another (compare autograph). ALLOMORPH (16) [noun] Any of the different crystalline forms of a substance. | [noun] Any of the different phonological representations of a morpheme. ANGELFISH (16) [noun] A freshwater fish, tropical cichlids of the genus Pterophyllum. | [noun] A marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae, common on shallow tropical reefs. AUTOGRAPH (15) [noun] A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person. | [noun] A manuscript in the author’s handwriting. | [verb] To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc AUTOTROPH (14) [noun] Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy. AUXOTROPH (21) [noun] Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation AYATOLLAH (15) [noun] A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism. | [noun] An authority on any subject. BACKBENCH (24) [noun] A bench at the back of a room or seating area. | [noun] A position of secondary importance. | [noun] (newspaper) A group of top-level journalists who jointly review submissions and decide on the layout and emphasis of the newspaper. BACKCLOTH (22) [noun] The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop. BAKSHEESH (21) [noun] In the Middle East, southwest Asia and Eastern Europe: a bribe or tip. | [noun] A minor wound that is severe enough to get a soldier sent away from the front. | [verb] To bribe with a baksheesh. BANDWIDTH (19) [noun] The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band. | [noun] Of a signal, the width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit. | [noun] The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate. BAROGRAPH (17) [noun] A type of barometer that continuously records air pressure on a sheet or rotating drum BATHOLITH (17) [noun] A large irregular mass of intrusive igneous rock that has melted or forced itself into surrounding strata. BILLIONTH (14) [noun] The person or thing in the billionth position. | [noun] One of a billion equal parts of a whole. | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number one billion. BITTERISH (14) BLACKFISH (23) [noun] The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning. | [noun] Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger). | [noun] A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales). BLINDFISH (18) [noun] A fish that lives in caves or deep water and has no functional eyes or is blind. BLOODBATH (17) [noun] Indiscriminate killing or slaughter, a massacre. | [noun] An aggressive or very violent contest or confrontation. | [noun] An upset (as of a game with unexpected results, or a national presidential convention) or heavy defeat. BLOWTORCH (19) [noun] A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame. | [verb] To apply a blowtorch to something. BRAINWASH (17) [noun] A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda. | [verb] To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis) | [verb] To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960) BUCKTEETH (20) [noun] An upper tooth that protrudes further than the bottom teeth. BUCKTOOTH (20) [noun] An upper tooth that protrudes further than the bottom teeth. BULLFINCH (19) [noun] The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula). | [noun] Any of various other Old World finches in the genus Pyrrhula. | [noun] A large, thick quickset hedge. CERECLOTH (16) [noun] Cloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead. CHAFFINCH (25) [noun] A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family. CLEVERISH (17) COCKROACH (22) [noun] A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea. | [noun] A person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating. | [noun] (Rwanda) A Tutsi. COLOCYNTH (19) [noun] A viny plant, Citrullus colocynthis, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Asia. It produces a lemon-sized, yellowish, green-mottled, spongy, and extremely bitter fruit. | [noun] The powdered pulp of this fruit, a powerful hepatic stimulant and hydragogue cathartic used as a strong laxative. COPUBLISH (18) [verb] To publish a work jointly with another publisher or co-publisher. | [verb] To publish together with another author or publisher as equal partners. CRANREUCH (16) [noun] Hoarfrost or rime; a coating of frost on grass and plants in Scottish dialect. CYSTOLITH (17) [noun] A mineral concretion or calcite deposit found in the cells of certain plants, particularly in the leaves of fig trees and nettles. DEVILFISH (19) [noun] Any of several unrelated marine animals DISHCLOTH (18) [noun] A cloth used to wash dishes. | [noun] A cloth used to dry dishes. DISRELISH (13) [noun] A lack of relish: distaste | [noun] Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness. | [verb] To have no taste for; to reject as distasteful. DJELLABAH (22) [noun] A loose-fitting, ankle-length hooded robe worn by men in North Africa. DRAGONISH (14) ECTOMORPH (18) [noun] Someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body | [noun] : Theoretical body type in which a person has a high metabolism. Such a person can easily maintain a low fat physique, but does not add muscle or body weight easily. EIGHTIETH (16) EMBELLISH (16) [verb] To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate. | [verb] To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider. ENDOLYMPH (20) [noun] The fluid inside the labyrinth of the inner ear. ENDOMORPH (17) [noun] A mineral, especially a crystal, enclosed within another | [noun] A person of the endomorphic physical type, characterised by big bones, round face, large trunk and thighs and a naturally high degree of body fat, especially around the midsection. | [noun] A person having a theoretical body type with slow metabolism in which weight is gained easily, but fat levels are hard to reduce. Endomorphic bodybuilders tend to be the most massive. ERGOGRAPH (16) ESTABLISH (14) [verb] To make stable or firm; to confirm. | [verb] To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business. | [verb] To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain. FACECLOTH (19) [noun] A flannel for washing the face. | [noun] A cloth laid over the face of a corpse. FIFTEENTH (18) [noun] The person or thing in the fifteenth