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1,174 words match “HORSE”

HORSELESS a.
Being without a horse; specif., not requiring a horse; -- said of certain vehicles in which horse power has been replaced by electricity, steam, etc.; as, a horseless carriage or truck.
HORSEMAN n. 4 definitions
A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.
HORSEMANSHIP n.
The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege.
HORSEMINT n. 2 definitions
A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata).
HORSENAIL n.
A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail.
HORSEPLAY n.
Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden.
HORSEPOND n.
A pond for watering horses.
HORSERAKE n.
A rake drawn by a horse.
HORSESHOE n. 3 definitions
A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.
HORSESHOEING n.
The act or employment of shoeing horses.
HORSESHOER n.
One who shoes horses.
HORSETAIL n. 2 definitions
A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum.
HORSEWEED n.
A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed.
HORSEWHIP n. 2 definitions
A whip for horses.
HORSEWOMAN n.
A woman who rides on horseback.
HORSEWOOD n.
A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia) with showy, crimson blossoms.
HORSEWORM n.
The larva of a botfly.
AHORSEBACK adv.
On horseback. Two suspicious fellows ahorseback. Smollet.
BATHORSE n.
A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign.
BAWHORSE n.
Same as Bathorse.
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