CEPHEIDS | • cepheids n. Plural of cepheid. • CEPHEID n. a star of a type having regular cycles of brightness which can be used to deduce their distances. |
DEPECHES | • DEPECHE v. (French) to dispatch, rid oneself of. |
EPHEDRAS | • ephedras n. Plural of ephedra. • EPHEDRA n. (Greek) a plant of the sea-grape genus. |
HELPDESK | • helpdesk n. Alternative spelling of help desk. • help-desk n. Alternative spelling of help desk. • help␣desk n. A section of an organization offering specialist advice to customers or users who have problems, especially… |
HEMPSEED | • hempseed n. The seed of the hemp plant, used as high-protein food or fishing bait. • hempseed n. A gallows bird; a person hanged. • hemp␣seed n. A hemp heart. |
HESPERID | • Hesperid n. (Greek mythology) any one of the Hesperides. • HESPERID n. a skipper butterfly. |
PERISHED | • perished v. Simple past tense and past participle of perish. • PERISH v. to die. |
PREHENDS | • prehends v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prehend. • PREHEND v. to lay hold of; to seize. |
RESHAPED | • reshaped v. Simple past tense and past participle of reshape. • RESHAPE v. to shape again. |
SHAPENED | • shapened v. Simple past tense and past participle of shapen. • SHAPEN v. to shape. |
SHEEPDOG | • sheepdog n. A breed of dog, used for herding sheep. • sheepdog n. A breed of dog used for guarding sheep. • sheepdog n. (Slang, dated) A chaperon; an adult who accompanies other people in a supervisory role. |
SHEPHERD | • shepherd n. A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock. • shepherd n. (Figurative) Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody. • shepherd n. (Figurative) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion. |
SHLEPPED | • shlepped v. Simple past tense and past participle of shlep. • shlepped v. Simple past tense and past participle of shlepp. • SHLEPP v. (Yiddish) to drag one's feet; travel a great distance, also SCHLEP, SCHLEPP, SHLEP. |
SPEECHED | • speeched v. Simple past tense and past participle of speech. • SPEECH v. to harangue. |
SPETCHED | • SPETCH v. to repair or patch esp. with leather and glue. |
SYPHERED | • syphered v. Simple past tense and past participle of sypher. • SYPHER v. to lay an edge over another to make a flush surface. |