position. | [noun] One of fifteen equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The interval comprising two octaves. FOOTCLOTH (17) FOREREACH (17) FORTHWITH (21) [adverb] Without delay; immediately. GEMUTLICH (17) [adjective] Comfortable, cosy, cozy, pleasant. | [adjective] Friendly, genial, cheerful, easy-going. GIBBERISH (17) [noun] Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless. | [noun] Needlessly obscure or overly technical language. | [noun] A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word. GIRAFFISH (19) GLOBEFISH (18) [noun] Any of many marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae, especially the puffer or sunfish, that can inflate itself to form a globe. GOALMOUTH (15) [noun] The area in front of the goal. | [noun] The space between the goalposts through which the ball, puck, etc has to pass in order to score GOLDFINCH (19) [noun] Any of several small passerine birds of the finch family GOLDSMITH (16) [noun] A person who makes, repairs or sells things out of gold, especially jewelry. | [noun] A banker (because the goldsmiths of London used to receive money on deposit, being equipped to keep it safely). GOOSEFISH (16) [noun] An anglerfish of the family Lophiidae. HAFTAROTH (18) HAFTOROTH (18) [noun] A selection from the books of Nevi'im and Ketuvim of the Tanach, usually corresponding to the week's parashah, publicly read in synagogue following the parashah. HAGGADOTH (18) HAIRBRUSH (17) [noun] A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair HAIRCLOTH (17) [noun] Cloth made of the mane or tail hairs of a horse. HELLBROTH (17) HEMISTICH (19) [noun] An approximate half-line of verse, separated from another by a caesura, often for dramatic effect | [noun] An unfinished line of verse HEMOLYMPH (24) [noun] A circulating fluid in the bodies of some invertebrates that is the equivalent of blood HEMSTITCH (19) [noun] An embroidery stitch in which parallel threads are drawn together in groups | [verb] To sew or embroider using this stitch HOLOGRAPH (18) [noun] A hologram. | [noun] (textual criticism) A handwritten document that is solely the work of the person whose signature it bears, especially a letter, deed, or will; an original manuscript, a protograph. | [verb] To record by means of holography. HOMEOPATH (19) [noun] A person who practices homeopathy. HOMOGRAPH (20) [noun] A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology. | [noun] A text character or string that looks identical to another when rendered. HOPSCOTCH (21) [noun] A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground. | [verb] To move by hopping. | [verb] To move back and forth between adjacent patterns by hopping. HOYDENISH (19) HUNDREDTH (17) [noun] The person or thing in the hundredth position. | [noun] One of a hundred equal parts of a whole. | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number one hundred. HYPOMORPH (24) IDEOGRAPH (16) [noun] An ideogram. INTERMESH (14) [verb] To mesh between one another. JARGONISH (20) JELLYFISH (25) [noun] An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. KILLIFISH (19) [noun] Any of a number of tiny fish in the Cyprinodontiformes order of ray-finned fish. KITTENISH (16) [adjective] Having the qualities or likeness of a kitten. | [adjective] Playful, sometimes with overtones of female sexuality. KYMOGRAPH (24) [noun] A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure over time, using a pen on a rotating drum. LABYRINTH (17) [noun] A maze-like structure built by Daedalus in Knossos, containing the Minotaur. | [noun] Part of the inner ear. | [noun] Anything complicated and confusing, like a maze. LACCOLITH (16) [noun] A mass of igneous or volcanic rock found within strata which forces the overlaying strata upwards and forms domes. | [noun] A mass similar to lopolith but concave up. LAGOMORPH (17) [noun] A member of the mammalian taxonomic order, Lagomorpha, which includes hares, rabbits, and pikas. LICKERISH (18) [adjective] Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. | [adjective] Lecherous; lustful. | [adjective] Tempting the appetite; dainty. LOCKSMITH (20) [noun] One who practices locksmithing | [noun] Someone who only bets when they are sure they will win LOGOGRAPH (16) [noun] A character or symbol that represents a word or phrase. LOGOGRIPH (16) [noun] A kind of puzzle where a series of verses give clues leading to a particular word. LOINCLOTH (14) [noun] A garment that covers the loins (crotch). LOUDMOUTH (15) [noun] One who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner. MACINTOSH (16) [noun] A raincoat. MAHARAJAH (24) [noun] A Hindu monarch ranking above a raja, an emperor. MATRIARCH (16) [noun] A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group. | [noun] A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise. MEGADEATH (16) [noun] One million deaths, especially as a unit of measure in reference to nuclear warfare. MESEEMETH (16) MESHUGGAH (19) MESOMORPH (18) [noun] A person with pronounced muscular development and low body fat. | [noun] : Theoretical body type in which a person naturally has lower body fat and greater ability to achieve muscular development than average. MICROINCH (18) MICROLITH (16) [noun] A small stone tool. | [noun] The microscopic acicular components of rocks. MILLIONTH (14) [noun] The person or thing in the millionth position. | [noun] One of a million equal parts of a whole. Term ppm (parts per million) is also used. | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number one million. MONOGRAPH (17) [noun] A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person. | [verb] To write a monograph on (a subject). | [verb] Of the FDA: to publish a standard that authorizes the use of (a substance). MOUTHWASH (20) [noun] A liquid used to clean one's mouth. MULTIPATH (16) NAILBRUSH (14) [noun] A small brush, with firm bristles, used to clean the fingernails or to scrub the hands. NINETIETH (12) [noun] The person or thing in the ninetieth position. | [noun] One of ninety equal parts of a whole. | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number ninety. NOMOGRAPH (17) [noun] A nomogram. NONCHURCH (19) [adjective] Not of or pertaining to a church. NONGROWTH (16) NONSPEECH (16) OLEOGRAPH (15) [noun] A type of chromolithograph, using oil paint on canvas, that attempts to imitate oil painting OSTEOPATH (14) OUTGROWTH (16) [noun] Anything that grows out of something else. | [noun] Excessive growth. OUTPREACH (16) OVERCOACH (19) OVERMATCH (19) [noun] A match in which one opponent is greatly superior to the other. | [noun] An opponent who is more than a match for another; one who cannot be defeated. | [verb] To match more than intended. OVERREACH (17) [noun] An act of extending or reaching over, especially if too far or much; overextension. | [noun] Of a horse: an act of striking the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot; an injury caused by this action. | [verb] To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree. OVERWEIGH (19) PARAGRAPH (17) [noun] A passage in text that is about a different subject from the preceding text, marked by commencing on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented. | [noun] A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject. | [noun] An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures. PARANYMPH (21) PARASHOTH (17) PATRIARCH (16) [noun] The highest form of bishop, in the ancient world having authority over other bishops in the province but now generally as an honorary title; in Roman Catholicism, considered a bishop second only to the Pope in rank. | [noun] In Biblical contexts, a male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. | [noun] A founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise. PERILYMPH (21) [noun] An extracellular fluid found in the scala tympani and scala vestibuli of the cochlea. PLATYFISH (20) [noun] Certain fish of the genus Xiphophorus lacking a sword-like extension of the lower tailfin. POLYGRAPH (20) [noun] A device which measures and records several physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration and skin conductivity while a series of questions is being asked to a subject, in an attempt to detect lies. | [noun] A mechanical instrument for multiplying copies of a writing, resembling multiple pantographs. | [noun] A collection of different works, either by one or several authors. POLYMORPH (21) [noun] Any organism that shows polymorphism. | [noun] Any substance or mineral that forms different types of crystal. | [noun] The transformation of an item or creature into something different by magic. POLYPTYCH (24) [noun] A work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together, often with hinges POSTCRASH (16) PRELAUNCH (16) PREMONISH (16) [verb] To warn of something in advance PRETTYISH (17) REFURBISH (17) [verb] To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance. REFURNISH (15) [verb] To furnish again; to get new furniture for. | [verb] To supply or provide anew. REPLENISH (14) [verb] To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to. | [verb] To fill up; to complete; to supply fully. | [verb] To finish; to complete; to perfect. REPUBLISH (16) [verb] To publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed. SABLEFISH (17) [noun] A dark-coloured marine fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, of North American Pacific waters. SACKCLOTH (20) [noun] A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks. | [noun] (Usually paired with 'ashes'), garments worn as an act of penance. Now often used figuratively. SAGEBRUSH (15) [noun] Any of several North American aromatic shrubs of the genus Artemisia, having silvery-grey, green leaves. SAILCLOTH (14) [noun] A strong, durable fabric suitable for making sails for ships or boats. SALLOWISH (15) SERIGRAPH (15) [noun] A silkscreen print made by serigraphy | [noun] An autographic device to test the strength of raw silk SHELLFISH (18) [noun] An aquatic invertebrate having a shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible. SHILLALAH (15) SHOPHROTH (20) SHTETLACH (17) [noun] A Jewish village or small town, especially one in Eastern Europe. SIXTEENTH (19) [noun] One of sixteen equal parts of a whole. | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number sixteen. SNOWBRUSH (17) SOCIOPATH (16) [noun] A person with an antisocial personality disorder, exhibiting antisocial behavior that usually is the result of social and environmental factors in the person's early life. SONGSMITH (15) [noun] A writer of songs. SOURDOUGH (14) [noun] A type of bread dough leavened with yeast and lactobacilli that produce acids giving a sour taste. | [noun] An old-timer, especially in Alaska. | [noun] A permanent resident of the territory. Someone who has lived in the Yukon during all four seasons. SPADEFISH (18) [noun] Any of several marine fish of the family Ephippidae | [noun] Polyodon spathula, the paddlefish. SPEARFISH (17) [noun] Any of the marlins in the genus Tetrapturus, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill. | [noun] A striped marlin (Kajikia audax) | [noun] A quillback (Carpioides cyprinus SPICEBUSH (18) [noun] The common spicebush, Lindera benzoin, whose leaves have a distinctive strong citrusy aroma. | [noun] Any plant in the genus Calycanthus SPIDERISH (15) SQUAWFISH (27) [noun] A cyprinid fish of the genus Ptychocheilus, a voracious predator on small trout and salmon. SQUEAMISH (23) [adjective] Easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive | [adjective] Averse or reluctant STALWORTH (15) STATOLITH (12) [noun] A specialized form of amyloplast involved in graviperception by plant roots and most invertebrates. STOCKFISH (21) [noun] A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt. | [noun] The shallow-water Cape hake (Merluccius capensis) | [noun] A cod (or similar fish) having been cut open and cured in the open air without salt. STONEFISH (15) [noun] A venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock, of the genus Synanceia, found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean STOPWATCH (19) [noun] A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed from a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated. STRONGISH (13) SUBBRANCH (18) [noun] A branch that is itself an offshoot of a branch of something. | [noun] Part of a branch. SUCCOTASH (16) [noun] A stew made from kernels of corn, lima beans, tomatoes