| ANHINGA | • anhinga n. (Zoology) Synonym of darter: any bird of the genus Anhinga. • anhinga n. (Zoology) A fish-eating bird (Anhinga anhinga) of North America with a thin, pointed bill and a long, thin neck. • Anhinga prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Anhingidae – the snakebirds or darters. |
| ENCHAIN | • enchain v. (Transitive) To restrain with, or as if with, chains. • enchain v. (Transitive) To link together. • ENCHAIN v. to bind with chains. |
| HAINING | • haining v. Present participle of hain. • haining n. (Obsolete or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A hain or enclosure. • HAINING n. an enclosure. |
| HANDING | • handing v. Present participle of hand. • handing n. The act by which something is handed to somebody. • HAND v. to present with the extremity of the arm below the wrist. |
| HANGING | • hanging v. Present participle of hang. • hanging adj. Suspended. • hanging adj. (Chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture. |
| HANKING | • hanking v. Present participle of hank. • HANK v. to catch, as on a loop. |
| HANTING | • HANT v. to haunt. |
| INHUMAN | • inhuman adj. Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings. • inhuman adj. Transcending or different than what is human. • INHUMAN adj. lacking desirable human qualities. |
| MANNISH | • mannish adj. (Of a woman) Resembling or characteristic of a man, masculine. • mannish adj. Resembling or characteristic of a grown man (as opposed to a boy); mature, adult. • mannish adj. (Caribbean, Guyana) Impertinent; assertive. |
| NIHONGA | • nihonga n. Paintings made in a traditional Japanese style, typically executed with brushes on washi paper or silk. • NIHONGA n. (Japanese) a Japanese style of painting, using bright colours and traditional images. |
| TANGHIN | • tanghin n. A poison obtained from the kernels of the plant Cerbera manghas (syn. Tanghinia venenifera) from Madagascar. • TANGHIN n. (Malagasy) a Madagascan poison formerly used to test the guilt of someone suspected of a crime. |
| TANNISH | • tannish adj. Somewhat tan in colour. • TANNISH adj. somewhat tan. |
| UNCHAIN | • unchain v. To remove chains from; to free; to liberate. • UNCHAIN v. to free from a chain. |
| WANNISH | • wannish adj. (Obsolete) Quite wan or pale. • WANNISH adj. somewhat wan. |
| XANTHIN | • xanthin n. Alternative spelling of xanthine. • XANTHIN n. a white substance, structurally related to uric acid, found in muscle tissue, the liver and other organs, also XANTHINE. |