| ALPHORN | • alphorn n. (Music) A long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain-dwelling herders in the Alps, originally to call… • ALPHORN n. (German) a long powerful horn made of wood, used by Alpine cowherds, also ALPENHORN. |
| ANAPHOR | • anaphor n. (Linguistics) An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring… • ANAPHOR n. the repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences or verses esp. for rhetorical effect, also ANAPHORA, EPANAPHORA. |
| HAIRPIN | • hairpin n. A pin or fastener for the hair. • hairpin n. (Biology) A kind of ribozyme; hairpin ribozyme. • hairpin n. (Chiefly attributive) A very tight bend in a road; a hairpin bend. |
| HANAPER | • hanaper n. A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper. • HANAPER n. a wicker receptacle. |
| HARDPAN | • hardpan n. A distinct layer of soil that is largely impervious to water. • hardpan n. Synonym of dry lake. • HARDPAN n. a layer of hard subsoil. |
| HARPING | • harping v. Present participle of harp. • harping n. (Nautical) singular of harpings. • HARPING n. a wooden plank used in shipbuilding, also HARPIN. |
| HARPINS | • harpins n. Plural of harpin. • HARPIN n. a wooden plank used in shipbuilding, also HARPING. |
| HARPOON | • harpoon n. A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish. • harpoon n. (Slang) A harmonica. • harpoon v. (Transitive) To shoot something with a harpoon. |
| HEPARIN | • heparin n. (Biochemistry, pharmacology) A compound occurring in the liver and other tissues which inhibits blood… • HEPARIN n. a complex substance formed in the liver that delays clotting of blood. |
| ORPHANS | • orphans n. Plural of orphan. • orphans v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of orphan. • ORPHAN v. to deprive of both parents. |
| PANTHER | • panther n. Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of India. • panther n. Any big cat of the genus Panthera. • panther n. A cougar; especially the Florida panther. |
| PHARYNX | • pharynx n. (Anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth… • pharynx n. (Zootomy) The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be… • PHARYNX n. (Greek) a section of the digestive tract. |
| PIRANHA | • piranha n. (Ichthyology) Any of the carnivorous or frugivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers… • PIRANHA n. (Tupi) a ferocious, carnivorous South American fish, also PERAI, PIRAI, PIRANA, PIRAYA. |
| PRADHAN | • pradhan n. (India, historical) An official in parts of India, equivalent to vizier in rank and function. • Pradhan prop.n. A surname from Hindi. • PRADHAN n. (Hindi) (in India) a chief or leader. |
| SHARPEN | • sharpen v. (Transitive, sometimes figurative) To make sharp. • sharpen v. (Intransitive) To become sharp. • SHARPEN v. to make sharp. |
| UNSHARP | • unsharp adj. Not sharp, as… • unsharp v. (Transitive, imaging, graphics) To sharpen (an image) by creating a blurred ("unsharp") negative as… • UNSHARP adj. not sharp. |