and sometimes peppers. SUPERRICH (16) SURFPERCH (19) [noun] Any of the family Embiotocidae of viviparous perciform fishes, found mainly in the northeast Pacific Ocean. SWELLFISH (18) SWORDFISH (19) [noun] A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius. | [verb] To fish for swordfish. TABBOULEH (16) [noun] A Middle Eastern salad or meze generally consisting of bulgur wheat, chopped tomatoes, parsley, olive oil and lemon juice. TALLITOTH (12) TELEGRAPH (15) [noun] An apparatus, or a process, for communicating rapidly between distant points, especially by means of established visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical means. | [noun] A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take. | [verb] To send a message by telegraph. TEREBINTH (14) [noun] A Mediterranean tree, Pistacia terebinthus (and, possibly, Pistacia palaestina) THEREWITH (18) [adverb] With this, that or those. | [adverb] In addition to that; besides, moreover. | [adverb] Thereupon, forthwith; with that being said or done. THIRTIETH (15) THIRTYISH (18) THORNBUSH (17) TOLLBOOTH (14) [noun] A booth on a toll road or toll bridge where the toll is collected. | [noun] (In this sense usually spelt tolbooth) The traditional municipal building of a Scottish town or burgh, usually including a meeting-hall, court, prison and (eponymically) a place for the receipt of taxes, duties and fines. TOMBOYISH (19) TOPSTITCH (16) [noun] A sewing technique, most often used on garment edges such as necklines and hems, where it helps facings to stay in place and gives a crisp edge. | [noun] An individual stitch of this kind. | [verb] To stitch in this fashion. TRIERARCH (14) TRUNKFISH (19) [noun] Species of genera Lactophrys and Rhinesomus (in boxfish family Ostraciidae). TUNESMITH (14) [noun] A composer of tunes. TWENTIETH (15) [noun] A person or thing in the twentieth position. | [noun] One of twenty equal parts of a whole. | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number twenty. TYPOGRAPH (20) ULTRAHIGH (16) ULTRARICH (14) UMPTEENTH (16) [adjective] (often slightly derogatory) Occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a sequence. UNBOOKISH (18) [adjective] Not bookish. UNSELFISH (15) [adjective] Not selfish UNSTYLISH (15) [adjective] Not stylish; unfashionable. VAMPIRISH (19) VULTURISH (15) WASHCLOTH (20) [noun] A small cloth used to wash the face and body. WHEREWITH (21) [noun] Something with which; the means by which. | [adverb] With which; with what. WHITEFISH (21) [noun] Any of many fish. | [noun] The beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale) WHITEWASH (21) [noun] A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white. | [noun] A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep. | [noun] Any liquid composition for whitening something, such as a wash for making the skin fair. WORDSMITH (18) [noun] One who uses words skillfully. | [verb] To apply craftsman-like skills to word use. WORKBENCH (23) [noun] A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc. XYLOGRAPH (25) [noun] An engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.). | [noun] A print taken from such an engraving. | [verb] To make a print from an engraving in wood. YELLOWISH (18) [adjective] Somewhat yellow (in colour). YESHIVOTH (21) ZILLIONTH (21) [noun] The person or thing in the zillionth position. | [noun] One of a zillion equal parts of a whole. | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number zillion.

ACCOMPLISH (21) [verb] To finish successfully. | [verb] To complete, as time or distance. | [verb] To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully. AFTERBIRTH (18) [noun] The placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals. ALTAZIMUTH (24) [noun] A telescope or surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation AMATEURISH (15) [adjective] Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished. AMPHIBRACH (24) [noun] A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta). | [noun] A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica). ANEMOGRAPH (18) [noun] An anemometer that makes a graphical recording. ANGLERFISH (17) [noun] Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which hve an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey. ANTICHURCH (20) ANTIGROWTH (17) [adjective] Opposed to or inhibiting economic growth or business expansion. ARCHERFISH (21) [noun] Any of the species of fish in the family Toxotidae (sole genus Toxotes), who prey on small animals near to the surface of a water by shooting them with water from their mouths. BACKSPLASH (23) [noun] A vertical covering on a wall rising above a countertop or other work surface to protect the wall from spills and to decorate the wall. | [noun] The small splash of water that occurs when an oar enters the water to begin a stroke just before the rower reaches the catch. BACKSTITCH (23) [noun] A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles forward on the bottom, coming out farther in front, then repeats. The backstitch is a very tight and secure stitch, and also looks very neat. | [verb] To sew with a backstitch. BALDERDASH (17) [noun] Senseless talk or writing; nonsense. | [noun] A worthless mixture, especially of liquors. | [noun] Obscene language or writing. BATHYSCAPH (25) [noun] A deep-diving submarine vessel designed to explore the ocean depths, typically consisting of a spherical cabin attached to a float chamber. BLACKSMITH (23) [noun] A person who forges iron. | [noun] A person who shoes horses. | [noun] A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis). BOUNDERISH (16) BROADCLOTH (18) [noun] A fine, smooth, densely woven woolen fabric with a soft nap finish. | [noun] A cotton fabric with a similar smooth, lustrous appearance. BUFFOONISH (21) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a buffoon; acting in a silly, clownish, or ridiculous manner. BUMPKINISH (23) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin; awkward, unsophisticated, or rustic in manner or appearance. BUTTERFISH (18) [noun] Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially BUTTONBUSH (17) [noun] Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family. | [noun] Any of the