| HALOPHILE | • halophile n. (Biology) An organism that lives and thrives in an environment of high salinity, often requiring such… • HALOPHILE n. a plant that is adapted to survive in salty soil. |
| HALOPHILY | • halophily n. (Biology) The ability to live and thrive in an environment of high salinity. • HALOPHILY n. being adapted to salt conditions. |
| HARDSHELL | • hardshell adj. Having a tough outer shell. • hardshell adj. (Figuratively) Rigid or uncompromising in principles, especially in religion or politics. • hard-shell adj. Alternative form of hardshell. |
| HEALTHFUL | • healthful adj. Beneficial to bodily health. • healthful adj. Conducive to moral or spiritual prosperity; salutary. • healthful adj. (Archaic) Synonym of healthy (“evincing health”). |
| HEALTHILY | • healthily adv. In a healthy manner. • HEALTHY adv. wholesome. |
| HIGHBALLS | • highballs n. Plural of highball. • HIGHBALL v. to go at great speed. |
| INSHALLAH | • inshallah interj. (Chiefly Islam) Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur and/or their emphasis… • inshallah interj. (Colloquial, sarcastic) Expressing a skeptical affirmative, to indicate the unlikeliness of events… • INSHALLAH interj. (Arabic) an interjection among Muslims, if Allah wills. |
| MASHALLAH | • mashallah interj. (Islam) Expressing the speaker’s gratitude for a blessing or their recognition of divine intervention… • mashallah interj. (Islam) Expressing the speaker’s wish for a fortune to be maintained, especially against the evil eye;… • mashallah interj. An indication of excitement, surprise or astonishment. Wow! |
| RHACHILLA | • rhachilla n. Alternative form of rachilla. • RHACHILLA n. (Greek) the axis of a grass spikelet, also RACHILLA. |
| SHILLALAH | • shillalah n. Alternative form of shillelagh. • SHILLALAH n. (Irish) an Irish cudgel, also SHILLALA, SHILLELAGH, SHILLELAH. |
| SHILLELAH | • shillelah n. Alternative form of shillelagh. • SHILLELAH n. (Irish) an Irish cudgel, also SHILLALA, SHILLALAH, SHILLELAGH. |
| TEPHILLAH | • tephillah n. Alternative form of tefilla. • TEPHILLAH n. (Hebrew) a phylactery worn by Jews, also TEFILLAH. |
| WHILLYWHA | • whillywha n. (Scotland) a flattering deceiver. • whillywha n. (Scotland) wheedling speech, cajolery. • whillywha n. (Scotland) evasive indecisive speech. |