ARCHAEON | • archaeon n. Prokaryotic organism; member of the domain Archaea. • ARCHAEON n. a single celled organism like bacterium. |
BLUDGEON | • bludgeon n. A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end. • bludgeon v. (Transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club. • bludgeon v. (Transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon. |
BOURGEON | • bourgeon v. Obsolete form of burgeon. • bourgeon n. Obsolete form of burgeon. • BOURGEON v. (obsolete) to sprout; to put forth bud, also BURGEON. |
CAMELEON | • cameleon n. Obsolete form of chameleon. • CAMELEON n. a small African lizard with a prehensile tail and tongue, also CHAMAELEON, CHAMELEON. |
HURCHEON | • hurcheon n. (Obsolete, dialectal) A hedgehog. • HURCHEON n. (Scots) an urchin, a hedgehog. |
LUNCHEON | • luncheon n. A formal meal served in the middle of the day. • luncheon n. (Dated) Any midday meal; lunch. • luncheon n. (Obsolete) A lump of food. |
MELODEON | • melodeon n. (Historical, music) A type of reed organ with a single keyboard. • melodeon n. (Music) An accordion where the melody-side keyboard is limited to the notes of diatonic scales in a… • melodeon n. (Historical, US) A music hall. |
MEZEREON | • mezereon n. An ornamental shrub, Daphne mezereum, having purple flowers and bright red fruit. • mezereon n. The dried bark of this plant, once used as a vesicant. • MEZEREON n. (Arabic) an early-flowering woodland shrub with fragrant purplish or rose-coloured flowers, also MEZEREUM. |
NAPOLEON | • napoleon n. (Historical numismatics, slang) The franc germinal: a 20-franc gold coin issued under Napoleon. • napoleon n. (Historical numismatics, slang) Other subsequent 20-franc coins, notes, or values. • napoleon n. (Usually admiringly derogatory) A person resembling Napoleon Bonaparte, (usually) in having come to… |
NUNCHEON | • nuncheon n. (Now dialectal, archaic) A drink or light snack taken in the afternoon; a refreshment between meals. • NUNCHEON n. a light meal. |
PANCHEON | • pancheon n. (Now UK regional) A shallow dish used to stand milk while the cream separates, or in which to bake bread. • PANCHEON n. a wide-brimmed, shallow vessel into which milk was poured and left to settle, so that the cream could separate, also PANCHION, PUNCHEON. |
PANTHEON | • pantheon n. A temple dedicated to all the gods. • pantheon n. (Mythology) All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing… • pantheon n. (By extension) A category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group. |
PUNCHEON | • puncheon n. A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc. • puncheon n. A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud. • puncheon n. A piece of roughly dressed timber with one face finished flat (by either hewing#Noun or sawing#Noun). |
PUTCHEON | • putcheon n. A wire trap for catching salmon. • PUTCHEON n. a wire trap for catching salmon, also PUTCHER. |
SIMOLEON | • simoleon n. (US, slang) A dollar. • Simoleon n. Alternative form of simoleon. • SIMOLEON n. (US slang) a dollar. |
SMIDGEON | • smidgeon n. Alternative form of smidgen. • SMIDGEON n. a very small amount, also SMIDGEN, SMIDGE, SMIDGIN. |
STURGEON | • sturgeon n. Any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic… • Sturgeon prop.n. A surname. • STURGEON n. a large fish of northern temperate waters. |
TRUDGEON | • trudgeon n. Alternative form of trudgen. • trudgeon n. Alternative form of truncheon. • trudgeon n. (Obsolete) A toddler. |