genus Conocarpus of two species of tropical flowering plants; a mangrove. CANDLEFISH (19) [noun] An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians. CARTOONISH (15) [adjective] Exaggerated or caricatured, in the manner of a cartoon CHILDBIRTH (21) [noun] The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy. COCKNEYISH (24) [adjective] Characteristic of or resembling Cockney speech, mannerisms, or culture; having the qualities associated with working-class Londoners. COELACANTH (17) [noun] Either of two species of deep-water fish, Latimeria chalumnae of the Indian Ocean and Latimeria menadoensis of Indonesia. | [noun] Any lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes, thought until 1938 to have been extinct for 70 million years. COQUETTISH (24) [adjective] Of or relating to a young, flirtatious girl. | [adjective] Characteristic of a coquet. CORNSTARCH (17) [noun] A very fine starch powder derived from corn (maize) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent. COUNTRYISH (18) CROSSHATCH (20) [noun] A pattern of crossing lines. | [verb] To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern. CROSSPATCH (19) [noun] A grumpy, bad-tempered or irascible person. CUTTLEFISH (18) [noun] Any of various squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened CZAREVITCH (29) [noun] The eldest son of a Russian tsar, heir to the throne. DAMSELFISH (19) [noun] Any of a number of fish in the Pomacentridae family. DEATHWATCH (22) [noun] A vigil beside a dying person | [noun] One who guards a condemned person before execution. | [noun] A deathwatch beetle. DISFURNISH (17) EIGHTEENTH (17) [noun] The person or thing in the eighteenth position. | [noun] One of eighteen equal parts of a whole. | [noun] A party to celebrate an eighteenth birthday. EXTINGUISH (21) [verb] To put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench | [verb] To destroy or abolish something | [verb] To obscure or eclipse something FLOORCLOTH (18) [noun] A cloth, normally of flannel, used for cleaning floors. | [noun] Material used in place of carpeting for covering floors, such as linoleum or oilcloth. FOLKLORISH (20) FOURTEENTH (16) [noun] The person or thing in the fourteenth position. | [noun] One of fourteen equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The interval comprising an octave and a seventh. GASTROLITH (14) [noun] Rocks which are or have been held inside the digestive tract of an animal to aid in buoyancy or food processing. GOOSEFLESH (17) [noun] (chiefly in plural) Raised skin, usually caused by the involuntary erection of hairs on the neck or arms caused by cold, excitement, or fear. GREENFINCH (19) [noun] Any of five distinct species of bird formerly within the genus Carduelis, now making up genus Chloris (Cuvier): GROUNDFISH (18) GUITARFISH (17) [noun] Any of the fish in the Rhinobatidae family of rays. HALLELUJAH (23) [noun] A shout of “Hallelujah”. | [noun] A song of praise to God; a musical composition based on the word "Hallelujah". | [noun] (in the plural) General praise. HAMANTASCH (20) HAPHTAROTH (21) [noun] A selection from the books of Nevi'im and Ketuvim of the Tanach, usually corresponding to the week's parashah, publicly read in synagogue following the parashah. HEATHENISH (19) HECTOGRAPH (21) [noun] An old printing machine that involves transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame. | [verb] To duplicate (a document) by this process. HELIOGRAPH (19) [noun] An apparatus for signalling by means of a moveable mirror which reflects flashes of sunlight. | [noun] A heliogram. | [noun] An instrument for measuring the intensity of sunlight. HENCEFORTH (21) [adverb] From now on; from this time on. HERESIARCH (18) [noun] The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy. HIEROGLYPH (22) [noun] An element of an ideographic (hieroglyphic) writing system. | [noun] Any obscure or baffling symbol. | [verb] To represent by hieroglyphs. HOBBLEBUSH (22) [noun] A low bush, Viburnum lantanoides, having long, straggling branches and pretty flowers, found in the Northern United States. HOODLUMISH (19) HORSEFLESH (19) [noun] The flesh of a horse; horse meat. | [noun] Horses collectively, with reference to driving, riding, or racing. | [noun] A species of Bahama mahogany, Lysiloma sabicu and Lysiloma latisiliquum. HORSELAUGH (17) [noun] A loud, boisterous laugh. HOTCHPOTCH (25) [noun] A hotchpotch; a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things. | [noun] A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot. | [noun] The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, especially in the case of divorce or intestacy. HYGROGRAPH (23) IMPOVERISH (20) [verb] To make poor. | [verb] To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness. | [verb] To become poor. INTERFAITH (16) [adjective] Involving members of different religions. KARYOLYMPH (27) LARGEMOUTH (16) [noun] A creature of this kind. | [adjective] Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large mouth. LITHOGRAPH (19) [noun] A printed image produced by lithography. | [verb] To create a copy of an image through lithography. LOCKSTITCH (21) [noun] A stitch made by a sewing machine in which two threads are interlocked. | [verb] To use this kind of stitch. LUFTMENSCH (20) MACKINTOSH (21) [noun] A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth. | [noun] By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat. | [noun] Waterproof rubberized cloth. METALSMITH (17) MICROGRAPH (20) [noun] An image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale; an image produced with a microscope | [noun] A pantograph instrument for executing minute writing or engraving. | [verb] To produce such an image by micrography. MIDRASHOTH (19) MIMEOGRAPH (20) [noun] A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying. | [verb] To make mimeograph copies. MOTORMOUTH (17) [noun] One who talks very fast or incessantly; a chatty or loquacious person. | [verb] To talk very fast or incessantly. MULTIFLASH (18) MUTTONFISH (18) NATUROPATH (15) NEEDLEFISH (17) [noun] Slender fish, in the family Belonidae, usually found in shallow marine habitats. NINETEENTH (13) [noun] The person or thing in the nineteenth