| CHAETOGNATH | • chaetognath n. Any of several marine worms of the phylum Chaetognatha. • chætognath n. Obsolete form of chaetognath. • CHAETOGNATH n. a kind of marine worm. |
| CHARGEHANDS | • chargehands n. Plural of chargehand. • charge-hands n. Plural of charge-hand. • charge␣hands n. Plural of charge hand. |
| DETHATCHING | • dethatching v. Present participle of dethatch. • DETHATCH v. to remove thatch from. |
| ENSHEATHING | • ensheathing v. Present participle of ensheathe. • ENSHEATH v. to enclose as in a sheath, also ENSHEATHE, INSHEATH, INSHEATHE. |
| ETHNOGRAPHY | • ethnography n. (Anthropology) The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies. • ethnography n. An ethnographic work. • ETHNOGRAPHY n. the study and systematic recording of human cultures. |
| HAGGISHNESS | • haggishness n. The quality of being haggish. • HAGGISHNESS n. the state of being haggish. |
| HANGASHORES | • hangashores n. Plural of hangashore. |
| HATCHELLING | • hatchelling v. Present participle of hatchel. • HATCHEL v. to separate flax fibres with a comb, also HACKLE, HECKLE. |
| HAUGHTINESS | • haughtiness n. The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery. • HAUGHTINESS n. the state of being haughty. |
| HEADHUNTING | • headhunting v. Present participle of headhunt. • headhunting n. (Anthropology) The practice of cutting off and preserving the head of one’s enemy. • headhunting n. The active recruitment of executive or talented personnel. |
| HIGHLANDERS | • highlanders n. Plural of highlander. • Highlanders n. Plural of Highlander. • HIGHLANDER n. an inhabitant of a highland. |
| HYPHENATING | • hyphenating v. Present participle of hyphenate. • HYPHENATE v. to insert a hyphen into. |
| INSHEATHING | • insheathing v. Present participle of insheath. • insheathing v. Present participle of insheathe. • INSHEATH v. to enclose in a sheath, also ENSHEATH. |
| KNIGHTHEADS | • knightheads n. Plural of knighthead. • KNIGHTHEAD n. either of a pair of vertical supports for the bowsprit. |
| MESHUGGENAH | • meshuggenah adj. Alternative form of meshuggener. • meshuggenah n. Alternative form of meshuggener. • MESHUGGENAH n. (Yiddish) a fool, a crazy person, also MESHUGGENEH, MESHUGGENER. |
| NEPHOGRAPHS | • nephographs n. Plural of nephograph. • NEPHOGRAPH n. an instrument for photographing clouds. |
| NIGHTSHADES | • nightshades n. Plural of nightshade. • NIGHTSHADE n. a name given to various plants, esp. of the Solanaceae family and chiefly poisonous or narcotic. |
| SHANGHAIERS | • shanghaiers n. Plural of shanghaier. • SHANGHAIER n. one who shanghais. |
| SHORTCHANGE | • shortchange v. To defraud someone by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction. • shortchange v. (By extension) To deprive someone of something for which they paid. • shortchange v. To make disadvantaged by design. |
| UNSHEATHING | • unsheathing v. Present participle of unsheathe. • unsheathing n. The removal of something from a sheath. • UNSHEATHE v. to remove from a sheath. |