| ANTHOID | • anthoid adj. Resembling a flower. • anthoid n. (Botany) A flower or, more commonly, a floret that has the simplest, most basic type of structure. • ANTHOID adj. flowerlike. |
| APHONIA | • aphonia n. (Medicine) Loss of voice; the inability to speak. • APHONIA n. loss of voice. |
| APHONIC | • aphonic adj. Of, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak. • aphonic n. A person who has aphonia. • APHONIC n. one suffering with aphonia. |
| CHICANO | • Chicano adj. (Chiefly US) Of a person: American but of Mexican descent, especially if conscious of one’s political… • Chicano adj. (Of a person) Identifying with the mixed-raced heritage of Old World and New World. • Chicano adj. Of or pertaining to Chicano people. |
| FASHION | • fashion n. (Countable) A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical… • fashion n. (Uncountable) Popular trends. • fashion n. (Countable) A style or manner in which something is done. |
| HALLION | • hallion n. A rascal. • HALLION n. (Scots) a lout or lazy rascal, also HALLIAN, HALLYON. |
| HALOING | • haloing v. Present participle of halo. • HALO v. to form a ring of light. |
| HOARING | • hoaring v. Present participle of hoar. • HOAR v. to make hoary, grey with frost or age. |
| HOATZIN | • hoatzin n. A bird, Opisthocomus hoazin, with claws on the wing fingers of the juvenile and an enlarged crop used as a rumen. • HOATZIN n. (Nahuatl) a South American bird; the young have clawed wings, also HOACTZIN. |
| HOAXING | • hoaxing v. Present participle of hoax. • hoaxing n. The perpetration of a hoax. • HOAX v. to deceive. |
| HOBNAIL | • hobnail n. A short nail with a thick head, typically used in boot soles. • hobnail n. (Obsolete) A clownish person; a rustic. • hobnail v. To fit with hobnails. |
| KOHANIM | • kohanim n. Plural of kohen. • KOHEN n. a member of the Jewish priestly class, descended from Aaron, having certain privileges and obligations in the synagogue, also COHEN. |
| MAHONIA | • mahonia n. Any of the genus Mahonia (now often included in Berberis) of evergreen shrubs. • Mahonia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Berberidaceae – certain barberries, now often included in Berberis. • MAHONIA n. a shrub of the barberry family, with yellow flowers and prickly pinnate leaves. |
| MANIHOC | • manihoc n. Obsolete form of manioc. • MANIHOC n. (Tupi) a plant of the manioc genus, aka cassava, also MANDIOC, MANDIOCA, MANDIOCCA, MANIHOT, MANIOC, MANIOCA. |
| MANIHOT | • manihot n. (Obsolete) manioc. • Manihot prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – the cassava plant. • MANIHOT n. (Tupi) a plant of the manioc genus, aka cassava, also MANDIOC, MANDIOCA, MANDIOCCA, MANIHOC, MANIOC, MANIOCA. |
| MOHICAN | • Mohican prop.n. An indigenous people of New England; the Mohicans. • Mohican prop.n. (Erroneous) The Mohegan people. • Mohican n. A member of this tribe; a Mohican. |
| 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. |
| ONYCHIA | • onychia n. A whitlow. • onychia n. An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in… • onychia n. Plural of onychium. |
| ORTHIAN | • orthian adj. Denoting a type of singing at a very high pitch. • ORTHIAN adj. of singing etc., very high-pitched. |
| SHINOLA | • Shinola n. Euphemism for shit. • SHINOLA n. (tradename) a kind of boot polish. |