position. | [noun] One of nineteen equal parts of a whole. | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number nineteen. NUDIBRANCH (18) [noun] Any sea slug; specifically the animals belonging to the order Nudibranchia. OUTLANDISH (14) [adjective] Bizarre, strange OUTSTRETCH (15) [verb] To extend by stretching OVERBLEACH (20) OVERGROWTH (20) [noun] A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else. A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles. | [noun] An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes. | [noun] Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland. OVERLAVISH (19) OVERLENGTH (17) OVERSLAUGH (17) [noun] A bar in a river. | [verb] To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or impediment. PADDLEFISH (20) [noun] Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle. PAINTBRUSH (17) [noun] A thin brush for applying paint. PANTOGRAPH (18) [noun] A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid. | [noun] By extension, a structure of crosswise bars linked in such a way that it can extend and compress like an accordion, such as in a pantograph mirror or a scissor lift. | [noun] A pattern printed on a document to reduce the ease of photocopying. PARASHIOTH (18) PEACOCKISH (23) PENNYWORTH (21) [noun] The amount that can be bought for a penny. | [noun] A small value or quantity. | [noun] A good bargain. PETROGLYPH (21) [noun] A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times. PHONOGRAPH (21) [noun] A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe. | [noun] A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records. | [noun] A record player. PHOTOFLASH (21) PHOTOGRAPH (21) [noun] A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc. | [verb] To take a photograph of. | [verb] To fix permanently in the memory etc. PICAYUNISH (20) PICTOGRAPH (20) [noun] A picture that represents a word or an idea. | [noun] A graphic character. | [noun] A graph that represents numerical data using pictures. POSTLAUNCH (17) PROTOTROPH (17) PSYCHOPATH (25) [noun] A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such an individual may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses. | [noun] A person with no moral conscience who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts. | [noun] A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder. RADIOGRAPH (17) [noun] An image, often a photographic negative, produced by radiation other than normal light; especially an X-ray photograph. | [noun] An instrument for measuring and recording solar radiation. | [verb] To produce a radiograph image. RELINQUISH (22) [verb] To give up, abandon or retire from something. To trade away. | [verb] To let go (free, away), physically release. | [verb] To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession. RIBBONFISH (20) [noun] Any of several lampriform fish, of the family Trachipteridae, having long, ribbon-like bodies. SCARAMOUCH (19) SEVENTIETH (16) [noun] The person or thing in the seventieth position. | [noun] One of seventy equal parts of a whole. | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number seventy. SHIBBOLETH (20) [noun] A word, especially seen as a test, to distinguish someone as belonging to a particular nation, class, profession etc. | [noun] A common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth. SHILLELAGH (17) [noun] A wooden (traditionally blackthorn (sloe) wood) club ending with a large knob. | [noun] Any cudgel, whether or not of Irish origin. SILVERFISH (19) [noun] Certain insects | [noun] Certain fish SMALLMOUTH (17) [noun] A variety of bass (fish) having a small mouth STAGECOACH (18) [noun] A horse-drawn coach that runs routinely between two destinations to transport passengers and mail. | [verb] To travel by stage-coach. STILLBIRTH (15) [noun] The birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth. | [noun] (modern medicine) The birth of a dead fetus after 20 weeks of gestation. SUPERBITCH (19) TABLECLOTH (17) [noun] A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table. THIRTEENTH (16) [noun] The person or thing in the thirteenth position. | [noun] One of thirteen equal parts of a whole. | [noun] The interval comprising an octave and a sixth. THOUSANDTH (17) TOOTHBRUSH (18) [noun] A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth. | [verb] To clean or scrub with a toothbrush. TRAGACANTH (16) [noun] A polysaccharide gum, extracted from several species of leguminous plants of the genus Astragalus, formerly used medicinally and now as a food additive. Also more fully gum tragacanth. TRILLIONTH (13) UNACTORISH (15) UNDERBRUSH (16) [noun] The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest. | [verb] To clear (an area) of underbrush. | [verb] To work among the underbrush. UNDERNEATH (14) [noun] The lower surface or part of something. | [noun] A background radio sound track played during a specific announcement or program. | [adjective] Under, lower. USQUEBAUGH (25) [noun] Whisky. VINEGARISH (17) WAVELENGTH (20) [noun] The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as λ, and corresponds to the velocity of the wave divided by its frequency. WHIPSTITCH (23) [noun] A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge. | [noun] A tailor. | [noun] Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition. WHITESMITH (21) [noun] A person who forges things out of tin or pewter; a tinsmith. | [noun] A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it. WRISTWATCH (21) [noun] A watch that is worn on a strap or band fastened around the wrist

