| CHECKERBOARD | • checkerboard n. A pattern of squares of alternating colours. • checkerboard n. A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used… • checkerboard n. (Film) A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks. |
| CHEECHALKOES | • CHEECHALKO n. (Native American) a tenderfoot, also CHECHAKO, CHECHAQUO, CHEECHAKO. |
| HALTERBROKEN | • halterbroken v. Past participle of halterbreak. • HALTERBREAK v. to break (as a colt) to a halter. |
| HETEROKARYON | • heterokaryon n. (Biology) A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei. • HETEROKARYON n. a cell, as in the mycelium of a fungus, that contains two or more genetically unlike nuclei. |
| HETEROKONTAN | • heterokontan adj. Belonging to the heterokonts. • HETEROKONTAN adj. of or like a heterokont, a kind of yellow-green alga. |
| HOUSEBREAKER | • housebreaker n. A criminal who breaks into and enters another’s house or premises with the intent of committing a crime. • house-breaker n. Alternative form of housebreaker. • house␣breaker n. Alternative form of housebreaker. |
| KALEIDOPHONE | • kaleidophone n. (Obsolete, physics) A device, consisting of a reflective ball attached to a vibrating rod or plate… • KALEIDOPHONE n. an instrument for demonstrating sound waves by lines of light. |
| KATHAROMETER | • katharometer n. (Sciences) A device used for analyzing gas mixtures by measuring their thermal conductivity. • KATHAROMETER n. an instrument measuring changes in composition of gases. |
| KERATOPHYRES | • keratophyres n. Plural of keratophyre. • KERATOPHYRE n. a fine-grained soda trachyte. |
| LEATHERWORKS | • leatherworks n. A factory that manufactures leatherwork. • LEATHERWORK n. work in leather. |
| SHACKLEBONES | • shackle-bones n. Plural of shackle-bone. • SHACKLEBONE n. (Scots) the wrist. |
| SHOPBREAKERS | • shopbreakers n. Plural of shopbreaker. • SHOPBREAKER n. a person who breaks into a shop. |
| SPEAKERPHONE | • speakerphone n. A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset. • speakerphone n. A loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, to use handsfree. • SPEAKERPHONE n. a combination microphone and loudspeaker device for two-way communication by telephone lines. |
| STAKEHOLDERS | • stakeholders n. Plural of stakeholder. • STAKEHOLDER n. a person entrusted with the stakes of bettors. |
| TECHNOSPEAKS | • TECHNOSPEAK n. technical jargon. |
| WEATHERCOCKS | • weathercocks n. Plural of weathercock. • weather␣cocks n. Plural of weather cock. • WEATHERCOCK n. a weather vane often in the figure of a cock mounted so as to turn freely with the wind and show its direction. |