| ANAGLYPH | • anaglyph n. A decorative ornament worked in low relief or bas relief, such as a piece of cameo jewelry. • anaglyph n. A matched pair of images designed to produce a three-dimensional effect when viewed using spectacles… • ANAGLYPH n. (Greek) a type of carved ornament. |
| ATHANASY | • athanasy n. An absence of death or the condition of everlasting life. • ATHANASY n. immortality. |
| GYMKHANA | • gymkhana n. (Equestrianism) A competition where riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes. • gymkhana n. (India, dated) A place of public resort for athletic games, etc. • gymkhana n. (India, dated) A meeting for such sports. |
| HANDPLAY | • handplay n. Hand-to-hand combat. • handplay n. (Card games) In the game of skat, the playing of one’s hand without using the skat. • HANDPLAY n. a dealing of blows. |
| HANDYMAN | • handyman n. (Informal) A person who does small tasks and odd jobs. • handyman v. To work as a handyman; to do odd jobs. • HANDYMAN n. a man who does odd jobs. |
| HAYBANDS | • haybands n. Plural of hayband. • HAYBAND n. a rope of twisted hay. |
| HOGMANAY | • Hogmanay n. (Scotland) New Year’s Eve. • Hogmanay n. (Scotland) A celebration or gift for New Year’s Eve. • HOGMANAY n. (Scots) a Scottish celebration, also HOGMANE, HOGMENAY. |
| HUNTAWAY | • huntaway n. Alternative letter-case form of Huntaway. • Huntaway n. The New Zealand sheepdog. • HUNTAWAY n. a dog trained to drive sheep at some distance from the shepherd. |
| MAHOGANY | • mahogany n. (Uncountable) The wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia… • mahogany n. (Countable) Any of the trees from which such wood comes. • mahogany n. (Regional) A Cornish drink made from gin and treacle. |
| NAUMACHY | • naumachy n. (Obsolete) A place built to stage a mock sea-battle, or the show performed therein. • NAUMACHY n. a mock sea battle, performed as a spectacle among the ancient Romans, also NAUMACHIA. |
| NAVARCHY | • navarchy n. The office or state of a navarch. • NAVARCHY n. rulership over the seas. |
| NYMPHAEA | • nymphaea n. (Botany) Originally, the European white water lily; later also, a species of the genus Nymphaea. • nymphaea n. Plural of nymphaeum. • Nymphaea prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphaeaceae – the waterlilies. |
| PHANTASY | • phantasy n. Dated form of fantasy. • phantasy n. (Psychology) The innate, mental image of an object; the link between instinct and reality. • phantasy v. Dated form of fantasy. |
| PHRYGANA | • phrygana n. A type of low brush or scrub found around the Mediterranean especially in Greece. • PHRYGANA n. (Modern Greek) an uncultivated open scrubland of the Mediterranean region, aka garigue. |
| SYNAPHEA | • synaphea n. (Prosody) The metrical continuity between one colon and another. • synaphea n. (Prosody) Mutual connection of all the verses in a system, so that they are scanned as one verse, as in anapaestics. • synaphea n. (Prosody) Elision or synalepha, at the end of a line, of the final vowel of a dactylic hexameter before… |
| YACHTMAN | • yachtman n. (Dated) A yachtsman. • YACHTMAN n. one who sails a yacht, also YACHTER, YACHTIE, YACHTSMAN. |
| YAKHDANS | • yakhdans n. Plural of yakhdan. • YAKHDAN n. (Persian) a box used for carrying ice on the back of a pack animal. |
| YATAGHAN | • yataghan n. A type of sword used in Muslim countries from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries. • YATAGHAN n. (Turkish) a Muslim long curved knife, also ATAGHAN, YATAGAN. |