ALLELOMORPH (18) [noun] One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome. ANTITARNISH (14) BACKSTRETCH (24) [noun] The straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line; the backstretch. | [noun] An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees. | [noun] The middle part of an event. BITTERBRUSH (18) [noun] A shrub of the rose family with small yellow flowers, native to western North America and used for erosion control and wildlife forage. BOTTLEBRUSH (18) [noun] A cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles. | [noun] Any of various trees or shrubs of the myrtle family, especially of the genera Callistemon and Melaleuca, native to Australia and adjacent areas, having spikes of flowers with numerous conspicuous stamens. | [noun] An uncommon cave formation resulting from a rise in water level such that a stalactite becomes immersed in water that is supersaturated with calcium carbonate, causing the stalactite to become coated with pool spar. BREECHCLOTH (23) [noun] An apron-like garment held on by a belt tied around the waist to cover the loins; a loincloth. BUFFALOFISH (25) [noun] A freshwater fish of the sucker family, found in North America, having a humped back and large scales. CARDIOGRAPH (20) [noun] An instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements CHAETOGNATH (20) [noun] A marine worm of the phylum Chaetognatha, characterized by a transparent body and fins used for locomotion. CHEESECLOTH (21) [noun] A loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used to wrap cheese, but now used for various culinary tasks and by farmers to shade crops and keep birds off. CHOREOGRAPH (22) [verb] To design and record the choreography for a dramatic work such as a ballet | [verb] To direct the development of a project; to orchestrate CHRONOGRAPH (22) [noun] A chronogram. | [noun] A device which marks or records time or time intervals | [noun] A combination of watch and stopwatch COPPERSMITH (22) [noun] A person who forges things out of copper. | [noun] A South Asian barbet, Psilopogon haemacephala, with crimson forehead and throat, best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer. CORONAGRAPH (19) [noun] A telescope that has an attachment which blocks out the direct light from the sun or other star, allowing examination of the corona and the detection of exoplanets CORONOGRAPH (19) [noun] An instrument used to observe the sun's corona, typically by blocking the sun's disk to reveal the fainter corona around it. COTTONMOUTH (18) [noun] An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs. | [noun] A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin. | [noun] A snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead. COUNTERMYTH (21) CRYPTOGRAPH (24) [noun] A cipher or cryptogram. | [noun] A device used for encrypting or decrypting text. | [verb] To write text using a code or cipher. DISTINGUISH (16) [verb] To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics. | [verb] To see someone or something clearly or distinctly. | [verb] To make oneself noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments. DOLPHINFISH (23) [noun] A large food and game fish of the Coryphaenidae family which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters. GANGSTERISH (16) GASTROTRICH (17) HAIRBREADTH (20) [noun] The width of a hair, a very short distance or a very small amount HANDBREADTH (21) HETEROTROPH (19) [noun] An organism which requires an external supply of energy in the form of food as it cannot synthesize its own. HOMESTRETCH (21) [noun] The final stretch of a race track | [noun] The last part of some activity (e.g. a speech) HORSERADISH (18) [noun] A plant of the mustard family, Armoracia rusticana. | [noun] A pungent condiment made from the root of the plant. INTERBRANCH (18) INTERCHURCH (21) INTERGROWTH (18) [noun] A growing together and through each other of two crystals. INTERPARISH (16) MICROSWITCH (23) [noun] An electrical switch that operates with very little travel of (or pressure on) the actuator. NIGHTMARISH (20) [adjective] Resembling a nightmare. NOVELETTISH (17) OVERNOURISH (17) OVERSTRETCH (19) [noun] The act of stretching something too far or beyond available resources. | [verb] To stretch too far. | [verb] To stretch over something. PNEUMOGRAPH (21) PROSOBRANCH (20) PSEUDOMORPH (21) [noun] A deceptive, irregular, or false form; specifically: PSYCHOGRAPH (27) RABBITBRUSH (20) [noun] Any of various plants in the family Asteraceae, including most species of Chrysothamnus and some Ericameria. REESTABLISH (16) [verb] To establish again. | [verb] To restore to a previously operational state. SADDLECLOTH (18) [noun] A blanket placed under a saddle, a saddle blanket. | [noun] A cloth displaying a racehorse's number. SEISMOGRAPH (19) [noun] An instrument that automatically detects and records the intensity, direction and duration of earthquakes and similar events. SEVENTEENTH (17) [noun] One of seventeen equal parts of a whole. | [noun] An interval of two octaves and a third. | [adjective] The ordinal form of the number seventeen. SHADOWGRAPH (24) [noun] A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram. | [noun] An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index | [verb] To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen. SILVERSMITH (19) [noun] A person who makes articles out of silver usually larger than jewellery. SPINSTERISH (16) STAGGERBUSH (18) STANDOFFISH (21) [adjective] Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly. STEEPLEBUSH (18) STEREOGRAPH (17) STRAIGHTISH (18) SUPERCHURCH (23) SUPERGROWTH (20) SUPERSLEUTH (16) SUPERSMOOTH (18) SURGEONFISH (18) [noun] Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They are named "surgeonfish" because they bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp spines on either side of the caudal peduncle. SYMPOSIARCH (23) SYNCHROMESH (24) [noun] A system of synchronized transmission found in modern gearboxes to make gear changing easier and smoother. | [noun] (by extension) A device which functions like a synchronized transmission. | [adjective] Having the quality or smoothly exchanging interlocking forces. TEXTBOOKISH (27) THENCEFORTH (22) [adverb] From that time on. THERMOGRAPH (22) [noun] A thermometer which records the temperature. | [verb] To record temperature using such an instrument THROATLATCH (19) [noun] Part of a horse's bridle that prevents the bridle from coming off over the horse's head. TRIGGERFISH (19) [noun] Any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on the dorsal fin. TWELVEMONTH (22) [noun] A year. ULTRASMOOTH (16) UNDERGROWTH (19) [noun] The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes). VAGABONDISH (21) WATERTHRUSH (20) [noun] Either of two New World warblers, Parkesia motacilla (the Louisiana waterthrush) and Parkesia noveboracensis (the Northern waterthrush).

