| CEPHEID | • cepheid adj. (Astronomy) Relating to cepheid variables. • cepheid adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Cepheidae. • cepheid n. (Astronomy) A cepheid variable. |
| CHEDITE | • chedite n. Alternative form of cheddite. • CHEDITE n. a mixture of castor oil, ammonium perchlorate and a solvent, used as an explosive, also CHEDDITE. |
| CHEVIED | • chevied v. Simple past tense and past participle of chevy. • CHEVY v. to chase about, also CHIVVY, CHIVY. |
| DEHISCE | • dehisce v. (Intransitive, botany) To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content. • dehisce v. (Intransitive, medicine) To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound. • DEHISCE v. to split open. |
| DIETHER | • diether n. (Organic chemistry) Any organic compound having two ether functional groups. • DIETHER n. an organic chemical compound that contains two ethers. |
| HEADIER | • headier adj. Comparative form of heady: more heady. • HEADY adj. intoxicating. |
| HEDGIER | • hedgier adj. Comparative form of hedgy: more hedgy. • HEDGY adj. abounding in hedges. |
| HEEDIER | • HEEDY adj. (Spenser) heedful, careful. |
| HEEDING | • heeding v. Present participle of heed. • HEED v. to pay attention to. |
| HEISTED | • heisted v. Simple past tense and past participle of heist. • HEIST v. to steal, rob. |
| HERRIED | • herried v. Simple past tense and past participle of herry. • HERRY v. (Spenser) to praise, regard as holy, also HERY, HERYE. |
| INHERED | • inhered v. Simple past tense and past participle of inhere. • INHERE v. to be an essential characteristic. |
| KHEDIVE | • khedive n. The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey. • KHEDIVE n. a Turkish viceroy. |
| LETHIED | • LETHIED adj. (Shakespeare) suffering from forgetfulness, as having drunk the waters of Lethe. |
| NEIGHED | • neighed v. Simple past tense and past participle of neigh. • NEIGH v. to utter the cry of a horse. |
| REHIRED | • rehired v. Simple past tense and past participle of rehire. • re-hired v. Simple past tense and past participle of re-hire. • REHIRE v. to hire again. |
| SHIELED | • shieled v. Simple past tense and past participle of shiel. • SHIEL v. (Shakespeare) to shell, husk, also SHALE, SHEAL, SHEEL. |
| THIEVED | • thieved v. Simple past tense and past participle of thieve. • THIEVE v. to steal. |
| WEIGHED | • weighed v. Simple past tense and past participle of weigh. • WEIGH v. to determine the weight of. |