| CHALDRON | • chaldron n. (Archaic) An old English dry measure, containing four quarters. At London, 36 bushels heaped up, or… • chaldron n. Alternative form of chawdron. • CHALDRON n. an old unit of capacity, equal to 36 heaped bushels, also CHALDER. |
| CHLORDAN | • chlordan n. Alternative form of chlordane. • CHLORDAN n. a toxic compound of chlorine, used as an insecticide. |
| CHONDRAL | • chondral adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to cartilage. • CHONDRAL adj. relating to a chondrus, a cartilage. |
| DOWNHAUL | • downhaul n. (Nautical) Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar. • DOWNHAUL n. a rope for hauling down sails. |
| DUATHLON | • duathlon n. An athletic contest consisting of running and cycling. • DUATHLON n. an athletic event where everyone runs and cycles. |
| ENHALOED | • enhaloed v. Simple past tense and past participle of enhalo. • ENHALO v. to surround with a halo. |
| HANDHOLD | • handhold n. A projection that one may hold onto for support. • handhold v. Alternative form of hand-hold. • hand-hold v. (Transitive) To hold in the hand. |
| HANDLOOM | • handloom n. A simple machine used for weaving by hand. • HANDLOOM n. a manually operated loom. |
| HANDROLL | • handroll n. A piece of sushi in the form of a cone of seaweed filled with rice, fish, vegetables etc. • handroll n. (Medicine) A piece of material placed in a patient’s hand as an anticontracture measure. • HANDROLL n. a cigarette rolled by hand. |
| HEADLONG | • headlong adv. With the head first or down. • headlong adv. With an unrestrained forward motion. • headlong adv. Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; in haste, hastily. |
| HOLLANDS | • hollands n. Plural of holland. • Hollands n. Jenever (the Dutch form of gin). • Hollands prop.n. A surname. |
| HOMELAND | • homeland n. The country that one regards as home. • homeland n. One’s country of residence. • homeland n. One’s country of birth. |
| LIONHEAD | • lionhead n. A lionhead rabbit. • lionhead n. A lionhead cichlid. • LIONHEAD n. a small long-tailed breed of rabbit. |
| LONGHAND | • longhand n. The written characters used in the common method of writing; opposed to shorthand, or typing or printing; handwriting. • longhand adv. Written by hand in normal characters, as opposed to shorthand. • longhand adv. Written by hand (with pen or pencil), rather than printed out; handwritten. |
| LONGHEAD | • LONGHEAD n. a person having a long skull. |
| RHODINAL | • RHODINAL n. an aldehyde found in citronella, used in soaps and perfumes. |
| WALDHORN | • waldhorn n. A French horn. • WALDHORN n. (German) a French valveless hunting horn. |