ANTIBACKLASH (23) [adjective] Designed to eliminate or prevent backlash, particularly in mechanical systems where gears or components have slack or play between them. BLABBERMOUTH (23) [noun] A gossip. | [noun] A person who talks excessively. | [noun] A kind of foam-dispensing nozzle used in firefighting at airports. BREAKTHROUGH (25) [noun] An advance through and past enemy lines. | [noun] Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle. | [noun] The penetration of the opposition defence BUCCANEERISH (21) BUTTERSCOTCH (21) [noun] A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla. | [noun] A sauce or syrup made of similar ingredients. | [noun] A light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy. COMMONWEALTH (24) [noun] The well-being of a community. | [noun] The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state. | [noun] Republic. Often capitalized, as Commonwealth. COUNTERMARCH (21) [noun] A march back along the same route | [verb] To march back along the same route COUNTERPUNCH (21) [noun] A punch delivered in response to a previous punch by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match. | [noun] A punch used in the cutting of other punches, often used to create the negative space in or around a glyph. | [verb] To deliver a punch designed to exploit an opponent's momentary defensive weakness caused by a punch thrown by the opponent. DILETTANTISH (16) DISESTABLISH (18) [verb] To deprive (an established church, military squadron, operations base, etc.) of its official status. | [verb] To abolish (an existing position of employment). ELASMOBRANCH (21) [noun] Any of many cartilaginous fish of the subclass Elasmobranchii. ENANTIOMORPH (19) [noun] A mirror image, a form related to another as an object is to its image in a mirror. | [noun] Either of a pair of crystals that are mirror images of each other, and are optically active. | [noun] A similar molecule or compound; an enantiomer. HAIRSBREADTH (21) [noun] A very short distance or a very small amount (as is the width of a hair). HANDSBREADTH (22) INTERBOROUGH (18) MAGNETOGRAPH (21) [noun] An instrument for measuring changes in the direction and intensity of magnetic fields. OSCILLOGRAPH (20) [noun] An instrument for measuring alternating or varying electric current in terms of current and voltage; an oscilloscope. PREESTABLISH (19) [verb] To establish beforehand. REPHOTOGRAPH (23) SCHOOLBOYISH (25) SNAGGLETEETH (17) [noun] (plural: snaggleteeth) A tooth inside the mouth that is unaligned or broken | [noun] (plural: snaggletooths) A predatory fish of the Astronesthes genus, so-called because of its teeth. SNAGGLETOOTH (17) [noun] (plural: snaggleteeth) A tooth inside the mouth that is unaligned or broken | [noun] (plural: snaggletooths) A predatory fish of the Astronesthes genus, so-called because of its teeth. SPECTROGRAPH (22) [noun] A machine for recording spectra, producing spectrograms. SPHYGMOGRAPH (29) [noun] A mechanical device used to measure blood pressure and pulse. SUBPARAGRAPH (22) SYCOPHANTISH (25) WHERETHROUGH (25)

ANTHROPOMORPH (25) CHROMATOGRAPH (26) [noun] A machine that performs chromatography by gas or liquid separation. | [verb] To analyze or separate mixtures using chromatography CINEMATOGRAPH (23) [noun] A camera that could develop its own film and served as its own projector. | [verb] To employ the techniques of cinematography. FEATHERSTITCH (24) [noun] A kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib. | [verb] To make stitches of this kind. GUTTERSNIPISH (19) GYNANDROMORPH (25) [noun] An insect, crustacean or bird literally having physical characteristics of both sexes, usually displaying a bilateral difference. | [noun] A person having certain physical characteristics of both sexes. KAFFEEKLATSCH (32) [noun] A coffee klatch. LAMELLIBRANCH (22) [noun] Any marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk, of the class Lamellibranchia or Bivalvia; includes the clams, scallops and oysters LEPRECHAUNISH (23) LIEBFRAUMILCH (25) OPISTHOBRANCH (25) [noun] A gastropod with gills behind the heart, formerly thought to belong to a single group. | [adjective] (of gills) Placed behind the heart. | [adjective] (of a gastropod) Having gills placed behind the heart. OVEREMBELLISH (23) [verb] To embellish excessively. PLATYHELMINTH (26) [noun] Any flatworm of the phylum Platyhelminthes. PSEUDEPIGRAPH (24) QUADRILLIONTH (26) QUINTILLIONTH (25) RECHOREOGRAPH (24) SANSCULOTTISH (18) SCHOOLMARMISH (25) SUPERSTRENGTH (19) UNDERSTRENGTH (18)

AUTORADIOGRAPH (21) [noun] A photograph image produced by placing a film in contact with a specimen containing (or treated with) radioactive material; an autoradiogram | [verb] To subject to autoradiography. ENCEPHALOGRAPH (27) MICROBAROGRAPH (26) PHOTOAUTOTROPH (24) PLETHYSMOGRAPH (30) [noun] An instrument for measuring changes in volume within an organ or whole body (usually via fluctuations in the amount of fluid it contains). RADIOAUTOGRAPH (21) RADIOTELEGRAPH (21)

ASTROPHOTOGRAPH (26) ELECTROMYOGRAPH (28) MACROPHOTOGRAPH (30) MICROPHOTOGRAPH (30) [noun] A photograph so reduced in size that it must be viewed through a lens or a microscope. | [noun] A photograph taken through a microscope, an enlarged picture of a very small item or area; a photomicrograph. | [verb] To create such a photograph MICRORADIOGRAPH (26) MULTIWAVELENGTH (27) PHOTOLITHOGRAPH (29) PHOTOMICROGRAPH (30) [noun] A photograph taken using a microscope. | [verb] To photograph through a microscope. RECHROMATOGRAPH (28) SCHOOLMASTERISH (25)