CHAMBERHAND | • CHAMBERHAND n. (New Zealand) a worker in the cold storage area of a slaughterhouse. |
CHERISHMENT | • cherishment n. (Rare) the act of cherishing. • cherishment n. (Obsolete) encouragement; comfort. • CHERISHMENT n. the act of cherishing. |
CHURCHMANLY | • churchmanly adj. Befitting a churchman. • CHURCHMANLY adj. in the manner of a churchman. |
CHURCHWOMAN | • churchwoman n. The female equivalent of a churchman. • CHURCHWOMAN n. a woman who is a member of a church. |
CHURCHWOMEN | • churchwomen n. Plural of churchwoman. • CHURCHWOMAN n. a woman who is a member of a church. |
HARMONIPHON | • harmoniphon n. Alternative form of harmoniphone. • HARMONIPHON n. a keyboard wind instrument with reeds, also HARMONIPHONE. |
HARRUMPHING | • harrumphing v. Present participle of harrumph. • HARRUMPH v. to clear one's throat noisily in annoyance, also HARUMPH. |
HEMERYTHRIN | • hemerythrin n. (Biochemistry) A respiratory pigment found in sipunculids, priapulids and brachiopods. • HEMERYTHRIN n. an iron-containing respiratory pigment in the blood of various chiefly marine invertebrates. |
HEMIHEDRONS | • hemihedrons n. Plural of hemihedron. • HEMIHEDRON n. a solid derived in a hemihedral way, such as a tetrahedron. |
HEXAHEMERON | • hexahemeron n. A term of six days, especially the hexameron, or six days of the biblical creation. • HEXAHEMERON n. the (biblical) six days of creation, also HEXAEMERON. |
HOMESHORING | • homeshoring n. A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment. • HOMESHORING n. the transfer of service industry employment from offices to home-based employees with appropriate telephone and Internet facilities, also HOMESOURCING. |
HYMENOPHORE | • hymenophore n. (Mycology) The part of a fungus fruiting body which produces spore-bearing cells. • HYMENOPHORE n. the fruiting body of some basidiomycetous fungi. |
HYMNOGRAPHY | • hymnography n. The art of composing hymns. • HYMNOGRAPHY n. the study of writing hymns. |
NIGHTMARISH | • nightmarish adj. Resembling a nightmare. • NIGHTMARISH adj. like a nightmare, also NIGHTMARY. |
RAMGUNSHOCH | • RAMGUNSHOCH adj. (Scots) rough. |
RHINOPHYMAS | • rhinophymas n. Plural of rhinophyma. • RHINOPHYMA n. acne of the nose. |
RHYTHMISING | • rhythmising v. Present participle of rhythmise. • RHYTHMISE v. to subject to rhythm, also RHYTHMIZE. |
RHYTHMIZING | • rhythmizing v. Present participle of rhythmize. • RHYTHMIZE v. to subject to rhythm, also RHYTHMISE. |
SYNCHROMESH | • synchromesh n. A system of synchronized transmission found in modern gearboxes to make gear changing easier and smoother. • synchromesh n. (By extension) A device which functions like a synchronized transmission. • synchromesh adj. Having the quality of smoothly exchanging interlocking forces. |