AMANTADINES | • amantadines n. Plural of amantadine. • AMANTADINE n. a drug used to prevent infection by preventing the virus penetration of host cells. |
ANANDAMIDES | • anandamides n. Plural of anandamide. • ANANDAMIDE n. a brain receptor that is released naturally from neurons and is thought to be associated with the pleasurable effect of certain drugs. |
CALAMONDINS | • calamondins n. Plural of calamondin. • CALAMONDIN n. (Tagalog) a small citrus tree, native to the Philippines; its acid-tasting orange-like fruit. |
COMMANDANTS | • commandants n. Plural of commandant. • COMMANDANT n. a commanding officer. |
DAMASCENING | • damascening v. Present participle of damascene. • damascening n. Damascene trimmings or ornamentation. • DAMASCENING n. decorative wavy lines and patterns on metal. |
DAMASKINING | • damaskining v. Present participle of damaskin. • DAMASKIN v. to decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns, also DAMASCEENE, DAMASCENE, DAMASKEEN, DAMASQUIN. |
HANDMAIDENS | • handmaidens n. Plural of handmaiden. • HANDMAIDEN n. a personal maid or female servant. |
LANDAMMANNS | • Landammanns n. Plural of Landammann. • LANDAMMANN n. (German) a chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons, also LANDAMMAN. |
MADONNAWISE | • Madonnawise adv. In the manner of the Virgin Mary. • MADONNAWISE adv. in the manner of a madonna. |
MAINLANDERS | • mainlanders n. Plural of mainlander. • Mainlanders n. Plural of Mainlander. • MAINLANDER n. one who lives on the mainland. |
MANDAMUSING | • mandamusing v. Present participle of mandamus. • MANDAMUS v. (Latin) to command by writ from a higher court to a lower. |
MANDARINISM | • mandarinism n. A government of mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins. • MANDARINISM n. the state of being a mandarin. |
MANSPLAINED | • mansplained v. Simple past tense and past participle of mansplain. • MANSPLAIN v. (of a man) to explain (something) to a woman in a patronizing or condescending way. |
MONTAGNARDS | • Montagnards n. Plural of Montagnard. • MONTAGNARD n. one of a mountain-dwelling people of Southern Vietnam on the Cambodian border. |
PANJANDRUMS | • panjandrums n. Plural of panjandrum. • PANJANDRUM n. a powerful personage or pretentious official, also PANJANDARUM. |
SLAMDANCING | • slamdancing n. Alternative form of slam dancing. • slam-dancing v. Present participle of slam-dance. • slam␣dancing n. A form of dancing, to punk rock music, in which the dancers deliberately collide with each other. |
SYNDYASMIAN | • syndyasmian adj. Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; said of animals during periods of procreation… • SYNDYASMIAN adj. loose temporary pair-bonding, one-night stand. |