HOUSECARL | • housecarl n. (Historical) A member of the Scandinavian royal household troops. • HOUSECARL n. (Old English) a household retainer of an Anglo-Saxon leader. |
HUMORLESS | • humorless adj. (American spelling) Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted. • HUMORLESS adj. (US) without humor, also HUMOURLESS. |
LEACHOURS | • leachours n. Plural of leachour. • LEACHOUR n. (Spenser) a lecher. |
LECHEROUS | • lecherous adj. Given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery. • LECHEROUS adj. lustful. |
OVERFLUSH | • overflush v. To flush to excess. • OVERFLUSH adj. too flush. • OVERFLUSH n. superfluity. |
OVERHAULS | • overhauls n. Plural of overhaul. • overhauls n. (Colloquial, US) An overall. • overhauls v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overhaul. |
PLOUGHERS | • ploughers n. Plural of plougher. • PLOUGHER n. one who ploughs, also PLOWER. |
REPLOUGHS | • reploughs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of replough. • REPLOUGH v. to plough again, also REPLOW. |
ROUGHLEGS | • roughlegs n. Plural of roughleg. • ROUGHLEG n. any one of several species of large hawk, having the legs feathered to the toes. |
SHOULDERS | • shoulders n. Plural of shoulder. • shoulders n. (Anatomy) The two shoulders and the upper portion of the back. • shoulders n. Capacity for bearing a task or blame. |
SHOWERFUL | • showerful adj. Full of showers; rainy, teary, etc. • showerful n. A quantity that falls in a shower. • SHOWERFUL adj. full of showers. |
SLOUCHERS | • slouchers n. Plural of sloucher. • SLOUCHER n. one who slouches. |
SLOUCHIER | • slouchier adj. Comparative form of slouchy: more slouchy. • SLOUCHY adj. slouching. |
SLOUGHIER | • SLOUGHY adj. full of sloughs, miry. |
SLUGHORNE | • slughorne n. Obsolete spelling of slogan (“a battle cry among the ancient Irish or highlanders of Scotland”). • SLUGHORNE n. (Browning) an old form of slogan, taken by Chatterton and then Browning to be a kind of clarion, also SLUGHORN. |
SOUTHERLY | • southerly n. A wind blowing from the south. • southerly adj. Facing the south; directed towards the south. • southerly adj. Located towards or in the south. |
UNHOLSTER | • unholster v. (Transitive) To remove (a weapon) from its holster. • UNHOLSTER v. to remove from a holster. |
UPHOLDERS | • upholders n. Plural of upholder. • UPHOLDER n. one who upholds. |
UPHOLSTER | • upholster v. (Transitive) To fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture). • upholster n. (Archaic) An upholsterer; a tradesman who finishes furniture. • UPHOLSTER v. to provide with stuffing, springs, covers, etc. |